Copa América records and statistics
This is a list of records of the Copa América.
Medal Count
As of 2019
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Uruguay | 15 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 |  Argentina | 14 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 9 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 |  Paraguay | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 |  Chile | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 |  Peru | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 |  Colombia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 |  Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Mexico | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 |  Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 46 | 46 | 49 | 141 | |
- No third place match was played in 1975, 1979 or 1983.
General statistics by tournament
● Carlos Valderrama was the first player to officially win the MVP of the tournament ●
Coaches with most games
| Number | Name | Nationality | Team(s) Managed | Games | Tournaments | Special Notes |
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| 1 | Guillermo Stábile |
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44 | 1941, 1942,1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957 | Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957. |
| 2 | Luis Tirado |
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35 | 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 | Runner-up in 1955 and 1956. |
| 3 | Manuel Fleitas Solich |
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33 | 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 | Champion in 1953. |
| 4 | Óscar Tabárez |
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30 | 1989, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 | Champion in 2011. |
| 5 | Francisco Maturana |
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27 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 | Champion in 2001. |
| 6 | Hernán Darío Gómez |
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26 | 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2019 | |
| 7 | Alfio Basile |
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19 | 1991, 1993, 2007 | Champion in 1991 and 1993. |
| = | Flavio Costa |
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19 | 1945, 1946, 1949 | Champion in 1949. |
| 9 | Carlos Alberto Parreira |
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17 | 1983, 1993, 2004 | Champion in 2004. |
| 9 | Alberto Suppici |
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16 | 1929, 1937, 1939, 1941 | Runner-up in 1939 and 1941. |
| 10 | Ricardo Gareca |
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16 | 2015, 2016, 2019 | Runner-up in 2019. |
Teams
Overall
- Most Copa América appearances: 44,
Uruguay
- For a detailed list, see Copa América participations
- Most championships: 15, Uruguay
- Most appearances in a Copa América final: 28,
Argentina - Most appearances in Copa América semi-final: 35, Argentina, Uruguay
- For a detailed list of top four appearances, see Copa América results
- Most matches played: 200, Uruguay
- Fewest matches played: 3,
Haiti, 
Panama - Most wins: 120, Argentina
- Most losses: 83,
Chile - Most draws: 39,
Paraguay - Most goals scored: 455, Argentina
- Most goals conceded: 311,
Ecuador - Fewest goals scored: 0,
Jamaica - Fewest goals conceded: 5,
Honduras - Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.41, Argentina
- Lowest average of goals conceded per match:0.83, Honduras
Most championships
| # | Team | Championships |
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| 1 | Uruguay (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011)
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15 |
Most finishes in the top two
| # | Team | Finishes in the top two |
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| 1 | Argentina (1916*, 1917, 1920, 1921*, 1923, 1924, 1925*, 1926, 1927, 1929*, 1935, 1937*, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946*, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (Ecuador), 1959 (Argentina)*, 1967, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016)
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| 2 | Uruguay (1916, 1917*, 1919, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942*, 1956*, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995*, 1999, 2011)
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| 3 | Brazil (1919*, 1921, 1922*, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1949*, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1989*, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019)
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| 4 | Paraguay (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1963, 1979, 2011)
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| 5 | Chile (1955*, 1956, 1979, 1987, 2015*, 2016)
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| 6 | Peru (1939*, 1975, 2019)
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| 7 | Bolivia (1963*, 1997*)
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| Colombia (1975, 2001*)
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| Mexico (1993, 2001)
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Most finishes in the top four
In one tournament
- Most wins:
Brazil - Most goals scored: 28
- Fewest goals conceded: 0, by Colombia
- Most goals conceded: 34
- Most minutes without conceding a goal: 1009
Streaks
- Most consecutive championships: 3, Argentina 1945, 1946, 1947
- Most consecutive final matches: 7, Argentina 1923–1937
- Most consecutive runners-up:
Individual
Goalscoring
Most goals scored, overall finals
- Most goals ever scored in a single tournament: 9 – Jair da Rosa, Maschio and Ambrois
- Most goals ever scored in a single match: 5 – Scarone, Marvezzi & Evaristo
- Fastest goal scored in tournament's history: 68 seconds – Kily González v. Uruguay (1999)
- Fastest hat-trick completed in tournament's history: 10 minutes – José Manuel Moreno (1942)
- Fastest hat-trick completed as a substitute in tournament's history: 19 minutes – Lionel Messi (2016)
- Most matches played in tournament's history: 34 matches – Sergio Livingstone (1941–1949)
- Biggest margin of victory: 12 goals – Argentina 12–0 Ecuador (1942)[2]
- Most goals scored in a match, one team: 12 – Argentina (vs. Ecuador, 1942)
Matches played
| No. | Country | Name | Matches | Tournaments |
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| 1 | Sergio Livingstone | Chile |
34 | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1953 |
| Zizinho | Brazil |
34 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953 and 1957 | |
| 3 | Máximo Mosquera | Peru |
28 | 1947, 1955, 1956, 1957 |
| 4 | Leonel Álvarez | Colombia |
27 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 |
| Carlos Valderrama | Colombia |
27 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 | |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina |
27 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 | |
| 6 | Víctor Ugarte | Bolivia |
25 | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1959 (ARG) |
| Claudio Taffarel | Brazil |
25 | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 | |
| Álex Aguinaga | Ecuador |
25 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 | |
| Javier Mascherano | Argentina |
25 | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 | |
| 10 | José Bustamante | Bolivia |
24 | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
| Teodoro Fernández | Peru |
24 | 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1947 | |
| Cornelio Heredia | Peru |
24 | 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 | |
| 13 | Alberto Achá | Bolivia |
23 | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949 |
| Carlos Fernando Borja | Bolivia |
23 | 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 | |
| 15 | Djalma Santos | Brazil |
22 | 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959 (ARG) |
| José Milton Melgar | Bolivia |
22 | 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 | |
| René Higuita | Colombia |
22 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999 | |
| Luis Capurro | Ecuador |
22 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 | |
| Javier Zanetti | Argentina |
22 | 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011 |
Titles by Player
List of all penalty shoot-outs that have occurred in the Finals tournament
- Most won: 5 – Brazil (1995, 2004, 2004, 2007, 2019)
- Most lost: 5
- Most played: 9
| Team | Played | Win | Loss | % Win | Win Year | Loss Year |
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| Honduras |
1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2001 | — |
 United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1995 | — |
| Chile |
4 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 2015, 2016, 2019 | 1999 |
| Mexico |
3 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 1997, 1999 | 1995 |
| Brazil |
9 | 5 | 4 | 55% | 1995, 2004, 2004, 2007, 2019 | 1993, 1995, 2011, 2015 |
| Colombia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | 1993, 1995, 2016 | 1993, 2015, 2019 |
| Paraguay |
6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | 2011, 2011, 2015 | 1995, 1999, 2019 |
| Uruguay |
9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | 1995, 1999, 1999, 2011 | 1993, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2019 |
| Argentina |
8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | 1993, 1993, 2015 | 1995, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
| Peru |
3 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 2019 | 1999, 2016 |
| Ecuador |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | — | 1997 |
 Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | — | 2011 |
Championship year in Bold
By chronological order
All-time table
From 1916 until 2019 inclusive.
| Team | Winners | Part. | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts/GP | |
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| 1 | Uruguay |
15 | 44 | 366 | 201 | 110 | 36 | 55 | 406 | 220 | +186 | 1.82 |
| 2 | Argentina |
14 | 42 | 406 | 195 | 122 | 40 | 33 | 462 | 179 | +283 | 2.08 |
| 3 | Brazil |
9 | 36 | 346 | 184 | 103 | 37 | 44 | 418 | 201 | +217 | 1.88 |
| 4 | Chile |
2 | 39 | 229 | 183 | 66 | 31 | 86 | 288 | 311 | −23 | 1.25 |
| 5 | Paraguay |
2 | 37 | 228 | 172 | 62 | 42 | 68 | 256 | 297 | −41 | 1.33 |
| 6 | Peru |
2 | 32 | 205 | 154 | 56 | 37 | 61 | 220 | 241 | −21 | 1.33 |
| 7 | Colombia |
1 | 22 | 163 | 117 | 47 | 22 | 48 | 135 | 184 | −49 | 1.39 |
| 8 | Bolivia |
1 | 27 | 86 | 115 | 20 | 26 | 69 | 106 | 288 | −182 | 0.75 |
| 9 | Ecuador |
0 | 28 | 71 | 121 | 16 | 23 | 82 | 129 | 318 | −189 | 0.59 |
| 10 | Mexico |
0 | 10 | 70 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 66 | 62 | +4 | 1.46 |
| 11 | Venezuela |
0 | 18 | 39 | 66 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 50 | 174 | −124 | 0.59 |
| 12 |  Costa Rica |
0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 1.06 |
| 13 | United States |
0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 0.94 |
| 14 | Honduras |
0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 1.67 |
| 15 | Panama |
0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1.00 |
| 16 |  Japan |
0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0.50 |
| 17 |  Qatar |
0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0.33 |
| 18 |  Jamaica |
0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0.00 |
| 19 |  Haiti |
0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0.00 |
References and footnotes
- ^ Copa América Best Players, rsssf.com
- ^ a b "Almanaque Copa MessiAmérica". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
- ^ "Paolo Guerrero ya es uno de los cinco grandes goleadores del torneo". copaamerica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h [1]
- ^ a b c d e [2]
- ^ a b c d e [3]
- ^ a b [4]
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- ^ The outcome of the penalty after which the shoot-out ended. This column lists either the winning goalscorer, the player who missed the last penalty (if this was off target), or the player who took the last penalty and the goalkeeper who saved it
External links
| Editions | |
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| Finals | |
| Squads | |
| Qualification | |
| Related topics | |
