# 2019 Copa América Group C

Group C of the 2019 Copa América took place from 16 to 24 June 2019. The group consisted of title holders Chile, Ecuador, guests Japan of the AFC, and Uruguay.
Uruguay and Chile advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Appearance | Previous best performance | December 2018 | June 2019 |
| C1 | Uruguay | 1 | 44th | Winners (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959 (E), 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011) | 7 | 8 |
| C2 | Ecuador | 4 | 28th | Fourth place (1959 (E), 1993) | 57 | 60 |
| C3 | Japan (invitee) | 3 | 2nd | Group stage (1999) | 50 | 28 |
| C4 | Chile | 2 | 39th | Winners (2015, 2016) | 13 | 16 |
Notes
* ↑ The rankings of December 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
In the quarter-finals:
* The winners of Group C, Uruguay, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group A, Peru.
* The runners-up of Group C, Chile, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Colombia.

## Matches
### Uruguay vs Ecuador

| Uruguay | Ecuador |
| GK | 1 | Fernando Muslera |
| RB | 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| CB | 2 | José Giménez | 63' |
| CB | 3 | Diego Godín (c) |
| LB | 17 | Diego Laxalt |
| DM | 5 | Matías Vecino | | 81' |
| DM | 6 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| CM | 8 | Nahitan Nández | | 64' |
| CM | 7 | Nicolás Lodeiro | 14' | 75' |
| CF | 21 | Edinson Cavani |
| CF | 9 | Luis Suárez |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Gastón Pereiro | | 64' |
| MF | 14 | Lucas Torreira | | 75' |
| MF | 15 | Federico Valverde | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Óscar Tabárez ||
| GK | 22 | Alexander Domínguez |
| RB | 17 | José Quintero | 24' |
| CB | 2 | Arturo Mina |
| CB | 21 | Gabriel Achilier (c) |
| LB | 19 | Beder Caicedo |
| CM | 15 | Jefferson Intriago |
| CM | 18 | Jefferson Orejuela |
| RW | 16 | Antonio Valencia |
| AM | 10 | Ángel Mena | | 29' |
| LW | 11 | Ayrton Preciado | | 46' |
| CF | 13 | Enner Valencia |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 4 | Pedro Velasco | | 29' |
| MF | 7 | Romario Ibarra | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
* Man of the Match:
* Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
* Assistant referees:
* Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
* Kléber Gil (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
* Rodrigo Correa (Brazil)

### Japan vs Chile

| Japan | Chile |
| GK | 23 | Keisuke Osako |
| CB | 16 | Takehiro Tomiyasu |
| CB | 3 | Yuta Nakayama | 21' |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda |
| RM | 14 | Teruki Hara | 19' |
| CM | 21 | Takefusa Kubo |
| CM | 7 | Gaku Shibasaki (c) |
| LM | 2 | Daiki Sugioka |
| RF | 9 | Daizen Maeda | | 66' |
| CF | 13 | Ayase Ueda | | 79' |
| LF | 10 | Shoya Nakajima | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Koji Miyoshi | | 66' |
| MF | 20 | Hiroki Abe | | 66' |
| FW | 18 | Shinji Okazaki | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Hajime Moriyasu ||
| GK | 1 | Gabriel Arias |
| RB | 4 | Mauricio Isla |
| CB | 17 | Gary Medel (c) |
| CB | 3 | Guillermo Maripán |
| LB | 15 | Jean Beausejour |
| CM | 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| CM | 13 | Erick Pulgar |
| CM | 8 | Arturo Vidal | | 78' |
| RF | 6 | José Pedro Fuenzalida | | 80' |
| CF | 11 | Eduardo Vargas |
| LF | 7 | Alexis Sánchez | | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Pablo Hernández | | 78' |
| DF | 21 | Óscar Opazo | 90+2' | 80' |
| FW | 19 | Júnior Fernándes | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Reinaldo Rueda ||
* Man of the Match:
* Alexis Sánchez (Chile)
* Assistant referees:
* Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
* Darío Gaona (Paraguay)
* Fourth official:
* Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
* Video assistant referee:
* Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
* Wilmar Navarro (Colombia)

### Uruguay vs Japan

| Uruguay | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Fernando Muslera |
| RB | 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| CB | 2 | José Giménez |
| CB | 3 | Diego Godín (c) |
| LB | 17 | Diego Laxalt | 28' |
| RM | 8 | Nahitan Nández | 60' |
| CM | 14 | Lucas Torreira |
| CM | 6 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| LM | 7 | Nicolás Lodeiro | 73' |
| CF | 9 | Luis Suárez |
| CF | 21 | Edinson Cavani |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 4 | Giovanni González | 28' |
| MF | 10 | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | 60' |
| MF | 15 | Federico Valverde | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Óscar Tabárez ||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| RB | 19 | Tomoki Iwata | | 87' |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda | 31' |
| CB | 16 | Takehiro Tomiyasu |
| LB | 2 | Daiki Sugioka |
| RM | 11 | Koji Miyoshi | | 83' |
| CM | 7 | Gaku Shibasaki (c) |
| CM | 4 | Ko Itakura |
| LM | 10 | Shoya Nakajima | 78' |
| CF | 18 | Shinji Okazaki |
| CF | 20 | Hiroki Abe | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 13 | Ayase Ueda | | 67' |
| MF | 21 | Takefusa Kubo | | 83' |
| DF | 22 | Yugo Tatsuta | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Hajime Moriyasu ||
* Man of the Match:
* Koji Miyoshi (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
* Wilmar Navarro (Colombia)
* Fourth official:
* Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Diego Haro (Peru)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
* Hernán Maidana (Argentina)

### Ecuador vs Chile

| Ecuador | Chile |
| GK | 22 | Alexander Domínguez |
| RB | 4 | Pedro Velasco | 90+6' |
| CB | 21 | Gabriel Achilier | 89' |
| CB | 3 | Robert Arboleda | 78' |
| LB | 6 | Cristian Ramírez |
| CM | 23 | Sebas Méndez | 3' | 60' |
| CM | 8 | Carlos Gruezo | 81' |
| CM | 18 | Jefferson Orejuela |
| RF | 10 | Ángel Mena | 34' | 82' |
| CF | 13 | Enner Valencia (c) |
| LF | 7 | Romario Ibarra | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Antonio Valencia | | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Carlos Garcés | | 69' |
| MF | 11 | Ayrton Preciado | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
| GK | 1 | Gabriel Arias | 44' |
| RB | 4 | Mauricio Isla | 82' |
| CB | 17 | Gary Medel (c) |
| CB | 3 | Guillermo Maripán |
| LB | 15 | Jean Beausejour | 52' |
| CM | 13 | Erick Pulgar |
| CM | 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| CM | 8 | Arturo Vidal | 86' | 90+2' |
| RF | 6 | José Pedro Fuenzalida | | 70' |
| CF | 11 | Eduardo Vargas | | 86' |
| LF | 7 | Alexis Sánchez |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 5 | Paulo Díaz | | 70' |
| MF | 16 | Pablo Hernández | | 86' |
| DF | 18 | Gonzalo Jara | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Reinaldo Rueda ||
* Man of the Match:
* Alexis Sánchez (Chile)
* Assistant referees:
* Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
* Video assistant referee:
* Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
* Jhon Alexander León (Colombia)

### Chile vs Uruguay

| Chile | Uruguay |
| GK | 1 | Gabriel Arias |
| RB | 18 | Gonzalo Jara | 90' |
| CB | 17 | Gary Medel (c) | 55' |
| CB | 3 | Guillermo Maripán |
| LB | 5 | Paulo Díaz |
| DM | 13 | Erick Pulgar |
| RM | 21 | Óscar Opazo |
| CM | 16 | Pablo Hernández |
| CM | 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| LM | 7 | Alexis Sánchez |
| CF | 11 | Eduardo Vargas | 77' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Igor Lichnovsky | 55' |
| FW | 19 | Júnior Fernándes | 77' |
| FW | 9 | Nicolás Castillo | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Reinaldo Rueda ||
| GK | 1 | Fernando Muslera |
| RB | 4 | Giovanni González | 70' |
| CB | 2 | José Giménez |
| CB | 3 | Diego Godín (c) |
| LB | 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| RM | 10 | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | | 76' |
| CM | 15 | Federico Valverde | | 90+2' |
| CM | 6 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| LM | 7 | Nicolás Lodeiro | | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Luis Suárez |
| CF | 21 | Edinson Cavani |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Nahitan Nández | | 46' |
| FW | 20 | Jonathan Rodríguez | | 76' |
| DF | 19 | Sebastián Coates | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Óscar Tabárez ||
* Man of the Match:
* Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
* Assistant referees:
* Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
* Kléber Lúcio Gil (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
* Video assistant referee:
* Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)

### Ecuador vs Japan

| Ecuador | Japan |
| GK | 22 | Alexander Domínguez |
| RB | 4 | Pedro Velasco |
| CB | 2 | Arturo Mina |
| CB | 3 | Robert Arboleda | 72' |
| LB | 6 | Cristian Ramírez |
| DM | 8 | Carlos Gruezo |
| CM | 18 | Jefferson Orejuela |
| CM | 23 | Sebas Méndez | | 46' |
| RW | 10 | Ángel Mena | | 74' |
| LW | 7 | Romario Ibarra | | 83' |
| CF | 13 | Enner Valencia (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Ayrton Preciado | | 46' |
| MF | 20 | Andrés Chicaiza | 89' | 74' |
| MF | 16 | Antonio Valencia | 83' | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| RB | 19 | Tomoki Iwata |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda |
| CB | 16 | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 31' |
| LB | 2 | Daiki Sugioka |
| CM | 7 | Gaku Shibasaki (c) |
| CM | 4 | Ko Itakura | | 88' |
| RW | 11 | Koji Miyoshi | | 82' |
| AM | 10 | Shoya Nakajima |
| LW | 21 | Takefusa Kubo |
| CF | 18 | Shinji Okazaki | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 13 | Ayase Ueda | | 66' |
| MF | 20 | Hiroki Abe | | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Daizen Maeda | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Hajime Moriyasu ||
* Man of the Match:
* Shoya Nakajima (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Luis Murillo (Venezuela)
* Rodrigo Correa (Brazil)
* Fourth official:
* Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
* Jhon Alexander León (Colombia)

## Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
* first yellow card: minus 1 point;
* indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
* direct red card: minus 4 points;
* yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
| Uruguay | 2 | | | | 1 | −3 |
| Chile | 1 | | 4 | | | −5 |
| Japan | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | −5 |
| Ecuador | | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | −16 |