Brazil women's national football team

Brazil
Nickname(s)	A Seleção (The Selection); As Canarinhas (The Female Canaries); Auriverde (Gold-and-Green); Verde-Amarela (Green-and-Yellow); Visión CONMEBOL
Association	[[[Brazilian Football Confederation\|Confederação Brasileira de Futebol]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (CBF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Emily Lima
Captain	Marta
Most caps	Formiga (146)
Top scorer	Marta (105)
FIFA code	BRA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	10 2 (26 August 2016)
Highest	2 (March 2009)
Lowest	10 (August 2016)
First international
	United States 2–1 Brazil ; (Jesolo, Italy; July 22, 1986)
Biggest win
	Brazil 15–0 Bolivia ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; January 18, 1995); Brazil 15–0 Peru ; (Mar del Plata, Argentina; March 2, 1998)
Biggest defeat
	United States 6–0 Brazil ; (Denver, United States; September 26, 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runner-up (2007)
Copa América
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Winners (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014)
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Runner-up (2000)
Medal record
Summer Olympics
Pan American Games

The Brazil women's national football team represents Brazil in international women's association football. Brazil played their first game on July 22, 1986 against the United States, the Americans won the game 2–1.^[2]

The team finished the 1999 World Cup in the third place and the 2007 in second, losing to Germany in the final, 2–0. In 1998 and 1999, the team was the runner-up of the Women's U.S. Cup.

Brazil won the silver medal twice in the Olympic Games, in 2004 and 2008, after getting fourth place in the two previous editions.

Brazil is the most successful women's national team in South America, having won the first four installments of the Copa América. Since 1999 they have been contenders for the World title.

Statistics

World Cup

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	1	7
1995	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	3	8
1999	Third Place	3rd	6	3	2	1	16	9
2003	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	2	1	1	9	4
2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	17	4
2011	Quarter-Finals	5th	4	3	1	0	9	2
2015	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	4	1
2019	To Be Determined
Total	7/8		30	18	4	8	59	35

Olympic Games

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	7	8
2000	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	0	3	5	6
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	15	4
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	11	5
2012	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	3
2016	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	3	1	9	3
Total	6/6		32	15	6	11	53	29

Pan American Games

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	Did not compete
2003	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	14	2
2007	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	33	0
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	6	2
2015	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	20	3
2019	To Be Determined
Total	4/6		20	18	2	0	73	7

Copa América Feminina

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	12	1
1995	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	44	1
1998	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	66	3
2003	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	18	2
2006	Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	30	4
2010	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	25	2
2014	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	22	3
Total	7/7		37	34	1	2	217	16

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the Torneio de Manaus 2016.

Head coach: Emily Lima

Caps and goals are current as of September 16, 2016 after match against France.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Bárbara	(1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 36)	46	0	CBF
1GK	Letícia	(1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Corinthians
1GK	Viviane	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 35)	0	0	São José

2DF	Fabiana	(1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 35)	77	7	Dalian Quanjian
2DF	Poliana	(1991-02-06) 6 February 1991 (age 33)	50	5	Houston Dash
2DF	Tamires	(1987-10-10) 10 October 1987 (age 37)	62	3	Fortuna Hjørring
2DF	Camila	(1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Corinthians
2DF	Monica	(1987-04-21) 21 April 1987 (age 37)	32	5	Adelaide United
2DF	Rafaelle	(1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33)	33	2	Changchun Zhuoyue
2DF	Bruna	(1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 39)	45	4	Houston Dash
2DF	Ana Alice	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 35)	0	0	Kiryat Gat

3MF	Formiga	(1978-03-03) 3 March 1978 (age 46)	155	25	CBF
3MF	Thaisa	(1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 35)	54	3	Corinthians
3MF	Andressinha	(1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 29)	41	1	Ferroviária
3MF	Francielle	(1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 35)	50	2	Corinthians
3MF	Debinha	(1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 33)	50	17	Dalian Quanjian
3MF	Gabi Nunes	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Corinthians
3MF	Gabi Zanotti	(1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 (age 39)	34	2	Dalian Quanjian

4FW	Rafaela	(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30)	0	0	Francana
4FW	Adriane Nenê	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 36)	9	0	Corinthians
4FW	Millene	(1994-12-13) 13 December 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Rio Preto
4FW	Bia	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 30)	38	8	Hyundai Red Angels
4FW	Chú	(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Corinthians

Schedule and results

2016

March 02, 2016 Algarve Cup 2016	Brazil	1–0	New Zealand	Lagos, Portugal
	Debinha 20'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium, Lagos Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

March 04, 2016 Algarve Cup 2016	Portugal	1–3	Brazil	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
	T. Pinto 30'	Report	Cristiane 17' Marta 22' Raquel 74'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

March 07, 2016 Algarve Cup 2016	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Lagos, Portugal
	Formiga 51' Bia 66' Thaisinha 90'			Stadium: Municipal Stadium, Lagos Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

March 09, 2016 Algarve Cup 2016	Brazil	1–2	Canada	Parchal, Portugal
	Cristiane 90+1'		Zadorsky 62' Beckie 68'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista, Parchal

June 04, 2016 Friendly	Canada	0–2	Brazil	Toronto, Canada
			Marta 11', 41'	Stadium: BMO Field

June 07, 2016 Friendly	Canada	1–0	Brazil	Ottawa, Canada
	Beckie 90+3'			Stadium: TD Place

July 23, 2016 Friendly	Brazil	3–1	Australia	Fortaleza, Brasil
	Debinha 61' Raquel 73' Darlene 90+4'		Crummer 35'	Stadium: Estádio Presidente Vargas

August 03, 2016 Olympics 2016	Brazil	3–0	China	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Monica 36' Andressa Alves 59' Cristiane 90'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 27,618^[3] Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

August 06, 2016 Olympics 2016	Brazil	5–1	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Beatriz 21', 86' Cristiane 24' Marta 44' (pen.), 80'		Schelin 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 43,384^[4] Referee: Lucia Venegas (Mexico)

August 09, 2016 Olympics 2016	South Africa	0–0	Brazil	Manaus, Brazil
				Stadium: Amazônia Arena Attendance: 38,415^[5] Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

August 12, 2016 Olympics 2016	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Australia	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
				Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 52,660^[6] Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)
	Penalties
	Andressa Alves Andressinha Beatriz Rafaelle Marta Debinha Monica Tamires		Kellond-Knight Alleway van Egmond Polkinghorne Gorry Heyman Logarzo Kennedy

August 16, 2016 Olympics 2016	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
				Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 70,454^[7] Referee: Lucia Venegas (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Marta Cristiane Rozeira Andressa Alves Rafaelle Andressinha		Schelin Asllani Seger Fischer Dahlkvist

August 16, 2016 Olympics 2016	Brazil	1–2	Canada	São Paulo, Brazil
	Beatriz 79'		Rose 25' Sinclair 52'	Stadium: Arena Corinthians

September 16, 2016 Friendly	France	1–1	Brazil	Grenoble, France
	Lavogez 2'		Marta 8'

December 7, 2016 Torneio de Manaus

Brazil

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Costa Rica

Manaus, Brasil

December 11, 2016 Torneio de Manaus

Brazil

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Russia

Manaus, Brasil

December 14, 2016 Torneio de Manaus

Brazil

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Italy

Manaus, Brasil

Competitive record

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2000	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	22	3
Total	1/9		5	3	1	1	22	3

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2009	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	14	5
2010	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	2	0	8	4
2011	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	11	3
2012	Champions	1st	4	2	1	1	9	5
2013	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	10	1
2014	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	11	3
2015	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	22	2
Total	7/7		28	21	5	2	85	23

Algarve Cup

Year	Result	Position	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2015	Seventh-place match	7th	4	2	1	1	7	4
2016	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	8	3
Total	2/2		8	5	1	2	15	7

Head coaches

Name	Period
René Simões	2004
Luiz Antônio	2004–2006
Jorge Barcellos	2006–2008
Kleiton Lima	2008–2011
Jorge Barcellos	2011–2012
Márcio Oliveira	2012–2014
Vadão	2014–2016
Emily Lima	2016

Player records

Top 10 scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Goals per game	Years
1	Marta	106	115	0,92	2003–
2	Cristiane	85	127	0,66	2003–
3	Pretinha	41	67	0,62	1991–2015
4	Roseli	35	45	0,78	1988–2004
5	Sissi	30	47	0,64	1988–2000
6	Kátia Cilene	25	47	0,54	1995–2007
6	Formiga	25	155	0,16	1995–
7	Daniela Alves	18	57	0,32	1999–2008
8	Rosana	17	111	0,16	2000–
8	Debinha	17	50	0,34	2011–
9	Andressa Alves	15	65	0,23	2012–
10	Érika	10	58	0,17	2006–

10 most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Formiga	155	25	1995–
2	Cristiane	127	85	2003–
3	Marta	115	106	2003–
4	Rosana	111	17	2000–
5	Andréia Suntaque	96	0	1999–2015
6	Tânia Maranhão	81	0	1995–
7	Renata Costa	78	8	2003–
8	Maycon	77	5	1998–
9	Fabiana	77	7	2006–
10	Pretinha	67	41	1991–2015

All Time Results

As of 24 June 2016; Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Argentina	1995	12	9	1	2	40	9	+31	CONMEBOL
Australia	1988	13	8	0	5	20	13	+7	AFC
Bolivia	1995	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	CONMEBOL
Cameroon	2012	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	CAF
Canada	1996	18	8	6	4	32	18	+14	CONCACAF
Chile	1991	10	10	0	0	41	4	+37	CONMEBOL
China	1986	10	5	4	1	20	7	+13	AFC
Colombia	1998	8	7	1	0	39	4	+35	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	2000	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	CONCACAF
Denmark	2007	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	UEFA
Ecuador	1995	5	5	0	0	45	2	+43	CONMEBOL
England	2012	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Equatorial Guinea	2011	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF
Finland	1999	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
France	2003	6	0	4	2	5	8	−3	UEFA
Germany	1995	11	1	4	6	12	25	−13	UEFA
Ghana	2008	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	CAF
Greece	2004	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	UEFA
Haiti	2003	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	CONCACAF
Italy	1999	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	UEFA
Jamaica	2007	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	CONCACAF
Japan	1991	8	3	1	4	8	11	−3	AFC
Mexico	1998	11	10	0	1	48	7	+41	CONCACAF
Netherlands	1988	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	UEFA
New Zealand	2007	8	4	3	2	14	4	+10	OFC
Nigeria	1999	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	AFC
North Korea	2008	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	AFC
Norway	1988	8	4	2	2	14	9	+5	UEFA
Paraguay	2006	4	4	0	0	17	2	+15	CONMEBOL
Peru	1998	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	CONMEBOL
Portugal	2012	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	UEFA
Russia	1996	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	UEFA
Scotland	1996	4	4	0	0	21	2	+19	UEFA
South Korea	1999	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	AFC
Spain	2015	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Sweden	1991	9	5	1	3	14	9	+5	UEFA
Switzerland	2015	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	UEFA
Thailand	1988	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	CAF
Trinidad and Tobago	2000	2	2	0	0	22	0	+22	CONCACAF
Ukraine	1996	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	UEFA
Uruguay	2006	3	2	1	0	14	0	+14	CONMEBOL
United States	1986	34	3	5	26	23	75	−52	CONCACAF
Venezuela	1991	6	6	0	0	37	0	+37	CONMEBOL

References

^ "Brazil: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". Retrieved July 10, 2015.
^ "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 1986–1995". RSSSF. September 20, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
^ "Match Report: BRA vs CHN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
^ "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
^ "Match Report: RSA vs BRA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
^ "Match Report: BRA vs AUS" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
^ "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	South American Champions 1991 (First title) 1995 (Second title) 1998 (Third title) 2003 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by 2006 Argentina
Preceded by 2006 Argentina	South American Champions 2010 (Fifth title) 2014 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by Incumbents

[1] "Brazil: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". Retrieved July 10, 2015.

[RSSSF-2] "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 1986–1995". RSSSF. September 20, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.

[BRA_vs_CHN-3] "Match Report: BRA vs CHN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 3, 2016.

[BRA_vs_SWE-4] "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

[RSA_vs_BRA-5] "Match Report: RSA vs BRA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

[BRA_vs_AUS-6] "Match Report: BRA vs AUS" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

[BRA_vs_SWE2-7] "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

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Statistics

World Cup

Olympic Games

Pan American Games

Copa América Feminina

Team

Current squad

Schedule and results

2016

Competitive record

Head coaches

Player records

Top 10 scorers

10 most capped players

All Time Results

See also

References

External links