1957 South American Championship

Managed by Guillermo Stábile, Argentina won the tournament with a team widely considered one of the best squads in its history, and the first "legendary team" of Argentina since its inception in 1901. Because of their great performances, Maschio, Angelillo and Sívori would be traded to Italian clubs (Bologna, Internazionale and Juventus respectively) after the tournament, losing the chance to play the FIFA World Cup held in Sweden one year later, due to the AFA interventor, Raúl Colombo, not calling them for the national team considering that "we are plenty of players here". == Squads ==

For a complete list of participating squads see: 1957 South American Championship squads == Venues ==

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A total of 33 different players scored 101 goals in the tournament. None were credited as own goals. 9 Goals • Humberto Maschio • Javier Ambrois 8 Goals • Antonio Angelillo • Didi • Evaristo 5 Goals • Alberto Terry 4 Goals • Jorge Larraz 3 Goals • Omar Sívori • Pepe • José Fernández • Jaime Ramírez Banda • Carlos Arango • Delio Gamboa • Enrique Cantos • Máximo Mosquera • Luis Campero 2 Goals • Oreste Corbatta • Osvaldo Cruz • Joel • Zizinho • Carlos Verdejo • Manuel Rivera 1 Goal • José Sanfilippo • Sergio Espinosa • Alejandro Carrillo • Humberto Álvarez • Jaime Gutiérrez • Alberto Valencia • Juan Bassa • Juan Seminario • Carlos María Carranza • José Walter Roque • José Sasía == References ==