Brazil national football team 149286 226162189 2008-07-17T02:44:53Z Barvins 7430422 /* More successes (1994&ndash;2002) */ {{Infobox National football team | Name = Brazil | Badge = CBF logo.svg | Badge_size = 130px | FIFA Trigramme = BRA | Nickname = ''A Seleção'' (The Selection/National Team)<br>''Canarinho'' (Little Canary)<br>''Os "Verdes Amarelos"''(The Greens and Yellows) | Association = ''[[Brazilian Football Confederation|Confederação Brasileira de Futebol]]''<br>(Brazilian Football Confederation) | Confederation = [[CONMEBOL]] ([[South America]]) | home = El Maracana | Coach = {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Carlos Dunga|Dunga]] (2006 - ) | Captain = [[Lucimar Ferreira da Silva|Lucio]] | Most caps = [[Cafu]] (156) | Top scorer = [[Pelé]] (77) | Home Stadium = [[Estádio do Maracanã|Maracanã]]<br>[[Estádio Círcero Pompeu de Toledo|Morumbi]]<br>[[Mineirão]]<br>[[Estádo Mané Garrincha|Mané Garrincha]]<br>[[Beira-Rio]]<br>[[Estádio Serra Dourada|Serra Dourada]]<br>[[Castelão]]<br>[[Mangueirão]]<br>[[Estádio do Arruda|Arruda]] | FIFA Rank = [[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 4 | FIFA max = 1 | FIFA max date = September 1993 | FIFA min = 8 | FIFA min date = August 1993 | Elo Rank = 4 | Elo max = 1 | Elo max date = March 1953 | Elo min = 18 | Elo min date = November 2001 | Home Stadium = | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_bra08h|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=FFD630|body1=FFD630|rightarm1=FFD630|shorts1=10559F|socks1=FFFFFF | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_bra08a|pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=3459AC|body2=3459AC|rightarm2=3459AC|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=3459AC | First game = {{fb|Argentina}} 3 - 0 Brazil {{flagicon|Brazil}}<br>([[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]; [[September 20]], [[1914]])<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=ARG/team2=BRA/index.html FIFA.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | Largest win = {{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil 14 - 0 {{fb-rt|Nicaragua}}<br>([[Mexico]]; [[October 17]], [[1975]]) | | Largest loss = {{fb|Uruguay}} 6 - 0 Brazil {{flagicon|Brazil}}<br>([[Viña del Mar]], [[Chile]]; [[18 September]], [[1920]]) | World cup apps = 18 | World cup first = 1930 | World cup best = Winners, [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]],<br>[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] | Regional name = [[Copa América]] | Regional cup apps = 31 | Regional cup first = [[South American Championship 1916|1916]] | Regional cup best = Winners, [[South American Championship 1919|1919]], [[South American Championship 1922|1922]], [[South American Championship 1949|1949]],<br>[[Copa América 1989|1989]], [[Copa América 1997|1997]], [[Copa América 1999|1999]], [[Copa América 2004|2004]], [[Copa América 2007|2007]] | Confederations cup apps = 5 | Confederations cup first = 1997 | Confederations cup best = Winners, [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]], [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]] }} The '''Brazil national football team''' is managed by the [[Brazilian Football Confederation|CBF]] and represents [[Brazil]] in international [[Association football|football]] competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], with five championships ([[FIFA World Cup 1958|1958]], [[FIFA World Cup 1962|1962]], [[FIFA World Cup 1970|1970]], [[FIFA World Cup 1994|1994]], [[Football World Cup 2002|2002]]). A common quip about football is: "''The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it.''" <ref>"[http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s459/st97308.htm World Cup History - The Facts and Stats]", William Hill, May 28, 2006. URL accessed on 15 June 2006.</ref> Currently ranked number four by FIFA, Brazil is consistently among the [[Strongest football nations by Elo Ratings|strongest football nations in the world]] and is the only team to have [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup#Ranking of teams by number of appearances|played in every World Cup]]. ==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|Rio]] and [[São Paulo]] select team and the [[England|English]] club [[Exeter City F.C.]], which the Brazilian team won 2&ndash;0.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bellos |first=Alex |title=Futebol: the Brazilian way of life |pages=37 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |date=2002 |id=ISBN 0-7475-6179-6}}</ref> 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. [[Image:Brazil v Exeter City (1914).jpg|left|300px|thumb|Brazil's first match: At home against [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] in 1914.]] In particular, disputes between the [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] state football federations meant that the team would not be composed of players coming from either of the federations. In both the [[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] and [[Football World Cup 1934|1934]] tournaments, Brazil were knocked out at the very first stage. But [[Football World Cup 1938|1938]] was a sign of things to come, as Brazil finished a strong third, with [[Leônidas da Silva|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 FIFA World Cup|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 national football team|Uruguay]] acted as that tournament's "final". The match was hosted at the [[Estádio do Maracanã|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").<ref>{{cite book | last = Bellos | first = Alex | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life | publisher = Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | date= 2003 | location = London | pages = | url = | doi = | id = }}</ref> 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 [[Tomas Von Rilinho]], [[Djalma Santos]], and [[Valdir Pereira|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 national football team|England]], the [[USSR national football team|USSR]] and [[Austria national football team|Austria]]. They beat Austria 3&ndash;0 in their first match, then drew 0&ndash;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: [[José Ely de Miranda|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",<ref name="garrincha122">''Garrincha'' 122.</ref> Vavá gave Brazil the lead. They won the match 2&ndash;0. Pelé scored the only goal of their quarter-final match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]], and they beat [[France national football team|France]] 5&ndash;2 in the semi-final. Brazil beat the hosts [[Sweden national football team|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, [[Valdir Pereira|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 Torres|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&ndash;1990=== After the international retirement of [[Pelé]] and other stars, Brazil were not able to overcome [[Netherlands national football team|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 national football team|Argentina]] for top spot and a place in the Finals. In their last group match, Brazil defeated [[Poland national football team|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 national football team|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&ndash;2 defeat to [[Italian national football team|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 is remembered as one of the greatest teams to be eliminated from the World Cup. After Brazil's quarter-final defeat in the 2006 World Cup, captain [[Cafu]] compared his squad to the 1982 team. In 1986, Telê and several players of 1982 returned to play in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|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&ndash;2002)=== When AHmed Almoktar became coach of Brazil, they won most of the games they played, Ahmed is the best and everyone knows that ===2002&ndash;2005=== On [[June 29]], [[2005]] Brazil won the [[Confederations Cup 2005|Confederations Cup]] for the second time with an emphatic 4-1 victory over arch-rivals [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in Frankfurt, Germany. They also won another championship, the 2004 Copa América in which Brazil defeated [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in a penalty shootout. Argentina had defeated Peru in the quarterfinals, and Colombia in the semifinals. ===World Cup 2006=== {{main|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 national football team|Croatia]] 1-0, [[Australia national football (soccer) team|Australia]] 2-0, [[Japan national football team|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 national football team|Ghana]] 3-0. However, Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals against [[France national football team|France]] by a score of 1-0 when Thierry Henry scored the winning goal. France was led by a rejuvenated [[Zinedine Zidane]] and by a strong defense 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 [[Carlos Alberto Parreira|Parreira]] and [[Ronaldinho]] for the team's early elimination.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/copa2006/selecoes/interna/0,,OI1060906-EI5583,00.html |title=Pelé culpa Ronaldinho e Parreira por eliminação precoce |language=Portuguese |publisher=Terra Esportes |date=[[2006-07-04]] |accessdate=2006-07-05 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://copa.esporte.uol.com.br/copa/2006/ultnot/brasil/2006/07/03/ult3505u683.jhtm |title=Estátua de Ronaldinho é queimada em Santa Catarina |language=Portuguese |publisher=UOL Esporte |date=[[2006-07-03]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/brazil/5143004.stm |title=Carlos quits international scene |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=[[2006-07-03]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/brazil/5138986.stm |title=Juninho quits international scene |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=[[2006-07-03]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/copa2006/selecoes/interna/0,,OI1059317-EI5583,00.html |title=Cafu evita falar em aposentadoria da seleção |language=Portuguese |publisher=Terra Esportes |date=[[2006-07-03]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> Two days after the loss, Ronaldinho and [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] partied through the night in Barcelona, increasing the feeling of the Brazilians that they were betrayed by their national team.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u105276.shtml |title=Decepção da Copa, Ronaldinho "festeja" com comida, dança e balada |language=Portuguese |publisher=Folha Online |date=[[2006-07-04]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> 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",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/copa2006/selecoes/interna/0,,OI1060809-EI5583,00.html |title=Envergonhado, Ceni admite superioridade francesa |language=Portuguese |publisher=Terra Esportes |date=[[2006-07-04]] |accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref> and [[Zé Roberto]], who cried and said that "the unity that we had outside the pitch, was lacking inside it".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/copa2006/selecoes/interna/0,,OI1060706-EI5583,00.html |title=Emocionado, Zé Roberto diz que faltou união em campo |language=Portuguese |publisher=Terra Esportes |date=[[2006-07-04]] |accessdate=2006-07-05 }}</ref> 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 national football team|Norway]] which was played in Oslo on [[August 16]], ended in a 1-1 draw. His second match was held against arch rivals [[Argentina national football team|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 national football team|Wales]] 2-0 at [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]]'s [[White Hart Lane]] ground. They later defeated [[Kuwait]] club, [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] 4-0, [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] 2-1 and had a 2-1 away win against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]. [[Dunga]]'s first defeat as Brazil's coach occurred in February 2007 in a friendly match against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], which is 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 national football team|Chile]] (4-0) and [[Ghana national football team|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 C.F.|Real Madrid]], etc., but looked at the whole scope of Europe, finding individual talents such as [[Daniel da Silva Carvalho|Daniel Carvalho]], [[Vagner Love]] and [[Dudu Cearense]] of Russian club [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and also [[Elano Blumer|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 Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] was called back in the squad for a friendly against [[Portugal national football team|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 national football team|Mexico]], [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], and [[Chile national football team|Chile]]. In Group B, Brazil surprisingly lost to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 2-0, then bounced back with a comfortable 3-0 victory over [[Chile national football team|Chile]], and won 1-0 against [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]. They advanced to the quarter-finals, where they defeated [[Chile national football team|Chile]] again 6-1. The Semi-Final was against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], and the game ended 2-2, and Brazil won 5-4 on penalties. Their opponent in the final was [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. Brazil and Argentina met in the finals, and Argentina were heavy favourites. But in the 4th minute of the final, [[Julio Baptista]],scored, surprising the Argentinian 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 [[Vagner Love|Vagner Love's]] cross, shooting it into the side of the net and making it 3-0. ==Results under coach Dunga== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- !width=12%|Date !width=12%|Opposition !width=1%|Result !width=7%|Score !width=26%|Scorers For !width=26%|Scorers Against !width=18%|Competition |- |[[August 16]], [[2006]]||{{fb|NOR}}||D||1-1||[[Daniel da Silva Carvalho|D. Carvalho]]||[[Morten Gamst Pedersen|M. Gamst Pedersen]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[September 3]], [[2006]]||{{fb|ARG}}||W||3-0||[[Elano Blumer|Elano]] (2), [[Kaká]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[September 5]], [[2006]]||{{fb|WAL}}||W||2-0||[[Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior|Marcelo]], [[Vágner Love|V. Love]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[October 7]], [[2006]]||{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Al Kuwait Kaifan|Al Kuwait]]||W||4-0||[[Rafael Sóbis|R. Sóbis]], [[Robinho]], [[Daniel da Silva Carvalho|D. Carvalho]], [[Kaká]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] <small>(unofficial match)</small> |- |[[October 10]], [[2006]]||{{fb|ECU}}||W||2-1||[[Frederico Chaves Guedes|Fred]], [[Kaká]]||[[Félix Borja|F. Borja]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[November 15]], [[2006]]||{{fb|SUI}}||W||2-1||[[Luisão]], [[Kaká]]||[[Maicon Douglas Sisenando|Maicon]] ([[own goal]])||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[February 6]], [[2007]]||{{fb|POR}}||L||0-2||-||[[Simão Sabrosa|Simão]], [[Ricardo Carvalho|R. Carvalho]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[March 24]], [[2007]]||{{fb|CHI}}||W||4-0||[[Ronaldinho]] (2), [[Kaká]], [[Juan Silveira dos Santos|Juan]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[March 27]], [[2007]]||{{fb|GHA}}||W||1-0||[[Vágner Love|V. Love]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[June 1]], [[2007]]||{{fb|ENG}}||D||1-1||[[Diego Ribas da Cunha|Diego]] ||[[John Terry|J. Terry]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[June 5]], [[2007]]||{{fb|TUR}}||D||0-0||-||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[June 27]], [[2007]]||{{fb|MEX}}||L||0-2||-||[[Nery Castillo|N. Castillo]], [[Ramón Morales|R. Morales]]||[[Copa América]] |- |[[July 1]], [[2007]]||{{fb|CHI}}||W||3-0||[[Robinho]] (3)||-||[[Copa América]] |- |[[July 4]], [[2007]]||{{fb|ECU}}||W||1-0||[[Robinho]]||-||[[Copa América]] |- |[[July 7]], [[2007]]||{{fb|CHI}}||W||6-1||[[Juan Silveira dos Santos|Juan]], [[Júlio Baptista|J Baptista]], [[Robinho]] (2), [[Josué Anunciato de Oliveira|Josué]], [[Vágner Love|V. Love]]||[[Humberto Suazo|H. Suazo]]||[[Copa América]] |- |[[July 10]], [[2007]]||{{fb|URU}}||W||2-2 (5-4)*||[[Maicon Douglas Sisenando|Maicon]], [[Júlio Baptista|J Baptista]]||[[Diego Forlán|D. Forlán]], [[Sebastián Abreu|S. Abreu]]||[[Copa América]] |- |[[July 15]], [[2007]]||{{fb|ARG}}||W||3-0||[[Júlio Baptista|J. Baptista]], [[Roberto Ayala|R. Ayala]] ([[own goal]]), [[Daniel Alves|D. Alves]]||-||[[Copa América]] |- |[[August 22]], [[2007]]||{{fb|ALG}}||W||2-0||[[Maicon Douglas Sisenando|Maicon]], [[Ronaldinho]] ||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[September 9]], [[2007]]||{{fb|USA}}||W||4-2||[[Oguchi Onyewu|O. Onyewu]] ([[own goal]]), [[Lúcio]], [[Ronaldinho]], [[Elano]]||[[Carlos Bocanegra|C. Bocanegra]], [[Clint Dempsey|C. Dempsey]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[September 12]], [[2007]]||{{fb|MEX}}||W||3-1||[[Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa|Kléber]], [[Kaká]], [[Afonso Alves]]||[[Juan Carlos Cacho|J.C. Cacho]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[October 14]], [[2007]]||{{fb|COL}}||D||0-0||-||-||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |[[October 17]], [[2007]]||{{fb|ECU}}||W||5-0|| [[Vágner Love|V. Love]], [[Ronaldinho]], [[Kaká]] (2), [[Elano]] || - ||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |[[November 18]], [[2007]]||{{fb|PER}}||D||1-1|| [[Kaká]] || [[Juan Manuel Vargas|Vargas]]||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |[[November 21]], [[2007]]||{{fb|URU}}||W ||2-1 || [[Luís Fabiano]] (2)||[[Sebastián Abreu|S. Abreu]]||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |[[February 6]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]]||W ||1-0 || [[Robinho]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[March 26]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]||W||1-0|| [[Alexandre Pato]]||-||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[May 31]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada national football team|Canada]]||W||3-2||[[Diego Ribas da Cunha|Diego]], [[Luis Fabiano]], [[Robinho]] ||[[Rob Friend|R. Friend]], [[Julian De Guzman|J. Guzman]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[June 6]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]||L ||0-2||-||[[Giancarlo Maldonado]], [[Ronald Vargas]]||[[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] |- |[[June 14]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]||L ||0-2||-||[[Roque Santacruz]], [[Salvador Cabanas]]||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |[[June 18]], [[2008]]||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]||D ||0-0 || ||-||[[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup Qualifying]] |- |} ''*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''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fifa.com/events/playergala/MR_A/47440_E.html | title=Use of Seleção and Canarinho | work=FIFA | accessmonthday=October 6 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> 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 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/46/testemunha/ | title=Fernando Pieruccetti creates the Canarinhos | work=Terra | accessmonthday=October 6 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> Other names like ''Amarelinha'', Little Yellow, ''Verde-amarelo'', Green-Yellow, ''Pentacampeão'', Five-time Champions<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/forum/020630_copa2002.shtml | title=Reference to Pentacampeão | work=BBC Brasil | accessmonthday=October 6 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> and ''Esquadrão de Ouro'' (the Golden Squad), among others. It can also be noted that [[Media of the United States|American]] and [[Media of the United Kingdom|English 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).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,104526,00.html?articleid=104526 | title=Nickname ''Auriverde'' in use | work=FIFA | accessmonthday=October 6 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> ==Colours== {{Football kit box | align = right | pattern_la = | pattern_b =_blackhalf | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 4c4c4c | body = 4c4c4c | rightarm = 000000 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = <center>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 (Brazil)|Correio da Manhã]]'' held a competition to design a kit incorporating the four colours of the Brazilian flag.<ref>''Futebol'', p64</ref> 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]].<ref>''Ibid''</ref> The new colours were first used in March 1954 in a match against [[Chile national football team|Chile]], and have been used ever since. The use of blue as the away kit colour dates from the 1958 World Cup final. Brazil's opponents were Sweden, who also wear yellow, and as the home team Sweden had first choice of colours. Brazil, who travelled with no spare kit, hurriedly purchased a set of blue shirts and sewed on emblems cut from their yellow shirts.<ref>''Futebol'', p67</ref> ===Kit evolution=== {| width=100% |- | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = _blue_hoops| pattern_b = | pattern_ra = _blue_hoops| leftarm = blue hoops | body = <nowiki>ffffff</nowiki><math>fffggff </math> | rightarm = ffffff | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff | title = 1914 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = _green_stripes| pattern_b = _greenstripes| pattern_ra = _green_stripes| leftarm = FFcc00 | body = FFcc00| rightarm = FFcc00 | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF | title = 1916 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = | pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = FF0000 | body = FF0000 | rightarm = FF0000 | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff | title = 1917 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = _yellow_hoops| pattern_b = _greenhorizontal| pattern_ra = _yellow_hoops| leftarm = ffffff | body = ffffff| rightarm = ffffff | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff | title = 1918 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = _black_stripes| pattern_b = _blackstripes3| pattern_ra = _black_stripes| leftarm = FFcc00 | body = FFcc00 | rightarm = FFcc00 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = 1919 }} |} {| width=100% |- | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = | pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = ffffff | body = ffffff| rightarm = ffffff | shorts = 0000ff | socks = ffffff | title = 1919-1945 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = | pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = ffffff | body = ffffff| rightarm = ffffff | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff | title = 1945-1950 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = | pattern_b = | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 0000ff | body = 0000ff | rightarm = 0000ff | shorts = 0000ff | socks = 0000ff | title = 1950-1953 }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la =_brazilhomefoot | pattern_b =_brazilhomefoot | pattern_ra =_brazilhomefoot | leftarm = FFcc00 | body = FFcc00| rightarm = FFcc00 | shorts = 003399 | socks = ffffff | title = 1954-present }} |} ==Competitive record== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !colspan=9|[[FIFA World Cup|World Cup record]] |- !Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||Round 1||6/13||2||1||0||1||5||2 |- |{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Round 1||14/16||1||0||0||1||1||3 |- |- bgcolor=CD7F32 |{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Third Place||'''3/15'''||5||3||1||1||14||11 |- |- bgcolor=silver |style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||Final<ref name="wc1950">There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2-1 victory over Brazil (a match known as [[Maracanazo]]) was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the "final" of the 1950 World Cup {{PDFlink|[http://www.fifa.com/infoplus/IP-301_09A_WC-finals_alltime.pdf]|150&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 154128 bytes -->}}. Likewise, Sweden's 3-1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.</ref>||'''2/13'''||6||4||1||1||22||6 |- |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||Quarter-finals||5/16||3||1||1||1||8||5 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||'''Champions'''||'''1/16'''||6||5||1||0||16||4 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||'''Champions'''||'''1/16'''||6||5||1||0||14||5 |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||Round 1||11/16||3||1||0||2||4||6 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||'''Champions'''||'''1/16'''||6||6||0||0||19||7 |- |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||Semi-finals||'''4/16'''||7||3||2||2||6||4 |- |- bgcolor=CD7F32 |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Third Place||'''3/16'''||7||4||3||0||10||3 |- |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Group Round 2 ||5/24||5||4||0||1||15||6 |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Quarter-finals ||5/24||5||4||1||0||10||1 |- |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Round 2||9/24||4||3||0||1||4||2 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||'''Champions'''||'''1/24'''||7||5||2||0||11||3 |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||Final||'''2/32'''||7||4||1||2||14||10 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||'''Champions'''||'''1/32'''||7||7||0||0||18||4 |- |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Quarter-finals||5/32||5||4||0||1||10||2 |- |'''Total'''||18/18||'''5 Titles'''||92||64||*14||14||201||84 |} {{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left"> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !colspan=8|[[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup record]] |- !Year !Round !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]||'''Champions'''||5||4||1||0||14||2 |- |- bgcolor=silver |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]||Final||5||4||0||1||16||6 |- |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]||Fourth place||5||1||2||2||3||3 |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]||Round 1||3||1||1||1||3||3 |- bgcolor=gold |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]||'''Champions'''||5||3||1||1||12||6 |- |{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]||'''Qualified'''||-||-||-||-||-||- |- |'''Total'''||'''2 Titles'''||23||13||5||5||48||20 |} :''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].'' :''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.'' {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Medalists|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Men's Competition|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads#Brazil|Team]]}} {{MedalBottom}} {{col-end}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !colspan=8|[[Copa America|Copa America/South American Championship]] |- !colspan=8|Total: 8 Titles |- !Year !Position !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Year !Position !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Year !Position |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1916|1916]]||Third place||{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1939|1939]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1967|1967]]||''Withdrew'' |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1917|1917]]||Third place||{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1941|1941]]||''Withdrew''||[[Copa América 1975|1975]]||Semi-Finals |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1919|1919]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1942|1942]]||Third place||[[Copa América 1979|1979]]||Semi-Finals |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1920|1920]]||Third place||{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1945|1945]]||Second place||[[Copa América 1983|1983]]||Second place |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1921|1921]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1946|1946]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Copa América 1987|1987]]||Round 1 |- |bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1922|1922]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[South American Championship 1947|1947]]||''Withdrew''||bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Copa America 1989|1989]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1923|1923]]||Fourth place||bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[South American Championship 1949|1949]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions'''||{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Copa America 1991|1991]]||Second place |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1924|1924]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1953|1953]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Copa America 1993|1993]]||Quarter-Finals |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1925|1925]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1955|1955]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Copa America 1995|1995]]||Second place |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[South American Championship 1926|1926]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[South American Championship 1956|1956]]||Fourth place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Copa America 1997|1997]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1927|1927]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1957|1957]]||Second place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Copa America 1999|1999]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1929|1929]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)|1959]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Copa America 2001|2001]]||Quarter-Finals |- |{{flagicon|Peru}} [[South American Championship 1935|1935]]||''Withdrew''||{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[South American Championship 1959 (Ecuador)|1959]]||Third place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Copa America 2004|2004]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[South American Championship 1937|1937]]||Second place||{{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[South American Championship 1963|1963]]||Fourth place||bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Copa America 2007|2007]]||bgcolor=gold|'''Champions''' |- |} <!---THIS LIST IS ONLY FOR WORLD CUP MATCHES. DO NOT ADD STATISTICS FROM CONTINENTAL FINALS, FRIENDLIES, QUALIFIERS, OR OTHER MATCHES.!---> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- !colspan=17|World Cup matches (By team) |- !colspan=17|Total : 64 Wins - 14 Ties - 14 Loses - 92 games played |- !Against !Wins !Draws !Losses !Total !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Against !Wins !Draws !Losses !Total !width="2%" rowspan="48"| !Against !Wins !Draws !Losses !Total |- |{{fb|SWE}}||5||2||0||7||{{fb|PER}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|GDR}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|TCH}}||3||2||0||5||{{fb|AUT}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|GER}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|ESP}}||3||1||1||5||{{fb|URS}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|GHA}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|ITA}}||2||1||2||5||{{fb|SUI}}||1||1||0||2||{{fb|JPN}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|ENG}}||3||1||0||4||{{fb|URU}}||1||0||1||2||{{fb|MAR}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|POL}}||3||0||1||4||{{fb|HUN}}||0||0||2||2||{{fb|NIR}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|ARG}}||2||1||1||4||{{fb|ALG}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|NZL}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|YUG}}||1||2||1||4||{{fb|AUS}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|ROU}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|FRA}}||1||1||2||4||{{fb|BEL}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|RUS}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|MEX}}||3||0||0||3||{{fb|BOL}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|USA}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|SCO}}||2||1||0||3||{{fb|BUL}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|WAL}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|NED}}||1||1||1||3||{{fb|CHN}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|ZAI}}||1||0||0||1 |- |{{fb|TUR}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|CMR}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|NOR}}||0||0||1||1 |- |{{fb|CHI}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|CRO}}||1||0||0||1||{{fb|POR}}||0||0||1||1 |- |{{fb|CRC}}||2||0||0||2||{{fb|DEN}}||1||0||0||1||-||-||-||-||- |} ==Current Squad== The following players were called for the World Cup Qualifying against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in [[14 June]] and [[18 June]] [[2008]]. ''Caps and goals as of [[June 18]], [[2008]].'' {{nat fs g start}} {{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Júlio César Soares Espíndola|Júlio César]]|age=[[3 September]] [[1979]]|caps=22|goals=0|club=[[Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}} {{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Doniéber Alexander Marangon|Doni]]|age=[[22 October]] [[1979]]|caps=11|goals=0|club=[[AS Roma|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA}} {{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[Diego Alves Carreira|Diego Alves]]|age=[[24 June]] [[1985]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[UD Almería]]|clubnat=ESP}} {{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Luisão]]|age=[[13 February]] [[1981]]|caps=25|goals=2|club=[[SL Benfica|Benfica]]|clubnat=POR}} {{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=DF|name=[[Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa|Kléber]]|age=[[1 April]] [[1980]]|caps=11|goals=1|club=[[FC Porto|FC Porto]]|clubnat=POR}} {{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Alves]]|age=[[6 May]] [[1983]]|caps=17|goals=1|club=[[FC Barcelona]]|clubnat=ESP}} {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Lúcio]]|age=[[8 May]] [[1978]]|caps=69|goals=3|club=[[Bayern Munich]]|clubnat=GER}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Gilberto da Silva Melo|Gilberto]]|age=[[25 April]] [[1976]]|caps=24|goals=1|club=[[Tottenham Hotspur|Tottenham]]|clubnat=ENG}} {{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=[[Thiago Emiliano Silva|Thiago Silva]]|age=[[22 September]] [[1984]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Fluminense]]|clubnat=BRA}} {{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Juan Silveira dos Santos|Juan]]|age=[[1 February]] [[1979]]|caps=64|goals=4|club=[[AS Roma|Roma]]|clubnat=ITA}} {{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[Maicon Douglas Sisenando|Maicon]]|age=[[26 July]] [[1981]]|caps=35|goals=3|club=[[Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}} {{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Josué Anunciado de Oliveira|Josué]]|age=[[19 July]] [[1979]]|caps=17|goals=2|club=[[VfL Wolfsburg]]|clubnat=GER}} {{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Diego Ribas da Cunha|Diego]]|age=[[28 February]] [[1985]]|caps=37|goals=7|club=[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]|clubnat=GER}} {{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Júlio Baptista]]|age=[[1 October]] [[1981]]|caps=41|goals=10|club=[[Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}} {{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Elano Blumer|Elano]]|age=[[14 June]] [[1981]]|caps=30|goals=4|club=[[Manchester City FC|Manchester City]]|clubnat=ENG}} {{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=MF|name=[[Carlos Luciano da Silva|Mineiro]]|age=[[2 August]] [[1975]]|caps=15|goals=0|club=[[Hertha Berlin]]|clubnat=GER}} {{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira|Anderson]]|age=[[13 April]] [[1988]]|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[Manchester United]]|clubnat=ENG}} {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Gilberto Silva]]|age=[[7 October]] [[1976]]|caps=64|goals=3|club=[[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]|clubnat=ENG}} {{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Hernanes]]|age=[[29 May]] [[1985]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]]|clubnat=BRA}} {{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Robinho]]|age=[[25 January]] [[1984]]|caps=51|goals=15|club=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|clubnat=ESP}} {{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=FW|name=[[Luís Fabiano]]|age=[[8 November]] [[1980]]|caps=19|goals=10|club=[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]|clubnat=ESP}} {{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]]|age=[[17 February]] [[1982]]|caps=43|goals=27|club=[[Inter Milan]]|clubnat=ITA}} {{nat fs g player|no=21 |pos=FW|name=[[Alexandre Pato]]|age=[[2 September]] [[1989]]|caps=4|goals=1|club=[[A.C. Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}} {{nat fs end}} ===Recent Call Ups=== The following players have also been called up to the Brazil squad. ;Goalkeepers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up |- | [[Renan Brito Soares|Renan]] |align=right| [[January 24]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] |align=center| 0 (0) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |} ;Defenders {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up |- | [[Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior|Marcelo]] |align=right| [[May 12]] [[1988]] | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] |align=center| 3 (1) | v. [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]], [[6 June]], [[2008]] |- | [[Henrique Adriano Buss|Henrique]] |align=right| [[October 14]] [[1986]] | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|FC Barcelona]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]], [[6 June]], [[2008]] |- | [[Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda|Léo]] |align=right| [[January 30]] [[1988]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] |align=center| 0 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa|Alex]] |align=right| [[June 17]] [[1982]] | {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea FC|Chelsea]] |align=center| 12 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza|Rafinha]] |align=right| [[September 7]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Breno Borges|Breno]] |align=right| [[October 13]] [[1989]] | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bayern Munich]] |align=center| 0 (0) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Leonardo Moura]] |align=right| [[October 23]] [[1978]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues|Naldo]] |align=right| [[September 10]] [[1982]] | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] |align=center| 4 (0) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |} ;Midfielders {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up |- | [[Lucas Pezzini Leiva|Lucas]] |align=right| [[January 1]] [[1987]] | {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool FC|Liverpool]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Thiago Neves Augusto|Thiago Neves]] |align=right| [[February 27]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] |align=center| 1 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Richarlyson Barbosa Felisbino|Richarlyson]] |align=right| [[December 27]] [[1982]] | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] |align=center| 2 (0) | v. [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[26 March]], [[2008]] |- | [[Kaká]] |align=right| [[April 22]] [[1982]] | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan]] |align=center| 56 (20) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- |- | [[Fernando Menegazzo|Fernando]] |align=right| [[May 3]] [[1981]] | {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] |align=center| 4 (0) | v. [[Peru national football team|Peru]], [[18 November]], [[2007]] |} ;Strikers {| class="wikitable" |- !width=20%|Name !width=15%|Date of birth !width=23.75%|Club !width=10%|Caps (goals) !width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up |- | [[Rafael Sóbis]] |align=right| [[June 17]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Betis]] |align=center| 8 (1) | v. [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]], [[6 June]], [[2008]] |- | [[Bobô]] |align=right| [[January 9]] [[1985]] | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Beşiktaş J.K.]] |align=center| 0 (0) | v. [[Ireland national football team|Ireland]], [[6 February]], [[2008]] |- | [[Vágner Love]] |align=right| [[June 11]] [[1984]] | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] |align=center| 20 (8) | v. [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], [[21 November]], [[2007]] |- | [[Ronaldinho]] |align=right| [[March 21]] [[1980]] | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan|A.C. Milan]] |align=center| 82 (32) | v. [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], [[21 November]], [[2007]] |} ==Players== ===Notable former players=== {| width=100% |valign="top" width=33%| *[[Ademir Marques de Menezes|Ademir]] *[[Ademir da Guia]] *[[Aldair]] *[[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]] *[[Baltazar (footballer)|Baltazar]] *[[Bebeto]] *[[Hilderaldo Bellini|Bellini]] *[[Claudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal|Branco]] *[[Cafu]] *[[Careca]] *[[Carlos Roberto Gallo|Carlos]] *[[Carlos Alberto Torres|Carlos Alberto]] *[[Carlos José Castilho]] *[[Paulo Cesar Carpegiani|Carpegiani]] *[[Walter Casagrande|Casagrande]] *[[Toninho Cerezo|Cerezo]] *[[Clodoaldo]] *[[Denílson de Oliveira Araújo|Denílson]] *[[Valdir Pereira|Didi]] *[[Dirceu]] *[[Djalma Santos]] *[[Domingos da Guia]] *[[Dunga]] *[[Valdemar Rodrigues Martins|Oreco]] *[[Éder Aleixo de Assis|Éder]] *[[Edino Nazareth Filho|Edinho]] |valign="top" width=33%| *[[Everaldo]] *[[Paulo Roberto Falcão|Falcão]] *[[Félix Miéli Venerando|Félix]] *[[Friaça]] *[[Arthur Friedenreich|Friedenreich]] *[[Garrincha]] *[[Gérson]] *[[Gilmar]] *[[Jair da Rosa Pinto|Jair]] *[[Jairzinho]] *[[Jorginho]] *[[José Leandro Ferreira|Leandro]] *[[Juninho Pernambucano]] *[[Juninho Paulista]] *[[Émerson Leão|Leão]] *[[Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo|Leonardo]] *[[Leônidas da Silva|Leônidas]] *[[Márcio Roberto dos Santos|Márcio Santos]] *[[Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis|Marcos]] *[[Marinho Chagas]] *[[Mauro]] *[[Mauro Silva]] *[[Moacyr Barbosa]] *[[Luiz Antônio da Costa|Müller]] *[[Nílton Santos]] |valign="top" width=33%| *[[José Oscar Bernardi|Oscar]] *[[Pelé]] *[[José Macia|Pepe]] *[[Wilson da Silva Piazza|Piazza]] *[[Preguinho]] *[[José Reinaldo de Lima|Reinaldo]] *[[Roberto Rivelino|Rivelino]] *[[Rivaldo]] *[[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]] *[[Roberto Dinamite]] *[[Romário]] *[[Ronaldo]] *[[Serginho Chulapa]] *[[Sócrates]] *[[Cláudio Taffarel]] *[[Tostão]] *[[Valdir Peres]] *[[Vavá]] *[[Mário Zagallo]] *[[Zico]] *[[Zizinho]] |} ===Most appearances=== Below is a list of the 20 players with the most appearances for Brazil, as of [[May 25]], [[2008]]: {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Caps !Goals |- |1 |align="left"|[[Cafu]] |1990 - 2006 |156 |5 |- |2 |align="left"|[[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]] |1992 - 2006 |125 |24 |- |3 |align="left"|[[Roberto Rivelino|Rivelino]] |1965 - 1978 |122 |43 |- |4 |align="left"|[[Ronaldo]]* |1994 - 2006 |112 |74 |- |5 |align="left"|[[Émerson Leão]] |1970 - 1986 |106 |0 |- |6 |align="left"|[[Gilmar]] |1953 - 1969 |103 |0 |- |7 |align="left"|[[Cláudio Taffarel]] |1987 - 1998 |101 |0 |- |8 |align="left"|[[Djalma Santos]] |1952 - 1968 |100 |3 |- |9 |align="left"|[[Aldair]] |1989 - 2000 |93 |4 |- |10 |align="left"|[[Pelé]] |1957 - 1971 |92 |77 |- |11 |align="left"|[[Nélson de Jesus Silva|Dida]] |1995 - 2006 |91 |0 |- |= |align="left"|[[Dunga]] |1982 - 1998 |91 |6 |- |13 |align="left"|[[Zico]] |1971 - 1989 |88 |66 |- |14 |align="left"|[[Romário]] |1987 - 2005 |85 |71 |- |15 |align="left"|[[Zé Roberto]] |1995 - 2006 |84 |6 |- |16 |align="left"|[[Ronaldinho]]* |1999 - present |82 |32 |- |17 |align="left"|[[Jairzinho]] |1963 - 1982 |81 |33 |- |18 |align="left"|[[Bebeto]] |1985 - 1998 |76 |42 |- |19 |align="left"|[[Nílton Santos]] |1949 - 1962 |75 |3 |- |20 |align="left"|[[Rivaldo]] |1993 - 2003 |74 |35 |} ===Most goals=== Below is a list of the 20 players with the most goals for Brazil, as of [[May 25]], [[2008]]: {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Goals !Caps |- |1 |align="left"|[[Pele]] |1957 - 1971 |77 |92 |- |2 |align="left"|[[Ronaldo]]* |1994 - 2006 |74 |112 |- |3 |align="left"|[[Romário]] |1987 - 2005 |71 |85 |- |4 |align="left"|[[Zico]] |1971 - 1989 |66 |88 |- |5 |align="left"|[[Roberto Rivelino|Rivelino]] |1965 - 1978 |43 |122 |- |6 |align="left"|[[Bebeto]] |1985 - 1998 |42 |76 |- |7 |align="left"|[[Tostão]] |1966 - 1972 |36 |65 |- |8 |align="left"|[[Rivaldo]]* |1993 - 2003 |35 |74 |- |9 |align="left"|[[Jairzinho]] |1963 - 1982 |33 |81 |- |10 |align="left"|[[Ademir Marques de Menezes|Ademir]] |1945 - 1953 |32 |39 |- |11 |align="left"|[[Ronaldinho]]* |1999 - present |32 |82 |- |12 |align="left"|[[Zizinho]] |1942 - 1957 |30 |53 |- |13 |align="left"|[[Careca]] |1982 - 1993 |29 |60 |- |14 |align="left"|[[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]]* |2000 - present |27 |41 |- |15 |align="left"|[[Sócrates]] |1979 - 1986 |25 |63 |- |16 |align="left"|[[Roberto Dinamite]] |1975 - 1984 |25 |47 |- |17 |align="left"|[[Jair da Rosa Pinto|Jair]] |1940 - 1950 |24 |49 |- |18 |align="left"|[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] |1992 - 2006 |24 |125 |- |19 |align="left"|[[Kak%C3%A1|Kaka]]* |2002 - present |22 |59 |- |20 |align="left"|[[Alexandro de Souza|Alex]]* |1999 - present |21 |68 |- |21 |align="left"|[[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. {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Votes |- |1 |align="left"|[[Pelé]] |1957 - 1971 |220 |- |2 |align="left"|[[Garrincha]] |1955 - 1966 |142 |- |3 |align="left"|[[Zico]] |1971 - 1989 |51 |- |4 |align="left"|[[Zizinho]] |1942 - 1957 |40 |- |5 |align="left"|[[Arthur Friedenreich]] |1912 - 1935 |21 |- |= |align="left"|[[Tostão]] |1966 - 1972 |21 |- |7 |align="left"|[[Valdir Pereira|Didi]] |1952 - 1962 |17 |- |8 |align="left"|[[Leônidas]] |1932 - 1946 |13 |- |9 |align="left"|[[Nílton Santos]] |1949 - 1962 |12 |- |= |align="left"|[[Ronaldo]]* |1994 - 2006 |12 |- |11 |align="left"|[[Romário]] |1987 - 2005 |11 |- |12 |align="left"|[[Falcão]] |1976 - 1986 |10 |- |= |align="left"|[[Rivelino]] |1965 - 1978 |10 |- |14 |align="left"|[[Ademir da Guia]] |1965 - 1974 |9 |- |15 |align="left"|[[Luís Pereira]] |1973 - 1977 |7 |- |16 |align="left"|[[Carlos Alberto Torres]] |1964 - 1977 |5 |- |17 |align="left"|[[Domingos da Guia]] |1938 |4 |- |18 |align="left"|[[Ademir]] |1945 - 1953 |3 |- |19 |align="left"|[[Bebeto]] |1985 - 1998 |2 |- |= |align="left"|[[Jairzinho]] |1963 - 1982 |2 |} ''*Denotes players still available for selection'' ===Previous World Cup, Confederations Cup squads=== {| |valign="top"| *[[Copa América 2007 squads#Brazil|2007 Copa America - Brazil]] *[[2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|2006 FIFA World Cup]] *[[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Brazil|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil]] *[[Copa América 2004 squads#Brazil|2004 Copa America - Brazil]] *[[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Brazil|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil]] *[[2002 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|2002 FIFA World Cup]] *[[Copa América 2001 squads#Brazil|2001 Copa America - Brazil]] *[[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Brazil|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil]] *[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Brazil|1999 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil]] *[[1998 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1998 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#Brazil|1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - Brazil]] *[[1994 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1994 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1990 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1990 FIFA World Cup]] |width="50"|&nbsp; |valign="top"| *[[1986 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1986 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1982 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1982 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1978 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1978 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1974 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1974 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1970 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1970 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1966 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1966 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1962 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1962 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1958 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1958 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1954 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1954 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1950 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1950 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1938 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1938 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1934 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1934 FIFA World Cup]] *[[1930 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Brazil|1930 FIFA World Cup]] |} ==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 (Coach)|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) *[[Eduardo Antunes Coimbra|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) == Trivia == {{Trivia|date=November 2007}} [[Image:Copabra.jpg|thumb|200px|Brazil is the most successful team in World Cup history.]] * Brazil remains the most successful team in terms of [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] wins, with 5 from 10 semifinal appearances. They are the only team to participate in every single of the 18 World Cups since they began in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]. Brazil has played 92 matches (a record, along with [[Germany national football team|Germany]]), won 64, draw 14 and lost 14. The team scored 201 goals (a record) and conceded 84, for a positive goal differential of 117 and a 2.18 goal average. * Brazil have also won the [[Confederations Cup]] twice; in [[Confederations Cup 1997|1997]] and [[Confederations Cup 2005|2005]]. France is the only country besides Brazil to have achieved 2 titles in the competition. * The [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]] is the only global international competition in football that Brazil has never won. Although they have never won a gold medal at the [[Olympic Games]], they won two silver medals ([[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]) and a bronze medal ([[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]). * The Brazilian youth team (formed by players under the age of 20) also won the [[Football World Youth Championship|World Youth Championship]] four times; in [[1983]], [[1985]], [[1993]], and [[2003]]; second only to Argentina. *Brazil also won a record two of three [[Panamerican Championship]],a former competition set between 1952 and 1960; four [[Pan American Games]];second to Argentina; and a record three [[U17 World Cup]] tied with Nigeria.Also,at continental level,the national side established a record 8 [[Copa Roca]],against only 4 conquers of Argentina;a record 7 [[Rio Branco Cup]],against just 3 of Uruguay; and a record three [[Taça do Atlantico]]. * The Brazilian national team (along with the England, Netherlands, Wales, Denmark, Republic of Ireland and Scotland teams) is one of the few national teams left who still plays with the old number system, where the eleven players in the starting lineup gets a number from 1 to 11. Surnames are only used on the back of the players' jerseys in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] or [[Copa América]] match. * The only national team that has played against Brazil and never lost to them is [[Norway national football team|Norway]] *Of the seven nations to have won the [[World Cup]], Brazil is the only one that never did so on home soil. Brazil's lone time of hosting the event (in 1950) saw Uruguay upset the Brazillians to win the Cup. *Brazil is only team that have won World Cup in four different continents (1958 in Sweden, 1962 in Chile, 1970 in Mexico, 1994 in USA, 2002 in Korea/Japan). They have won World Cup in South America, Europe, North America, and Asia, making them only nation to win it in every continents, except Africa and Oceania, at least once. Africa and Oceania have yet to host the World Cup. ==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== {{Reflist}} ==References== * {{cite book | author=Ruy Castro, Andrew Downie (translator) | title=Garrincha - The triumph and tragedy of Brazil's forgotten footballing hero | publisher=Yellow Jersey Press, London| year=2005| isbn=0-224-06433-9}} ==External links== *[http://www.2014brazil.co.uk Brazil 2014 World Cup] *[http://www.v-brazil.com/culture/sports/world-cup/ Brazil in the World Cups] *[http://cbfnews.uol.com.br/ The official Brazilian football association website] *[http://planeta.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/sel/national.htm RSSSF Archive of Brazil national team 1906- (in English and Portuguese)] *[http://planeta.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/sel/brazila.htm RSSSF Archive of Brazil national team results 1914- (Only "A" Matches)] *[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/braz-recintlp.html RSSSF Archive of Brazil record national players] *[http://www.jadransport.org/articles/2394.html Brazil: "As if they come from another planet..."] *[http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/ All about Brazilian Football - Football+Brazil] *[http://www.ar2com.de/radiofavela-blog/?p=22 The Brazilian Society], a podcast from 'RadioFavela - The Sound of Rio' which shows the importance of soccer in the Brazilian society. ==Titles== {{s-start}} {{s-ach|ach}} {{succession box | before = [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] {{fb-rt|FRG}} | title = [[FIFA World Cup|World Champions]] | years = [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] (First title)<br/>[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] (Second title) | after = [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] {{fb-rt|ENG}} }} {{succession box | before = [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] {{fb-rt|ENG}} | title = [[FIFA World Cup|World Champions]] | years = [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] (Third title) | after = [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] {{fb-rt|FRG}} }} {{succession box | before = [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] {{fb-rt|FRG}} | title = [[FIFA World Cup|World Champions]] | years = [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] (Fourth title) | after = [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] {{fb-rt|FRA}} }} {{succession box | before = [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] {{fb-rt|FRA}} | title = [[FIFA World Cup|World Champions]] | years = [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] (Fifth title) | after = [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] {{fb-rt|ITA}} }} {{succession box | before = [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]] {{fb-rt|DEN}} | title = [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup Champions]] | years = [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]] (First title) | after = [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]] {{fb-rt|MEX}} }} {{succession box | before = [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]] {{fb-rt|FRA}} | title = [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup Champions]] | years = [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]] (Second title) | after = Incumbent }} {{succession box | before = [[South American Championship 1917|1917]] {{fb-rt|URU}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[South American Championship 1919|1919]] (First title) | after = [[South American Championship 1920|1920]] {{fb-rt|URU}} }} {{succession box | before = [[South American Championship 1921|1921]] {{fb-rt|ARG|alt}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[South American Championship 1922|1922]] (Second title) | after = [[South American Championship 1923|1923]] {{fb-rt|URU}} }} {{succession box | before = [[South American Championship 1947|1947]] {{fb-rt|ARG|alt}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[South American Championship 1949|1949]] (Third title) | after = [[South American Championship 1953|1953]] {{fb-rt|PAR}} }} {{succession box | before = [[Copa América 1987|1987]] {{fb-rt|URU}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[Copa América 1989|1989]] (Fourth title) | after = [[Copa América 1991|1991]] {{fb-rt|ARG}} }} {{succession box | before = [[Copa América 1995|1995]] {{fb-rt|URU}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[Copa América 1997|1997]] (Fifth title)<br/>[[Copa América 1999|1999]] (Sixth title) | after = [[Copa América 2001|2001]] {{fb-rt|COL}} }} {{succession box | before = [[Copa América 2001|2001]] {{fb-rt|COL}} | title = [[Copa América|South American Champions]] | years = [[Copa América 2004|2004]] (Seventh title)<br/>[[Copa América 2007|2007]] (Eighth title) | after = Incumbent }} {{end box}} {| class="navbox collapsible collapsed" style="width:80%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; font-size:100%;" |- ! 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