2004 Copa América Group B
# 2004 Copa América Group B

Group B of the 2004 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 2004 Copa América. It comprised Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and Uruguay. Group play ran from 7 to 13 July 2004.

Mexico won the group and faced Brazil—the runners-up of Group C—in the quarter-finals. Argentina finished second and faced Peru—the runners-up of Group A—in the quarter-finals. Uruguay finished third and faced Paraguay, the winners of Group C, in the quarter-finals. Ecuador finished fourth in the group, and were eliminated from the tournament.

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |

* Group winners
* Group runners-up
* Best two third-placed teams among all groups

All times are in local, Peru Time (UTC−05:00).

## Matches

### Mexico vs Uruguay

| Mexico | Uruguay |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez |
| RB | 7 | Octavio Valdez |
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez | 27' |
| CB | 5 | Duilio Davino |
| LB | 18 | Salvador Carmona |
| DM | 20 | Ricardo Osorio | 63' |
| DM | 15 | David Oteo | | 83' |
| CM | 8 | Pável Pardo |
| AM | 19 | Jaime Lozano |
| CF | 9 | Jared Borgetti | | 67' |
| CF | 17 | Francisco Palencia | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Adolfo Bautista | | 67' |
| MF | 21 | Jesús Arellano | | 67' |
| DF | 22 | Héctor Altamirano | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo La Volpe ||
| GK | 12 | Luis Barbat |
| RB | 7 | Gustavo Varela | 22' |
| CB | 2 | Joe Bizera |
| CB | 4 | Paolo Montero |
| LB | 3 | Darío Rodríguez |
| CM | 8 | Omar Pouso | | 87' |
| CM | 5 | Marcelo Sosa |
| RW | 11 | Cristian Rodríguez |
| LW | 21 | Diego Forlán | | 74' |
| CF | 20 | Carlos Bueno |
| CF | 9 | Darío Silva | 31' | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Juan Martín Parodi | 75' | 74' |
| FW | 18 | Richard Morales | 81' | 78' |
| FW | 22 | Vicente Sánchez | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Jorge Fossati ||

### Argentina vs Ecuador

| Argentina | Ecuador |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| RB | 8 | Javier Zanetti |
| CB | 2 | Roberto Ayala |
| CB | 6 | Gabriel Heinze |
| LB | 3 | Juan Pablo Sorín |
| CM | 5 | Javier Mascherano |
| CM | 16 | Lucho González |
| AM | 10 | Andrés D'Alessandro |
| RW | 19 | César Delgado | 70' |
| LW | 18 | Kily González | 87' |
| CF | 7 | Javier Saviola | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 21 | Mauro Rosales | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Tevez | 83' |
| DF | 14 | Clemente Rodríguez | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcelo Bielsa ||
| GK | 12 | Oswaldo Ibarra |
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz | | 54' |
| CB | 17 | Giovanny Espinoza |
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado |
| LB | 18 | Néicer Reasco |
| CM | 20 | Edwin Tenorio | | 30' |
| CM | 15 | Marlon Ayoví |
| AM | 5 | Alfonso Obregón |
| RW | 16 | Cléber Chalá |
| LW | 6 | Paúl Ambrosi |
| CF | 8 | Ebelio Ordóñez | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Franklin Salas | | 30' |
| FW | 11 | Agustín Delgado | | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Édison Méndez | 78' | 54' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||

### Uruguay vs Ecuador

| Uruguay | Ecuador |
| - | - |
| GK | 12 | Luis Barbat |
| RB | 7 | Gustavo Varela |
| CB | 2 | Joe Bizera |
| CB | 4 | Paolo Montero | 6' | 59' |
| LB | 3 | Darío Rodríguez |
| CM | 5 | Marcelo Sosa |
| CM | 8 | Omar Pouso |
| RW | 21 | Diego Forlán | | 68' |
| LW | 11 | Cristian Rodríguez | | 55' |
| CF | 9 | Darío Silva |
| CF | 20 | Carlos Bueno |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Vicente Sánchez | | 55' |
| MF | 6 | Alejandro Lago | 75' | 59' |
| FW | 15 | Diego Pérez | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Jorge Fossati ||
| GK | 12 | Oswaldo Ibarra |
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz |
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado |
| CB | 17 | Giovanny Espinoza |
| LB | 18 | Néicer Reasco | 63' |
| CM | 20 | Edwin Tenorio | | 63' |
| CM | 5 | Alfonso Obregón |
| RW | 16 | Cléber Chalá | 76' |
| LW | 19 | Édison Méndez | 49' | 82' |
| CF | 10 | Álex Aguinaga |
| CF | 11 | Agustín Delgado |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Franklin Salas | | 63' |
| FW | 8 | Ebelio Ordóñez | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||

### Argentina vs Mexico

| Argentina | Mexico |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| RB | 8 | Javier Zanetti | 45' |
| CB | 2 | Roberto Ayala |
| CB | 6 | Gabriel Heinze | 32' |
| LB | 3 | Juan Pablo Sorín | | 76' |
| CM | 5 | Javier Mascherano | 68' |
| CM | 16 | Lucho González | | 66' |
| AM | 10 | Andrés D'Alessandro | 78' |
| RW | 19 | César Delgado | | 66' |
| LW | 18 | Kily González |
| CF | 7 | Javier Saviola |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Carlos Tevez | | 66' |
| FW | 21 | Mauro Rosales | | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Luciano Figueroa | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcelo Bielsa ||
| GK | 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez |
| RB | 20 | Ricardo Osorio |
| CB | 18 | Salvador Carmona | 78' |
| CB | 4 | Rafael Márquez |
| CB | 5 | Duilio Davino |
| LB | 3 | Omar Briceño | | 75' |
| CM | 8 | Pável Pardo | 88' |
| CM | 6 | Gerardo Torrado | 65' |
| RW | 21 | Jesús Arellano |
| LW | 14 | Ramón Morales | | 64' |
| CF | 9 | Jared Borgetti | 22' | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Daniel Osorno | | 64' |
| DF | 22 | Héctor Altamirano | 68' | 64' |
| MF | 7 | Octavio Valdez | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo La Volpe ||

### Mexico vs Ecuador

| Mexico | Ecuador |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Oswaldo Sánchez |
| RB | 7 | Octavio Valdez |
| CB | 2 | Claudio Suárez |
| CB | 5 | Duilio Davino |
| LB | 22 | Héctor Altamirano |
| DM | 6 | Gerardo Torrado |
| DM | 3 | Omar Briceño |
| CM | 14 | Ramón Morales | | 28' |
| AM | 21 | Jesús Arellano | | 74' |
| CF | 10 | Adolfo Bautista | 42' | 60' |
| CF | 17 | Francisco Palencia |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Jaime Lozano | 64' | 28' |
| DF | 16 | Mario Méndez | | 60' |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Osorno | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo La Volpe ||
| GK | 1 | Jacinto Espinoza | | 48' |
| RB | 4 | Ulises de la Cruz |
| CB | 3 | Iván Hurtado |
| CB | 17 | Giovanny Espinoza | | 48' |
| LB | 18 | Néicer Reasco |
| CM | 21 | Leonardo Soledispa | 83' |
| CM | 15 | Marlon Ayoví |
| RW | 16 | Cléber Chalá |
| LW | 10 | Álex Aguinaga | | 64' |
| CF | 11 | Agustín Delgado |
| CF | 13 | Luis Saritama |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 22 | Damián Lanza | | 48' |
| FW | 7 | Franklin Salas | | 48' |
| FW | 9 | Gustavo Figueroa | | 64' |
| Manager: ||
| Hernán Darío Gómez ||

### Argentina vs Uruguay

| Argentina | Uruguay |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| CB | 2 | Roberto Ayala | 73' |
| CB | 8 | Javier Zanetti |
| CB | 6 | Gabriel Heinze |
| DM | 5 | Javier Mascherano | 64' |
| RM | 16 | Lucho González | | 79' |
| LM | 14 | Clemente Rodríguez | | 46' |
| AM | 10 | Andrés D'Alessandro |
| RW | 19 | César Delgado | | 76' |
| LW | 18 | Kily González |
| CF | 9 | Luciano Figueroa |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Javier Saviola | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Carlos Tevez | | 76' |
| DF | 17 | Mariano González | | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcelo Bielsa ||
| GK | 12 | Luis Barbat |
| RB | 17 | Carlos Diogo | 28' |
| CB | 6 | Alejandro Lago |
| CB | 2 | Joe Bizera | 5' 35' |
| LB | 3 | Darío Rodríguez |
| CM | 15 | Diego Pérez |
| CM | 5 | Marcelo Sosa | 19' | 86' |
| RW | 13 | Fabián Estoyanoff | | 43' |
| LW | 16 | Javier Delgado |
| CF | 21 | Diego Forlán |
| CF | 22 | Vicente Sánchez | | 71' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 14 | Guillermo Rodríguez | | 43' |
| MF | 11 | Cristian Rodríguez | | 71' |
| FW | 20 | Carlos Bueno | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Jorge Fossati ||
