U-20 South American Football Championship 1999

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The XIX. The 1999 U-20 South American Football Championship took place in Argentina from January 5, 1999 to January 25, 1999 .

The matches to determine the tournament winner were held in the cities of Mar del Plata and Tandil . The game was played in two groups, followed by a final phase, also in group mode. The national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela took part in the tournament. Argentina emerged victorious from the event . Places two to four went to the national teams from Uruguay , Brazil and Paraguay . The top scorer of the tournament was the Argentine Luciano Galletti with nine goals scored .

The squad of the winning team coached by José Pekerman consisted of the following players:

Franco Costanzo (River Plate), Cristian Grabinski (Newell's Old Boys), Germán Rivarola (Rosario Central), Juan Ramón Fernández (Estudiantes La Plata), Esteban Cambiasso (Independiente), Gabriel Milito (Independiente), Luciano Galletti (Estudiantes La Plata) , Aldo Duscher (Sporting Lisboa, Portugal), Sixto Peralta (Huracán), César La Paglia (Boca Juniors), Pablo Aimar (River Plate), Sebastián Saja (San Lorenzo), Carlos Roldán (Lanús), Fernando Crosa (Newell's Old Boys ), Javier Villarreal (Talleres de Córdoba), Ernesto Farías (Estudiantes La Plata), Adrián Guillermo (Boca Juniors), Lucas Castromán (Vélez Sársfield), Daniel Montenegro (Huracán) and Ariel Franco (River Plate)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Argentina irá por su quinta corona Sudamericana Sub 20 (Spanish) at www.afa.org.ar, accessed on May 11, 2013