The ninth South American Championship was held in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
from 29 November to 25 December 1925.
In 1925, the participating countries were
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, and
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
.
Chile
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and
Uruguay
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withdrew from the tournament, making this event the one with the fewest participating teams. The tournament was rescheduled to be held in two rounds.
Argentina won its second continental title.
South American Championship 1925
at RSSSF
Squads
For a complete list of participants squads see: ''1925 South American Championship squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1925 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one poin ...
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Venues
Final round
Each team played two matches against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a defeat.
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Result
Goal scorers
6 goals
* Manuel Seoane
Manuel Seoane (19 March 1902 – 21 August 1975), nicknamed ''La Chancha'', was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Independiente and Argentina national team.
Seoane is considered one of the best all-time players for Independi ...
4 goals
* Lagarto
* Nilo
2 goals
* Arthur Friedenreich
Arthur Friedenreich (18 July 1892 – 6 September 1969) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed ''The Tiger'' or ''The Original "Black" Pearl'', and was arguably the sport's first outstanding mixed-race ...
* Gerardo Rivas
1 goal
* Antonio Cerrotti
* Alfredo Garasini
Alfredo Garasini (Buenos Aires, June 1, 1897 – Santa Fe, January 6, 1950), was an Argentine footballer who played as forward.
Garasini spent most of his career at Boca Juniors, when he raised from the youth divisions. Garasini's performances ...
* Juan C. Irurieta
* Martín Sánchez
* Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (20 December 1903 – 3 July 1991) was an Argentine football forward. Raising from Club Atlético Atlanta, he played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he won 9 official titles and became the all-time 4th. He was a ...
* Filo
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* Manuel Fleitas Solich
Manuel Fleitas Solich (30 December 1900 – 24 March 1984) was a Paraguayan football player and coach. He was known as "El Brujo" (the Wizard).
Career as a player
Fleitas Solich played for Club Nacional of Paraguay where he won two Paraguayan ...
* Luis Fretes
Aftermath
Despite having won the tournament unbeaten, part of the Argentine media considered the team's performance as "poor", highlighting that Argentina was the winner only because of being stronger than the other two participants. Argentine magazine '' El Gráfico'' stated Argentina's virtues were decreasing as the competition went by, with such notable failures.[
Centre forward Juan Carlos Irurieta was injured in the first match, being replaced by ]Manuel Seoane
Manuel Seoane (19 March 1902 – 21 August 1975), nicknamed ''La Chancha'', was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Independiente and Argentina national team.
Seoane is considered one of the best all-time players for Independi ...
, who did not play as good as he used to be because of his change of position (from left insider to centre forward). The media criticised hardly the performances of Garasini, Alejandro de los Santos
Alejandro Nicolás de los Santos (17 May 1902 — 16 February 1982) was an Argentinian footballer who played as a forward for San Lorenzo, Dock Sud, El Porvenir, Huracán and Argentina.
Early life
De los Santos was born in Paraná on 17 M ...
, Antonio Cerrotti and Juan Bianchi. On the other hand, Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (20 December 1903 – 3 July 1991) was an Argentine football forward. Raising from Club Atlético Atlanta, he played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he won 9 official titles and became the all-time 4th. He was a ...
, Seoane and Martín Sánchez were mentioned as the most remarkable players. In the case of Tarasconi, his efficient dribbling, passing style and accurate corner kicks were widely praised. Seoane's goalscoring prowess was also mentioned as one of the high points of Argentina, setting a record with six goals in four matches. Nevertheless, Seoane was also criticised for being out of shape due to his overweight.[1925. Argentina conquista su segundo Sudamericano]
''El Gráfico''
Another Argentine player harshly criticised was goalkeeper Américo Tesoriere
Américo Miguel Tesoriere, sometimes nicknamed ''Mérico'' (Buenos Aires, March 18, 1899 – December 30, 1977), was an Argentine football goalkeeper who spent most of his career in Boca Juniors, where he became an early idol and remaining as a le ...
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** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
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