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1953 South American Championship
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1953 |
| country | Peru |
| dates | 22 February – 1 April |
| num_teams | 7 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Paraguay |
| champion-flagvar | 1842 |
| count | 1 |
| second | Brazil |
| second-flagvar | 1889 |
| third | Uruguay |
| fourth | Chile |
| matches | 22 |
| goals | 67 |
| top_scorer | Francisco Molina |
| (7 goals) | |
| prevseason | [1949](1949-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1955](1955-south-american-championship) |
| champion-flagvar = 1842 | second-flagvar = 1889 (7 goals)
The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.
Squads
Main article: 1953 South American Championship squads
Venues
| Lima | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional de Lima | |
| Capacity: **50,000** | |
| [[File:Estadio Nacional 1952.jpg | 222x222px]] |
Final round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | **8** | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | **8** | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | **7** | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | **7** | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | **7** | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | **3** | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | **2** |
Berni
Carlos Romero
Francisco Rodrigues
Pinga
Balseiro
Terry Berni Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change. Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
Berni
Cláudio
Berni
Cremaschi
Zizinho
Baltazar
Puente
Peláez
Morel
Carlos Romero
Balseiro
León
Díaz Carmona Alcón Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia.
Carlos Romero
Play-off
Main article: 1953 South American Championship Final
Gavilán
Fernández
Result
Goal scorers
7 Goals
- Molina
5 Goals
- Julinho
4 Goals
- Berni
- Fernández
- Balseiro
3 Goals
- Baltazar
- Atilio López
- Carlos Romero
- Peláez
2 Goals
- Alcón
- Ramón Santos
- Ugarte
- Pinga
- Francisco Rodrigues
- Gómez Sánchez
- Morel
- Puente
1 Goal
- Ademir
- Cláudio
- Ipojucan
- Nílton Santos
- Zizinho
- Cremaschi
- Díaz Carmona
- Meléndez
- Guzmán
- Angel Romero
- León
- Gavilán
- Navarrete
- Terry
- Méndez
References
References
- (2 July 2021). "Aquella protesta del 53". Diario Hoy.
- Oliver, Guy. (1992). "The Guinness Record of World Soccer". Guinness publishing.
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