Copa América 1991

Infobox International Football Competition
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year = 1991
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country = Chile
dates = July 8 - July 21
num_teams = 10
confederations = 1
venues = 4
cities = 4
champion = Argentina
count = 13
second = Brazil
third = Chile
fourth = Colombia
matches = 26
goals = 73
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|ARG Gabriel Batistuta (6)
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The Copa América 1991 football tournament was hosted by Chile, from July 8 to July 21, 1991. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated.

This was the last time that the tournament consisted of only CONMEBOL member nations. In subsequent tournaments, two nations from outside CONMEBOL have been invited to bring the total number of participants to twelve.

Argentina won the Copa América for the 13th time but only the first since 1959.

Venues

footballbox
date = July 7, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|COL
score = 1–0
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team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = De Avila 25'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso
Attendance: 13,828
Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)----footballbox
date = July 7, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|BOL
goals1 = Castro 73'
goals2 = J. Suárez 16'
stadium = Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso
Attendance: 13,828
Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)----footballbox
date = July 9, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Méndez 49' (Pen)
goals2 = Aguinaga 44'
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 18,430
Referee: Castro (Chile)----footballbox
date = July 9, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 2–1
report =
team2 = fb|BOL
goals1 = Neto 5' (Pen)
Branco 47'
goals2 = E. Sánchez 89' (Pen)
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 18,430
Referee: Ramírez (Peru)----footballbox
date = July 11, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|COL
score = 0–0
report =
team2 = fb|BOL
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 19,350
Referee: Farías (Venezuela)----footballbox
date = July 11, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|URU
goals1 = João Paulo 29'
goals2 = Méndez 66'
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 19,350
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)----footballbox
date = July 13, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|ECU
score = 4–0
report =
team2 = fb|BOL
goals1 = Aguinaga 32'
Avilés 42', 73'
Ramírez 80' (Pen)
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 17,250
Referee: Castro (Chile)----footballbox
date = July 13, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|COL
score = 2–0
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = De Avila 35'
Iguarán 66'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 17,250
Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)----footballbox
date = July 15, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|URU
score = 1–0
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Méndez 19'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)----footballbox
date = July 15, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 3–1
report =
team2 = fb|ECU
goals1 = Mazinho II 8'
Márcio Santos 54'
Luiz Henrique 89'
goals2 = Muñoz 12'
stadium = Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)

Final Round

footballbox
date = July 17, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 3–2
report =
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Franco 1', 39'
Batistuta 46'
goals2 = Branco 5'
João Paulo 52'
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 44,005
Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)----footballbox
date = July 17, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|CHI
score = 1–1
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Zamorano 74'
goals2 = Iguarán 37'
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 44,005
Referee: Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago----footballbox
date = July 19, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 0–0
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 37,612
Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)----footballbox
date = July 19, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 2–0
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Renato 29'
Branco 76' (Pen)
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 37,612
Referee: Ramírez (Peru)----footballbox
date = July 21, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 2–0
report =
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Mazinho II 8'
Luiz Henrique 55'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 45,104
Referee: Loustau (Argentina)----footballbox
date = July 21, 1991
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 2–1
report =
team2 = fb|COL
goals1 = Simeone 11'
Batistuta 19'
goals2 = De Ávila 70'
stadium = Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago
Attendance: 45,104
Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)

Result

Individual scorers

;6 goals
*flagicon|ARG Gabriel Batistuta

;5 goals
*flagicon|CHI Iván Zamorano

;3 goals
*flagicon|BRA Branco
*flagicon|CHI Hugo Rubio
*flagicon|COL Anthony de Avila
*flagicon|PAR Luis Monzón
*flagicon|URU Peter Méndez

;2 goals
*flagicon|ARG Claudio Caniggia
*flagicon|ARG Darío Franco
*flagicon|ARG Diego Simeone
*flagicon|BRA João Paulo
*flagicon|BRA Luiz Henrique
*flagicon|BRA Mazinho II
*flagicon|COL Arnoldo Iguarán
*flagicon|ECU Álex Aguinaga
*flagicon|ECU Ney Avilés
*flagicon|PER José del Solar
*flagicon|PER Jorge Hirano
*flagicon|PER Eugenio La Rosa

;1 goals
*flagicon|ARG Leonardo Astrada
*flagicon|ARG Néstor Craviotto
*flagicon|ARG Claudio García
*flagicon|ARG Diego Latorre
*flagicon|BOL Erwin Sánchez
*flagicon|BOL Juan Suárez
*flagicon|BRA Marcio Santos
*flagicon|BRA Neto
*flagicon|BRA Renato
*flagicon|CHI Jorge Contreras
*flagicon|CHI Fabián Estay
*flagicon|CHI Jaime Vera
*flagicon|ECU Carlos Muñoz
*flagicon|ECU Erwin Ramírez
*flagicon|PAR José Cardozo
*flagicon|PAR Carlos Guirland
*flagicon|PAR Gustavo Neffa
*flagicon|PAR Vidal Sanabria
*flagicon|PER Alfonso Yáñez
*flagicon|PER Flavio Maestri
*flagicon|URU Ramón Castro

;Own goals
*flagicon|PER José del Solar
*flagicon|VEN Robert Cavallo

ee also

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/91safull.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Copa América 1991]