2004 Copa América final
# 2004 Copa América final

The 2004 Copa América final was the final of the 41st Copa América. The match was played in Lima, for the first time. This was the fifth final for Brazil (winning two of the previous). Meanwhile, was the second for Argentina (winning once).

Carlos Amarilla was the referee for the final match. He refereed two more matches in previous stages of the tournament, both involving Argentina: first against Ecuador in the first round and against Peru in the quarter-finals.

## Route to the final

| Argentina | Argentina | Round | Brazil | Brazil |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
| Ecuador | 6–1 | Match 1 | Chile | 1–0 |
| Mexico | 0–1 | Match 2 | Costa Rica | 4–1 |
| Uruguay | 4–2 | Match 3 | Paraguay | 1–2 |
| Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mexico 321053+27  Argentina 3201104+66  Uruguay 311167−14  Ecuador 3003310−70 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mexico 321053+27  Argentina 3201104+66  Uruguay 311167−14  Ecuador 3003310−70 | Final standings | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Paraguay 321042+27  Brazil 320163+36  Costa Rica 310236−33  Chile 301224−20 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Paraguay 321042+27  Brazil 320163+36  Costa Rica 310236−33  Chile 301224−20 |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Peru | 1–0 | Quarter-finals | Mexico | 4–0 |
| Colombia | 3–0 | Semi-finals | Uruguay | 1–1 (5–3 pen.) |

## Match details

| Argentina | Brazil |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roberto Abbondanzieri |
| CB | 6 | Gabriel Heinze |
| CB | 2 | Roberto Ayala (c) |
| CB | 22 | Fabricio Coloccini |
| DM | 5 | Javier Mascherano | 72' |
| RM | 8 | Javier Zanetti |
| LM | 3 | Juan Pablo Sorín | 25' |
| AM | 16 | Lucho González | | 75' |
| RF | 21 | Mauro Rosales | | 64' |
| CF | 11 | Carlos Tevez | | 90' |
| LF | 18 | Kily González |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | César Delgado | | 64' |
| MF | 10 | Andrés D'Alessandro | | 75' |
| DF | 4 | Facundo Quiroga | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcelo Bielsa ||
| GK | 1 | Júlio César | 51' |
| RB | 13 | Maicon |
| CB | 4 | Juan |
| CB | 3 | Luisão | 58' | 82' |
| LB | 6 | Gustavo Nery |
| RM | 10 | Alex (c) | | 63' |
| CM | 8 | Kléberson | | 55' |
| CM | 5 | Renato |
| LM | 11 | Edu | 38' |
| CF | 9 | Luís Fabiano |
| CF | 7 | Adriano |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Diego | | 55' |
| MF | 20 | Felipe | | 63' |
| DF | 15 | Cris | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Alberto Parreira ||
