1916 South American Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1916 South American Championship. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.^[1]^[2]

Argentina

Head Coach: n/a or unknown ^{[note 1]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	4FW	Gerónimo Badaracco		San Isidro
—	4FW	Claudio Bincaz	(1897-05-10)10 May 1897 (aged 19)	San Isidro
—	4FW	Juan Cabano		Argentino (Q)
—	2DF	Juan Domingo Brown	(1888-06-21)21 June 1888 (aged 28)	Quilmes
—	2DF	Arturo Chiappe		River Plate
—	2DF	Zenón Díaz	(1880-12-31)31 December 1880 (aged 35)	Rosario Central
—	3MF	Cándido García	(1895-12-02)2 December 1895 (aged 20)	River Plate
—	4FW	Carlos Guidi		Tiro Federal
—	4FW	Ennis Hayes	(1896-05-10)10 May 1896 (aged 20)	Rosario Central
—	4FW	Juan Enrique Hayes	(1891-01-20)20 January 1891 (aged 25)	Rosario Central
—	2DF	Adolfo Heisinger	(1889-05-30)May 30, 1889 (aged 27)	Tigre
—	4FW	Juan Hospital		Racing Club
—	1GK	Carlos Isola		River Plate
—	4FW	José Laguna		Huracán
—	4FW	Alberto Marcovecchio	(1893-03-06)6 March 1893 (aged 23)	Racing Club
—	3MF	Pedro Martínez		Huracán
—	3MF	Ricardo Naón		Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
—	4FW	Alberto Ohaco	(1889-01-12)12 January 1889 (aged 27)	Racing Club
—	3MF	Francisco Olazar	(1885-07-10)10 July 1885 (aged 30)	Racing Club
—	4FW	Juan Perinetti	(1891-01-02)2 January 1891 (aged 25)	Racing Club
—	2DF	Armando Reyes		Racing Club
—	1GK	Juan José Rithner		Porteño
—	1GK	Carlos Tomás Wilson	(1889-01-05)5 January 1889 (aged 27)	San Isidro

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	4FW	Alencar	(1892-09-06)6 September 1892 (aged 23)	Americano
—	3MF	Amílcar	(1893-03-29)29 March 1893 (aged 23)	Corinthians
—	4FW	Arnaldo	(1894-08-06)6 August 1894 (aged 21)	Santos
—	2DF	Carlito	(1896-11-17)17 November 1896 (aged 19)	Paulistano
—	1GK	Casemiro	(1892-09-14)14 September 1892 (aged 23)	Mackenzie
—	4FW	Demósthenes		Palestra Itália
—	3MF	Facchine		Campos Elíseos
—	4FW	Friedenreich	(1892-07-18)18 July 1892 (aged 23)	Paysandu
—	3MF	Galo		Flamengo
—	3MF	Lagreca	(1895-06-14)14 June 1895 (aged 21)	São Bento-SP
—	4FW	Luiz Menezes		Botafogo
—	3MF	Lulu Rocha		Botafogo
—	1GK	Marcos	(1894-12-25)25 December 1894 (aged 21)	Botafogo
—	3MF	Martins		União Lapa
—	4FW	Mimi	(1892-04-10)10 April 1892 (aged 24)	Botafogo
—	2DF	Nery		Flamengo
—	2DF	Orlando		Paulistano
—	2DF	Osny		Botafogo
—	3MF	Sidney	(1895-07-14)14 July 1895 (aged 20)	Flamengo

Manoel Carlos Aranha [Carlito] DF 17/11/1896 Paulistano S.P.(Brazil).
Orlando Pereira Pires [Orlando] DF 21/4/1895 Paulistano S.P. (Brazil).
Osny Augusto Werner [Osny] DF 11/10/1898 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Brazil).
Emmanuel Augusto Nery [Nery] DF 25/12/1895 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Brazil).
Giacomo Facchine [Facchine] MF 25/2/1897 Associacao Atletica Campos Elyseos (Brazil).
Luiz Martins da Rocha [Lulu Rocha] MF 1/8/1889 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Brazil).
Armando de Almeida [Galo] MF 2/7/1893 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Brazil). *Alvaro Martins [Martins] MF 30/1/1901 Uniao Lapa (Brazil).
Demosthenes Correa de Syllos [Demosthenes] FW 17/1/1892 Palestra Italia (Brazil). *Luiz Maia de Bittencourt Menezes [Luiz Menezes] FW 1/4/1897 Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (Brazil).

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	3MF	Enrique Abello		Magallanes
—	2DF	Adán Aguirre		Lusitania
—	4FW	Ángel Báez	(1894-08-08)8 August 1894 (aged 21)	Thunder
—	3MF	Arturo Besoaín		Instituto Nacional
—	2DF	Enrique Cárdenas	(1891-05-17)17 May 1891 (aged 25)	Santiago Wanderers
—	4FW	Alfredo France	(1895-10-29)29 October 1895 (aged 20)	Estrella del Mar
—	4FW	Eufemio Fuentes		La Cruz
—	3MF	Próspero González	(1884-01-01)1 January 1884 (aged 32)	Arco Iris
—	1GK	Manuel Guerrero	(1896-10-13)13 October 1896 (aged 19)	La Cruz
—	4FW	Enrique Gutiérrez	(1892-02-04)4 February 1892 (aged 24)	Magallanes
—	4FW	Manuel Jeldes	(1894-08-14)14 August 1894 (aged 21)	Santiago Wanderers
—	4FW	Rubén Moreno		Instituto Nacional
—	1GK	Jorge Paredes		Talca National
—	4FW	Enrique Salazar		Thunder
—	3MF	Enrique Teutsch	(1894-03-16)16 March 1894 (aged 22)	5 de Abril
—	3MF	Ramón Unzaga	(1892-07-18)18 July 1892 (aged 23)	Estrella del Mar
—	4FW	Erasmo Vásquez		La Cruz
—	2DF	Marcos Wittke	(1896-10-08)8 October 1896 (aged 19)	Magallanes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
—	2DF	Miguel Benincasa		River Plate
—	4FW	José Brachi		Nacional
—	2DF	Francisco Castellino		Nacional
—	3MF	Pablo Dacal		Nacional
—	3MF	Juan Delgado		Central
—	2DF	Alfredo Foglino		Nacional
—	4FW	Isabelino Gradín	(1897-07-08)8 July 1897 (aged 18)	Peñarol
—	4FW	Rodolfo Marán		Universal
—	3MF	Jorge Germán Pacheco		Peñarol
—	3MF	José Pérez		Peñarol
—	4FW	José Piendibene	(1890-06-05)5 June 1890 (aged 26)	Peñarol
—	4FW	Ángel Romano	(1893-08-02)2 August 1893 (aged 22)	Nacional
—	1GK	Cayetano Saporiti	(1887-01-14)14 January 1887 (aged 29)	Wanderers
—	3MF	Pascual Somma		Nacional
—	3MF	José Tognola		Reformers
—	3MF	Antonio Urdinarán	(1898-10-30)30 October 1898 (aged 17)	Defensor
—	3MF	José Vanzzino		Nacional
—	2DF	Manuel Varela		Peñarol
—	2DF	Alfredo Zibechi	(1894-10-30)30 October 1894 (aged 21)	Wanderers

Miguel Benincasa DF / /1890 River Plate F.C. (Uruguay).
Francisco Castellino DF 01/01/1888 Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay). *Alfredo Foglino DF 01/02/1892 Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).
Manuel Varela DF/ MF / /1892 Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).
Pablo Dacal MF / /1890 River Plate F.C. (Uruguay).
Juan Delgado MF 26/02/1891 Central Español (Uruguay).
Jorge German Pacheco MF/ DF 26/10/1889 Peñarol (Uruguay).
Jose Perez MF 30/11/1897 Peñarol (Uruguay).
Pascual Somma FW 07/02/1896 Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).
Jose Tognola MF / FW / /18 Peñarol (Uruguay).
Jose Vanzzino MF / /1895 Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).
Jose Federico Brachi 20/01/1888 FW Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).
Rodolfo Maran 24/05/1897 FW Club Nacional de Football (Uruguay).

^ The first appointed coach of an Argentina national team was Ángel Vásquez in 1924.^[3]

^ *Southamerican Championship 1916 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
^ Copa América 1916 Argentina » Schedule on Worldfootball.net
^ Los 42 técnicos que tuvo la selección on La Nación, 24 Oct 2008
^ Núñez Mardones, Sebastián (20 September 2021). "De Coquimbo a Buenos Aires, el primer gol de Chile en Copa América". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.