1916 South American Championship squads

Last updated July 28, 2025

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1916 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams played in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.^[1]^[2]

Argentina

Head Coach: Not available or unknown^[a]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	3 MF	Gerónimo Badaracco		12	0	San Isidro
—	4 FW	Claudio Bincaz	(1897-05-10)10 May 1897 (aged 19)	0	0	San Isidro
—	4 FW	Juan Cabano	(1896-07-08)8 July 1896 (aged 19)	1	0	Argentino de Quilmes
—	2 DF	Juan Domingo Brown	(1888-06-21)21 June 1888 (aged 28)	36	0	Quilmes
—	2 DF	Arturo Chiappe	(1889-03-24)24 March 1889 (aged 27)	15	0	River Plate
—	2 DF	Zenón Díaz	(1881-02-08)8 February 1881 (aged 35)	8	0	Rosario Central
—	3 MF	Cándido García	(1895-12-02)2 December 1895 (aged 20)	3	0	River Plate
—	4 FW	Carlos Guidi [ pl ]		7	4	Tiro Federal
—	4 FW	Ennis Hayes	(1896-05-10)10 May 1896 (aged 20)	4	2	Rosario Central
—	4 FW	Juan Enrique Hayes	(1891-01-20)20 January 1891 (aged 25)	22	9	Rosario Central
—	4 FW	Adolfo Heisinger	(1898-05-30)30 May 1898 (aged 18)	1	1	Tigre
—	4 FW	Juan Hospital	(1893-01-01)1 January 1893 (aged 23)	6	1	Racing Club
—	1 GK	Carlos Isola	(1896-03-06)6 March 1896 (aged 20)	4	0	River Plate
—	4 FW	José Durand Laguna	(1885-11-07)7 November 1885 (aged 30)	0	0	Huracán
—	4 FW	Alberto Marcovecchio	(1893-03-06)6 March 1893 (aged 23)	7	3	Racing Club
—	3 MF	Pedro Martínez	(1893-05-19)19 May 1893 (aged 23)	3	0	Huracán
—	3 MF	Ricardo Naón		2	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
—	4 FW	Alberto Ohaco	(1889-01-12)12 January 1889 (aged 27)	11	3	Racing Club
—	3 MF	Francisco Olazar	(1885-07-10)10 July 1885 (aged 30)	3	0	Racing Club
—	4 FW	Juan Perinetti	(1891-01-01)1 January 1891 (aged 25)	4	0	Racing Club
—	2 DF	Armando Reyes	(1893-10-28)28 October 1893 (aged 22)	4	0	Racing Club
—	1 GK	Juan José Rithner	(1890-01-05)5 January 1890 (aged 26)	13	0	Porteño
—	1 GK	Carlos Wilson	(1889-01-01)1 January 1889 (aged 27)	26	0	San Isidro

Brazil

Head coach: Sílvio Lagreca ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
—	4 FW	Alencar	(1892-09-06)6 September 1892 (aged 23)	0	Americano
—	3 MF	Amílcar	(1893-03-29)29 March 1893 (aged 23)	0	Corinthians
—	4 FW	Arnaldo	(1894-08-06)6 August 1894 (aged 21)	2	Santos
—	2 DF	Carlito [ pl ]	(1896-11-17)17 November 1896 (aged 19)	0	Paulistano
—	1 GK	Casemiro	(1892-09-14)14 September 1892 (aged 23)	0	Mackenzie
—	4 FW	Demóstenes	(1892-01-17)17 January 1892 (aged 24)	0	Palestra Itália
—	3 MF	Giacomo Facchini [ pl ]	(1897-02-25)25 February 1897 (aged 19)	0	Campos Elíseos
—	4 FW	Arthur Friedenreich	(1892-07-18)18 July 1892 (aged 23)	2	Paysandu
—	3 MF	Galo	(1893-07-02)2 July 1893 (aged 23)	0	Flamengo
—	3 MF	Lagreca	(1895-06-14)14 June 1895 (aged 21)	0	São Bento-SP
—	4 FW	Luiz Menezes	(1897-04-01)1 April 1897 (aged 19)	0	Botafogo
—	3 MF	Lulu Rocha [ pt ]		0	Botafogo
—	1 GK	Marcos	(1894-12-25)25 December 1894 (aged 21)	0	Botafogo
—	3 MF	Alberto Martins		0	União Lapa
—	4 FW	Mimi	(1892-04-10)10 April 1892 (aged 24)	0	Botafogo
—	2 DF	Nery	(1892-12-25)25 December 1892 (aged 23)	0	Flamengo
—	2 DF	Orlando	(1895-04-21)21 April 1895 (aged 21)	0	Paulistano
—	2 DF	Osny	(1898-12-11)11 December 1898 (aged 17)	0	Botafogo
—	3 MF	Sidney	(1895-07-14)14 July 1895 (aged 20)	0	Flamengo

Chile

Head Coach: Carlos Fanta ^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
—	3 MF	Enrique Abello [ de ]	(1892-10-27)27 October 1892 (aged 23)	0	Magallanes
—	2 DF	Adán Aguirre		0	Lusitania
—	4 FW	Ángel Báez	(1894-08-08)8 August 1894 (aged 21)	0	Thunder [ es ]
—	3 MF	Arturo Besoaín		0	Instituto Nacional
—	2 DF	Enrique Cárdenas [ de ]	(1891-05-17)17 May 1891 (aged 25)	1	Santiago Wanderers
—	4 FW	Alfredo France	(1895-10-29)29 October 1895 (aged 20)	0	Estrella del Mar
—	4 FW	Eufemio Fuentes [ de ]		0	La Cruz
—	3 MF	Próspero González [ es ]	(1886-09-30)30 September 1886 (aged 29)	3	Arco Iris [ es ]
—	1 GK	Manuel Guerrero	(1895-10-12)12 October 1895 (aged 20)	0	La Cruz
—	4 FW	Enrique Gutiérrez [ de ]	(1892-02-04)4 February 1892 (aged 24)	0	Magallanes
—	4 FW	Manuel Jeldes [ es ]	(1894-08-14)14 August 1894 (aged 21)	1	Santiago Wanderers
—	4 FW	Roberto Moreno [ de ]		0	Nacional Star
—	1 GK	Jorge Paredes [ de ]		0	Nacional Star
—	4 FW	Hernando Salazar [ it ]		0	Thunder [ es ]
—	3 MF	Enrique Teuche [ es ]	(1894-03-16)16 March 1894 (aged 22)	1	Cinco de Abril [ es ]
—	3 MF	Ramón Unzaga	(1892-07-18)18 July 1892 (aged 23)	0	Estrella del Mar
—	4 FW	Erasmo Vásquez [ de ]		0	La Cruz
—	2 DF	Marcos Wittke	(1896-10-08)8 October 1896 (aged 19)	0	Magallanes

Uruguay

Head Coach: Alfredo Foglino

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
—	2 DF	Miguel Benincasa	(1888-11-30)30 November 1888 (aged 27)	1	0	River Plate FC
—	4 FW	José Brachi	(1892-12-26)26 December 1892 (aged 23)	12	3	Nacional
—	2 DF	Francisco Castellino [ de ]	(1893-02-20)20 February 1893 (aged 23)	3	0	Nacional
—	3 MF	Pablo Dacal	(1886-06-30)30 June 1886 (aged 30)	28	6	Nacional
—	3 MF	Juan Delgado	(1891-02-26)26 February 1891 (aged 25)	4	0	Central Español
—	2 DF	Alfredo Foglino	(1893-02-01)1 February 1893 (aged 23)	15	0	Nacional
—	4 FW	Isabelino Gradín	(1897-07-08)8 July 1897 (aged 18)	1	0	Peñarol
—	4 FW	Rodolfo Marán	(1897-05-24)24 May 1897 (aged 19)	0	0	Universal
—	3 MF	Jorge Germán Pacheco	(1889-10-26)26 October 1889 (aged 26)	25	0	Peñarol
—	4 FW	José Pérez	(1897-11-30)30 November 1897 (aged 18)	8	1	Peñarol
—	4 FW	José Piendibene	(1890-06-05)5 June 1890 (aged 26)	24	12	Peñarol
—	4 FW	Ángel Romano	(1893-08-02)2 August 1893 (aged 22)	14	4	Nacional
—	1 GK	Cayetano Saporiti	(1887-01-14)14 January 1887 (aged 29)	36	0	Montevideo Wanderers
—	3 MF	Pascual Somma	(1891-02-02)2 February 1891 (aged 25)	2	0	Nacional
—	3 MF	José Tognola [ de ]		3	0	Reformers [ es ]
—	3 MF	Antonio Urdinarán	(1898-10-30)30 October 1898 (aged 17)	0	0	Defensor Sporting
—	3 MF	José Vanzzino	(1893-07-05)5 July 1893 (aged 22)	4	0	Nacional
—	2 DF	Manuel Varela	(1892-01-01)1 January 1892 (aged 24)	4	0	Peñarol
—	2 DF	Alfredo Zibechi	(1894-10-30)30 October 1894 (aged 21)	1	0	Montevideo Wanderers

Notes

↑ The first appointed coach of the Argentina national team was Ángel Vásquez in 1924.^[3]

References

1 2 Tabeira, Martín (10 August 2007). "South American Championship 1916". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ "Copa América 1916 Argentina". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
↑ "Los 42 técnicos que tuvo la selección". La Nación (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
↑ Núñez Mardones, Sebastián (20 September 2021). "De Coquimbo a Buenos Aires, el primer gol de Chile en Copa América". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

1916 South American Championship squads at WorldFootball.net
1916 South American Championship squads at RSSSF.org

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[4] The first appointed coach of the Argentina national team was Ángel Vásquez in 1924.^[3]

[tabeira-1] 1 2 Tabeira, Martín (10 August 2007). "South American Championship 1916". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2] "Copa América 1916 Argentina". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[3] "Los 42 técnicos que tuvo la selección". La Nación (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[5] Núñez Mardones, Sebastián (20 September 2021). "De Coquimbo a Buenos Aires, el primer gol de Chile en Copa América". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.

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