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Brazil

Nickname(s)	Seleção (The National Squad) Canarinho (Little Canary) Verde-Amarela (The Green and Yellow)
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Tite[1]
Captain	Neymar[2]
Most caps	Cafu (142)[3][4]
Top scorer	Pelé (77)[5]
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	BRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	3 (7 February 2019)[6]
Highest	1 (159 times on 8 occasions[7])
Lowest	22 (6 June 2013)
Elo ranking
Current	1 (2 February 2019)[8]
Highest	1 (8,640 days on 40 occasions[9])
Lowest	20 (7 November 2001)
First international
Argentina 3–0 Brazil  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 20 September 1914)[10]
Biggest win
Brazil 14–0 Nicaragua  (Mexico City, Mexico, 17 October 1975)[11]
Biggest defeat
Uruguay 6–0 Brazil  (Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920)  Brazil 1–7 Germany  (Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 8 July 2014)
World Cup
Appearances	21 (first in 1930)
Best result	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Copa América
Appearances	35 (first in 1916)
Best result	Champions (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1952)
Best result	Champions (1952, 1956)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1997)
Best result	Champions (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's football Olympic Games[12] 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team 2012 London Team 1996 Atlanta Team 2008 Beijing Team

The Brazil national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Futebol) represents Brazil in international men's association football. Brazil is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and member of CONMEBOL since 1916.

Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, the main football international competition, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil also has the best overall performance in the World Cup, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 73 victories in 109 matches played, 124 goal difference, 237 points, and 18 losses.^[13][14] Brazil is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs.^[15] The seleção is likewise the most successful national team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles: 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013.

In relation to ranking standings Brazil fare well, having the all-time highest average football Elo Rating, and the fourth all-time highest football Elo Rating established in 1962. In FIFA's own ranking, Brazil holds the record for most Team of the Year wins with 12.^[16] Many commentators, experts and former players have considered the Brazil team of 1970 to be the greatest football team ever.^{[17][18][19][20][21][22]} Other Brazilian teams are also highly estimated and regularly appear listed among the best teams of all time, such as the Brazil teams of 1958–62, with honorary mentions for the gifted 1982 side.^{[23][24][25][26]}

Brazil is the only national team to have won the World Cup on four different continents: once in Europe (1958 Sweden), once in South America (1962 Chile), twice in North America (1970 Mexico and 1994 United States) and once in Asia (2002 Korea/Japan). They share with France and Argentina the feat to have won the three most important men's football titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament.^{[note 1]} They also share with Spain a record of 35 consecutive matches undefeated.^[27]

Brazil has notable rivalries with Argentina—known as the Superclássico das Américas in Portuguese—and Italy—known as the Clásico Mundial in Spanish or the World Derby in English.^[28][29] Brazil has also produced players considered as the best of the world at their time and among the best in history, such are the cases of Pelé (widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time), Garrincha, Zico, Romário, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaká and Neymar. A common quip about football is: "Os ingleses o inventaram, os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram" (The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it).^[30]

History

Early history (1914–40)

The first Brazil national team, 1914

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

It is generally believed that the first game of the Brazilian national football team was a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City, held in Fluminense's stadium.^[31][32] Brazil won 2–0 with goals by Oswaldo Gomes and Osman,^[31][32][33] though it is claimed that the match was a 3–3 draw.^[34][35]

In contrast to its future success, the national team's early appearances were not brilliant. Other early matches played during that time include several friendly games against Argentina (being defeated 3–0), Chile (first in 1916) and Uruguay (first on 12 July 1916).^[36] However, led by the goalscoring abilities of Arthur Friedenreich, they were victorious at home in the South American Championships in 1919, repeating their victory, also at home, in 1922.

27 years without official titles

In 1930, Brazil played in the first World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930. The squad defeated Bolivia but lost to Yugoslavia, being eliminated from the competition.^[37] They lost in the first round to Spain in 1934 in Italy, but reached the semi-finals in France in 1938, being defeated 2-1 by eventual winners Italy. Brazil were the only South American team to participate in this competition.

The 1949 South American Championship held in Brazil ended a 27-year streak without official titles.^[38] The last one had been in the 1922 South American Championship, also played on Brazilian soil.^[38]

The 1950 Maracanazo

Brazilian national team at the 1950 World Cup. National Archives of Brazil.

After that, Brazil first achieved international prominence when it hosted the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The team went into the last game of the final round, against Uruguay at Estádio do Maracanã in Rio, needing only a draw to win the World Cup. Uruguay, however, won the match and the Cup in a game known as "the Maracanazo". The match led to a period of national mourning.^[39]

For the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, the Brazilian team was then almost completely renovated, with the team colours changed (to a new design by Aldyr Schlee) from all white to the yellow, blue and green of the national flag, to forget the Maracanazo, but still had a group of star players. Brazil reached the quarter-final, where they were beaten 4–2 by tournament favourites Hungary in one of the ugliest matches in football history, known as the Battle of Berne.^[40]

The Golden Era with Pelé (1958–70)

The Brazil national team at the 1959 Copa América

For the 1958 World Cup, Brazil were drawn in a group with England, the USSR and Austria. They beat Austria 3–0 in their first match, then drew 0–0 with England. Before the match, coach Vicente Feola made three substitutions that were crucial for Brazil to defeat the Soviets: Zito, Garrincha and Pelé. From the kick-off, they kept up the pressure relentlessly, and after three minutes, which were later described as "the greatest three minutes in the history of football",^[41] Vavá gave Brazil the lead. They won the match by 2–0. Pelé scored the only goal of their quarter-final match against Wales, and they beat France 5–2 in the semi-final. Brazil then beat Sweden 5–2 in the final, winning their first World Cup and becoming the first nation to win a World Cup title outside of its own continent. Pelé described it tearfully as a nation coming of age.^[42]

Defending champions Brazil at the 1962 FIFA World Cup

In the 1962 World Cup, Brazil earned its second title with Garrincha as the star player, a mantle and responsibility laid upon him after the regular talisman, Pelé, was injured during the second group match against Czechoslovakia and unable to play for the rest of the tournament.^[43][44]

In the 1966 World Cup, Brazil had their worst performance in a World Cup. The 1966 tournament was remembered for its excessively physical play, and Pelé was one of the players most affected. Against Portugal, several violent tackles by the Portuguese defenders caused Pelé to leave the match and the tournament. Brazil lost this match and was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup for the first time since 1934. They have not failed to reach the knockout stages of the competition since. Brazil became the second nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown following Italy in 1950. After the 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups, France, Italy, Spain and Germany were also added to this list.^[45] After the tournament, Pelé declared that he did not wish to play in the World Cup again. Nonetheless, he returned in 1970.^[46]

Brazil won its third World Cup in Mexico at the 1970 World Cup. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best World Cup football squad ever,^{[17][18][19][21][23]} led by Pelé in his last World Cup finals, captain Carlos Alberto Torres, Jairzinho, Tostão, Gérson and Rivelino. Even though Garrincha had retired, this team was still a force to be reckoned with. They won all six of their games—against Czechoslovakia, England and Romania during group play, and against Peru, Uruguay and Italy in the knockout rounds. Jairzinho was the second top scorer with seven goals; Pelé finished with four goals. Brazil lifted the Jules Rimet trophy for the third time (the first nation to do so), which meant that they were allowed to keep it. A replacement was then commissioned, though it would be 24 years before Brazil won it again.

The dry spell (1974–1990)

The 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning Brazil team, considered by many distinguished commentators as the greatest association football team ever

After the international retirement of Pelé and other stars from the 1970 squad, Brazil was not able to overcome the Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, and finished in fourth place after losing the third place game to Poland.^[47]

In the second group stage of the 1978 World Cup, Brazil competed with tournament hosts Argentina for top spot and a place in the finals. In their last group match, Brazil defeated Poland 3–1 to go to the top of the group with a goal difference of +5. Argentina had had a goal difference of +2, but in its last group match, it defeated Peru 6–0, and thus qualified for the final in a match accused of ultimately-unproven match fixing. The Brazilian team qualified for the third place, and were the only team to remain unbeaten in the tournament.

At the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain, Brazil were the tournament favorites, and easily moved through the early part of the draw, but a 3–2 defeat in Barcelona to Italy, in a classic World Cup match, eliminated them from the tournament in the match that they refer to as "Sarriá's Disaster", referencing the stadium's name. The 1982 team, with a midfield of Sócrates, Zico, Falcão and Éder, is remembered as perhaps the greatest team never to win a World Cup.^[24]

Several players, including Sócrates and Zico, from 1982 returned to play at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Brazil, still a very good team and more disciplined defensively than four years earlier, met the Michel Platini-led France in the quarter-finals in a classic of Total Football. The game played to a 1–1 draw in regulation time, and after a goalless extra time, it all came down to a penalty shoot-out, where Brazil was defeated 4–3. After 40 years, Brazil was victorious in the 1989 Copa América, this being their fourth victory in four tournaments hosted in Brazil. This achievement ended a 19-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the 1970 World Cup.

At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Brazil was coached by Sebastião Lazaroni, that had been the coach in the 1989 Copa América. With a defensive scheme, whose main symbol was midfielder Dunga, forward Careca and three centre-backs, the team lacked creativity but made it to the second round. Brazil was eliminated by Diego Maradona-led Argentina in the round of 16 in Turin, losing to their South American archrivals 1–0.^[48]

Return to winning ways (1994–2002)

Romário’s No.11 Brazil shirt (right) from the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Brazil went 24 years without winning a World Cup or even participating in a final. Their struggles ended at the 1994 tournament in the United States, where a solid side headed by Romário and Bebeto in attack, captain Dunga in midfield, goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel and defender Jorginho, won the World Cup for a then-record fourth time. Highlights of their campaign included a 1–0 victory over the United States in the round of 16 at Stanford University, a 3–2 win over the Netherlands in the quarter-finals in Dallas, and a 1–0 victory over Sweden in the semi-finals at Pasadena's Rose Bowl. This set up Brazil–Italy in the final in Pasadena. A game played in searing heat which ended as a goalless draw, with Italy's defence led by Franco Baresi keeping out Romário, penalty kicks loomed, and Brazil became champions once again with Roberto Baggio missing Italy's last penalty.^[49]

Entering the 1998 World Cup as defending champions, Brazil finished runner-up. Having topped their group and won the next two rounds, Brazil beat the Netherlands on penalties in the semi-final following a 1–1 draw. Player of the tournament Ronaldo scored four goals and made three assists en route to the final. The build up to the final itself was overshadowed by the world's best player Ronaldo suffering a convulsive fit only hours before kick off.^[50] The starting line up without Ronaldo was released to a shocked world media, but after pleading that he felt fine and requested to play, Ronaldo was reinstated by the coach, before giving a below par performance as France, led by Zidane won 3–0.^[51]

2002 World Cup winning Brazilian national football team airplane in Brazilian team livery

Fuelled by the "Three R's" (Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho), Brazil won its fifth championship at the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan. Brazil beat all three opponents in group play in South Korea and topped the group. In Brazil's opening game against Turkey, in Ulsan, Rivaldo fell to the ground clutching his face after Turkey's Hakan Ünsal had kicked the ball at his legs. Rivaldo escaped suspension but was fined £5,180 for play-acting, and became the first player ever to be punished in FIFA's crackdown on diving. In their knockout round matches in Japan, Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe in the round of 16. Against England in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, they won 2–1, with the winning goal coming from an unexpected free-kick by Ronaldinho. The semi-final was against Turkey in Saitama; Brazil won 1–0. The final was between Germany and Brazil in Yokohama, where Ronaldo scored two goals in Brazil's 2–0 triumph.^[52] Ronaldo also won the Golden Shoe as the tournament's leading scorer with 8 goals.^[53] Brazil's success saw them receive the Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year.^[54]

World Cup drought (2006–present)

Brazil and Japan entering the field at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Brazil won the 2004 Copa América, their third win in four competitions since 1997^[55]
Brazil also won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup for the second time.^[56] Manager Carlos Alberto Parreira built his side through a 4–2–2–2 formation. Nicknamed the "Magic quartet", the attack was built around four players: Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaká and Ronaldinho.^[57]

In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil won its first two games against Croatia (1–0) and Australia (2–0). In the final group game against Japan, Brazil won 4–1. Ronaldo scored twice and equalled the record for the most goals scored across all World Cups. In the round of 16, Brazil beat Ghana 3–0. Ronaldo's goal was his 15th in World Cup history, breaking the record. Brazil, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals against France, losing 1–0 to a Thierry Henry goal.^[57]

Dunga was hired as Brazil's new team manager in 2006.^[58] Brazil then won the 2007 Copa América, where forward Robinho was awarded the Golden Boot and named the tournament's best player. Two years later, Brazil won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, defeating the U.S. 3–2 in the final, to seal their third Confederations Cup title.^[59] Kaká was named as the player of the tournament while striker Luís Fabiano won the top goalscorer award.^[60]

Brazil's Kaká against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Brazil won their first two matches against North Korea (2–1) and the Ivory Coast (3–1), respectively. Their last match, against Portugal, ended in a 0–0 draw. They faced Chile in the round of 16, winning 3–0, although in the quarter-final they fell to the Netherlands 2–1.^[61]

In July 2010, Mano Menezes was named as Brazil's new coach.^[62] At the 2011 Copa América, Brazil lost against Paraguay and was eliminated in the quarter-finals. On 4 July 2012, due to a lack of competitive matches because the team had automatically qualified for the 2014 World Cup as tournament hosts, Brazil was ranked 11th in the FIFA ranking, the first time the Seleção was ruled out the top ten since the ranking was created in 1993.^[63]

Return of Luiz Felipe Scolari (2013–14)

In November 2012, coach Mano Menezes was sacked and replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari.^[64][65]

Brazilian players celebrate winning the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The team had five wins in five matches.

On 6 June 2013, Brazil was ranked 22nd in the FIFA ranking, their lowest-ever rank.^[66] Brazil entered the 2013 Confederations Cup with the objective of defending their title. In the final, Brazil faced Spain,^[67] winning 3–0 and sealing their fourth Confederations Cup title.^[68][69]Neymar was named player of the tournament and received the Golden Ball Award and the Adidas Bronze Shoe, and Júlio César won the Golden Glove Award for the best goalkeeper of the tournament.^[70]

2014 World Cup

In the opening match of the 2014 World Cup against Croatia, two goals from Neymar and one from Oscar saw the Seleção off to a winning start in their first World Cup on home soil in 64 years.^[71] The team then drew with Mexico, before confirming qualification to the knockout stage by defeating Cameroon 4–1 with Neymar again scoring twice, and Fred and Fernandinho providing further goals.^[72][73] Brazil faced Chile in the round of 16, taking an 18th-minute lead through David Luiz's first goal for the Seleção in a 1–1 draw. Brazil prevailed 3–2 on penalties, with Neymar, David Luiz and Marcelo converting their kicks, and goalkeeper Júlio César saving three times.^[74]

Brazil line up against Colombia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Neymar (front row, second from right) would play his last game at the tournament after being stretchered off with a fractured vertebra

The team again faced South American opposition in the quarter-final, defeating Colombia 2–1 with goals from central defenders David Luiz and the team captain Thiago Silva. Late in the match, Neymar was stretchered off after Juan Camilo Zúñiga's knee had made contact with the forward's back. Neymar was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with a fractured vertebra, ruling him out for the remainder of the tournament.^[75] Prior to this, Neymar had scored four goals, provided one assist, and been named man of the match twice. Brazil faced further problems ahead of their semi-final against Germany, as Thiago Silva was to serve a one-match suspension for receiving his second yellow card of the tournament in the quarter-final.^[76]

The Seleção went on to lose 1–7 to the Germans – their biggest ever defeat at the World Cup and first home loss in a competitive match since 1975.^[77] Towards the end of the match, the home crowd began to "olé" each pass from the German team, and booed their own players off the pitch after the final whistle.^[78] The match has been nicknamed the Mineirazo, making reference to the nation's previous World Cup defeat on home soil, the Maracanazo against Uruguay in 1950, and the Estádio do Mineirão where the match took place.^[79] Brazil finished the World Cup in fourth place, having failed to avenge their semi-final defeat to Germany by losing to the Netherlands 0–3 in the third-place match.^[80][81] The team ended the tournament with the worst defensive record of the 32 competing nations, having conceded 14 goals.^[82] The only other countries to concede 12 or more goals in the current World Cup format are North Korea and Saudi Arabia.^[83] Following these results, Scolari announced his resignation.^[84]

Return of Dunga (2014–2016)

Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning captain Dunga was coach from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2016.

On 22 July 2014, Dunga was announced as the new manager of Brazil, returning to the position for the first time since the team's exit at the 2010 World Cup.^[85]

Dunga's first match in his second reign as Brazil's manager was a friendly match against 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists Colombia at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on 5 September 2014, with Brazil winning the match 1–0 through an 83rd-minute Neymar free-kick goal.^[86] Dunga followed this up with wins against Ecuador (1–0),^[87] in the 2014 Superclásico de las Américas against Argentina (2–0),^[88] against Japan (4–0),^[89] against Turkey (0–4),^[90] and against Austria (1–2).^[91] Dunga continued Brazil's winning streak in 2015 by defeating France 3–1 in another friendly. They followed this with wins against Chile (1–0), Mexico (2–0) and Honduras (1–0).

2015 Copa América

Brazil started the tournament with a victory against Peru after coming from behind by 2–1 (with Douglas Costa scoring in the dying moments),^[92] followed by a 1–0 defeat against Colombia^[93] and a 2–1 victory against Venezuela.^[94] In the knockout stage, Brazil faced Paraguay and was eliminated after drawing 1–1 in normal time and losing 4–3 in the penalty shootout.^[95] As such, Brazil was unable to qualify for a FIFA Confederations Cup (in this case, the 2017 edition) for the first time in almost 20 years.^[96]

Copa América Centenario

Brazil began the tournament with a scoreless draw against Ecuador, with the Ecuadorians having a goal wrongly disallowed in the second half.^[97] This was followed by an emphatic 7–1 victory over Haiti, with Philippe Coutinho scoring a hat-trick.^[98] Needing only a draw to progress to the knockout stage of the tournament, Brazil suffered a controversial 1–0 loss to Peru, with Raúl Ruidíaz scoring in the 75th minute by guiding the ball into the net with his arm.^[99][100] This loss, Brazil's first loss to Peru since 1985,^[101] saw Brazil eliminated from the tournament in the group stage for the first time since 1987.^{[102][103][104]}

Tite era (2016–)

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

On 14 June 2016, Dunga was sacked as manager of Brazil.^[105]Tite, who had managed Corinthians, the 2015 Brazilian Champions and the 2012 World Club Cup Champions, was confirmed as his replacement six days later.^[106] Tite's debut was marked with a 3–0 away victory against Ecuador on 2 September,^[107] followed by a 2–1 win over Colombia, a 5–0 win against Bolivia and a 0–2 victory away against Venezuela, bringing Brazil to the top of the World Cup Qualifiers leaderboard for the first time since 2011.^[108] Brazil then defeated Paraguay 3–0 to become the first team, other than the hosts Russia, to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.^[109]

Brazil started their 2018 World Cup campaign with a draw against Switzerland – Brazil's goal coming from a 25-yard bending strike from Philippe Coutinho – their first non-win in an opener since 1978.^[110] In the following match against Costa Rica on 22 June, goals from Coutinho and Neymar in stoppage time saw Brazil win 2–0.^[111] They won their final group game 2–0 over Serbia with goals from Paulinho and Thiago Silva, meaning qualification for the last 16 as group winners.^[112] On 2 July, goals from Neymar and Roberto Firmino saw Brazil 2–0 win over Mexico to advance to the quarter-finals.^[113] On 6 July, Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup by Belgium in the quarter-finals, losing 2–1, with Fernandinho scoring an own goal for Belgium while Renato Augusto scored the only goal for Brazil.^{[114][115][116]}

Olympics

Brazil players with their gold medals from the 2016 Summer Olympics

Brazil won its first Olympic gold medal in 2016 on home ground.^[117] Prior to that victory, the Olympic football tournament was the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil had never won. They have also won three silver medals (1984, 1988 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1996, 2008).^[118] The Brazilian Olympic team is often coached by the national team coach, such as Mário Zagallo in 1996, Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000, Dunga in 2008 and Mano Menezes in 2012.

Nicknames

The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include: Canarinho, meaning 'Little Canary', a reference to a species of bird commonly found in Brazil that has a vivid yellow color; this phrase was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando "Mangabeira" Pieruccetti during the 1950 World Cup.^[119]Amarelinha (Little Yellow One), Seleção (The National Squad), Verde-amarelo (Green and Yellow), Pentacampeão (Five-time Champions)^[120] and Esquadrão de Ouro (The Golden Squad). Some Latin American commentators often refer to the Brazil team as El Scratch (The Scratch), among others.^[121]

Kit evolution

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Brazil's first team colors were white with blue collars, but following the defeat at Maracanã in the 1950 World Cup, the colors were criticised for lacking patriotism. With permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation, the newspaper Correio da Manhã held a competition to design a new kit incorporating the four colors of the Brazilian flag.^[122] The winning design was a yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with the white trim drawn by Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a nineteen-year-old from Pelotas.^[123] The new colors were first used in March 1954 in a match against Chile, and have been used ever since. Topper were the manufacturers of Brazil's kit up to and including the match against Wales on 11 September 1991; Umbro took over before the next match, versus Yugoslavia in October 1991.^[124]Nike began making Brazil kits in time for the 1998 World Cup.^[125]

The use of blue as the second kit color dates from the 1930s, but it became the permanent second choice accidentally in the 1958 World Cup Final. Brazil's opponents were Sweden, who also wear yellow, and a draw gave the home team, Sweden, the right to play in yellow. Brazil, who travelled with no second kit, hurriedly purchased a set of blue shirts and sewed on them the badges taken from their yellow shirts.^[126]

First kits

1899–1914

1914–1917

1917

1917

1917

1918–1919

1919–1938

1945–1950

1954–1974

1978−1982

1986–1990

1988 Olympics

1994

1994–1997

1997

1998–2000

2000–2002

2002–2004

2004–2006

2006–2007

2007–2010

2010–2011

2011–2012

2012–2013

2013–2014

2014–2016

2016–2017

2018–present

Second kits

1938–1948

1949–1953

1958

1995

1997

2002–2004

2004–2006

2006–2007

2008–2010

2010–2011

2011–2012

2012–2013

2013–2014

2014–2016

2016–2017

2018–present

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier	Period
Athleta	1954–1977[127]
Adidas	1977–1981
Topper	1981–1991
Umbro	1991–1996
Nike	1997–present

Kit deals

Kit supplier	Period	Contract announcement	Contract duration	Value	Notes
Nike	1995–present
		Undisclosed	2008–2018	€30.7 million per year[128]

Venues

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

The training camp entrance

Brazil does not have a home national stadium like many other national teams, and rotates their home World Cup qualifying matches in various venues throughout the country, such as the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Since September 2006, Brazil has played many international friendlies at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, England. Brazil also plays a number of international friendlies in the United States and other parts of the world as part of the Brasil Global Tour.

Brazil's training camp is the Granja Comary in Teresópolis, located 90 km (56 mi) from Rio de Janeiro.^[129] Granja Comary was opened in 1987,^[130] and underwent significant renovations in 2013 and 2014.

Competitive record

The following tables shows only Brazil's results at major tournaments. To see Brazil's results at minor tournaments, see Brazil national football team competitive record.

FIFA World Cup

Brazil supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Brazil has qualified for every FIFA World Cup they entered, never requiring a qualifying play-off. With five titles, they have won the tournament on more occasions than any other national team.

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

*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.

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

South American Championship / Copa América South American Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1916 Third place 3rd 3 0 2 1 3 4 1917 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 7 8 1919 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 12 3 1920 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 1 8 1921 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 0 2 4 3 1922 Champions 1st 5 2 3 0 7 2 1923 Fourth place 4th 3 0 0 3 2 5 1924 Withdrew 1925 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 11 9 1926 Withdrew 1927 1929 1935 1937 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 17 11 1939 Withdrew 1941 1942 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 15 7 1945 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 19 5 1946 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 13 7 1947 Withdrew 1949 Champions 1st 8 7 0 1 46 7 1953 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 0 3 17 9 1955 Withdrew 1956 Fourth place 4th 5 2 2 1 4 5 1957 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 23 9 1959 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 17 7 1959 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 10 1963 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 12 13 1967 Withdrew Total 3 titles 19/29 93 50 14 29 237 132

Copa América record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1975 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 16 4 1979 Third place 3rd 6 2 2 2 10 9 1983 Runners-up 2nd 8 2 4 2 8 5 1987 Group stage 5th 2 1 0 1 5 4 1989 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 11 1 1991 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 1 2 12 8 1993 Quarter-finals 5th 4 1 2 1 6 4 1995 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 10 3 1997 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 22 3 1999 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 17 2 2001 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 5 4 2004 Champions 1st 6 3 2 1 13 6 2007 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 15 5 2011 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 3 0 6 4 2015 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 4 2016 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 2 2019 Qualified Total 5 titles 16/16 85 49 21 15 168 68

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

Fixtures and results

  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2018

Russia  v  Brazil

23 March Brasil Global Tour	Russia	0–3	Brazil	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Miranda  53' Coutinho  62' (pen.) Paulinho  66'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,750 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Germany  v  Brazil

27 March Brasil Global Tour	Germany	0–1	Brazil	Berlin, Germany
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Gabriel Jesus  37'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 72,717 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Brazil  v  Croatia

3 June Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	2–0	Croatia	Liverpool, England
15:00 UTC+1	Neymar  69' Firmino  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Austria  v  Brazil

10 June Brasil Global Tour	Austria	0–3	Brazil	Vienna, Austria
16:00 UTC+2		Report	Gabriel Jesus  36' Neymar  63' Coutinho  69'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Brazil  v   Switzerland

17 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E	Brazil	1–1	Switzerland	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
21:00 UTC+3	Coutinho  20'	Report	Zuber  50'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 43,109 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Brazil  v  Costa Rica

22 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E	Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 UTC+3	Coutinho  90+1' Neymar  90+7'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,468 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Serbia  v  Brazil

27 June 2018 FIFA World Cup Group E	Serbia	0–2	Brazil	Moscow, Russia
21:00 UTC+3		Report	Paulinho  36' Thiago Silva  68'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 44,190 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Brazil  v  Mexico

2 July 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	Samara, Russia
18:00 UTC+4	Neymar  51' Firmino  88'	Report		Stadium: Cosmos Arena Attendance: 41,970 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Brazil  v  Belgium

6 July 2018 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals	Brazil	1–2	Belgium	Kazan, Russia
21:00 UTC+3	Renato Augusto  76'	Report	Fernandinho  13' (o.g.) De Bruyne  31'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 42,873 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

United States  v  Brazil

7 September Brasil Global Tour	United States	0–2	Brazil	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
19:00 UTC–5		Report	Firmino  11' Neymar  43' (pen.)	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 32,489 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

Brazil  v  El Salvador

11 September Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	5–0	El Salvador	Landover, Maryland, United States
19:30 UTC–5	Neymar  4' (pen.) Richarlison  16', 50' Coutinho  30' Marquinhos  90'	Report		Stadium: FedExField Attendance: 28,511 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Saudi Arabia  v  Brazil

12 October Brasil Global Tour	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Brazil	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3		Report	Gabriel Jesus  43' Alex Sandro  90+6'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 23,401 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Argentina  v  Brazil

16 October 2018 Superclásico de las Américas	Argentina	0–1	Brazil	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3		Report	Miranda  90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 62,345 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Brazil  v  Uruguay

16 November Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	1–0	Uruguay	London, England
20:00 GMT	Neymar  76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Brazil  v  Cameroon

20 November Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	1–0	Cameroon	Milton Keynes, England
19:30 GMT	Richarlison  45'	Report		Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 29 699 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

2019

Brazil  v  Panama

23 March Brasil Global Tour	Brazil	–	Panama	Porto, Portugal
18:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Czech Republic  v  Brazil

26 March Brasil Global Tour	Czech Republic	–	Brazil	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+1				Stadium: Sinobo Stadium

Brazil  v  Bolivia

14 June 2019 Copa América	Brazil	–	Bolivia	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30 (UTC-3)				Stadium: Estádio do Morumbi

Brazil  v  Venezuela

18 June 2019 Copa América	Brazil	–	Venezuela	Salvador, Brazil
21:30 (UTC-3)				Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova

Peru  v  Brazil

22 June 2019 Copa América	Peru	–	Brazil	São Paulo, Brazil
16:00 (UTC-3)				Stadium: Arena Corinthians

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for two friendly matches against Uruguay and Cameroon on 16 and 20 November 2018 respectively.^{[131][132][133][134]}
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 November 2018, after the match against Cameroon.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alisson	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 26)	34	0	Liverpool
23	1GK	Ederson	(1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 25)	3	0	Manchester City
22	1GK	Gabriel Brazão	(2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 18)	0	0	Parma
3	2DF	Miranda	(1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 34)	54	3	Internazionale
6	2DF	Filipe Luís	(1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 33)	38	2	Atlético Madrid
4	2DF	Marquinhos	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 24)	33	1	Paris Saint-Germain
2	2DF	Danilo	(1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 27)	22	0	Manchester City
12	2DF	Alex Sandro	(1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 28)	13	1	Juventus
13	2DF	Dedé	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 30)	11	1	Cruzeiro
14	2DF	Fabinho	(1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 25)	7	0	Liverpool
16	2DF	Pablo	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 27)	2	0	Bordeaux
19	3MF	Willian	(1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 30)	65	8	Chelsea
15	3MF	Paulinho	(1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 30)	56	13	Guangzhou Evergrande
8	3MF	Renato Augusto	(1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 31)	33	6	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
5	3MF	Arthur	(1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 22)	6	0	Barcelona
17	3MF	Walace	(1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 23)	5	0	Hannover 96
18	3MF	Allan	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 28)	2	0	Napoli
11	3MF	Rafinha	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 26)	2	1	Barcelona
10	4FW	Neymar (Captain)	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 27)	96	60	Paris Saint-Germain
7	4FW	Douglas Costa	(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 28)	31	3	Juventus
20	4FW	Roberto Firmino	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 27)	29	8	Liverpool
9	4FW	Gabriel Jesus	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 21)	25	11	Manchester City
21	4FW	Richarlison	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 21)	6	3	Everton