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1979 Copa América

1979 Copa América
FieldValue
year1979
dates18 July – 12 December
num_teams10
confederations1
championParaguay
champion-flagvar1954
count2
secondChile
matches25
goals63
attendance1144000
top_scorerEugenio Morel
Jorge Peredo
(4 goals each)
playerCarlos Caszely
prevseason[1975](1975-copa-america)
nextseason[1983](1983-copa-america)

| champion-flagvar = 1954 Jorge Peredo (4 goals each)

The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals.

Squads

Main article: 1979 Copa América squads

Group stage

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.

Peru qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
4211102+8**5**
421152+3**5**
4022112−11**2**

Valverde
Chaparro
Morón

Véliz
Rivas
Soto
Yáñez

Peredo

Group B

Argentina v Brazil match
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
421175+2**5**
420247−3**4**
411276+1**3**

Tita

Gáspari
Maradona

Zico

Díaz
Gallego Zico

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
422063+3**6**
4121550**4**
410347−3**2**

Solalinde

Alarcón Castillo

Osorio

Victorino
Maneiro Granda
Ron

Paz

Knockout stage

|||2|2|||1|2| |||1|0|||2|0| ||**** (agg.)|3|0|0||0|1|0

Semi-finals

Chile won 3–1 on points.

Talavera Sócrates Romero Paraguay won 3–1 on points.

Finals

Main article: 1979 Copa América Finals

M. Morel As the teams were tied 2–2 on points, a play-off on a neutral ground was required to determine the winner. The play-off match finished tied after extra time expired, meaning the teams finished 3–3 on points. Paraguay won on aggregate 3–1.

Goal scorers

With four goals, Jorge Peredo and Eugenio Morel are the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 63 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

  • Jorge Peredo
  • Eugenio Morel

3 goals

  • Sócrates
  • Carlos Caszely
  • Carlos Rivas
  • Julio César Romero

2 goals

  • Daniel Passarella
  • Carlos Aragonés
  • Jesús Reynaldo
  • Tita
  • Zico
  • Milcíades Morel
  • Hugo Talavera
  • Waldemar Victorino

1 goal

  • Hugo Coscia
  • Roberto Osvaldo Díaz
  • Jorge Gáspari
  • Carlos Angel López
  • Diego Maradona
  • Paulo Roberto Falcão
  • Palhinha
  • Roberto Dinamite
  • Mario Soto
  • Leonardo Véliz
  • Patricio Yáñez
  • José Chaparro
  • Ernesto Díaz
  • Arnoldo Iguarán
  • Jaime Morón
  • César Valverde
  • Jorge Luis Alarcón
  • Fausto Klinger
  • Mario Tenorio
  • Carlos Torres Garcés
  • Juvencio Osorio
  • Alicio Solalinde
  • Roberto Mosquera
  • Alberto Bica
  • Denis Milar
  • Rubén Paz
  • Rodolfo Carbajal

References

References

  1. (15 April 2010). "Especial Copa America: Los Mejores Jugadores edición por edición". Goal.com.
  2. Oliver, Guy. (1992). "The Guinness Record of World Soccer". Guinness publishing.
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