1. Most Titles
Uruguay National team are the most
successful nation in the history of Copa America. The Uruguayans have
won 15 Copa America titles. Uruguay won the competition defeating
Paraguay by 3-0 in the final. Surprisingly, the runner-up Paraguay were
able to reach the finals without winning a single game in the
competition.
Their success in the final stage was
determined by the way of penalty shoot-outs. However, Uruguay earned the
right to play in 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil where they
finished third.
2. Hosts
Argentina has hosted Copa America more
times than any other nations in the South America. The nation arranged
the tournament a record nine times with the last one in 2011. Uruguay
are at second place having hosted the event seven times and Peru and
Chile both share the third place for this record by hosting six
tournaments each. On the other hand, Brazil have hosted only four
occasions of this competition.
2015 Copa America is hosted by Chile in 9
different venues. As a matter of fact, the tournament was to be held in
Brazil. But, after arranging 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and preparing for the upcoming summer Olympics in 2016, they decided against hosting Copa America in 2015.
3. All-time top scorers
There are two players sharing the record
for the most goals scored in the history of Copa America. They are
Zizinho of Brazil and Norberto Mendez of Argentina. Both footballers
have scored 17 goals in Copa America campaign. Severino Varela of Uruguay and Teodoro Fernandez are jointly placed second with scoring 15 goals each.
Norberto Mendez ; image credit en.wikipedia.org
Agentina’s Norberto Mendez played 33
games for his country and won 3 Copa America titles and 3 Primera
Division titles in his career. Zizinho, the Brazilian attacking
mid-fielder was great player with his incredible array of offensive
skills with both feet as well as extraordinary vision. He made 53
appearances for Brazil and scored 30 goals. Truly, the record is worthy
enough to be included in the list of top 10 all-time greatest records in
Copa America.
Also Read: Copa America Top 10 Goal Scorers 2016
4. Most appearances by a player:;
The Chilean goalkeeper, Serjio
Livingstone held the record of most Copa America appearances. He played
34 Copa America matches, which is more than any other player. He took
part in seven South American Championships and one world cup.
Livingstone was nicknamed as “El Sapo”, (the Toad) for his trademark
posture between the goal-post. The goal-keeper later became a well
renowned journalist.
Brazil’s Zizinho is in the second place with 33 appearances while Leonel Alvarez and Carlos Valderrama share the third place with 32 appearances in Copa America.
5. Most successful coach
The Argentine footballer and manager
Guillermo Stabile is the most successful coach in the history of Copa
America. He led Argentina to victory in six Copa America tournaments:
1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957. He coached the Argentine National
side in 123 official matches gaining a total 83 victories, which made
him one of the few coaches with more than 100 matches in charge of a
national team.
As a footballer, Stabile was the top
goal scorer of the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. He also played football
in France and Italy.
6. Longest match
The longest match in the history of Copa
America took place in 1919, in the 3rd Copa America competition, which
was held in Brazil. It was a final match, where host Brazil beat Uruguay
in the playoff match and claimed their first title. The match lasted a
total of two and a half hours.
When the score was level after 90
minutes, it was needed an extra time, which was oddly consisted of four
periods of 15 minutes each, not like two halves of 15 minutes as is
still usual nowadays. It was a historic match for Brazil as they won
their maiden title at home with 1-0 in the playoff against Uruguay.
7. Worst goalkeeper
The worst goalkeeper performance in the
history of Copa America came in 1942, at the 17th edition of South
American Championship, held in Uruguay. Ecuador goal-keeper Napoleon
Medina became the most unlucky man, after conceding a record 31 goals in
total. The record is still alive for the most goals ever conceded at a
football tournament. Medina nearly broke his own record three years
later conceding 27 goals as a goalkeeper.
Argentina’s remarkable victory came here
when they beat Ecuador by 12-0. And also Uruguay can claim their most
fascinating victory against Ecuador when they too crashed them by 7-0 in
the 1942 Copa America competition. The record still remains in the book
of Copa America.
8. Most goals in a match
The record for the most goals scored in a
Copa America match is five. The record has been accomplished four times
in the history of Copa America. Firstly came by Hector Scarone for
Uruguay against Bolivia in 1926, Juan Marvezzi for Argentina against
Ecuador in 1941, Jose Manuel Monero for Argentina against Ecuador in
1942 and Evaristo de Macedo for Brazil against Colombia in 1957.
9. Longest unbeaten run
Uruguay is the nation holding the record
for the longest unbeaten run in Copa America, when it comes to matches
in a home nation. They hold the record of unbeaten for 38 matches in
Uruguay. The unbeaten matches consist of 31 home victories and 7 draws.
The last match Uruguay played at their home was a 1-1 draw against
Brazil in 1995.
They became runner-up six times while
winning the title a record 17 times. Uruguay’s record is considered to
be included in the list of top 10 all-time greatest records in Copa
America.
10. Red cards
Most amazingly, the first 21 years of
Copa America saw no red cards in any of the matches. Juan Emilio Piriz
of Uruguay was the first player to be sent off by straight red card in a
match against Chile in 1937.
The first 21 years of the Copa America
saw no red cards in any of the matches. The first player to be sent off
at the tournament was Juan Emilio Piriz of Uruguay when he was shown a
straight red card in a match against Chile in 1937. The Uruguayans lost
the game by 0-3 to Chile. So far, a total of 169 red cards have been
shown in the history of Copa America.
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