1983 Copa América

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

1983 Copa América
Tournament details
DatesAugust 10 – November 4
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (12th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored55 (2.29 per match)
Attendance1,119,738 (46,656 per match)
Top scorer(s) Carlos Aguilera
Jorge Luis Burruchaga
Roberto Dinamite
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Enzo Francéscoli

Squads
Main article: 1983 Copa América squads

Group stage
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, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Paraguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 430174+36
 Chile 421182+65
 Venezuela 4013110−91
Uruguay 2–1 Chile
Acevedo  45'
F.Morena  63' (pen.)		 Orellan  76'
Attendance: 30,000
Uruguay 3–0 Venezuela
Wilmar Cabrera  55'
Fernando Morena  51' (pen.)
Arsenio Luzardo  68'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Chile 5–0 Venezuela
Oscar Arriaza  22'
Rodolfo Dubó  25'
Jorge Aravena  35', 83'
Rubén Espinoza  51'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Enrique Labó (Peru)
Chile 2–0 Uruguay
Rodolfo Dubó  9'
Juan Carlos Letelier  80'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Teodoro Nitti (Argentina)
Venezuela 1–2 Uruguay
Pedro Febles  77' Alberto Santelli  74'
Carlos Aguilera  87'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Montalván (Peru)
Venezuela 0–0 Chile
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 421161+55
 Argentina 413054+15
 Ecuador 4022410−62
Ecuador 2–2 Argentina
Galo Fidean Vásquez  68'
José Jacinto Vega  79'		 Jorge Luis Burruchaga  40', 51'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–1 Brazil
Report Roberto Dinamite  14'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alfonso Postigo (Peru)
Argentina 1–0 Brazil
Ricardo Gareca  55' Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil 5–0 Ecuador
Renato Gaúcho  12'
Roberto Dinamite  46', 55'
Éder  58'
Tita  60'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Luis Gregorio Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Argentina 2–2 Ecuador
Víctor Ramos  50'
Jorge Luis Burruchaga  90' (pen.)		 Lupo Quiñónez  44'
Hans Maldonado  90'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Mario Lira (Chile)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Peru 422064+26
 Colombia 41215504
 Bolivia 402246−22
Bolivia 0–1 Colombia
Didí  73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
Peru 1–0 Colombia
Franco Navarro  70'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Bolivia 1–1 Peru
Erwin Romero  65' Franco Navarro  89'
Attendance: 37,738[1]
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Romero (Argentina)
Colombia 2–2 Peru
Miguel Augusto Prince  46'
Fernando Fiorillo  69'		 Eduardo Malásquez  25' (pen.)
Juan Caballero  85'
Attendance: 50,000
Colombia 2–2 Bolivia
Didí  2'
Nolberto Molina  60' (pen.)		 Milton Melgar  78'
Silvio Rojas  80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: José Vergara (Venezuela)
Peru 2–1 Bolivia
Germán Leguía  6'
Juan Caballero  21'		 David Paniagua  46'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Guillermo Budge (Chile)

Semi-finals
Peru 0–1 Uruguay
Aguilera  65'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Sergio Vásquez (Chile)
 Uruguay1–1 Peru
Cabrera  49' Malásquez  24'
Attendance: 58,000

Uruguay won 2-1 on aggregate.

 Paraguay1–1 Brazil
Morel  70' Report Éder  88'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Castro (Chile)
 Brazil0–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

Aggregate tied 1-1: Brazil won on a drawing of lots.

Final
Main article: 1983 Copa América Finals

First leg
 Uruguay2–0 Brazil
Francescoli  41'
Diogo  80'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)

Second leg
 Brazil1–1 Uruguay
Jorginho  23' Aguilera  77'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)

Result
 1983 Copa América Champions 

Uruguay
12th title

Goal 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.

References
  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.
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