The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. It is the oldest continental championship in the world with its first edition held in 1916. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It was that last edition of the old format when Venezuela participated for the first time.
Venezuela did not win a match in twelve consecutive participations from 1975 to 2004. They have never been in the top three, and are the only CONMEBOL member to be outside the top ten of the Copa América's all-time table, because regular invitee Mexico surpassed them.
Overall record South American Championship / Copa América recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1916Not a CONMEBOL member 1917 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929 1935 1937 1939 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1949 1953Did not participate 1955 1956 1957 1959 1959 1963 1967 Fifth place 5th 5 1 0 4 7 16Squad 1975 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 1 26Squad 1979 10th 4 0 2 2 1 12Squad 1983 10th 4 0 1 3 1 10Squad 1987 10th 2 0 0 2 1 8Squad 1989 10th 4 0 1 3 4 11Squad 1991 10th 4 0 0 4 1 15Squad 1993 11th 3 0 2 1 6 11Squad 1995 12th 3 0 0 3 4 10Squad 1997 12th 3 0 0 3 0 5Squad 1999 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13Squad 2001 12th 3 0 0 3 0 7Squad 2004 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5Squad 2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6Squad 2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 8Squad 2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3Squad 2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 4 5Squad 2019 7th 4 1 2 1 3 3Squad 2021 Group stage 9th 4 0 2 2 2 6Squad 2024 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 7 2SquadTotal Fourth place 20/48 74 11 18 45 59 182 —
Record by opponent Copa América matches (by team)Opponent006633022159502792300101111271042512473112125613200240112447024681912696170101331269621Total1118457459182
Record players
RankPlayerMatchesTournaments1Salomón Rondón212011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 20242Juan Arango201999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 20153Tomás Rincón192011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 20244José Manuel Rey181997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 20115Roberto Rosales162011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 20216Luis Mendoza131967, 1975 and 1979Pedro Acosta131979, 1983, 1987 and 19898Stalin Rivas121989, 1991, 1993 and 1995Renny Vega121999, 2007 and 2011Oswaldo Vizcarrondo122011, 2015 and 2016
Top goalscorers
With four goals, José Luis Dolgetta became the top scorer of the 1993 tournament and thus the only Venezuelan ever to receive a reward at a continental competition.
In 2007, Carlos Maldonado's son Giancarlo also scored a Copa América goal.
RankPlayerGoalsTournaments (goals)1Salomón Rondón72011, 2015, 2016 (2) and 2024 (3)2José Luis Dolgetta61991 (2) and 1993 (4)3Carlos Maldonado419894Rafael Santana319675Antonio Ravelo21967Juan Arango22007 and 2011Gabriel Cichero22007 and 2011Miku22011 and 2015Josef Martínez22016 and 2019Darwin Machís22019Eduard Bello22024
References
External links RSSSF archives and results Soccerway database