International Season of 1991/92, Part 1 (July and August 1991)

 

August

On July 12, 1991, Dimitar Penev was appointed as Bulgaria National Team Manager. He managed for the first time vs. Turkey on August 21^st.

On August 20, 1991, Paulo Roberto Falcao was sacked as Brazil National Team Manager.

On August 27, 1991, Ernesto Paulo was appointed as Brazil National Team caretaker Manager.

Yugoslavia toured Italy for the first time since its break-up in May after Slovenia and Croatia had declared Independence.

 

 

Date: July 24, 1991

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Abidjan

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Ivory Coast 0-Guinea 0 (-)

Date: July 26, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Cairo, International Stadium

Referee: -

Attendance: 65,000

Egypt 2-Tunisia 2 (Ismail Youssef 44, Magdi Abdelghani 66 / Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi 46, 60)

Date: July 26, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Nouakchott, 

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Mauritania 0-Niger 1 (???)

Date: July 27, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Lagos, National Stadium

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Nigeria 7-Burkina Faso 1 (Rashidi Yekini 13, 69, 71, 80, Samson Siasia 14, Friday Elaho 74, Finidi George 88 / ??)

Date: July 27, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Lilongwe

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Malawi 2-Zimbabwe 2 (Own Goal (Rzwodzi)20' , Chimodzi 86 /  Nagoli 13', Peter Ndlovu 89)

Date: July 27, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Lusaka, Independence Stadium

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Zambia 1-Angola 0 (Charlie Musonda 89)

Date: July 27, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Freetown, National Stadium

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Sierra Leone 2-Mali 0 (??)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Yaoundé, Stade Omnisports

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Cameroon 1-Guinea 0 (François Omam-Biyik 10)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Abidjan

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Ivory Coast 2-Morocco 0 (Lacina 24, Abdoulaye Traoré 52)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Cotonou

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Benin 0-Ghana 0 (?-)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Nairobi, Moi International Sports Centre

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Kenya 2-Sudan 1 (Henry Motego 13, Michael Okoth 70 / Faraj 87)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 8

Venue: Libreville, Omnisports Stadium

Referee: -

Attendance: 50,000

Gabon 0-Zaire 0 (-)

Date: July 28, 1991

Competition: African Nations Cup 1992-Qualifier-Group 8

Venue: Dar-es-Salaam

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Tanzania 1-Uganda 1 (????)

 

 

Date: August 2, 1991

Competition: Philadelphia Cup 

Venue: Philadelphia -Veterans’ Stadium

Referee: Angelo Bratsis (USA)

Attendance: 44,261

USA 2-Sheffield Wednesday (England) 0 (Bruce Murray 52, Brian Quinn 60)

 

Photo From:  Soccer America, Vol. 41, No. 7, Issue 1023, August 19, 1991

(August 2, 1991, Philadelphia Cup, USA 2-Sheffield Wednesday (England) 0)

Date: August 7, 1991

Competition: Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti Tournament

Venue: -

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Lazio (Italy) 1-Czechoslovakia 1 (??)

Date: August 7, 1991

Competition: Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti Tournament

Venue: -

Referee: -

Attendance: -

Genoa (Italy) 0-Yugoslavia 0 (-)

 

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1992

(Yugoslavia squad, August 7, 1991, Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti, Genoa (Italy) 0-Yugoslavia 0)

 

 

Date: August 8, 1991

Competition: Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti Tournament

Venue: Aosta (Italy), Stadio Mario Puchoz

Referee: Carlo Squizzato (Italy)

Attendance: -

Yugoslavia 0-Czechoslovakia 1 (-) (Czechoslovakia won 4-3 on a penalty kick shoot-out)

Penalties:

Czechsolovakia: Hapal, Jurasko, Cerny, Nemecek

Yugoslavia: Mijatovic, Lukic, Savicevic, Milanic (missed), Jokanovic (post)

 

Date: August 8, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion

Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Germany)

Attendance:  9,482

Norway 1-Sweden 2 (Oyvind Leonhardsen 12 / Roland Nilsson 14, Andres Limpar 40)

 

Date: August 11, 1991

Competition: CEDEAO Qualifier

Venue: Otonou

Referee: -

Attendance:  -

Benin 0-Ivory Coast 3 (???)

Note: Unofficial Match

 

Date: August 14, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Poznań, Stadion Miejski (Lecha Stadion)

Referee: Alexei Spirin (USSR) 

Attendance:  14,000

Poland 1-France 5 (Jan Urban 17 / Franck Sauzee 42, Jean-Pierre Papin 45, Amara Simba 68, Laurent Blanc 69, Christian Perez 77)

 

 

Photo from: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(Poland squad, August 14, 1991, Poland 1-France 5)

 

 

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 32, September 1991

(Jean-Pierre papin, August 14, 1991, Poland 1-France 5)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 32, September 1991

(France squad, August 14, 1991, Poland 1-France 5)

 

Date: August 17, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Moscow

Referee: Valeri Butenko (USSR)

Attendance:  22,000

USSR (Olympic) 2-USA 1 (Yuri Nikiforov 11, Bakhva Tedeev 56 / Hugo Perez 81)

 

 

Photo from: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1991

(August 17, 1991, USSR (Olympic) 2-USA 1)

 

Photo from: Soccer International, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1991

(USSR and USA squads, August 17, 1991, USSR (Olympic) 2-USA 1)

 

 

Date: August 19, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Sucoma

Referee: -

Attendance:  -

Malawi 1-Mozambique 0 (???)

Date: August 20, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Blantyre

Referee: -

Attendance:  -

Malawi 2-Mozambique 0 (???)

 

 

Date: August 20, 1991

Competition: Torneo Naranja

Venue: Valencia

Referee: -

Attendance:  -

Valencia CF (Spain) 1-USSR 1 (Fernando 3 / Igor Korneyev 27)

 

Date: August 21, 1991

Competition: Torneo Naranja

Venue: Valencia

Referee: -

Attendance:  -

Sao Paulo (Brazil) 0-USSR 0 (-)

 

Date: August 21, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Stara Zagora-Beroe Stadion

Referee: Karl Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

Attendance:  5,000

Bulgaria 0-Turkey 0 (-)

 

 

Date: August 21, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Prague, Stadion Evžena Rošického (Strahov)

Referee: Wolf-Günther Wiesel (Germany)

Attendance:  4,000

Czechoslovakia 1-Switzerland 1 (Milan Luhový 18 / Kubilay Turkyilmaz 25)

 

 

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, August 21, 1991, Czechoslovakia 1-Switzerland 1)

Date: August 21, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Gdynia -Baltyk Stadion

Referee: Frans Vandenwijngaert (Belgium)

Attendance:  6,000

Poland 2-Sweden 0 (Wojciech Kowalczyk 59, Mirosław Trzeciak 90)

 

 

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(August 21, 1991, Poland 2-Sweden 0)

Date: August 21, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Innsbruck

Referee: Mayrhofer (Germany)

Attendance:  1,620

Tirol Innsbruck (Austria) 4-USA 0 (Peter Pacult 29, 66, Christoph Westerthaler 85, Renato 87)

 

 

Date: August 28, 1991

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier, Group 3

Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion

Referee: Howard King (Wales)

Attendance:  25,427

Norway 0-USSR 1 (Alexander Mostovoi 74)

 

Date: August 28, 1991

Competition: Friendly 

Venue: Brasov- Municipal

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Attendance:  7,500

Romania 0-USA 2 (Marcelo Balboa 40, Bruce Murray 58)

 

Copa America 1991 Compendium-Part 4

Copa America 1991 Matches:

Final Round:

Date: July 17, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Argentina 3-Brazil 2

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (44,005 in other sources)

Referee: Carlos A. Maciel (Paraguay)

Linesmen: Jose Francisco Ramirez Calle (Peru), Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Dario Franco 1st, 40th, Gabriel Batistuta 46th  

(Brazil): Claudio Branco 6th, João Paulo 53rd

Summary of goals:

(1^st minute, Argentina): Leonel Rodriguez’s corner from the right side was headed in by Dario Franco (fastest goal after 40 seconds).

(6^th minute, Brazil): Claudio Branco scored from a free kick.

(40^th minute, Argentina): Leonel Rodriguez’s cross from the left side was headed in by Dario Franco.

(46^th minute, Argentina): Leonel Rodriguez’s cross from the right side was headed in by Gabriel Batistuta.

(53^rd minute, Brazil): Claudio Branco sent a cross from the left side. The ball was not cleared and Joao Paulo pounced to score.

Lineups:

Argentina:

1- Sergio Javier Goycochea (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

4- Fabián Armando Basualdo (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

2- Sergio Fabian Vázquez (Club Ferrocarril Oeste-Buenos Aires)  

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri  (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

3- Carlos Alberto Enrique (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

5- Leonardo Rubén Astrada (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

10- Diego Pablo Simeone (Sporting Club Pisa / Italy)

8- Dario Javier Franco (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

20- Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (21-Blas Armando Giunta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 82^nd)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 

7- Claudio Paul Caniggia (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy)

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Sergio Vazquez, Carlos Enrique, Leonel Rodriguez (according to other sources: Fabian Basualdo, Oscar Ruggeri and Carlos Enrique were booked)

Sent off: Claudio Caniggia 31^st, Carlos Enrique 61^st

Other Substitutes:

12- Alejandro Fabio Lanari (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

13- Fernando Andres Gamboa (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

11- Diego Fernando Latorre (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

18- Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Team Captain: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)
2- Iomar do Nascimento ‘Mazinho’ (Unione Sportiva Lecce / Italy)
4- Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)   
15- Marcio Roberto dos Santos (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 
6- Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal ‘Branco’ (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy)
5- Mauro Silva Gomes  (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)
17- Henrymarcio Bitencourt ‘Márcio’ (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
10- José Ferreira Neto  (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
19-‘Luíz Henrique’ Santos (Clube do Esporte Clube Bahia)
21- Silvio César Ferreira da Costa (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo) (7- Renato Portaluppi  ‘Renato Gaúcho’  (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)  46th)
11- Sergio Donizeti Luiz ‘João Paulo’  (Assocoazione Sportiva Bari / Italy) (9- Carlos Alberto Bianchesi ‘Careca III’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo) 75th)

Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcão

Sent Off: Iomar Mazinho 31^st, Marcio Santos 61^st, Careca III 77^th

Other Substitutes:

12- Ivanilton Sérgio Guedes (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

14- Wilson Roberto Gottardo  (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   

8- Valdir Benedito (Clube Atletico Paranaense-Curitiba)

Team Captain: José Ferreira Neto  

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Topper

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(Sergio Goycoechea, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(Joao Paulo, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Don Balon (Copa America 1991)

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3746, 1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: El Grafico, Historia de la seleccion Argentina, 1961-1970

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2363, July 23, 1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1991

(Claudio Branco, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Libero, issue 9, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Brazil and Argentina squads, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 3-Brazil 2)

 Date: July 17, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Chile 1-Colombia 1

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (44,005 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Cavani Filippi (Uruguay)

Linesmen: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay), Juan Oscar Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)

Goalscorers:

(Chile): Ivan Zamorano 74^th   

(Colombia): Arnoldo Iguarán 37^th

Summary of goals:

(37^th minute, Colombia): Diego Osorio’s free kick from the left side was headed in by Arnoldo Iguaran.

(74^th minute, Colombia): Jaime Pizarro crossed from the left to Zamorano, who trapped the ball and shot home.

Lineups:

Chile:

1-Patricio Toledo (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago)

15-Gabriel Mendoza (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

3-Lizardo Garrido (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

5-Eduado Vilches (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

4-Javier Margas (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

6-Miguel Ramírez (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

10-Jaime Pizarro (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago) (18-Jaime Vera (OFI (Ómilos Filathlós Iráklion)-Kriti / Greece) 75^th)

20-Fabian Estay (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago)

7-Patricio Yáñez (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

9-Ivan Zamorano (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

11-Hugo Rubio (Sankt-Gallen Fußball Club / Switzerland) (8-Jorge Contreras (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago) 62^nd)

Coach:  Arturo Salah

Booked: Jaime Vera

Other Substitutes:

12- Marco Antonio Cornez (Club de Deportes Antofagasta)

16-Rodrigo Gómez (Club Deportivo Palestino-Santiago)  

19-Ivo Basay (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) / Mexico)

Team Captain: Jaime Pizarro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Colombia:

1-Rene Higuita (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

5-Luis Fernando Herrera (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí) (13- Wilmer Cabrera (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)  55th)

15-Luis Carlos Perea (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

2-Andres Escobar (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

17-Diego Leon Osorio (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

4-Eduardo Pimentel (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

14-Leonel Alvarez (Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

20-Freddy Rincón (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

10-Carlos Valderrama (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club / France)

19-Albeiro Usuriaga (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

18-Arnoldo Iguarán (Club Deportivo Los Millonarios- Santafé de Bogotá)  (9-Iván Rene Valenciano (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla)  57^th)

Coach:  Luis Augusto García

Booked: pimentael, alvarez, valderrma,escobar

Other Substitutes:

22-Eduardo Nino (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) 

8-Alexis Enrique García (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

11-Bernardo Redín (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Note: Chile’s Ivan Zamorano missed a penalty kick in the 31^st minute.

Photo From : World Soccer, June 1992

(July 17, 1991, Copa America, Chile 1-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(Rene Higuita saving Ivan Zamorano’s penalty kick, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Chile 1-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Libero, issue 9, 1993 (IFFHS)

(Chile squad, July 17, 1991, Copa America, Chile 1-Colombia 1)

Date: July 19, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Chile 0-Argentina 0

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (37, 612 in other sources)

Referee: Ernesto Fillipi Cavani (Uruguay)

Linesmen: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay), Milton Villacencio (Ecuador)

Goalscorers:

(Chile): None

(Argentina): None

Lineups:

Chile:

1-Patricio Toledo (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago)

2-Ruben Espinoza (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)  (19-Ivo Basay (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) / Mexico) 77^th)

3-Lizardo Garrido (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

5-Eduado Vilches (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

4-Javier Margas (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

6-Miguel Ramírez (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

10-Jaime Pizarro (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

20-Fabian Estay (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago) (8-Jorge Contreras (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago) 67^th)

7-Patricio Yáñez (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)     

9-Ivan Zamorano (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

11-Hugo Rubio (Sankt-Gallen Fußball Club / Switzerland)

Coach:  Arturo Salah

Booked: Miguel Ramirez

Sent off: Patricio Yáñez 41^st (foul on Sergio Vazquez)

Other Substitutes:

12- Marco Antonio Cornez (Club de Deportes Antofagasta)

16-Rodrigo Gómez (Club Deportivo Palestino-Santiago)  

18-Jaime Vera (OFI (Ómilos Filathlós Iráklion)-Kriti / Greece)

Team Captain: Jaime Pizarro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Argentina:

1- Sergio Javier Goycochea (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

4- Fabián Armando Basualdo (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

2- Sergio Fabian Vázquez (Club Ferrocarril Oeste-Buenos Aires)  

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

15- Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

5- Leonardo Rubén Astrada (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

10- Diego Pablo Simeone (Sporting Club Pisa / Italy)

8- Dario Javier Franco (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

20- Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires) (21- Blas Armando Giunta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 85^th)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 

18- Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Oscar Ruggeri, Leonel Rodriguez, Fabian Basualdo (according to other sources: Oscar Ruggeri, Fabian Basualdo and Leonardo Astrada were booked)

Other Substitutes:

12- Alejandro Fabio Lanari (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

13- Fernando Andres Gamboa (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

17- Gustavo Miguel Zapata (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

19- Antonio Ricardo Mohamed (Club Atletico Huracan- Buenos Aires)

Team Captain: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, Issue 255, April 22 -24, 1997

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3746, 1991

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Argentina 0)

Date: July 19, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Brazil 2-Colombia 0

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 65,000 (37, 612 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Ramirez (Peru)

Linesmen: Juan Oscar Ortube Vargas (Bolivia), Francisco Abreu Faria (Venezuela)

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Renato Gaúcho 29^th , Branco 61^st pen   

(Colombia): None

Summary of goals:

(29^th minute, Brazil): Marcio crossed from the left side for Renato Gaucho to head home.

(61st minute, Brazil): Brazil were awarded a penalty kick after Joao Paulo was fouled by Andres Escobar in the box. Claudio Branco scored from the spot.

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)
13- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)     
4- Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)   
15- Marcio Roberto dos Santos (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 
6- Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal ‘Branco’ (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy)
5- Mauro Silva Gomes  (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)
8- Valdir Benedito (Clube Atletico Paranaense-Curitiba)
19-‘Luíz Henrique’ Santos (Clube do Esporte Clube Bahia)
7- Renato Portaluppi  ‘Renato Gaúcho’  (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 
20- Waldemar Aurelio de Oliveira Filho ‘Mazinho II’ (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)
11- Sergio Donizeti Luiz ‘João Paulo’  (Assocoazione Sportiva Bari / Italy)

Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcão

Booked: Claudio Branco, Renato Gaucho

Other Substitutes:

12- Ivanilton Sérgio Guedes (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

14- Wilson Roberto Gottardo  (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   

18-‘Raí’ Souza Vieira de Oliveira (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

10- José Ferreira Neto  (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

21- Silvio César Ferreira da Costa (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)

Team Captain: Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Topper

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Colombia:

1-Rene Higuita (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

13-Wilmer Cabrera (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

15-Luis Carlos Perea (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

2-Andres Escobar (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

17-Diego Leon Osorio (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

4-Eduardo Pimentel (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

14-Leonel Alvarez (Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

20-Freddy Rincón (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

10-Carlos Valderrama (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club / France)

19-Albeiro Usuriaga (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

7-Anthony De Avila (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

Coach:  Luis Augusto García

Booked: Leonel Alvarez, Eduardo Pimentel (according to other sources, Leonel Alvarez and Diego Osorio were booked)

Other Substitutes:

22-Eduardo Nino (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) 

8-Alexis Enrique García (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

11-Bernardo Redín (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

6-Oscar Pareja (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

9-Iván Rene Valenciano (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla) 

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 19, 1991, Copa America, Brazil 2-Colombia 0)

Date: July 21, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Chile 0-Brazil 2

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 50,000 (45,104 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Oscar Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)

Linesmen: Jose Francisco Ramirez Calle (Peru), Francisco Abreu Faria (Venezuela)

Goalscorers:

(Chile): None

(Brazil): Mazinho II 8^th, Luís Henrique 56^th

Summary of goals:

(8^th minute, Brazil): Claudio Branco’s corner kick from the left side was headed in at the near post by Mazinho II.

(56^th minute, Brazil): Joao Paulo’s corner kick from the right side was headed in by Luiz Henrique.

Lineups:

Chile:

1-Patricio Toledo (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago)

15-Gabriel Mendoza (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

3-Lizardo Garrido (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

5-Eduado Vilches (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

Javier Margas (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

Miguel Ramírez (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago) (18-Jaime Vera (OFI (Ómilos Filathlós Iráklion)-Kriti / Greece)  70th)

10-Jaime Pizarro (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

Fabian Estay (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago) (19-Ivo Basay (Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa SA- Ciudad de México (Mexico City) / Mexico) 46^th)

8-Jorge Contreras (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica-Santiago)

9-Ivan Zamorano (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)

11-Hugo Rubio (Sankt-Gallen Fußball Club / Switzerland)

Coach:  Arturo Salah

Booked: Lizardo Garrido, Ivo Basay

Other Substitutes:

12- Marco Antonio Cornez (Club de Deportes Antofagasta)

2-Ruben Espinoza (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago) 

22-Marcelo Vega (Club Deportivo Unión Española -Santiago)   

Team Captain: Jaime Pizarro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)
13- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)     
4- Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)   
15- Marcio Roberto dos Santos (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 
6- Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal ‘Branco’ (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy)
5- Mauro Silva Gomes  (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)
19-‘Luíz Henrique’ Santos (Clube do Esporte Clube Bahia) (10- José Ferreira Neto  (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo) 88^th)
2- Iomar do Nascimento ‘Mazinho’ (Unione Sportiva Lecce / Italy)
7- Renato Portaluppi  ‘Renato Gaúcho’  (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)  (8- Valdir Benedito (Clube Atletico Paranaense-Curitiba) 72^nd)
20- Waldemar Aurelio de Oliveira Filho ‘Mazinho II’ (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)
11- Sergio Donizeti Luiz ‘João Paulo’  (Assocoazione Sportiva Bari / Italy)

Coach: Paulo Roberto Falcão

Booked; Iomar Mazinho, Renato Gaucho, Marcio Santos, Valdir (according to other sources, Claudio Branco was booked and Rebato Gaucho was not)

Sent Off: Claudio Branco 70^th

Other Substitutes:

12- Ivanilton Sérgio Guedes (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

14- Wilson Roberto Gottardo  (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)   

21- Silvio César Ferreira da Costa (Clube Atletico Bragantino- São Paulo)

Team Captain: Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Topper

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2363, July 23, 1991

 (July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 31, August 1991

 (July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 36, January 1992

(Joao Paulo, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(Ricardo Rocha, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Chile 0-Brazil 2)

Date: July 21, 1991

Competition: Copa America-Final Round

Result: Argentina 2-Colombia 1

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional, Chile

Attendance: 50,000 (45,104 in other sources)

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar Valdez (Paraguay)

Linesmen: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador), Ernesto Fillipo Cavani (Uruguay)

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Diego Simeone 11th, Gabriel Batistuta 19th

(Colombia): Anthony De Avila 70th

Summary of goals:

(11^th minute, Argentina): Leonel Rodriguez sent Fabian Basualdo through on the right side and his cross was headed in by Diego Simeone (downward header).

(19^th minute, Argentina): Leonel Rodriguez passed to Gabriel Batistuta on the right side. He controlled the ball with one touch and volleyed in from a narrow angle.

(70^th minute, Colombia): Bernardo Redin sent Anthony de Avila through to score.

Lineups:

Argentina:

1- Sergio Javier Goycochea (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)

4- Fabián Armando Basualdo (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

2- Sergio Fabian Vázquez (Club Ferrocarril Oeste-Buenos Aires)  

6- Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield -Buenos Aires)

15- Ricardo Daniel Altamirano (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda)

5- Leonardo Rubén Astrada (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

10- Diego Pablo Simeone (Sporting Club Pisa / Italy)

8- Dario Javier Franco (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

20- Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)  (21- Blas Armando Giunta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 77^th)

9- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires) 

7- Claudio Paul Caniggia (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio / Italy)

Coach: Alfio Ruben Basile

Booked: Leonel Rodriguez

Other Substitutes:

12- Alejandro Fabio Lanari (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)

13- Fernando Andres Gamboa (Club Atlético Newell´s Old Boys –Rosario)

11- Diego Fernando Latorre (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

18- Ramon Ismael Medina Bello (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires)

Team Captain: Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue/White Vertical striped Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Colombia:

1-Rene Higuita (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

13-Wilmer Cabrera (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

15-Luis Carlos Perea (Corporacion Deportiva Independiente Medellín)

2-Andres Escobar (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

17-Diego Leon Osorio (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

14-Leonel Alvarez (Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

4-Eduardo Pimentel (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)

20-Freddy Rincón (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)   (9-Iván Rene Valenciano (Corporacion Popular Deportiva Junior- Barranquilla) 46th)

10-Carlos Valderrama (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club / France)

7-Anthony De Avila (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

19-Albeiro Usuriaga (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali) (11-Bernardo Redín (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)  46^th)

Coach:  Luis Augusto García

Booked: Eduardo Pimentel

Other Substitutes:

22-Eduardo Nino (Corporacion Deportiva America-Cali)  

21-Augusto Vargas Cortes (Corporacion Deportes Quindio)

8-Alexis Enrique García (Corporacion Deportiva Club Atletico Nacional- Medellin (Itagüí)

Team Captain: Carlos Valderrama

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Deporte Total, July 31, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: El Grafico Number 3746, 1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Historia de la Copa America

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 31, August 1991

(Argentina squad, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, September 1991

(Luis Perea and Claudio Caniggia, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 36, January 1992

(Gabriel Batistuta, July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Triunfo No 267 22-07-1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Photo From: Triunfo No 268 29-07-1991

(July 21, 1991, Copa America, Argentina 2-Colombia 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Chile	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
4	Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

Top Goalscorer:

Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) 6 goals

Ivan Zamorano (Chile) 5 goals