Brazil national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Brazil women's national football team.

Brazil
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Seleção (The Selection)
Canarinho (Little Canary)
Amarelinha (Little Yellow)
Verde-Amarela (Green-Yellow)
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Futebol
(Brazilian Football Confederation)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachDorival Júnior
CaptainDanilo
Most capsCafu (142)[1][2]
Top scorerNeymar (79)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeBRA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 5 Steady (24 October 2024)[3]
Highest1 (159 times on 8 occasions[4])
Lowest22 (6 June 2013)
First international
 Argentina 3–0 Brazil 
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 20 September 1914)[5][6]
Biggest win
 Brazil 10–1 Bolivia 
(São Paulo, Brazil; 10 April 1949)[7]
 Brazil 9–0 Colombia 
(Lima, Peru; 24 March 1957)
Biggest defeat
 Uruguay 6−0 Brazil 
(Viña del Mar, Chile; 18 September 1920)
 Brazil 1−7 Germany 
(Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 8 July 2014)[8]
World Cup
Appearances22 (first in 1930)
Best resultChampions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Copa América
Appearances38 (first in 1916)
Best resultChampions (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019)
Panamerican Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1952)
Best resultChampions (1952, 1956)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultRunners-up (1996, 2003)
Confederations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1997)
Best resultChampions (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Medal record
FIFA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1958 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Chile Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Mexico Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 United States Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Korea & Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 1950 Brazil Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 1938 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Argentina Team
Copa América
Gold medal – first place 1919 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1922 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1949 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1989 Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bolivia Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Paraguay Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Peru Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Venezuela Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Brazil Team
Silver medal – second place 1921 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 1925 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 1937 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 1945 Chile Team
Silver medal – second place 1946 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 1953 Peru Team
Silver medal – second place 1957 Peru Team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 South America Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Chile Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Uruguay Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Brazil Team
Bronze medal – third place 1916 Argentina Team
Bronze medal – third place 1917 Uruguay Team
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Chile Team
Bronze medal – third place 1942 Uruguay Team
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Ecuador Team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 South America Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 South America Team
Panamerican Championship
Gold medal – first place 1952 Chile Team
Gold medal – first place 1956 Mexico Team
Silver medal – second place 1960 Costa Rica Team
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Silver medal – second place 1996 United States Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 United States & Mexico Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 United States Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
Gold medal – first place 1997 Saudi Arabia Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 South Africa Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brazil Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Mexico Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Websitecbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira

The Brazil national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed Seleção Canarinho ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and 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 a member of CONMEBOL since 1916.

Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The Seleção also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points, and 19 losses.[11][12] It is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs,[13] and the only team to have won the World Cup in 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 South Korea/Japan). Brazil was also the most successful team in the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup, winning it four times, in 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2013. With the capture of the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[14] Brazil has become one of only two countries, the others being France, to have won all men's FIFA 11-player competitions at all age levels.[15][16][17][18][14]

In ranking standings, Brazil has the highest average football Elo rating, and the fourth all-time peak football Elo rating, established in 2022.[19] In FIFA's ranking system Brazil holds the record for most Team of the Year first ranking wins with 13.[20] Many commentators, experts, and former players have considered the Brazil team of 1970 to be the greatest team of all time.[21][22][23][24][25] Other Brazilian teams are also highly esteemed and regularly appear listed among the best teams of all time, such as the Brazil teams of 1958–62 and the squads of the 1994–02 period, with honorary mentions for the gifted 1982 side.[26][27][28][29] In 1996, the Brazil national team achieved 35 consecutive matches undefeated, a feat which they held as a world record for 25 years.[30]

Brazil has developed many rivalries through the years, with the most notable ones being with Argentina—known as the Superclássico das Américas in Portuguese, Italy—known as the Clássico Mundial in Portuguese or the World Derby in English,[31][32] Uruguay—known as the Clássico do Rio Negro, due to the traumatic Maracanazo,[33] and the Netherlands due to several important meetings between the two teams at several World Cups.

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  4. ^ 23 September 1993 until 19 November 1993, 19 April 1994 until 14 June 1994, 21 July 1994 until 16 May 2001, 3 July 2002 until 14 February 2007, 18 July 2007 until 19 September 2007, 1 July 2009 until 20 November 2009, 28 April 2010 until 14 July 2010, 6 April 2017 until 6 July 2017, 10 August 2017 until 14 September 2017, 31 March 2022 until 6 April 2023
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  10. ^ 1958–63, 1965–66, 1970–74, 1978–79, 1981–83, 1986–87, 1990, 1992, 1994–00, 2002–10, 2016–2017, 2018–present
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