1979 Copa América

1979 Copa América
Tournament details
Dates July 10 - December 12
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Paraguay (2nd title)
Runners-up  Chile
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 61 (2.26 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jorge Peredo (4)
Eugenio Morel (4)
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The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru got a bye into the semifinals.

Contents

First round

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Chile 5 4 2 1 1 10 2
 Colombia 5 4 2 1 1 5 2
 Venezuela 2 4 0 2 2 1 12
August 1, 1979
Venezuela  0–0  Colombia Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Luis Barrancos

August 8, 1979
Venezuela  1–1  Chile Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: César Pagano
Carvajal  70' Peredo  81'

August 15, 1979
Colombia  1–0  Chile Estadio El Campín, Bogota
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho
Díaz  21'

August 22, 1979
Colombia  4–0  Venezuela Estadio El Campín, Bogota
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Espósito
Iguarán  17'
Valverde  53'
Chaparro  59'
Morón  86'

August 29, 1979
Chile  7–0  Venezuela Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Enrique Labó
Peredo  3'59'
Rivas  38'54'
Véliz  76'
Soto  80'
Yañez  84'
Paéz

September 5, 1979
Chile  2–0  Colombia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Wilfredo Cáceres
Caszely  14'
Peredo  58'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil 5 4 2 1 1 7 5
 Bolivia 4 4 2 0 2 4 7
 Argentina 3 4 1 1 2 7 6
July 18, 1979
Bolivia  2–1  Argentina Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Octavio Sierra
Reynaldo  29'66' López  5'

July 26, 1979
Bolivia  2–1  Brazil Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Octavio Sánchez
Aragonés  36' (pen.)63' Roberto Dinamite  30' (pen.)

August 2, 1979
Brazil  2–1  Argentina Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 130,000
Referee: Edison Pérez
Zico  2'
Tita  54'
Coscia  29'

August 8, 1979
Argentina  3–0  Bolivia Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sergio Vázquez
Passarella  1'
Gáspari  15'
Maradona  65'

August 16, 1979
Brazil  2–0  Bolivia Estádio Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: José Vergara
Tita  46'
Zico  90'

August 23, 1979
Argentina  2–2  Brazil Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 68,000
Referee: Roque Cerullo
Passarella  38'
Díaz  71'
Gallego
Sócrates  17'65' (pen.)
Zico

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Paraguay 6 4 2 2 0 6 3
 Uruguay 4 4 1 2 1 5 5
 Ecuador 2 4 1 0 3 4 7
August 29, 1979
Ecuador  1–2  Paraguay Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Carlos Espósito
Torres Garcés  64' (pen) Talavera  22'
Solalinde  77'

September 5, 1979
Ecuador  2–1  Uruguay Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho
Tenorio  6'
Alarcón  9'
Victorino  79' (pen)
Castillo  65'

September 13, 1979
Paraguay  2–0  Ecuador Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abel Gnecco
Morel  27'
Osorio  48'

September 16, 1979
Uruguay  2–1  Ecuador Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro
Bica  4'
Victorino  57' (pen)
Maneiro  78'
Klinger  77'
Granda  57'
Ron  81'

September 20, 1979
Paraguay  0–0  Uruguay Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sergio Vásquez
Ovelar  35'

September 26, 1979
Uruguay  2–2  Paraguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Edison Pérez
Milar  54' (pen.)
Paz  83'
Morel  34'88'

Semifinals

October 17, 1979
Peru  1 – 2  Chile Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (BRA)
Mosquera  71' Caszely  36',  76'
October 24, 1979
Chile  0 – 0  Peru Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Cardellino (URU)
October 24, 1979
Paraguay  2 – 1  Brazil Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Barretto (URU)
E. Morel  16'
Talavera  35'
Palhinha  79'
October 31, 1979
Brazil  2 – 2  Paraguay Maracaná, Río de Janeiro
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Espósito (ARG)
Falcão  29'
Sócrates  61' (pk)
M. Morel  31'
Romero  68'

Finals

November 28, 1979
Paraguay  3 – 0  Chile Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Da Rosa (URU)
Romero  12'85'
M. Morel  36'
December 5, 1979
Chile  1 – 0  Paraguay Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Barreto (URU)
Rivas  10'

Final play-off

December 11, 1979
Paraguay  0 – 0
(a.e.t.)
 Chile Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Coelho (BRA)
Paraguay won on goals aggregate (3-1)

Result

 Copa América 1979 Winners 

Paraguay
Second title

Individual scorers

Four goals
Three goals
Two goals
One goal
  • Hugo Coscia
  • Roberto Osvaldo Díaz

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