The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's football 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.
Brazil have won the tournament nine times, which makes them the third-most successful team in tournament history behind Argentina and Uruguay (15 each).
Brazil withdrew from Copa America for almost ten years between 1926 and 1935.
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 were the defending champions before losing the 2021 final to Argentina.
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 eight goals in six matches, becoming that edition's top scorer and most valuable player.
South American Championship / Copa América record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1916 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
1917 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad |
1919 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | Squad |
1920 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Squad |
1921 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Squad |
1922 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
1923 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
1924 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1925 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | Squad |
1926 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1927 | |||||||||
1929 | |||||||||
1935 | |||||||||
1937 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | Squad |
1939 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1941 | |||||||||
1942 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | Squad |
1945 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | Squad |
1946 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | Squad |
1947 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1949 | Champions | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 7 | Squad |
1953 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | Squad |
1955 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1956 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Squad |
1957 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | Squad |
1959 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | Squad |
1959 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | Squad |
1963 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | Squad |
1967 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1975 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | Squad |
1979 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | Squad |
1983 | Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | Squad |
1987 | Group stage | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad |
1989 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | Squad |
1991 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | Squad |
1993 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Squad |
1995 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | Squad |
1997 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | Squad |
1999 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | Squad |
2001 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Squad |
2004 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Squad |
2007 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | Squad |
2011 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | Squad |
2015 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad |
2016 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
2019 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | Squad |
2021 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | Squad |
2024 | Qualified | ||||||||
Total | 9 Titles | 37/47 | 191 | 108 | 38 | 45 | 430 | 204 | — |
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 | Goalscorer(s) | Final location |
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1919 | Final (Play-off) | Uruguay | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Haroldo Domingues | A. Friedenreich | Rio de Janeiro |
1922 | Final (Play-off) | Paraguay | 3–0 | Laís | Neco, Formiga (2) | Rio de Janeiro |
1949 | Final (Play-off) | Paraguay | 7–0 | Flávio Costa | Ademir (3), Tesourinha (2), Jair (2) | Rio de Janeiro |
1989 | Final Round Robin | Uruguay | 1–0 | Sebastião Lazaroni | Romário | Rio de Janeiro |
1997 | Final | Bolivia | 3–1 | Mário Zagallo | Edmundo, Ronaldo, Zé Roberto | La Paz |
1999 | Final | Uruguay | 3–0 | Vanderlei Luxemburgo | Rivaldo (2), Ronaldo | Asunción |
2004 | Final | Argentina | 2–2 (4–2 pen.) | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Luisão, Adriano (decisive penalty: Juan) | Lima |
2007 | Final | Argentina | 3–0 | Dunga | Júlio Baptista, R. Ayala (o.g.), Dani Alves | Maracaibo |
2019 | Final | Peru | 3–1 | Tite | Everton, Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison (p) | Rio de Janeiro |
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 number of goals (0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
Copa América matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | W | D | L | Pld | GF | GA |
Argentina | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 52 |
Bolivia | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 13 |
Chile | 16 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 25 |
Colombia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 4 |
Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Ecuador | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 11 |
Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mexico | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
Paraguay | 12 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 58 | 30 |
Peru | 13 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 14 |
Uruguay | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 40 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Venezuela | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 2 |
Rank | Player | Matches | Tournaments |
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1 | Zizinho | 33 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953 and 1957 |
2 | Claudio Taffarel | 25 | 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997 |
3 | Djalma Santos | 22 | 1953, 1956, 1957 and 1959 (Argentina) |
4 | Roberto Carlos | 21 | 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 |
5 | Dani Alves | 19 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2019 |
6 | Jair | 18 | 1945, 1946, 1949 and 1953 |
Aldair | 18 | 1989, 1995 and 1997 | |
Dunga | 18 | 1989, 1995 and 1997 | |
Thiago Silva | 18 | 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021 | |
10 | Tesourinha | 17 | 1945, 1946 and 1949 |
Ademir | 17 | 1945, 1946, 1949 and 1953 | |
Didi | 17 | 1953, 1957 and 1959 (Argentina) |
Rank | Player | Goals | Tournaments (goals) |
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1 | Zizinho | 17 | 1942 (2), 1945 (2), 1946 (5), 1949 (5), 1953 (1) and 1957 (1) |
2 | Jair | 13 | 1945 (2), 1946 (2) and 1949 (9) |
Ademir | 13 | 1945 (5), 1949 (7) and 1953 (1) | |
4 | Didi | 11 | 1957 (8) and 1959 (3) |
5 | Ronaldo | 10 | 1997 (5) and 1999 (5) |
6 | Heleno | 9 | 1945 (6) and 1946 (3) |
7 | Neco | 8 | 1917 (2), 1919 (4) and 1922 (2) |
Tesourinha | 8 | 1945 (1) and 1949 (7) | |
Evaristo | 8 | 1957 | |
Pelé | 8 | 1959 (Argentina) |
In spite of Brazil winning four Copa Américas within ten years from 1997 to 2007, no single player has been part of more than two victorious squads. Twenty-three players, however, have won two tournaments each:
Player | Championships |
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Amílcar | 1919 and 1922 |
Agostinho Fortes | |
Arthur Friedenreich | |
Heitor | |
Marcos | |
Neco | |
Palamone | |
Aldair | 1989 and 1997 |
Dunga* | |
Romário | |
Cláudio Taffarel | |
Cafú | 1997 and 1999 |
Flávio Conceição | |
Roberto Carlos | |
Ronaldo | |
Zé Roberto | |
Alex | 1999 and 2004 |
Diego | 2004 and 2007 |
Juan | |
Júlio Baptista | |
Maicon | |
Vágner Love | |
Dani Alves | 2007 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).
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