South American Championship 1959 (Ecuador)

Copa América summary
host = Ecuador
year = 1959
tournament = South American Championship
teams = 5
date1 = December 5
date2 = December 25
winner = Uruguay
runner-up = Argentina
third = Brazil
matches = 10
goalscorer = Jose Sanfilippo
goalscorer2 =

The South American Championship 1959 was held in Ecuador and won by Uruguay with Argentina as a second.

Jose Sanfilippo from Argentina was the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

Matches

*fb|BOL, fb|CHI, fb|COL and fb|PER withdrew. Brazil attended with a team from Pernambuco.

----footballbox
date = December 5, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 3 – 2
report =
team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Paulo 25'
Paulo 39'
Zé de Mello 55'
goals2 = Parodi 72'
Benítez 90'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 35,000
referee = Carlos Ceballos (ECU)----footballbox
date = December 6, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 4 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Silveira 1'(PK)
Escalada 28'
Bergara 46'
Pérez 52'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 55,000
referee = José Luis Praddaude (ARG)----footballbox
date = December 9, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 4 – 2
report =
team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Sanfilippo 8'
Sanfilippo 57'
Pizzuti 81'
Sanfilippo 89' (PK)
goals2 = Insfrán 30'
Cabral 90'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 15,000
referee = Esteban Marino (URU)----footballbox
date = December 12, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 3 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Escalada 49'
Bergara 67'
Sasía 75'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 55,000
referee = José Luis Praddaude (ARG)----footballbox
date = December 12, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|ECU
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|ARG
goals1 = Raffo 20'
goals2 = Sosa 62'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 55,000
referee = José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)----footballbox
date = December 16, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 5 – 0
report =
team2 = fb|ARG
goals1 = Silveira 9' (PK)
Bergara 15'
Sasía 25'
Silveira 55' (PK)
Bergara 64'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 50,000
referee = José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)----footballbox
date = December 19, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 3 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Paulo 23'
Geraldo 42'
Zé de Mello 45'
goals2 = Raffo 12'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 55,000
referee = Esteban Marino (URU)----footballbox
date = December 22, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 4 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = García 2'
Sanfilippo 27'
Sanfilippo 89'
Sanfilippo 90'
goals2 = Geraldo 64'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 42,000
referee = Esteban Marino (URU)----footballbox
date = December 22, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|PAR
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = Parodi 32'
goals2 = Sasía 88'
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 45,000
referee = José Luis Praddaude (ARG)----footballbox
date = December 25, 1959
team1 = fb-rt|ECU
score = 3 – 1
report =
team2 = fb|PAR
goals1 = Spencer 16'
Balseca 25'
Cañarte 74'
goals2 = Gómez 5' (OG)
stadium = Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil
attendance = 55,000
referee = José Gomes Sobrinho (BRA)

Final Standings

Results

Top Scorers

6 goals
*flagicon|ARG|alt Jose Sanfilippo

4 goals
*flagicon|URU Mario Ludovico Bergara

3 goals
*flagicon|BRA Paulo
*flagicon|URU Alcides Silveira
*flagicon|URU José Francisco Sasía

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/59-2safull.html South American Championship 1959 at RSSSF]