Conmebol announced the referee appointments who will be in charge of calling the first four matches of the Copa América 2024, among which the debuts of the Mexico national team and Argentina.
The first four games of the Group Stage are Argentina vs. Canada, Peru vs. Chile, Mexico vs. Jamaica and Ecuador vs. Venezuela.
For the opening match at the Mercedes Benz in Atlanta, GA, between the Albiceleste and the ‘La Hoja de Maple’ team, the central referee will be the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela. The assistant referees, also Venezuelans, are Jorge Urrego and Lubin Torrealba.
Jamie Lozano’s El Tri debut against the always dangerous Jamaica will be in the hands of American referee Ismaiel Elfath.
Peru against Chile will be supervised by referee Wilton Sampaio, from Brazil. It should be noted that the entire refereeing team for this match will be of Brazilian nationality. Finally, Ecuador vs. Venezuela will be in charge of the Colombian Wilmar Roldán.
Calls for Group A of Copa América
Group A of the Copa América will start the tournament on June 20 with the current champion, Argentina, against the Canadian team at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in the city of Atlanta (Georgia).
A day later the Peruvian and Chilean teams will debut at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Texas). This is how the four teams in Group A have been assembled to face, each with 26 players, the 48th edition of the Copa América.
Argentina: Lionel Scaloni’s 26
- Goalkeepers (3): Franco Armani, Gerónimo Rulli and Emiliano Martínez.
- Defenders (9): Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Germán Pezzella, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña and Nicolás Tagliafico.
- Midfielders (9): Guido Rodríguez, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister, Rodrigo De Paul, Exequiel Palacios, Enzo Fernández, Giovani Lo Celso, Ángel Di María and Valentín Carboni.
- Forwards (5): Lionel Messi, Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolás González, Lautaro Martínez, Julián Álvarez.
Peru: The 26 of Jorge Fossati
- Goalkeepers (3): Pedro Gallese, Carlos Cáceda and Diego Romero.
Defenses (9): Luis Advíncula, Miguel Araujo, Alexander Callens, Marcos López, Anderson Santamaría, Oliver Sonne, Carlos Zambrano, Aldo Corzo, and Luis Abram.
Midfielders (5): Wilder Cartagena, Jesús Castillo, Sergio Peña, Piero Quispe and Christian Cueva.
Forwards (9): André Carrillo, Gianluca Lapadula, Bryan Reyna, Franco Zanelatto, Andy Polo, Joao Grimaldo, Edison Flores, José Rivera and Paolo Guerrero.
- Chile: The 26 of Ricardo Gareca
Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo, Gabriel Arias and Brayan Cortés.
Defenders: Matías Catalán, Benjamin Kuscevic, Paulo Díaz, Mauricio Isla, Igor Lichnovsky, Guillermo Maripán, Gabriel Suazo, Thomas Galdames and Nicolás Fernández.
Midfielders: Rodrigo Echeverría, Marcelino Núñez, César Pérez, Erick Pulgar, Esteban Pavez and Diego Valdés.
Forwards: Alexis Sánchez, Eduardo Vargas, Ben Brereton, Víctor Dávila, Maximiliano Guerrero, Darío Osorio, Cristian Zavala and Marcos Bolados.
- Canada: The 26 of Jesse Marsch
Goalkeepers (3): Maxime Crépeau, Thomas McGill and Dayne St. Clair.
Defenders (8): Alphonso Davies, Alistair Johnson, Richie Laryea, Moïse Bombito, Derek Cornelius, Luc de Fougerolles, Kyle Hiebert and Kamal Miller.
Midfielders (6): Mathiau Choinière, Stephen Eustáquio, Ismaël Koné, Jonathan Osorio, Samuel Piette and Ali Ahmed.
Forwards (9): Tajon Buchanan, Junior Hoilett, Liam Millar, Jacob Shaffelburg, Thelonius Bair, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, Jacen Russell-Rowe and Tani Oluwaseyi.
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