1975 Copa América

1975 Copa América
Tournament details
Dates July 17 - October 28
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Peru (2nd title)
Runners-up  Colombia
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 79 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Leopoldo Luque (4)
Ernesto Díaz (4)
Best player Teófilo Cubillas[1]
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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 addition, the tournament changed its name from South American Championship to Copa América. All ten CONMEBOL countries participated, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semifinals and the rest starting in the group stage.

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, and no points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

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 4 1 26
July 31, 1975
Venezuela  0–4  Brazil Estadio Olímpico, Caracas
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Carlos Rivero
Romeu  2'
Danival  50'
Palhinha  82'88'

August 3, 1975
Venezuela  1–5  Argentina Estadio Olímpico, Caracas
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal
Iriarte  14' Luque  12'34'66'
Kempes  30'
Ardiles  86'

August 6, 1975
Brazil  2–1  Argentina Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ramón Barreto
Nelinho  31'55' (pen.) Asad  11'

August 10, 1975
Argentina  11–0  Venezuela Cor de León, Rosario
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pedro Reyes
Killer  8'41'62'
Gallego  14'
Ardiles  39'
Kempes  53'81'
Zanabria  56'64'
Bóveda  80'
Luque  85'

August 13, 1975
Brazil  6–0  Venezuela Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Carlos Rivero
Roberto Batata  6'79'
Nelinho  9'
Danival  37'
Campos  53'
Palhinha  65'

August 16, 1975
Argentina  0–1  Brazil Cor de León, Rosario
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Robles
Danival  45'

Group B

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
July 17, 1975
Chile  1–1  Peru Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Omar Delgado
Crisosto  10' Rojas  72'

July 20, 1975
Bolivia  2–1  Chile Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Héctor Ortiz
Mezza  60'75' Gamboa  41'

July 27, 1975
Bolivia  0–1  Peru Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alberto Ducatelli
Ramírez  17'

August 7, 1975
Peru  3–1  Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho
Ramírez  7' (pen.)
Cueto  26'
Oblitas  52'
Mezza  58' (pen.)

August 13, 1975
Chile  4–0  Bolivia Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde
Araneda  40'87'
Ahumada  61'
Gamboa  71'

August 20, 1975
Peru  3–1  Chile Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan José Fortunatto
Rojas  3'
Oblitas  32'
Cubillas  39'
Carlos Reinoso  76'

Group C

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
July 20, 1975
Colombia  1–0  Paraguay Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho
Díaz  83'

July 24, 1975
Ecuador  2–2  Paraguay Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mario Fiorenza
Lasso  38'
Castañeda  47'
Kiese  16'87'

July 27, 1975
Ecuador  1–3  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Miguel Angel Comesaña
Carrera  40' Ortiz  15'
Retat  75'
Castro  83'

July 30, 1975
Paraguay  0–1  Colombia Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arnaldo César Coelho
Díaz  40'
  • Match abandoned at 43'

August 7, 1975
Colombia  2–0  Ecuador Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Robles
Díaz  15'
Calero  42'

August 10, 1975
Paraguay  3–1  Ecuador Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Armando Marques
Báez  21'
Rolón  39'58'
Castañeda 31

Knockout round

Semi-finals

September 21, 1975
Colombia  3–0  Uruguay Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: César Orozco
Angulo  53'
Ortiz  70'
Díaz  90'
De los Santos  17'

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

October 1, 1975
Uruguay  1–0  Colombia Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal
Morena  17' (pen.)  80'

October 4, 1975
Peru  0–2  Brazil Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde
Meléndez  10' (o.g.)
Campos  61'

(*) Peru qualified through the drawing of lots

Finals

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

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

Final play-off

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

Result

 Copa América
1975 Champions 

Peru
2nd title

Scorers

Four goals
Three goals
Two goals
One goal
Own goal

References

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