1979 Copa América

1979 Copa AméricaTournament details

Dates| 18 July – 12 December
Teams| 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Paraguay (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 25
Goals scored| 63 (2.52 per match)
Attendance| 1,144,000 (45,760 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Eugenio Morel
Jorge Peredo
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Carlos Caszely[1]

← 1975

1983 →

International football competition

The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals.

## Squads

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Main article: 1979 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, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

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Peru qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

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### Group A

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

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Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5
Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5
Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 2

1 August 1979

Venezuela | 0–0|  Colombia

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Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)

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8 August 1979

Venezuela | 1–1|  Chile

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Carvajal 70' |  | Peredo 81'

Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: César Pagano (Peru)

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15 August 1979

Colombia | 1–0|  Chile

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Díaz 21' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

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22 August 1979

Colombia | 4–0|  Venezuela

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Iguarán 17'
Valverde 53'
Chaparro 59'
Morón 86' |  |

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

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29 August 1979

Chile | 7–0|  Venezuela

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Peredo 3', 59'
Véliz 31'
Rivas 38', 54' (pen.)
Soto 80'
Yáñez 84' |  | Páez

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Enrique Labó (Peru)

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5 September 1979

Chile | 2–0|  Colombia

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Caszely 14'
Peredo 58' |  | Valverde  54'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Wilfredo Cáceres (Paraguay)

### Group B

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

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Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5
Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4
Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3

18 July 1979

Bolivia | 2–1|  Argentina

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Reynaldo 29', 66' |  | López 5'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Octavio Sierra (Colombia)

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26 July 1979

Bolivia | 2–1|  Brazil

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Aragonés 36' (pen.), 73' | Report | Roberto Dinamite 30' (pen.)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Orlando Sánchez (Colombia)

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2 August 1979

Brazil | 2–1|  Argentina

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Zico 2'
Tita 54' | Report | Coscia 29'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 130,000

Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)

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8 August 1979

Argentina | 3–0|  Bolivia

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Passarella 1'
Gáspari 15'
Maradona 65' |  |

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sergio Vázquez Sánchez (Chile)

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16 August 1979

Brazil | 2–0|  Bolivia

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Tita 46'
Zico 90' | Report |

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: José Vergara Guerrero (Venezuela)

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23 August 1979

Argentina | 2–2|  Brazil

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Passarella 38'
Díaz 71'
Gallego  27' | Report | Sócrates 17', 65' (pen.)
Zico  27'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 68,000

Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)

### Group C

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

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Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6
Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4
Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2

29 August 1979

Ecuador | 1–2|  Paraguay

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Torres Garcés 64' (pen.) | Report | Talavera 22'
Solalinde 77'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

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5 September 1979

Ecuador | 2–1|  Uruguay

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Tenorio 6'
Alarcón 9' | Report | Victorino 79' (pen.)
Castillo  65'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

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13 September 1979

Paraguay | 2–0|  Ecuador

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E. Morel 27'
Osorio 48' | Report |

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

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16 September 1979

Uruguay | 2–1|  Ecuador

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Bica 4'
Victorino 57' (pen.)
Maneiro  78' | Report | Klinger 77'
Granda  57'
Ron  81'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)

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20 September 1979

Paraguay | 0–0|  Uruguay

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Ovelar  35' | Report |

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sergio Vásquez Sánchez (Chile)

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26 September 1979

Uruguay | 2–2|  Paraguay

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Milar 54' (pen.)
Paz 83' | Report | E. Morel 34', 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Finals

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|  Paraguay| 2| 2

|  Brazil| 1| 2|

|  Paraguay (agg.)| 3| 0| 0

| |  Chile| 0| 1| 0

|  Peru| 1| 0

|  Chile| 2| 0|

### Semi-finals

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17 October 1979

Peru | 1–2|  Chile

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Mosquera 71' |  | Caszely 36', 76'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

24 October 1979

Chile | 0–0|  Peru

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Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Chile won 3–1 on points.

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24 October 1979

Paraguay | 2–1|  Brazil

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E. Morel 16'
Talavera 35' | Report | Palhinha 79'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

31 October 1979

Brazil | 2–2|  Paraguay

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Falcão 29'
Sócrates 61' (pen.) | Report | M. Morel 31'
Romero 68'

Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

Paraguay won 3–1 on points.

### Finals

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Main article: 1979 Copa América Finals

28 November 1979 [2]

Paraguay | 3–0|  Chile

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Romero 12', 85'
M. Morel 36' |  |

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Luis Gregorio da Rosa (Uruguay)

5 December 1979 [2]

Chile | 1–0|  Paraguay

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Rivas 10' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

As the teams were tied 2–2 on points, a play-off on a neutral ground was required to determine the winner.

11 December 1979 [2]

Paraguay | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Chile

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José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

The play-off match finished tied after extra time expired, meaning the teams finished 3–3 on points. Paraguay won on aggregate 3–1.

## Goal scorers

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With four goals, Jorge Peredo and Eugenio Morel are the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 63 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

* Jorge Peredo
* Eugenio Morel

3 goals

* Sócrates
* Carlos Caszely
* Carlos Rivas
* Julio César Romero

2 goals

* Daniel Passarella
* Carlos Aragonés
* Jesús Reynaldo
* Tita
* Zico
* Milcíades Morel
* Hugo Talavera
* Waldemar Victorino

1 goal

* Hugo Coscia
* Roberto Osvaldo Díaz
* Jorge Gáspari
* Carlos Angel López
* Diego Maradona
* Paulo Roberto Falcão
* Palhinha
* Roberto Dinamite
* Mario Soto
* Leonardo Véliz
* Patricio Yáñez
* Gabriel Chaparro
* Ernesto Díaz
* Arnoldo Iguarán
* Jaime Morón
* Félix Valverde
* Jorge Luis Alarcón
* Fausto Klinger
* Mario Tenorio
* Carlos Torres Garcés
* Juvencio Osorio
* Alicio Solalinde
* Roberto Mosquera
* Alberto Bica
* Denis Milar
* Rubén Paz
* Rodolfo Carbajal

## References

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1. ^ "Especial Copa America: Los Mejores Jugadores edición por edición" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
2. ^ a b c Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 567\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

## External links

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* Copa América 1979 at RSSSF
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