South American Club Championship 1948

Venue

Santiago (Chile)

Participants

Colo Colo (Chile)       - National champions of 1947 and hosts
Emelec (Ecuador)        - apparently invited (no national championship)
Lítoral (Bolivia)       - La Paz champions of 1947
Municipal (Peru)        - National runners-up of 1947
Nacional (Uruguay)      - National champions of 1947
River Plate (Argentina) - National champions of 1947
Vasco da Gama (Brazil)  - Rio de Janeiro champions of 1947 

NB: CBD (the Brazilian FA) awarded the Brazilian berth to the 1947 
    Rio de Janeiro champions because Rio de Janeiro had won the 1946
    Brazilian Championship of State Teams.

Results

11. 2  Colo Colo      2-2  Emelec        
14. 2  Vasco da Gama  2-1  Lítoral        (Lele(V) 8, Lele(V) 68, Sandoval(L) 69)
       Nacional       3-2  Municipal
18. 2  River Plate    4-0  Emelec
       Vasco da Gama  4-1  Nacional       (Ademir(V) 11, Walter Gomez(N) 25, Maneca(V) 68, Danilo(V) 70, Friaca(V) 89)
21. 2  River Plate    2-0  Municipal
       Colo Colo      4-2  Lítoral
25. 2  Nacional       3-1  Lítoral
       Vasco da Gama  4-0  Municipal      (Lele 12, Friaca 57, Ismael 61, Friaca 65)
28. 2  Vasco da Gama  1-0  Emelec         (Ismael 46)
       Municipal      3-1  Colo Colo 
 3. 3  Lítoral        3-1  Emelec
       Nacional       3-0  River Plate
 8. 3  Municipal      4-0  Emelec
       Colo Colo      1-1  Vasco da Gama  (Farias(C) 46, Friaca(V) 67)
 9. 3  River Plate    5-1  Lítoral
       Colo Colo      3-2  Nacional
14. 3  Nacional       4-1  Emelec
       Vasco da Gama  0-0  River Plate
17. 3  Municipal      3-1  Lítoral
       River Plate    1-0  Colo Colo

Final Table

1. Vasco da Gama (Brazil)    6   4   2   0  12- 3  10
2. River Plate (Argentina)   6   4   1   1  12- 4   9
3. Nacional (Uruguay)        6   4   0   2  16-11   8
4. Municipal (Peru)          6   3   0   3  12-11   6
   Colo Colo (Chile)         6   2   2   2  11-11   6
6. Lítoral (Bolivia)         6   1   0   5   9-18   2
7. Emelec (Ecuador)          6   0   1   5   4-18   1

Vasco da Gama line-up

Barbosa, Augusto, Wilson(Raffaneli); Eli, Danilo, Jorge;
Djalma, Maneca(Lele), Friaca(Dimas), Ismael(Ademir), Chico.
Coach: Flavio Costa

About this document

With thanks to Marcelo Aguila and Marcelo Leme de Arruda for corrections

Prepared and maintained by Mauro Prais for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mauro Prais (mauro.prais@ieee.org)
Last updated: 11 Jul 2008