Brazil at the Copa América

The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It is the oldest continental championship in the world with its first edition held in 1916.

The teams walking out of the tunnel for the 2007 semi-final against Uruguay in Maracaibo.
The squad that won Brazil's first international title: The South American Championship 1919. The final play-off against Uruguay was standing 0-0 after regular overtime and another 30 minutes of overtime were added. Star player Arthur Friedenreich (kneeling, middle), scored the decisive 1-0 goal.
Ronaldo was Player of the Tournament in 1997 and Top Scorer in 1999. He scored in the finals of both tournaments.

Brazil have won the tournament 9 times, which makes them the third-most successful team in tournament history behind Uruguay (15) and Argentina (14).

They were particularly successful from 1997 to 2007, winning four out of five Copas during that time. Zizinho, who competed in the 1940s and 1950s, is both the player with the most matches (34) and the most goals (17) in tournament history, though he shares both records. After winning the 2019 Copa América, Brazil are the current defending champions.

Pelé, the "Player of the Century", has never won the continental title and only competed in one South American Championship in 1959. However, he did present his impressive scoring abilities with 8 goals in 6 matches, becoming that edition's top scorer and most valuable player.

Record at the Copa América
South American Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1916Third place3rd302134
1917Third place3rd310278
1919Champions1st4310123
1920Third place3rd310218
1921Runners-up2nd310243
1922Champions1st523072
1923Fourth place4th300325
1924Withdrew
1925Runners-up2nd4211119
1926Withdrew
1927
1929
1935
1937Runners-up2nd64021711
1939Withdrew
1941
1942Third place3rd6312157
1945Runners-up2nd6501195
1946Runners-up2nd5311137
1947Withdrew
1949Champions1st8701467
1953Runners-up 2nd7403179
1955Withdrew
1956Fourth place4th522145
1957Runners-up2nd6402239
1959Runners-up2nd6420177
1959Third place3rd4202710
1963Fourth place4th62131213
1967Withdrew
Copa América
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1975Third place3rd6501164
1979Third place3rd62 2210 9
1983Runners-up2nd 8 2 4 2 85
1987Group stage5th210154
1989Champions1st7520111
1991Runners-up 2nd 7 4 12 12 8
1993Quarter-finals5th412164
1995Runners-up2nd6 4 2010 3
1997Champions1st6600223
1999Champions1st6600172
2001Quarter-finals6th420254
2004Champions1st6321136
2007Champions1st6411155
2011Quarter-finals8th413064
2015Quarter-finals5th421154
2016Group stage9th311172
2019Champions1st6420131
Total9 titles36/461841033744418201

* Draws include matches decided on penalties.

Winning Finals

In the era of the South American Championship, Round Robins were more commonly played than knock-out tournaments. Listed are the decisive matches which secured Brazil the respective titles.

Year Match Type Opponent Result Manager Goal Scorer(s) Final Location
1919Final (Play-off) Uruguay1–0 (a.e.t.) Haroldo DominguesA. FriedenreichRio de Janeiro
1922Final (Play-off) Paraguay3–0 LaísNeco, Formiga (2)Rio de Janeiro
1949Final (Play-off) Paraguay7–0 Flávio CostaAdemir (3), Tesourinha (2), Jair (2)Rio de Janeiro
1989Final Round Robin Uruguay1–0 Sebastião LazaroniRomárioRio de Janeiro
1997Final Bolivia3–1 Mário ZagalloEdmundo, Ronaldo, Zé RobertoLa Paz
1999Final Uruguay3–0 Vanderlei LuxemburgoRivaldo (2), RonaldoAsunción
2004Final Argentina2–2 (4–2 pen.) Carlos Alberto ParreiraLuisão, Adriano (decisive penalty: Juan)Lima
2007Final Argentina3–0 DungaJúlio Baptista, R. Ayala (o.g.), Dani AlvesMaracaibo
2019 Final  Peru 3–1 Tite Everton, Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison (p) Rio de Janeiro

Record by Opponent

Brazil's highest victories at continental championships were a 10–1 win against Bolivia in 1949 and a 9–0 win against Colombia in 1957 with Evaristo scoring five goals. Their highest defeat was a 0–6 loss against Uruguay in 1920.

In their first seven matches against Venezuela, Brazil always scored a different amount of goals (0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Argentina10815334052
 Bolivia902114213
 Chile1623216025
 Colombia71210294
 Costa Rica200291
 Ecuador1220145211
 Haiti100171
 Honduras001102
 Mexico4026116
 Paraguay12117305830
 Peru1333194214
 Uruguay989263740
 United States100110
 Venezuela6208272

Record Players
With 17 goals in 34 matches, Zizinho is both the tournament's all-time record player and most successful scorer. He won the title once, in 1949.
No. Name Matches Tournaments
1Zizinho341942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953 and 1957
2Claudio Taffarel251989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997
3Djalma Santos221953, 1956, 1957 and 1959 (Argentina)
4Roberto Carlos211993, 1995, 1997 and 1999
5 Jair181945, 1946, 1949 and 1953
Aldair181989, 1995 and 1997
Dunga181989, 1995 and 1997
8 Tesourinha171945, 1946 and 1949
Ademir171945, 1946, 1949 and 1953
Didi171953, 1957 and 1959 (Argentina)

Top Goalscorers
No. Name Goals Tournaments
1Zizinho171942 (2), 1945 (2), 1946 (5), 1949 (5), 1953 (1) and 1957 (1)
2 Jair131945 (2), 1946 (2) and 1949 (9)
Ademir131945 (5), 1949 (7) and 1953 (1)
4Didi111957 (8) and 1959 (3)
5Ronaldo101997 (5) and 1999 (5)
6Heleno91945 (6) and 1946 (3)
7 Neco81917 (2), 1919 (4) and 1922 (2)
Tesourinha81945 (1) and 1949 (7)
Evaristo81957
Pelé81959 (Argentina)

Players with multiple titles
Former defensive midfielder Dunga is the only Brazilian who has won the Copa América three times: Twice as a player (1989 and 1997) and once as head coach (2007).

In spite of Brazil winning four Copa Américas within ten years from 1997-2007, no single player has been part of more than two victorious squads. Twenty-three players, however, have won two tournaments each:

Name Championships
Amílcar1919 and 1922
Agostinho Fortes
Arthur Friedenreich
Heitor
Marcos
Neco
Palamone
Aldair1989 and 1997
Dunga*
Romário
Cláudio Taffarel
Cafú1997 and 1999
Flávio Conceição
Roberto Carlos
Ronaldo
Zé Roberto
Alex1999 and 2004
Diego2004 and 2007
Juan
Júlio Baptista
Maicon
Vágner Love
Dani Alves2007 and 2019

* Additionally, Dunga won the title as head coach in 2007. Another Brazilian with two titles is Danilo Alvim, who won the South American Championship as player (1949) and as head coach of Bolivia (1963).

Awards and Records

Team Awards

Individual Awards[1]

Team Records

  • Most goals in one tournament (46, in 1949)
  • Victory with highest amount of goals conceded (6-4 v Chile in 1937, tied with Chile 5-4 Peru in 1955 and Bolivia 5-4 Brazil in 1963)
  • Only team to simultaneously hold the Copa América and the FIFA World Cup title (1997-1998 and 2004-2006. During both spells they additionally won the FIFA Confederations Cup.)

Individual Records

References
  1. "The Copa América Archive". July 19, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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