Brazil national football team

This article is about men's team. For the women's team, see Brazil women's national football team.

Brazil

Nickname(s)	Seleção (The National Team) Canarinho (Little Canary) Verde-Amarela (The Green and Yellow) Esquadrão de Ouro (The Golden Squad)
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Tite
Captain	Casemiro
Most caps	Cafu (142)
Top scorer	Pelé (77)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	BRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	5 (24 October 2024)
Highest	1 (159 times on 8 occasions)
Lowest	22 (6 June 2013)
First international
Argentina 3–0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 20 September 1914)
Biggest win
Brazil 10–1 Bolivia (São Paulo, Brazil, 10 April 1949) Brazil 9–0 Colombia (Lima, Peru, 24 March 1957)
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
Appearances	21 (first in 1930)
Best result	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Copa América
Appearances	36 (first in 1916)
Best result	Champions (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1952)
Best result	Champions (1952, 1956)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1997)
Best result	Champions (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013)

The Brazil national football team (Template:Lang-pt) represents Brazil in men's international football and 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 a member of CONMEBOL since 1916.

Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, 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. Brazil is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs.

In relation to ranking standings Brazil fare well, having the highest average football Elo rating since 1970, and the fourth all-time peak football Elo Rating established in 1962. In FIFA's own ranking, Brazil holds the record for most Team of the Year wins with 12. Many commentators, experts and former players have considered the Brazil team of 1970 to be the greatest football team ever. 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.

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 and Argentina the feat to have won the three most important men's football titles overseen by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They also share with Spain a record of 35 consecutive matches undefeated. Brazil is also the only multiple-time champion to not have won a World Cup at home soil: Uruguay (2), Italy (4), Germany (4), Argentina (2), and France (2) have all won a World Cup as host.

Brazil has many rivals due to its successes, with notable rivalries with Argentina—known as the Superclássico das Américas in Portuguese, Italy—known as the Clásico Mundial in Spanish or the World Derby in English, Uruguay due to the traumatic Maracanazo, France (due to the fact that they usually have difficulties against France in World Cups), the Netherlands, due to the several important meetings between the two teams at World Cups, and the style of play of the two teams being considered similar and Portugal due to shared common culture and heritage, and large number of Brazilians play in Portugal. 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, Rivellino, Zico, Romário, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaká and Neymar. A common quip about football is: "Os ingleses o inventaram, os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram" (The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it).

History

Main article: History of the Brazil national football team

Early history (1914–22)

The first Brazil national team, 1914

Brazil's first match at home against Exeter City in 1914

It is generally believed that the inaugural game of the Brazil 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. Brazil won 2–0 with goals by Oswaldo Gomes and Osman, though it is claimed that the match was a 3–3 draw.

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). 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.

First World Cup and title drought (1930–49)

In 1930, Brazil played in the first World Cup, held in Uruguay. The squad defeated Bolivia but lost to Yugoslavia, being eliminated from the competition. 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. The last one had been in the 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil.

The 1950 Maracanazo

Brazil 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.

For the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, Brazil 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.

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", 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.

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.

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. As for now, Brazil remains the only non-UEFA team to be eliminated from the group stage after winning previous World Cup edition. After the tournament, Pelé declared that he did not wish to play in the World Cup again. Nonetheless, he returned in 1970.

Brazil won its third World Cup in Mexico in 1970. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best World Cup football squad ever, 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 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.

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 Brazil 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.

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 a 40-year hiatus, Brazil was victorious in the 1989 Copa América, this being their fourth victory in four tournaments hosted in Brazil. This achievement ended Brazil's 19-year streak absent a championship. 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.

Return to winning ways (1994–2002)

File:Brasil seleccion 1994.jpg

The Brazil squad during 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 with Roberto Baggio missing Italy's last penalty. Despite the triumph, the 1994 World Cup winning team is not held in the same high esteem in Brazil as their other World Cup winning teams. FourFourTwo magazine labelled the 1994 team “unloved” in Brazil due to their pragmatic, defensive style over the more typical Brazilian style of attacking flair.

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. 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.

2002 World Cup winning Brazil 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. Brazil defeated England 2–1 in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, with the winning goal coming from an unexpected free-kick by Ronaldinho from 40 yards out. 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. Ronaldo also won the Golden Shoe as the tournament's leading scorer with 8 goals. Brazil's success saw them receive the Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year.

World Cup drought (2002–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. Brazil also won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup for the second time. 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.

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.

Dunga was hired as Brazil's new team manager in 2006. 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. Kaká was named as the player of the tournament while striker Luís Fabiano won the top goalscorer award.

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.

In July 2010, Mano Menezes was named as Brazil's new coach. 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.

Return of Luiz Felipe Scolari (2013–14)

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

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. Brazil entered the 2013 Confederations Cup with the objective of defending their title. In the final, Brazil faced Spain, winning 3–0 and sealing their fourth Confederations Cup title. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. The team ended the tournament with the worst defensive record of the 32 competing nations, having conceded 14 goals. The only other countries to concede 12 or more goals in the current World Cup format are North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Following these results, Scolari announced his resignation.

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.

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 an 83rd-minute Neymar free-kick goal. Dunga followed this up with wins against Ecuador (1–0), in the 2014 Superclásico de las Américas against Argentina (2–0), against Japan (4–0), against Turkey (0–4), and against Austria (1–2). 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), followed by a 1–0 defeat against Colombia and a 2–1 victory against Venezuela. 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. 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.

Copa América Centenario

Brazil began the 2016 Copa América Centenario with a scoreless draw against Ecuador, with the Ecuadorians having a goal wrongly disallowed in the second half. This was followed by an emphatic 7–1 victory over Haiti, with Philippe Coutinho scoring a hat-trick. 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. This loss, Brazil's first loss to Peru since 1985, saw Brazil eliminated from the tournament in the group stage for the first time since 1987.

Tite era (2016–)

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

Brazil supporters at the 2018 World Cup

On 14 June 2016, Dunga was sacked as manager of Brazil. Tite, who had managed Corinthians, the 2015 Brazilian champions and 2012 Club World Cup champions, was confirmed as his replacement six days later. Tite's debut was marked with a 3–0 away victory against Ecuador on 2 September, 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. Brazil then defeated Paraguay 3–0 to become the first team, other than the hosts Russia, to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

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. In the following match against Costa Rica on 22 June, goals from Coutinho and Neymar in stoppage time saw Brazil win 2–0. 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. On 2 July, goals from Neymar and Roberto Firmino saw Brazil 2–0 win over Mexico to advance to the quarter-finals. 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.

Brazil's 2019 Copa América winning goalkeeper Alisson with the Golden Glove Award

In spite of World Cup failure, the CBF continued to trust Tite and allowed him to continue his job as coach of Brazil for the 2019 Copa América held at home. However, Brazilian perpetration for the tournament at home was hampered by the injury of Neymar in an friendly match where Brazil thrashed 2019 AFC Asian Cup champions Qatar 2–0. Despite this loss, Tite managed Brazil to their first Copa América title since 2007. Brazil overcame Bolivia despite the negative reaction from home fans after a goalless first half and Peru in a celebratory 5–0 demolition. Between these matches, Brazil drew Venezuela in a lackluster 0–0 draw with three goals ruled out by VAR. Brazil met Paraguay in the quarter-finals where they barely escaped 4–3 in a penalty shootout after another disappointing goalless draw. In the famed semi-finals clash against neighboring rival and fellow powerhouse Argentina, Brazil put up its best performance to date, beating Lionel Messi and the Argentines 2–0 to setup a rematch with Peru. In the final, Brazil managed to defeat the Peruvians once again 3–1 to conquer their ninth Copa América title. The win for Brazil, however, was criticized by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni, who accused CONMEBOL for VAR match-fixing and that Brazil was "designed" to win the tournament, an accusation Tite rejected.

Nicknames

The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include: Canarinha, 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, Amarelinha (Little Yellow One), Seleção (The National Squad), Verde-amarela (Green and Yellow), Pentacampeão (Five-time Champions), and Esquadrão de Ouro (The Golden Squad). Some Latin American commentators often refer to the Brazil team as El Scratch (The Scratch), among others.

Team image

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. 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. 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. Nike began making Brazil kits in time for the 1998 World Cup.

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.

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier	Period
Athleta	1954–1977
Adidas	1977–1981
Topper	1981–1991
Umbro	1991–1996
Nike	1997–present

Kit deals

Kit supplier	Period	Contract announcement	Contract duration	Value	Notes
Nike	1997–present
		50 million dollars per annum	2008–2018	€30.7 million per year

Venues

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

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 km (56 mi) from Rio de Janeiro. Granja Comary was opened in 1987, and underwent significant renovations in 2013 and 2014.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Brazil at the FIFA World Cup

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											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	5	2	Squad		Qualified as invitees
1934	Round of 16	14th	1	0	0	1	1	3	Squad		Qualified automatically
1938	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	14	11	Squad		Qualified automatically
1950	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	22	6	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1954	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	8	5	Squad		4	4	0	0	8	1
1958	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	4	Squad		2	1	1	0	2	1
1962	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	14	5	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1966	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	6	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1970	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	19	7	Squad		6	6	0	0	23	2
1974	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	6	4	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
1978	Third place	3rd	7	4	3	0	10	3	Squad		6	4	2	0	17	1
1982	Second round	5th	5	4	0	1	15	6	Squad		4	4	0	0	11	2
1986	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	1	0	10	1	Squad		4	2	2	0	6	2
1990	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	4	2	Squad		4	3	1	0	13	1
1994	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	11	3	Squad		8	5	2	1	20	4
1998	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	14	10	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
2002	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	18	4	Squad		18	9	3	6	31	17
2006	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	2	Squad		18	9	7	2	35	17
2010	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	4	Squad		18	9	7	2	33	11
2014	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	11	14	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2018	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	8	3	Squad		18	12	5	1	41	11
2022	To be determined										To be determined
Total	5 Titles	21/21	109	73	18	18	229	105	—		110	68	30	12	240	70

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Copa América

Main article: Brazil at the Copa América

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Third place	3rd	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad
1917	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	7	8	Squad
1919	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	12	3	Squad
1920	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	1	8	Squad
1921	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	0	2	4	3	Squad
1922	Champions	1st	5	2	3	0	7	2	Squad
1923	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad
1924	Withdrew
1925	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	11	9	Squad
1926	Withdrew
1927
1929
1935
1937	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	17	11	Squad
1939	Withdrew
1941
1942	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	15	7	Squad
1945	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	19	5	Squad
1946	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	13	7	Squad
1947	Withdrew
1949	Champions	1st	8	7	0	1	46	7	Squad
1953	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	0	3	17	9	Squad
1955	Withdrew
1956	Fourth place	4th	5	2	2	1	4	5	Squad
1957	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	23	9	Squad
1959	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	17	7	Squad
1959	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	7	10	Squad
1963	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	12	13	Squad
1967	Withdrew
1975	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	16	4	Squad
1979	Third place	3rd	6	2	2	2	10	9	Squad
1983	Runners-up	2nd	8	2	4	2	8	5	Squad
1987	Group stage	5th	2	1	0	1	5	4	Squad
1989	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	11	1	Squad
1991	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	1	2	12	8	Squad
1993	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	6	4	Squad
1995	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	10	3	Squad
1997	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	22	3	Squad
1999	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	17	2	Squad
2001	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	4	Squad
2004	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	13	6	Squad
2007	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	15	5	Squad
2011	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	3	0	6	4	Squad
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	4	Squad
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	2	Squad
2019	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	13	1	Squad
2021	Qualified
2024	Qualified
Total	9 Titles	36/46	184	103	37	44	418	201	—

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1900	Did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952	Quarter-finals	6th	3	2	0	1	9	6	Squad
1956	Did not participate
1960	Group stage	6th	3	2	0	1	10	6	Squad
1964	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	2	Squad
1968	Group stage	11th	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
1972	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	4	6	Squad
1976	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	6	6	Squad
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Silver medal	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	5	Squad
1988	Silver medal	2nd	6	4	1	1	12	4	Squad
Since 1992	See Brazil national under-23 football team
Total	2 Silver medals	8/19	32	15	7	10	59	40	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not participate
1955
1959	Silver medal	2nd	6	4	1	1	27	11
1963	Gold medal	1st	4	3	1	0	18	3
1967	Did not participate
1971
1975	Gold medal	1st	6	5	1	0	33	2
1979	Gold medal	1st	5	5	0	0	14	1
1983	Silver medal	2nd	3	2	0	1	3	1
1987	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	10	2
1991	Did not participate
1995	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	5	2
Since 1999	See Brazil national under-23 football team
Total	4 Gold medals	7/12	33	25	6	2	110	22

All-time head-to-head record

Main article: Brazil national football team all-time record

Below is a result summary of all matches Brazil have played against FIFA recognized teams. Updated on 13 October 2020.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	107	43	25	39	165	160	+5	40.19%
Paraguay	80	47	22	11	173	67	+106	58.75%
Uruguay	76	36	20	20	136	97	+39	47.36%
Chile	72	51	13	8	167	61	+106	70.08%
Peru	47	33	9	5	102	33	+69	70.21%
Mexico	41	24	7	10	75	36	+41	58.53%
Bolivia	32	22	5	5	104	25	+79	68.75%
Colombia	32	19	10	3	64	17	+47	59.37%
Ecuador	32	26	4	2	94	22	+72	82.75%
England	26	11	11	4	34	23	+11	44.00%
Venezuela	25	21	3	1	89	8	+81	86.95%
Germany	23	13	5	5	41	31	+10	56.52%
Portugal	20	13	3	4	39	16	+23	65.00%
United States	20	19	0	1	43	12	+31	95.00%
Serbia	20	11	7	2	39	23	+16	55.00%
Czech Republic	19	11	6	2	32	15	+17	57.89%
Italy	16	8	3	5	30	23	+7	50.00%
France	16	7	4	5	27	20	+7	43.75%
Sweden	15	10	3	2	35	17	+18	66.66%
Russia	13	9	4	0	26	7	+19	69.23%
Poland	12	9	2	1	37	19	+18	75.00%
Netherlands	12	3	5	4	15	18	−3	25.00%
Japan	12	10	2	0	34	5	+29	81.81%
Costa Rica	11	10	0	1	34	9	+25	90.00%
Scotland	10	8	2	0	16	3	+13	80.00%
Wales	10	8	1	1	20	5	+15	80.00%
Austria	10	7	3	0	17	5	+12	70.00%
Spain	9	5	2	2	14	8	+6	55.55%
Switzerland	9	3	4	2	11	9	+2	33.30%
Bulgaria	8	8	0	0	19	2	+17	100.00%
Honduras	8	6	1	1	29	6	+23	75.00%
Australia	8	6	1	1	21	1	+20	75.00%
Egypt	6	6	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00%
Cameroon	6	5	0	1	12	2	+10	83.33%
South Korea	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	83.33%
Turkey	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	66.66%
Republic of Ireland	6	4	1	1	12	2	+10	66.66%
South Africa	5	5	0	0	12	3	+9	100.00%
Saudi Arabia	5	5	0	0	18	3	+15	100.00%
Panama	5	4	1	0	17	1	+16	80.00%
Belgium	5	3	0	2	11	8	+3	60.00%
Hungary	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	20.00%
Ghana	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00%
Algeria	4	4	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00%
East Germany	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	75.00%
Croatia	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	75.00%
Canada	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	50.00%
Norway	4	0	2	2	5	8	−3	0.00%
Haiti	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	100.00%
El Salvador	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	100.00%
Israel	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	100.00%
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	100.00%
Finland	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	100.00%
Romania	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00%
China	3	2	1	0	12	0	+12	66.66%
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	66.66%
Denmark	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	66.66%
Iceland	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00%
Morocco	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%
Guatemala	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00%
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50.00%
Greece	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	50.00%
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00%
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00%
Thailand	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00%
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00%
Iraq	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00%
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00%
Tanzania	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00%
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00%
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00%
Andorra	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Iran	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%
Gabon	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Oman	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Zambia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
North Korea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%
Estonia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00%
Senegal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00%
Total (89)	994	632	204	158	2134	885	+1249	63.58%

Results and fixtures

Main article: Brazil national football team results (2020–present)

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019

Brazil v Argentina

15 November 2019 Superclásico de las Américas	Brazil	0–1	Argentina	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Messi 13'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,541 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Brazil v South Korea

19 November Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:30 GST (UTC+4)	Paquetá 9' Coutinho 36' Danilo 60'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

2020

Brazil v Bolivia

9 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Brazil	5–0	Bolivia	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 BRT (UTC−3)	Marquinhos 16' Firmino 30', 49' Carrasco 66' (o.g.) Coutinho 73'	Report		Stadium: Neo Química Arena Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Peru v Brazil

13 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Peru	2–4	Brazil	Lima, Peru
19:00 PET (UTC−5)	Carrillo 5' Tapia 59'	Report	Neymar 28' (pen.), 83' (pen.), 90+4' Richarlison 64'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Brazil v Venezuela

13 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Brazil	v	Venezuela	São Paulo, Brazil
				Stadium: Morumbi

Uruguay v Brazil

17 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Uruguay	v	Brazil	Montevideo, Uruguay
				Stadium: Estadio Centenario

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Venezuela and Uruguay on 13 and 17 November 2020, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2020, after the match against Peru.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Alisson	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992	44	0	Liverpool
	1GK	Ederson	(1993-08-17) 17 August 1993	9	0	Manchester City
	1GK	Weverton	(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987	4	0	Palmeiras
	2DF	Thiago Silva	(1984-09-22) 22 September 1984	91	7	Chelsea
	2DF	Marquinhos	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994	49	2	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Danilo	(1991-07-15) 15 July 1991	27	1	Juventus
	2DF	Renan Lodi	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998	6	0	Atlético Madrid
	2DF	Alex Telles	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992	3	0	Manchester United
	2DF	Felipe	(1989-05-16) 16 May 1989	2	0	Atlético Madrid
	2DF	Diego Carlos	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993	0	0	Sevilla
	2DF	Gabriel Menino	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000	0	0	Palmeiras
	3MF	Arthur	(1996-08-12) 12 August 1996	20	0	Juventus
	3MF	Lucas Paquetá	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997	11	2	Lyon
	3MF	Allan	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991	9	0	Everton
	3MF	Éverton Ribeiro	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	8	0	Flamengo
	3MF	Douglas Luiz	(1998-05-09) 9 May 1998	3	0	Aston Villa
	3MF	Bruno Guimarães	(1997-11-16) 16 November 1997	0	0	Lyon
	4FW	Neymar	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992	103	64	Paris Saint-Germain
	4FW	Roberto Firmino	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991	46	15	Liverpool
	4FW	Gabriel Jesus	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997	39	18	Manchester City
	4FW	Richarlison	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	21	7	Everton
	4FW	Everton	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996	16	3	Benfica
	4FW	Vinícius Júnior	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000	1	0	Real Madrid
	4FW	Pedro	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997	0	0	Flamengo

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	Santos	(1990-03-17) 17 March 1990	0	0	Athletico Paranaense	v. Peru, 13 October 2020
GK	Ivan	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997	0	0	Ponte Preta	v. Bolivia, 27 March 2020 POS
GK	Daniel Fuzato	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997	0	0	Gil Vicente	v. South Korea, 19 November 2019
DF	Éder Militão	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998	8	0	Real Madrid	v. Venezuela, 13 November 2020 WIT
DF	Rodrigo Caio	(1993-08-17) 17 August 1993	5	0	Flamengo	v. Venezuela, 13 November 2020 INJ
DF	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06) 6 May 1983	118	8	São Paulo	v. Bolivia, 27 March 2020 POS
DF	Alex Sandro	(1991-01-26) 26 January 1991	23	1	Juventus	v. Bolivia, 27 March 2020 POS
DF	Emerson	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999	1	0	Betis	v. South Korea, 19 November 2019
MF	Casemiro	(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992	48	3	Real Madrid	v. Venezuela, 13 November 2020 WIT
MF	Philippe Coutinho	(1992-06-12) 12 June 1992	63	18	Barcelona	v. Venezuela, 13 November 2020 INJ
MF	Fabinho	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993	12	0	Liverpool	v. Venezuela, 13 November 2020 INJ
MF	Willian	(1988-08-09) 9 August 1988	70	9	Arsenal	v. South Korea, 19 November 2019
FW	Rodrygo	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001	3	0	Real Madrid	v. Peru, 13 October 2020
FW	Matheus Cunha	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999	0	0	Hertha BSC	v. Peru, 13 October 2020
FW	Gabriel Barbosa	(1996-08-30) 30 August 1996	5	2	Flamengo	v. Bolivia, 27 March 2020 POS
FW	Bruno Henrique	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990	2	0	Flamengo	v. Bolivia, 27 March 2020 POS
FW	Wesley	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996	1	0	Aston Villa	v. South Korea, 19 November 2019
FW	David Neres	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997	7	1	Ajax	v. Argentina, 15 November 2019 INJ
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to injury POS Match was postponed WIT Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Tite
Assistant coach	Cléber Xavier
Assistant coach	Matheus Bacchi
Goalkeeping coach	Cláudio Taffarel
Fitness coach	Fábio Mahseredjian
General coordinator	Juninho Paulista

Records

Most caps

Main article: List of Brazil international footballers

As of 13 October 2020

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Cafu is the all-time most capped player for Brazil, with 142 caps

#	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	118	8	10 October 2006	13 October 2019
4	Lúcio	105	4	15 November 2000	5 September 2011
5	Neymar	103	64	10 August 2010	13 October 2020
6	Cláudio Taffarel	101	0	7 July 1988	12 July 1998
7	Robinho	100	28	13 July 2003	25 January 2017
8	Djalma Santos	98	3	10 April 1952	9 June 1968
	Ronaldo	98	62	23 March 1994	7 June 2011
10	Ronaldinho	97	33	26 June 1999	24 April 2013

Top goalscorers

As of 13 October 2020

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Pelé is the all-time top scorer for Brazil with 77 goals

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Average	First cap	Latest cap	Position
1	Pelé (list)	77	92	0.84	7 July 1957	18 July 1971	FW
2	Neymar (list)	64	103	0.62	10 August 2010	13 October 2020	FW
3	Ronaldo (list)	62	98	0.63	23 March 1994	7 June 2011	FW
4	Romário (list)	55	70	0.79	23 May 1987	27 April 2005	FW
5	Zico (list)	48	71	0.68	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	0.41	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

Youngest goalscorer

• Pelé (16 years and nine months)

Honours

Senior team

Titles

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
  • Runners-up (2): 1950 , 1998
  • Third place (2): 1938, 1978
  • Fourth place (2): 1974, 2014
• South American Championship / Copa América:
  • Winners (9): 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019
  • Runners-up (11): 1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1991, 1995
  • Third place (7): 1916, 1917, 1920, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1975, 1979
  • Fourth place (3): 1923, 1956, 1963
• FIFA Confederations Cup:
  • Winners (4): 1997, 2005, 2009, 2013
  • Runners-up: 1999
  • Fourth place: 2001
• Panamerican Championship:
  • Winners (2): 1952, 1956
  • Runners-up: 1960
• CONCACAF Gold Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1996, 2003
  • Third place: 1998

Awards

• FIFA Team of the Year:
  • Winners (12): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• World Soccer Team of the Year

• Winners (2): 1982, 2002

• FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy:
  • Winners (4): 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup Fair Play Trophy:
  • Winners (2): 1999, 2009
• Copa América Fair Play Trophy:
  • Winners: 2019

Friendlies

• Taça Independência:
  • Winners: 1972
• Taça do Atlântico:
  • Winners (3): 1956, 1970, 1976
• U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament:
  • Winners: 1976
• Rous Cup:
  • Winners: 1987
• Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup:
  • Winners: 1988
• Umbro Cup:
  • Winners: 1995
• Nelson Mandela Challenge:
  • Winners: 1996
• Lunar New Year Cup:
  • Winners: 2005
• Roca Cup / Superclásico de las Américas:
  • Winners (12): 1914, 1922, 1945, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971, 1976, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
• Copa Río Branco:
  • Winners (7): 1931, 1932, 1947, 1950, 1967, 1968, 1976
• Taça Oswaldo Cruz:
  • Winners (8): 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1976

Olympic and Pan American Team

• Summer Olympics:
  • Gold Medalists: 2016
  • Silver Medalists (3): 1984, 1988, 2012
  • Bronze Medalists (2): 1996, 2008
  • Fourth place: 1976
• Pan American Games:
  • Gold Medalists (4): 1963, 1975 (shared), 1979, 1987
  • Silver Medalists (3): 1959, 1983, 2003
  • Bronze Medalists: 2015
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament:
  • Winners (7): 1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000
  • Runners-up (2): 1964, 2020
  • Third place (2): 1960, 2004

See also

• Argentina–Brazil football rivalry
• Brazil national football team results (2010–19)
• Brazil national under-20 football team
• Brazil national under-17 football team
• Brazil national futsal team
• Brazilian football songs
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• List of Brazil national football team managers

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Ruy Castro, Andrew Downie (translator) (2005). Garrincha – The triumph and tragedy of Brazil's forgotten footballing hero. Yellow Jersey Press, London. ISBN 0-224-06433-9. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• Ivan Soter (2015). Enciclopédia da Seleção:100 anos de seleção brasileira de futebol. Folha Seca, Rio de Janeiro. ISBN 978-85-87199-29-4.

External links

• Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese)
• Brazil FIFA profile
• Brazilian Football – Guide to Football in Brazil
• RSSSF Brazil
• All about Brazilian Football – Sambafoot.com