Brazil at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Brazil's results at the FIFA World Cup.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase, officially called the World Cup Finals. The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated over 1 billion people watching the 2014 tournament final.^[1]

Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second-place, third-place and fourth-place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent (Sweden 1958, Mexico 1970, USA 1994 and South Korea/Japan 2002). Brazil is the only national team to have played in all FIFA World Cup editions without any absence or need for playoffs. Brazil also has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with a record of 70 victories in 104 matches played, 119 goal difference, 227 points and only 17 losses.^[2]^[3]

Traditionally, Brazil's greatest rival is Argentina. The two countries have met each other four times in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with two wins for Brazil (West Germany 1974 and Spain 1982), one for Argentina (Italy 1990) and a draw (Argentina 1978). The country that played most against Brazil in the finals is Sweden: 7 times, with five wins for Brazil and two draws. Three other historical rivals are Italy, which lost two World Cup finals against Brazil and eliminated the Brazilians in two tournaments (France 1938 and Spain 1982), France, which has eliminated Brazil on three occasions (Mexico 1986, France 1998 and Germany 2006), and the Netherlands which has eliminated Brazil at two of their five meetings (West Germany 1974 and South Africa 2010) and won the third place match in Brazil 2014.

Records

Year	Status	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	5	2
1934	First round	14th	1	0	0	1	1	3
1938	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	14	11
1950	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	22	6
1954	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	8	5
1958	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	4
1962	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	14	5
1966	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1970	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	19	7
1974	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	6	4
1978	Third place	3rd	7	4	3	0	10	3
1982	Second group stage	5th	5	4	0	1	15	6
1986	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	1	0	10	1
1990	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	4	2
1994	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	11	3
1998	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	14	10
2002	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	18	4
2006	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	2
2010	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	4
2014	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	11	14
2018	Qualified
2022	TBD
Total	21/21	5 Titles	104	70	17	17	221	102

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Winning World Cups

Year	Manager	Captain	Final Goal Scorer
1958	Vicente Feola	Hilderaldo Bellini	Vavá, Pelé, Mário Zagallo
1962	Aymoré Moreira	Mauro Ramos	Amarildo, Zito, Vavá
1970	Mário Zagallo	Carlos Alberto	Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto
1994	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Dunga	-
2002	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Cafu	Ronaldo

By match

Year	Round	Against	Score	Scorers
1930	Group B	Yugoslavia	1–2	Preguinho
1930	Group B	Bolivia	4–0	Moderato (2), Preguinho (2)
1934	Round 1	Spain	1–3	Leônidas
1938	Round 1	Poland	6–5 (AET)	Leônidas (3), Romeu, Perácio (2)
	Quarter-Final	Czechoslovakia	1–1 (AET)	Leônidas
	Quarter-Final (replay)	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Leônidas, Roberto
	Semi-Final	Italy	1–2	Romeu
	Bronze Final	Sweden	4–2	Romeu, Leônidas (2), Perácio
1950	Group A	Mexico	4–0	Ademir (2), Jair, Baltazar
	Group A	Switzerland	2–2	Alfredo, Baltazar
	Group A	Yugoslavia	2–0	Ademir, Zizinho
	Final Round	Sweden	7–1	Ademir (4), Chico (2), Maneca
	Final Round	Spain	6–1	Ademir (2), Jair, Chico (2), Zizinho
	Final Round	Uruguay	1–2	Friaça
1954	Group A	Mexico	5–0	Baltazar, Didi, Pinga (2), Julinho
	Group A	Yugoslavia	1–1 (AET)	Didi
	Quarter-Final	Hungary	2–4	Djalma Santos, Julinho
1958	Group D	Austria	3–0	Mazzola (2), Nilton Santos
	Group D	England	0–0
	Group D	Soviet Union	2–0	Vavá (2)
	Quarter-Final	Wales	1–0	Pelé
	Semi-Final	France	5–2	Vavá, Didi, Pelé (3)
	Final	Sweden	5–2	Vavá (2), Pelé (2), Zagallo
1962	Group C	Mexico	2–0	Pelé, Zagallo
	Group C	Czechoslovakia	0–0
	Group C	Spain	2–1	Amarildo (2)
	Quarter-Final	England	3–1	Garrincha (2), Vavá
	Semi-Final	Chile	4–2	Garrincha (2), Vavá (2)
	Final	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Amarildo, Zito, Vavá
1966	Group C	Bulgaria	2–0	Pelé, Garrincha
	Group C	Hungary	1–3	Tostão
	Group C	Portugal	1–3	Rildo
1970	Group C	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Rivelino, Pelé, Jairzinho (2)
	Group C	England	1–0	Jairzinho
	Group C	Romania	3–2	Pelé (2), Jairzinho
	Quarter-Final	Peru	4–2	Rivelino, Tostão (2), Jairzinho
	Semi-Final	Uruguay	3–1	Clodoaldo, Jairzinho, Rivelino
	Final	Italy	4–1	Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto
1974	Group B	Yugoslavia	0–0
	Group B	Scotland	0–0
	Group B	Zaire	3–0	Jairzinho, Rivelino, Valdomiro
	Group A Round 2	East Germany	1–0	Rivelino
	Group A Round 2	Argentina	2–1	Rivelino, Jairzinho
	Group A Round 2	Netherlands	0–2
	Bronze Final	Poland	0–1
1978	Group C	Sweden	1–1	Reinaldo
	Group C	Spain	0–0
	Group C	Austria	1–0	Roberto Dinamite
	Group B Round 2	Peru	3–0	Dirceu (2), Zico
	Group B Round 2	Argentina	0–0
	Group B Round 2	Poland	3–1	Nelinho, Roberto Dinamite (2)
	Bronze Final	Italy	2–1	Nelinho, Dirceu
1982	Group F	Soviet Union	2–1	Sócrates, Éder
	Group F	Scotland	4–1	Zico, Oscar, Éder, Falcão
	Group F	New Zealand	4–0	Zico (2), Falcão, Serginho
	Group C Round 2	Argentina	3–1	Zico, Serginho, Júnior
	Group C Round 2	Italy	2–3	Sócrates, Falcão
1986	Group D	Spain	1–0	Sócrates
	Group D	Algeria	1–0	Careca
	Group D	Northern Ireland	3–0	Careca (2), Josimar
	Round of 16	Poland	4–0	Sócrates, Josimar, Edinho, Careca
	Quarter-Final	France	1–1 (AET)	Careca
1990	Group C	Sweden	2–1	Careca (2)
	Group C	Costa Rica	1–0	Müller
	Group C	Scotland	1–0	Müller
	Round of 16	Argentina	0–1
1994	Group B	Russia	2–0	Romário, Raí
	Group B	Cameroon	3–0	Romário, Márcio Santos, Bebeto
	Group B	Sweden	1–1	Romário
	Round of 16	United States	1–0	Bebeto
	Quarter-Final	Netherlands	3–2	Romário, Bebeto, Branco
	Semi-Final	Sweden	1–0	Romário
	Final	Italy	0–0 (AET)
1998	Group A	Scotland	2–1	César Sampaio, Boyd (OG)
	Group A	Morocco	3–0	Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Bebeto
	Group A	Norway	1–2	Bebeto
	Round of 16	Chile	4–1	Ronaldo (2), César Sampaio (2)
	Quarter-Final	Denmark	3–2	Bebeto, Rivaldo (2)
	Semi-Final	Netherlands	1–1 (AET)	Ronaldo
	Final	France	0–3
2002	Group C	Turkey	2–1	Ronaldo, Rivaldo
	Group C	China	4–0	Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo
	Group C	Costa Rica	5–2	Ronaldo (2), Edmílson, Rivaldo, Júnior
	Round of 16	Belgium	2–0	Rivaldo, Ronaldo
	Quarter-Final	England	2–1	Rivaldo, Ronaldinho
	Semi-Final	Turkey	1–0	Ronaldo
	Final	Germany	2–0	Ronaldo (2)
2006	Group F	Croatia	1–0	Kaká
	Group F	Australia	2–0	Adriano, Fred
	Group F	Japan	4–1	Ronaldo (2), Juninho, Gilberto
	Round of 16	Ghana	3–0	Adriano, Ronaldo, Zé Roberto
	Quarter-Final	France	0–1
2010	Group G	North Korea	2–1	Maicon, Elano
	Group G	Ivory Coast	3–1	Luís Fabiano (2), Elano
	Group G	Portugal	0–0
	Round of 16	Chile	3–0	Juan, Luís Fabiano, Robinho
	Quarter-Final	Netherlands	1–2	Robinho
2014	Group A	Croatia	3–1	Neymar (2), Oscar
	Group A	Mexico	0–0
	Group A	Cameroon	4–1	Neymar (2), Fred, Fernandinho
	Round of 16	Chile	1–1 (AET)	David Luiz
	Quarter-Final	Colombia	2–1	Thiago Silva, David Luiz
	Semi-Final	Germany	1–7	Oscar
	Bronze Final	Netherlands	0–3
2018	Group E	Switzerland	To be played
	Group E	Costa Rica
	Group E	Serbia

By opponent

Country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Sweden	7	5	2	0	21	8	+13	71
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	60
Spain	5	3	1	1	10	5	+5	60
Italy	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	40
Mexico	4	3	1	0	11	0	+11	75
Chile	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8	75
Scotland	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	75
England	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	75
Poland	4	3	0	1	13	7	+6	75
Argentina	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	50
Yugoslavia	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	25
France	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	25
Netherlands	5	1	1	3	5	10	–5	20
Russia	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	100
Cameroon	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100
Peru	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100
Austria	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100
Croatia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100
Turkey	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	50
Portugal	2	0	1	1	1	3	–2	0
Hungary	2	0	0	2	3	7	–4	0
Germany	2	1	0	1	3	7	-4	50
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100
Japan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100
Morocco	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100
Zaire	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100
Belgium	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100
Denmark	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100
Romania	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100
Algeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100
East Germany	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100
United States	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100
Wales	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100
China	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0
Norway	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0

Record Players

Brazil's record World Cup player, Cafu is also the only player ever to have appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals: 1994, '98 and 2002.

No.	Name	Matches	World Cups
1	Cafu	20	1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006
2	Ronaldo	19	1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006
3	Cláudio Taffarel	18	1990, 1994 and 1998
3	Dunga	18	1990, 1994 and 1998
5	Roberto Carlos	17	1998, 2002 and 2006
5	Lúcio	17	2002, 2006 and 2010
7	Jairzinho	16	1966, 1970 and 1974
7	Gilberto Silva	16	2002, 2006 and 2010
9	Nílton Santos	15	1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962
	Didi	15	1954, 1958 and 1962
	Rivellino	15	1970, 1974 and 1978
	Bebeto	15	1990, 1994 and 1998

Top Goalscorers

Four Brazilians have won the World Cup Golden Boot Award over the years: Leônidas with 7 goals in 1938, Ademir with 9 goals in 1950, Garrincha with 4 goals in 1962 and Ronaldo with 8 goals in 2002.

No.	Name	Goals	World Cups
1	Ronaldo	15	1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006
2	Pelé	12	1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970
3	Ademir	9	1950
	Jairzinho	9	1966, 1970 and 1974
	Vavá	9	1958, 1962 and 1966
6	Leônidas	8	1934 and 1938
6	Rivaldo	8	1998 and 2002
8	Careca	7	1986 and 1990
9	Bebeto	6	1994 and 1998
9	Rivellino	6	1970, 1974 and 1978

References

^ "2014 FIFA World Cup™ reached 3.2 billion viewers, one billion watched final" (Press release). FIFA. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ "FIFA World Cup™ Teams Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ "World Cup All Time League Table". WorldFootball.net.

External links

[1] "2014 FIFA World Cup™ reached 3.2 billion viewers, one billion watched final" (Press release). FIFA. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[2] "FIFA World Cup™ Teams Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[3] "World Cup All Time League Table". WorldFootball.net.

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v t e Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.