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1983 Copa América

Tournament 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	1,119,738 (46,656 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Aguilera Jorge Luis Burruchaga Roberto Dinamite (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Enzo Francéscoli
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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

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 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Uruguay	2–1	Chile
Acevedo 45' Morena 63' (pen.)		Orellana 76'

Uruguay	3–0	Venezuela
Cabrera 29' Morena 57' (pen.) Luzardo 68'

Chile	5–0	Venezuela
Arriaza 22' Dubó 25' Aravena 35', 83' Espinoza 51'

Chile	2–0	Uruguay
Dubó 9' Letelier 80'

Venezuela	1–2	Uruguay
Febles 77'		Santelli 74' Aguilera 87'

Venezuela	0–0	Chile

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Ecuador	2–2	Argentina
Vásquez 68' Vega 89'		Burruchaga 40', 51'

Ecuador	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Roberto 14'

Argentina	1–0	Brazil
Gareca 55'	Report

Brazil	5–0	Ecuador
Renato Gaúcho 12' Roberto 46', 55' Éder 58' Tita 60'	Report

Argentina	2–2	Ecuador
Ramos 50' Burruchaga 90+' (pen.)		Quiñónez 44' Maldonado 90' (pen.)

Brazil	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Bolivia	0–1	Colombia
		Valderrama 73'

Peru	1–0	Colombia
Navarro 77'

Bolivia	1–1	Peru
Romero 65'		Navarro 89'

Colombia	2–2	Peru
Prince 46' Fiorillo 69'		Malásquez 25' (pen.) Caballero 85'

Colombia	2–2	Bolivia
Valderrama 2' Molina 60' (pen.)		Melgar 78' Rojas 80'

Peru	2–1	Bolivia
Leguía 6' Caballero 21'		Paniagua 46'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	Peru	0	1
	Uruguay	1	1
						Uruguay	2	1
						Brazil	0	1
	Paraguay	1	0
	Brazil (by draw)	1	0

Semi-finals

Peru	0–1	Uruguay
		Aguilera 65'

Uruguay	1–1	Peru
Cabrera 49'		Malásquez 24'

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

Paraguay	1–1	Brazil
Morel 70'	Report	Éder 88'

Brazil	0–0	Paraguay
	Report

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

Final

Uruguay	2–0	Brazil
Francescoli 41' Diogo 80'

Brazil	1–1	Uruguay
Jorginho 23'		Aguilera 77'

Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

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.

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

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

• RSSSF Archive. "Copa América 1983".
• Official website of 2011 Copa América. "Copa América 1983" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Official Website of 2011 Copa América. "Goalscorers" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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