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Brazil
Nickname(s)Seleção (The National Squad)
Canarinho (Little Canary)
Verde-Amarela (The Green and Yellow)
AssociationCBF
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachTite[1]
CaptainNeymar[2]
Most capsCafu (142)[3][4]
Top scorerPelé (77)[5]
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeBRA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current3 Steady (20 September 2018)
Highest1 (159 times on 8 occasions[6])
Lowest22 (June 2013)
First international
 Argentina 3–0 Brazil 
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 20 September 1914)[7]
Biggest win
 Brazil 14–0 Nicaragua 
(Mexico City, Mexico, 17 October 1975)[8]
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 6–0 Brazil 
(Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920)  Brazil 1–7 Germany 
(Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 8 July 2014)
World Cup
Appearances21 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Copa América
Appearances35 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1952)
Best resultChampions (1952, 1956)
Confederations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1997)
Best resultChampions (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Olympic Games[9]
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team

The Brazil national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Futebol) represents Brazil in international men's association football. Brazil is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and member of CONMEBOL since 1916.

Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, the main football international competition, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil also has the best overall performance in the World Cup, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 73 victories in 109 matches played, 124 goal difference, 237 points, and 18 losses.[11][12] Brazil is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs.[13] The seleção is likewise the most successful national team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles: 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013.

In relation to ranking standings Brazil fare well, having the all-time highest average football Elo Rating, and the fourth all-time highest football Elo Rating established in 1962. In FIFA's own ranking, Brazil holds the record for most Team of the Year wins with 12.[14] Many commentators, experts and former players have considered the Brazil team of 1970 to be the greatest football team ever.[15][16][17][18][19][20] Other Brazilian teams are also highly estimated and regularly appear listed among the best teams of all time, such as the Brazil teams of 1958–62, with honorary mentions for the gifted 1982 side.[21][22][23][24]

Brazil is the only national team to have won the World Cup on four different continents: once in Europe (1958 Sweden), once in South America (1962 Chile), twice in North America (1970 Mexico and 1994 United States) and once in Asia (2002 Korea/Japan). They share with France, Germany and Argentina, the feat to have won the three most important men's football titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament.[note 1] They also share with Spain a record of 35 consecutive matches undefeated.[25]

Brazil is known for having rivalries with Argentina—known as the Superclássico das Américas in Portuguese—and Italy—known as the Clásico Mundial in Spanish or the World Derby in English.[26] Brazil has also produced players considered as the best of the world at their time and among the best in history, such are the cases of Pelé (widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time), Garrincha, Zico, Romário, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and Neymar. A common quip about football is: "Os ingleses o inventaram, os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram" (The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it).[27][28]

History

Main article: History of the Brazil national football team

Early history (1914–40)

The first Brazil national team, 1914
Brazil's first match at home against Exeter City in 1914

It is generally believed that the first game of the Brazilian national football team was a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City, held in Fluminense's stadium.[29][30] Brazil won 2–0 with goals by Oswaldo Gomes and Osman,[29][30][31] though it is claimed that the match was a 3–3 draw.[32][33]

In contrast to its future success, the national team's early appearances were not brilliant. Other early matches played during that time include several friendly games against Argentina (being defeated 3–0), Chile (first in 1916) and Uruguay (first on 12 July 1916).[34] However, led by the goalscoring abilities of Arthur Friedenreich, they were victorious at home in the South American Championships in 1919, repeating their victory, also at home, in 1922.

27 years without official titles

In 1930, Brazil played in the first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930. The squad defeated Bolivia but lost to Yugoslavia, being eliminated from the competition.[35] They lost in the first round to Spain in 1934 in Italy, but reached the semi-finals in France in 1938, being defeated 2-1 by eventual winners Italy. Brazil were the only South American team to participate in this competition.

The 1949 South American Championship held in Brazil ended a 27-year streak without official titles.[36] The last one had been in the 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil.[36]

The 1950 Maracanazo

Brazilian national team at the 1950 World Cup. National Archives of Brazil.

After that, Brazil first achieved international prominence when it hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The team went into the last game of the final round, against Uruguay at Estádio do Maracanã in Rio, needing only a draw to win the World Cup. Uruguay, however, won the match and the Cup in a game known as "the Maracanazo". The match led to a period of national mourning.[37]

For the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, the Brazilian team was then almost completely renovated, with the team colours changed (to a new design by Aldyr Schlee) from all white to the yellow, blue and green of the national flag, to forget the Maracanazo, but still had a group of star players. Brazil reached the quarter-final, where they were beaten 4–2 by tournament favourites Hungary in one of the ugliest matches in football history, known as the Battle of Berne.[38]

The Golden Era with Pelé (1958–70)

The Brazil national team at the 1959 Copa América

For the 1958 World Cup, Brazil were drawn in a group with England, the USSR and Austria. They beat Austria 3–0 in their first match, then drew 0–0 with England. Before the match, coach Vicente Feola made three substitutions that were crucial for Brazil to defeat the Soviets: Zito, Garrincha and Pelé. From the kick-off, they kept up the pressure relentlessly, and after three minutes, which were later described as "the greatest three minutes in the history of football",[39] Vavá gave Brazil the lead. They won the match by 2–0. Pelé scored the only goal of their quarter-final match against Wales, and they beat France 5–2 in the semi-final. Brazil then beat Sweden 5–2 in the final, winning their first World Cup and becoming the first nation to win a World Cup title outside of its own continent. Pelé described it tearfully as a nation coming of age.[40]

Defending champions Brazil at the 1962 FIFA World Cup

In the 1962 World Cup, Brazil earned its second title with Garrincha as the star player, a mantle and responsibility laid upon him after the regular talisman, Pelé, was injured during the second group match against Czechoslovakia and unable to play for the rest of the tournament.[41][42]

In the 1966 World Cup, Brazil had their worst performance in a World Cup. The 1966 tournament was remembered for its excessively physical play, and Pelé was one of the players most affected. Against Portugal, several violent tackles by the Portuguese defenders caused Pelé to leave the match and the tournament. Brazil lost this match and was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup for the first time since 1934. They have not failed to reach the knockout stages of the competition since. Brazil became the second nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown following Italy in 1950. After the 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups, France, Italy, Spain and Germany were also added to this list.[43] After the tournament, Pelé declared that he did not wish to play in the World Cup again. Nonetheless, he returned in 1970.[44]

Brazil won its third World Cup in Mexico at the 1970 World Cup. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best World Cup football squad ever,[15][16][17][19][21] led by Pelé in his last World Cup finals, captain Carlos Alberto Torres, Jairzinho, Tostão, Gérson and Rivelino. Even though Garrincha had retired, this team was still a force to be reckoned with. They won all six of their games—against Czechoslovakia, England and Romania during group play, and against Peru, Uruguay and Italy in the knockout rounds. Jairzinho was the second top scorer with seven goals; Pelé finished with four goals. Brazil lifted the Jules Rimet trophy for the third time (the first nation to do so), which meant that they were allowed to keep it. A replacement was then commissioned, though it would be 24 years before Brazil won it again.

The dry spell (1974–1990)

The 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning Brazil team, considered by many distinguished commentators as the greatest association football team ever

After the international retirement of Pelé and other stars from the 1970 squad, Brazil was not able to overcome the Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, and finished in fourth place after losing the third place game to Poland.[45]

In the second group stage of the 1978 World Cup, Brazil competed with tournament hosts Argentina for top spot and a place in the finals. In their last group match, Brazil defeated Poland 3–1 to go to the top of the group with a goal difference of +5. Argentina had had a goal difference of +2, but in its last group match, it defeated Peru 6–0, and thus qualified for the final in a match accused of ultimately-unproven match fixing. The Brazilian team qualified for the third place, and were the only team to remain unbeaten in the tournament.

At the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain, Brazil were the tournament favorites, and easily moved through the early part of the draw, but a 3–2 defeat in Barcelona to Italy, in a classic World Cup match, eliminated them from the tournament in the match that they refer to as "Sarriá's Disaster", referencing the stadium's name. The 1982 team, with a midfield of Sócrates, Zico, Falcão and Éder, is remembered as perhaps the greatest team never to win a World Cup.[22]

Several players, including Sócrates and Zico, from 1982 returned to play at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Brazil, still a very good team and more disciplined defensively than four years earlier, met the Michel Platini-led France in the quarter-finals in a classic of Total Football. The game played to a 1–1 draw in regulation time, and after a goalless extra time, it all came down to a penalty shoot-out, where Brazil was defeated 4–3. After 40 years, Brazil was victorious in the 1989 Copa América, this being their fourth victory in four tournaments hosted in Brazil. This achievement ended a 19-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the 1970 World Cup.

At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Brazil was coached by Sebastião Lazaroni, that had been the coach in the 1989 Copa América. With a defensive scheme, whose main symbol was midfielder Dunga, forward Careca and three centre-backs, the team lacked creativity but made it to the second round. Brazil was eliminated by Diego Maradona-led Argentina in the round of 16 in Turin, losing to their South American archrivals 1–0.[46]

Return to winning ways (1994–2002)

Romário’s No.11 Brazil shirt (right) from the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Brazil went 24 years without winning a World Cup or even participating in a final. Their struggles ended at the 1994 tournament in the United States, where a solid side headed by Romário and Bebeto in attack, captain Dunga in midfield, goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel and defender Jorginho, won the World Cup for a then-record fourth time. Highlights of their campaign included a 1–0 victory over the United States in the round of 16 at Stanford University, a 3–2 win over the Netherlands in the quarter-finals in Dallas, and a 1–0 victory over Sweden in the semi-finals at Pasadena's Rose Bowl. This set up Brazil–Italy in the final in Pasadena. A game played in searing heat which ended as a goalless draw, with Italy's defence led by Franco Baresi keeping out Romário, penalty kicks loomed, and Brazil became champions once again with Roberto Baggio missing Italy's last penalty.[47]

Entering the 1998 World Cup as defending champions, Brazil finished runner-up. Having topped their group and won the next two rounds, Brazil beat the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-final following a 1–1 draw. Player of the tournament Ronaldo scored four goals and made three assists en route to the final. The build up to the final itself was overshadowed by the world's best player Ronaldo suffering a convulsive fit only hours before kick off.[48] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a shocked world media, but after pleading that he felt fine and requested to play, Ronaldo was reinstated by the coach, before giving a below par performance as France, led by Zidane won 3–0.[49]

2002 World Cup winning Brazilian national football team airplane in Brazilian team livery

Fuelled by the "Three R's" (Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho), Brazil won its fifth championship at the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan. Brazil beat all three opponents in group play in South Korea and topped the group. In Brazil's opening game against Turkey, in Ulsan, Rivaldo fell to the ground clutching his face after Turkey's Hakan Ünsal had kicked the ball at his legs. Rivaldo escaped suspension but was fined £5,180 for play-acting, and became the first player ever to be punished in FIFA's crackdown on diving. In their knockout round matches in Japan, Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe in the round of 16. Against England in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, they won 2–1, with the winning goal coming from an unexpected free-kick by Ronaldinho. The semi-final was against Turkey in Saitama; Brazil won 1–0. The final was between Germany and Brazil in Yokohama, where Ronaldo scored two goals in Brazil's 2–0 triumph.[50] Ronaldo also won the Golden Shoe as the tournament's leading scorer with 8 goals.[51] Brazil's success saw them receive the Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year.[52]

World Cup drought (2006–present)

Brazil and Japan entering the field at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Brazil won the 2004 Copa América, their third win in four competitions since 1997[53] Brazil also won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup for the second time.[54] Manager Carlos Alberto Parreira built his side through a 4–2–2–2 formation. Nicknamed the "Magic quartet", the attack was built around four players: Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaká and Ronaldinho.[55]

In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil won its first two games against Croatia (1–0) and Australia (2–0). In the final group game against Japan, Brazil won 4–1. Ronaldo scored twice and equalled the record for the most goals scored across all World Cups. In the round of 16, Brazil beat Ghana 3–0. Ronaldo's goal was his 15th in World Cup history, breaking the record. Brazil, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals against France, losing 1–0 to a Thierry Henry goal.[55]

Dunga was hired as Brazil's new team manager in 2006.[56] Brazil then won the 2007 Copa América, where forward Robinho was awarded the Golden Boot and named the tournament's best player. Two years later, Brazil won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, defeating the U.S. 3–2 in the final, to seal their third Confederations Cup title.[57] Kaká was named as the player of the tournament while striker Luís Fabiano won the top goalscorer award.[58]

Brazil's Kaká against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Brazil won their first two matches against North Korea (2–1) and the Ivory Coast (3–1), respectively. Their last match, against Portugal, ended in a 0–0 draw. They faced Chile in the round of 16, winning 3–0, although in the quarter-final they fell to the Netherlands 2–1.[59]

In July 2010, Mano Menezes was named as Brazil's new coach.[60] At the 2011 Copa América, Brazil lost against Paraguay and was eliminated in the quarter-finals. On 4 July 2012, due to a lack of competitive matches because the team had automatically qualified for the 2014 World Cup as tournament hosts, Brazil was ranked 11th in the FIFA ranking, the first time the Seleção was ruled out the top ten since the ranking was created in 1993.[61]

Return of Luiz Felipe Scolari (2013–14)

In November 2012, coach Mano Menezes was sacked and replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari.[62][63]

Brazilian players celebrate winning the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The team had five wins in five matches.

On 6 June 2013, Brazil was ranked 22nd in the FIFA ranking, their lowest-ever rank.[64] Brazil entered the 2013 Confederations Cup with the objective of defending their title. In the final, Brazil faced Spain,[65] winning 3–0 and sealing their fourth Confederations Cup title.[66][67] Neymar was named player of the tournament and received the Golden Ball Award and the Adidas Bronze Shoe, and Júlio César won the Golden Glove Award for the best goalkeeper of the tournament.[68]

2014 World Cup
Main article: Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

In the opening match of the 2014 World Cup against Croatia, two goals from Neymar and one from Oscar saw the Seleção off to a winning start in their first World Cup on home soil in 64 years.[69] The team then drew with Mexico, before confirming qualification to the knockout stage by defeating Cameroon 4–1 with Neymar again scoring twice, and Fred and Fernandinho providing further goals.[70][71] Brazil faced Chile in the round of 16, taking an 18th-minute lead through David Luiz's first goal for the Seleção in a 1–1 draw. Brazil prevailed 3–2 on penalties, with Neymar, David Luiz and Marcelo converting their kicks, and goalkeeper Júlio César saving three times.[72]

Brazil line up against Colombia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Neymar (front row, second from right) would play his last game at the tournament after being stretchered off with a fractured vertebra

The team again faced South American opposition in the quarter-final, defeating Colombia 2–1 with goals from central defenders David Luiz and the team captain Thiago Silva. Late in the match, Neymar was stretchered off after Juan Camilo Zúñiga's knee had made contact with the forward's back. Neymar was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with a fractured vertebra, ruling him out for the remainder of the tournament.[73] Prior to this, Neymar had scored four goals, provided one assist, and been named man of the match twice. Brazil faced further problems ahead of their semi-final against Germany, as Thiago Silva was to serve a one-match suspension for receiving his second yellow card of the tournament in the quarter-final.[74]

The Seleção went on to lose 1–7 to the Germans – their biggest ever defeat at the World Cup and first home loss in a competitive match since 1975.[75] Towards the end of the match, the home crowd began to "olé" each pass from the German team, and booed their own players off the pitch after the final whistle.[76] The match has been nicknamed the Mineirazo, making reference to the nation's previous World Cup defeat on home soil, the Maracanazo against Uruguay in 1950, and the Estádio do Mineirão where the match took place.[77] Brazil finished the World Cup in fourth place, having failed to avenge their semi-final defeat to Germany by losing to the Netherlands 0–3 in the third-place match.[78][79] The team ended the tournament with the worst defensive record of the 32 competing nations, having conceded 14 goals.[80] The only other countries to concede 12 or more goals in the current World Cup format are North Korea and Saudi Arabia.[81] Following these results, Scolari announced his resignation.[82]

Return of Dunga (2014–2016)

Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning captain Dunga was coach from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2016.

On 22 July 2014, Dunga was announced as the new manager of Brazil, returning to the position for the first time since the team's exit at the 2010 World Cup.[83]

Dunga's first match in his second reign as Brazil's manager was a friendly match against 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists Colombia at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on 5 September 2014, with Brazil winning the match 1–0 through a 83rd-minute Neymar free-kick goal.[84] Dunga followed this up with wins against Ecuador (1–0),[85] in the 2014 Superclásico de las Américas against Argentina (2–0),[86] against Japan (4–0),[87] against Turkey (0–4),[88] and against Austria (1–2).[89] Dunga continued Brazil's winning streak in 2015 by defeating France 3–1 in another friendly. They followed this with wins against Chile (1–0), Mexico (2–0) and Honduras (1–0).

2015 Copa América

Brazil started the tournament with a victory against Peru after coming from behind by 2–1 (with Douglas Costa scoring in the dying moments),[90] followed by a 1–0 defeat against Colombia[91] and a 2–1 victory against Venezuela.[92] In the knockout stage, Brazil faced Paraguay and was eliminated after drawing 1–1 in normal time and losing 4–3 in the penalty shootout.[93] As such, Brazil was unable to qualify for a FIFA Confederations Cup (in this case, the 2017 edition) for the first time in almost 20 years.[94]

Copa América Centenario

Brazil began the tournament with a scoreless draw against Ecuador, with the Ecuadorians having a goal wrongly disallowed in the second half.[95] This was followed by an emphatic 7–1 victory over Haiti, with Philippe Coutinho scoring a hat-trick.[96] Needing only a draw to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament, Brazil suffered a controversial 1–0 loss to Peru, with Raúl Ruidíaz scoring in the 75th minute by guiding the ball into the net with his arm.[97][98] This loss, Brazil's first loss to Peru since 1985,[99] saw Brazil eliminated from the tournament in the group stage for the first time since 1987.[100][101][102]

Tite era (2016–)

Brazil team photograph prior to their group game against Costa Rica at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

On 14 June 2016, Dunga was sacked as manager of Brazil.[103] Tite, who had managed Corinthians, the 2015 Brazilian Champions and the 2012 World Club Cup Champions, was confirmed as his replacement six days later.[104] Tite's debut was marked with a 3–0 away victory against Ecuador on 2 September,[105] followed by a 2–1 win over Colombia, a 5–0 win against Bolivia and a 0–2 victory away against Venezuela, bringing Brazil to the top of the World Cup Qualifiers leaderboard for the first time since 2011.[106] Brazil then defeated Paraguay 3–0 to become the first team, other than the hosts Russia, to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.[107]

Brazil started their 2018 World Cup campaign with a draw against Switzerland – Brazil's goal coming from a 25-yard bending strike from Philippe Coutinho – their first non-win in an opener since 1978.[108] In the following match against Costa Rica on 22 June, goals from Coutinho and Neymar in stoppage time saw Brazil win 2–0.[109] They won their final group game 2–0 over Serbia with goals from Paulinho and Thiago Silva, meaning qualification for the last 16 as group winners.[110] On 2 July, goals from Neymar and Roberto Firmino saw Brazil 2–0 win over Mexico to advance to the quarter-finals.[111] On 6 July, Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup by Belgium in the quarter-finals, losing 2–1, with Fernandinho scoring an own goal for Belgium while Renato Augusto scored the only goal for Brazil.[112][113][114]

Olympics

Brazil players with their gold medals from the 2016 Summer Olympics
Main article: Brazil national under-23 football team

Brazil won its first Olympic gold medal in 2016 on home ground.[115] Prior to that victory, the Olympic football tournament was the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil had never won. They have also won three silver medals (1984, 1988 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1996, 2008).[116] The Brazilian Olympic team is often coached by the national team coach, such as Mário Zagallo in 1996, Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000, Dunga in 2008 and Mano Menezes in 2012.

Nicknames

The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include: Canarinho, meaning 'Little Canary', a reference to a species of bird commonly found in Brazil that has a vivid yellow color; this phrase was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando "Mangabeira" Pieruccetti during the 1950 World Cup.[117] Amarelinha (Little Yellow One), Seleção (The National Squad), Verde-amarelo (Green and Yellow), Pentacampeão (Five-time Champions)[118] and Esquadrão de Ouro (The Golden Squad). Some Latin American commentators often refer to the Brazil team as El Scratch (The Scratch), among others.[119]

Kit evolution

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Brazil's first team colors were white with blue collars, but following the defeat at Maracanã in the 1950 World Cup, the colors were criticised for lacking patriotism. With permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation, the newspaper Correio da Manhã held a competition to design a new kit incorporating the four colors of the Brazilian flag.[120] The winning design was a yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with the white trim drawn by Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a nineteen-year-old from Pelotas.[121] The new colors were first used in March 1954 in a match against Chile, and have been used ever since. Topper were the manufacturers of Brazil's kit up to and including the match against Wales on 11 September 1991; Umbro took over before the next match, versus Yugoslavia in October 1991.[122] Nike began making Brazil kits in time for the 1998 World Cup.[123]

The use of blue as the second kit color dates from the 1930s, but it became the permanent second choice accidentally in the 1958 World Cup Final. Brazil's opponents were Sweden, who also wear yellow, and a draw gave the home team, Sweden, the right to play in yellow. Brazil, who travelled with no second kit, hurriedly purchased a set of blue shirts and sewed on them the badges taken from their yellow shirts.[124]

First kit

1899–1914
1914–1917
1917
1917
1917
1918–1919
1919–1938
1945–1950
1954–1974
1978
1986–1990
1988 Olympics
1994
1994–1997
1997
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2018–present

Second kit

1938–1948
1949–1953
1958
1995
1997
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2018–present

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier Period
Brazil Athleta 1954–1977[125]
Germany Adidas 1977–1981
Brazil Argentina Topper 1981–1991
United Kingdom Umbro 1991–1996
United States Nike 1997–present

Venues

Granja Comary complex is the training camp of the national team.
The training camp entrance

Brazil does not have a home national stadium like many other national teams, and rotates their home World Cup qualifying matches in various venues throughout the country, such as the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Since September 2006, Brazil has played many international friendlies at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, England. Brazil also plays a number of international friendlies in the United States and other parts of the world as part of the Brasil Global Tour.

Brazil's training camp is the Granja Comary in Teresópolis, located 90 kilometres (55 miles) from Rio de Janeiro.[126] Granja Comary was opened in 1987,[127] and underwent significant renovations in 2013 and 2014.

Competitive record

Main article: Brazil national football team all-time record

The following tables shows only Brazil's results at major tournaments. To see Brazil's results at minor tournaments, see Brazil national football team competitive record. Brazil have won a total of 64 official international titles to professional and grassroots level selections, what constitutes a world record.[128]

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
Brazil supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Brazil has qualified for every FIFA World Cup they entered, never requiring a qualifying play-off. With five titles, they have won the tournament on more occasions than any other national team.

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 5 2 Invited
Italy 1934 Round 1 14th 1 0 0 1 1 3 Automatically qualified
France 1938 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 14 11 Automatically qualified
Brazil 1950 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 22 6 Qualified as hosts
Switzerland 1954 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 8 5 4 4 0 0 8 1
Sweden 1958 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 16 4 2 1 1 0 2 1
Chile 1962 1st 6 5 1 0 14 5 Qualified as defending champions
England 1966 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 Qualified as defending champions
Mexico 1970 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 19 7 6 6 0 0 23 2
West Germany 1974 Fourth place 4th 7 3 2 2 6 4 Qualified as defending champions
Argentina 1978 Third place 3rd 7 4 3 0 10 3 6 4 2 0 17 1
Spain 1982 Round 2 5th 5 4 0 1 15 6 4 4 0 0 11 2
Mexico 1986 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 1 0 10 1 4 2 2 0 6 2
Italy 1990 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 4 2 4 3 1 0 13 1
United States 1994 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 11 3 8 5 2 1 20 4
France 1998 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 1 2 14 10 Qualified as defending champions
South Korea Japan 2002 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 18 4 18 9 3 6 31 17
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 2 18 9 7 2 35 17
South Africa 2010 6th 5 3 1 1 9 4 18 9 7 2 33 11
Brazil 2014 Fourth place 4th 7 3 2 2 11 14 Qualified as hosts
Russia 2018 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 8 3 18 12 5 1 41 11
Total 5 titles 21/21 109 73 18 18 229 105 110 68 30 12 240 70
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 14 2 Squad
Mexico 1999 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 18 6 Squad
South Korea Japan 2001 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 3 3 Squad
France 2003 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 3 3 Squad
Germany 2005 Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 12 6 Squad
South Africa 2009 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 5 Squad
Brazil 2013 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 3 Squad
Russia 2017 Did not qualify
Total 4 titles 7/10 33 23 5 5 78 28 -

Fixtures and results

Main article: Brazil national football team results (2010–19)

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

31 August 2018 FIFA WCQ Brazil  2–0  Ecuador Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre
21:45 UTC−03:00 Paulinho 69'
Coutinho 76'		 Report Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
5 September 2018 FIFA WCQ Colombia  1–1  Brazil Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
15:30 UTC−05:00 Falcao 55' Report Willian 45+1' Attendance: 46,083
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
5 October 2018 FIFA WCQ Bolivia  0–0  Brazil Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
16:00 UTC−04:00 http://estadisticas.conmebol.com/html/v3/index.html?channel=deportes.futbol.eliminatorias.2381891&lang=es_LA Report Attendance: 34,725
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
10 October 2018 FIFA WCQ Brazil  3–0  Chile Allianz Parque, São Paulo
20:30 UTC−03:00 Paulinho 54'
Gabriel Jesus 56', 90+2'		 Report Attendance: 41,008
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
10 November Brasil Global Tour Japan  1–3  Brazil Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
13:00 UTC+02:00 Makino 63' Neymar 10' (pen.)
Marcelo 17'
Gabriel Jesus 36'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Referee: Benoit Bastien (France)
14 November Brasil Global Tour England  0–0  Brazil London, England
20:00 UTC+01:00 Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 84,595
Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)

2018

23 March Brasil Global Tour Russia  0–3  Brazil Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3 Report Miranda 53'
Coutinho 62' (pen.)
Paulinho 66'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 78,750
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
27 March Brasil Global Tour Germany  0–1  Brazil Berlin, Germany
20:45 UTC+2 Report Gabriel Jesus 37' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 72,717
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
3 June Brasil Global Tour Brazil  2–0  Croatia Liverpool, England
15:00 UTC+1 Neymar 69'
Firmino 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
10 June Brasil Global Tour Austria  0–3  Brazil Vienna, Austria
16:00 UTC+2 Report Gabriel Jesus 36'
Neymar 63'
Coutinho 69'		 Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
17 June 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group E		 Brazil  1–1   Switzerland Rostov-on-Don, Russia
21:00 UTC+3 Coutinho 20' Report Zuber 50' Stadium: Rostov Arena
Attendance: 43,109
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
22 June 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group E		 Brazil  2–0  Costa Rica Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Coutinho 90+1'
Neymar 90+7'		 Report Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 64,468
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
27 June 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group E		 Serbia  0–2  Brazil Moscow, Russia
21:00 UTC+3 Report Paulinho 36'
Thiago Silva 68'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 44,190
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
2 July 2018 FIFA World Cup
Round of 16		 Brazil  2–0  Mexico Samara, Russia
18:00 UTC+4 Neymar 51'
Firmino 88'		 Report Stadium: Cosmos Arena
Attendance: 41,970
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
6 July 2018 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-finals		 Brazil  1–2  Belgium Kazan, Russia
21:00 UTC+3 Renato Augusto 76' Report Fernandinho 13' (o.g.)
De Bruyne 31'		 Stadium: Kazan Arena
Attendance: 42,873
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
7 September Brasil Global Tour United States  0–2  Brazil East Rutherford, New Jersey,
United States
19:30 UTC–5 Report Firmino 11'
Neymar 43' (pen.)		 Stadium: MetLife Stadium
Attendance: 32,489
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
11 September Brasil Global Tour Brazil  5–0  El Salvador Landover, Maryland, United States
19:30 UTC–5 Neymar 4' (pen.)
Richarlison 16', 50'
Coutinho 30'
Marquinhos 90'		 Report Stadium: FedExField
Attendance: 28,511
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
12 October Brasil Global Tour Saudi Arabia  0–2  Brazil Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Report Gabriel Jesus 43'
Alex Sandro 90+6'		 Stadium: King Saud University Stadium
Attendance: 23,401
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
16 October Brasil Global Tour Brazil  v  Argentina Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
16 November Brasil Global Tour Brazil  v  Uruguay London, England
20:00 UTC Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for two friendly matches against Saudi Arabia and Argentina on 12 and 16 October 2018 respectively.[129][130][131][132]
Caps and goals correct as of: 12 October 2018, after the match against Saudi Arabia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Alisson (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32) 32 0 England Liverpool
22 1GK Phelipe (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Brazil Grêmio
23 1GK Ederson (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 31) 2 0 England Manchester City
2 2DF Danilo (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) 19 0 England Manchester City
3 2DF Miranda (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 40) 52 2 Italy Internazionale
4 2DF Éder Militão (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Portugal Porto
6 2DF Alex Sandro (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 33) 12 1 Italy Juventus
12 2DF Pablo (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33) 1 0 France Bordeaux
13 2DF Marquinhos (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30) 30 1 France Paris Saint-Germain
14 2DF Fabinho (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31) 6 0 England Liverpool
16 2DF Filipe Luís (1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 39) 36 2 Spain Atlético Madrid
5 3MF Casemiro (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32) 31 0 Spain Real Madrid
8 3MF Renato Augusto (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 36) 32 6 China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
11 3MF Philippe Coutinho (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) 44 13 Spain Barcelona
15 3MF Arthur (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Spain Barcelona
17 3MF Walace (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Germany Hannover 96
18 3MF Fred (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31) 11 0 England Manchester United
7 4FW Richarlison (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) 3 2 England Everton
9 4FW Gabriel Jesus (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 27) 23 11 England Manchester City
10 4FW Neymar (Captain) (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) 93 59 France Paris Saint-Germain
19 4FW Malcom (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Spain Barcelona
20 4FW Roberto Firmino (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33) 26 8 England Liverpool
21 4FW Lucas Moura (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) 35 4 England Tottenham Hotspur

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Brazil squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Neto (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Spain Valencia v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
GK Hugo (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Brazil Flamengo v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
GK Cássio (1987-06-06) 6 June 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Brazil Corinthians 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Marcelo (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36) 58 6 Spain Real Madrid v.  Saudi Arabia, 12 October 2018 INJ
DF Thiago Silva (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984 (age 40) 77 6 France Paris Saint-Germain v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
DF Dedé (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 36) 11 1 Brazil Cruzeiro v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
DF Felipe (1989-05-16) 16 May 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Portugal Porto v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
DF Fagner (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989 (age 35) 8 0 Brazil Corinthians v.  United States, 7 September 2018 INJ
DF Pedro Geromel (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39) 2 0 Brazil Grêmio 2018 FIFA World Cup
DF Rafinha (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Germany Bayern Munich 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Rodrigo Caio (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 31) 4 0 Brazil São Paulo 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
DF Dani Alves (1983-05-06) 6 May 1983 (age 41) 107 7 France Paris Saint-Germain v.  Germany, 27 March 2018
DF Ismaily (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Germany, 27 March 2018
DF Jemerson (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32) 2 0 France Monaco v.  England, 14 November 2017
MF Willian (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 36) 64 8 England Chelsea v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
MF Lucas Paquetá (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Brazil Flamengo v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
MF Andreas Pereira (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) 1 0 England Manchester United v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018
MF Paulinho (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) 55 13 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2018 FIFA World Cup
MF Fernandinho (1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39) 49 2 England Manchester City 2018 FIFA World Cup
MF Giuliano (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34) 14 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Rodriguinho (1988-03-27) 27 March 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Egypt Pyramids 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Maicon (1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Brazil Grêmio 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
MF Anderson Talisca (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30) 0 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande v.  Germany, 27 March 2018
MF Diego (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 39) 34 4 Brazil Flamengo v.  England, 14 November 2017
FW Éverton (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Brazil Grêmio v.  Saudi Arabia, 12 October 2018 INJ
FW Douglas Costa (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34) 29 3 Italy Juventus v.  El Salvador, 11 September 2018 INJ
FW Pedro (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Brazil Fluminense v.  United States, 7 September 2018 INJ
FW Taison (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 36) 8 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2018 FIFA World Cup
FW Dudu (1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 32) 3 1 Brazil Palmeiras 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Luan (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) 2 0 Brazil Grêmio 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE
FW Willian José (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Spain Real Sociedad v.  Germany, 27 March 2018
FW Diego Souza (1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 (age 39) 7 2 Brazil São Paulo v.  England, 14 November 2017
  • PRE Preliminary squad / standby
  • INJ Injury
  • WTD Withdrew due to other reasons

Previous squads

Player records

Most caps

Cafu is the all-time most capped player for Brazil, with 142 caps.
Main article: List of Brazil international footballers
As of 27 March 2018
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
# Name Caps Goals First cap Latest cap
1 Cafu 142 4 12 September 1990 1 July 2006
2 Roberto Carlos 125 11 26 February 1992 1 July 2006
3 Dani Alves 107 7 10 October 2006 27 March 2018
4 Lúcio 105 4 15 November 2000 5 September 2011
5 Cláudio Taffarel 101 0 7 July 1988 12 July 1998
6 Robinho 100 28 13 July 2003 25 January 2017
7 Djalma Santos 98 3 10 April 1952 9 June 1968
Ronaldo 98 62 23 March 1994 7 June 2011
9 Ronaldinho 97 33 26 June 1999 24 April 2013
10 Gilmar 94 0 1 March 1953 12 June 1969

Top goalscorers

Pelé is the all-time top scorer for Brazil with 77 goals
As of 12 October 2018[5]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
# Name Goals Caps Average First cap Latest cap Position
1 Pelé (list) 77 92 0.83 7 July 1957 18 July 1971 FW
2 Ronaldo (list) 62 98 0.63 23 March 1994 7 June 2011 FW
3 Neymar (list) 59 93 0.63 10 August 2010 12 October 2018 FW
4 Romário (list) 55 70 0.78 23 May 1987 27 April 2005 FW
5 Zico (list) 48 71 0.67 25 February 1976 21 June 1986 MF
6 Bebeto (list) 39 75 0.52 28 April 1985 12 July 1998 FW
7 Rivaldo (list) 35 74 0.47 16 December 1993 19 November 2003 MF
8 Jairzinho (list) 33 81 0.40 7 June 1964 3 March 1982 FW
Ronaldinho (list) 33 97 0.34 26 June 1999 24 April 2013 MF
10 Ademir 32 39 0.82 21 January 1945 15 March 1953 FW
Tostão (list) 32 54 0.59 15 May 1966 9 July 1972 FW

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Brazil Tite
Assistant coach Brazil Cléber Xavier
Assistant coach Brazil Matheus Bacchi
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Cláudio Taffarel
Fitness coach Brazil Fábio Mahseredjian
General coordinator Brazil Edu Gaspar

Titles

Senior team

Brazil vs Honduras, men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Official titles

Other Awards

  • Winners: 1982, 2002

Friendlies

Olympic and Pan American Team

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ East Germany won the Olympics in 1976, but the current Germany national team hasn't inherited their Olympic record.

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