Campeonato Sudamericano 1939

Campeonato Sudamericano 1939
Soccer South American Championship 1939
Number of nations	5
South American champions	Peru (1st title)
venue	Peru
Opening game	January 15, 1939
Tournament end	February 12. 1939
Games	10
Gates	47  (⌀: 4.7 per game)
spectator	141,000  (⌀: 14,100 per game)
Top scorer	Teodoro Fernández (7 goals)

Lima

Venue in 1939 in Peru

The Campeonato Sudamericano of 1939 was the 15th game of the South American continental football championship and took place from January 15th to February 12th for the third time in Peru. The Peruvians took on the host role for the second time within 4 years. The tournament suffered from the absence of the first two winners of the last South American Championship, Argentina and Brazil ; next lacked even Bolivia and Colombia . For this, the national team of Ecuador started for the first time since joining CONMEBOL in 1927.

The tournament was played as before in the league system (everyone against everyone). If there was a tie in first place, a playoff was planned. As already 4 years ago, all games were played in the Estadio Guadelupe in Lima.

Sensational winner of the Campeonato Sudamericano 1939 hosted Peru for the first time.

Game results

January 15, 1939 Paraguay - Chile 5: 1 (?: 1) Peru - Ecuador 5: 2 (3: 0) January 22, 1939 Uruguay - Ecuador 6: 0 (1: 0) Peru - Chile 3: 1 (0: 0) January 29, 1939 Uruguay - Chile 3: 2 (2: 2) Peru - Paraguay 3: 0 (2: 0) February 5, 1939 Chile - Ecuador 4: 1 (3: 1) Uruguay - Paraguay 3: 1 (2: 0) February 12, 1939 Paraguay - Ecuador 3: 1 (1: 0) Peru - Uruguay 2: 1 (2: 1)

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1.  Peru  4th  4th  0  0 013: 400  +9 08-00  2.  Uruguay  4th  3  0  1 013: 500  +8 06: 20  3.  Paraguay  4th  2  0  2 009: 800  +1 04: 40  4th  Chile  4th  1  0  3 008:120  −4 02: 60  5.  Ecuador  4th  0  0  4th 004:180 −14 00: 80

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Teodoro Fernández	7th
2	Jorge Alcalde	5
	Severino Varela	5
4th	Marcial Barios	3
	Tiberio Godoy	3
	Pedro Lago	3
	Roberto Porta	3

Team roster

Peru
Juan Honores (Goalkeeper, Universitario de Deportes Lima), Víctor Marchena (Goalkeeper, Sport Boys Lima), Jorge Alcalde (Sport Boys Lima), Teodoro Alcalde (Sport Boys Lima), Víctor Bielich (Deportivo Municipal), Segundo Castillo (Sport Boys Lima), Raúl Chappel (Sport Boys Lima), Arturo Fernández ( Universitario de Deportes Lima), Teodoro Fernández (Universitario de Deportes Lima), Pedro Ibáñez (Sport Boys Lima), Orestes Jordán (Universitario de Deportes Lima), Adelfo Magallanes ( Alianza Lima ), Arturo Paredes (Sport Boys Lima), Pablo Pasache (Deportivo Municipal), Enrique Perales (Universitario de Deportes Lima), Juan Quispe (Alianza Lima), Carlos Tovar (Universitario de Deportes Lima)
Coach: Jack Greenwell (England)

Peru was the big sensation at this Campeonato Sudamericano. Inspired by the home advantage, the team grew beyond itself. Already after the smooth opening wins against Ecuador and Chile it became clear that the hosts would be the biggest competitor of the "Urus" in this tournament. The fact that they could then defeat the highly favored record South American champions in a direct comparison with 2: 1 was actually not believed by any of the Peruvians. But given the performance shown throughout the tournament, Peru was a worthy South American champion.

Uruguay
Horacio Granero (goalkeeper, Central ), Aníbal Luis Paz (goalkeeper, CA Bella Vista ), Adelaido Camaití ( CA Peñarol ), Aníbal Ciocca ( Nacional Montevideo ), Oscar Chirimini ( River Plate ), Roberto Fager ( Montevideo Wanderers FC ), Eugenio Galvalisi ( Rampla Juniors FC ), Pedro Lago (Peñarol Montevideo), Ernesto Mascheroni (Peñarol Montevideo), Roberto Porta (Nacional Montevideo), Abdón Reyes ( Sud América ), Plácido Rodriguez (Rampla Juniors FC), Manuel Sanguinetti (River Plate), Obdulio Jacinto Varela (Montevideo Wanderers FC), Severino Varela (Peñarol Montevideo), General Viana (Central), Félix Zaccour (Sud América), Erebo Zunino (Peñarol Montevideo)
Coach: Alberto Suppici

Uruguay was the absolute top favorite before this tournament. After Argentina and Brazil renounced the whole professional world believed in a sure eighth tournament success. But already in the narrow 3-2 win over Chile, the team showed weaknesses, which then became even more evident in the "final" against the hosts from Peru. The decisive duel was unexpectedly lost 2-1 and the eighth title win was playful.

Paraguay
Manuel González (goalkeeper), Victor Encina (Goalkeeper), Ricardo Aquino , Diego Ayala , Eustaquio Bareiro , Marcial Barrios , Fidelino Etcheverry , Ferreira, Tiberio Godoy , Milciades Gómez Benítez , José Ibáñez , Antonio Invernizzi , Juan Félix Lezcano , Eduardo Mingo , Gabino Morín , Raúl Núñez-Velloso , Miguel Ortega , E. Romero, Lorenzo Velloso , Jacinto Villalba
Trainers: Manuel Fleitas-Solich

Paraguay started this tournament furiously. The clear 5: 1 opening win against Chile meant that a lot could be expected for the rest of the tournament. But in the following two games, the Paraguayos could not meet the expectations; in the duels with hosts Peru (0: 3) and top favorites Uruguay (1: 3) there was no chance. After a final 3-1 mandatory win over the weak Ecuadorians, only third place remained in the end.

Chile
Augusto Lobos (goalkeeper, Santiago Morning), Eduardo Simián (CF Universidad de Chile Santiago), José Avendaño (Magallanes Santiago), Osvaldo Carvajal ( Unión Española Santiago), Jorge Córdova (Magallanes Santiago), Julio Córdova (Magallanes Santiago), Ascanio Cortés (Audax Italiano Santiago), Alfonso Domínguez (Unión Española Santiago); Roberto Luco ( Colo Colo Santiago ), Felipe Mediavilla (Unión Española Santiago), Julio Montero (Colo Colo Santiago), Raúl Muñoz (Magallanes Santiago), Gustavo Pizarro (Badminton Santiago), Luis Ponce (Magallanes Santiago), Guillermo Riveros (Audax Italiano Santiago), Humberto Roa (Audax Italiano Santiago), Enrique Sorrel (Colo Colo Santiago), Raúl Toro (Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso)
Trainer: Pedro Mazullo (Uruguay)

Chile started this tournament exceptionally poorly. After the clear 1: 5 opening defeat against Paraguay one could already bury further ambitions in this championship. Then you could improve from game to game, but further defeats against Peru (1: 3) and Uruguay (2: 3) could not be avoided. So they celebrated their first tournament victory in the last game against "newcomer" Ecuador (4: 1), which also meant fourth place.

Ecuador
Humberto Vásquez (goalkeeper), Francisco Martínez (goalkeeper), Marino Alcívar (Hispanoamérica de la Habana), Manuel Arenas , Luis Arias , Fonfredes Bohórquez , Ernesto Cevallos , Leónidas Elizalde , Augusto Freire , Enrique Herrera , Luis Hungría , Jorge Laurido , José Merino , José Peralta , Eloy Ronquillo ( CD Los Millonarios ), Augusto Solís , Alfonso Suárez Rizzo (Hispanoamérica de la Habana), Ramón Unamuno , José Vasconez , Arturo Zambrano
Player- coach : Ramón Unamuno

Ecuador paid a lot of money in its first Copa participation. In all duels, the team had absolutely no chance. With four clear defeats in four games, the "Copa newcomer" finished fifth and last.

Web links

• Tournament website 1939 at rsssf.com (engl.)