Taça do Atlântico

For the club team competition held in 1956, see Copa do Atlântico.
Taça do Atlântico
Organising bodyArgentina AFA
Brazil CBF
Uruguay AUF
Paraguay APF
Founded1956
Abolished1976 (1976)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams4
Last champions Brazil
(1976)
Most successful club(s) Brazil
(3 titles)

Taça do Atlântico (English: Atlantic Cup, Spanish: Copa del Atlántico) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from South America.[1]

Teams participating were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay national sides.[1] Paraguay did not play in the first edition of the competition.[1] There were 3 championships and Brazil won them all.[1] In 1956, a club competition was played in parallel to the main competition, but the final between Boca Juniors and Corinthians was never played.[2]

1956 Taça do Atlântico

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 3
 Argentina 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
 Uruguay 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Brazil 2–0 Uruguay
Zizinho ?'
Canário ?'
Uruguay 1–2 Argentina
Julio Abbadie 56' Ernesto Grillo 52', 82'
Argentina 0–0 Brazil

1960 Taça do Atlântico

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 4
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 4
 Paraguay 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Paraguay 1–2 Brazil
Cabrera ?' Delém ?'
Almir Pernambuquinho ?'
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Sosa ?'
Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
Pérez ?'
Brazil 5–1 Argentina
Chinesinho 18'
Pelé 22'
Pepe 25' (pen.), 83'
Delém 62'		 Sosa 6'
Uruguay 2–1 Paraguay
Escalada ?'
Rodríguez Peña ?'		 Cabral ?'
Argentina 4–0 Uruguay
Sanfilippo 48', 59', 69'
Jiménez 53'

1976 Taça do Atlântico

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 11
 Argentina 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 7
 Paraguay 6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 5
 Uruguay 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1

Note:

  • Matches between Argentina and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Félix Bogado
  • Matches between Argentina and Brazil also counted for the 1976 Roca Cup
  • First match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Lipton
  • Second match between Argentina and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Newton
  • Matches between Brazil and Uruguay also counted for the 1976 Copa Río Branco
  • Matches between Brazil and Paraguay also counted for the 1976 Taça Oswaldo Cruz


Paraguay 2–3 Argentina
Aquino 4' (pen.)
Báez 53'		 Scotta 11', 38', 52'
Uruguay 1–2 Brazil
Ocampo ?' Nelinho ?'
Zico ?'
Argentina 1–2 Brazil
Kempes 74' (pen.) Lula 5'
Zico 67'
Uruguay 2–2 Paraguay
Ocampo ?'
Pereyra ?'		 Pesoa ?'
Paniagua ?'
Paraguay 1–1 Brazil
Osvaldo Aquino ?' (pen.) Enéas ?'
Argentina 4–1 Uruguay
Kempes 21', 57'
Luque 50'
Scotta 89'		 Pereyra 79'
Brazil 2–1 Uruguay
Rivellino ?'
Zico ?'		 Jorge Torres
Argentina 2–2 Paraguay
Kempes 48', 50' Francisco Riveros 70'
Aquino 72', pen.'
Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Lula 64'
Neca 88'
Paraguay 1–0 Uruguay
Solalinde ?'
Uruguay 0–3 Argentina
Luque 2'
Kempes 11'
Houseman 28'
Brazil 3–1 Paraguay
Roberto Dinamite ?' ??'
Zico		 Díaz ?'

All-time scorers

Player Goals
Argentina Mario Kempes
6
Argentina Héctor Scotta
4
Brazil Zico
4
Argentina José Sanfilippo
3
Paraguay Osvaldo Aquino
3
Brazil Lula
2
Argentina Leopoldo Luque
2
Brazil Roberto Dinamite
2
Uruguay Darío Pereyra
2
Argentina Ernesto Grillo
2
Argentina Rubén H. Sosa
2

Hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1956, 2 hat-tricks have been scored in over 20 matches of the 3 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by José Sanfilippo of Argentina, during a Clásico del Río de la Plata against Uruguay on 17 August 1960; and the last was by Héctor Scotta, who netted a hat-trick for Argentina, but this time against Paraguay in a 3-2 win on 25 February 1976.[3]

Taça do Atlântico hat-tricks
# Player G Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Date FIFA
report
1. José Sanfilippo 3 48', 59', 69'  Argentina 4–0  Uruguay 1960 Taça do Atlântico 17 August 1960 Report
2. Héctor Scotta 3 11', 38', 52' 3–2  Paraguay 1976 Taça do Atlântico 25 February 1976

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Copa del Atlántico". RSSSF. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  2. ^ "Copa del Atlántico (Taça do Atlântico) de Clubes 1956". RSSSF. 2006-12-15. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  3. ^ Copa del Atlántico - Match details by José Luis Pierrend
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