This is a list of records and statistics of the Copa América, including from when it was called the South American Championship (1916–1975).
Cumulative top four results for both South American Championships and Copa América.
Teams that have won the Copa América (formerly South American Championships) consecutively and have become two-time champions (two consecutive titles) or three-time champions (three consecutive titles).
Team | Two championships | Three championships |
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Argentina | 6 times (1927–1929, 1945–1946, 1946–1947, 1957–1959 (ARG), 1991–1993, 2021–2024) | 1 time (1945–1947) |
Uruguay | 3 times (1916–1917, 1923–1924, 1983–1987) | — |
Brazil | 2 times (1997–1999, 2004–2007) | — |
Chile | 1 time (2015–2016) | — |
Year | Debuting teams | ||
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Teams | No. | Cum. | |
1916 | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay | 4 | 4 |
1917 – 1920 | None | 0 | 4 |
1921 | Paraguay | 1 | 5 |
1922 – 1925 | None | 0 | 5 |
1926 | Bolivia | 1 | 6 |
1927 | Peru | 1 | 7 |
1929 – 1937 | None | 0 | 7 |
1939 | Ecuador | 1 | 8 |
1939 – 1942 | None | 0 | 8 |
1945 | Colombia | 1 | 9 |
1946 – 1963 | None | 0 | 9 |
1967 | Venezuela | 1 | 10 |
1975 – 1991 | None | 0 | 10 |
1993 | Mexico, United States | 2 | 12 |
1995 | None | 0 | 12 |
1997 | Costa Rica | 1 | 13 |
1999 | Japan | 1 | 14 |
2001 | Honduras | 1 | 15 |
2004 – 2011 | None | 0 | 15 |
2015 | Jamaica | 1 | 16 |
2016 | Haiti, Panama | 2 | 18 |
2019 | Qatar | 1 | 19 |
2021 | None | 0 | 19 |
2024 | Canada | 1 | 20 |
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]
Rank | Team | Part. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Argentina | 44 | 208 | 132 | 43 | 33 | 483 | 183 | +300 | 439 |
2 | Uruguay | 46 | 212 | 115 | 40 | 57 | 421 | 226 | +195 | 385 |
3 | Brazil | 38 | 195 | 109 | 41 | 45 | 435 | 206 | +229 | 368 |
4 | Chile | 41 | 191 | 67 | 35 | 89 | 291 | 317 | −26 | 236 |
5 | Paraguay | 39 | 180 | 64 | 43 | 73 | 267 | 311 | −44 | 235 |
6 | Peru | 34 | 164 | 58 | 40 | 66 | 230 | 258 | −28 | 214 |
7 | Colombia | 24 | 130 | 53 | 26 | 51 | 154 | 194 | −40 | 185 |
8 | Bolivia | 29 | 122 | 20 | 26 | 76 | 109 | 308 | −199 | 86 |
9 | Ecuador | 30 | 130 | 17 | 28 | 85 | 139 | 331 | −192 | 79 |
10 | Mexico | 11 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 74 |
11 | Venezuela | 20 | 74 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 59 | 182 | −123 | 51 |
12 | Costa Rica | 6 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 22 |
13 | United States | 5 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 20 |
14 | Honduras | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 |
15 | Panama | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 9 |
16 | Canada | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 |
17 | Japan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 |
18 | Qatar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
19 | Haiti | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
20 | Jamaica | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
No third place match was played in 1975, 1979 and 1983.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Argentina | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
2 | Uruguay | 15 | 6 | 10 | 31 |
3 | Brazil | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
4 | Paraguay | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
5 | Chile | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
6 | Peru | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
7 | Colombia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
8 | Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 48 | 48 | 51 | 147 |
Note: Carlos Valderrama (1987) was the first player to officially win the best player of the tournament award.
Year | Hosting team | Finish |
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1916 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1917 | Uruguay | Champions |
1919 | Brazil | Champions |
1920 | Chile | Fourth place |
1921 | Argentina | Champions |
1922 | Brazil | Champions |
1923 | Uruguay | Champions |
1924 | Uruguay | Champions |
1925 | Argentina | Champions |
1926 | Chile | Third place |
1927 | Peru | Third place |
1929 | Argentina | Champions |
1935 | Peru | Third place |
1937 | Argentina | Champions |
1939 | Peru | Champions |
1941 | Chile | Third place |
1942 | Uruguay | Champions |
1945 | Chile | Third place |
1946 | Argentina | Champions |
1947 | Ecuador | Sixth place |
1949 | Brazil | Champions |
1953 | Peru | Fifth place |
1955 | Chile | Runners-up |
1956 | Uruguay | Champions |
1957 | Peru | Fourth place |
1959 | Argentina | Champions |
1959 | Ecuador | Fourth place |
1963 | Bolivia | Champions |
1967 | Uruguay | Champions |
1975 | No host | |
1979 | No host | |
1983 | No host | |
1987 | Argentina | Fourth place |
1989 | Brazil | Champions |
1991 | Chile | Third place |
1993 | Ecuador | Fourth place |
1995 | Uruguay | Champions |
1997 | Bolivia | Runners-up |
1999 | Paraguay | Quarter-finals |
2001 | Colombia | Champions |
2004 | Peru | Quarter-finals |
2007 | Venezuela | Quarter-finals |
2011 | Argentina | Quarter-finals |
2015 | Chile | Champions |
2016 | United States | Fourth place |
2019 | Brazil | Champions |
2021 | Brazil | Runners-up |
2024 | United States | Group stage |
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1917 | Uruguay | Champions |
1919 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
1920 | Brazil | Third place |
1921 | Uruguay | Third place |
1922 | Argentina | Fourth place |
1923 | Brazil | Fourth place |
1924 | Uruguay | Champions |
1925 | Uruguay | Did not enter |
1926 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1927 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
1929 | Argentina | Champions |
1935 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1937 | Uruguay | Third place |
1939 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
1941 | Peru | Fourth place |
1942 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1945 | Uruguay | Fourth place |
1946 | Argentina | Champions |
1947 | Argentina | Champions |
1949 | Argentina | Did not enter |
1953 | Brazil | Runners-up |
1955 | Peru | Third place |
1956 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1957 | Uruguay | Third place |
1959 | Argentina | Champions |
1959 | Argentina | Runners-up |
1963 | Uruguay | Did not enter |
1967 | Bolivia | Sixth place |
1975 | Uruguay | Semi-finals |
1979 | Peru | Semi-finals |
1983 | Paraguay | Semi-finals |
1987 | Uruguay | Champions |
1989 | Uruguay | Runners-up |
1991 | Brazil | Runners-up |
1993 | Argentina | Champions |
1995 | Argentina | Quarter-finals |
1997 | Uruguay | Group stage |
1999 | Brazil | Champions |
2001 | Brazil | Quarter-finals |
2004 | Colombia | Fourth place |
2007 | Brazil | Champions |
2011 | Brazil | Quarter-finals |
2015 | Uruguay | Quarter-finals |
2016 | Chile | Champions |
2019 | Chile | Fourth place |
2021 | Brazil | Runners-up |
2024 | Argentina | Champions |
2028 | Argentina | TBD |
Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) managed | Matches | Tournaments | Notes |
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1 | Guillermo Stábile | 44 | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957 | Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 | ||
2 | Luis Tirado | 35 | 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 | Runner-up in 1955 and 1956 | ||
3 | Manuel Fleitas Solich | 33 | 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 | Champion in 1953 | ||
Óscar Tabárez | 1989, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Champion in 2011 | ||||
5 | Francisco Maturana | 27 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 | Champion in 2001 | ||
6 | Hernán Darío Gómez | 26 | 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2019 | |||
7 | Ricardo Gareca | 22 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | Runner-up in 2019 | ||
8 | Alfio Basile | 19 | 1991, 1993, 2007 | Champion in 1991 and 1993 | ||
Flávio Costa | 1945, 1946, 1949 | Champion in 1949 | ||||
Lionel Scaloni | 2019, 2021, 2024 | Champion in 2021 and 2024 |
Rank | Coach | Nationality | Team(s) managed | Titles | Notes |
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1 | Guillermo Stábile | 6 | Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 (runner-up in 1942) | ||
2 | Alfio Basile | 2 | 1991 and 1993 (runner-up in 2007) | ||
Juan Carlos Corazzo | 2 | 1959 and 1967 | |||
Ernesto Fígoli | 2 | 1920 and 1926 | |||
Lionel Scaloni | 2 | 2021 and 2024 |
Rank | Player | Country | Matches | Tournaments |
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1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 39 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
2 | Sergio Livingstone | Chile | 34 | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
3 | Zizinho | Brazil | 33 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957 |
4 | Víctor Ugarte | Bolivia | 30 | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1959 (ARG) |
5 | Ángel Di María | Argentina | 28 | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
Paolo Guerrero | Peru | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024 | ||
7 | Leonel Álvarez | Colombia | 27 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 |
Claudio Bravo | Chile | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 | ||
Mauricio Isla | Chile | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | ||
Gary Medel | Chile | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | ||
Nicolás Otamendi | Argentina | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | ||
Carlos Valderrama | Colombia | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 | ||
Yoshimar Yotún | Peru | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | ||
14 | Pedro Gallese | Peru | 26 | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
Javier Mascherano | Argentina | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 | ||
Alexis Sánchez | Chile | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | ||
Eduardo Vargas | Chile | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | ||
18 | Álex Aguinaga | Ecuador | 25 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 |
Christian Cueva | Peru | 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 | ||
Cornelio Heredia | Peru | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 | ||
Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 |
Data published by Copa América's official website.[6]
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Winning % | Years won | Years lost |
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Uruguay | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | 1995, 1999 (2), 2011, 2024 (2) | 1993, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019, 2021 |
Argentina | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1993 (2), 2015, 2021, 2024 | 1995, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
Brazil | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | 1995, 2004 (2), 2007, 2019 | 1993, 1995, 2011, 2015, 2024 |
Colombia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021 | 1993, 2015, 2019, 2021 |
Paraguay | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | 2011 (2), 2015 | 1995, 1999, 2019, 2021 |
Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 2015, 2016, 2019 | 1999 |
Peru | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2019, 2021 | 1999, 2016 |
Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1997, 1999 | 1995 |
Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 2024 | 2024 |
Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 1997, 2024 |
Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | – | 2011, 2024 |
Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2001 | – |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1995 | – |
Championship year in bold