Venezuela at the Copa América

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 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

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South American Championship / Copa América record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
  1916 Not a CONMEBOL member
  1917
  1919
  1920
  1921
  1922
  1923
  1924
  1925
  1926
  1927
  1929
  1935
  1937
  1939
  1941
  1942
  1945
  1946
  1947
  1949
  1953 Did not participate
  1955
  1956
  1957
  1959
  1959
  1963
  1967 Fifth place 5th 5 1 0 4 7 16 Squad
1975 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 1 26 Squad
1979 10th 4 0 2 2 1 12 Squad
1983 10th 4 0 1 3 1 10 Squad
  1987 10th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad
  1989 10th 4 0 1 3 4 11 Squad
  1991 10th 4 0 0 4 1 15 Squad
  1993 11th 3 0 2 1 6 11 Squad
  1995 12th 3 0 0 3 4 10 Squad
  1997 12th 3 0 0 3 0 5 Squad
  1999 12th 3 0 0 3 1 13 Squad
  2001 12th 3 0 0 3 0 7 Squad
  2004 11th 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad
  2007 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6 Squad
  2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 8 Squad
  2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad
  2016 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 4 5 Squad
  2019 7th 4 1 2 1 3 3 Squad
  2021 Group stage 9th 4 0 2 2 2 6 Squad
  2024 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 7 2 Squad
Total Fourth place 20/48 74 11 18 45 59 182

Record by opponent

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Copa América matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
  Argentina 0 0 6 6 3 30
  Bolivia 2 2 1 5 9 5
  Brazil 0 2 7 9 2 30
  Canada 0 1 0 1 1 1
  Chile 1 2 7 10 4 25
  Colombia 1 2 4 7 3 11
  Ecuador 2 1 2 5 6 13
  Jamaica 2 0 0 2 4 0
  Mexico 1 1 2 4 4 7
  Paraguay 0 2 4 6 8 19
  Peru 1 2 6 9 6 17
  United States 0 1 0 1 3 3
  Uruguay 1 2 6 9 6 21
Total 11 18 45 74 59 182

Record players

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Juan Arango has represented Venezuela the second-most times at continental championships.
Rank Player Matches Tournaments
1 Salomón Rondón 21 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2024
2 Juan Arango 20 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2015
3 Tomás Rincón 19 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2024
4 José Manuel Rey 18 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011
5 Roberto Rosales 16 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021
6 Luis Mendoza 13 1967, 1975 and 1979
Pedro Acosta 13 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1989
8 Stalin Rivas 12 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995
Renny Vega 12 1999, 2007 and 2011
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo 12 2011, 2015 and 2016

Top goalscorers

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Salomón Rondón is Venezuela's only player to score at four 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)
1 Salomón Rondón 7 2011, 2015, 2016 (2) and 2024 (3)
2 José Luis Dolgetta 6 1991 (2) and 1993 (4)
3 Carlos Maldonado 4 1989
4 Rafael Santana 3 1967
5 Antonio Ravelo 2 1967
Juan Arango 2 2007 and 2011
Gabriel Cichero 2 2007 and 2011
Miku 2 2011 and 2015
Josef Martínez 2 2016 and 2019
Darwin Machís 2 2019
Eduard Bello 2 2024

References

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