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Brazil


Federation founded: 1914
FIFA member since: 1923

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - First round exit
1934 - First round exit
1938 - 3rd place
1950 - Beaten finalist
1954 - Quarterfinal exit
1958 - CHAMPIONS
1962 - CHAMPIONS
1966 - First round exit
1970 - CHAMPIONS
1974 - 4th place
1978 - 3rd place
1982 - Second phase exit
1986 - Quarterfinal exit
1990 - Second round exit
1994 - CHAMPIONS
1998 - Beaten finalist
2002 - CHAMPIONS
2006 - Quarterfinal exit

 
STATISTICS
Played
92
Won
64
Drawn
14
Lost
14
Goals for
201
Goals against
84
Points
206
Brazil are leading the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
7-1 vs Sweden in 1950.
Biggest defeat:
0-3 vs France in 1998.
Overall topscorer:
Ronaldo, 15 goals.
Most appearances:
Cafu, 20 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
1950

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Pelé
Jairzinho
Garrincha
Rivelino
Zico
Socrates
Careca
Leonidas
Romario

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part and BRAZIL
chose to participate.

1934

BRAZIL qualified without playing a
match as their only opponent, Peru,
withdrew from the qualification.

1938

BRAZIL qualified without playing a
match alongside Cuba as no other teams 
decided to join their group.

1950

BRAZIL qualified automatically 
as host nation.

1954

(WCQ Group 11)
28.Feb 54 Chile 0-2 BRAZIL 07.Mar 54 Paraguay 0-1 BRAZIL 14.Mar 54 BRAZIL 1-0 Chile 21.Mar 54 BRAZIL 4-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 4 4 0 0 8- 1 8 2.Paraguay 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4 3.Chile 4 0 0 4 1-10 0 BRAZIL qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(CONMEBOL Group 1)
13.Apr 57 Peru 1-1 BRAZIL 21.Apr 57 BRAZIL 1-0 Peru
BRAZIL qualified for Sweden 1958.

1962

BRAZIL qualified automatically for
Chile 1962 as defending champions.

1966

BRAZIL qualified automatically for
England 1966 as defending champions.

1970

(CONMEBOL Group 2)
06.Aug 69 Colombia 0-2 BRAZIL 10.Aug 69 Venezuela 0-5 BRAZIL 17.Aug 69 Paraguay 0-3 BRAZIL 21.Aug 69 BRAZIL 6-2 Colombia 24.Aug 69 BRAZIL 6-0 Venezuela 31.Aug 69 BRAZIL 1-0 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 6 6 0 0 23- 2 12 2.Paraguay 6 4 0 2 6- 5 8 3.Colombia 6 1 1 4 7-12 3 4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 1-18 1 BRAZIL qualified for Mexico 1970.

1974

BRAZIL qualified automatically for
West Germany 1974 as defending champions.

1978

(CONMEBOL First round - Group A)
20.Feb 77 Colombia 0-0 BRAZIL 09.Mar 77 BRAZIL 6-0 Colombia 13.Mar 77 Paraguay 0-1 BRAZIL 20.Mar 77 BRAZIL 1-1 Paraguay
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 4 2 2 0 8- 1 6 2.Paraguay 4 1 2 1 3- 3 4 3.Colombia 4 0 2 2 1- 8 2 (CONMEBOL Final round [in Cali (COL)])
10.Jul 77 BRAZIL 1-0 Peru 14.Jul 77 BRAZIL 8-0 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 2 2 0 0 9- 0 4 2.Peru 2 1 0 1 5- 1 2 3.Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0-13 0 BRAZIL qualified for Argentina 1978

1982

(CONMEBOL Group 1)
08.Feb 81 Venezuela 0-1 BRAZIL 22.Feb 81 Bolivia 1-2 BRAZIL 22.Mar 81 BRAZIL 3-1 Bolivia 29.Mar 81 BRAZIL 5-0 Venezuela
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 4 4 0 0 11- 2 8 2.Bolivia 4 1 0 3 5- 6 2 3.Venezuela 4 1 0 3 1- 9 2 BRAZIL qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

(CONMEBOL Group 3)
02.Jun 85 Bolivia 0-2 BRAZIL 16.Jun 85 Paraguay 0-2 BRAZIL 23.Jun 85 BRAZIL 1-1 Paraguay 30.Jun 85 BRAZIL 1-1 Bolivia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 4 2 2 0 6- 2 6 2.Paraguay 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4 3.Bolivia 4 0 2 2 2- 7 2 BRAZIL qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

(CONMEBOL Group 3)
30.Jul 89 Venezuela 0-4 BRAZIL 13.Aug 89 Chile 1-1 BRAZIL 20.Aug 89 BRAZIL 6-0 Venezuela 03.Sep 89 BRAZIL 2-0 Chile (Abandoned at 1-0 when Chilean goalkeeper Robert Rojas faked an injury pretending being hit by a flare thrown from the crowd. Chilean officials and medical staff joined in the acting and escorted the team off the field hoping to fix a rematch, but TV pictures showed that the flare didn't make contact with Rojas. Chile was banned not only from the 1990 World Cup, but also from qualifying for 1994. FIFA awarded BRAZIL a 2-0 win.)
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 4 3 1 0 13- 1 7 2.Chile 4 2 1 1 9- 4 5 3.Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1-18 0 BRAZIL qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

(CONMEBOL Group 2)
18.Jul 93 Ecuador 0-0 BRAZIL 25.Jul 93 Bolivia 2-0 BRAZIL 01.Aug 93 Venezuela 1-5 BRAZIL 15.Aug 93 Uruguay 1-1 BRAZIL 22.Aug 93 BRAZIL 2-0 Ecuador 29.Aug 93 BRAZIL 6-0 Bolivia 05.Sep 83 BRAZIL 4-0 Venezuela 19.Sep 93 BRAZIL 2-0 Uruguay
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 8 5 2 1 20- 4 12 2.Bolivia 8 5 1 2 22-11 11 3.Uruguay 8 4 2 2 10- 7 10 4.Ecuador 8 1 3 4 7- 7 5 5.Venezuela 8 1 0 7 4-34 2 BRAZIL qualified for USA 1994.

1998

BRAZIL qualified automatically for
France 1998 as defending champions.

2002

(CONMEBOL league)
28.Mar 00 Colombia 0-0 BRAZIL 26.Apr 00 BRAZIL 3-2 Ecuador 04.Jun 00 Peru 0-1 BRAZIL 28.Jun 00 BRAZIL 1-1 Uruguay 18.Jul 00 Paraguay 2-1 BRAZIL 26.Jul 00 BRAZIL 3-1 Argentina 15.Aug 00 Chile 3-0 BRAZIL 03.Sep 00 BRAZIL 5-0 Bolivia 08.Oct 00 Venezuela 0-6 BRAZIL 15.Nov 00 BRAZIL 1-0 Colombia 28.Mar 01 Ecuador 1-0 BRAZIL 25.Apr 01 BRAZIL 1-1 Peru 01.Jul 01 Uruguay 1-0 BRAZIL 15.Aug 01 BRAZIL 2-0 Paraguay 05.Sep 01 Argentina 2-1 BRAZIL 07.Oct 01 BRAZIL 2-0 Chile 07.Nov 01 Bolivia 3-1 BRAZIL 14.Nov 01 BRAZIL 3-0 Venezuela
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Argentina 18 13 4 1 42-15 43 2.Ecuador 18 9 4 5 23-20 31 3.BRAZIL 18 9 3 6 31-17 30 4.Paraguay 18 9 3 6 29-23 30 5.Uruguay 18 7 6 5 19-13 27 6.Colombia 18 7 6 5 20-15 27 7.Bolivia 18 4 6 8 21-33 18 8.Peru 18 4 4 10 14-25 16 9.Venezuela 18 5 1 12 18-44 16 10.Chile 18 3 3 12 15-27 12 BRAZIL qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(CONMEBOL league)
07.Sep 03 Colombia 1-2 BRAZIL 10.Sep 03 BRAZIL 1-0 Ecuador 16.Nov 03 Peru 1-1 BRAZIL 19.Nov 03 BRAZIL 3-3 Uruguay 31.Mar 04 Paraguay 0-0 BRAZIL 02.Jun 04 BRAZIL 3-1 Argentina 06.Jun 04 Chile 1-1 BRAZIL 05.Sep 04 BRAZIL 3-1 Bolivia 09.Oct 04 Venezuela 2-5 BRAZIL 13.Oct 04 BRAZIL 0-0 Colombia 17.Nov 04 Ecuador 1-0 BRAZIL 27.Mar 05 BRAZIL 1-0 Peru 30.Mar 05 Uruguay 1-1 BRAZIL 05.Jun 05 BRAZIL 4-1 Paraguay 08.Jun 05 Argentina 3-1 BRAZIL 04.Sep 05 BRAZIL 5-0 Chile 09.Oct 05 Bolivia 1-1 BRAZIL 12.Oct 05 BRAZIL 3-0 Venezuela
P W D L Gls Pts 1.BRAZIL 18 9 7 2 35-17 34 2.Argentina 18 10 4 4 29-17 34 3.Ecuador 18 8 4 6 23-19 28 4.Paraguay 18 8 4 6 23-23 28 5.Uruguay 18 6 7 5 23-28 25 6.Colombia 18 6 6 6 24-16 24 7.Chile 18 5 7 6 18-22 22 8.Venezuela 18 5 3 10 20-28 18 9.Peru 18 4 6 8 20-28 18 10.Bolivia 18 4 2 12 20-37 14 BRAZIL qualified for Germany 2006.

 
 

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