1957 South American Championship

The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up. Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.

1957 South American Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
Dates7 March – 6 April
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (11th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored101 (4.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Javier Ambrois
Argentina Humberto Maschio
(9 goals each)

Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay became top scorers of the tournament with 9 goals each.[1]

Summary

Managed by Guillermo Stábile, Argentina won the tournament with a team widely considered one of the best squads in its history,[2] and the first "legendary team" of Argentina since its inception in 1901.[3] The attacking line (nicknamed Carasucias) was composed of Omar Corbatta, Humberto Maschio, Antonio Angelillo, Enrique Sívori and Osvaldo Cruz. Beyond its virtues and high goalscoring (25 goals in 6 matches), Argentina was a well-balanced team with a strong defense with Pedro Dellacha and Néstor Rossi as two of its most notable players that helped the team to finish the competition with the fewest goals conceded.

Despite Argentina having won other South American competitions before, the 1957 Sudamericano was the first Argentine achievement with a great repercussion on the media. Likewise, Sívori was chosen as the best player of the tournament.[3]

Because of their great performances, Maschio, Angelillo and Sívori would be traded to Italian clubs (Bologna, Internazionale and Juventus respectively) after the tournament, losing the chance to play the FIFA World Cup held in Sweden one year later,[4] due to the AFA interventor, Raúl Colombo, not calling them for the national team considering that "we are plenty of players here".[2]

People always remember us. Maybe we played just a few matches and that South American championship still remains in their memory. Despite we had played some friendly matches before travelling Peru, people almost could not see us play in our country.

Humberto Maschio in an interview with Clarín, 2007

Corbatta was a phenomenal player. He did impossible things. He was crazy, but about football. When he dribbled it seemed that rivals could never take the ball away from him. He became an idol of Limeños (people from Lima). After the 3–0 win over Brazil, he was acclaimed by the whole attendance, giving his shirt to them as retribution.[3]

Humberto Maschio

Squads

The Argentina winning squad

For a complete list of participating squads see: 1957 South American Championship squads

Venues

Lima
Estadio Nacional de Lima
Capacity: 50,000

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 6501256+1910
 Brazil 6402239+148
 Uruguay 64021512+38
 Peru 6402129+38
 Colombia 62041025−154
 Chile 6114917−83
 Ecuador 6015723−161
Uruguay 5–2 Ecuador
Ambrois 26', 29' (pen.), 57', 74'
Sasía 87'
Larraz 12', 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

Peru 2–1 Ecuador
Terry 29', 37' (pen.) Cantos 44'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

Argentina 8–2 Colombia
Cruz 5'
Angelillo 10', 73'
Maschio 16' (pen.), 23', 53' (pen.), 85'
Corbatta 59'
Gamboa 34' (pen.)
Valencia 37'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

Brazil 4–2 Chile
Didì 20', 26', 44'
Pepe 46'
Ramírez Banda 13'
Fernández 89'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Peru 1–0 Chile
Mosquera 57'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

Colombia 1–0 Uruguay
Arango 28'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pedro Di Leo (Italy)

Argentina 3–0 Ecuador
Angelillo 5', 39'
Sívori 14'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Argentina 4–0 Uruguay
Maschio 7', 73'
Angelillo 48'
Sanfilippo 83'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

Brazil 7–1 Ecuador
Evaristo 22', 89'
Pepe 25'
Zizinho 34' (pen.)
Joel 43', 68'
Didì 78'
Larraz 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

Chile 3–2 Colombia
Verdejo 35', 70'
Espinoza 62'
Arango 68'
Carrillo 83'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Edwin Hieger (Austria)

Uruguay 5–3 Peru
Ambrois 22', 48', 60', 75'
Carranza 26'
Terry 3'
Seminario 81'
Mosquera 83'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Chile 2–2 Ecuador
Ramírez Banda 18', 26' (pen.) Larraz 25' (pen.)
Cantos 59'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

Brazil 9–0 Colombia
Pepe 27'
Evaristo 41', 44', 45', 75', 86'
Didì 50', 60'
Zizinho 85'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Peru 4–1 Colombia
Alberto Terry 34'
Rivera 35', 37'
Bassa 83'
Arango 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

Argentina 6–2 Chile
Sívori 7'
Angelillo 21', 70'
Maschio 53', 74'
Corbatta 83' (pen.)
Fernández 14', 28'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

Uruguay 3–2 Brazil
Campero 15', 23'
Ambrois 17'
Evaristo 68'
Didì 70'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)

Brazil 1–0 Peru
Didì 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ronald Lynch (United Kingdom)

Colombia 4–1 Ecuador
Álvarez 19' (pen.)
Gutiérrez 22'
Gamboa 30', 58'
Larraz 32' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Harry Davis (United Kingdom)

Uruguay 2–0 Chile
Campero 28'
Roque 40'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Erwin Hieger (Austria)
Match suspended at the 43rd minute due to pitch invasion.

Argentina 3–0 Brazil
Angelillo 23'
Maschio 87'
Cruz 90'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Turner (United Kingdom)

Peru 2–1 Argentina
Mosquera 15'
Terry 81'
Sívori 50'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Bertley Cross (United Kingdom)

Result

 1957 South American Championship champions 

Argentina

11th title

Goalscorers

Humberto Maschio, one of the two top scorers

A total of 33 different players scored 101 goals in the tournament. None were credited as own goals.

9 Goals

8 Goals

5 Goals

4 Goals

  • Ecuador Jorge Larraz

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

  1. South American Championship 1957 at RSSSF
  2. Los ángeles carasucias, El Gráfico 8 February 2018
  3. La primera delantera mediática by Roberto Martínez on ESPN, 7 May 2016
  4. Ídolos: Humberto Maschio, El Gráfico, 6 May 2014
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