1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)
The Campeonato Sudamericano 1959 was the 27th edition of the South American continental championship in football and was held from December 5 to 25 for the second time in Ecuador instead. For the first and only time in history a second competition was held in the same year by the discharged in Argentina in March Copa. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela did not participate. Brazil came without his 58er World Champion with a selection of the state of Pernambuco, entirely of players of sports, Santa Cruz, and Náutico from Recife consisting of.
The tournament was as usual ( FFA ) played in the league system. Case of a tie for first place, a playoff was provided. All matches were played at the Estadio Modelo in Guayaquil. Here, some games were sequentially discharged in a day as part of a doubleheader as in previous tournaments.
Second South American champions in football in 1959 was unbeaten for the tenth time in Uruguay.
The victorious squad Uruguay consisted of the following players:
Eladio Benítez (Racing Club ), Mario Bergara (Racing Club ), Carlos Chávez ( Liverpool), Julio Dalmao ( Cerro ), Walter Davoine ( Rampla Juniors), Luis Dogliotti (Liverpool ), Vlada Douksas ( Rampla Juniors), Guillermo Escalada (Nacional ), Javier Espalter ( Sud América ), Jorge Gómez ( Liverpool), Rubén González Adán (Nacional), Víctor Guaglianone ( Wanderers ), Victoriano Manghini ( Danubio ), Omar Mario Méndez ( Sud América ), Juan Carlos Messiah (Nacional), Domingo Pérez ( Rampla Juniors), William Píriz ( Defensor ), José Sasia ( Defensor ), Alcides Silveira ( Sud América ), Roberto Eduardo Sosa ( Nacional), Horacio Troche (Nacional) - Coach: Juan Carlos Corazzo