Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo

Copa Centenario
Revolución de Mayo

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Dates	29 May – 12 June 1910
Teams	3 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	14 (4.67 per match)
Attendance	16,500 (5,500 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harry Hayes

The Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo was an international football tournament, held in Argentina from 29 May to 12 June 1910,^[1] and organized by the Argentine Football Association.^[2] It was the first international tournament in South America where more than two football nations participated.^[3] The "Copa Centenario" is considered a predecessor to the South American Championship, later renamed "Copa América".^[4]

This contest was held in honor of the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution.^[5] Previous to that, the only international competitions in South America had been contested by the national teams of Uruguay and Argentina only. Those competitions included Copa Newton, Copa Lipton, Copa Premier Honor Argentino, and Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo.

Because of having featured three of the subsequent four founding members of CONMEBOL, the Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo was sometimes called "the first Copa América". However, CONMEBOL recognizes the 1916 South American Championship as the first edition of the competition.^[6]

The tournament was contested in a round-robin format between the national teams of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. All three games were played in Buenos Aires, the first in Club Colegiales Stadium ^{[note 1]} and the rest in Gimnasia y Esgrima Stadium.

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo squads

Standings

The Argentina team won the competition

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	4
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2
Chile	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Matches

29 May 1910

Uruguay	3–0	Chile
Piendibene 6' Bracchi 75' Buck 85'

Colegiales Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: José Susán (Argentina)

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5 June 1910

Argentina	5–1	Chile
Viale 16' Hayes 26', 40' Weiss 66' Susán 82'	Report	Campbell 50'

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: León Peyrou (Uruguay)

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12 June 1910

Argentina	4–1	Uruguay
Viale 15' Hayes 43' Watson Hutton 50' Susán 64'	Report	Piendibene 58'

Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Armando Bergalli (Chile)

Goalscorers

Argentine Harry Hayes, top scorer of the competition

There were 14 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.

3 goals

• Harry Hayes

2 goals

• Maximiliano Susán
• José N. Viale
• José Piendibene

1 goal

• Arnold Watson Hutton
• Gottlob E. Weiss
• Colin Campbell
• José Bracchi
• Robert Sidney Buck

Source: RSSSF

See also

• Copa América
• Argentina Centennial

Notes

1. The first stadium of C.A. Colegiales was located on Blandengues (current Avenida del Libertador) and Manzanares in the Núñez district.^[7]

References

1. Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo 1910 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
2. La prehistoria de la Copa América by Carlos Yametti, CIHF, 2011
3. La Copa Centenario para Argentina en 1910, Diario Uno, 27 May 2010
4. Del delantero desertor al goleador "de una noche", las 5 curiosidades de la Copa América Archived 15 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, La Nación, 3 June 2016
5. Copa América: ¿Creación Argentina? Archived 12 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine by Nicolás Martins Barriga on UNLP website, 2011
6. Aclaración sobre el título de campeón de Copa América Centenario, Conmebol.com
7. Clubes rebeldes: CA Colegiales