Copa América 1975

ChampionsPeru

Peru won, ahead of Colombia. 10 teams, 25 games, 3.16 goals a game; hosted by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Group stage

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
Peruthrough	4	3	1	0	+5	7
Chile	4	1	1	2	+1	3
Bolivia	4	1	0	3	-6	2

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
Colombiathrough	4	4	0	0	+6	8
Paraguay	4	1	1	2	0	3
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	-6	1

Group C

Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
Brazilthrough	4	4	0	+12	8
Argentina	4	2	2	+13	4
Venezuela	4	0	4	-25	0

2 points for a win. Ordered by points, goal difference, then goals scored; the official tie-breakers vary by tournament, so “through” is taken from who played in the next round.

Every game

This edition’s format (two-legged ties and play-offs) can’t be worked out from the results alone, so its games are listed in date order.

1975-09-21Colombia 3–0 UruguayBogotá47%
1975-09-30Brazil 1–3 PeruUpsetBelo Horizonte92%
1975-10-01Uruguay 1–0 ColombiaMontevideo67%
1975-10-04Peru 0–2 BrazilLima38%
1975-10-16Colombia 1–0 PeruBogotá47%
1975-10-22Peru 2–0 ColombiaLima73%
1975-10-28Colombia 0–1 PeruCaracas35%

Top scorers

Ernesto Díaz Colombia 4
Leopoldo Luque Argentina 4
Ovidio Mezza Bolivia 3
Oswaldo Ramírez Peru 3
Danival Brazil 3
Palhinha Brazil 3
Mario Kempes Argentina 3
Nelinho Brazil 3
Juan Carlos Oblitas Peru 3
Daniel Killer Argentina 3

Upsets

1975-07-20Colombia 1–0 ParaguayUpsetGroup B · Bogotá30%
1975-07-30Paraguay 0–1 ColombiaUpsetGroup B · Asunción79%
1975-09-30Brazil 1–3 PeruUpsetBelo Horizonte92%

Winners whose Elo expectation before the game was under 30%.

Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.