1975 Copa América

Football competition

1975 Copa AméricaTournament details

Dates| 17 July – 28 October
Teams| 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Peru (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 25
Goals scored| 79 (3.16 per match)
Attendance| 1,053,000 (42,120 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Ernesto Díaz
Leopoldo Luque
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Teófilo Cubillas[1]

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The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. For the first time 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. For the first time, all ten CONMEBOL countries participated, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-finals and the rest starting in the group stage.

## Squads

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For a complete list of participating squads: see 1975 Copa América squads

## Group stage

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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

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 8
Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 4
Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0

31 July 1975

Venezuela | 0–4|  Brazil

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| Report | Romeu 2'
Danival 50'
Palhinha 82', 88'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Rivero (Peru)

* * *

3 August 1975

Venezuela | 1–5|  Argentina

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Iriarte 14' |  | Luque 12', 34', 66'
Kempes 30'
Ardiles 86'

Estadio Olímpico, Caracas

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Rafael Hormazábal (Chile)

* * *

6 August 1975

Brazil | 2–1|  Argentina

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Nelinho 31', 55' (pen.) |  | Asad 11'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

* * *

10 August 1975

Argentina | 11–0|  Venezuela

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D. Killer 8', 41', 62'
Gallego 14'
Ardiles 39'
Kempes 53', 81'
Zanabria 56', 64'
Bóveda 80'
Luque 85' |  |

Cor de León, Rosario

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Pedro Reyes (Peru)

* * *

13 August 1975

Brazil | 6–0|  Venezuela

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Roberto Batata 6', 79'
Nelinho 9'
Danival 37'
Campos 53'
Palhinha 65' |  |

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Carlos Rivero (Peru)

* * *

16 August 1975

Argentina | 0–1|  Brazil

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|  | Danival 45'

Cor de León, Rosario

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Peru | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7
Chile | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3
Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2

17 July 1975

Chile | 1–1|  Peru

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Crisosto 10' |  | Rojas 72'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Omar Delgado (Colombia)

* * *

20 July 1975

Bolivia | 2–1|  Chile

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Mezza 60', 75' |  | Gamboa 41'

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Héctor Ortiz (Paraguay)

* * *

27 July 1975

Bolivia | 0–1|  Peru

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|  | Ramírez 17'

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Alberto Ducatelli (Argentina)

* * *

7 August 1975

Peru | 3–1|  Bolivia

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Ramírez 7' (pen.)
Cueto 26'
Oblitas 52' |  | Mezza 58' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

* * *

13 August 1975

Chile | 4–0|  Bolivia

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Araneda 40', 87'
Ahumada 61'
Gamboa 71' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)

* * *

20 August 1975

Peru | 3–1|  Chile

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Rojas 3'
Oblitas 32'
Cubillas 39' |  | Carlos Reinoso 76'

Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Juan José Fortunatto (Uruguay)

### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Colombia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 8
Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3
Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1

20 July 1975

Colombia | 1–0|  Paraguay

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Díaz 83' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

* * *

24 July 1975

Ecuador | 2–2|  Paraguay

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Lasso 38'
Castañeda 47' |  | Kiese 16', 87'

Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Mario Fiorenza (Venezuela)

* * *

27 July 1975

Ecuador | 1–3|  Colombia

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Carrera 40' |  | Ortiz 15'
Retat 75'
Castro 83'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Miguel Angel Comesaña (Argentina)

* * *

30 July 1975

Paraguay | 0–1|  Colombia

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|  | Díaz 40'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Match abandoned at 43'

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7 August 1975

Colombia | 2–0|  Ecuador

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Díaz 15'
Calero 42' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

* * *

10 August 1975

Paraguay | 3–1|  Ecuador

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Báez 21'
Rolón 39', 58' |  | Castañeda 31'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Finals

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|  Colombia (agg.)| 3| 0

|  Uruguay| 0| 1|

|  Colombia| 1| 0| 0

| |  Peru (replay)| 0| 2| 1

|  Brazil| 1| 2

|  Peru (by draw)| 3| 0|

### Semi-finals

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21 September 1975

Colombia | 3–0|  Uruguay

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Angulo 53'
Ortiz 70'
Díaz 90' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: César Orozco (Peru)

1 October 1975

Uruguay | 1–0|  Colombia

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Morena 17' (pen.) |  |

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Rafael Hormazábal (Chile)

2–2 on points. Colombia won 3–1 on aggregate goals.

* * *

30 September 1975

Brazil | 1–3|  Peru

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Roberto Batata 54' |  | Casaretto 19', 88'
Cubillas 82'

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Miguel Angel Comesaña (Argentina)

4 October 1975

Peru | 0–2|  Brazil

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|  | Meléndez 10' (o.g.)
Campos 61'

Estadio Alianza Lima, Lima

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)

2–2 on points. Peru won on a drawing of lots.

### Finals

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Main article: 1975 Copa América Finals

16 October 1975[2]

Colombia | 1–0|  Peru

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Castro 38' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina)

22 October 1975[3]

Peru | 2–0|  Colombia

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Oblitas 18'
Ramírez 44' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Juan Silvagno (Chile)

2–2 on points. A play-off was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner.

28 October 1975[4]

Peru | 1–0|  Colombia

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Sotil 25' |  |

Estadio Olimpico, Caracas

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

Peru won the play-off 1–0.

## Result

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1975 Copa América champions

Peru
2nd title

## Goal scorers

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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.

Leopoldo Luque, one of the two top scorers

4 goals

* Leopoldo Luque
* Ernesto Díaz

3 goals

* Mario Kempes
* Daniel Killer
* Ovidio Mezza
* Danival
* Nelinho
* Palhinha
* Roberto Batata
* Juan Carlos Oblitas
* Oswaldo Ramírez

2 goals

* Osvaldo Ardiles
* Mario Zanabria
* Campos
* Luis Araneda
* Miguel Ángel Gamboa
* Ponciano Castro
* Willington Ortiz
* Gonzalo Castañeda
* Hugo Enrique Kiese
* Clemente Rolón
* Enrique Casaretto
* Teófilo Cubillas
* Percy Rojas

1 goal

* Julio Asad
* Ramón Bóveda
* Américo Gallego
* Romeu
* Sergio Ahumada
* Julio Crisosto
* Carlos Reinoso
* Edgar Angulo
* Oswaldo Calero
* Eduardo Retat
* Polo Carrera
* Félix Lasso
* Carlos Báez
* César Cueto
* Hugo Sotil
* Fernando Morena
* Ramón Iriarte

Own goal

* Julio Meléndez (for Brazil)

## References

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1. ^ The Copa América Archive – Trivia
2. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
3. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
4. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 566\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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