Brazil at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian national football team participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

Brazil finished in third place, having failed to top their group in the second group phase.

Qualifying

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 1)

February 20, 1977, Bogotá, Colombia - Colombia 0 - 0 Brazil
March 9, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil 6 - 0 Colombia
March 13, 1977, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 0 - 1 Brazil
March 20, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil 1 - 1 Paraguay

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	6	4	2	2	0	8	1	+7
2	Paraguay	4	4	1	2	1	3	3	0
3	Colombia	2	4	0	2	2	1	8	−7

Brazil advanced to the final round.

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Final round)

July 10, 1977, Cali, Colombia - Brazil 1 - 0 Peru
July 14, 1977, Cali, Colombia - Brazil 8 - 0 Bolivia

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	4	2	2	0	9	0	+9
2	Peru	2	2	1	1	5	1	+4
3	Bolivia	0	2	0	2	0	13	−13

Brazil and Peru qualified.

The Cup

First Round

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
Brazil	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Brazil v Sweden

3 June 1978
13:45 ART

Brazil	1 – 1	Sweden
Reinaldo 45'	Report	Sjöberg 37'

Estadio José Maria Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 32,569
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Brazil v Spain

7 June 1978
13:45 ART

Brazil	0 – 0	Spain
	Report

Estadio José Maria Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 34,771
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Brazil v Austria

11 June 1978
13:45 ART

Brazil	1 – 0	Austria
Roberto Dinamite 40'	Report

Estadio José Maria Minella, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 35,221
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Second Round

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	5
Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Poland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
Peru	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Argentina qualified for the final match, and Brazil qualified for the third place match.

Peru v Brazil

14 June 1978
16:45 ART

Peru	0 – 3	Brazil
	Report	Dirceu 15', 27' Zico 72' (pen.)

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza
Attendance: 31,278
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Argentina v Brazil

18 June 1978
19:15 ART

Argentina	0 – 0	Brazil
	Report

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Attendance: 37,326
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Poland v Brazil

21 June 1978
16:45 ART

Poland	1 – 3	Brazil
Lato 45'	Report	Nelinho 13' Roberto Dinamite 58', 63'

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza
Attendance: 39,586
Referee: Juan Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)

Third Place Match

Brazil v Italy

24 June 1978
15:00 ART

Brazil	2 – 1	Italy
Nelinho 64' Dirceu 71'	Report	Causio 38'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 69,659
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Starting 11

No.	Pos	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Leão	7
16	RB	Neto	4	Nelinho had three starts
3	CB	Oscar	7
4	CB	Amaral	7
2	LB	Toninho	6	Edinho had two starts
19	RM	Mendonça	4	Zico had three starts
17	CM	Batista	7
5	CM	Cerezo	7
11	LM	Dirceu	6	Rivelino had one start
18	CF	Gil	6
20	CF	Dinamite	5	Reinaldo had two starts

Scorers

3 goals

2 goals

Nelinho

1 goal

External links

Brazil at the FIFA World Cup

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