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1995 Copa América

FieldValue
tourney_nameCopa América
year1995
imageCopa_América_1995.svg
size200px
countryUruguay
dates5–23 July
num_teams12
confederations2
venues4
cities4
championUruguay
count14
secondBrazil
thirdColombia
fourthUSA
matches26
goals69
attendance450600
top_scorerGabriel Batistuta
Luis García
(4 goals each)
playerEnzo Francescoli
prevseason[1993](1993-copa-america)
nextseason[1997](1997-copa-america)

Luis García (4 goals each)

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.

The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group. The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Venues

{{location map+Uruguayfloat=centerwidth=250caption=places=MontevideoRiveraPaysandúMaldonado
Estadio CentenarioEstadio Atilio Paiva Olivera
Capacity: **65,235**Capacity: **30,000**
[[File:Estadio Centenario (vista aérea).jpgalt=180x180px]][[File:Riveraestadio.jpgalt=180x180px]]
Estadio Parque ArtigasEstadio Domingo Burgueño
Capacity: **25,000**Capacity: **22,000**
[[File:Estadio Parque Artigas - 4.pngalt=180x180px]][[File:Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel en enero de 2017 - 02.jpgalt=180x180px]]

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

ARG Argentina

  • Javier Castrilli

BOL Bolivia

  • Pablo Peña

BRA Brazil

  • Márcio Rezende de Freitas

CHI Chile

  • Salvador Imperatore

COL Colombia

  • Óscar Ruiz

ECU Ecuador

  • Alfredo Rodas

MEX Mexico

  • Marco Antonio Rodríguez
  • Arturo Brizio Carter

PAR Paraguay

  • Félix Benegas

PER Peru

  • Alberto Tejada

URU Uruguay

  • Ernesto Filippi
  • Eduardo Dluzniewski

USA United States

  • Raúl Domínguez

VEN Venezuela

  • Paolo Borgosano

Group stage

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals.

  • Tie-breaker
    • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
    1. greater goal difference in all group games;
    2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
    3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
    4. drawing of lots.
Key to colors in group tables

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321062+4**7**
320154+1**6**
311154+1**4**
3003410−6**0**

Otero
Francescoli
Poyet

Samaniego

Espinoza

Villamayor
Gamarra Dolgetta

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330060+6**9**
311124−2**4**
310223−1**3**
301225−3**1**

Edmundo

Mora

Túlio
Higuita

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
320152+3**6**
320164+2**6**
3111440**4**
301238−5**1**

Balbo

Simeone
Balbo

Ramos

Lalas
Wynalda

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

GroupTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
A311154+1**4**
C3111440**4**
B310223−1**3**

Knockout stage

| 16 July – Montevideo | **** | 1 (5) | | 1 (4) | 16 July – Montevideo | **** | 2 | | 1 | 17 July – Paysandú | **** | 0 (4) | | 0 (1) | 17 July – Rivera | **** | 2 (4) | | 2 (2) | 19 July – Montevideo | | 0 | **** | 2 | 20 July – Maldonado | | 0 | **** | 1 | 23 July – Montevideo | **** | 1 (5) | | 1 (3) | 22 July – Maldonado | **** | 4 | | 1

Quarter-finals

Mendoza
Arboleda
Cabrera
Asprilla Acuña Samaniego Denis Gamarra

Fonseca

Moore
Caligiuri
Klopas Hermosillo Coyote

Túlio Batistuta Túlio
André Cruz
Dunga
Edmundo Acosta Simeone Fabbri

Semi-finals

Otero

Third-place match

Valderrama
Asprilla
Rincón

Final

Main article: 1995 Copa América Final

Bengoechea
Herrera
Gutiérrez
Martínez Zinho Túlio Dunga

Result

Goalscorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers.

  • Gabriel Batistuta

  • Luis García

  • Abel Balbo

  • Túlio

  • Freddy Rincón

  • Eric Wynalda

  • Marcelo Otero

  • Edmundo

  • Ivo Basay

  • Faustino Asprilla

  • José Cardozo

  • Juan Villamayor

  • Daniel Fonseca

  • Enzo Francescoli

  • José Luis Dolgetta

  • Diego Simeone

  • Demetrio Angola

  • Marco Etcheverry

  • Miguel Mercado

  • Mauricio Ramos

  • Carlos Sánchez

  • Aldair

  • Leonardo

  • Ronaldão

  • Zinho

  • Sebastián Rozental

  • Luis Quiñónez

  • Carlos Valderrama

  • Energio Díaz

  • José Mora

  • Eduardo Espinoza

  • Carlos Gamarra

  • Adriano Samaniego

  • Roberto Palacios

  • Frank Klopas

  • Alexi Lalas

  • Joe-Max Moore

  • Edgardo Adinolfi

  • Pablo Bengoechea

  • Gustavo Poyet

  • Marcelo Saralegui

  • Gabriel Miranda

  • René Higuita (against Brazil)

  • Iván Hurtado (against Peru)

  • Jorge Campos (against Venezuela)

Statistics

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDEff
**14**6420114+777.8%
**14**6420103+777.8%
**8**622278-144.4%
**7**421186+258.3%
**7**421165+158.3%
**7**621367-138.9%
**5**412154+141.7%
**4**411256-133.3%
**3**310223-133.3%
**1**301225-325.0%
**1**301238-525.0%
**0**3003410-60.0%

References

References

  1. "Copa América Best Players".
  2. Straus, Brian. (25 May 2016). "Copa America semifinals: Personal memories of USA's 1995 run".
  3. Kristan Heneage. "The day USA beat Argentina in Copa América: 'Simeone threatened to kill us' | Football". [[The Guardian]].
  4. (26 July 2015). "Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish". Goal.com.
  5. (26 June 2015). "Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol". SI.com.
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