Copa América 1975

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Copa América - No fixed venue 1975
Copa América 1975
Participating countries	9
Host	No fixed venue
Date	July 17, 1975 October 28, 1975
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Peru Colombia Brazil
Top goalscorers	Leopoldo Luque Ernesto Díaz
Matches	25

The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between July 17 and October 28. For the first time in the history of the event there was no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. In 1975 the tournament changed its name from "South American Championship" to "Copa América". Nine countries participated, while defending champions Uruguay got a bye into the semifinals.

Contents 1 Group Stage 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 1.3 Group 3 2 Semi-finals 3 Finals 4 Result 5 Individual scorers 6 External link

[edit] 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.

[edit] Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 8 4 4 0 0 13 1 Argentina 4 4 2 0 2 17 4 Venezuela 0 4 0 0 0 4 26

Venezuela 0 - 4 Brazil Venezuela 1 - 5 Argentina Brazil 2 - 1 Argentina Argentina 11 - 0 Venezuela Brazil 6 - 0 Venezuela Argentina 0 - 1 Brazil

[edit] Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Peru 7 4 3 1 0 8 3 Chile 3 4 1 1 2 7 6 Bolivia 2 4 1 0 3 3 9

Chile 1 - 1 Peru Bolivia 2 - 1 Chile Bolivia 0 - 1 Peru Peru 3 - 1 Bolivia Chile 4 - 0 Bolivia Peru 3 - 1 Chile

[edit] Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Colombia 8 4 4 0 0 7 1 Paraguay 3 4 1 1 2 5 5 Ecuador 1 4 0 1 3 4 10

Colombia 1 - 0 Paraguay Ecuador 2 - 2 Paraguay Ecuador 1 - 3 Colombia Paraguay 0 - 1 Colombia Colombia 2 - 0 Ecuador Paraguay 3 - 1 Ecuador

[edit] Semi-finals

September 21, 1975
	Colombia	3–0	Uruguay	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Orozco (PER)
	Angulo 53' Ortiz 70' Díaz 90'

September 30, 1975
	Brazil	1–3	Peru	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Comesaña (ARG)
	Roberto Batata 54'		Casaretto 19' Cubillas 82' Casaretto 88'

October 1, 1975
	Uruguay	1–0	Colombia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Hormazábal (CHI)
	Morena 17' (pen)

October 4, 1975
	Peru	0–2	Brazil	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ithurralde (ARG)
			Mélendez 10' (own goal) Campos 61'

Peru qualified by lot

[edit] Finals

October 16, 1975
	Colombia	1–0	Peru	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Comesaña (ARG)
	Castro 38'

October 22, 1975
	Peru	2–0	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Silvagno (CHI)
	Oblitas 18' Ramírez 44'

October 28, 1975
	Peru	1–0	Colombia	Estadio Olimpico, Caracas Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Barreto (URU)
	Sotil 25'

[edit] Result

Copa América 1975 Champion Peru 2nd Title

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[edit] Individual scorers

Four goals Leopoldo Luque Ernesto Díaz Three goals Mario Kempes Daniel Killer Ovidio Mezza Danival Nelinho Palhinha Roberto Batata Juan Carlos Oblitas Oswaldo Ramírez Two goals Osvaldo Ardiles Mario Zanabria Campos Luis Araneda Miguel Angel Gamboa Ponciano Castro Willington Ortiz Polo Carrera Hugo Enrique Kiese

Clemente Rolón Enrique Casaretto Teófilo Cubillas Percy Rojas One goal Julio Daniel Asad Ramón Bóveda Américo Gallego Romeu Sergio Ahumada Julio Crisosto Carlos Reinoso Edgar Angulo Oswaldo Calero Eduardo Retat Gonzalo Castañeda Félix Lasso Carlos Báez César Cueto Hugo Sotil Fernando Morena Ramón Iriarte Own goal Julio Meléndez

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