Brazil national under-20 football team

Brazil U-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Seleção (The Selection)
Canarinha (Little Canary)
Amarelinha (Little Yellow)
Verde-Amarela (Green-Yellow)
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Futebol
(Brazilian Football Confederation)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachRamon Menezes[1]
CaptainAndrey Santos
FIFA codeBRA
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Brazil 7–1 Panama 
(Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954)
Biggest win
 Brazil 10–0 Belgium 
(Kuching, Malaysia; 25 June 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 0–3 Colombia 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 February 2015)
Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances19 (first in 1977)
Best resultWinners (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances29 (first in 1954)
Best resultWinners (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)
Brazil national under-20 football team
Medal record
U-20 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1983 Mexico Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Soviet Union Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Australia Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 United Arab Emirates Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Colombia Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Portugal Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Qatar Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Egypt Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 New Zealand Team
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Tunisia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Saudi Arabia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Netherlands Team

The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record twelve times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times. It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the Toulon Tournament, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner.

Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho, Kaká, Rivaldo, Romário, Marcos, Roberto Carlos, César Sampaio, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Dani Alves, Maicon, Adriano, Júlio Baptista, Luisão, Alex, Giovane Élber, Leonardo, Müller, Silas, Marcelo, David Luiz, Willian, Jô and Lucas Moura, among others.

  1. ^ "Ramon Menezes é o novo treinador da seleção brasileira sub-20" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 March 2022.