How many times has the Argentine team won the Copa América?

There are just a few days left until a new edition of the Copa América begins and the Argentine National Team, the current champion of this competition, will be part of the opening match on June 20 at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, while the final will be played in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami July 14.

The “albiceleste” led by Lionel Scaloni already has a confirmed group to fight for a new title and defend the current one. Argentina will be part of group A that will share with Peru, Chile and Canada. Only two countries will qualify from each group, and then continue with the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals.

In 2021 they became champions and it would be the first step for what came later, at that time, they equaled Uruguay in the Copas América since they were the top winners with a total of 15 trophies.

The Argentine team managed to shout champion of this tournament 15 times. A no less important fact is that it has managed to establish itself two-time champion in three moments and three-time champion on one occasion. The three most recent titles were achieved under the current name of the competition, while the first 12 were obtained under the name South American Championship.

1927 – 1929, 1955 – 1957 and 1991 – 1993 were the years where he achieved the two-time championship, while, in [19451946and1947became three-time champion. Furthermore, it is the National Team that witnessed the most finals and, therefore, runners-up. In total, 14 times.

The reality is that the 2021 Copa América was a relief for Argentina, which not only wanted to be crowned by Lionel Messi, but also sought to b
reak a bad streak that had been going on since 1993, which was the last time it won the competition, since then After that, he played four more finals and could not win any of them.

In 2020, Argentina, along with Colombia, were going to host the CONMEBOL tournament but the pandemic prevented it and it ended up being postponed until the following year.

However, after a spike in infections in the Albiceleste country (after the announcement that the coffee growers did not want to host the tournament) it was determined that Brazil will be the organizer, for the second consecutive time.

That season, the last he would play with Barcelona, ​​Messi arrived at the continental event with 38 goals and 12 assists, in 47 games played.

And finally the big moment arrived: Leo was able to lift the Copa América, thanks to Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Brazil at the Maracaná Stadium, with a great goal from Ángel Di María. The number 10 was key throughout that tournament, with four goals and five assists in 7 games, in the team led by Lionel Scaloni.

In his fifth international final, Messi won his first title, Argentina’s first since the 1993 Copa América and the fifteenth Copa América in the country’s history. He was named best player and top scorer of the tournament.

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