Copa América

"Copa America" redirects here. For other uses, see Copa America (disambiguation).

Copa América

Founded	1916 (South American Championship) 1975 (Copa América)
Region	South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Uruguay (15th title)
Most successful team	Uruguay (15 titles)
Website	ca2011.com
2011 Copa América

The Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup")—previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body. It is the oldest international continental football competition.

The current tournament format involves twelve teams competing at venues in a host nation over a period of about a month. The confederation has only ten members, so national teams from other FIFA confederations are invited to fill the other 2 places; Mexico, Costa Rica and the United States have been regular since being invited for the first time in 1993. In 43 tournaments, seven national teams have won the title. Uruguay is the current champion and the most successful team in the tournament, having won it fifteen times.

The Copa América is one of the world's most widely viewed sporting events. The highest finishing member of CONMEBOL has the right to participate in the next edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, but is not obligated to do so.^[1]

History

Beginnings

The first recorded association football match in South America was played in Argentina in 1867 by British railway workers. The first association football team in South America, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata was created in Argentina in 1887, and the Argentine Football Association was founded in 1893. By the early 20th century, football was growing in popularity, and the first international competition held between national teams of the continent occurred in 1910 when Argentina organized an event to commemorate the centenary of the May Revolution. Chile and Uruguay participated, but this event is not considered official by CONMEBOL. Similarly, for the centennial celebration of its independence, Argentina held a tournament between July 2 and July 17 of 1916 with Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil being the first participants of the tournament. This so-called Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones would be the first edition of what is currently known as Copa América; Uruguay would triumph in this first edition after tying 0-0 with hosts Argentina in the deciding, last match held in Estadio Racing Club in Avellaneda.

Uruguay won the first two South American Championships, the first held in Buenos Aires in 1916 and the second in 1917, in Montevideo.

Seeing the success of the tournament, a boardmember of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol or Uruguayan Football Association, Héctor Rivadavia, proposed the establishment of a confederation of the associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, and on July 9, independence day in Argentina, CONMEBOL was founded. The following year, the competition was played again, this time in Uruguay. Uruguay would win the title again to win their bicampeonato after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the last match of the tournament. The success of the tournament on Charrúan soil would help consolidate the tournament. After a flu outbreak in Rio de Janeiro canceled the tournament in 1918, Brazil hosted the tournament in 1919 and was crowned champion for the first time after defeating the defending champions 1-0 in a playoff match to decide the title, while the Chilean city of Viña del Mar would host the 1920 event which was won by Uruguay.

For the 1921 event, Paraguay participated for the first time after its football association affiliated to CONMEBOL earlier that same year. Argentina won the competition for the first time thanks to the goals of Julio Libonatti. In subsequent years, Uruguay would dominate the tournament, which at that time was the largest football tournament in the world. Argentina, however, would not be far behind and disputed the supremacy with the Charruas. After losing the 1928 final at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Argentina would gain revenge in the 1929 South American Championship by defeating the Uruguayans in the last, decisive match. During this period, both Bolivia and Peru debuted in the tournament in 1926 and 1927, respectively.

Disorganization and intermittency

The Carasucias or dirty faces, a name that was known for Argentina who won the 1957 South American Championship held in Peru.

After the first World Cup held in Uruguay in 1930, the enmity between the football federations of Uruguay and Argentina prevented the competition from being played for a number of years. Only in 1935 was it possible to dispute a special edition of the event to be officially reinstated in 1939. Peru became the host nation of the 1939 edition and won the competition for the first time ever after a 2-1 victory over Uruguay. Ecuador made their debut at that tournament.

In 1941, Chile hosted that year's edition in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santiago for which the capacity of the newly built Estadio Nacional was expanded from 30,000 to 70,000 spectators. Despite the large investment and initial success of the team, the Chileans would be defeated in the last match by eventual champions Argentina. Uruguay hosted and won the 1942 edition. Chile would host again in 1945 only to come agonizingly close to disputing the title with Argentina only for Brazil to spoil the possibility; Argentina would win the tournament once again on Chilean soil.

The event entered a period of great disruption. The championship was not played on a regular basis and many editions would be deemed unofficial, only to be considered valid later on by CONMEBOL. For example, Argentina would be the first (and so far only) team to win three consecutive titles by winning the championships of 1945, 1946 and 1947. After those three annual tournaments, the competition returned to being held every two years, then three and later four. There were even two tournaments held in 1959, one in Argentina and a second in Ecuador. During this period, some of the national teams were indifferent to the tournament. Some did not participate every year, others sent lesser teams; in the 1959 edition held in Ecuador, Brazil entered a team from the state of Pernambuco. Bolivia won for the first time when it hosted in 1963, but was defeated in the first game of the 1967 tournament by debutant Venezuela. The founding of the Copa Libertadores in 1959 also affected the way the tournament was viewed by its participants.

After eight years of absence, the event resumed in 1975 and officially acquired the name Copa América. The tournament had no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. Nine teams participated in the group stages with the defending champions receiving a bye into the semifinals. The tournament was contested every four years using this system until 1987.

Renewal

See also: Copa América Finals

Aftermath of a match in the 2007 Copa América, held for the first time in Venezuela.

In 1986, CONMEBOL decided to return to having one country host the tournament and to dispute it every other year. From 1987 until 2001, the event was hosted every two years in rotation by the ten members of the confederation. The format would remain constant with a first round of groups, but the final round stage ranged from being a new, final round-robin group or a single-elimination system to decide the winner. This renewal helped the tournament, which began television coverage in Europe and North America. The 1987 Copa América was held in Argentina; this was the first time the nation had hosted an edition in 28 years. Despite entering as heavy favorites for being the reigning world champions (having won the 1986 FIFA World Cup), playing at home and having a team largely composed of its World Cup winners led by the legendary Diego Maradona, Argentina would finish in a disappointing fourth place after being beaten by defending champions Uruguay 0-1 in the semifinals. Uruguay would defeat a surprisingly strong Chilean squad who made it to the final, disposing of the powerful Brazil 4-0 on the group stage.

Brazil lifted its first official international title since the 1970 FIFA World Cup after winning the 1989 Copa América held on home soil. Argentina, in turn, won the Copa América after 32 long years in 1991 in Chile, thanks to a refreshed squad led by the prolific goalscorer Gabriel Batistuta. The 1993 Copa América tournament in Ecuador would take its current form. Along with the usual ten teams, CONMEBOL invited two countries from CONCACAF to participate, Mexico and the United States.

Uruguay managed to win, as host, the competition in 1995 ending a period of decline for Uruguayan football. With the implementation of rotating hosts, Colombia, Paraguay and Venezuela hosted the tournament for the first time. Brazil entered a successful series of victories, winning four of the five continental titles between 1997 and 2007. The first, in 1997, was won after defeating host nation Bolivia 1-3 with goals from Leonardo, Denílson and Ronaldo becoming crucial in the Verde-Amarela's consagration on Bolivia's altitude. Brazil will successfully defend the title in 1999 after thumping Uruguay 3-0 in Asuncion, Paraguay. However, the 2001 Copa América saw one of the biggest surprises of the history of the sport as Honduras eliminated Brazil in the quarterfinals. Colombia, the host nation, would go on to win the competition for the first time ever.

Ruing from the embarrassing performance in 2001, Brazil reestablished itself in the South American pantheon after defeating Argentina, on penalties, in order to win the 2004 competition held in Peru. Three years later, the two teams met again in the final, this time in Venezuela. Once again, Brazil came out victorious after crushing Argentina 3-0.

Argentina hosted the 2011 competition and was ousted by Uruguay in the quarterfinals by penalty shootout. Uruguay would go on defeating Peru 2-0 in the semis to reach the finals and overpower Paraguay 3-0, thus winning the trophy on Argentinean soil for the third time and second in a row.

Hosts

In 1984, CONMEBOL adopted the policy of rotating the right to host the Copa América amongst the ten member confederations. The first rotation has now been completed following the 2007 Copa América which took place in Venezuela. A second rotation has been agreed to begin in 2011, with host countries rotating in alphabetical order, starting with Argentina.^[2] Chile, México and the United States expressed interest in hosting the next tournament, but the CONMEBOL Executive Committee decided to continue the execution of the rotation, giving priority of the organization to each of its member associations; each association confirms whether they will host an edition or not, having no obligation to do so. Argentina confirmed on November 24, 2008, via representatives of the Argentine Football Association, that it would host the 2011 Copa América.

The 2015 Copa América was due to be held in Brazil following the order of rotation. However, the hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that nation resulted in the decision being reconsidered. Although CONMEBOL President Nicolas Leoz proposed hosting the continental tournament in Mexico (a member of the CONCACAF federation) and board members Brazil and Chile discussed the possibility of exchanging the 2015 and 2019 tournaments, it was decided in the end, as the CBF confirmed in February 2011, that the 2015 Copa América is to be held in Brazil.

Each Copa América since 1987 has its own mascot or logo. Gardelito, the mascot for the 1987 competition, was the first Copa América mascot.

Map of countries' times hosted.

Times hosted

Hosts	Editions
9	Argentina (1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1987, 2011)
7	Uruguay (1917, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1956, 1967, 1995)
6	Chile (1920, 1926, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1991)  Peru (1927, 1935, 1939, 1953, 1957, 2004)
4	Brazil (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989)
3	Ecuador (1947, 1959, 1993)
2	Bolivia (1963, 1997)
1	Colombia (2001)  Paraguay (1999)  Venezuela (2007)
3	No fixed host [F] (1975, 1979, 1983)

Format and rules

The tournament was previously known as sup Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones (South American Championship of National Teams). South American Championship of Nations was the official English language name. The current name has been used since 1975. Between 1975 and 1983 it had no host nation, and was held in a home and away fashion. The current final tournament features 12 national teams competing over a month in the host nation. There are two stages: the group stage followed by the knockout stage. In the group stage, teams compete within three groups of four teams each. Three teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the FIFA World Rankings. The other teams are assigned to different "pots", usually based also on the FIFA Rankings, and teams in each pot are drawn at random to the three groups.

Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. The last round of matches of each group is not scheduled at the same time unlike many tournaments around the world. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage as well as the two best third-place teams. Points are used to rank the teams within a group. Beginning in 1995, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (before, winners received two points).

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;

b) goal difference in all group matches;

c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;

e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;

f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;

g) drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee (i.e. at random).

The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if a match is still tied after extra time. It begins with the quarter-finals, then semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.

Invitees

Since 1993, two teams from other confederations, usually from CONCACAF whose members are geographically and culturally close, are also invited. In all, seven different nations have received invitations. Nations receiving invitations are Costa Rica (1997, 2001, 2004, 2011), Honduras (2001), Japan (1999, 2011, 2015), Mexico (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011), and the United States (1993, 1995, 2007). The United States had been invited every time from 1997 to 2007 but frequently turned down the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with Major League Soccer. However, on October 30, 2006, the US Soccer Federation accepted the invitation for participation in the 2007 tournament, ending a 12 year absence. At the 2001 Copa América, Canada was an invitee, but on July 6, 2001 withdrew because of security concerns. At the 2011 Copa América, Japan withdrew, citing difficulties with European clubs in releasing Japanese players.^[3] South American football's governing body CONMEBOL has stated that Japan would be invited to the 2015 Copa América.^[4] Spain was invited to the 2011 edition, but according to the Royal Spanish Football Federation, they declined because they did not want to interrupt the Spanish players' holidays.^[5]

Invitees nations record

Team	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2004	2007	2011	Editions
Canada	-	-	-	-	w/d	-	-	-	0
Costa Rica	-	-	GS	-	QF	QF	-	GS	4
Honduras	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	1
Japan	-	-	-	GS	-	-	-	w/d	1
Mexico	2nd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	3rd	GS	8
United States	GS	4th	-	-	-	-	GS	-	3

Trophies

Two trophies are awarded at the end of the competition: the Copa América is given to the winner, while the Copa Bolivia is awarded to the runner-up. The Copa América trophy, which is awarded to the winner of the Copa América tournament, was donated to CONMEBOL by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina in 1916. The prestigious laurel was obtained from a jewelry shop in Buenos Aires at the cost of 3,000 Swiss francs. The trophy is a silver ornament with wooden base which contains several plaques. The plaques are engraved with every winner of the competition, as well as the edition won.

Results

South American Championship era

Year	Host	Final Tournament Results
		Champions	Runners-Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
1916 [C]	Argentina	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1917	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1919	Brazil	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Chile
1920	Chile	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
1921	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay
1922	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
1923	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil
1924	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Chile
1925 [A]	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	N/A
1926	Chile	Uruguay	Argentina	Chile	Paraguay
1927	Peru	Argentina	Uruguay	Peru	Bolivia
1929	Argentina	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay	Peru
1935 [D]	Peru	Uruguay	Argentina	Peru	Chile
1937	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay
1939	Peru	Peru	Uruguay	Paraguay	Chile
1941 [D]	Chile	Argentina	Uruguay	Chile	Peru
1942	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay
1945 [D]	Chile	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Uruguay
1946 [D]	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
1947	Ecuador	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay	Chile
1949	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Peru	Bolivia
1953	Peru	Paraguay	Brazil	Uruguay	Chile
1955	Chile	Argentina	Chile	Peru	Uruguay
1956 [D]	Uruguay	Uruguay	Chile	Argentina	Brazil
1957	Peru	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Peru
1959	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Peru
1959 [D]	Ecuador	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Ecuador
1963	Bolivia	Bolivia	Paraguay	Argentina	Brazil
1967	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Chile	Paraguay

Copa América era

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1975	No fixed host [F]	Peru	0 – 1 / 2 – 0 Play-off 1 – 0	Colombia	Brazil  Uruguay	N/A [B]
1979	No fixed host [F]	Paraguay	3 – 0 / 0 – 1 Play-off 0 – 0 a.e.t.	Chile	Brazil  Peru	N/A [B]
1983	No fixed host [F]	Uruguay	2 – 0 / 1 – 1	Brazil	Paraguay  Peru	N/A [B]
1987	Argentina	Uruguay	1 – 0	Chile	Colombia	2 – 1	Argentina
1989	Brazil	Brazil	[E]	Uruguay	Argentina	[E]	Paraguay
1991	Chile	Argentina	[E]	Brazil	Chile	[E]	Colombia
1993	Ecuador	Argentina	2 – 1	Mexico	Colombia	1 – 0	Ecuador
1995	Uruguay	Uruguay	1 – 1 5–3 pens	Brazil	Colombia	4 – 1	United States
1997	Bolivia	Brazil	3 – 1	Bolivia	Mexico	1 – 0	Peru
1999	Paraguay	Brazil	3 – 0	Uruguay	Mexico	2 – 1	Chile
2001	Colombia	Colombia	1 – 0	Mexico	Honduras	2 – 2 5–4 pens	Uruguay
2004	Peru	Brazil	2 – 2 4–2 pens	Argentina	Uruguay	2 – 1	Colombia
2007	Venezuela	Brazil	3 – 0	Argentina	Mexico	3 – 1	Uruguay
2011	Argentina	Uruguay	3 – 0	Paraguay	Peru	4 – 1	Venezuela
2015	Brazil	WS1 vs WS2			LS1 vs LS2
2019	Chile	WS1 vs WS2			LS1 vs LS2

• Key:
  • Invited teams in italics
  • pens – after penalty shootout

Map of winning countries

Given the size of the confederation (it is the smallest with only ten members), every nation has been represented in the tournament. Recently, invitees from outside CONMEBOL have taken part in the competition in order to provide a more viable format to the competition. Seven nations have won the Copa América, only five have won it more than once and only three more than twice. With 15 titles Uruguay is the most successful Copa América team, while Argentina is second with 14 titles. 12 of Argentina's titles and 10 of Uruguay's were won before 1960. Brazil have won it eight times with half of those titles being won after 1989. Argentina has made the most appearances in the final, with 26, and on the podium, with 30, while Uruguay have made the most appearances in the top four, with 35.

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay are the only teams able to win the Copa América outside their countries. Argentina won it eight times outside its country, Uruguay seven times, Brazil four times and Paraguay just once. Colombia and Bolivia have only won the Copa América as hosts (this does not take into account the Copa América tournaments held under a home and away format from 1975 to 1983). Uruguay and Brazil are the most successful teams as hosts winning all editions held in their country (Uruguay 7 times and Brazil 4). Uruguay is the only foreign team to have won the title in Argentina and did so 3 times out of the 9 held there. Chile is the most unsuccessful host nation being unable to win in any of the 6 tournaments held there, the last 4 of which were won by Argentina. Only Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil have won consecutive Copa Américas while Argentina is the only team to win it three times in a row. Mexico, who is from the CONCACAF, has had some success, being runner-up twice and third place on several occasions.

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Uruguay	15 (1916, 1917*, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1935, 1942*, 1956*, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1995*, 2011)	6 (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999)	9 (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1975, 2004)	5 (1945, 1946, 1955, 2001, 2007)
Argentina	14 (1921*, 1925*, 1927, 1929*, 1937*, 1941, 1945, 1946*, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (Argentina)*, 1991, 1993)	12 (1916*, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 2004, 2007)	4 (1919, 1956, 1963, 1989)	2 (1922, 1987*)
Brazil	8 (1919*, 1922*, 1949*, 1989*, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007)	11 (1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1991, 1995)	7 (1916, 1917, 1920, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1975, 1979)	3 (1923, 1956, 1963)
Paraguay	2 (1953, 1979)	6 (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963, 2011)	7 (1923, 1924, 1925, 1939, 1946, 1959 (Argentina), 1983)	6 (1921, 1926, 1937, 1942, 1967, 1989)
Peru	2 (1939*, 1975)	—	7 (1927*, 1935*, 1949, 1955, 1979, 1983, 2011)	5 (1929, 1941, 1957*, 1959 (Argentina), 1997)
Colombia	1 (2001*)	1 (1975)	3 (1987, 1993, 1995)	2 (1991, 2004)
Bolivia	1 (1963*)	1 (1997*)	—	2 (1927, 1949)
Chile	—	4 (1955*, 1956, 1979, 1987)	5 (1926*, 1941, 1945, 1967, 1991*)	10 (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920*, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1999)
Mexico^	—	2 (1993, 2001)	3 (1997, 1999, 2007)	—
Honduras^	—	—	1 (2001)	—
Ecuador	—	—	—	2 (1959 (Ecuador)*, 1993*)
United States^	—	—	—	1 (1995)
Venezuela	—	—	—	1 (2011)

*=hosts

^=invitees

1993 is the only edition when neither Brazil nor Uruguay has finished in the top four. There have been only 3 editions where neither Argentina nor Brazil has finished in the top four (1939, 2001, 2011). Likewise, only 3 editions have seen neither Argentina nor Uruguay finish in the top four (1949, 1979, 1997). There has never been an edition in which none of the three countries Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil made it to the top four.

General statistics

Team		Po	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	364	173	111	31	31	422	166	+256
2	Uruguay	339	184	103	30	51	384	208	+176
3	Brazil	315	167	95	30	42	387	190	+197
4	Paraguay	213	153	61	30	62	241	270	-29
5	Chile	188	161	54	26	81	247	291	-44
6	Peru	169	132	46	31	55	193	220	-27
7	Colombia	128	99	36	20	43	120	175	-55
8	Bolivia	81	102	19	24	59	97	257	-160
9	Mexico	61	38	17	10	11	55	44	+11
10	Ecuador	61	108	14	19	75	114	296	-182
11	Venezuela	15	49	4	9	38	36	155	-120
12	Costa Rica	11	11	3	2	6	12	21	-9
13	Honduras	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2
14	United States	8	12	2	2	8	11	21	-10
15	Japan	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5

Copa América player of the tournament

Year	Player
1916	Isabelino Gradín
1917	Héctor Scarone
1919	Arthur Friedenreich
1920	José Piendibene
1921	Américo Tesoriere
1922	Agostinho Fortes Filho
1923	José Nasazzi
1924	Pedro Petrone
1925	Manuel Seoane
1926	José Leandro Andrade
1927	Manuel Seoane
1929	Manuel Ferreira
1935	José Nasazzi
1937	Vicente De la Mata
1939	Teodoro Fernández
1941	Sergio Livingstone
1942	Obdulio Varela
1945	Domingos da Guia
1946	Adolfo Pedernera
1947	José Manuel Moreno
1949	Ademir Menezes
1953	Heriberto Herrera
1955	Enrique Hormazábal
1956	Oscar Míguez
1957	Enrique Sívori
1959 (Argentina)	Pelé
1959 (Ecuador)	Alcides Silveira
1963	Ramiro Blacut
1967	Pedro Rocha
1975	Teófilo Cubillas
1979	Carlos Caszely
1983	Enzo Francéscoli
1987	Carlos Valderrama
1989	Ruben Sosa
1991	Leonardo Rodríguez
1993	Sergio Goycochea
1995	Enzo Francéscoli
1997	Ronaldo
1999	Rivaldo
2001	Amado Guevara
2004	Adriano
2007	Robinho
2011	Luis Suárez

Copa América winning managers

Year	Head coach	Champions
1916	Alfredo Foglino	Uruguay
1917	Ramón Platero	Uruguay
1919	Haroldo Domingues	Brazil
1920	Ernesto Fígoli	Uruguay
1921	Pedro Calomino	Argentina
1922	Laís	Brazil
1923	Leonardo De Lucca	Uruguay
1924	Ernesto Meliante	Uruguay
1925	Américo Tesoriere	Argentina
1926	Ernesto Fígoli	Uruguay
1927	José Lago Millón	Argentina
1929	Fransisco Olazar	Argentina
1935	Raúl Blanco	Uruguay
1937	Manuel Seoane	Argentina
1939	Jack Greenwell	Peru
1941	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1942	Pedro Cea	Uruguay
1945	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1946	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1947	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1949	Flavio Costa	Brazil
1953	Manuel Fleitas Solich	Paraguay
1955	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1956	Hugo Bagnulo	Uruguay
1957	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina
1959	Victorio Spinetto	Argentina
1959	Juan Carlos Corazzo	Uruguay
1963	Danilo Alvim	Bolivia
1967	Juan Carlos Corazzo	Uruguay
1975	Marcos Calderón	Peru
1979	Ranulfo Miranda	Paraguay
1983	Omar Borrás	Uruguay
1987	Roberto Fleitas	Uruguay
1989	Sebastião Lazaroni	Brazil
1991	Alfio Basile	Argentina
1993	Alfio Basile	Argentina
1995	Héctor Núñez	Uruguay
1997	Mário Zagallo	Brazil
1999	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Brazil
2001	Francisco Maturana	Colombia
2004	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Brazil
2007	Dunga	Brazil
2011	Óscar Tabárez	Uruguay

See also

• Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo

References

1. ^ 2005/2006 season: final worldwide matchday to be 14 May 2006; FIFA.com; 19 December 2004.
2. ^ Copa America: a new cycle begins and the revolving calendar remains
3. ^ "Copa América Argentina 2011: Japón comunicó que no participará del torneo [Copa America Argentine 2011: Japan announced that they will not participate in the tournament]". CONMEBOL. May 16, 2011. http://www.conmebol.com/copaamerica/-Copa-America-Argentina-2011-Japon-comunico-que-no-participara-del-torneo-20110516-0009.html. Retrieved May 16, 2011. 
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/431027/Deportes/Japon-Copa-America.html

Footnotes

A. ^ Only three teams entered the tournament.

B. ^ No third place match was played; third place was shared.

C. ^ There was no trophy being competed for in the 1916 tournament. It was competed for the first time in the 1917 tournament.

D. ^ The tournament was an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL.

E. ^ Final stage was a round-robin group.

F. ^ Matches were played in "Home - Away" basis.

External links

• The Copa América Archive - Trivia
• RSSSF archive - includes extensive match reports.