Campeonato Sudamericano 1916 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national soccer team at the Campeonato Sudamericano 1916 , the first South American championship to be held in Argentina. Qualification was not necessary for the tournament in which the four founding members of CONMEBOL participated.

Brazilian contingent

Surname	society	Date of birth	Games	aGatesa	Space management
goalkeeper
Casemiro	Mackenzie Sp	Nov 14, 1892	2	0	0
Marcos	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Dec 25, 1894	1	0	0
Defense
Carlito	Club Athletico Paulistano	?	0	0	0
Emmanuel Augusto Nery0	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Dec 25, 1892	3	0	0
Orlando	Club Athletico Paulistano	Apr 21, 1895	3	0	0
Osny	Botafogo FR	Oct 11, 1898	0	0	0
midfield
Amílcar	Corinthians São Paulo	29 Mar 1893	1	0	0
Giácomo Facchine	Associação Atlética Campos Elíseos0	?	0	0	0
Galo	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0July 2, 1893	3	0	0
Sylvio Lagreca	Associação Atlética São Bento	June 16, 1895	3	0	0
Alberto Martins	União Lapa Futebol Clube	?	0	0	0
Lulo Rocha	Botafogo FR	?	0	0	0
Sidney	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	July 14, 1895	3	0	0
attack
Alencar	Sports Club Americano	06 Sep 1892	3	1	0
Arnaldo	FC Santos	0Aug 6, 1894	3	0	0
Demósthenes	Associação Atlética das Palmeiras	Jan. 17, 1892	1	1	0
Arthur Friedenreich	Club Athletico Paulistano	July 18, 1892	3	1	0
Luiz Menezes	Botafogo FR	0Apr 1, 1897	3	0	0
Mimi Sodré	Botafogo FR	Apr 10, 1892	1	0	0
Trainer
Sylvio Lagreca		June 16, 1895

Games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	05: 10
2.	Argentina	3	1	2	0	007: 200	+5	04: 20
3.	Brazil	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02: 40
4th	Chile	3	0	1	2	002:110	−9	01: 50

Saturday, July 8, 1916 in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Chile	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., July 10, 1916 in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Argentina	-	Brazil	1: 1 (1: 1)
Wed., July 12, 1916 in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Uruguay	-	Brazil	2: 1 (0: 1)

In the opening game against Chile, Demósthenes gave Brazil a 1-0 lead in the 40th minute. The first victory in their Copa America history was almost achieved. But five minutes before the end, Chile, who had previously lost 6-1 to Argentina, equalized through Hernando Salazar. After another 1-1 draw, in which the Brazilians quickly offset the Argentinians' early lead with a goal from Alencar, they should have needed a win and hoped for Argentina defeat or a draw in the last game between Argentina and Uruguay. In both cases they and one of the other two opponents would have tied on points. They achieved the lead against Uruguay in the eighth minute through the miracle striker Arthur Friedenreich , but were only ten on the field due to an injury to defender Orlando in the second half. The Urus were able to equalize after an hour - with top scorer Gradín scoring his third goal - and finally turn the game around a quarter of an hour before the end. With two points, the Brazilians ultimately only finished third.