| Year: | 1953 |
| Country: | Peru |
| Dates: | 22 February – 1 April |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Paraguay |
| Champion-Flagvar: | 1842 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Brazil |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1889 |
| Third: | Uruguay |
| Fourth: | Chile |
| Matches: | 22 |
| Goals: | 67 |
| Top Scorer: | Francisco Molina (7 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1949 |
| Nextseason: | 1955 |
The South American Championship 1953 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Paraguay with Brazil second. Argentina, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Francisco Molina from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals.
See main article: 1953 South American Championship squads.
| Lima | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional de Lima | |
| Capacity: 50,000 | |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| align=left | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 7 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 2 |
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Match was awarded to Peru due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Paraguay by making one extra change.[1]
Milner Ayala was banned for three years for kicking the referee.
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Match was suspended after 66th min, and awarded to Chile due to unsportsmanlike behaviour of Bolivia.
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See main article: 1953 South American Championship Final.
7 Goals
5 Goals
4 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal