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Brazil 1-0 Argentina - February 05, 1956 / Copa America 1956

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Copa America 1956 - Final Tournament

Estadio Centenario - Montevideo - Uruguay

February 05, 1956

25 000

Brazil

1 - 0

Argentina

Luizinho

87'

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42' - Substitution Juan Carlos Colmanis substituted by José Garcia Pérez

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75' - Substitution Emanuelle Del Vecchiois substituted by Alvaro75

79' - Substitution Angel Labrunais substituted by Omar Sivori

87' - Goal Luizinho87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Brazil

1 - 0

Argentina

Brazil Argentina

Team line-ups

Brazil

Gilmar

Brazil

B.date22/08/1930

Age25 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Alfredo Ramos

Brazil

B.date27/10/1924

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Djalma Santos

Brazil

B.date27/02/1929

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

De Sordi

Newton De Sordi

Brazil

B.date14/02/1931

Age24 years

H1m75

positionFull-back

Roberto Belangero

Brazil

B.date28/06/1928

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Formiga

Francisco Ferreira Formiga

Brazil

B.date11/11/1930

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Luizinho87

Luizinho

Brazil

B.date07/03/1930

Age25 years

H1m67

positionOffensive Midfielder

Del Vecchio75

Emanuelle Del Vecchio

Brazil

B.date24/09/1934

Age21 years

H1m75

positionForward

Maurinho

Mauro Raphael Maurinho

Brazil

B.date06/06/1933

Age22 years

positionForward

Zezinho

Brazil

B.date02/06/1930

Age25 years

positionForward

Canhoteiro

Brazil

B.date24/09/1932

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gilmar		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alfredo Ramos		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Djalma Santos		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Newton De Sordi		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Belangero		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	F. F. Formiga		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luizinho	87	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emanuelle Del Vecchio	75	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mauro Raphael Maurinho		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zezinho		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Canhoteiro		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Argentina

Musimessi

Julio Musimessi

Argentina

B.date09/07/1924

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Colman42

Juan Carlos Colman

Argentina

B.date15/12/1922

Age33 years

positionDefender

Vairo

Federico Vairo

Argentina

B.date27/01/1930

Age26 years

positionDefender

Gutierrez

Ernesto Gutierrez

Argentina

B.date09/11/1927

Age28 years

positionDefender

Lombardo

Juan Francisco Lombardo

Argentina

B.date11/06/1925

Age30 years

positionDefender

Mouriño

Eliseo Mouriño

Argentina

B.date03/06/1927

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Cecconato

Carlos Cecconato

Argentina

B.date27/01/1930

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Grillo

Ernesto Grillo

Argentina

B.date10/01/1929

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Labruna79

Angel Labruna

Argentina

B.date28/09/1918

Age37 years

H1m75

positionForward

Cucchiaroni

Ernesto Cucchiaroni

Argentina

B.date11/04/1927

Age28 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

Pentrelli

Luis Pentrelli

Argentina

B.date15/06/1932

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Julio Musimessi		31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juan Carlos Colman	42	33	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Federico Vairo		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernesto Gutierrez		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juan Francisco Lombardo		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eliseo Mouriño		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Cecconato		26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernesto Grillo		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Angel Labruna	79	37	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernesto Cucchiaroni		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Pentrelli		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alvaro	75	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		José Garcia Pérez	42	34	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Omar Sivori	79	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emanuelle Del Vecchio

Baltazar

OUT

Mauro Raphael Maurinho

Alvaro

OUT

Zezinho

Néstor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luis Pentrelli

Rodolfo Micheli

OUT

Ernesto Grillo

Ricardo Bonelli

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Flávio Costa

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Flávio Costa vs Argentina

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 05, 1956

Flávio Costa vs Stabile

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 05, 1956

Manager

Age

Match num

Guillermo Stabile

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Stabile vs Brazil

7 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on February 05, 1956

Stabile vs Flávio Costa

3 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on February 05, 1956

Referee

Washington Rodriguez

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Brazil3 matches	General total	Argentina5 matches	3 victories	1 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Brazil2 matches	Season total	Argentina2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 13, 1957					Latest figure on March 07, 1959

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Key figures

End of streak for Brazil after 18 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Argentina (since 09/12/1923). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/10/1921 (7 matches)

It's the first time in his career that Luizinho scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career

The last time Brazil has ended with the score 1-0 in Copa America, It was on the 15/03/1953 (vs )

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VBrazil 5-0 Mexico16/06/1954

DBrazil 1-1 Yugoslavia19/06/1954

LHungary 4-2 Brazil27/06/1954

LChile 4-1 Brazil24/01/1956

DBrazil 0-0 Paraguay29/01/1956

VBrazil 2-1 Peru01/02/1956

Overall

VBrazil 2-1 Chile20/09/1955

VBrazil 3-0 Paraguay13/11/1955

DBrazil 3-3 Paraguay17/11/1955

LChile 4-1 Brazil24/01/1956

DBrazil 0-0 Paraguay29/01/1956

VBrazil 2-1 Peru01/02/1956

Current form

Neutral ground

VArgentina 4-0 Ecuador09/03/1955

DArgentina 2-2 Peru18/03/1955

VArgentina 6-1 Uruguay27/03/1955

VArgentina 2-1 Peru22/01/1956

VArgentina 2-0 Chile29/01/1956

VArgentina 1-0 Paraguay01/02/1956

Overall

DArgentina 2-2 Peru18/03/1955

VArgentina 6-1 Uruguay27/03/1955

VArgentina 1-0 Chile30/03/1955

VArgentina 2-1 Peru22/01/1956

VArgentina 2-0 Chile29/01/1956

VArgentina 1-0 Paraguay01/02/1956

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	4	5
Unbeaten streak	26	8
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	18	8
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Mauro Raphael Maurinho	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Angel Labruna
Mauro Raphael Maurinho	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Angel Labruna
Alvaro	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Angel Labruna

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

2 d

3 l

28 gf

24 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

2 d

9 l

12 gf

31 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

5 gf

13 ga

Total

30 matches

9 v

4 d

17 l

45 gf

68 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

9 v

2 d

3 l

31 gf

12 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

2 d

6 l

24 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

13 gf

5 ga

Total

30 matches

17 v

4 d

9 l

68 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	December 20, 1945
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 05, 1940
Neutral ground	3 - 1	February 15, 1945

Latest head to head

February 10, 1946 - Copa America 1946

Argentina

2 - 0

Brazil

December 23, 1945 - Rencontres amicales 1945

Brazil

3 - 1

Argentina

December 20, 1945 - Rencontres amicales 1945

Brazil

6 - 2

Argentina

December 16, 1945 - Rencontres amicales 1945

Brazil

3 - 4

Argentina

February 15, 1945 - Copa America 1945

Argentina

3 - 1

Brazil

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Léônidas	7 goals	1939 - 1945
Ademir	4 goals	1945 - 1945
Murtinho Braga Nilo	4 goals	1923 - 1925
Neco	2 goals	1917 - 1922
Zizinho	2 goals	1945 - 1945
Arlindo Pacheco	2 goals	1919 - 1919

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/1914. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Brazil

Emilio Baldonedo	7 goals	1940 - 1940
Herminio Masantonio	6 goals	1939 - 1942
Norberto Doroteo Mendez	5 goals	1945 - 1946
Carlos Peucelle	4 goals	1940 - 1940
Enrique Garcia	3 goals	1939 - 1942
Fabio Cassan	2 goals	1940 - 1940

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/09/1914. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Léônidas	9 matches	1939 - 1945
J. M. Zézé Procopio	8 matches	1939 - 1946
Antonio Domingos da Guia	8 matches	1939 - 1946
J. S. L. Carreiro	7 matches	1937 - 1940
Pellicciari Romeu	7 matches	1939 - 1940
Brandão	6 matches	1937 - 1942

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1914. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Brazil

Jose Salomon	10 matches	1940 - 1946
Angel Perucca	9 matches	1940 - 1945
Sebastian Gualco	8 matches	1939 - 1942
Enrique Garcia	8 matches	1939 - 1942
Carlos Peucelle	7 matches	1939 - 1940
Pedro Suarez	7 matches	1939 - 1940