Tournament details | |
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Dates | 10 August – 4 November |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 55 (2.29 per match) |
Attendance | 1,119,738 (46,656 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between 10 August and 4 November, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals.
Squads
Group stage

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Paraguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 |
Ecuador ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Vásquez ![]() Vega ![]() |
Burruchaga ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
Bolivia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Valderrama ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | ||||||
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![]() | 2 | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | ||||||
![]() | 1 | 0 | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Uruguay won 3–1 on points.
2–2 on points. Brazil won on a drawing of lots.
Finals
Uruguay ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Francescoli ![]() Diogo ![]() |
Uruguay won 3–1 on points.
Goal scorers

With three goals, Jorge Luis Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite and Carlos Aguilera are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Ricardo Gareca
Víctor Ramos
Milton Melgar
David Paniagua
Silvio Rojas
Erwin Romero
Jorginho
Renato Gaúcho
Tita
Oscar Arriaza
Rubén Espinoza
Juan Carlos Letelier
Juan Carlos Orellana
Fernando Fiorillo
Nolberto Molina
Miguel Augusto Prince
Hans Maldonado
Lupo Quiñónez
Galo Fidean Vázquez
José Jacinto Vega
Milciades Morel
Germán Leguía
Eduardo Mario Acevedo
Víctor Diogo
Enzo Francescoli
Arsenio Luzardo
Alberto Santelli
Pedro Febles
References
External links

- RSSSF Archive. "Copa América 1983".
- Official website of 2011 Copa América. "Copa América 1983" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Official Website of 2011 Copa América. "Goalscorers" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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