1975 Copa América

Football competition February 2022 1975 17 July – 28 October 10 1 Peru 2 Colombia URUBRA 25 79 1053000 COL Ernesto Díaz ARG Leopoldo Luque (4 goals each) PER Teófilo CubillasThe Copa América Archive – Trivia 1967 1979 The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. The tournament saw many significant shifts to its format, such as changing its name from South American Championship to Copa América and altering from a round-robin tournament to incorporating a group stage, a knockout round, and a final. Additionally all ten CONMEBOL countries participated for the first time, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-finals and the rest starting in the group stage.Fansler Kyle June 9, 2024 Copa America winners: From 1975 to present World Soccer Talk https://worldsoccertalk.com/copa-america/copa-america-winners-from-1975-to-present/ April 23, 2025 July 14, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240714170126/https://worldsoccertalk.com/copa-america/copa-america-winners-from-1975-to-present/ live For this tournament there was also no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. Squads For a complete list of participating squads: see 1975 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, and no points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Group A Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points BRA 19684400131+128 ARG4202174+134 VEN 19304004126−250 31 July 1975 VEN 1930 0–4 Report BRA 1968 Romeu 2 Danival 50 Palhinha 82 88 Estadio Olímpico, Caracas 20,000 Carlos Rivero (Peru) 3 August 1975 VEN 1930 1–5 ARG Iriarte 14 Luque 12 34 66 Kempes 30 Ardiles 86 Estadio Olímpico, Caracas 15,000 Rafael Hormazábal (Chile) 6 August 1975 BRA 1968 2–1 ARG Nelinho 31 55 pen. Asad 11 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 80,000 Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) 10 August 1975 ARG 11–0 VEN 1930 D. Killer 8 41 62 Gallego 14 Ardiles 39 Kempes 53 81 Zanabria 56 64 Bóveda 80 Luque 85 Cor de León, Rosario 50,000 Pedro Reyes (Peru) 13 August 1975 BRA 1968 6–0 VEN 1930 Roberto Batata 6 79 Nelinho 9 Danival 37 Campos 53 Palhinha 65 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 32,000 Carlos Rivero (Peru) 16 August 1975 ARG 0–1 BRA 1968 Danival 45 Cor de León, Rosario 50,000 Carlos Robles (Chile) Group B Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points PER431083+57 CHI411276+13 BOL410339−62 17 July 1975 CHI 1–1 PER Crisosto 10 Rojas 72 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 50,000 Omar Delgado (Colombia) 20 July 1975 BOL 2–1 CHI Mezza 60 75 Gamboa 41 Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro 18,000 Héctor Ortiz (Paraguay) 27 July 1975 BOL 0–1 PER Ramírez 17 Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro 18,000 Alberto Ducatelli (Argentina) 7 August 1975 PER 3–1 BOL Ramírez 7 pen. Cueto 26 Oblitas 52 Mezza 58 pen. Estadio Nacional, Lima 40,000 Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 13 August 1975 CHI 4–0 BOL Araneda 40 87 Ahumada 61 Gamboa 71 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 15,000 Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina) 20 August 1975 PER 3–1 CHI Rojas 3 Oblitas 32 Cubillas 39 Carlos Reinoso 76 Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima 35,000 Juan José Fortunatto (Uruguay) Group C Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points COL440071+68 PAR 195441125503 ECU 19004013410−61 20 July 1975 COL 1–0 PAR 1954 Díaz 83 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá 60,000 Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 24 July 1975 ECU 1900 2–2 PAR 1954 Lasso 38 Castañeda 47 Kiese 16 87 Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil 50,000 Mario Fiorenza (Venezuela) 27 July 1975 ECU 1900 1–3 COL Carrera 40 Ortiz 15 Retat 75 Castro 83 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 45,000 Miguel Angel Comesaña (Argentina) 30 July 1975 PAR 1954 0–1 COL Díaz 40 Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 50,000 Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil) {{center|''Match abandoned at 43}} 7 August 1975 COL 2–0 ECU 1900 Díaz 15 Calero 42 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá 50,000 Carlos Robles (Chile) 10 August 1975 PAR 1954 3–1 ECU 1900 Báez 21 Rolón 39 58 Castañeda 31 Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 10,000 Armando Marques (Brazil) Knockout stage thumb|right|The first matchday between Peru and Brazil N4 white-space:nowrap no 3 Semi-finals Finals COL (agg. won by aggregate goals) 3 0 URU 0 1 BRA 1 2 PER (by draw won by drawing of lots) 3 0 COL 1 0 0 PER (replay) 0 2 1 Semi-finals 21 September 1975 COL 3–0 URU Angulo 53 Ortiz 70 Díaz 90 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá 55,000 César Orozco (Peru) 1 October 1975 URU 1–0 COL Morena 17 pen. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 70,000 Rafael Hormazábal (Chile) 2–2 on points. Colombia won 3–1 on aggregate goals. 30 September 1975 BRA 1968 1–3 PER Roberto Batata 54 Casaretto 19 88 Cubillas 82 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 75,000 Miguel Angel Comesaña (Argentina) 4 October 1975 PER 0–2 BRA 1968 Meléndez 10 o.g. Campos 61 Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima 35,000 Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina) 2–2 on points. Peru won on a drawing of lots. Finals 1975 Copa América Finals 16 October 1975Oliver Guy The Guinness Record of World Soccer 566 1992 Guinness publishing 0-85112-954-4 COL 1–0 PER Castro 38 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá 50,000 Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) 22 October 1975Oliver Guy The Guinness Record of World Soccer 566 1992 Guinness publishing 0-85112-954-4 PER 2–0 COL Oblitas 18Ramírez 44 Estadio Nacional, Lima 50,000 Juan Silvagno (Chile) 2–2 on points. A play-off was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner. 28 October 1975Oliver Guy The Guinness Record of World Soccer 566 1992 Guinness publishing 0-85112-954-4 PER 1–0 COL Sotil 25 Estadio Olimpico 30,000 Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) Caracas Peru won the play-off 1–0. Result fb 1975 Copa América champions Peru 2nd Goal scorers With four goals, Leopoldo Luque and Ernesto Díaz are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 79 goals were scored by 42 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal. thumb|150px|Leopoldo Luque, one of the two top scorers4 goals ARG Leopoldo Luque COL Ernesto Díaz3 goals20em ARG Mario Kempes ARG Daniel Killer BOL Ovidio Mezza BRA 1968 Danival BRA 1968 Nelinho BRA 1968 Palhinha BRA 1968 Roberto Batata PER Juan Carlos Oblitas PER Oswaldo Ramírez2 goals20em ARG Osvaldo Ardiles ARG Mario Zanabria BRA 1968 Campos CHI Luis Araneda CHI Miguel Ángel Gamboa COL Ponciano Castro COL Willington Ortiz ECU 1900 Gonzalo Castañeda PAR 1954 Hugo Enrique Kiese PAR 1954 Clemente Rolón PER Enrique Casaretto PER Teófilo Cubillas PER Percy Rojas1 goal20em ARG Julio Asad ARG Ramón Bóveda ARG Américo Gallego BRA 1968 Romeu CHI Sergio Ahumada CHI Julio Crisosto CHI Carlos Reinoso COL Edgar Angulo COL Oswaldo Calero COL Eduardo Retat ECU 1900 Polo Carrera ECU 1900 Félix Lasso PAR 1954 Carlos Báez PER César Cueto PER Hugo Sotil URU Fernando Morena VEN 1930 Ramón IriarteOwn goal''' PER Julio Meléndez (for Brazil) References External links Copa América 1975 at RSSSF 1975 Category:1975 in South American men's continental football Category:1975 in South American men's international football Category:July 1975 sports events in South America Category:August 1975 sports events in South America Category:September 1975 sports events in South America Category:October 1975 sports events in South America