1983 Copa América

1983 Copa América
Tournament details
Dates August 10 – November 4
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Uruguay (12th title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Peru
Fourth place  Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 55 (2.29 per match)
Top scorer(s) Uruguay Carlos Aguilera
Argentina Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Brazil Roberto Dinamite
(3 goals each)
Best player Uruguay Enzo Francéscoli

The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between August 10 and November 4, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals.

Squads

Group stage

Argentina playing Ecuador in Quito

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Paraguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 430174+36
 Chile 421182+65
 Venezuela 4013110−91
Uruguay  2–1  Chile
Eduardo Mario Acevedo  45'
Fernando Morena  63' (pen.)		 Juan Carlos Orellana  76'
Attendance: 30,000
Uruguay  3–0  Venezuela
Wilmar Cabrera  55'
Fernando Morena  51' (pen.)
Arsenio Luzardo  68'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Chile  5–0  Venezuela
Oscar Arriaza  22'
Rodolfo Dubó  25'
Jorge Aravena  35', 83'
Rubén Espinoza  51'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Enrique Labó (Peru)
Chile  2–0  Uruguay
Rodolfo Dubó  9'
Juan Carlos Letelier  80'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Teodoro Nitti (Argentina)
Venezuela  1–2  Uruguay
Pedro Febles  77' Alberto Santelli  74'
Carlos Aguilera  87'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Montalván (Peru)
Venezuela  0–0  Chile
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 421161+55
 Argentina 413054+15
 Ecuador 4022410−62
Ecuador  2–2  Argentina
Galo Fidean Vásquez  68'
José Jacinto Vega  79'		 Jorge Luis Burruchaga  40', 51'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)
Ecuador  0–1  Brazil
Report Roberto Dinamite  14'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alfonso Postigo (Peru)
Argentina  1–0  Brazil
Ricardo Gareca  55' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil  5–0  Ecuador
Renato Gaúcho  12'
Roberto Dinamite  46', 55'
Éder  58'
Tita  60'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luis Gregorio Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Argentina  2–2  Ecuador
Víctor Ramos  50'
Jorge Luis Burruchaga  90' (pen.)		 Lupo Quiñónez  44'
Hans Maldonado  90'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil  0–0  Argentina
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Peru 422064+26
 Colombia 41215504
 Bolivia 402246−22
Bolivia  0–1  Colombia
Didí  73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Peru  1–0  Colombia
Franco Navarro  70'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Bolivia  1–1  Peru
Erwin Romero  65' Franco Navarro  89'
Attendance: 37,738[1]
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Romero (Argentina)
Colombia  2–2  Peru
Miguel Augusto Prince  46'
Fernando Fiorillo  69'		 Eduardo Malásquez  25' (pen.)
Juan Caballero  85'
Attendance: 50,000
Colombia  2–2  Bolivia
Didí  2'
Nolberto Molina  60' (pen.)		 Milton Melgar  78'
Silvio Rojas  80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Vergara (Venezuela)
Peru  2–1  Bolivia
Germán Leguía  6'
Juan Caballero  21'		 David Paniagua  46'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Guillermo Budge (Chile)

Semi-finals

Peru  0–1  Uruguay
Aguilera  65'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Sergio Vásquez (Chile)
 Uruguay 1–1  Peru
Cabrera  49' Malásquez  24'
Attendance: 58,000
 Paraguay 1–1  Brazil
Morel  70' Report Éder  88'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Castro (Chile)
 Brazil 0–0  Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

Finals

 Uruguay 2–0  Brazil
Francescoli  41'
Diogo  80'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)
GKRodríguez
DFDiogo
DFGutiérrez
DFAcevedo
DFAgresta
MFGonzález
MFBarrios
MFCabrera
FWAguilera 85'
FWFrancescoli
FWAcosta 75'
Substitutions:
FWRamos 75'
MFBossio 85'
Manager:
Uruguay Borrás
GKLeão
DFLeandro
DFMárcio
DFMozer
DFJúnior
MFChina 60'
MFJorginho
MFRenato
MFRenato Gaúcho
FWRoberto Dinamite
FWÉder
Substitutions:
MFTita 60'
Manager:
Brazil Parreira


 Brazil 1–1  Uruguay
Jorginho  23' Aguilera  77'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)
GKLeão
DFPaulo Roberto
DFMárcio
DFMozer
DFJúnior
MFChina
MFJorginho
MFSócrates
MFTita 77'
FWRoberto Dinamite 43'
FWÉder
Substitutions:
MFRenato Gaúcho 77'
FWCareca 43'
Manager:
Brazil Parreira
GKRodríguez
DFDiogo
DFGutiérrez
DFAcevedo
DFAgresta
MFGonzález
MFBarrios
MFCabrera
FWAguilera 82'
FWFrancescoli
FWAcosta 46'
Substitutions:
FWRamos 46'
MFBossio 82'
Manager:
Uruguay Borrás


Result

 1983 Copa América Champions 

Uruguay
12th title

Goal scorers

With three goals, Jorge Luis Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite and Carlos Aguilera are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

References

  1. ↑ Behr, Raúl. "B para creer" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
  • RSSSF Archive. "Copa América 1983".
  • Official website of 2011 Copa América. "Copa América 1983" (in Spanish).
  • Official Website of 2011 Copa América. "Goalscorers" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
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