These are the squads for the countries that played in the1945 South American Championship.[1][2] The participating countries wereArgentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia (for the first time),Ecuador, andUruguay.Paraguay andPeru withdrew from the tournament. The teams plays in a singleround-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Colombia was represented by the clubJunior.[3]
Head Coach:
Guillermo Stábile
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Fernando Bello | (1910-11-29)29 November 1910 (aged 34) | 8 | 0 | Independiente |
| — | 4FW | Mario Boyé | (1922-07-30)30 July 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors |
| — | 2DF | Bartolomé Colombo | (1916-08-24)24 August 1916 (aged 28) | 10 | 0 | San Lorenzo |
| — | 4FW | Vicente de la Mata | (1918-01-15)15 January 1918 (aged 26) | 6 | 3 | Independiente |
| — | 2DF | Rodolfo de Zorzi | (1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Rosario Central |
| — | 3MF | Enrique Espinoza [it] | (1921-12-24)24 December 1921 (aged 23) | 3 | 0 | Atlanta |
| — | 4FW | Armando Farro | (1922-12-20)20 December 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo |
| — | 4FW | Juan José Ferraro | (1923-11-05)5 November 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Vélez Sársfield |
| — | 3MF | Alfredo Fógel [es] | (1919-02-11)11 February 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central |
| — | 4FW | Félix Loustau | (1922-12-25)25 December 1922 (aged 22) | 2 | 1 | River Plate |
| — | 4FW | Rinaldo Martino | (1921-11-06)6 November 1921 (aged 23) | 7 | 5 | San Lorenzo |
| — | 3MF | Norberto Méndez | (1923-01-05)5 January 1923 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Huracán |
| — | 4FW | Juan Carlos Muñoz | (1919-03-04)4 March 1919 (aged 25) | 6 | 1 | River Plate |
| — | 2DF | Nicolás Palma [de] | 0 | 0 | Estudiantes (LP) | |
| — | 4FW | Manuel Pellegrina | (1919-11-29)29 November 1919 (aged 25) | 3 | 1 | Estudiantes (LP) |
| — | 3MF | Ángel Perucca | (1918-08-19)19 August 1918 (aged 26) | 12 | 2 | Newell's Old Boys |
| — | 3MF | Natalio Pescia | (1922-01-01)1 January 1922 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors |
| — | 4FW | René Pontoni | (1920-05-18)18 May 1920 (aged 24) | 5 | 9 | Newell's Old Boys |
| — | 1GK | Héctor Ricardo | (1925-02-10)10 February 1925 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Rosario Central |
| — | 2DF | José Salomón | (1916-07-09)9 July 1916 (aged 28) | 28 | 0 | Racing Club |
| — | 3MF | Óscar Sastre | (1920-12-25)25 December 1920 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Independiente |
| — | 2DF | Carlos Sosa | (1919-07-21)21 July 1919 (aged 25) | 3 | 0 | Boca Juniors |
| — | 2DF | Roberto Yebra [es] | (1919-06-18)18 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central |
Head Coach:
Julio Borelli
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2DF | Alberto Achá | (1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  The Strongest |
| — | 1GK | Vicente Arraya | (1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 |  Atlanta |
| — | 3MF | Exequiel Calderón | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 3MF | Raúl Fernández | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Zenón Gonzáles [ca] | (1919-06-23)23 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 4FW | Fortunato Gorostiaga | 0 | 0 | | |
| — | 3MF | Manuel Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 3MF | Ruperto Inchausti | (1918-03-27)27 March 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Club Junín |
| — | 4FW | Donato Medrano | 0 | 0 | | |
| — | 4FW | Severo Orgaz | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Walter Orozco | (1922-01-08)8 January 1922 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar |
| — | 4FW | Adrián Ortega | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] | |
| — | 4FW | Miguel Peredo | 0 | 0 | | |
| — | 1GK | Cleto Prieto | 0 | 0 | | |
| — | 2DF | Nicolás Prieto | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Bata [it] | |
| — | 2DF | Hernán Rojas | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 4FW | Roque Romero | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 3MF | Martín Saavedra | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Armando Tapia | (1922-01-22)22 January 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
Head coach:
Flávio Costa
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4FW | Ademir | (1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 |  Vasco da Gama |
| — | 3MF | Alfredo | (1920-01-01)1 January 1920 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Vasco da Gama |
| — | 2DF | Begliomini | (1914-11-27)27 November 1914 (aged 30) | 3 | 0 | Corinthians |
| — | 3MF | Biguá | (1921-03-22)22 March 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Flamengo |
| — | 2DF | Da Guia | (1911-12-19)19 December 1911 (aged 33) | 12 | 0 | Corinthians |
| — | 3MF | Danilo | (1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | America-RJ |
| — | 4FW | Djalma | (1918-12-19)19 December 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama |
| — | 4FW | Heleno | (1920-02-12)12 February 1920 (aged 24) | 1 | 1 | Botafogo |
| — | 3MF | Jaime de Almeida | (1920-08-28)28 August 1920 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | Flamengo |
| — | 3MF | Jair | (1921-03-21)21 March 1921 (aged 23) | 7 | 4 | Vasco da Gama |
| — | 4FW | Jorginho | (1924-05-30)30 May 1924 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | America-RJ |
| — | 1GK | Jurandir | (1913-04-26)26 April 1913 (aged 31) | 5 | 0 | Flamengo |
| — | 2DF | Newton | (1917-06-04)4 June 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Flamengo |
| — | 2DF | Norival | (1917-06-05)5 June 1917 (aged 27) | 7 | 0 | Fluminense |
| — | 1GK | Oberdan | (1919-06-12)12 June 1919 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | Palmeiras |
| — | 4FW | Pedro Amorim | (1919-10-13)13 October 1919 (aged 25) | 7 | 3 | Fluminense |
| — | 3MF | Rui Campos | (1922-08-02)2 August 1922 (aged 22) | 2 | 1 | São Paulo |
| — | 4FW | Servilio | (1914-04-15)15 April 1914 (aged 30) | 4 | 1 | Corinthians |
| — | 4FW | Tesourinha | (1921-12-03)3 December 1921 (aged 23) | 1 | 1 | Internacional |
| — | 4FW | Vevé | (1918-03-14)14 March 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Flamengo |
| — | 3MF | Zezé Procopio | (1913-08-12)12 August 1913 (aged 31) | 12 | 0 | São Paulo |
| — | 3MF | Zizinho | (1921-09-14)14 September 1921 (aged 23) | 5 | 2 | Flamengo |
Head Coach:
Franz Platko
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 3MF | Juan Alcántara | (1920-03-06)6 March 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  Audax Italiano |
| — | 4FW | Benito Armingol | (1919-09-07)7 September 1919 (aged 25) | 6 | 1 | Unión Española |
| — | 3MF | Carlos Ataglich | (1915-09-21)21 September 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Bádminton |
| — | 3MF | Florencio Barrera | (1915-06-06)6 June 1915 (aged 29) | 4 | 0 | Magallanes |
| — | 3MF | Miguel Busquets | (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Universidad de Chile |
| — | 3MF | Mario Castro | (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning |
| — | 3MF | Guillermo Clavero | (1921-10-10)10 October 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Everton |
| — | 3MF | Armando Contreras | (1919-06-15)15 June 1919 (aged 25) | 8 | 2 | Colo-Colo |
| — | 4FW | Atilio Cremaschi | (1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española |
| — | 3MF | Francisco Hormazábal | (1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Colo-Colo |
| — | 2DF | Víctor Klein | (1917-10-02)2 October 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning |
| — | 2DF | Francisco Las Heras | (1914-07-03)3 July 1914 (aged 30) | 2 | 0 | Magallanes |
| — | 1GK | Sergio Livingstone | (1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 24) | 8 | 0 | Universidad Católica |
| — | 4FW | Desiderio Medina | (1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Santiago National |
| — | 3MF | José Pastenes | (1915-07-10)10 July 1915 (aged 29) | 8 | 0 | Colo-Colo |
| — | 3MF | Manuel Piñero | (1920-08-20)20 August 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano |
| — | 2DF | Humberto Roa | (1912-02-21)21 February 1912 (aged 32) | 11 | 0 | Audax Italiano |
| — | 2DF | Jorge Vásquez | (1922-05-09)9 May 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Colo-Colo |
| — | 4FW | Erasmo Vera | (1923-03-13)13 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning |
Head Coach:
Roberto Meléndez(also participated as footballer)
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Andrés Acosta | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Santa Marta | |
| — | 1GK | Humberto Arbeláez | 0 | 0 | Juventud de Barranquilla | |
| — | 4FW | Fulgencio Berdugo | (1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 3MF | Antonio de la Hoz [es] | 1920 (aged 25) (1920) | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es] |
| — | 4FW | Lancáster de León | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Roberto Gámez | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Luis González Rubio | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Rafael Granados | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 3MF | Isidro Joliani | 1 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 2DF | Pedro Ricardo López | 1912 (aged 33) (1912) | 3 | 0 | Boca Juniors de Cali |
| — | 2DF | Lucas Martínez | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es] | |
| — | 2DF | Gabriel Mejía | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Marcos Mejía | 2 | 2 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Roberto Meléndez | (1912-03-31)31 March 1912 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Arturo Mendoza | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 2DF | Juan Navarro | 0 | 0 | Real Madrid Santa Marta | |
| — | 2DF | Humberto Picalúa | 1 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 3MF | Juan Quintero | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Carlos Recio | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Juan de Jesús Zapata | (1916-09-03)3 September 1916 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | Junior |
Head Coach:Rodolfo Orlandini
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4FW | Pedro Acevedo | (1915-06-25)25 June 1915 (aged 29) | 6 | 0 |  Aucas |
| — | 4FW | Víctor Aguayo | 0 | 0 | Aucas | |
| — | 4FW | Luis Albán | 0 | 0 | Tungurahua | |
| — | 4FW | Guillermo Albornoz | (1923-08-30)30 August 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Sociedad Deportiva Argentina |
| — | 4FW | Enrique Álvarez [es] | (1920-01-18)18 January 1920 (aged 24) | 6 | 1 | Emelec |
| — | 3MF | Carlos Garnica | (1917-09-23)23 September 1917 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Aucas |
| — | 2DF | Jorge Henríques [es] | (1921-09-02)2 September 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Green Cross |
| — | 4FW | José María Jiménez | (1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 23) | 6 | 2 | Patria |
| — | 1GK | Napoleón Medina | (1919-11-26)26 November 1919 (aged 25) | 6 | 0 | Patria |
| — | 3MF | Eloy Mejía | 0 | 0 | Aucas | |
| — | 4FW | José Luis Mendoza | 1 | 0 | Emelec | |
| — | 3MF | Luis Antonio Mendoza | (1914-08-25)25 August 1914 (aged 30) | 10 | 2 | Emelec |
| — | 4FW | Luis Montenegro | 0 | 0 | Aucas | |
| — | 4FW | Enrique Raymondi | 4 | 0 | Patria | |
| — | 1GK | Víctor Suárez | (1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | |
| — | Luis Valverde | 0 | 0 | | ||
| — | José Vascónez | 0 | 0 | | ||
| — | 2DF | Francisco Villagómez | 0 | 0 | | |
| — | 2DF | Félix Leyton Zurita | (1921-11-22)22 November 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona S.C. |
Head Coach:
José Nasazzi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Juan José Carvidón [de] | (1917-08-18)18 August 1917 (aged 27) | 3 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers |
| — | 4FW | Luis Ernesto Castro | (1921-07-31)31 July 1921 (aged 23) | 9 | 4 | Nacional |
| — | 3MF | José Pedro Colturi [pl] | 1 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| — | 4FW | Nicolás Falero | (1921-01-11)11 January 1921 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Central Español |
| — | 3MF | Schubert Gambetta | (1920-04-14)14 April 1920 (aged 24) | 8 | 1 | Nacional |
| — | 4FW | Atilio García | (1914-08-26)26 August 1914 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Nacional |
| — | 3MF | José García | (1926-02-21)21 February 1926 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting |
| — | 1GK | Roque Máspoli | (1917-10-12)12 October 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Peñarol |
| — | 4FW | José María Ortíz | 0 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| — | 2DF | Raúl Pini | (1923-06-02)2 June 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Nacional |
| — | 4FW | Roberto Porta | (1913-06-07)7 June 1913 (aged 31) | 21 | 7 | Nacional |
| — | 2DF | Agustín Prado [pl] | 1 | 0 | Peñarol | |
| — | 4FW | Juan Riephoff [es] | (1922-02-27)27 February 1922 (aged 22) | 4 | 1 | Rampla Juniors |
| — | 4FW | Juan Santiago | 0 | 0 | Liverpool | |
| — | 3MF | Raúl Sarro [pl] | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting | |
| — | 2DF | Eusebio Tejera | (1922-01-06)6 January 1922 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | River Plate |
| — | 3MF | Obdulio Varela | (1917-09-20)20 September 1917 (aged 27) | 14 | 2 | Peñarol |
| — | 3MF | General Viana | (1913-12-03)3 December 1913 (aged 31) | 0 | 0 | Nacional |
| — | 4FW | Bibiano Zapirain | (1919-12-02)2 December 1919 (aged 25) | 10 | 4 | Nacional |
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