Campeonato Sudamericano 1956
Campeonato Sudamericano 1956 | |
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Football South American Championship 1956 | |
Number of nations | 6th |
South American champions | Uruguay (9th title) |
venue | Uruguay |
Opening game | January 21, 1956 |
Tournament end | February 15, 1956 |
Games | 15th |
Gates | 38 (⌀: 2.53 per game) |
spectator | 568,000 (⌀: 37,867 per game) |
Top scorer |
Enrique Hormazábal (4 goals) |
References | 1 (⌀: 0.07 per game) |
Venue 1956 in Uruguay |
The Campeonato Sudamericano 1956 was the 24th edition of the South American continental championship in football and took place from January 21 to February 15 for the fifth time in Uruguay. Bolivia , Ecuador , Colombia and Venezuela did not participate.
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. All games were played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. As in previous tournaments, some games were played one after the other as part of a double event on one day.
Uruguay won the South American football championship for the ninth time without defeat in 1956 and was able to use the home advantage for the fifth time at the fifth event in its own country .
The winning squad of the Uruguayan team consisted of the following players:
Javier Ambrois (Nacional), Alfonso Auscarriaga (Danubio), Carlos Borges (Peñarol), Ladislao Brazionis (Rampla Juniors), Carlos María Carranza (Cerro), Carlos Correa (Defensor), Carlos Chávez (Liverpool), Héctor Demarco (Defensor), Guillermo Escalada (Nacional), Roque Fernández (Rampla Juniors), Roberto Leopardi (Nacional), Julio Maceiras (Danubio), Washington Manghini (Danubio), William Ruben Martínez ( Penarol ), Oscar Daniel Melgarejo (Danubio), Óscar Omarñ Míguez (Peñarolz ), Luis Alberto Miramontes (Defensor), Luis A. Pírez (Racing), Héctor Omar Ramos (Nacional), Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (Peñarol), Fernando Rodríguez (Danubio), Pedro Rodríguez (Rampla Juniors), José Walter Roque (Rampla Juniors ) - Coach: Hugo Bagnulo
Game results
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Best goal scorers
rank | player | Gates |
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1 | Enrique Hormazábal | 4th |
2 | Guillermo Escalada | 3 |
Óscar Omar Míguez | 3 | |
4th | Ángel Labruna | 2 |
Jaime Ramírez | 2 | |
Leonel Sánchez | 2 | |
Máximo Rolón | 2 | |
Roberto Drago | 2 |