How many Copa America titles have Argentina won? History, all-time results in CONMEBOL soccer championship

2024-06-20
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With their victory lap at the Maracana in 2021, Argentina drew level with Uruguay as the two countries to have won the most Copa America titles.

The two teams from the Rio de la Plata have been crowned champions 15 times each and, in 2024, they will seek a new trophy in the United States.

Lionel Messi is expected to captain the team as they look to defend their continental prize. After years of final heartbreak, including in consecutive years in 2015 and 2016, Messi finally tasted Copa America glory three years ago at the most famous stadium of their old rivals, Brazil. A year later, they won the Word Cup for the first time since the days of Diego Maradona, cementing Messi's place in the pantheon of the very greatest players in history.

The defending champions will begin the tournament with the opening game against Canada in Atlanta, with further Group A matches to come against Peru and Chile. They are, as ever, one of the clear favourites to go all the way.

Below is a review of all Argentina's titles at the Copa America, including those won during the tournament's previous era as the South American Championship.

How many Copa America titles have Argentina won?

Argentina have won the Copa America 15 times. Their titles came in 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993, and 2021.

It should be clarified that the three most recent of those wins came with the tournament under its current guise, while the first 12 were when the competition was called the South American Championship.

Of their 15 titles, six came at home tournaments (1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, and 1959), while Chile is the other country at which Argentina have celebrated most often: they won there in 1941, 1945, 1955, and 1991.

In addition, they have won twice in Peru and Ecuador, and the most recent (2021) was in Brazil.

Copa America titles won by Argentina

Year Host nation Final
1921 Argentina League format
1925 Argentina League format
1927 Peru League format
1929 Argentina League format
1937 Argentina 2-0 vs. Brazil (after extra time)
1941 Chile League format
1945 Chile League format
1946 Argentina League format
1947 Ecuador League format
1955 Chile League format
1957 Peru League format
1959 Argentina League format
1991 Chile League format
1993 Ecuador 2-1 vs. Mexico
2021 Brasil 1-0 vs. Brazil

Argentina at the Copa America: All-time results

Copa America Result
1916 Runners-up
1917 Runners-up
1919 3rd place
1920 Runners-up
1921 Winners
1922 4th place
1923 Runners-up
1924 Runners-up
1925 Winners
1926 Runners-up
1927 Winners
1929 Winners
1935 Did not participate
1937 Winners
1939 Did not participate
1941 Winners
1942 Runners-up
1945 Winners
1946 Winners
1947 Winners
1949 Did not participate
1953 Did not participate
1955 Champions
1956 3rd place
1957 Winners
1959 I Winners
1959 II Runners-up
1963 3rd place
1967 Runners-up
1975 First round
1979 First round
1983 First round
1987 4th place
1989 3rd place
1991 Winners
1993 Winners
1995 Quarterfinals
1997 6th place
1999 8th place
2001 Did not participate
2004 Runners-up
2007 Runners-up
2011 Quarterfinals
2015 Runners-up
2016 Runners-up
2019 3rd place
2021 Winners