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]

Taça do Atlântico
Organising bodyArgentina AFA
Brazil CBF
Uruguay AUF
Paraguay APF
Founded1956
Abolished1976; 48 years ago (1976)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams4
Last champions Brazil
(1976)
Most successful club(s) Brazil
(3 titles)

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

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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'

1960 Taça do Atlântico

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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
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

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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   ?'
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

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

Hat-tricks

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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
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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

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  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