The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

's national team competition. It was the first

under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between 27 June and 12 July.

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América.

Squads

Venues

Group stage

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team plays once against the other teams in their group and would receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. The winner of each group advances to the semi-finals. Defending champions

received a bye into the semi-finals. ---- ''Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the

semifinal A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 33 goals were scored by 24 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. 4 goals *

Arnoldo Iguarán Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga (born 18 January 1957), also known as ''El Guajiro'', is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He earned 68 caps for the Colombia national team between 1979 and 1993, playing at ...

3 goals *

Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the F ...

* Juan Carlos Letelier 2 goals *

Claudio Caniggia Claudio Paul Caniggia (; born 9 January 1967) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both ...

Ivo Basay Ivo Alexie Basay Hatibović (born 13 April 1966) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a striker. Apart from being a regular choice for the Chile national football team in the late 1980s and early 1990s (24 caps, six g ...

1 goal *

Careca Antônio de Oliveira Filho (born 5 October 1960), better known as Careca (), is a Brazilian former footballer, who was deployed as a forward. During his career, Careca played for several clubs, most notably with Italian side Napoli. He also r ...

Edú Marangón Carlos Eduardo Marangon (born 2 February 1963), best known as ''Edu Marangon'' or as ''Edu'', is a retired Brazilian football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. Playing career Edu Marangon started his career with Portuguesa, join ...

* Nelsinho * Romário *

Fernando Astengo Fernando Enrique Astengo Sánchez (born 8 January 1960) is a former footballer and current manager. Career During his years as footballer he played as centre back, position which was well considered after being featured in 1988's America Idea ...

Jorge Contreras Jorge Alejandro Contreras Lira (born July 3, 1960 in Lo Barnechea), usually known by his nickname Coke Contreras, is a former Chilean football forward. Career He made his international debut in the , a friendly match versus Peru, where Chil ...

* Sergio Salgado *

Jaime Vera Jaime Andrés Vera Rodríguez (born 25 March 1963) is a former Chilean association football, footballer and current manager. Club career Vera began his professional career in Chile with Colo-Colo, before spending five seasons with OFI Crete F.C ...

* Juan Jairo Galeano * Gabriel Gómez *

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Carlos Valderrama Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (Colombian Spanish: ; born 2 September 1961), also known as ''El Pibe'' ("The Kid"), is a Colombian former professional footballer and sports commentator for Fútbol de Primera, who played as an attacking mid ...

Hamilton Cuvi Hamilton Emilio Cuvi Rivera (born May 8, 1960) is a retired footballer from Ecuador, who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...

Eugenio La Rosa Eugenio Tomás La Rosa Laguna (born 20 December 1962) is a retired Peruvian international footballer who played for Alianza Lima and clubs in Argentina and Ecuador. Career Born in Lima, Peru, La Rosa played for local giants Alianza Lima befo ...

Luis Reyna Luis Alberto Reyna Navarro (born 16 May 1959) is a Peruvian football midfielder who played for Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great S ...

Antonio Alzamendi Antonio Alzamendi Casas (born 7 June 1956) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward. His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Wanderers de Durazno. Alzamendi played for Uruguay at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, scor ...

Pablo Bengoechea Pablo Javier Bengoechea Dutra (born 27 June 1965) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer, who is currently a manager. A midfielder of exquisite technique, he played for several clubs in Uruguay and Spain. He was the captain of the club ...

* Pedro Acosta Own Goal *

Zdenko Morovic Zdenko Morović Belfrain (31 August 1966 – 12 February 2024) was a Venezuelan footballer who played as a midfielder. He made five appearances for the Venezuela national team from 1987 to 1989. He was also part of Venezuela's squad for the 1 ...

Team of the Tournament

By '' El Gráfico.''

References

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