Brazil national football team

Brazil

Nickname(s)	A Seleção (The Selection/National Team)
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Brazilian Football Confederation)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Dunga
Captain	Lúcio
Most caps	Cafu (148)
Top scorer	Pelé (77)
FIFA code	BRA
FIFA ranking	5
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (first in September 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	8 (August 1993)
Elo ranking	3
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)[1]
Biggest win
Brazil 14 - 0 Nicaragua  (Mexico; October 17, 1975)
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 6 - 0 Brazil (Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September, 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	5 (First in 1997)
Best result	Winners, 1997, 2005

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). A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it." ^[2] Currently ranked fifth 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^[3].

History

Early history

The first match of the Brazil national football team is generally considered to be a 1914 match between a Rio and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City F.C., which the Brazilian team won 2–0.^[4] 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.^[5][6] In both the 1930 and 1934 tournaments, Brazil were knocked out at the very first stage.^[7][8] 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").^[9]

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.

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 1951 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",^[10] 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.

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 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 Brazil was out. 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)

Brazil, to the surprise of many, went 24 years without winning a World Cup or even participating in a final or semi-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.

World Cup 1998

Brazil finished runner-up in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After a very respectable campaign, 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.

World Cup 2002

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, which had been 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 full back 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 1978 (If the last game of 1950 is considered to be a proper final). 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.

Incredibly, these teams had never played each other in the World Cup before. There was however a match between Brazil and East Germany in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won 1–0.

2002–2005

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. They also won another championship, the 2004 Copa América in which Brazil defeated Argentina in a penalty shootout. 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 Cafú lift the World Cup for Brazil a fifth time.

World Cup 2006

Main article: Brazil at the 2006 FIFA 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.

The Brazilian squad preparing for the World Cup in Weggis, Switzerland.

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.^[11] 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.^[12] Roberto Carlos^[13] and Juninho Pernambucano each announced their retirement from the team and Juninho asserted that it was time for the players over 30 to retire from the team.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16] This reaction contrasted with other players such as Rogerio 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",^[17] and Zé Roberto, who cried and said that "the unity that we had outside the pitch, was lacking inside it".^[18] On July 19, Parreira resigned as the team coach.

After the 2006 World Cup

1994 World Cup champion Dunga was hired as Brazil's new team coach on July 24. His first match in charge was against Norway which was played in Oslo on August 16, ended in a 1-1 draw. His second match was held against arch rivals Argentina on September 3 in Arsenal F.C.'s new Emirates Stadium in London, in which Brazil defeated Argentina by a 3-0 scoreline. On 5 September they defeated Wales 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'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 in February 2007 in a friendly match against Portugal, which at that time was coached by former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. In March 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.

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 AC 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.

2007 Copa America

Dunga took the Brazilians to Venezuela, for the 2007 Copa America. They were placed in a group with Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile. In Group B, Brazil surprisingly lost to Mexico 2-0, then bounced back with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Chile which three goals came from Robinho, and won 1-0 against Ecuador which also scored by Robinho in a penalty kick. They advanced to the quarter-finals, where they defeated Chile again 6-1. The Semi-Final was against Uruguay, and the game ended 2-2, and Brazil won 5-4 on penalties. Their opponent in the final was Argentina. Brazil and Argentina met in the finals, and Argentina were heavy favourites. But in the 4th minute of the final Júlio Baptista scored a stunner, surprising the Argentine team. Then in the 45th Minute, defender Roberto Ayala scored an own goal. The first half ended 2-0, and later in the 69th minute, Daniel Alves received the ball from a counter attack move, shooting it first time and making it 3-0.After the event,Robinho finished as the Golden Boot winner in addition to being named the best player in the tournament.

Olympics

Main article: Brazil Olympic football team

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)^[19].

Recent results

Results under manager Dunga

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Scorers For	Scorers Against	Competition
August 16, 2006	Norway	D	1-1	D. Carvalho	M. Gamst Pedersen	International Friendly
September 3, 2006	Argentina	W	3-0	Elano (2), Kaká	-	International Friendly
September 5, 2006	Wales	W	2-0	Marcelo, V. Love	-	International Friendly
October 7, 2006	Al Kuwait	W	4-0	R. Sóbis, Robinho, D. Carvalho, Kaká	-	International Friendly (unofficial match)
October 10, 2006	Ecuador	W	2-1	Fred, Kaká	F. Borja	International Friendly
November 15, 2006	Switzerland	W	2-1	Luisão, Kaká	Maicon (own goal)	International Friendly
February 6, 2007	Portugal	L	0-2	-	Simão, R. Carvalho	International Friendly
March 24, 2007	Chile	W	4-0	Ronaldinho (2), Kaká, Juan	-	International Friendly
March 27, 2007	Ghana	W	1-0	V. Love	-	International Friendly
June 1, 2007	England	D	1-1	Diego	J. Terry	International Friendly
June 5, 2007	Turkey	D	0-0	-	-	International Friendly
June 27, 2007	Mexico	L	0-2	-	N. Castillo, R. Morales	Copa América
July 1, 2007	Chile	W	3-0	Robinho (3)	-	Copa América
July 4, 2007	Ecuador	W	1-0	Robinho	-	Copa América
July 7, 2007	Chile	W	6-1	Juan, J Baptista, Robinho (2), Josué, V. Love	H. Suazo	Copa América
July 10, 2007	Uruguay	W	2-2 (5-4)*	Maicon, J Baptista	D. Forlán, S. Abreu	Copa América
July 15, 2007	Argentina	W	3-0	J. Baptista, R. Ayala (own goal), D. Alves	-	Copa América
August 22, 2007	Algeria	W	2-0	Maicon, Ronaldinho	-	International Friendly
September 9, 2007	United States	W	4-2	O. Onyewu (own goal), Lúcio, Ronaldinho, Elano	C. Bocanegra, C. Dempsey	International Friendly
September 12, 2007	Mexico	W	3-1	Kléber, Kaká, Afonso Alves	J.C. Cacho	International Friendly
October 14, 2007	Colombia	D	0-0	-	-	World Cup Qualifying
October 17, 2007	Ecuador	W	5-0	V. Love, Ronaldinho, Kaká (2), Elano	-	World Cup Qualifying
November 18, 2007	Peru	D	1-1	Kaká	Vargas	World Cup Qualifying
November 21, 2007	Uruguay	W	2-1	Luís Fabiano (2)	S. Abreu	World Cup Qualifying
February 6, 2008	Ireland	W	1-0	Robinho	-	International Friendly
March 26, 2008	Sweden	W	1-0	Alexandre Pato	-	International Friendly
May 31, 2008	Canada	W	3-2	Diego, Luís Fabiano, Robinho	R. Friend, J. Guzmán	International Friendly
June 6, 2008	Venezuela	L	0-2	-	Giancarlo Maldonado, Ronald Vargas	International Friendly
June 14, 2008	Paraguay	L	0-2	-	Roque Santacruz, Salvador Cabanas	World Cup Qualifying
June 18, 2008	Argentina	D	0-0	-	-	World Cup Qualifying
July 28, 2008	Singapore	W	3-0	Diego, Ronaldinho, Jô	-	International Friendly (Olympics warm-up)
August 1, 2008	Vietnam	W	2-0	Alexandre Pato, Thiago Neves	-	International Friendly (Olympics warm-up)
September 7,2008	Chile	W	3-0	Luís Fabiano (2), Robinho	-	World Cup Qualifying
September 10,2008	Bolivia	D	0-0	-	-	World Cup Qualifying
October 12,2008	Venezuela	W	4-0	Kaká, Robinho (2), Adriano	-	World Cup Qualifying
October 16,2008	Colombia	D	0-0	-	-	World Cup Qualifying
November 19,2008	Portugal	W	6-2	Luís Fabiano (3), Maicon, Elano, Adriano	Danny, Simão	International Friendly

*Penalty Shootouts

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.^[20] 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.^[21] Other names like Amarelinha, Little Yellow, Verde-amarelo, Green-Yellow, Pentacampeão, Five-time Champions^[22] 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.^[23]

Colours

Goalkeepers 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.^[24] 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.^[25] 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.^[26]

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 Final[27] 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 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 2 9/24 4 3 0 1 4 2 1994 Champions 1/24 7 5 2 0 11 3 1998 Final 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 Final 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 Qualified - - - - - - Total 2 Titles 23 13 5 5 48 20 *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. Olympic medal record Men's Football[19] Silver 1984 Los Angeles Team Silver 1988 Seoul Team Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team

Copa America/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 : 64 Wins - 14 Ties - 14 Losses - 92 games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total		Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total		Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
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	2	1	0	3		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		-	-	-	-	-

Current squad

The following players were called for the Friendly against Portugal on November 19 2008. Caps and goals as of November 19, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 29 0 Internazionale 2 DF Maicon 26 July 1981 40 4 Internazionale 3 DF Thiago Silva 22 September 1984 4 0 Fluminense 4 DF Luisão 13 February 1981 28 2 Benfica 5 MF Anderson 13 April 1988 8 0 Manchester United 6 DF Kléber 1 April 1980 15 1 Santos 7 MF Elano 14 June 1981 33 6 Manchester City 8 MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 68 3 Panathinaikos 9 FW Luís Fabiano 8 November 1980 23 14 Sevilla 10 MF Kaká 22 April 1982 63 24 Milan 11 FW Robinho 25 January 1984 59 22 Manchester City 12 GK Doni 22 October 1979 11 0 Roma 13 DF Daniel Alves 6 May 1983 18 1 Barcelona 14 DF Lúcio 8 May 1978 76 3 Bayern Munich 15 DF Miranda 7 September 1984 1 0 São Paulo 16 DF Marcelo 12 May 1988 4 1 Real Madrid 17 MF Josué 19 July 1979 21 1 Wolfsburg 18 MF Alex 25 March 1982 2 0 Internacional 19 MF Mancini 1 August 1980 15 4 Internazionale 20 MF Diego 28 February 1985 34 4 Werder Bremen 21 FW Adriano 17 February 1982 51 31 Internazionale 22 FW Alexandre Pato 2 September 1989 6 1 Milan

Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Brazil squad.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Renan	January 24 1985	Valencia	0 (0)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Diego Alves	June 24 1985	Almerìa	3 (0)	v. Argentina, 18 June, 2008

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Juan	February 1 1979	Roma	66 (4)	v. Colombia, 15 October, 2008
Juan Maldonado	February 6 1982	Flamengo	2 (0)	v. Colombia, 15 October, 2008
Alex Silva	March 10 1985	Hamburger SV	2 (0)	v. Colombia, 15 October, 2008
Rafinha	September 7 1985	Schalke 04	1 (0)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Gilberto	April 25 1976	Tottenham	24 (1)	v. Argentina, 18 June, 2008
Maxwell	August 27 1981	Internazionale	0 (0)	v. Argentina, 18 June, 2008
Henrique	October 14 1986	Bayer Leverkusen	1 (0)	v. Venezuela, 6 June, 2008
Alex	June 17 1982	Chelsea	12 (0)	v. Sweden, 26 March, 2008
Léo	January 30 1988	Grêmio	0 (0)	v. Sweden, 26 March, 2008
Naldo	September 10 1982	Werder Bremen	4 (0)	v. Ireland, 6 February, 2008
Breno	October 13 1989	Bayern Munich	0 (0)	v. Ireland, 6 February, 2008
Leonardo Moura	October 23 1978	Flamengo	1 (0)	v. Ireland, 6 February, 2008

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Lucas	January 1 1987	Liverpool	3 (0)	v. Colombia, 15 October, 2008
Júlio Baptista	October 1 1981	Roma	44 (10)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Hernanes	May 29 1985	São Paulo	1 (0)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Ronaldinho	March 21 1980	Milan	88 (35)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Mineiro	August 2 1975	Chelsea	15 (0)	v. Argentina, 18 June, 2008
Thiago Neves	February 27 1985	Hamburger SV	8 (3)	v. Sweden, 26 March, 2008
Richarlyson	December 27 1982	São Paulo	2 (0)	v. Sweden, 26 March, 2008

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Jô	March 20 1987	Manchester City	3 (0)	v. Colombia, 15 October, 2008
Nilmar	July 14 1984	Internacional	6 (1)	v. Bolivia, 10 September, 2008
Rafael Sóbis	June 17 1985	Al Jazira	8 (1)	v. Venezuela, 6 June, 2008
Bobô	January 9 1985	Beşiktaş J.K.	0 (0)	v. Ireland, 6 February, 2008

Current team status

Brazil is currently participating in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Paraguay 10 7 2 1 18 6 +12 23  Brazil 10 4 5 1 15 4 +11 17  Argentina 10 4 4 2 13 7 +6 16  Chile 10 5 1 4 14 13 +1 16  Uruguay 10 3 4 3 19 10 +9 13  Ecuador 10 3 3 4 12 17 −5 12  Colombia 10 2 5 3 4 8 −4 11  Venezuela 10 3 1 6 12 18 −6 10  Bolivia 10 2 3 5 13 22 −9 9  Peru 10 1 4 5 5 20 −15 7   Argentina  – 3–0 R15 2–0 R13 1–1 1–1 R17 2–1 R11 Bolivia  R12 – R17 0–2 0–0 R16 4–2 3–0 2–2 R13 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – R16 0–0 5–0 R14 R12 2–1 R18 Chile  1–0 R14 0–3 – 4–0 R18 0–3 2–0 R12 R15 Colombia  2–1 R11 0–0 R17 – R15 0–1 R14 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  R14 3–1 R11 1–0 0–0 – R12 5–1 R17 0–1 Paraguay  R16 R15 2–0 R13 R18 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 R18 1–1 R11 1–1 R13 0–0 – R15 1–0 Uruguay  R18 5–0 R13 2–2 R16 0–0 R11 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 R12 3–1 R17 R16 R14 –

Players

Most appearances

Below is a list of the 20 players with the most appearances for Brazil, as of November 7, 2008:^[28]

*Denotes players still available for selection

Most goals

Below is a list of the 20 players with the most goals for Brazil, as of November 7, 2008:^[28]

*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.

*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.

• [2]

• 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:

• [3]
• [4]

• Domingos da Guia
• Leônidas

Previous squads

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)

Honors

Brazil is the most successful team in World Cup history.

Senior team

Official titles

• 5 FIFA World Cups
• 2 Confederations Cups
• 8 Copa Americas
• 2 Panamerican Championships

Friendly titles

• 1 Taça Independência
• 3 Taça do Atlântico
• 8 Copa Roca

^[29]

Olympic team

• 2 Silver Medals and 2 Bronze Medals at the Olympic Summer Games^[19]
• 4 Pan American Games
• 8 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournaments

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

References

• 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. 

External links

• Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
• Brazil 2014 World Cup
• Brazil in the World Cups
• The official Brazilian football association website
• RSSSF Archive of Brazil national team 1906- (in English and Portuguese)
• RSSSF Archive of Brazil national team results 1914- (Only "A" Matches)
• RSSSF Archive of Brazil record national players
• Brazil: "As if they come from another planet..."
• All about Brazilian Football - Football+Brazil
• The Brazilian Society, a podcast from 'RadioFavela - The Sound of Rio' which shows the importance of soccer in the Brazilian society.

Titles

Achievements
Preceded by 1954 West Germany	World Champions 1958 (First title) 1962 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1966 England
Preceded by 1966 England	World Champions 1970 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1974 West Germany
Preceded by 1990 West Germany	World Champions 1994 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by 1998 France
Preceded by 1998 France	World Champions 2002 (Fifth title)	Succeeded by 2006 Italy
Preceded by 1995 Denmark	Confederations Cup Champions 1997 (First title)	Succeeded by 1999 Mexico
Preceded by 2003 France	Confederations Cup Champions 2005 (Second title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by 1917 Uruguay	South American Champions 1919 (First title)	Succeeded by 1920 Uruguay
Preceded by 1921 Argentina	South American Champions 1922 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1923 Uruguay
Preceded by 1947 Argentina	South American Champions 1949 (Third title)	Succeeded by 1953 Paraguay
Preceded by 1987 Uruguay	South American Champions 1989 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by 1991 Argentina
Preceded by 1995 Uruguay	South American Champions 1997 (Fifth title) 1999 (Sixth title)	Succeeded by 2001 Colombia
Preceded by 2001 Colombia	South American Champions 2004 (Seventh title) 2007 (Eighth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

FIFA World Cup Squads Navigation Boxes

Brazil squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup FW Araken • FW Benedicto • MF Benevenuto • DF Brilhante • FW Carvalho Leite • FW Doca • MF Fausto • MF Fernando • MF Fortes • MF Hermógenes • DF Itália • MF Ivan Mariz • GK Joel • FW Manoelzinho • FW Moderato • FW Nilo • DF Oscarino • MF Pamplona • FW Poly • FW Preguinho • FW Russinho • FW Teóphilo • GK Velloso • DF Zé Luiz • Coach: Píndaro Brazil squad - 1934 FIFA World Cup MF Ariel • FW Armandinho • FW Áttila • MF Canalli • FW Carvalho Leite • GK Germano • FW Leônidas • DF Luiz Luz • FW Luisinho • MF Martim • DF Octacílio • FW Patesko • GK Pedrosa • DF Sylvio Hoffman • MF Tinoco • MF Waldyr • FW Waldemar de Brito • Coach: Vinhaes Brazil squad - 1938 FIFA World Cup Third Place MF Afonsinho • MF Argemiro • GK Batatais • MF Brandão • MF Britto • DF Domingos da Guia • FW Hércules • DF Jaú • FW Leônidas • FW Lopes • FW Luisinho • DF Machado • MF Martim • DF Nariz • FW Niginho • FW Patesko • FW Perácio • FW Roberto • FW Romeu • FW Tim • GK Walter • MF Zezé Procópio • Coach: Pimenta Brazil squad - 1950 FIFA World Cup Runners-up GK Barbosa • GK Castilho • DF Augusto • DF Ely • DF Juvenal • DF Nena • DF Nílton Santos • MF Bauer • MF Bigode • MF Danilo • MF Noronha • MF Rui • FW Adãozinho • FW Ademir • FW Alfredo • FW Baltazar • FW Chico • FW Friaça • FW Jair • FW Maneca • FW Rodrigues • FW Zizinho • Coach: Costa Brazil squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup 1 Castilho • 2 Djalma Santos • 3 Nílton Santos • 4 Brandãozinho • 5 Pinheiro • 6 Bauer • 7 Julinho • 8 Didi • 9 Baltazar • 10 Pinga • 11 Rodrigues • 12 Paulinho • 13 Alfredo • 14 Ely • 15 Mauro • 16 Dequinha • 17 Maurinho • 18 Humberto • 19 Índio • 20 Rubens • 21 Veludo • 22 Cabeçao • Coach: Moreira Brazil squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Castilho • 2 Bellini • 3 Gilmar • 4 Djalma Santos • 5 Dino Sani • 6 Didi • 7 Zagallo • 8 Oreco • 9 Zózimo • 10 Pelé • 11 Garrincha • 12 Nílton Santos • 13 Moacir • 14 De Sordi • 15 Orlando • 16 Mauro • 17 Joel • 18 Mazola • 19 Zito • 20 Vavá • 21 Dida • 22 Pepe • Coach: Feola Brazil squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Gilmar • 2 Djalma Santos • 3 Mauro • 4 Zito • 5 Zózimo • 6 Nílton Santos • 7 Garrincha • 8 Didi • 9 Coutinho • 10 Pelé • 11 Pepe • 12 Jair Marinho • 13 Bellini • 14 Jurandir • 15 Altair • 16 Zequinha • 17 Mengálvio • 18 Jair da Costa • 19 Vavá • 20 Amarildo • 21 Zagallo • 22 Castilho • Coach: Moreira Brazil squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup 1 Gilmar • 2 Djalma Santos • 3 Fidélis • 4 Bellini • 5 Brito • 6 Altair • 7 Orlando • 8 Paulo Henrique • 9 Rildo • 10 Pelé • 11 Gérson • 12 Manga • 13 Denílson • 14 Lima • 15 Zito • 16 Garrincha • 17 Jairzinho • 18 Alcindo • 19 Silva • 20 Tostão • 21 Paraná • 22 Edu • Coach: Feola Brazil squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Félix • 2 Brito • 3 Piazza • 4 Carlos Alberto • 5 Clodoaldo • 6 Marco Antônio • 7 Jairzinho • 8 Gérson • 9 Tostão • 10 Pelé • 11 Rivelino • 12 Ado • 13 Roberto • 14 Baldocchi • 15 Fontana • 16 Everaldo • 17 Joel • 18 Paulo César • 19 Edu • 20 Dario • 21 Zé Maria • 22 Leão • Coach: Zagallo Brazil squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Leão • 2 Luís Pereira • 3 Marinho Peres • 4 Zé Maria • 5 Piazza • 6 Marinho Chagas • 7 Jairzinho • 8 Leivinha • 9 César • 10 Rivelino • 11 Paulo César • 12 Renato • 13 Valdomiro • 14 Nelinho • 15 Alfredo • 16 Marco Antônio • 17 Carpegiani • 18 Ademir da Guia • 19 Mirandinha • 20 Edu • 21 Dirceu • 22 Valdir Peres • Coach: Zagallo Brazil squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Leão • 2 Toninho • 3 Oscar • 4 Amaral • 5 Toninho Cerezo • 6 Edinho • 7 Zé Sérgio • 8 Zico • 9 Reinaldo • 10 Rivelino • 11 Dirceu • 12 Carlos • 13 Nelinho • 14 Abel • 15 Polozzi • 16 Rodrigues Neto • 17 Batista • 18 Gil • 19 Jorge Mendonça • 20 Roberto Dinamite • 21 Chicão • 22 Valdir Peres • Coach: Coutinho Brazil squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Valdir Peres • 2 Leandro • 3 Oscar • 4 Luizinho • 5 Toninho Cerezo • 6 Júnior • 7 Paulo Isidoro • 8 Sócrates • 9 Serginho • 10 Zico • 11 Éder • 12 Paulo Sérgio • 13 Edevaldo • 14 Juninho • 15 Falcão • 16 Edinho • 17 Pedrinho • 18 Batista • 19 Renato • 20 Roberto Dinamite • 21 Dirceu • 22 Carlos • Coach: Santana Brazil squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Carlos • 2 Édson • 3 Oscar • 4 Edinho • 5 Falcão • 6 Júnior • 7 Müller • 8 Casagrande • 9 Careca • 10 Zico • 11 Edivaldo • 12 Paulo Vitor • 13 Josimar • 14 Júlio César • 15 Alemão • 16 Mauro Galvão • 17 Branco • 18 Sócrates • 19 Elzo • 20 Silas • 21 Valdo • 22 Leão • Coach: Santana Brazil squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Ricardo Gomes • 4 Dunga • 5 Alemão • 6 Branco • 7 Bismarck • 8 Valdo • 9 Careca • 10 Silas • 11 Romário • 12 Acácio • 13 Mozer • 14 Aldair • 15 Müller • 16 Bebeto • 17 Renato Gaúcho • 18 Mazinho • 19 Ricardo Rocha • 20 Tita • 21 Mauro Galvão • 22 Zé Carlos • Coach: Lazaroni Brazil squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Ricardo Rocha • 4 Ronaldão • 5 Mauro Silva • 6 Branco • 7 Bebeto • 8 Dunga • 9 Zinho • 10 Raí • 11 Romário • 12 Zetti • 13 Aldair • 14 Cafu • 15 Márcio Santos • 16 Leonardo • 17 Mazinho • 18 Paulo Sérgio • 19 Müller • 20 Ronaldo • 21 Viola • 22 Gilmar • Coach: Parreira Brazil squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Taffarel • 2 Cafu • 3 Aldair • 4 Júnior Baiano • 5 César Sampaio • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Giovanni • 8 Dunga • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Emerson • 12 Carlos Germano • 13 Zé Carlos • 14 Gonçalves • 15 André Cruz • 16 Zé Roberto • 17 Doriva • 18 Leonardo • 19 Denílson • 20 Bebeto • 21 Edmundo • 22 Dida • Coach: Zagallo Brazil squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Winners (5th Title) 1 Marcos • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Edmílson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Ricardinho • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Ronaldinho • 12 Dida • 13 Belletti • 14 Anderson Polga • 15 Kléberson • 16 Júnior • 17 Denílson • 18 Vampeta • 19 Juninho • 20 Edílson • 21 Luizão • 22 Rogério Ceni • 23 Kaká • Coach: Scolari Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Juan • 5 Emerson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Adriano • 8 Kaká • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Ronaldinho • 11 Zé Roberto • 12 Rogério Ceni • 13 Cicinho • 14 Luisão • 15 Cris • 16 Gilberto • 17 Gilberto Silva • 18 Mineiro • 19 Juninho • 20 Ricardinho • 21 Fred • 22 Júlio César • 23 Robinho • Coach: Parreira

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1950 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Uruguay Runners-up: Brazil Third place: Sweden  Fourth place: Spain  Eliminated in the first round: Bolivia • Chile • England • Italy • Mexico • Paraguay • Switzerland • USA • Yugoslavia
1958 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Brazil Runners-up: Sweden Third place: France  Fourth place: West Germany  Eliminated in quarter-finals: Northern Ireland • USSR • Wales • Yugoslavia Eliminated in group stage: Argentina • Austria • Czechoslovakia • England • Hungary • Mexico • Paraguay • Scotland
1962 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Brazil Runners-up: Czechoslovakia Third place: Chile  Fourth place: Yugoslavia  Eliminated in quarter-finals: England • Hungary • USSR • West Germany Eliminated in group stage: Argentina • Bulgaria • Columbia • Italy • Mexico • Spain • Switzerland • Uruguay
1970 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Brazil Runners-up: Italy Third place: West Germany  Fourth place: Uruguay  Eliminated in quarter-finals: England • Mexico • Peru • USSR Eliminated in group stage: Belgium • Bulgaria • Czechoslovakia • El Salvador • Israel • Morocco • Romania • Sweden
1994 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Brazil Runners-up: Italy Third place: Sweden Fourth place: Bulgaria Eliminated in quarter-finals: Germany • Netherlands • Romania • Spain Eliminated in round of 16: Argentina • Belgium • Mexico • Nigeria • Republic of Ireland • Saudi Arabia • Switzerland • USA Eliminated in group stage: Bolivia • Cameroon • Colombia • Greece • Korea Republic • Morocco • Norway • Russia
2002 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Brazil Runners-up: Germany Third place: Turkey  Fourth place: Korea Republic  Eliminated in quarter-finals: England • Senegal • Spain • United States Eliminated in round of 16: Belgium • Denmark • Italy • Japan • Mexico • Paraguay • Republic of Ireland • Sweden Eliminated in group stage: Argentina • Cameroon • Costa Rica • China • Croatia • Ecuador • France • Nigeria • Poland • Portugal • Saudi Arabia • Russia • Slovenia • South Africa • Tunisia • Uruguay
2006 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions: Italy Runners-up: France Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in quarter-finals: Argentina • Brazil • England • Ukraine Eliminated in round of 16: Australia • Ecuador • Ghana • Mexico • Netherlands • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland Eliminated in group stage: Angola • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Czech Republic • Iran • Japan • Korea Republic • Paraguay • Poland • Saudi Arabia • Serbia & Montenegro • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • United States
FIFA World Cup Winners
5 titles: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2002) 4 titles: Italy (1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006) 3 titles: Germany (1954, 1974 & 1990) 2 titles: Uruguay (1930 & 1950) • Argentina (1978 & 1986) 1 title: England (1966) • France (1998)