• Copa América 1991
  • Champions after 32 Years

    After eight editions of the Copa América, or 32 years, Argentina were back to celebrating another South-American title. Champions in 1959, the Argentineans were unable to win top honors in this competition for a lengthy period of time, but in Chile, in 1991, they won glory with a team of superstars who performed brilliantly. In seven matches, they managed six wins and a draw. Under the command of Alfio Basile, Argentina also boasted the top scorer of the competition, goal poacher supreme, Gabriel Batistuta, who scored 6 goals.

    Brazil, still resenting their poor run of form in the 1990 World Cup Finals, were the runners-up. With a revamped squad, Brazil managed to disclose new talents, the likes of defender Márcio Santos and midfielder Mauro Silva, World Cup champions in 1994. Hosts Chile were third in the overall standings and offered a well-organized event, broadcast to 62 countries (ten more than in 1989), with the presence of 1800 journalists.
  • Match Schedule
  • Chile
  • 2
  • -
  • 0
  • Venezuela
  • 06/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Paraguay
  • 1
  • -
  • 0
  • Peru
  • 06/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 3
  • -
  • 0
  • Venezuela
  • 08/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Chile
  • 4
  • -
  • 2
  • Peru
  • 08/07/1991 - Concepción
  • Paraguay
  • 5
  • -
  • 0
  • Venezuela
  • 10/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 1
  • -
  • 0
  • Chile
  • 10/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 4
  • -
  • 1
  • Paraguay
  • 12/07/1991 - Concepción
  • Peru
  • 5
  • -
  • 1
  • Venezuela
  • 12/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Chile
  • 4
  • -
  • 0
  • Paraguay
  • 14/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 3
  • -
  • 2
  • Peru
  • 14/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Uruguay
  • 1
  • -
  • 1
  • Bolivia
  • 07/07/1991 - Valparaíso
  • Colombia
  • 1
  • -
  • 0
  • Ecuador
  • 07/07/1991 - Valparaíso
  • Uruguay
  • 1
  • -
  • 1
  • Ecuador
  • 09/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Brazil
  • 2
  • -
  • 1
  • Bolivia
  • 09/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Brazil
  • 1
  • -
  • 1
  • Uruguay
  • 11/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Colombia
  • 0
  • -
  • 0
  • Bolivia
  • 11/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Ecuador
  • 4
  • -
  • 0
  • Bolivia
  • 13/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Colombia
  • 2
  • -
  • 0
  • Brazil
  • 13/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Brazil
  • 3
  • -
  • 1
  • Ecuador
  • 15/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Uruguay
  • 1
  • -
  • 0
  • Colombia
  • 15/07/1991 - Viña del Mar
  • Argentina
  • 3
  • -
  • 2
  • Brazil
  • 17/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Chile
  • 1
  • -
  • 1
  • Colombia
  • 17/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 0
  • -
  • 0
  • Chile
  • 19/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Brazil
  • 2
  • -
  • 0
  • Colombia
  • 19/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Brazil
  • 2
  • -
  • 0
  • Chile
  • 21/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Argentina
  • 2
  • -
  • 1
  • Colombia
  • 21/07/1991 - Santiago
  • Champion
  • Runner-up
  • How Argentina will rank in 2011 Copa América?
Will be the champion
Will be the runner-up again
Will be at the semi-finals
Will be eliminated at the first round
  • Brazil
  • Participations:  32
  • Matches:  173
  • Historical Ranking:  3º
  • The edition with less participating teams was held in 1925, counting only three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The format adopted at that time consisted of matches between the teams in inning and re inning. Argentina won the championship.