1987 Copa América

The 1987 Copa América was 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between June 27 and July 12. Uruguay successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América.

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 Uruguay received a bye into the semi-finals.

Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Goal scorers
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

3 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona
 * Juan Carlos Letelier

2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Claudio Caniggia
 * Ivo Basay

1 goal
 * 🇧🇷 Careca
 * 🇧🇷 Edú Marangón
 * 🇧🇷 Nelsinho
 * 🇧🇷 Romário


 * Fernando Astengo
 * Jorge Contreras
 * Sergio Salgado
 * Jaime Vera
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Jairo Galeano
 * 🇨🇴 Gabriel Gómez
 * 🇨🇴 Bernardo Redín
 * 🇨🇴 Carlos Valderrama
 * 🇪🇨 Hamilton Cuvi
 * 🇵🇪 Eugenio La Rosa
 * 🇵🇪 Luis Reyna
 * Antonio Alzamendi
 * Pablo Bengoechea
 * 🇻🇪 Pedro Acosta

Own Goal
 * 🇻🇪 Zdenko Morovic