Brazil national football team

Brazil

Nickname(s)	Canarinho (Little Canary) Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian Selection) Verde e Amarelo (Green and Yellow)
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Brazilian Football Confederation)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Dunga
Captain	Lúcio
Most caps	Cafu (142)[1][2]
Top scorer	Pelé (77)[2]
Home stadium	Maracanã Morumbi Mineirão Mané Garrincha Beira-Rio Serra Dourada Castelão Mangueirão Arruda
FIFA code	BRA
FIFA ranking	1
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (first in September 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	8 (August 1993)
Elo ranking	1
Highest Elo ranking	1 (first in March 1953)
Lowest Elo ranking	18 (November 2001)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Argentina 3–0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; September 20, 1914)[3]
Biggest win
Brazil 14–0 Nicaragua  (Mexico; October 17, 1975)[4]
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 6–0 Brazil (Viña del Mar, Chile; September 18, 1920)
World Cup
Appearances	18 (First in 1930)
Best result	Winners, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
Copa América
Appearances	32 (First in 1916)
Best result	Winners, 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007
Confederations Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1997)
Best result	Winners, 1997, 2005, 2009

The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002). Currently ranked first by FIFA, Brazil is consistently among the strongest football nations in the world and is the only team to have played in every World Cup.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 The Golden Era and Pelé (1958 to 1970) 1.3 1974–1990 1.4 More successes (1994–2002) 1.4.1 1994 World Cup 1.4.2 1998 World Cup 1.4.3 2002 World Cup 1.5 2002–2006 1.5.1 2006 World Cup 1.6 After the 2006 World Cup 1.6.1 Copa América 2007 1.6.2 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 1.6.3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 1.6.4 Recent results 2 Olympics 3 Nickname 4 Venues 5 Colours 5.1 Kit evolution 6 Competitive record 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.2 Recent call-ups 7.3 Most appearances 7.4 Most goals 7.5 IFFHS Player of the 20th Century 7.6 Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame 7.7 Previous squads 8 Coaches 9 Honours 9.1 Senior team 9.1.1 Official titles 9.1.2 Friendly titles 9.2 Olympic team 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links 14 Titles

History

Early history

The first match of the Brazil national football team is generally considered to be a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City. Brazil won 2–0 with goals by Oswaldo Gomes and Osman,^[5][6][7] whilst others claim a 3–3^[8][9] draw. In contrast to future successes, the nation's early appearances were far from brilliant, partly due to internal strife within Brazilian football over professionalism, which rendered the Brazilian Football Confederation unable to field full-strength teams.

In particular, disputes between the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro state football federations meant that the team would not be composed of players coming from either of the federations.^[10][11] In both the 1930 and 1934 tournaments, Brazil were knocked out at the very first stage.^[12][13] But 1938 was a sign of things to come, as Brazil finished a strong third, with Leonidas da Silva finishing as the top scorer of the tournament.

Brazil hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was the first tournament to be held after World War II. It is the only time Brazil has hosted the tournament to date (not counting the upcoming 2014 tournament). The 1950 tournament was unique in not having a single final, but rather a final round-robin stage of four teams; however, to all intents and purposes the deciding game between Brazil and Uruguay acted as that tournament's "final". The match was hosted at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, watched by 199,854 people, and Brazil only needed a draw to win, but lost the match 2–1 after being 1–0 up; this match has since been known in South America as "Maracanazo". In Brazil it is called "Final Fatídica" ("fateful final").^[14]

For the 1954 FIFA World Cup, in Switzerland, the Brazilian team was almost completely renovated, so as to forget the Maracanã defeat, but still had a group of good players, including Nílton Santos, Djalma Santos, and Didi. Brazil didn't go very far though. The quarterfinals saw the favorites Hungary beat Brazil 4–2 in one of the ugliest matches in football history, which would become infamous as the Battle of Berne.^[15]

The Golden Era and Pelé (1958 to 1970)

Brazil's coach, Vicente Feola, imposed strict rules on the squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, held in Sweden. The players were given a list of forty things that they were not allowed to do, including wearing hats or umbrellas, smoking while wearing official clothing and talking to the press outside of allocated times. They were the only team to bring a psychologist (because the memories of 1950 still affected some players) or a dentist (for, because of their humble origins, many players had dental problems, which caused infections and also had negative impact on performance) with them, and had sent a representative to Europe to watch the qualifying matches a year before the tournament began.

Brazil were drawn in the toughest group, with England, the USSR and Austria. They beat Austria 3–0 in their first match, then drew 0–0 with England. The Brazilians had been worried about their match with the USSR who had exceptional fitness and were one of the favourites to win the tournament; their strategy was to take risks at the beginning of the match to try and score an early goal. Before the match, the leaders of the team, Bellini, Nílton Santos, and Didi, spoke to coach Vicente Feola and persuaded him to make three substitutions which were crucial for Brazil to defeat the Soviets and win the Cup: Zito, Garrincha, and Pelé would start playing against the USSR. From the kick off, they passed the ball to Garrincha who beat three players before hitting the post with a shot. They kept up the pressure relentlessly, and after three minutes which were later described as "the greatest three minutes in the history of football",^[16] Vavá gave Brazil the lead. They won the match 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 beat the hosts Sweden, in the final 5–2, winning their first World Cup and becoming the first nation to win a World Cup title outside of its own continent. A celebrated fact was that Feola would sometimes take naps during training sessions and would sometimes close his eyes during matches, giving the impression that he was asleep. Because of this, Didi was sometimes said to be the real coach of the team, as he commanded the mid-field.

In the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Brazil got its second title with Garrincha as the star player; a mantle and responsibility bestowed upon him after regular talisman, Pelé, was injured during the first group match against Mexico and unable to play for the rest of the tournament.

In the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the preparation of the team was affected by political influences. All the major Brazilian clubs wanted their players included in the Brazilian team, to give them more exposure. In the final months of preparation, the coach Vicente Feola was working with 46 players, of which only 22 would go to England; this caused lots of internal dispute and psychological pressure. The result was that, in 1966, Brazil had their worst performance in all World Cups. Of course, another perhaps bigger issue, was that Pelé (who may have been at the height of his career) was chopped at seemingly every opportunity in the group matches.

Brazil won its third World Cup in Mexico in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Brazil fielded what has been considered to be the best football squad ever, led by Pelé in his last World Cup final, captain Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho, Tostão, Gérson and Rivelino. After winning the Jules Rimet Trophy for the third time Brazil were allowed to keep it for good.

1974–1990

After the international retirement of Pelé and other stars, Brazil were not able to overcome Netherlands' Total Football and could not defend its title in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, finishing in fourth place.^[17]

The 1978 FIFA World Cup was notoriously controversial. In the second group stage, Brazil were competing 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 top of the group with a goal difference of +5. Argentina were only on a goal difference of +2, but in their last group match, they managed to, controversially, defeat Peru 6–0 and thus qualify for the final. Brazil were forced to settle for the third place match, where they defeated Italy 2–1.

In the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the tournament favorites Brazil easily moved through the early part of the draw, but a 3–2 defeat to Italy, in one of the classic games in finals history, eliminated them from the tournament. Paolo Rossi scored all three of Italy's goals. The seleção was defeated in the match they still refer to as the "Sarrias Disaster", a reference to the stadium's name, and Telê would be much blamed for using an attacking system while a 2–2 draw was enough. The 1982 squad, with players like Sócrates, Zico and Falcão, is remembered as one of the greatest teams to be eliminated from the World Cup.

In 1986, Telê and several players of 1982 returned to play in the World Cup hosted by Mexico. The players were older but still capable of an enchanting performance. They were troubled, however, by an injury Zico picked up before the World Cup. Incessant questions about whether and when he could play undoubtedly had some negative effect on the team. Brazil met France in the quarter-finals and the match is considered an absolute classic of "total football". Neither side deserved to lose but when Zico finally came on in the second half (with the score 1–1), and Brazil were awarded a penalty late in the game, Brazil seemed set to win. But Zico, the hero of a whole generation of Brazilian football fans, missed the penalty - and after a goalless but thoroughly exciting extra time it all came down to a penalty shoot out. There Zico managed to score from his penalty but Júlio César da Silva and Sócrates missed, and despite French captain Michel Platini sending his effort over the cross bar, Brazil nevertheless were eliminated 4–3. Memories of the afternoon at Sarria's came back to haunt the crowd.

In the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Brazil was coached by Sebastião Lazaroni, who was hardly known before the Cup and became even more anonymous afterwards. With a defensive scheme, whose main symbol was mid-fielder Dunga, and three full-backs, the team lacked creativity but made it to the second round. Against a weaker Argentinian side, the Brazilians applied heavy pressure and had numerous chances to score, but it was Claudio Caniggia who managed to find Brazil's net and eliminate them.

More successes (1994–2002)

1994 World Cup

Brazil, to the surprise of many, 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, if unspectacular side headed by the likes of Romário, Bebeto, Dunga, Taffarel, and Jorginho won the World Cup for a then-record 4th time. Highlights of their campaign included a 1–0 victory over the hosts in the round of 16, a sensational 3–2 win over the Dutch in the quarter-finals (often cited as the game of the tournament) and a 1–0 win over the Swedes in the semis. This set up a classic confrontation, Brazil vs. Italy, in the final. After a dour and unexciting 0–0 draw, penalty kicks loomed, and when Roberto Baggio lifted his spot kick over the crossbar, Brazil were champions once again. A new era of dominance had begun.

1998 World Cup

Brazil finished runner-up in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After a very respectable campaign during which they beat Holland on penalties in the semi-final following a 1–1 draw with goals from Ronaldo and Patrick Kluivert, the team lost to hosts France 3–0 in a problematic final game. Brazilian marking at defensive set pieces was poor, and Zinédine Zidane was able to score two headed goals from France's corner kicks. Also, Brazilian star Ronaldo suffered an epileptic seizure a few hours before the match. Many criticized the decision to reinstate Ronaldo into the starting lineup as he put in a poor performance.

2002 World Cup

Fuelled by the scintillating play of the "Three R's" (Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and Ronaldinho), Brazil won its fifth championship at the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. When the groups were drawn, Brazil seemed to have been lucky; Their adversaries would be Turkey, China and Costa Rica. At the end, it turned out that Turkey finished the tournament in third place. Brazil went on beating all three opponents, scoring 11 goals and conceding only three, and topping the group.

In Brazil's opening game against Turkey, Rivaldo fell to the ground clutching his face after Turkey's Hakan Ünsal had kicked the ball at his legs. Hakan Ünsal, who had already been booked, was sent off while Rivaldo jumped to his feet and continued playing. Rivaldo escaped suspension but was fined £5,180 for play-acting, he became the first player to be punished in FIFA's crackdown on "simulation" and "diving".

Next they defeated Belgium 2–0, in the most difficult match for Brazil in the tournament. Against England in the quarter finals, Brazil won 2–1. Ronaldinho scored the winner with a remarkable lofted free kick and also assisted teammate Rivaldo for their first goal, but was sent off for stamping on the right ankle of England's Danny Mills. The semifinal was against Turkey, which Brazil had faced in their group. Again, this match was difficult, as Brazil won 1–0 with a goal by Ronaldo. Rivaldo had scored one goal each in all five game up to this one but did not manage to hit the target in the sixth. He had seemed all set to repeat Jairzinho´s great achievement in 1970 when he scored in every game of the World Cup.

The final was between two of the most successful teams in the competition's history: Germany and Brazil. Either Germany (or West Germany) or Brazil had played in all World Cup finals since 1950, except for 1978 (f the last game of 1950 is considered to be a proper final). Incredibly, the teams had never played each other in the World Cup before, besides a match between Brazil and East Germany in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn had been the tournament's best keeper, but could not maintain that level of play, as Ronaldo vanquished his France '98 demons, scoring both goals in the Brazilian 2–0 triumph.

2002–2006

On June 29, 2005, Brazil won the Confederations Cup for the second time with an emphatic 4–1 victory over arch-rivals Argentina in Frankfurt, Germany.^[18] They also won another championship, the 2004 Copa América in which Brazil defeated Argentina in a penalty shootout.^[19] Argentina had defeated Peru in the quarterfinals, and Colombia in the semifinals. In the 2002 World Cup, Brazil made it to the final to face the powerful German squad. The Brazilian striker Ronaldo scored two goals in the final, leaving Germany in the dust, as the experienced Brazilian captain Cafu lift the World Cup for Brazil a fifth time.

2006 World Cup

Entering the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Brazil were seen as heavy favorites to repeat their success at the previous cup. Brazil beat Croatia 1–0, Australia 2–0, Japan 4–1, the first two being hard-fought matches, to come out at the top of their group.

During the second round, they defeated Ghana 3–0. However, Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals against France by a score of 1–0 when Thierry Henry scored the winning goal. France was led by a rejuvenated Zinédine Zidane and by a strong defence which kept the Brazilian strikers under check for the duration of the game. Brazil were shut out, attempting just one shot at French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. The game was also notable for being the first time that the Brazil team had been shut out in consecutive matches against a particular team. France now has a 2–1–1 all-time record against Brazil in World Cup play.

After the result of 2006, the team was criticized by many Brazilians. Some, such as Pelé, blamed coach Parreira and Ronaldinho for the team's early elimination.^[20] The night after Brazil's defeat, vandals burned and destroyed a 7-meter tall fiberglass and resin statue of Ronaldinho in the Brazilian city of Chapecó, which had been erected in 2004 to celebrate Ronaldinho's first election as FIFA World Player of the Year.^[21] Roberto Carlos^[22] and Juninho each announced their retirement from the team and Juninho asserted that it was time for the players over 30 to retire from the team.^[23] Cafu, the Brazilian captain, made an infamous comparison between the team of 2006 and the team at 1982 World Cup, one that is remembered as one of the greatest teams that lost a World Cup.^[24] Two days after the loss, Ronaldinho and Adriano partied through the night in Barcelona, increasing the feeling of the Brazilians that they were betrayed by their national team.^[25] This reaction contrasted with other players such as Rogério Ceni, who was ashamed of the game and said "some defeats are marked by struggle, but we lost in an infelicitous way, that wasn't what we had hoped for",^[26] and Zé Roberto, who cried and said that "the unity that we had outside the pitch, was lacking inside it".^[27] On July 19, Parreira resigned as the team coach.^[28]

After the 2006 World Cup

1994 World Cup champion Dunga was hired as Brazil's new team coach on July 24.^[29] Dunga's former teammate, Jorginho was hired as his assistant. His first match in charge was against Norway which was played in Oslo on August 16, ended in a 1–1 draw.^[30] His second match was held against arch rivals Argentina on September 3 in Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium in London, in which Brazil defeated Argentina by a 3–0 scoreline.^[31] On September 5 they defeated Wales 2–0 at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane ground. They later defeated Kuwait club Al-Kuwait 4–0, Ecuador 2–1 and had a 2–1 away win against Switzerland.

Dunga's first defeat as Brazil's coach occurred on February 6, 2007 in a friendly match against Portugal, which at that time was coached by former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.^[32] Respectively on March 24 and March 27, 2007, Brazil bounced back from their first defeat under Dunga with wins in friendly matches against Chile (4–0) and Ghana (1–0) in Sweden.^[33]

Unlike Parreira, Dunga has focused on the task of deemphasizing all players and treating them as equals. He did not just look for players in popular clubs such as Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid, etc., but looked at the whole scope of Europe, finding individual talents such as Daniel Carvalho, Vágner Love and Dudu Cearense of Greek club Olympiacos and also Elano of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, currently of Manchester City. Of the former Magic Quartet, Ronaldinho and Kaká were the only players who had a regular place in the Brazil squad. Adriano was called back in the squad for a friendly against Portugal in February 2007, which Brazil lost 0–2. Dunga is yet to select the last member of the Magic Quartet, Ronaldo.

Copa América 2007

Dunga took the squad to Venezuela, for the 2007 Copa America. They were placed in Group B with Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile. Brazil surprisingly lost to Mexico 2–0, then bounced back with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Chile with three goals from Robinho, and won 1–0 against Ecuador, Robinho scoring on a penalty kick. They advanced to the quarter-finals, where they defeated Chile again 6–1. The Semi-Final was against Uruguay, after a 2–2 draw, Brazil won 5–4 on penalties. Their opponent in the final was Argentina; Argentina were heavy favourites, but in the 4th minute Júlio Baptista scored a stunner, surprising the Argentines, in the 45th minute, defender Roberto Ayala scored on an own goal, the first half ended 2–0, later in the second half in the 69th minute, Daniel Alves scored making it 3–0. After the event, Robinho was awarded the Golden Boot in addition to being named the best player in the tournament.

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The Brazilian team won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. Although they started with a shaky victory over Egypt with a last minute penalty (4–3), they comfortably beat the USA (3–0), as well as Italy (3–0). After beating South Africa in the semi-final with a late free kick (1–0), they went on to a rematch against USA in the final which they won 3–2, after coming in 2–0 down at half-time, to seal their third Confederations Cup title.^[34] Kaká was named as the player of the tournament and Luís Fabiano won the top goalscorer award with five goals in five matches.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Brazil is currently participating in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) standings

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 14 7 6 1 25 6 +19 27  Chile 14 8 2 4 23 14 +9 26  Paraguay 14 7 3 4 20 13 +7 24  Argentina 14 6 4 4 19 15 +4 22  Ecuador 14 5 5 4 18 20 −2 20  Uruguay 14 4 6 4 23 16 +7 18  Colombia 14 4 5 5 7 11 −4 17  Venezuela 14 5 2 7 17 24 −7 17  Bolivia 14 3 3 8 19 30 −11 12  Peru 14 1 4 9 7 29 −22 7   Argentina  – 3–0 5 Sep 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 10 Oct 2–1 4–0 Bolivia  6–1 – 10 Oct 0–2 0–0 9 Sep 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – 9 Sep 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 14 Oct Chile  1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 14 Oct 0–3 2–0 0–0 5 Sep Colombia  2–1 2–0 0–0 10 Oct – 5 Sep 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 10 Oct 0–1 Paraguay  9 Sep 5 Sep 2–0 0–2 14 Oct 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 14 Oct 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 5 Sep 1–0 Uruguay  14 Oct 5–0 0–4 2–2 9 Sep 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 10 Oct 9 Sep 2–2 –

Recent results

Result under current head coach Dunga
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorers	Competition
2006
1	August 16, 2006	Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–1	Daniel Carvalho	Friendly
2	September 3, 2006	London, England	Argentina	3–0	Elano (2), Kaká	Friendly
3	September 5, 2006	London, England	Wales	2–0	Marcelo, Vágner Love	Friendly
	October 7, 2006	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Al Kuwait Selection	4–0	Rafael Sóbis, Robinho, Daniel Carvalho, Kaká	Unofficial friendly
4	October 10, 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Ecuador	2–1	Fred, Kaká	Friendly
5	November 15, 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	2–1	Luisão, Kaká	Friendly
2007
6	February 6, 2007	London, England	Portugal	0–2		Friendly
7	March 24, 2007	Gothenburg, Sweden	Chile	4–0	Ronaldinho (2), Kaká, Juan	Friendly
8	March 27, 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Ghana	1–0	Vágner Love	Friendly
9	June 1, 2007	London, England	England	1–1	Diego	Friendly
10	June 5, 2007	Dortmund, Germany	Turkey	0–0		Friendly
11	June 26, 2007	Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Mexico	0–2		Copa América 2007
12	July 1, 2007	Maturín, Venezuela	Chile	3–0	Robinho (3)	Copa América 2007
13	July 4, 2007	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Ecuador	1–0	Robinho	Copa América 2007
14	July 7, 2007	Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Chile	6–1	Juan, Júlio Baptista, Robinho (2), Josué, Vágner Love	Copa América 2007
15	July 10, 2007	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Uruguay	2–2	Maicon, Júlio Baptista	Copa América 2007
16	July 15, 2007	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Argentina	3–0	Júlio Baptista, own goal, Daniel Alves	Copa América 2007
17	August 22, 2007	Montpellier, France	Algeria	2–0	Maicon, Ronaldinho	Friendly
18	September 9, 2007	Chicago, United States	United States	4–2	own goal, Lúcio, Ronaldinho, Elano	Friendly
19	September 12, 2007	Boston, United States	Mexico	3–1	Kléber, Kaká, Afonso Alves	Friendly
20	October 14, 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	October 17, 2007	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Ecuador	5–0	Vágner Love, Ronaldinho, Kaká (2), Elano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	November 18, 2007	Lima, Peru	Peru	1–1	Kaká	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	November 21, 2007	São Paulo, Brazil	Uruguay	2–1	Luís Fabiano (2)	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2008
24a[›]	February 6, 2008	Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Robinho	Friendly
25a[›]	March 26, 2008	London, England	Sweden	1–0	Alexandre Pato	Friendly
26	May 31, 2008	Seattle, United States	Canada	3–2	Diego, Luís Fabiano, Robinho	Friendly
27	June 6, 2008	Boston, United States	Venezuela	0–2		Friendly
28	June 15, 2008	Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	0–2		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	June 18, 2008	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Argentina	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
30	September 7, 2008	Santiago, Chile	Chile	3–0	Luís Fabiano (2), Robinho	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
31	September 10, 2008	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bolivia	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
32	October 10, 2008	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	4–0	Kaká, Robinho (2), Adriano	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
33	October 15, 2008	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Colombia	0–0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
34	November 19, 2008	Brasília, Brazil	Portugal	6–2	Luís Fabiano (3), Maicon, Elano, Adriano	Friendly
2009
35	February 10, 2009	London, England	Italy	2–0	Elano, Robinho	Friendly
36	March 29, 2009	Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–1	Júlio Baptista	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
37	April 1, 2009	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Peru	3–0	Luís Fabiano (2), Felipe Melo	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
38	June 6, 2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	4–0	Daniel Alves, Juan, Luís Fabiano, Kaká	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
39	June 10, 2009	Recife, Brazil	Paraguay	2–1	Robinho, Nilmar	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
40	June 15, 2009	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Egypt	4–3	Kaká (2), Luís Fabiano, Juan	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
41	June 18, 2009	Pretoria, South Africa	United States	3–0	Felipe Melo, Robinho, Maicon	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
42	June 21, 2009	Pretoria, South Africa	Italy	3–0	Luís Fabiano (2), own goal	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
43	June 25, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	Daniel Alves	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
44	June 28, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	United States	3–2	Luís Fabiano (2), Lúcio	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
45	August 12, 2009	Talinn, Estonia	Estonia			Friendly
46	September 5, 2009	TBD, Argentina	Argentina			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
47	September 8, 2009	TBD, Brazil	Chile			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
48	October 10, 2009	TBD, Bolivia	Bolivia			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
49	October 13, 2009	TBD, Brazil	Venezuela			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

^ a: Dunga was banned for two matches following his sending off on September 12, 2007, he was replaced by his assistant, Jorginho.^[35][36]

Olympics

The Olympic football tournament is the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil has never won, although they have won two silver medals (1984 and 1988) and two bronze medals (1996, 2008).^[37] Brazil Olympic team often coached by the current national team coach, such as Mario Zagallo in 1996 and Dunga in 2008.

Nickname

The Brazilian national team has many nicknames and are known in different parts of the world by different nicknames. The most common name used to refer to them, especially in Brazil, is A Seleção, which literally means the selection. Brazilians call any team from any country or sport a seleção and because of this it has become common for the national team to be referred to as the Seleção Brasileira or to more specifically refer to it, the Seleção Brasileira de Futebol.^[38] Although Brazilian media have popularized Seleção, other nicknames for them in Brazil include Canarinho, meaning Little Canary, a phrase that was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando Pieruccetti during the 1950 World Cup.^[39] Other names like Amarelinha, Little Yellow, Verde-amarela, Green-Yellow, Pentacampeão, Five-time Champions^[40] and Esquadrão de Ouro (the Golden Squad), among others. It can also be noted that American and British media outlets have referred to Brazil as the Auriverde, coming from the Portuguese words verde and amarela (or dourada) which mean green and yellow (or gold), but is not used in Brazil itself.^[41] Some English newspapers colloquially use the nickname "Samba Kings".

Venues

Brazil does not have a national stadium and as such rotate their home World Cup qualifying matches through various venues: the Estádio do Maracanã or Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, the Estádio Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasília and the Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre. Some smaller provincial stadia were used in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Since September 2006, Brazil have played many international friendlies at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London. After their initial 3-0 win over Argentina drew a near sell-out attendance and was screened live on BBC Two, Brazil have returned to the ground regularly, facing Portugal and Sweden and lastly against Italy in February 2009. During this period, 'home' matches have also been played in Sweden, with the belief that European club managers will be more willing to release their players for friendlies if they don't have to travel to South America.

Colours

Goalkeeper's kit

Brazil's first team colours were white with blue collars, but following defeat in the Maracanã at the 1950 World Cup, the colours were criticised for lacking patriotism. With permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation, the newspaper Correio da Manhã held a competition to design a kit incorporating the four colours of the Brazilian flag.^[42] The winning design was a yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with white trim drawn by Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a nineteen year old from Pelotas.^[43] The new colours were first used in March 1954 in a match against Chile, and have been used ever since.

The use of blue as the away kit colour dates from the 30s, 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 to the home team Sweden the right to play in yellow. Brazil, who travelled with no spare kit, hurriedly purchased a set of blue shirts and sewed on emblems cut from their yellow shirts.^[44]

Kit evolution

1914

1916

1917

1918

1919

1919–1945

1945–1950

1950–1953

1954–present

Competitive record

World Cup record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1930 Round 1 6/13 2 1 0 1 5 2 1934 Round 1 14/16 1 0 0 1 1 3 1938 Third Place 3/15 5 3 1 1 14 11 1950 Second place[45] 2/13 6 4 1 1 22 6 1954 Quarter-finals 5/16 3 1 1 1 8 5 1958 Champions 1/16 6 5 1 0 16 4 1962 Champions 1/16 6 5 1 0 14 5 1966 Round 1 11/16 3 1 0 2 4 6 1970 Champions 1/16 6 6 0 0 19 7 1974 Fourth place 4/16 7 3 2 2 6 4 1978 Third place 3/16 7 4 3 0 10 3 1982 Group Round 2 5/24 5 4 0 1 15 6 1986 Quarter-finals 5/24 5 4 1 0 10 1 1990 Round of 16 9/24 4 3 0 1 4 2 1994 Champions 1/24 7 5 2 0 11 3 1998 Second place 2/32 7 4 1 2 14 10 2002 Champions 1/32 7 7 0 0 18 4 2006 Quarter-finals 5/32 5 4 0 1 10 2 2010 Qualification - - - - - - - 2014 Qualified - - - - - - - Total 18/18 5 Titles 92 64 *14 14 201 84

Confederations Cup record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA 1992 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1995 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - 1997 Champions 5 4 1 0 14 2 1999 Second place 5 4 0 1 16 6 2001 Fourth place 5 1 2 2 3 3 2003 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2005 Champions 5 3 1 1 12 6 2009 Champions 5 5 0 0 14 5 2013 Qualified - - - - - - Total 3 Titles 28 18 5 5 62 25 *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. ***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status. Olympic medal record Men's Football[37] Silver 1984 Los Angeles Team Silver 1988 Seoul Team Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team

Copa América/South American Championship
Total: 8 Titles
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1916	Third place		1939	Withdrew		1967	Withdrew
1917	Third place		1941	Withdrew		1975	Semi-Finals
1919	Champions		1942	Third place		1979	Semi-Finals
1920	Third place		1945	Second place		1983	Second place
1921	Second place		1946	Second place		1987	Round 1
1922	Champions		1947	Withdrew		1989	Champions
1923	Fourth place		1949	Champions		1991	Second place
1924	Withdrew		1953	Second place		1993	Quarter-finals
1925	Second place		1955	Withdrew		1995	Second place
1926	Withdrew		1956	Fourth place		1997	Champions
1927	Withdrew		1957	Second place		1999	Champions
1929	Withdrew		1959	Second place		2001	Quarter-finals
1935	Withdrew		1959	Third place		2004	Champions
1937	Second place		1963	Fourth place		2007	Champions

World Cup matches (By team)
Total: 92 games played - 64 Wins - 14 Draws - 14 Losses
Against	W	D	L	Tot		Against	W	D	L	Tot		Against	W	D	L	Tot
Sweden	5	2	0	7		Peru	2	0	0	2		East Germany	1	0	0	1
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	5		Austria	2	0	0	2		Germany	1	0	0	1
Spain	3	1	1	5		USSR	2	0	0	2		Ghana	1	0	0	1
Italy	2	1	2	5		Switzerland	1	1	0	2		Japan	1	0	0	1
England	3	1	0	4		Uruguay	1	0	1	2		Morocco	1	0	0	1
Poland	3	0	1	4		Hungary	0	0	2	2		Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1
Argentina	2	1	1	4		Algeria	1	0	0	1		New Zealand	1	0	0	1
Yugoslavia	1	2	1	4		Australia	1	0	0	1		Romania	1	0	0	1
France	1	1	2	4		Belgium	1	0	0	1		Russia	1	0	0	1
Mexico	3	0	0	3		Bolivia	1	0	0	1		United States	1	0	0	1
Scotland	3	1	0	4		Bulgaria	1	0	0	1		Wales	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	1	1	1	3		China PR	1	0	0	1		Zaire	1	0	0	1
Turkey	2	0	0	2		Cameroon	1	0	0	1		Norway	0	0	1	1
Chile	2	0	0	2		Croatia	1	0	0	1		Portugal	0	0	1	1
Costa Rica	2	0	0	2		Denmark	1	0	0	1

Below is a list of all matches Brazil have played against FIFA recognised teams^[46]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	% Won
Argentina	93	35	24	34	145	149	38.3%
Paraguay	73	45	17	11	163	60	61.6%
Uruguay	71	32	19	20	123	93	40.9%
Chile	64	45	12	7	147	53	70.3%
Peru	39	27	9	3	83	27	69.2%
Mexico	36	21	6	9	69	34	58.3%
Ecuador	27	22	3	2	84	20	81.5%
Bolivia	25	18	3	4	86	23	72.0%
Colombia	24	15	7	2	54	10	62.5%
England	22	10	9	3	30	19	45.5%
Venezuela	19	18	0	1	82	6	94.7%
Portugal	18	12	2	4	36	15	66.7%
Yugoslavia	18	9	7	2	36	23	50.0%
Czechoslovakia	17	9	6	2	27	14	52.9%
United States	16	15	0	1	31	10	93.8%
Sweden	15	9	4	2	33	18	60.0%
Italy	14	7	2	5	21	19	50%
France	13	5	4	4	21	18	38.5%
West Germany	12	7	3	2	18	11	58.3%
Poland	10	8	1	1	33	17	80.0%
Wales	10	8	1	1	20	5	80.0%
Bulgaria	9	8	1	0	19	2	88.9%
Scotland	9	7	2	0	14	3	77.8%
Netherlands	9	3	4	2	14	13	33.3%
Costa Rica	8	7	0	1	30	9	87.5%
Japan	8	6	2	0	20	4	75.0%
Austria	8	5	3	0	12	4	62.5%
Germany	8	5	2	1	19	10	62.5%
Spain	8	4	2	2	11	8	50.0%
Switzerland	7	3	3	1	10	7	42.9%
USSR	7	5	1	1	13	5	71.4%
Australia	6	4	1	1	11	1	66.7%
Hungary	6	2	1	3	12	14	33.3%
Egypt	5	5	0	0	16	4	100.0%
Turkey	5	3	2	0	6	3	60.0%
Honduras	5	3	1	1	16	6	60.0%
Republic of Ireland	5	3	1	1	10	2	60.0%
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	0	16	3	100.0%
Algeria	4	4	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Russia	4	3	1	0	10	3	75.0%
East Germany	4	3	1	0	10	4	75.0%
Romania	4	3	1	0	8	4	75.0%
Norway	4	0	2	2	5	8	0.0%
Cameroon	4	3	0	1	7	1	75.0%
Belgium	4	3	0	1	10	6	75.0%
Korea Republic	4	3	0	1	6	4	75.0%
Canada	4	2	2	0	8	4	50.0%
Ghana	3	3	0	0	12	2	100.0%
Israel	3	3	0	0	11	1	100.0%
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	10	0	100.0%
Finland	3	3	0	0	9	3	100.0%
South Africa	3	3	0	0	6	3	100.0%
Poland	3	2	1	0	7	3	66.7%
Jamaica	3	2	1	0	2	0	66.7%
Denmark	3	2	0	1	7	9	66.7%
Croatia	3	1	2	0	3	2	33.3%
Haiti	2	2	0	0	10	0	100.0%
Panama	2	2	0	0	10	0	100.0%
Iceland	2	2	0	0	9	1	100.0%
El Salvador	2	2	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Morocco	2	2	0	0	5	0	100.0%
China PR	2	1	1	0	4	0	50.0%
Guatemala	2	1	1	0	4	1	50.0%
Greece	2	1	1	0	3	0	50.0%
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	8	0	100.0%
Thailand	1	1	0	0	7	0	100.0%
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	7	1	100.0%
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	5	0	100.0%
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	4	0	100.0%
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	4	1	100.0%
Andorra	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Zaire	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.0%
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	3	1	100.0%
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0%
Ireland	1	1	0	0	4	3	100.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.0%
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	14	0	100.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay on June 6, 2009 in Montevideo and Paraguay on June 10, 2009 in Recife and for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.^[47][48][49]

Caps and goals as of June 29, 2009

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Júlio César September 3, 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 29) 39 0 Internazionale 12 GK Victor January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21) (age 26) 0 0 Grêmio 23 GK Gomes February 15, 1981 (1981-02-15) (age 28) 9 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 DF Maicon July 26, 1981 (1981-07-26) (age 27) 48 5 Internazionale 3 DF Lúcio May 8, 1978 (1978-05-08) (age 31) 84 4 Bayern Munich 4 DF Juan February 1, 1979 (1979-02-01) (age 30) 72 6 Roma 6 DF Kléber April 1, 1980 (1980-04-01) (age 29) 19 1 Internacional 13 DF Daniel Alves May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06) (age 26) 26 3 Barcelona 14 DF Luisão February 13, 1982 (1982-02-13) (age 27) 33 2 Benfica 15 DF Miranda September 7, 1984 (1984-09-07) (age 24) 2 0 São Paulo 16 DF André Santos March 8, 1983 (1983-03-08) (age 26) 5 0 Corinthians 5 MF Felipe Melo August 26, 1983 (1983-08-26) (age 25) 10 2 Fiorentina 7 MF Elano June 14, 1981 (1981-06-14) (age 28) 34 6 Manchester City 8 MF Gilberto Silva October 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) (age 32) 79 3 Panathinaikos 10 MF Kaká April 22, 1982 (1982-04-22) (age 27) 70 26 Real Madrid 17 MF Josué July 19, 1979 (1979-07-19) (age 29) 25 1 Wolfsburg 18 MF Ramires March 24, 1987 (1987-03-24) (age 22) 7 0 Benfica 19 MF Júlio Baptista October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 27) 41 4 Roma 20 MF Kléberson June 19, 1979 (1979-06-19) (age 30) 30 2 Flamengo 9 FW Luís Fabiano November 8, 1980 (1980-11-08) (age 28) 31 22 Sevilla 11 FW Robinho January 25, 1984 (1984-01-25) (age 25) 70 19 Manchester City 21 FW Alexandre Pato September 2, 1989 (1989-09-02) (age 19) 8 1 Milan 22 FW Nilmar July 14, 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 24) 8 2 Internacional

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Doni October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 29) 10 0 Roma v. Peru, April 1, 2009 GK Renan January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24) (age 24) 0 0 Valencia v. Bolivia, September 10, 2008 DF Alex Costa June 17, 1982 (1982-06-17) (age 27) 17 0 Chelsea 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup (withdrew due to injury) DF Marcelo May 12, 1988 (1988-05-12) (age 21) 6 1 Real Madrid v. Peru, April 1, 2009 DF Thiago Silva September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) (age 24) 4 0 Milan v. Peru, April 1, 2009 DF Adriano Correia October 26, 1984 (1984-10-26) (age 24) 8 0 Sevilla v. Italy, February 10, 2009 DF Alex Silva March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (age 24) 2 0 Hamburg v. Colombia, October 15, 2008 DF Juan Maldonado February 6, 1982 (1982-02-06) (age 27) 2 0 Flamengo v. Colombia, October 15, 2008 DF Rafinha September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) (age 23) 1 0 Schalke 04 v. Bolivia, September 10, 2008 MF Anderson April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13) (age 21) 8 0 Manchester United 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup (withdrew due to injury) MF Ronaldinho March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 29) 87 32 Milan v. Peru, April 1, 2009 MF Diego February 28, 1985 (1985-02-28) (age 24) 33 4 Juventus v. Portugal, November 19, 2008 MF Mancini August 1, 1980 (1980-08-01) (age 28) 6 0 Internazionale v. Portugal, November 19, 2008 MF Alex March 25, 1982 (1982-03-25) (age 27) 2 0 Spartak Moscow v. Portugal, November 19, 2008 MF Lucas January 9, 1987 (1987-01-09) (age 22) 3 0 Liverpool v. Colombia, October 15, 2008 MF Hernanes May 29, 1985 (1985-05-29) (age 24) 1 0 São Paulo v. Bolivia, September 10, 2008 FW Adriano February 17, 1982 (1982-02-17) (age 27) 44 27 Flamengo v. Peru, April 1, 2009 FW Amauri June 3, 1980 (1980-06-03) (age 29) 0 0 Juventus v. Italy, February 10, 2009 FW Jô March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 22) 3 0 Manchester City v. Colombia, October 15, 2008 FW Rafael Sóbis June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) (age 24) 8 0 Al Jazira v. Bolivia, September 10, 2008

Most appearances

Below is a list of the 20 players with the most appearances for Brazil, as of June 29, 2009:^[2]

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Cafu	1990–2006	142	5
2	Roberto Carlos*	1992–2006	125	11
3	Cláudio Taffarel	1987–1998	101	0
4	Djalma Santos	1952–1968	98	3
5	Ronaldo*	1994–2006	97	62
6	Gilmar	1953–1969	94	0
7	Pelé	1957–1971	92	77
=	Rivelino	1965–1978	92	26
9	Dida	1995–2006	91	0
=	Dunga	1982–1998	91	6
11	Ronaldinho*	1999–present	87	32
12	Lúcio*	2000–present	84	4
=	Zé Roberto*	1995–2006	84	6
14	Aldair	1989–2000	81	3
=	Jairzinho	1963–1982	81	33
16	Émerson Leão	1970–1986	80	0
17	Gilberto Silva*	2001–present	79	3
18	Bebeto	1985–1998	75	39
=	Nílton Santos	1949–1962	75	3
20	Rivaldo*	1993–2003	74	34

*Denotes players still available for selection

Most goals

Below is a list of the 20 players with the most goals for Brazil, as of June 29, 2009:^[2]

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Pelé	1957–1971	77	92
2	Ronaldo*	1994–2006	62	97
3	Romário	1987–2005	55	70
4	Zico	1971–1989	52	72
5	Bebeto	1985–1998	39	75
6	Rivaldo	1993–2003	34	74
7	Jairzinho	1963–1982	33	81
8	Ademir	1945–1953	32	39
=	Ronaldinho*	1999–present	32	87
=	Tostão	1966–1972	32	54
11	Zizinho	1942–1957	30	53
12	Careca	1982–1993	29	60
13	Adriano*	2000–present	27	44
14	Kaká*	2002–present	26	70
=	Rivelino	1965–1978	26	92
16	Jair	1940–1950	22	39
=	Luís Fabiano*	2003–present	22	31
=	Sócrates	1979–1986	22	60
19	Leônidas da Silva	1932–1946	21	23
20	Roberto Dinamite	1975–1984	20	30
=	Didi	1952–1962	20	68

*Denotes players still available for selection

IFFHS Player of the 20th Century

Below are the results of a poll by IFFHS for the best Brazilian player of the 20th century.^[50]

#	Name	Career	Votes
1	Pelé	1957–1971	220
2	Garrincha	1955–1966	142
3	Zico	1971–1989	51
4	Zizinho	1942–1957	40
5	Arthur Friedenreich	1912–1935	21
=	Tostão	1966–1972	21
7	Didi	1952–1962	17
8	Leônidas	1932–1946	13
9	Nílton Santos	1949–1962	12
=	Ronaldo*	1994–2006	12
11	Romário	1987–2005	11
12	Falcão	1976–1986	10
=	Rivelino	1965–1978	10
14	Ademir da Guia	1965–1974	9
15	Luís Pereira	1973–1977	7
16	Carlos Alberto Torres	1964–1977	5
17	Domingos da Guia	1938	4
18	Ademir	1945–1953	3
19	Bebeto	1985–1998	2
=	Jairzinho	1963–1982	2

*Denotes players still available for selection

Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following Brazilians players have been inducted into the Pacaembu Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame in October 2008.^[51]

Bebeto Carlos Alberto Torres Didi Djalma Santos Falcão Garrincha Gérson Gilmar Jairzinho Julinho Nilton Santos Pelé Rivaldo

Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Ronaldinho Ronaldo Sócrates Taffarel Tostão Vavá Zagallo Zico Zizinho

Honorable Mention in the "Heroes of Brazilian Football" section, on the Pacaembu Brazilian Football Museum:

• Domingos da Guia^[52]
• Leônidas^[53]

Previous squads

2006 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA World Cup 1998 FIFA World Cup 1994 FIFA World Cup 1990 FIFA World Cup 1986 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup 1978 FIFA World Cup 1974 FIFA World Cup 1970 FIFA World Cup 1966 FIFA World Cup 1962 FIFA World Cup 1958 FIFA World Cup 1954 FIFA World Cup 1950 FIFA World Cup 1938 FIFA World Cup 1934 FIFA World Cup 1930 FIFA World Cup 2007 Copa America - Brazil

2004 Copa America - Brazil 2001 Copa America - Brazil 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads - Brazil 2008 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 2000 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1996 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1988 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1984 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1976 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1972 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1968 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1964 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1960 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil 1952 Summer Olympics squads - Brazil

Coaches

World Cup winning coaches in bold.

• Adhemar Pimenta (1936–1938; 1942)
• Flávio Costa (1944–1950; 1955; 1956)
• Zezé Moreira (1952; 1954–1955)
• Aymoré Moreira (1953)
• Vicente Feola (1955)
• Osvaldo Brandão (1955–1956; 1957)
• Teté (1956)
• Silvio Pirilo (1957)
• Pedrinho (1957)
• Vicente Feola - 1958 FIFA World Cup (1958–1960)
• Aymoré Moreira - 1962 FIFA World Cup (1961–1963)
• Vicente Feola (1964–1967)
• Dorival Yustrich (1968)
• João Saldanha (1969–1970)
• Mário Zagallo - 1970 FIFA World Cup (1970–1974; 2002)
• Osvaldo Brandão (1975–1977)
• Cláudio Coutinho (1977–1980)
• Telê Santana (1980–1982)
• Carlos Alberto Parreira (1983)
• Edu (1983–1984)
• Evaristo de Macedo (1984–1985)
• Telê Santana (1985–1986)
• Carlos Alberto Silva (1987–1988)
• Sebastião Lazaroni (1989–1990)
• Paulo Roberto Falcão (1991)
• Carlos Alberto Parreira - 1994 FIFA World Cup (1991–1994)
• Mário Zagallo (1995–1998)
• Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1998–2000)
• Émerson Leão (2000–2001)
• Luiz Felipe Scolari - 2002 FIFA World Cup (2001–2002)
• Carlos Alberto Parreira (2002–2006)
• Dunga (2006–present)

Honours

Senior team

Official titles

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
  • Runners-up (2): 1950, 1998

• Confederations Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1997, 2005, 2009
  • Runners-up (1): 1999

• Copa América:
  • Winners (8): 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007
  • Runners-up (11): 1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959,1983, 1991, 1995

• Panamerican Championship:
  • Winners (2): 1952, 1956

Friendly titles

• Taça Independência:
  • Winners (1): 1972

• Taça do Atlântico:
  • Winners (3): 1956, 1970, 1976

• Copa Roca:
  • Winners (8): 1914, 1922, 1945, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971, 1976

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Olympic team

• Olympic Summer Games:^[37]
  • Silver Medals (2): 1984, 1988
  • Bronze Medals (2): 1996, 2008

• Pan American Games:
  • Winners (4): 1963, 1975, 1979, 1987

• CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament:
  • Winners (7): 1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000

See also

• Brazil women's national football team
• Brazil national under-20 football team
• Brazil national futsal team
• Argentina and Brazil football rivalry
• Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
• Brazilian Football Songs
• List of Brazilian players that play for another national team

Notes