1995 Copa América

1995 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	July 5 – 23
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (14th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	69 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta Luis García (4 goals each)
Best player	Enzo Francéscoli[1]

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the USA invited in order to reach 12 teams.^[2]

The USA were the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group.^[3] The USA went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.^[4][5]

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was never played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Venues

Montevideo	Maldonado	Montevideo Maldonado Rivera Paysandú	Rivera	Paysandú
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Domingo Burgueño		Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera	Estadio Parque Artigas
Capacity: 65,235	Capacity: 22,000		Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000
34°53′41″S 56°09′10″W / 34.894661°S 56.15284°W	34°54′52″S 54°57′17″W / 34.914564°S 54.954815°W		30°54′31″S 55°32′54″W / 30.908521°S 55.548377°W	32°19′23″S 58°04′21″W / 32.322961°S 58.072593°W

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

Argentina Javier Castrilli Bolivia Pablo Peña Brazil Márcio Rezende de Freitas Chile Salvador Imperatore Colombia Óscar Ruiz Ecuador Alfredo Rodas

Mexico Marco Antonio Rodríguez Arturo Brizio Carter Paraguay Félix Benegas Peru Alberto Tejada Uruguay Ernesto Filippi Eduardo Dluzniewski United States Raúl Domínguez Venezuela Paolo Borgosano

First round

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals.

• Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Uruguay  v  Venezuela

July 5, 1995

Uruguay	4–1	Venezuela
Fonseca  14' Otero  25' Francescoli  75' (pen.) Poyet  84'	Report	Dolgetta  53'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

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Paraguay  v  Mexico

July 6, 1995

Paraguay	2–1	Mexico
Cardozo  63' Samaniego  73'		García  44'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

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Uruguay  v  Paraguay

July 9, 1995

Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay
Francescoli  13'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

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Mexico  v  Venezuela

July 9, 1995

Mexico	3–1	Venezuela
García  41' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Espinoza  76'		Campos  65' (o.g.)

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado Attendance: 700 Referee: Domínguez (United States)

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Paraguay  v  Venezuela

July 12, 1995

Paraguay	3–2	Venezuela
Cardozo  35' Villamayor  64' Gamarra  83'		Miranda  13' Dolgetta  68'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

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Uruguay  v  Mexico

July 13, 1995

Uruguay	1–1	Mexico
Saralegui  79'		García  67'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Colombia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Peru	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Colombia  v  Peru

July 7, 1995

Colombia	1–1	Peru
Asprilla  68'		Palacios  80'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

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Brazil  v  Ecuador

July 7, 1995

Brazil	1–0	Ecuador
Ronaldão  73'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)

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Colombia  v  Ecuador

July 10, 1995

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
Rincón  44'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Peña (Bolivia)

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Brazil  v  Peru

July 10, 1995

Brazil	2–0	Peru
Zinho  77' (pen.) Edmundo  82'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Benegas (Paraguay)

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Ecuador  v  Peru

July 13, 1995

Ecuador	2–1	Peru
Díaz  61' Mora  75'		I. Hurtado  82' (o.g.)

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

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Brazil  v  Colombia

July 13, 1995

Brazil	3–0	Colombia
Leonardo  30' Túlio  76' Higuita  85' (o.g.)

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Chile	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

United States  v  Chile

July 8, 1995

United States	2–1	Chile
Wynalda  14', 20'		Rozental  63'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Tejada (Peru)

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Argentina  v  Bolivia

July 8, 1995

Argentina	2–1	Bolivia
Batistuta  70' Balbo  81'		Angola  75'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

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Bolivia  v  United States

July 11, 1995

Bolivia	1–0	United States
Etcheverry  23'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Borgosano (Venezuela)

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Argentina  v  Chile

July 11, 1995

Argentina	4–0	Chile
Batistuta  1', 51' Simeone  6' Balbo  54'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Carter (Mexico)

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Bolivia  v  Chile

July 14, 1995

Bolivia	2–2	Chile
Mercado  78' Ramos  87'		Basay  55', 61'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Tejada (Peru)

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United States  v  Argentina

July 14, 1995

United States	3–0	Argentina
Klopas  20' Lalas  31' Wynalda  58'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
C	Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
B	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 July – Montevideo
	Colombia	1 (5)
					19 July – Montevideo
	Paraguay	1 (4)
					Colombia	0
	16 July – Montevideo
					Uruguay	2
	Uruguay	2
									23 July – Montevideo
	Bolivia	1
									Uruguay	1 (5)
	17 July – Paysandú
									Brazil	1 (3)
	United States	0 (4)
					20 July – Maldonado
	Mexico	0 (1)
					United States	0			Third place
	17 July – Rivera
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	2 (4)							Colombia	4
	Argentina	2 (2)							United States	1
									22 July – Maldonado

Quarter-finals

Colombia  v  Paraguay

July 16, 1995

Colombia	1–1	Paraguay
Rincón  53'		Villamayor  26'
	Penalties
Rincón Mendoza Arboleda Cabrera Asprilla	5–4	Jara Acuña Samaniego Denis Gamarra

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

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Uruguay  v  Bolivia

July 16, 1995

Uruguay	2–1	Bolivia
Otero  1' Fonseca  30'		Sánchez  71'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

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United States  v  Mexico

July 17, 1995

United States	0–0	Mexico
	Penalties
Wynalda Moore Caligiuri Klopas	4–1	García Hermosillo Coyote

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Argentina

July 17, 1995

Brazil	2–2	Argentina
Edmundo  9' Túlio  81'		Balbo  2' Batistuta  29'
	Penalties
Roberto Carlos Túlio André Cruz Dunga Edmundo	4–2	Pérez Acosta Simeone Fabbri

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tejada (Peru)

Semi-finals

Uruguay  v  Colombia

July 19, 1995

Uruguay	2–0	Colombia
Adinolfi  51' Otero  70'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Benegas (Paraguay)

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Brazil  v  United States

July 20, 1995

Brazil	1–0	United States
Aldair  13'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

Third-place match

Colombia  v  United States

July 22, 1995, 20:30

Colombia	4–1	United States
Quiñónez  30' Valderrama  38' Asprilla  50' Rincón  76'		Moore  52' (pen.)

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

Final

Uruguay  v  Brazil

July 23, 1995, 17:00

Uruguay	1–1	Brazil
Bengoechea  51'	Report	Túlio  30'
	Penalties
Francescoli Bengoechea Herrera Gutiérrez Martínez	5–3	Roberto Carlos Zinho Túlio Dunga

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Result

1995 Copa América Champions
Uruguay 14th title

Goal scorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers. In total, 69 goals were scored by 45 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

4 goals Gabriel Batistuta Luis García 3 goals Abel Balbo Túlio Freddy Rincón Eric Wynalda Marcelo Otero 2 goals Edmundo Ivo Basay Faustino Asprilla José Cardozo Juan Villamayor Daniel Fonseca Enzo Francescoli José Luis Dolgetta

1 goal Diego Simeone Demetrio Angola Marco Etcheverry Miguel Mercado Mauricio Ramos Carlos Sánchez Aldair Leonardo Ronaldão Zinho Sebastián Rozental Luis Quiñónez Carlos Valderrama Energio Díaz José Mora Eduardo Espinoza Carlos Gamarra Adriano Samaniego Roberto Palacios Edgardo Adinolfi Pablo Bengoechea Gustavo Poyet Marcelo Saralegui Frank Klopas Alexi Lalas Joe-Max Moore Gabriel Miranda

Own goals René Higuita Iván Hurtado Jorge Campos

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Uruguay	14	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	77.8%
Brazil	14	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	77.8%
Colombia	8	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	44.4%
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	58.3%
Paraguay	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	58.3%
United States	7	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1	38.9%
Mexico	5	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	41.7%
Bolivia	4	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	33.3%
Ecuador	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	33.3%
Peru	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	25.0%
Chile	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	25.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0.0%

References

1. "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. Straus, Brian (2016-05-25). "Copa America semifinals: Personal memories of USA's 1995 run". Si.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
3. Kristan Heneage. "The day USA beat Argentina in Copa América: 'Simeone threatened to kill us' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
4. "Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish". Goal.com. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
5. "Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol". SI.com. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

• Copa América 1995 at RSSSF