| Year: | 1955 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Dates: | 27 February – 30 March |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Argentina |
| Count: | 10 |
| Second: | Chile |
| Third: | Peru |
| Fourth: | Uruguay |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 73 |
| Top Scorer: |  Rodolfo Micheli (8 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1953 |
| Nextseason: | 1956 |
The South American Championship 1955 was a football tournament held in Chile and won by Argentina with Chile as runners-up. Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia withdrew from the tournament. Rodolfo Micheli from Argentina became top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.
See main article: 1955 South American Championship squads.
| Santiago | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional de Chile | |
| Capacity: 70,000 | |
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | |||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 7 | |||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 | |||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 |
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8 Goals
6 Goals
5 Goals
4 Goals
3 Goals
José Borello Ángel Labruna
Isidro Matute2 Goals
1 Goal
Ricardo Bonelli Carlos Cecconato Washington Villacreses
Guillermo Barbadillo Félix Castillo Cornelio Heredia Roberto Castillo Alberto Terry2 Own Goals
Honorato Gonzabay (for Peru)