This is a record of Peru's results at the Copa América. Ever since their first Copa América, Peru has had good showings. It is often remembered by fans that Peru was the fourth team to win the South American cup. Even though in 1939 Peru played against only 5 of the South American nations, in 1975 Peru won the cup once more.
Peru's national football team in Copa América Venezuela 2007
Teodoro Fernández was the top scorer in the 1939 South American Championship
Peru national football team
The Peru national football team represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). The FPF constitutes one of the ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). Peru has won the Copa América twice, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times ; the team also participated in the 1936 Olympic football competition and has reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The team plays most of its home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, the country's capital.
Exterior of the Estadio Nacional in 2013.
Interior of the Estadio Nacional in 2011.
Giant poster in the town below Machu Picchu, featuring Edison Flores and the cheer ¡Arriba Perú!
Chile's Raúl Toro and Peru's Teodoro Fernández, opponents in the 1937 South American Championship.