Venezuela at the Copa América

The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer 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 lining up for their group match against Peru in 2007. It would become their first victory since the introduction of the modern Copa América in 1975.

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 record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Argentina 1916Did not participate
Uruguay 1917
Brazil 1919
Chile 1920
Argentina 1921
Brazil 1922
Uruguay 1923
Uruguay 1924
Argentina 1925
Chile 1926
Peru 1927
Argentina 1929
Peru 1935
Argentina 1937
Peru 1939
Chile 1941
Uruguay 1942
Chile 1945
Argentina 1946
Ecuador 1947
Brazil 1949
Peru 1953
Chile 1955
Uruguay 1956
Peru 1957
Argentina 1959
Ecuador 1959
Bolivia 1963
Uruguay 1967Fifth place5th5104716 Squad
1975Group stage10th4004126 Squad
197910th4022112 Squad
198310th4013110 Squad
Argentina 198710th200218 Squad
Brazil 198910th4013411 Squad
Chile 199110th4004115 Squad
Ecuador 199311th3021611 Squad
Uruguay 199512th3003410 Squad
Bolivia 199712th300305 Squad
Paraguay 199912th3003113 Squad
Colombia 200112th300307 Squad
Peru 200411th301225 Squad
Venezuela 2007Quarter-finals6th412156 Squad
Argentina 2011Fourth place4th623178 Squad
Chile 2015Group stage9th310223 Squad
United States 2016Quarter-finals6th421145 Squad
Brazil 20197th412133 Squad
Brazil 2021Group stage9th402226 Squad
United States 2024Qualified
TotalFourth place19/47708174552180

Record by opponent

Copa América matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
 Argentina0066330
 Bolivia221595
 Brazil0268227
 Chile12710425
 Colombia1146311
 Ecuador1023210
 Jamaica100110
 Mexico012337
 Paraguay0246819
 Peru1258616
 United States010133
 Uruguay1269621
Total815436650174

Record players

Juan Arango, Venezuela's most-capped player of all time, has also represented them most often at continental championships.
Rank Player Matches Tournaments
1Juan Arango201999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2015
2José Manuel Rey181997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011
3Salomón Rondón172011, 2015, 2016 and 2019
4Tomás Rincón162011, 2015, 2016 and 2019
5Roberto Rosales152011, 2015, 2016 and 2019
6Luis Mendoza131967, 1975 and 1979
Pedro Acosta131979, 1983, 1987 and 1989
8Stalin Rivas121989, 1991, 1993 and 1995
Renny Vega121999, 2007 and 2011
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo122011, 2015 and 2016

Top goalscorers

Salomón Rondón is Venezuela's only player to score at three separate Copa América tournaments.

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.

Rank Player Goals Tournaments (goals)
1José Luis Dolgetta61991 (2) and 1993 (4)
2Carlos Maldonado41989
Salomón Rondón42011 (1), 2015 (1) and 2016 (2)
4Rafael Santana31967
5 Antonio Ravelo21967
Juan Arango22007 and 2011
Gabriel Cichero22007 and 2011
Miku22011 and 2015
Darwin Machís22019

References

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