Brazil are the third-most successful country in Copa America history, having won the competition nine times before. This puts them behind Argentina and Uruguay, who have won 15 each. They have seen plenty of recent success, their latest victory coming in 2019, in which they hosted the competition. It was a dominant campaign, with them winning their group after two wins and a draw. In those three games, they scored eight and conceded zero. They advanced to the semi-finals following a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Paraguay in the quarters. This set up a meeting with Argentina, which they won 2-0 with goals from Roberto Firmino and Gabriel Jesus. They finally conceded their first goal of the tournament in the final against Peru, but they were 3-1 victors to lift the trophy for the ninth time. Everson Soares, Jesus and Richarlison were the goalscorers.
In the last tournament in 2021, they finished as runners-up, losing the final 1-0 to Argentina at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Angel Di Maria scored a first half winner. Before their last triumph, they had not advanced past the quarter-final stage in three tournaments. They won back to back Copa Americas in 2004 and 2007, and 1997 and 1999.