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

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

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

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

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