Copa America 2015 | Tournament over, Eboue misses the final, everyone lols

[Samid]

The 2015 Copa America will be the 44th edition of the Copa America, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The tournament will be held in Chile from 11 June to 4 July 2015. Uruguay are the defending champions. Twelve teams will compete, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF — Mexico and Jamaica.

The winner of the tournament, or the best placed CONMEBOL team if Mexico or Jamaica win the tournament, will qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted in Russia.

Group A:
Chile
Mexico
Ecuador
Bolivia

Group B:
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Jamaica

Group C:
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela

Fixture list

 

[Marcosdeto]

i cant remember a copa america with so many teams with great players

 

[Samid]

Argentina

Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Sampdoria), Nahuel Guzman (Tigres), Mariano Andujar (Napoli)

Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Facundo Roncaglia (Genoa), Ezequiel Garay (Zenit), Martín Demichelis (Manchester City), Nicolas Otamendi (Valencia), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Milton Casco (Newell's)

Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Lucas Biglia (Lazio), Ever Banega (Sevilla), Roberto Pereyra (Juventus), Fernando Gago (Boca), Angel Di María (Manchester United), Erik Lamela (Tottenham), Javier Pastore (PSG)

Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Carlos Tevez (Juventus), Ezequiel Lavezzi (PSG), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli)


Bolivia

Goalkeepers: Jose Penarrieta (Oriente Petrolero), Romel Quinonez (Bolivar), Hugo Suarez (Blooming)

Defenders: Marvin Bejarano (Oriente Petrolero), Cristian Coimbra (Blooming), Ronald Eguino (Bolivar), Miguel Hurtado (Blooming), Leonel Morales (Blooming), Ronald Raldes (Oriente Petrolero), Edemir Rodriguez (Bolivar), Edward Zenteno (Wilstermann)

Midfielders: Danny Bejarano (Oriente Petrolero), Jhasmani Campos (Bolivar), Alejandro Chumacero (The Strongest), Pablo Escobar (The Strongest), Sebastian Gamarra (AC Milan), Damian Lizio (O'Higgins), Damir Miranda (Bolivar), Martin Smedberg (IFK Goteborg), Walter Veizaga (The Strongest)

Forwards: Marcelo Martins Moreno (Changchun Yatai), Ricardo Pedriel (Mersin Idmanyurdu), Alcides Pena (Oriente Petrolero)


Brazil

Goalkeepers: Jefferson (Botafogo), Marcelo Grohe (Gremio), Neto (Fiorentina)

Defenders: Fabinho (Monaco), Filipe Luis (Chelsea), Danilo (Porto), David Luiz (PSG), Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (PSG), Miranda (Atletico de Madrid)

Midfielders: Elias (Corinthians), Fernandinho (Manchester City), Casemiro (Porto), Willian (Chelsea), Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool), Everton Ribeiro (Al-Ahli), Douglas Costa (Shakhtar Donetsk), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Forwards: Neymar (Barcelona), Robinho (Santos), Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim), Diego Tardelli (Shandong Luneng)


Chile

Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Barcelona), Paulo Garces (Colo-Colo), Johnny Herrera (Universidad de Chile)

Defenders: Miiko Albornoz (Hannover), Mauricio Isla (Juventus), Gonzalo Jara (Mainz), Gary Medel (Inter), Eugenio Mena (Cruzeiro), Jose Rojas (Universidad de Chile)

Midfielders: Charles Aránguiz (Internacional), Jean Beausejour (Colo-Colo), Carlos Carmona (Atalanta), Marcelo Díaz (Hamburg), Matías Fernandez (Fiorentina), Felipe Gutiérrez (Twente), Arturo Vidal (Juventus), David Pizarro (Fiorentina), Jorge Valdivia (Palmeiras)

Forwards: Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal), Eduardo Vargas (Napoli), Angelo Henríquez (Dinamo Zagreb), Mauricio Pinilla (Atalanta), Edson Puch (Huracan)


Colombia

Goalkeepers: Cristian Bonilla (Equidad), David Ospina (Arsenal), Camilo Vargas (Atlético Nacional)

Defenders: Darwin Andrade (Standard Liege), Santiago Arias (PSV), Pablo Armero (Flamengo), Pedro Franco (Besiktas), Jeison Murillo (Granada), Carlos Valdes (Nacional), Cristian Zapata (Milan), Camilo Zuniga (Napoli)

Midfielders: Edwin Cardona (Monterrey), Juan Cuadrado (Chelsea), Alexander Mejia (Monterrey), James Rodríguez (Real Madrid), Carlos Sanchez (Aston Villa), Edwin Valencia (Santos)

Forwards: Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Teofilo Gutierrez (River Plate), Victor Ibarbo (Roma), Jackson Martinez (Porto), Luis Muriel (Sampdoria)


Ecuador

Goalkeepers: Alexander Domínguez (Liga de Quito), Esteban Dreer (Emelec), Librado Azcona (Independiente del Valle)

Defenders: Juan Carlos Paredes (Watford), Frickson Erazo (Gremio), Gabriel Achilier (Emelec), Jhon Narváez (Emelec), Oscar Bagüí (Emelec), Walter Ayoví (Pachuca), Arturo Mina (Independiente del Valle), Mario Pineida (Independiente del Valle)

Midfielders: Christian Noboa (PAOK), Renato Ibarra (Vitesse), Pedro Larrea (Liga de Loja), Pedro Quinonez (Emelec), Osbaldo Lastra (Emelec), Fidel Martínez (Pumas), Jonathan Gonzáles, (Universidad de Guadalajara), Juan Cazares (Banfield)

Forwards: Enner Valencia (West Ham), Jaime Ayoví (Godoy Cruz), Jefferson Montero (Swansea), Miller Bolanos (Emelec)

 

[Samid]

Jamaica (invited)

Goalkeepers: Ryan Thompson (Pittsburgh Riverhounds), Duwayne Kerr (Sarpsborg 08), Dwayne Miller (Syrianska)

Defenders: Wes Morgan (Leicester City), Jermaine Taylor (Houston Dynamo), Michael Hector (Reading), Daniel Gordon (Karlsruher), Adrian Mariappa (Crystal Palace), Hughan Gray (Waterhouse FC), Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls)

Midfielders: Je-Vaughn Watson (FC Dallas), Rodolph Austin (Leeds United), Joel Grant (Yeovil), Lance Laing (FC Edmonton), Garath McCleary (Reading), Joel McAnuff (Leyton Orient)

Forwards: Allan Ottey (Mobay United), Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo), Darren Mattocks (Vancouver), Simon Dawkins (Derby County), Deshorn Brown (Vålerenga), Romeo Parkes (Isidro Metapan), Dino Williams (Mobay United)


Mexico (invited)

Goalkeepers: Jose Corona (Cruz Azul), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca), Meliton Hernandez (Veracruz)

Defenders: George Corral (Queretaro), Gerardo Flores (Cruz Azul), Rafael Marquez (Verona), Hugo Ayala (UANL), Julio Dominguez (Cruz Azul), Carlos Salcedo (Guadalajara), Miguel Angel Herrera (Pachuca), Adrian Aldrete (Santos Laguna), Efrain Velarde (Monterrey)

Midfielders: Mario Osuna (Queretaro), Juan Carlos Medina (Atlas), Javier Guemez (Tijuana), Jesus Manuel Corona (FC Twente), Javier Aquino (Rayo Vallecano), Luis Montes (Leon), Marco Fabian (Guadalajara)

Forwards: Raul Jimenez (Atletico Madrid), Eduardo Herrera (UNAM), Enrique Esqueda (UANL), Vicente Matias Vuoso (Chiapas)


Paraguay

Goalkeepers: Justo Villar (Colo Colo), Anthony Silva (Independiente Medellín), Alfredo Aguilar (Guaraní)

Defenders: Paulo Da Silva (Toluca), Marcos Caceres (Newell's Old Boys), Pablo Aguilar (America), Miguel Samudio (America), Ivan Píris (Udinese), Fabian Balbuena (Libertad), Bruno Valdez (Cerro Porteno)

Midfielders: Víctor Caceres (Flamengo), Osvaldo Martinez (América), Nestor Ortigoza (San Lorenzo), Richard Ortiz (Toluca), Oscar Romero (Racing), Osmar Molinas (Libertad), Eduardo Aranda (Olimpia)

Forwards: Roque Santa Cruz (Cruz Azul), Lucas Barrios (Montpellier), Nelson Haedo Valdez (Eintracht Frankfurt), Edgar Benítez (Toluca), Derlis González (FC Basel), Raul Bobadilla (Augsburg)


Peru

Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese (Juan Aurich), Diego Penny (Sporting Cristal), Salomon Libman (Cesar Vallejo)

Defenders: Luis Advincula (Vitoria Setubal), Carlos Zambrano (Eintracht Frankfurt), Pedro Requena (Cesar Vallejo), Hansell Riojas (Cesar Vallejo), Christian Ramos (Juan Aurich), Yoshimar Yotun (Malmö), Jair Cespedes (Juan Aurich)

Midfielders: Josepmir Ballon (Sporting Cristal), Edwin Retamoso (Real Garcilaso), Carlos Lobaton (Sporting Cristal), Carlos Ascues (Melgar), Joel Sanchez (Universidad San Martín de Porres), Paolo Hurtado (Pacos de Ferreira), Juan Manuel Vargas (Fiorentina), Christian Cueva (Alianza Lima), Cristian Benavente (Real Madrid Castilla), Paulo Albarracin (Alianza Lima)

Forwards: Andre Carrillo (Sporting CP), Jefferson Farfan (Schalke), Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich), Yordy Reyna (RB Leipzig)


Uruguay

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad)

Defenders: Maxi Pereira (Benfica), Jose Maria Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool, on loan at Sunderland), Gaston Silva (Torino), Alvaro Pereira (Estudiantes), Mathias Corujo (Universidad de Chile), Jorge Fucile (Nacional)

Midfielders: Alvaro Gonzalez (Torino), Carlos Sanchez (River Plate), Egidio Arevalo Rios (UANL), Guzman Pereira (Universidad de Chile), Nicolas Lodeiro (Boca Juniors), Cristian Rodriguez (Gremio), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro)

Forwards: Diego Rolan (Bordeaux), Jonathan Rodriguez (Benfica), Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain), Christian Stuani (Espanyol), Abel Hernandez (Hull City)


Venezuela

Goalkeepers: Alain Baroja (Caracas), Wuilker Farinez (Caracas), Daniel Hernandez (Tenerife)

Defenders: Gabriel Cichero (Mineros de Guayana), Grenddy Perozo (Ajaccio), Andres Tunez (Buriram United), Wilker Angel (Deportivo Tachira), Roberto Rosales (Malaga), Fernando Amorebieta (Middlesbrough), Oswaldo Vizcarrondo (Nantes)

Midfielders: Rafael Acosta (Mineros de Guayana), Ronald Vargas (Baliskersirspor), Franklin Lucena (Deportivo La Guaira), Cesar Gonzalez (Deportivo Táchira), Tomas Rincon (Genoa), John Murillo (Zamora), Luis Manuel Seijas (Santa Fe), Juan Arango (Tijuana), Alejandro Guerra (Atletico Nacional)

Forwards: Gelmin Rivas (Deportivo Táchira), Nicolas "Miku" Fedor (Rayo Vallecano), Josef Martínez (Torino), Salomon Rondon (Zenit)

 

[Bwuk]

Hopefully Di Maria has a great tournament and restores confidence to himself.

Him, Valencia and Rojo. Anyone else from United?

 

[Joemo]

I'm looking forward to watching Aranguiz of Chile. He's very Vidal like in terms of his stamina and ability at either end of the field, and in my opinion should be playing at a higher level than Internacional, with all due respect.

De Arrascaeta of Uruguay is also one to keep an eye on. He's only 20, and may not feature all that much but he's immensely talented, and was a real coup for Cruziero who will almost certainly sell him on for profit in the coming years.

 

[NoPace]

Paraguay's squad looks weaker than I normally assume it is, as does Uruguay, who have a great central defense, Cavani up front and problems in between.

Colombia look pretty good. They need a deep midfielder who can link play, though. It's all dour DM's, unreliable Freddy Guarin or the option of playing James deep, Quintero as a 10 and trying to just dominate everyone and risk throttling your best player and being ripped apart on counters.

 

[snk123]

Why is Mexico missing the crux of the team that won against Brazil in the Olympics?

What happened to Guardado, Dos Santos and Chicharito?

 

[NoPace]

I'm looking forward to watching Aranguiz of Chile. He's very Vidal like in terms of his stamina and ability at either end of the field, and in my opinion should be playing at a higher level than Internacional, with all due respect.

I thought it was bizarre nobody bought him after the World Cup.

He looked a hell of a lot better than, just to take Prem teams, Ryan Mason or Ramires tend to in similar roles. Inter and a few other non-Juve Italian sides could desperately use some skill, power and pressing in midfield too.

 

[Samid]

Why is Mexico missing the crux of the team that won against Brazil in the Olympics?

What happened to Guardado, Dos Santos and Chicharito?

Chicharito, Guardado, Dos Santos brothers, Herrera and Diego Reyes are all being rested for the Gold Cup.

 

[NoPace]

Why is Mexico missing the crux of the team that won against Brazil in the Olympics?

What happened to Guardado, Dos Santos and Chicharito?

Gold Cup?

There should probably just be a 16 team Tournament of the Americas (I think they're doing something like this for the centennial).

10 South American teams + 6 Concacaf teams (Always Mexico and the U.S, normally Jamaica, Honduras and then 2 others) and sure, there would be some blowouts in the group stages (4 groups of 4) but people would like seeing Brazil beat Canada or Panama 7-0 and then you have normal groups and an exciting quarter finals normally consisting of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, the United States and one of Paraguay, Venezuela or Ecuador.

 

[Marcosdeto]

Gold Cup?

There should probably just be a 16 team Tournament of the Americas (I think they're doing something like this for the centennial).

10 South American teams + 6 Concacaf teams (Always Mexico and the U.S, normally Jamaica, Honduras and then 2 others) and sure, there would be some blowouts in the group stages (4 groups of 4) but people would like seeing Brazil beat Canada or Panama 7-0 and then you have normal groups and an exciting quarter finals normally consisting of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, the United States and one of Paraguay, Venezuela or Ecuador.

although i really like your idea i think that the problem with that would be the duration of the tournament. most european teams wont like to lend their players for that long

 

[Eila]

although i really like your idea i think that the problem with that would be the duration of the tournament. most european teams wont like to lend their players for that long

The tournament would be the same length with the format he proposed.
The problem is that CONCACAF are pretty happy with their 3.5 spots to the world cup and just having two different confederations in America means more tournaments hosted in the continent, too.

 

[Devil may care]

Sometimes you get one or two of the young home based talents called up for this and I was hoping Hector Villalba might get a chance for Argentina, but them and Brazil have went full strength. I always like this competition, there's a unique feel to it.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Hopefully Di Maria has a great tournament and restores confidence to himself.

Him, Valencia and Rojo. Anyone else from United?

Otamendi

 

[NoPace]

although i really like your idea i think that the problem with that would be the duration of the tournament. most european teams wont like to lend their players for that long

I think it's the same amount of games per team? 3 Group games, then 3 knockouts to win the final.

 

[Samid]

Hopefully Di Maria has a great tournament and restores confidence to himself.

Him, Valencia and Rojo. Anyone else from United?

Falca... oh.

I think if Falcao had been fit for the WC then the team would've been built around him and James wouldn't have made the same impact as he did. Will be interesting to see how Colombia play with both James and Falcao.

 

[Samid]

"Manchester United's Antonio Valencia could miss the Copa America after undergoing surgery on Monday.

Valencia, 29, was called up to Ecuador's preliminary 30-man squad last week for the tournament in Chile, but posted two pictures on his Instagram account on Monday night with him recovering in a hospital bed.

The Daily Telegraph reports the surgery was needed to remove metal screws and pins in his left ankle, which were inserted during an operation in September 2010 after breaking his leg against Rangers in a Champions League match.

The paper suggests that the recovery period will see Valencia fit to start preseason training at United at the start of July, but miss the South America tournament which runs from June 11 to July 4."

No wonder he doesn't have a left foot.

 

[buckooo1978]

Could miss? how do you expect him to recover for a tornament starting next week!!

 

[Varun]

IRON MAN!

Shouldnt have taken it out Tony V.

 

[Lay]

What's the chances of a European team being invited to this? I've heard rumours of Spain and Portugal being invited one day.

I remember on an older FM, England were invited and won the damn thing

Copa America is probably by favourite continental tournament though, the games are great.

 

[Wonder Pigeon]

What's the chances of a European team being invited to this? I've heard rumours of Spain and Portugal being invited one day.

I remember on an older FM, England were invited and won the damn thing

Copa America is probably by favourite continental tournament though, the games are great.

The last Copa might have been the worst football tournament in recent history though.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

ohhhhh man, Argentinas attack is

Hope the United boys (including otemendi) have a good tournament can't see argentina losing tbh.

 

[Nobby style]

What's the chances of a European team being invited to this? I've heard rumours of Spain and Portugal being invited one day.

I remember on an older FM, England were invited and won the damn thing

Copa America is probably by favourite continental tournament though, the games are great.

Spain was invited in 2011, but turned down the invitation due to too much activity, being world champions and Euro champions as well at the time.

 

[JR10]

What's the chances of a European team being invited to this? I've heard rumours of Spain and Portugal being invited one day.

I remember on an older FM, England were invited and won the damn thing

Copa America is probably by favourite continental tournament though, the games are great.

Why would an European be invited?

I cant recall Valencia being last being injured unless you count a black eye

 

[Damien]

Why would an European be invited?

I cant recall Valencia being last being injured unless you count a black eye

I can remember the leg break but apart from that his fitness record has been near impeccable.

 

[Randall Flagg]

What's the chances of a European team being invited to this? I've heard rumours of Spain and Portugal being invited one day.

I remember on an older FM, England were invited and won the damn thing

Copa America is probably by favourite continental tournament though, the games are great.

The last couple of tournaments have been extremely poor

 

[Lay]

Why would an European be invited?

I cant recall Valencia being last being injured unless you count a black eye

Why not?

The last couple of tournaments have been extremely poor

I thought the last one was poor. I enjoyed 2007 until it got to the quarter finals where it seemed every game was a hammering.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Argentina should walk this, they have much more quality than anyone else. Yet somehow you know they're going to make this a tough task. The quality of the coaches has been hurting the national team for ages. Their lack of belief in attacking football is holding them back.

-----------Tevez----------Aguero----------
--------------------Messi--------------------
----------Pastore--------Banega----------
----------------Mascherano---------------
Rojo-------Garay------Otamendi-----Zabaleta
------------------Romero-----------------------

Should make light work of this competition.

 

[Lay]

Argentina should walk this, they have much more quality than anyone else. Yet somehow you know they're going to make this a tough task. The quality of the coaches has been hurting the national team for ages. Their lack of belief in attacking football is holding them back.

-----------Tevez----------Aguero----------
--------------------Messi--------------------
----------Pastore--------Banega----------
----------------Mascherano---------------
Rojo-------Garay------Otamendi-----Zabaleta
------------------Romero-----------------------

Should make light work of this competition.

Unless they face Brazil. Brazil have the Indian sign over them. Brazil beat them recently thanks to Diego Tardelli ffs

 

[Flying_Heckfish]

Marcelo Grohe, blast from the FM past

 

[saivet]

What time are the games usually at? Don't have great deal planned during this period so I may just go all out and watch my first ever Copa America.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Unless they face Brazil. Brazil have the Indian sign over them. Brazil beat them recently thanks to Diego Tardelli ffs

Really don't know why that is. This is the first Argentina generation in a long time that you can say is genuinely more gifted than their brazilian counterparts, yet when they play them they play like the inferior side from a talent perspective. IMO its a simple case of not utilising what you have to its fullest. After they got beat by germany in 2010 they seemed to go into a shell and preferred pragmatic football instead of the flashy, more attack based stuff that they should be using. Give this side to an offensive genius of Tele Santana's ilk then you'd see some of the best football we've ever witnessed.

 

[fontaine]

Unless they face Brazil. Brazil have the Indian sign over them. Brazil beat them recently thanks to Diego Tardelli ffs

We also have Dunga back in place of the clown Scolari. Not that I love him, but he does know how to bother Argentina with solid defense and fast breaks.

His results against them are : 3-0, 3-0, 0-0, 3-1, 2-0.

One of the 3-0 was the 2007 Copa America finals. Argentina had an even better roster, with prime Riquelme, Veron, Aimar, Messi and Tevez. We beat them with the mighty attacking trio of Julio Baptista, Robinho and Vagner Love

Still, they are the favorites ..

 

[Lennon7]

Why not?

Why on earth would a team from the other side of the world be 'invited' to a regional tournament? Besides being pointless, it'd ruin international football and it's traditions.

 

[Jayvin]

Why on earth would a team from the other side of the world be 'invited' to a regional tournament? Besides being pointless, it'd ruin international football and it's traditions.

Because there is always one team from outside South America who are invited to participate. Japan have played in it as have most of the big CONCACAF sides.

 

[Lay]

Why on earth would a team from the other side of the world be 'invited' to a regional tournament? Besides being pointless, it'd ruin international football and it's traditions.

I was waiting for this. Have you forgotten a team from the other side of the world have played in this tournament? Japan have played in the Copa America and were scheduled to play this year too but withdrew. So why wouldn't a European nation be invited?

 

[Lennon7]

I was waiting for this. Have you forgotten a team from the other side of the world have played in this tournament? Japan have played in the Copa America and were scheduled to play this year too but withdrew. So why wouldn't a European nation be invited?

Apologies then mate. I've never followed this tournament closely, but I know no one is ever invited to the Euro's. Perhaps a bit ignorant of me.

However it still sounds stupid, on their part... it should strictly be regional!

 

[Lay]

Apologies then mate. I've never followed this tournament closely, but I know no one is ever invited to the Euro's. Perhaps a bit ignorant of me.

However it still sounds stupid, on their part... it should strictly be regional!

Its mainly down to the lack of teams. They have to invite nations to fill up the 3 groups. The 2016 Copa America will be held in the USA, but that's some sort of merge with the Gold Cup I think.

 

[elmo]

Argentina should walk this, they have much more quality than anyone else. Yet somehow you know they're going to make this a tough task. The quality of the coaches has been hurting the national team for ages. Their lack of belief in attacking football is holding them back.

-----------Tevez----------Aguero----------
--------------------Messi--------------------
----------Pastore--------Banega----------
----------------Mascherano---------------
Rojo-------Garay------Otamendi-----Zabaleta
------------------Romero-----------------------

Should make light work of this competition.

Watch them struggle to break down teams and score in every single game because that's how they do it every time they play.