Campeonato Sudamericano 1916 / Uruguay

This article covers the Uruguayan 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.

Uruguayan contingent

Surname	society	Date of birth	Games	aGatesa	Space management
goalkeeper
Cayetano Saporiti	Montevideo Wanderers0	Jan. 14, 1887	3	0	0
Defense
Miguel Benincasa	River Plate Football Club	?	1	0	0
Francisco Castellino	Nacional Montevideo	?	1	0	0
Alfredo Foglino	Nacional Montevideo	0Feb 1, 1892	3	0	0
midfield
Pablo Dacal	Nacional Montevideo	?	0	0	0
Juan Delgado	Central Español	around 1891 to 1893	3	0	0
Jorge Germán Pacheco 0	Peñarol	?	2	0	0
José Perez	Peñarol	?	0	0	0
Antonio Urdinarán	Defensor	Oct. 30, 1898	0	0	0
José Vanzzino	Nacional Montevideo	1895	1	0	0
Manuel Varela	Peñarol	1891 or 1892	3	0	0
Alfredo Zibechi	Montevideo Wanderers	Oct. 30, 1895	1	0	0
attack
José Brachi	Nacional Montevideo	?	1	0	0
Isabelino Gradín	Peñarol	0July 8, 1897	3	3	0
Rodolfo Marán	Nacional Montevideo	1897	1	0	0
José Piendibene	Peñarol	0June 5, 1890	3	2	0
Ángel Romano	Nacional Montevideo	0Aug 2, 1893	2	0	0
Pascual Somma	Nacional Montevideo	February 7, 1891 or 1896	3	0	0
José Tognola	Reformers Football Club	?	2	1	0
Trainer
Alfredo Foglino ( player- coach )		0Feb 1, 1892
Jorge Germán Pacheco ( player-coach )		?

¹ The player-coach Alfredo Foglino took the place of Jorge Germán Pacheco as captain in the third game against Argentina and also took the coaching post that had previously been occupied by Pacheco.

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

Sun., July 2nd, 1916 in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Uruguay	-	Chile	4: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., July 12, 1916 in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima
Uruguay	-	Brazil	2: 1 (0: 1)
Mon., July 17, 1916 in the Cancha de Racing Club
Argentina	-	Uruguay	0-0

After Uruguay had only led with one goal at halftime in their first game against Chile, they won the game 4-0. Piendibene and Gradín each scored two goals. Ten days later, the Urus played their second game against Brazil. They fell behind with a goal from Arthur Friedenreich in the eighth minute , but were able to equalize after one hour with the third goal of top scorer Gradín and thanks to Tognola scored the winning goal in the 77th minute. After winning two games, a draw in the last game against Argentina was enough for them to win the tournament, as the Argentines could only achieve one draw and one win, which meant they were one point behind. After a 0-0 draw, Uruguay became the first South American champions. This game was kicked off on July 16 like all the others in the Cancha de Gimnasia y Esgrima. But due to riots, it had to be canceled after five minutes and was continued one day later in the Cancha de Racing Club in the sixth minute.