Copa América 1979

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year = 1979
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dates = July 10 - December 12
num_teams = 10
confederations = 1
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champion = Paraguay
count = 2
second = Chile
third = Brazil
fourth = Peru
matches = 27
goals = 61
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top_scorer = flagicon|CHI Jorge Peredo (4)
flagicon|PAR Eugenio Morel (4)
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The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played in both teams' fields. Defending champions Peru got a bye into the semifinals.

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

emi-finals

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date = October 17, 1979
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score = 1–2
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team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Mosquera 71'
goals2 = Caszely 36'
Caszely 76'
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (BRA)
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date = October 24, 1979
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score = 0–0
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team2 = fb|PER
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stadium = Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Cardellino (URU)
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date = October 24, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|PAR
score = 2–1
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team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = E. Morel 16'
Talavera 35'
goals2 = Palinha 79'
stadium = Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Barretto (URU)
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date = October 31, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 2–2
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team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Falcão 29'
Sócrates 61' (pen)
goals2 = M. Morel 31'
Romero 68'
stadium = Maracaná, Río de Janeiro
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Espósito (ARG)

Finals

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date = November 28, 1979
team1 = fb|PAR
score = 3–0
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team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Romero 12'
M. Morel 36'
Romero 85'
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stadium = Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Da Rosa (URU)
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date = December 5, 1979
team1 = fb|CHI
score = 1–0
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team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Rivas 10'
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stadium = Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Barreto (URU)

Final playoff

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date = December 11, 1979
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score = 0–0 (a.e.t.)
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stadium = Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Coelho (BRA)

* Paraguay won on aggregate.

Result

Individual scorers

;Four goals
*flagicon|CHI Jorge Peredo
*flagicon|PAR Eugenio Morel
;Three goals
*flagicon|BRA Sócrates
*flagicon|CHI Carlos Caszely
*flagicon|CHI Carlos Rivas
*flagicon|PAR Julio César Romero
;Two goals
*flagicon|ARG Daniel Passarella
*flagicon|BOL Carlos Aragonés
*flagicon|BOL Jesús Reynaldo
*flagicon|BRA Tita
*flagicon|BRA Zico
*flagicon|PAR Milcíades Morel
*flagicon|PAR Hugo Talavera
*flagicon|URU Waldemar Victorino
;One goal
*flagicon|ARG Hugo Coscia
*flagicon|ARG Roberto Osvaldo Díaz
*flagicon|ARG Jorge Gáspari
*flagicon|ARG Carlos Angel López
*flagicon|ARG Diego Maradona
*flagicon|BRA Paulo Roberto Falcão
*flagicon|BRA Palinha
*flagicon|BRA Roberto Dinamite
*flagicon|CHI Mario Soto
*flagicon|CHI Leonardo Véliz
*flagicon|CHI Patricio Yáñez
*flagicon|COL Gabriel Chaparro
*flagicon|COL Ernesto Díaz
*flagicon|COL Arnoldo Iguarán
*flagicon|COL Jaime Morón
*flagicon|COL Félix Valverde
*flagicon|ECU Jorge Luis Alarcón
*flagicon|ECU Fausto Klinger
*flagicon|ECU Mario Tenorio
*flagicon|ECU Carlos Torres Garcés
*flagicon|PAR Juvencio Osorio
*flagicon|PAR Alicio Solalinde
*flagicon|PER Robert Mosquera
*flagicon|URU Alberto Bica
*flagicon|URU Denis Milar
*flagicon|URU Rubén Paz
*flagicon|VEN Rodolfo Carbajal

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/79safull.html#scorers RSSSF Archive]