Copa America winners list

Complete list of the Copa America (formerly known as the South American Football Championship) champions from 1916 to present

The tournament first started in 1910 with the title of Copa Centenario Revolucion De Mayo. It was organized by the Argentina. Four teams, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay had participated in this tournament. The final match was played by the Argentina and Uruguay and Argentina was the winner of this tournament.

This tournament is not considered as an official tournament. The first official tournament started in 1916 and this was also played by four teams only. Uruguay was the winner of this tournament and this tournament is considered as the first official tournament of the Copa America. In the history of the Copa America Football tournament, Uruguay is the most successful team who has won the title for the fifteen times and Argentina comes to the second position with fourteen wins.

In 44 tournaments from the year 1916 to 2015, seven national teams have won the Copa America winner title. Chile is the current champion. Argentina has won the most number of the matches in the tournament. Chile is the one who has suffered more losses numbering 81 times. These are some facts of the Copa America football tournament. If you want to know more about the teams, scores, winners and hosting countries of this tournament then go through the below list that gives the Copa America winners list.

1916 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 0-0
Host Country: Argentina

In this first ever tournament of South American Football Championship, four teams participated in this tournament. Uruguay was the winner of this tournament.

1917 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Uruguay

Like the first tournament, this tournament was played by four countries only (Uruguay, Argentina, Bazil and Chile). There were no qualifying matches. Six matches were played and the top scorer was Angel Romano. The winner was Uruguay.

1919 South American Championship

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Brazil

Like the first two matches, this tournament was also played by four teams. Seven matches were played. The top scorers of this tournament were Arthur Friedenreich and Neco with four scores each. Brazil was the winner of the tournament.

1920 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 2-1
Host Country: Chile

There were four participating countries the host Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil as the defending champion. Uruguay regained the title that they lost from the last year, thus becoming champion for the third time in the first four editions of the tournament. Ángel Romano was the top goalscorer alongside teammate José Pérez, with 3 goals, repeating his feat of three years earlier.

1921 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Argentina

The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chile was also invited but withdrew due to internal problems in the team. Six matches were played and the highest scorer of this tournament was Julio Libonatti with 3 goals.

1922 South American Championship

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Brazil

The 1922 South American Championship was scheduled to be held in Chile, but Brazil asked to host it as part of its 100th anniversary independence celebrations. Thus it was held in Rio de Janeiro between September 17 and October 22, 1922. Five teams participated in the tournament and eleven matches were played. The top scorer was Julio Francia with four goals.

1923 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 2-0
Host Country: Uruguay

This tournament was played by the four countries, and for the second time Chile withdrew from the tournament. Six matches were played and the top scorers of this tournament were Pedro Petrone and Vicente Aguirre with three goals each.

1924 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 0-0
Host Country: Uruguay

The tournament was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from October 12 to November 2, 1924. CONMEBOL asked the Paraguayan Football Association to organize, but they refused because they lacked the infrastructure. However, the association did organize it, but by way of honouring the recent Paris 1924 gold-medallists. Five Countries participated in and six matches were played. Fifteen goals are scored and the top scorer was Pedro Petrone with four goals.

1925 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 2-2
Host country: Argentina

Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay were the three participants of this tournament. Six matches were played and 26 goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Manuel Seoane with six goals.

1926 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 5-1
Host Country: Chile

Five countries participated in this tournament. Ten matches were played and 55 goals were scored. The top scorer was David Arellano with seven goals.

1927 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 3-2
Host Country: Peru

Four teams participated in this tournament. Six matches were played. And 37 goals were scored. There were five top scorers with four goals each.

1929 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 4-1
Host Country: Argentina

The tournament was played by four countries. Six matches were played and 23 goals were scored. The top scorer was Aurelio Gonzalez with five goals.

1935 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 0-3
Host Country: Peru

Four teams participated in this tournament. Six matches were played and 18 goals were scored. The top scorer was Herminio Masantonio with four goals.

1937 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 2-0
Host Country: Argentina

Six countries participated in this tournament. Sixteen matches were played and 69 goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Raul Toro with seven goals.

1939 South American Championship

Winner: Peru
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 2-1
Host Country: Peru

Five teams participated in this tournament. Ten matches were played and 47 goals were scored. The best player and the top scorer was Teodoro Fernandez with seven goals.

1941 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Chile

Five teams participated in this tournament. Ten matches were played and 32 goals were scored. Juan Marvezzi was the top scorer with five goals.

1942 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Uruguay

Six teams participated in this tournament. Uruguay was the winner of this tournament.

1945 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 3-1
Host Country: Chile

Seven teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-one matches were played and 89 goals were scored. The top scorers of this tournament were Norberto Mendez and Heleno de Freitas with six goals each.

1946 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 2-0
Host Country: Argentina

The tournament was played by six teams. Fifteen matches were played and sixty-one goals were scored. And the top scorer was Jose Maria Medina with seven goals.

1947 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 3-1
Host Country: Ecuador

Eight teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-eight matches were played and 102 goals were scored. The top scorer was Nicolas Falero with eight goals.

1949 South American Championship

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 7-0
Host Country: Brazil

Five teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-nine matches were played and 135 goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Jair Rosa Pinto with nine goals.

1953 South American Championship

Winner: Paraguay
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 3-2
Host Country: Peru

Seven countries participated in this tournament. Twenty- two matches were played and 67 goals were scored. The top scorer was the Francisco Molina with seven goals.

1955 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Chile
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Chile

Six teams participated in this tournament. Fifteen matches were played and seventy-three goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Rodolfo Micheli with eight goals.

1956 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Chile
Final score: 2-1
Host Country: Uruguay

Six teams participated in this tournament. Fifteen matches were played and 38 goals were scored. The top scorer was Enrique Furazabol with four goals.

1957 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Peru

Seven teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-one matches were played and 101 goals were scored. There were two top scorers with nine goals.

1958 South American Championship

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 4-1
Host Country: Argentina

Seven teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-one matches were played and 81 goals were scored. The top scorer was Pele with eight goals.

1959 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 5-1
Host Country: Ecuador

Five teams participated in this tournament. Ten matches were played and 40 goals were scored. The top scorer was Jose Sanfilippo with six goals.

1963 South American Championship

Winner: Bolivia
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 2-0
Host Country: Bolivia

Seven teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-one matches were played and 92 goals were scored. The final scorer was Carlos Alberto Raffo with six goals.

1967 South American Championship

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Uruguay

Six teams participated in this tournament. Fifteen matches were played and forty-five goals were scored. The top scorer of the tournament was Luis Artime with five goals.

1975 Copa America

Winner: Peru
Runner-up: Columbia
Final score: 1-0
Host County: Various Countries

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-five matches were played and 79 goals were scored. The top scorers of this tournament were Leopoldo Luque and Ernesto Diaz with four goals each.

1979 Copa America

Winner: Paraguay
Runner-up: Chile
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Various Countries

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-five matches were played and 63 goals were scored. The top scorers were Jorge Peredo and Eugenio Morel with four goals each.

1983 Copa America

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score 2:0
Host Country: Various Countries

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-four matches were played and 55 goals were scored. This tournament has three top scorers with three goals each.

1987 Copa America

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Chile
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Argentina

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Thirteen matches were played and 33 goals were scored. The top scorer was Arnoldo Iguran with four goals.

1989 Copa America

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 1-0
Host Country: Brazil

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Twenty- six matches were played and 55 goals were scored. The top scorer was Bebeto with six goals.

1991 Copa America

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 3-2
Host Country: Chile

Ten teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 73 goals were scored. The top scorer was Gabriel Batistuta with six goals.

1993 Copa America

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Mexico
Final score: 2-1
Host Country: Ecuador

Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 64 goals were scored. The top scorer was Jose Luis Dolgetta with four goals.

1995 Copa America

Winner: Uruguay
Runner-up: Brazil
Final score: 1-1
Host Country: Uruguay

Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 69 goals were scored. This tournament has two top scorers with four goals each.

1997 Copa America

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Bolivia
Final score: 3-1
Host Country: Bolivia

Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 67 goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Luis Hernandez with six goals.

1999 Copa America

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Uruguay
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Paraguay

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. Japan became the first non-American team to participate. Uruguay sent a youth team. Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 76 goals were scored. This tournament has two top scorers with five goals each.

2001 Copa America

Winner: Colombia
Runner-up: Mexico
Final Score: 1:0
Host Country: Colombia

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On July 1 they announced the cancellation of the tournament.Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on July 6 CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule. Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 60 goals were scored. The top scorer of this tournament was Victor Aristizabal with six goals.

2004 Copa America

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 2-2
Host Country: Peru

Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 78 goals were scored. The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. Notably, this made Brazil hold the FIFA World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América. The top scorer of this tournament was Adriano with seven goals.

2007 Copa America

Winner: Brazil
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Venezuela

The competition was held between 26 June and 15 July in Venezuela and was won by Brazil who went on to beat Argentina 3–0 in the final. Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. The top scorer of this tournament was Robinho with six goals.

2011 Copa America

Winner: Argentina
Runner-up: Paraguay
Final score: 3-0
Host Country: Argentina

Twelve teams participated in this tournament. Twenty-six matches were played and 54 goals were scored. Uruguay won the tournament after defeating Paraguay 3–0 in the final, giving them a record 15th Copa América title and their first since 1995. The top scorer of this tournament was Paolo Guerrero with five goals.

2015 Copa America

Winner: Chile
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 0-0
Host Country: Chile

Twelve teams competed, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which competed in the Copa América for the first time. Twenty-six matches were played and 59 goals were scored. The top scorers of this tournament were Paolo Guerrero and Eduardo Vargas with four goals each.

2016 Copa America

Winner: Chile
Runner-up: Argentina
Final score: 0-0 (4-2 on penalties)
Host Country: United States

Sixteen teams from 2 confederations competed on what is called Copa America Centenario, it was a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and was the first Copa América hosted outside of South America. Both Chile and Argentina were goalless after 120 minutes of play and had to be settled in penalties. Argentinian super-star Lionel Messi missed his spot-kick in shoot-out giving Chile the oppurtunity to capture its 2nd title. Eduardo Vargas was the top scorer with 6 goals.