1983 Copa América

1983 Copa AméricaTournament details

Dates| 10 August – 4 November
Teams| 10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Uruguay (12th title)
Runners-up|  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 24
Goals scored| 55 (2.29 per match)
Attendance| 1,013,889 (42,245 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Carlos Aguilera
Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Roberto Dinamite
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Enzo Francéscoli

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International football competition

The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals.

The cup was won by Uruguay, that beat Brazil in the final match. This achievement ended Uruguay's 16-year streak without an official championship since the 1967 South American Championship, and qualified the Celestes to play the first Artemio Franchi Trophy in 1985 against France, winner of the UEFA Euro 1984.

## Squads

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Main article: 1983 Copa América squads

## Group stage

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Argentina playing Ecuador in Quito

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 zero points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Paraguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

### Group A

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

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Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6
Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5
Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1

1 September 1983

Uruguay | 2–1|  Chile

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Acevedo 45'
Morena 63' (pen.) |  | Orellana 76'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 22,346

Referee: Coelho (Brazil)

* * *

4 September 1983

Uruguay | 3–0|  Venezuela

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Cabrera 29'
Morena 57' (pen.)
Luzardo 68' |  |

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 52,567

Referee: González (Paraguay)

* * *

8 September 1983

Chile | 5–0|  Venezuela

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Arriaza 22'
Dubó 25'
Aravena 35', 83'
Espinoza 51' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Labo (Peru)

* * *

11 September 1983

Chile | 2–0|  Uruguay

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Dubó 9'
Letelier 80' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Nitti (Argentina)

* * *

18 September 1983

Venezuela | 1–2|  Uruguay

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Febles 77' |  | Santelli 74'
Aguilera 87'

Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Montalván (Peru)

* * *

21 September 1983

Venezuela | 0–0|  Chile

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Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)

### Group B

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

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Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5
Argentina | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5
Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2

10 August 1983

Ecuador | 2–2|  Argentina

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Vásquez 68'
Vega 89' |  | Burruchaga 40', 51'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Aristizábal (Colombia)

* * *

17 August 1983

Ecuador | 0–1|  Brazil

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| Report | Roberto 14'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Postigo (Peru)

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24 August 1983

Argentina | 1–0|  Brazil

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Gareca 55' | Report |

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Cardellino (Uruguay)

* * *

1 September 1983

Brazil | 5–0|  Ecuador

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Renato Gaúcho 12'
Roberto 46', 55'
Éder 58'
Tita 60' | Report |

Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia

Attendance: 26,688

Referee: Da Rosa (Uruguay)

* * *

7 September 1983

Argentina | 2–2|  Ecuador

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Ramos 50'
Burruchaga 90+' (pen.) |  | Quiñónez 44'
Maldonado 90' (pen.)

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ortubé (Bolivia)

* * *

14 September 1983

Brazil | 0–0|  Argentina

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| Report |

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 53,921

Referee: Lira (Chile)

### Group C

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

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Peru | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6
Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4
Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2

14 August 1983

Bolivia | 0–1|  Colombia

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|  | Valderrama 73'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: González (Paraguay)

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17 August 1983

Peru | 1–0|  Colombia

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Navarro 77' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

* * *

21 August 1983

Bolivia | 1–1|  Peru

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Romero 65' |  | Navarro 89'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 37,738[1]

Referee: Romero (Argentina)

* * *

28 August 1983

Colombia | 2–2|  Peru

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Prince 46'
Fiorillo 69' |  | Malásquez 25' (pen.)
Caballero 85'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Coelho (Brazil)

* * *

31 August 1983

Colombia | 2–2|  Bolivia

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Valderrama 2'
Molina 60' (pen.) |  | Melgar 78'
Rojas 80'

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Vergara (Venezuela)

* * *

4 September 1983

Peru | 2–1|  Bolivia

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Leguía 6'
Caballero 21' |  | Paniagua 46'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Budge (Chile)

## Knockout stage

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Peru| 0| 1

|  Uruguay| 1| 1 |

|  Uruguay| 2| 1

| |  Brazil| 0| 1

|  Paraguay| 1| 0

|  Brazil (by draw)| 1| 0 |

### Semi-finals

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13 October 1983

Peru | 0–1|  Uruguay

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|  | Aguilera 65'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Vásquez (Chile)

20 October 1983

Uruguay | 1–1|  Peru

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Cabrera 49' |  | Malásquez 24'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 56,350

Referee: Ithurralde (Argentina)

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

* * *

13 October 1983

Paraguay | 1–1|  Brazil

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Morel 70' | Report | Éder 88'

Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 49,199

Referee: Castro (Chile)

20 October 1983

Brazil | 0–0|  Paraguay

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| Report |

Parque de Sabiá, Uberlandia

Attendance: 48,433

Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

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

### Final

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Main article: 1983 Copa América final

27 October 1983[2]

Uruguay | 2–0|  Brazil

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Francescoli 41'
Diogo 80' |  |

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 58,714

Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)

4 November 1983[3]

Brazil | 1–1|  Uruguay

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Jorginho 23' |  | Aguilera 77'

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 83,933

Referee: Pérez (Peru)

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

## Goal scorers

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Jorge Burruchaga, one of the three top scorers

With three goals, Jorge Luis Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite and Carlos Aguilera are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 Goals

* Jorge Burruchaga
* Roberto Dinamite
* Carlos Aguilera

2 Goals

* Éder
* Jorge Aravena
* Rodolfo Dubó
* Didí
* Juan Caballero
* Franco Navarro
* Eduardo Malásquez
* Fernando Morena
* Wilmar Cabrera

1 Goal

* Ricardo Gareca
* Víctor Ramos
* Milton Melgar
* David Paniagua
* Silvio Rojas
* Erwin Romero
* Jorginho
* Renato Gaúcho
* Tita
* Oscar Arriaza
* Rubén Espinoza
* Juan Carlos Letelier
* Juan Carlos Orellana
* Fernando Fiorillo
* Nolberto Molina
* Miguel Augusto Prince
* Hans Maldonado
* Lupo Quiñónez
* Galo Fidean Vázquez
* José Jacinto Vega
* Milciades Morel
* Germán Leguía
* Eduardo Mario Acevedo
* Víctor Diogo
* Enzo Francescoli
* Arsenio Luzardo
* Alberto Santelli
* Pedro Febles

## References

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1. ^ Behr, Raúl. "B para creer" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
2. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
3. ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 568\. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

## External links

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