Brazilian national soccer team / World Championships

Brazil
Brasil

World Cup record goalscorer:	Ronaldo (15)
World Cup record players:	Cafu (21)
Rank :	1
Organizer:	1950, 2014
Balance sheet
109 World Cup games 73 wins 18 draws 18 defeats 229: 105 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Brazil 1: 2 Kgr. Yugoslavia Montevideo ( URU ); July 14, 1930
Biggest World Cup victory Brazil 7: 1 Sweden Rio de Janeiro ; July 9, 1950
Biggest World Cup defeat Brazil 1: 7 Germany Belo Horizonte , Brazil ; July 8, 2014
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	21 (all) ( first : 1930 )
Best results	World champions 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1994 , 2002
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(As of July 6, 2018 )

The article contains a detailed description of the Brazilian national soccer team at soccer world championships . Brazil is the only team that has taken part in all previous World Cup finals, has been world champion five times and leads the all-time table .

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	Preliminary round	Yugoslavia , Bolivia	6th	Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues	1. Game against a European team
1934	Italy	Round of 16	Spain	14th	Luís Augusto Vinhaes	1st game in Europe
1938	France	3rd place match	Sweden	Third	Adhemar Pimenta	Leônida's top scorer
1950	Brazil	Final round	Sweden , Spain , Uruguay	Vice world champion	Flávio Costa	Maracanaço , Ademir top scorer
1954	Switzerland	Quarter finals	Hungary	5.	Zezé Moreira
1958	Sweden	final	Sweden	World Champion	Vicente Feola	The only world title for a South American team in Europe
1962	Chile	final	Czechoslovakia	World Champion	Aymore Moreira	Garrincha top scorer
1966	England	Preliminary round	Hungary , Bulgaria , Portugal	11.	Vicente Feola
1970	Mexico	final	Italy	World Champion	Mario Zagallo	1st world champion in Central America, Brazil becomes record world champion
1974	Germany	3rd place match	Poland	4th	Mario Zagallo
1978	Argentina	3rd place match	Italy	Third	Cláudio Coutinho	Brazil are the only team unbeaten
1982	Spain	Second final round	Argentina , Italy	5.	Telê Santana	Italy sets the record for Brazil with its 3rd World Cup title
1986	Mexico	Quarter finals	France	5.	Telê Santana	Defeat on penalties
1990	Italy	Round of 16	Argentina	9.	Sebastião Lazaroni	With its 3rd World Cup title, Germany sets the record for Brazil and Italy
1994	United States	final	Italy	World Champion	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Brazil once again sole record world champion, Romário best player
1998	France	final	France	Vice world champion	Mario Zagallo	Ronaldo best player
2002	South Korea / Japan	final	Germany	World Champion	Luiz Felipe Scolari	1st World Champion in Asia, 1st World Cup game against Germany, Ronaldo top scorer
2006	Germany	Quarter finals	France	5.	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Ronaldo is the most successful World Cup goalscorer with his 15th World Cup goal
2010	South Africa	Quarter finals	Netherlands	6th	Dunga
2014	Brazil	3rd place match	Netherlands	4th	Luiz Felipe Scolari	In the group stage of the finals, Brazil, as automatically qualified hosts, met Croatia (3-1) in the opening game, then Mexico (0-0) and, at the end of the group stage, Cameroon (4-1). Brazil had already played against all three at the World Cup finals. Brazil met Chile in the round of 16 and reached the quarter-finals with a win on penalties against their South American neighbor Colombia, who were defeated 2-1. In the semifinals, Brazil lost to the German team 7-1 . This was the biggest semi-final defeat of all time.
2018	Russia	Quarter finals	Belgium	6th	Tite	Qualified as the first team after the host.

Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)

• Sporting qualification (incl. 4 × as defending champion): 16 × (76% or 100% of the attempts)
• Participation without qualification (incl. 2 × as a host and because the opponents did not compete): 5 × (24%; 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950 and 2014)
  • Round of 16 or first round: 2 × (10%; 1934 and 1990)
  • Last twelve: 1 × (5%; 1982)
  • Last eight, quarter-finals: 5 × (24%; 1954, 1986, 2006, 2010 and 2018)
  • 4th place: 2 × (10%; 1974 and 2014)
  • 3rd place: 2 × (10%; 1938 and 1978)
  • Final: 6 × (29%; 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 1998 and 2002)
    • Vice World Champion: 2 × (10%; 1950 and 1998)
    • World champions: 5 × (24%; 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002)

Most frequent last opponent: Italy (4 ×, only one game lost), Brazil was also one of the last opponents for Italy most often (3 ×).

The tournaments

1930 World Cup in Uruguay

The first soccer world championship took place on the South American continent in the neighboring country Uruguay . It was the only world championship for which no qualifying matches were played. On July 14, 1930, Brazil met a European team for the first time in their first World Cup game and lost 2-1 to Yugoslavia . The subsequent game against neighboring Bolivia was won 4-0, but since only the group winners reached the semi-finals, Brazil were eliminated after the preliminary round.

World Cup 1934 in Italy

While defending champions Uruguay did not make the trip to Europe, Brazil and the other finalist Argentina were the only South American teams to take part in Italy . Both were qualified without qualifying matches, as the drawn opponents Peru and Chile did not play. Brazil took part in a game in Europe for the first time, but was eliminated in the first round against Spain .

World Cup 1938 in France

Brazil and Poland before the opening game

In 1938, Brazil was the only South American participant, as Argentina withdrew to qualify, and achieved third place, the best placement ever. In addition, Brazil provided the top scorer for the first time with Leônidas , who became the first Brazilian to score three goals in a game in a 6: 5 a.d. in the round of 16 against Poland . With this first victory in Europe against a European team, the quarter-finals were reached. In the 1-1 draw in the first quarter-final against Czechoslovakia , whose goalkeeper broke his arm, Zézé was the first Brazilian to be sent off in a World Cup game after just 11 minutes and Arthur was followed 32 minutes later Machado . After Brazil won the replay 2-1, the team met the defending champions for the first time at a World Cup in the semi-finals and were beaten 2-1 by Italy . Decisive for the defeat was that coach Adhemar Pimenta wanted to spare the top scorer of the World Cup Leônidas for the final and did not use it. In the game for third place, a 4-2 win against Sweden succeeded , with Leônidas still scoring two goals and he was the first Brazilian to be the top scorer in the World Cup with 7 goals. With the World Cup, the term of office of coach Pimenta ended, but in 1942 he took over the office again for six games.

World Cup 1950 in Brazil

The first home World Cup should bring Brazil the title. Brazil had built the largest stadium in the world, the Estádio do Maracanã , and survived the preliminary round with wins against Mexico (4: 0) and Yugoslavia (2: 0) as well as a 2: 2 against Switzerland and after high victories against Sweden ( 7: 1) and Spain (6: 1) in the last game of the final round, a draw against Uruguay would have been enough to win the World Cup. Up to the 79th minute of the game against Uruguay everything looked like a title win. But then the Uruguayan Alcides Ghiggia made it 2-1 for Uruguay and let the Maracanã fall silent. With Ademir , who scored four goals in the 7-1 win against Sweden, the top scorer was set for the second time.

1954 World Cup in Switzerland

Even four years later, Brazil could not win the title, in the quarter-finals, the so-called " Battle of Bern ", the Seleção lost 2: 4 against title favorite Hungary and again two players ( Nílton Santos and Humberto ) by sending off. Previously, Brazil had to play qualifying games for the first time , in which the team prevailed with four wins against Paraguay and Chile . In the preliminary round, the seeded team met Mexico (5: 0) and Yugoslavia (1: 1).

1958 World Cup in Sweden

The team before the 1958 final

Lineups in the 1958 final

Through a 1: 1 and a 1: 0 win over Peru, the Didí secured eight minutes before game end by a direct free-kick, qualified to Brazil for the World Cup finals . With the 17-year-old Pelé , who was initially not used due to a knee injury and then with 6 goals together with Helmut Rahn was the second best goalscorer of the tournament, the Brazilians finally achieved the desired title with a perfected 4-2-4 system in Sweden also the only title win by a South American team in Europe to date. In the final with the highest number of goals to date, hosts Sweden were defeated 5-2. Midfield director Didí was voted the best player in the World Cup.

1962 World Cup in Chile

As the defending champions, Brazil automatically qualified for the finals . Even if Pelé was injured in the second game and could not be used afterwards, the title could be defended for the last time and with Garrincha (by drawing of lots, as five other players scored as many goals) Brazil was the top scorer for the third time. Pelé was represented by Amarildo , who scored three goals in four games. On the way to the final, victories against Mexico and Spain in the preliminary round , u. a. with Ferenc Puskás , while against the later final opponent Czechoslovakia only managed a goalless draw. In the knockout round, victories against England and hosts Chile followed . The semi-final against Chile saw more spectators than the later final. In this, the Brazilians benefited - like 40 years later - from mistakes made by the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Viliam Schrojf had brought his teams into the final with a large number of saves - like Oliver Kahn 40 years later - but then looked bad on all three of the Brazilians' goals. With the final victory, midfield director Didí ended his national team career and was initially a player-coach and later u. a. Coach of the Peruvian national soccer team , which he led to the 1970 World Cup.

1966 World Cup in England

Again, Brazil were automatically qualified as defending champions, but had not used the free time to rejuvenate the team. With an over-aged team - Brazil had Edu (16 years old), the youngest player in the tournament, but he was not used - Brazil was eliminated as the second defending champion in the preliminary round . Pelé scored the opening goal for the 2-0 win in the first game against Bulgaria , but was absent against Hungary due to injury and was carried off the pitch after half an hour after several brutal fouls in the game against Portugal . Although he returned one more time, he only limped across the field and could no longer prevent the defeat and thus the early retirement of the defending champion. After the departure, Pelé was determined not to play for Brazil again, but was back four years later.

1970 World Cup in Mexico

Cheering scene on a Brazilian postage stamp

The team before the quarter-final against Peru

Brazil qualified with six wins against Paraguay , Colombia and Venezuela . With the third title win, Brazil was finally able to secure the Jules Rimet Cup . The coach was Mário Zagallo , who was the first to win the title of player (1958 and 1962) and coach. Pelé scored his 75th international goal in a 4-1 final win over Italy and became the first player to become world champion for the third time. A year later he ended his career in the national team. On the way to the final, u. a. Defending champions England 1-0 in the preliminary round, the Peruvians trained by Didí 4-2 in the quarter-finals and Uruguay 3-1 in the semi-finals.

World Cup 1974 in Germany

Brazil in the Munich Olympic Stadium before the game for 3rd place

Brazil was automatically qualified as the defending champion and for the first time the defending champion was allowed to play the opening game , but continued the series of goalless opening games against Yugoslavia that began in England in 1966. Also in the game against the second European group opponent Scotland it was only a 0-0, so that - since Scotland and Yugoslavia also tied apart - the games of the three teams against Zaire were decisive for progress. With Brazil scoring one more goal against Zaire than the Scots, Brazil reached the first-ever second final round. But without Pelé , Brazil could not match the style of play in Mexico in Germany, so they played more defensively and often only knew how to save themselves with fouls in the decisive game of the second final round against the Dutch , so that the Brazilian Luís Pereira was the first Brazilian to win the red Saw map . Since the game was lost with 0: 2, it was only enough for the game for 3rd place, which was also lost with 0: 1 against Poland . With this World Cup, Mário Américo , the team's long-time masseur, ended his work and became a politician.

World Cup 1978 in Argentina

For the first time the qualification in South America was carried out over two rounds. With two wins and two draws against Colombia and Paraguay , Brazil reached the second round, which took place in Colombia , where Brazil prevailed with two wins against Bolivia and Peru - which also qualified.

Even though Brazil was the only team to not lose a game, it was only enough to play for third place, as Argentina had a 6-0 win against Peru in the second final round, the better goal difference compared to the same point team from Brazil. However, Brazil had only qualified for the second final round with two draws and a 1-0 win against the Austrians who had already qualified for the second final round . Only against Poland and Peru got three goals each in the second final round, but since the game against hosts Argentina ended goalless, these were not enough for the final. Brazil drew 2-1 against Italy in the game for third place and finished third for the second time.

1982 World Cup in Spain

With four wins against Bolivia and Venezuela , Brazil qualified for the World Cup finals . Brazil was once again considered a contender for the title and also prevailed as group winners in the first final round with three wins against the Soviet Union , Scotland and World Cup newcomer New Zealand . After a win against Argentina in the first game of the second final round, a draw against Italy in the second game would have been enough to advance to the semi-finals, but Paolo Rossi , who later became the top scorer, prematurely destroyed the Brazilians' title dreams with three goals for a 3-2 victory . For the first time since 1966, Brazil did not make it into the top four teams of the tournament.

1986 World Cup in Mexico

With wins in the away games in Bolivia and Paraguay as well as draws in the two home games, Brazil qualified for the second World Cup in Mexico . The preliminary round was survived with three wins against Spain , Algeria and Northern Ireland and without conceding a goal and also won the round of 16 against Poland 4-0. In one of the best World Cup games of all time, the team had to bow to the French on penalties in the quarter-finals and again failed to make it into the top four.

1990 World Cup in Italy

With three wins and one draw, Brazil qualified against Chile and Venezuela for the second World Cup in Italy and with three wins against Sweden , World Cup newcomer Costa Rica and again Scotland, with an unusually defensive style of play, they were able to confidently finish the preliminary round as group winners. But this time it was already over for Brazil in the round of 16, as it was lost 1-0 to arch rivals and defending champions Argentina despite the best tournament performance.

World Cup 1994 in the USA

Lineups in the 1994 final

In qualifying , Brazil beat Bolivia - which also qualified second in the group -, Uruguay , Ecuador and Venezuela with five wins, two draws and one defeat, with all home games being won without conceding a goal. The loss to Bolivia at the height of La Paz was the first loss in a World Cup qualifier.

In the United States, Brazil won the new World Cup trophy introduced in 1974 for the first time , with a final decision on penalties for the first time in World Cup history. As in the third triumph in 1970, Italy was again the final opponent, but in contrast to 1970, both teams failed to score in 120 minutes, so the penalty shoot-out had to decide. In particular, the storm duo Romário (5 goals) and Bebeto (3 goals) stood out from the team of the world champions. On the way to the final, Brazil had defeated Russia , which participated for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , and Cameroon in the preliminary round , and had a draw against Sweden . In the knockout round, hosts USA , the Netherlands and the preliminary round opponents Sweden were defeated.

1998 World Cup in France

As the defending champion, Brazil was automatically qualified again and with a Ronaldo who was outstanding until the final , they made it to the final again. Scotland and Morocco were defeated in the group stage and lost to Norway when they had already reached the round of 16 . Chile were defeated in the round of 16 and Denmark in the quarter-finals , but then Brazil needed luck on penalties in the semi-finals against the Netherlands . In the final, Ronaldo showed only a poor performance and Brazil lost 3-0 to hosts France and thus a final for the first time.

World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea

Lineups in the 2002 final

In the South America qualification , the 10 CONMEBOL members competed against each other in a game against each other. Brazil only finished third - with a clear gap behind Argentina - but qualified for the World Cup. At the first World Cup in Asia , Brazil reached the final for the third time in a row and met Germany , the second most successful team to date, at a World Cup . In a long-balanced game, Brazil benefited from a mistake by the German goalkeeper and best player of the tournament Oliver Kahn and won the title for the fifth time by 2-0. In addition, Ronaldo was the fourth Brazilian top scorer. Captain Cafu became the first and so far only player to reach three World Cup finals. The way to the final was paved by three wins in the group stage against Turkey , which was back for the first time since 1954, Costa Rica and World Cup newcomer China , which wins against Belgium , England and again Turkey in the knockout round followed. All seven games of the Brazilian team - as well as the games of the second and third placed teams - took place in seven different cities.

World Cup 2006 in Germany

For the first time, the defending champion also had to qualify for the World Cup. In the South America qualification , the 10 CONMEBOL members again competed against each other in the game against each other in back and forth matches. Brazil finished first on points with Argentina due to the better goal difference and easily qualified for the second World Cup in Germany . There they succeeded in winning the group with three wins in the preliminary round against Croatia , Australia and Japan , but safety thinking and result management largely dominated the defending champions' game. The victory in the round of 16 against Ghana was also more the result of the Ghanaians' inability to score than of a Brazilian superiority. As in 1986, the World Cup came to an end for Brazil against France in the quarter-finals. After three finals in a row, it was not enough to make it to the semi-finals for the first time. After all, Ronaldo was able to increase Gerd Müller's scoring record (14 goals), which had existed since 1974, to 15 goals and remained the record scorer at the World Cup until 2014.

World Cup 2010 in South Africa

In the South America qualification , the 10 CONMEBOL members again competed against each other in the game against each other in back and forth matches. Brazil took first place and became the first South American team to qualify for the first World Cup in Africa . In the preliminary round of hit Carlos Dunga , world champion in 1994, trained team for the first time on North Korea (2: 1) and the Ivory Coast (3: 1) and Portugal (0: 0), reaching as group winners the next round against Chile , the 3 : 0 was won. But again she could not improve beyond the quarter-finals. Against the Dutch , the team lost after an initial lead with 1: 2 and Dunga then resigned as national coach.

2014 World Cup in Brazil

The team before the quarter-final match against Colombia

The substitutes before the quarter-final against Colombia

For the second time, the World Cup took place in Brazil, which automatically qualified Brazil. Under the direction of Luiz Felipe Scolari , who led the Seleção to the World Cup in 2002, Brazil strived for their sixth title. Scolari took over the Seleção in 2013 after Mano Menezes , who had replaced Dunga in 2010, could not realize the desired style of play. By winning the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 , which was held as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup , the Seleção slipped into the role of World Cup favorite. The World Cup began for Brazil with the first own goal in World Cup history by a Brazilian: defender Marcelo made the mishap in the opening game against Croatia . His teammates managed to turn the game around and win 3-1. After a 0-0 win against Mexico , they made it to the round of 16 with a 4-1 win against Cameroon , where Chile was the opponent like four years earlier. Here Brazil had to rely on luck on penalties to reach the quarter-finals against neighboring Colombia , which they then won 2-1. However, Neymar was injured so badly by a foul that he was out for the rest of the World Cup. In addition, captain Thiago Silva had received the second yellow card , so that he was suspended for the semi-finals. Brazil lost this 7-1 against eventual world champions Germany . In the final game for third place, the Seleção failed to rehabilitate, drew 3-0 against the Netherlands and finished fourth in the World Cup. Luiz Felipe Scolari was fired after the World Cup and replaced by Dunga , who thus got a second chance.

World Cup 2018 in Russia

In the qualification all ten CONMEBOL members joined from October 2015 again in home and away matches against each other. The best four teams qualified directly, the fifth must play against a member of another confederation in playoff games. Brazil started with an away game against South American champions Chile and lost 2-0, the first defeat against the Chileans in 15 years. Of the next 13 games were won ten and played three times draw, including 1: 1 in Argentina and 3: 0 against Argentina with the 50th international goal from Neymar was so booked before the last four games, the World Cup ticket. Dunga was no longer in office by then, because after leaving the group stage at the Copa América Centenario 2016 he was replaced by Tite , under which the record of six victories in a row from the 1970 World Cup qualification was initially set and then to nine could be increased. In addition, the Seleção replaced the Argentinians at the top of the FIFA world rankings in April 2017 , but then later lost them to world champions Germany, as they only won one game in the last three games and played twice.

In Russia, the Seleção started with a 1-1 draw against Switzerland and then won 2-0 each against Costa Rica and Serbia . In the second round they managed to beat Mexico again 2-0. In the quarter-finals against Belgium, the team fell behind early due to an own goal by Fernandinho and then conceded the 0-2 and thus for the first time two goals in the tournament. In the second half, the team pressed for an equalizer, but no more than the goal from Renato Augusto in the 76th minute, despite 26: 8 shots on goal. The team was unlucky that despite video evidence they were denied a penalty after a foul on Gabriel Jesus in the penalty area.

player

Ranking of the Brazilian World Cup players with the most appearances

01. Cafu - 20 appearances in 4 tournaments

02. Ronaldo - 19 appearances in 4 tournaments

03. Cláudio Taffarel and Dunga - 18 appearances in 4 and 3 tournaments respectively

05. Roberto Carlos and Lúcio - 17 appearances in 3 tournaments

07. Jairzinho and Gilberto Silva - 16 appearances each in 3 tournaments

09. Bebeto , Didi , Roberto Rivelino and Nilton Santos - 15 appearances in 3 tournaments

13. Gilmar , Leão , Pelé , Rivaldo and Zico - 14 appearances in 4 (Pelé), 3 (Gilmar and Zico) and 2 (Leão and Rivaldo) tournaments

18. Aldair - 13 appearances in 2 tournaments

19. Branco , Júlio César , Denílson , Dirceu , Djalma Santos , Garrincha , Oscar and Mário Zagallo - 12 missions each with 4 (Djalma Santos), 3 (Garrincha, Branco, Júlio César, Dirceu and Oscar) and 2 (Denílson and Mário Zagallo) tournaments

27. Jorginho , Leonardo , Paulinho , Ramires and Thiago Silva - 11 appearances in 2 tournaments

32. Fernandinho , Juan , Júnior , Kaká , Marcelo , Müller , Neymar , Ronaldinho , Sócrates , Toninho Cerezo , Vavá , Willian , Zito - 10 missions each for 3 or 2 (Fernandinho, Júnior, Marcelo, Neymar, Sócrates, Vavá, Willian, Zito and Toninho Cerezo) tournaments

Ranking of the Brazilian World Cup players with the most goals

01. Ronaldo - 15 goals

02. Pelé - 12 goals

03. Jairzinho and Vavá - 9 goals

05. Ademir , Leônidas and Rivaldo - 8 goals each

08. Careca - 7 goals

09. Bebeto , Neymar and Roberto Rivelino - 6 goals each

12. Garrincha , Romário and Zico - 5 goals each

Brazil was the top scorer in the World Cup four times (1938 / Leônidas, 1950 / Ademir, 1962 / Garrincha and 2002 / Ronaldo). No team was the top scorer more often. In addition, Ademir were World Cup record scorers from 1950 to 1954 with nine goals and Ronaldo from 2006 to 2014 with 15 goals .

World Cup captains

• 1930: Preguinho
• 1934: Martim
• 1938: Martim, Leônidas (replay against Czechoslovakia), Brandão (game for 3rd place)
• 1950: Augusto
• 1954: José Carlos Bauer
• 1958: Bellini
• 1962: Mauro Ramos
• 1966: Bellini, Orlando Peçanha (3rd game)
• 1970: Carlos Alberto
• 1974: Piazza (1st final round), Marinho Pérez (from 2nd final round)
• 1978: Émerson Leão , Roberto Rivelino (1st game)
• 1982: Sócrates
• 1986: Edinho
• 1990: Ricardo Gomes
• 1994: Raí (preliminary round), Dunga (from round of 16)
• 1998: Dunga
• 2002: Cafu
• 2006: Cafu, Dida / Ronaldo (3rd game)
• 2010: Lúcio
• 2014: Thiago Silva , David Luiz (semifinals)
• 2018: Marcelo (1st game), Thiago Silva (2nd and 4th game), João Miranda (3rd and 5th game)

Players banned from World Championships

• At the 1938 World Cup, Zézé was the first Brazilian to be sent off in a World Cup game. Arthur Machado followed him into the cabin 32 minutes later.
• 1954 met in the game against Hungary Nílton Santos and Humberto , since Brazil were eliminated, the sending off had no further effect.
• In 1962 Garrincha was sent off in the semi-finals, but FIFA lifted the ban for the final.
• In 1974 captain Luís Pereira received the red card in the decisive game for group victory in the second final round and was suspended for the game for third place.
• In 1990 Ricardo Gomes received the red card in the round of 16 against Argentina, as Brazil lost the game with 0-1, it had no further effect. Carlos Mozer had seen a yellow card in the first two group matches and was suspended for the last group match against Scotland.
• In 1994 Leonardo saw the red card in the round of 16 against the USA and was no longer used afterwards. In the final, Mazinho was the first Brazilian to receive the second yellow card, but this had no more consequences.
• In 1998 César Sampaio received a total of three yellow cards, the first two in the first two games, so he was suspended for the third game. Cafu received a yellow card in each of the last sixteen and quarter finals and was therefore banned from the semi-finals.
• In 2002 Ronaldinho received the red card in the quarter-finals against England and therefore had to watch the semi-finals.
• In 2010, Kaká received two yellow cards in the game against Ivory Coast within three minutes and thus the yellow-red card, which he was suspended for the game against Portugal. Felipe Melo got the red card in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands, but this had no effect on the tournament due to the defeat. However, he was then suspended for the first game against Venezuela at the 2011 Copa America , but was not in the Brazilian squad . Ramires , who had previously received two yellow cards, was suspended for the quarter-finals .
• 2014: Luiz Gustavo was suspended for the quarter-finals against Colombia after two yellow cards. Thiago Silva was suspended for the semi-finals against Germany after two yellow cards.
• 2018: Casemiro was suspended for the quarter-finals after the second yellow card.

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

Although there was a legionnaire in the Brazilian squad as early as 1934 , this remained the exception until 1982. It was not until 1982 that players working abroad were increasingly appointed to the squad, and from 1990, with the exception of 2002, legionaries made up the majority of the squad. Brazil is the first world champion in whose World Cup squad legionnaires make up the majority. Only France nominated more legionnaires (13) to win the World Cup in 1998.

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
1930	0
1934 (1)	1 (Uruguay)	Patesko (1)
1938-1988	0
1982 (5)	2 (1 in Italy, 1 in Spain)	Paulo Roberto Falcão (5); Dirceu (1)
1986 (5)	2 (Italy)	Edinho (5), Júnior (5)
1990 (4)	12 (5 in Portugal, 4 in Italy, 1 in Germany, 1 in France and 1 in the Netherlands)	Ricardo Gomes (4), Branco (4), Aldair (0), Valdo (4), Paulo Silas (4); Dunga (4), Alemão (4), Careca (4), Müller (4); Jorginho (4); Carlos Mozer (2); Romario (1)
1994 (7)	12 (3 in Germany, 3 in Spain, 2 in France, 2 in Italy and 2 in Japan)	Jorginho (7), Dunga (7), Paulo Sérgio (2); Mauro Silva (7), Bebeto (7), Romário (7); Márcio Santos (7), Raí (5); Cláudio Taffarel (7), Aldair (7); Leonardo (4), Ronaldão (0)
1998 (7)	13 (6 in Italy, 3 in Spain, 2 in Japan, 1 in Germany and 1 in Portugal)	Aldair (5), André Cruz (0), Cafu (6), Leonardo (7), Ronaldo (7), Edmundo (2); Roberto Carlos (7), Rivaldo (7), Giovanni (1); César Sampaio (6), Dunga (7); Emerson (1); Doriva (1)
2002 (7)	10 (4 in Italy, 3 in Spain, 2 in France and 1 in Germany)	Cafu (7), Júnior (1), Roque Júnior (6), Ronaldo (7); Roberto Carlos (6), Rivaldo (7), Denílson (5); Edmílson (6), Ronaldinho (5); Lucio (7)
2006 (5)	20 (6 in Italy, 5 in Spain, 4 in Germany, 3 in France, 1 in England and 1 in Portugal)	Dida (5), Júlio César (0), Cafu (3), Emerson (3), Kaká (4), Adriano (3); Roberto Carlos (3), Cicinho (1), Ronaldinho (4), Ronaldo (5), Robinho (3); Lúcio (3), Juan (4), Gilberto (2), Zé Roberto (4); Cris (0), Juninho (2), Fred (1); Gilberto Silva (1); Luisão (0)
2010 (5)	20 (8 in Italy, 4 in Spain, 2 in Germany, 2 in Portugal, 1 in England, 1 in France, 1 in Greece and 1 in Turkey)	Júlio César (5), Doni (0), Maicon (5), Lúcio (5), Juan (5), Thiago Silva (0), Felipe Melo (5), Júlio Baptista (1); Dani Alves (5), Kaká (4), Luís Fabiano (4), Nilmar (4); Josué (1), Grafite (1); Luisão (0), Ramires (4); Heurelho Gomes (0), Michel Bastos (5); Gilberto Silva (5); Elano (2)
2014 (7)	19 (5 in England, 3 in France, 3 in Italy, 3 in Spain, 2 in Germany, 1 in Canada, 1 in Russia and 1 in Ukraine)	Fernandinho (5), Paulinho (6), Oscar (7), Ramires (7), Willian (5); Thiago Silva (6), David Luiz (7), Maxwell (1), Henrique (1), Maicon (3); Dani Alves (4), Marcelo (6), Neymar (5); Dante (1), Luiz Gustavo (6); Julio César (7); Hulk (6); Bernard (3)
2018 (5)	20 (1 in China, 6 in England, 3 in France, 3 in Italy, 5 in Spain and 2 in Ukraine)	Renato Augusto (3); Danilo (1), Ederson , Fernandinho (5), Roberto Firmino (4), Gabriel Jesus (5), Willian (5); Marquinhos (1), Neymar (5), Thiago Silva (5); Alisson (5), Douglas Costa (2), João Miranda (5); Casemiro (4), Philippe Coutinho (5), Filipe Luis (2), Marcelo (4), Paulinho (5); Fred , Taison

Games

So far, Brazil has played 109 World Cup games - as many as Germany - against 48 different opponents (no team has played against more different opponents). Of these, 73 were won, 17 lost and 19 ended in a draw. No team won more World Cup games. Draw games had to be extended seven times, as a winner had to be determined, against no country several times. It was only possible to win one game in extra time, plus three games on penalties. Only one game was lost in extra time - to a penalty shoot-out against France. A game was repeated and won in the repeat. After a game that ended 1: 1 in 1954 in the group stage, due to the unique mode, a drawing of lots was made for the placement in the group.

Brazil took part in the opening game four times (1950, 1974, 1998, 2014, twice as host and world champion), only Mexico (5 times) played the first or opening game more often. So far, the Brazilian team has played 13 home games at world championships and had to play five times against the hosts, twice in the final (1958 and 1998) and once each in the intermediate round (1978), in the round of 16 (1994) and in the semi-finals (1962).

Brazil lost five times (1938, 1950, 1982, 1998 and 2014) to the eventual world champions. In 1978 it was enough in the second round to a 0-0 win against the eventual world champions, but the final was missed due to the worse goal difference. In 1950 and 1982 a draw would have been enough to win the title or to reach the semi-finals due to the higher number of points or better goal difference.

Brazil met the defending champions four times, winning twice (1970 against England in the preliminary round and 1982 against Argentina in the second round) and losing (1938 against Italy in the semi-finals and 1990 against Argentina in the second round).

Brazil met World Cup newbies twelve times: 1934 / Sweden, 1938 / Poland, 1958 / Soviet Union and Wales, 1966 / Portugal, 1974 / Zaire and GDR, 1982 / New Zealand, 1990 / Costa Rica, 1994 / Russia, 2002 / China and 2006 /Ghana.

In World Cup tournaments, Brazil met the GDR selection (1974), but never a West German DFB selection (1974 to 1990). However, there were later two encounters (2002 and 2014) with the DFB selection of the reunified Germany. This makes Brazil the third team to play against all German-speaking World Cup participants: Switzerland 1950, GDR 1974, Austria 1958 and Federal Republic of Germany 2002. Only the Netherlands and Chile were able to do this before.

Brazil has so far played against teams from all confederations, which only Chile, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Scotland and the USSR achieved.

At the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cup tournaments, Brazil faced opponents from four confederations, while Brazil only played against European opponents in 1934, 1958 and 1966.

Most frequent opponents: Sweden (7 times), Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Czechoslovakia (5 times each). Only against Sweden and Czechoslovakia was never lost.

Brazil has played in 56 World Cup cities so far - only Germany played in more World Cup cities (62). Brazil played most often (10 times) in Guadalajara (5 times each in 1970 and 1986) - no team played more often in a World Cup city.

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1	07/14/1930	1: 2	Yugoslavia	*	Montevideo ( URU )	Preliminary round	First international match against a European team. First international match against Yugoslavia
2	07/20/1930	4-0	Bolivia	*	Montevideo ( URU )	Preliminary round	First international match against Bolivia. First victory at a World Cup
3	May 27, 1934	1: 3	Spain	*	Genoa ( ITA )	Round of 16	First international match in Europe First international match for a South American team against Spain
4th	06/05/1938	6: 5 a.d.	Poland	*	Strasbourg ( FRA )	Round of 16	First international game for a South American team against Poland
5	06/12/1938	1: 1 a.d.	Czechoslovakia	*	Bordeaux ( FRA )	Quarter finals	First international match for a South American team against Czechoslovakia
6th	06/14/1938	2: 1	Czechoslovakia	*	Bordeaux ( FRA )	Quarter-finals (replay)
7th	06/16/1938	1: 2	Italy	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Semifinals	First international match against Italy
8th	06/19/1938	4: 2	Sweden	*	Bordeaux ( FRA )	3rd place match	First international game against Sweden, last international game under Adhemar Pimenta
9	06/24/1950	4-0	Mexico	H	Rio de Janeiro	Preliminary round	First international match against Mexico
10	06/28/1950	2: 2	Switzerland	H	São Paulo	Preliminary round	First international match against Switzerland
11	07/01/1950	2-0	Yugoslavia	H	Rio de Janeiro	Preliminary round
12	07/09/1950	7: 1	Sweden	H	Rio de Janeiro	Final round	Biggest win against Sweden Biggest win in a World Cup game
13	07/13/1950	6: 1	Spain	H	Rio de Janeiro	Final round	Biggest win against Spain
14th	07/16/1950	1: 2	Uruguay	H	Rio de Janeiro	Final round ( unofficial World Cup final )
15th	06/16/1954	5-0	Mexico	*	Geneva ( SUI )	Preliminary round
16	06/19/1954	1: 1 a.d.	Yugoslavia	*	Lausanne ( SUI )	Preliminary round	Brazil runners-up in the group by drawing lots
17th	06/27/1954	2: 4	Hungary	*	Bern ( SUI )	Quarter finals	First international game for a South American team against Hungary
18th	06/08/1958	3-0	Austria	*	Uddevalla ( SWE )	Preliminary round	Biggest win against Austria
19th	06/11/1958	0-0	England	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Preliminary round	First ever goalless World Cup game
20th	06/15/1958	2-0	Soviet Union	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Preliminary round	First international game for a South American team against the USSR
21st	06/19/1958	1-0	Wales	*	Gothenburg ( SWE )	Quarter finals	First international match for a South American team against Wales
22nd	06/24/1958	5: 2	France	*	Stockholm ( SWE )	Semifinals	Only competitive win against France. Highest win against France
23	06/29/1958	5: 2	Sweden	A.	Stockholm ( SWE )	final	First world championship title The only world championship title won by a South American team in Europe. Most goalscoring World Cup final
24	05/30/1962	2-0	Mexico	*	Viña del Mar ( CHI )	Preliminary round
25th	06/02/1962	0-0	Czechoslovakia	*	Viña del Mar ( CHI )	Preliminary round
26th	06/06/1962	2: 1	Spain	*	Viña del Mar ( CHI )	Preliminary round
27	06/10/1962	3: 1	England	*	Viña del Mar ( CHI )	Quarter finals
28	06/13/1962	4: 2	Chile	A.	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	Semifinals
29	06/17/1962	3: 1	Czechoslovakia	*	Santiago de Chile ( CHI )	final	Second world championship title Second and to this day last defense of the title of a world champion
30th	07/12/1966	2-0	Bulgaria	*	Liverpool ( ENG )	Preliminary round
31	07/15/1966	1: 3	Hungary	*	Liverpool ( ENG )	Preliminary round
32	07/19/1966	1: 3	Portugal	*	Liverpool ( ENG )	Preliminary round	Biggest loss against Portugal, last game under Vicente Feola
33	06/03/1970	4: 1	Czechoslovakia	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round
34	06/07/1970	1-0	England	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round
35	06/10/1970	3: 2	Romania	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round	First international match against Romania
36	06/14/1970	4: 2	Peru	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Quarter finals
37	06/17/1970	3: 1	Uruguay	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Semifinals
38	06/21/1970	4: 1	Italy	*	Mexico City ( MEX )	final	Third world title, 100th World Cup goal for Brazil by Pelé
39	06/13/1974	0-0	Yugoslavia	*	Frankfurt ( FRG )	1. Final round / opening game
40	06/18/1974	0-0	Scotland	*	Frankfurt ( FRG )	1. Final round
41	06/22/1974	3-0	Zaire	*	Gelsenkirchen ( Germany )	1. Final round	Only international game for a South American team against Zaire
42	06/26/1974	1-0	GDR	*	Hanover ( FRG )	2nd final round	First international match against the GDR
43	06/30/1974	2: 1	Argentina	*	Hanover ( FRG )	2nd final round
44	07/03/1974	0: 2	Netherlands	*	Dortmund ( Germany )	2nd final round
45	07/06/1974	0: 1	Poland	*	Munich ( FRG )	3rd place match	Only defeat to Poland, last game in Mário Zagallo's first term
46	06/03/1978	1: 1	Sweden	*	Mar del Plata ( ARG )	1. Final round
47	06/07/1978	0-0	Spain	*	Mar del Plata ( ARG )	1. Final round	Including unofficial games, the 500th game in Brazil
48	06/11/1978	1-0	Austria	*	Mar del Plata ( ARG )	1. Final round
49	06/14/1978	3-0	Peru	*	Mendoza ( ARG )	2nd final round
50	06/18/1978	0-0	Argentina	A.	Rosario ( ARG )	2nd final round
51	06/21/1978	3: 1	Poland	*	Mendoza ( ARG )	2nd final round
52	06/24/1978	2: 1	Italy	*	Buenos Aires ( ARG )	3rd place match
53	06/14/1982	2: 1	Soviet Union	*	Seville ( ESP )	1. Final round	Last international game against the USSR
54	06/18/1982	4: 1	Scotland	*	Seville ( ESP )	1. Final round
55	06/23/1982	4-0	New Zealand	*	Seville ( ESP )	1. Final round	First international game for a South American team against New Zealand
56	07/02/1982	3: 1	Argentina	*	Barcelona ( ESP )	2nd final round
57	07/05/1982	2: 3	Italy	*	Barcelona ( ESP )	2nd final round	Last game in Telê Santana's first term
58	06/01/1986	1-0	Spain	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round
59	06/06/1986	1-0	Algeria	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round
60	06/12/1986	3-0	Northern Ireland	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Preliminary round	First international match against Northern Ireland
61	06/16/1986	4-0	Poland	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Round of 16	Biggest win against Poland
62	06/21/1986	1: 1 a.d. 3: 4 i. E.	France	*	Guadalajara ( MEX )	Quarter finals	First penalty shoot-out, last game under Telê Santana
63	06/10/1990	2: 1	Sweden	*	Turin ( ITA )	Preliminary round
64	06/16/1990	1-0	Costa Rica	*	Turin ( ITA )	Preliminary round
65	06/20/1990	1-0	Scotland	*	Turin ( ITA )	Preliminary round
66	06/24/1990	0: 1	Argentina	*	Turin ( ITA )	Round of 16	Last game under Sebastião Lazaroni
67	06/20/1994	2-0	Russia	*	Palo Alto ( USA )	Preliminary round	First international game for a South American team against Russia
68	06/24/1994	3-0	Cameroon	*	Palo Alto ( USA )	Preliminary round	First international match against Cameroon
69	06/28/1994	1: 1	Sweden	*	Detroit ( USA )	Preliminary round
70	07/04/1994	1-0	United States	A.	Palo Alto ( USA )	Round of 16
71	07/09/1994	3: 2	Netherlands	*	Dallas ( USA )	Quarter finals
72	07/13/1994	1-0	Sweden	*	Los Angeles ( USA )	Semifinals
73	07/17/1994	0: 0 n.v. 3: 2 i. E.	Italy	*	Los Angeles ( USA )	final	Fourth world title First World Cup final to be decided on penalties First victory on penalties Last game in Carlos Alberto Parreira's second term
74	06/10/1998	2: 1	Scotland	*	Saint-Denis ( FRA )	Preliminary round / opening game
75	06/16/1998	3-0	Morocco	*	Nantes ( FRA )	Preliminary round
76	06/23/1998	1: 2	Norway	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Preliminary round
77	06/27/1998	4: 1	Chile	*	Paris ( FRA )	Round of 16
78	07/03/1998	3: 2	Denmark	*	Nantes ( FRA )	Quarter finals	Cláudio Taffarel becomes the new record international player with his 99th international match
79	07/07/1998	1: 1 a.d. 4: 2 i. E.	Netherlands	*	Marseille ( FRA )	Semifinals	Cláudio Taffarel is the first Brazilian to make his 100th international match
80	07/12/1998	0: 3	France	A.	Saint-Denis ( FRA )	final	Biggest defeat against France and until July 8, 2014 biggest defeat in a World Cup game 101st and last international game for Cláudio Taffarel. Last international game under Mário Zagallo
81	06/03/2002	2: 1	Turkey	*	Ulsan ( KOR )	Preliminary round
82	06/08/2002	4-0	People's Republic of China	*	Seogwipo ( KOR )	Preliminary round	First international match against China
83	06/13/2002	5: 2	Costa Rica	*	Suwon ( KOR )	Preliminary round
84	06/17/2002	2-0	Belgium	*	Kobe ( JAP )	Round of 16
85	06/21/2002	2: 1	England	*	Shizuoka Prefecture ( JAP )	Quarter finals
86	06/26/2002	1-0	Turkey	*	Saitama ( JAP )	Semifinals
87	06/30/2002	2-0	Germany	*	Yokohama ( JAP )	final	First World Cup game against Germany, fifth world championship title
88	06/13/2006	1-0	Croatia	*	Berlin ( DEU )	Preliminary round
89	06/18/2006	2-0	Australia	*	Munich ( DEU )	Preliminary round
90	06/22/2006	4: 1	Japan	*	Dortmund ( DEU )	Preliminary round
91	06/27/2006	3-0	Ghana	*	Dortmund ( DEU )	Round of 16	200th World Cup goal for Brazil by Adriano
92	07/01/2006	0: 1	France	*	Frankfurt ( DEU )	Quarter finals	142nd and last international game by record international Cafu 125th and last international game by Roberto Carlos Last international game under Carlos Alberto Parreira
93	06/15/2010	2: 1	North Korea	*	Johannesburg ( RSA )	Preliminary round	First international match against North Korea
94	06/20/2010	3: 1	Ivory Coast	*	Johannesburg ( RSA )	Preliminary round	First international match against Ivory Coast
95	06/25/2010	0-0	Portugal	*	Durban ( RSA )	Preliminary round
96	06/28/2010	3-0	Chile	*	Johannesburg ( RSA )	Round of 16
97	07/02/2010	1: 2	Netherlands	*	Port Elizabeth ( RSA )	Quarter finals	Last game in Carlos Dunga's first term
98	06/12/2014	3: 1	Croatia	H	São Paulo	Preliminary round / opening game	Biggest win against Croatia, Brazil's first own goal at a World Cup
99	06/17/2014	0-0	Mexico	H	Fortaleza	Preliminary round
100	06/23/2014	4: 1	Cameroon	H	Brasília	Preliminary round	Biggest win against Cameroon
101	06/28/2014	1: 1 n.V., 3: 2 i. E.	Chile	H	Belo Horizonte	Round of 16
102	04/07/2014	2: 1	Colombia	H	Fortaleza	Quarter finals	First World Cup game against Colombia
103	07/08/2014	1: 7	Germany	H	Belo Horizonte	Semifinals	Biggest defeat by a World Cup host, one of the two biggest defeats for Brazil, first home defeat against Germany Biggest defeat in a World Cup game
104	07/12/2014	0: 3	Netherlands	H	Brasília	3rd place match	Last game under Luiz Felipe Scolari , biggest loss against the Netherlands
105	06/17/2018	1: 1	Switzerland	*	Rostov-on-Don ( RUS )	Preliminary round
106	06/22/2018	2-0	Costa Rica	*	Saint Petersburg ( RUS )	Preliminary round
107	06/27/2018	2-0	Serbia	*	Moscow ( RUS )	Preliminary round
108	07/02/2018	2-0	Mexico	*	Samara ( RUS )	Round of 16
109	07/06/2014	1: 2	Belgium	*	Kazan	Quarter finals

Record against the other world champions at world championships

•  Spain : 5 games, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 10-5 goals
•  Italy : 5 games (including 2 × finals, 1 × 3rd place, 1 × semi-finals): 2 wins, 1 draw (win n.E.), 2 defeats, 9: 7 goals
•  Argentina : 4 games: 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 5: 3 goals
•  France : 4 games (including 1 × final, 1 × semi-finals): 1 win, 1 draw (defeat as new), 2 defeats, 6: 7 goals
•  England : 4 games, 3 wins, 1 draw, 6-2 goals
•  Uruguay : 2 games (including 1 × quasi-final, 1 × semi-final), 1 win, 1 defeat, 4: 3 goals
•  Germany : 2 games (1 × final, 1 × semi-final), 1 win, 1 loss, 3-7 goals

Records

(As of July 6, 2018)

team

• Most games: 109 (together with Germany)
• Most wins: 73
• Most goals: 229
• The best goal difference: +124
• Most clean sheets: 43 (since 1950 always at least 1 clean sheet)
• The longest winning streak: Brazil with 11 games from 2002–2006
• The longest series without a defeat: Brazil with 13 games 1958–1966
• The longest series of preliminary round games without a loss: Brazil with 23 games 1970–1998
• Brazil managed (together with Germany / 1934–1958 and 1986–1998) the longest series with at least one goal per game: 1930–1958 each 18 games
• Brazil was the first country to become world champions in the country of another confederation and was the first team to win a final against a team from another confederation: 1958 in Europe
• Brazil was the only country on 4 continents (Europe / 1958, South America / 1962, North America / 1970 and 1994 and Asia / 2002) to win the world championship
• Brazil was the first and so far only team to win the 2002 title in seven different cities.

• The second most common pairing in the final: Brazil - Italy (2 ×) after Germany - Argentina (3 ×)
• The most common World Cup pairing: Brazil - Sweden. In seven matches in six World Cup tournaments, Brazil won five times, two games ended in a draw (also Germany - Argentina, 7 times).
• Most common pairing of the last 16: Brazil versus Chile (3 ×)
• Brazil needed the most games to become world champions in 2002: 18 qualifying and seven finals.
• Most wins with at least 4 goals in knockout games: 9
• Last world champion to defend the title: 1962

• Most goals in four tournaments:
  • 1950: 22
  • 1962: 14
  • 1970: 19
  • 2002: 18

• Brazil was the only team to play twice against the same opponent in four tournaments: 1938 Czechoslovakia (round of 16 with replay), 1962 Czechoslovakia (preliminary round and final), 1994 Sweden (preliminary round and semifinals), 2002 Turkey (preliminary round and semifinals)

• Brazil are the first team with a goal difference of +100 in World Cup games. This was achieved on June 8, 2002 with the 4-0 final against China. The goal difference is now +119, but was +128 before the 2014 semi-final game. With the interim 4-0 in the semifinals against Brazil in 2014, Germany also achieved a goal difference of +100, now +124.

• Most of the teams (17) suffered their biggest defeat against Brazil in a World Cup match.

player

• Second most victories (without penalties): Cafu - 16 (after Miroslav Klose / Germany - 17)
• A Brazilian scored a World Cup anniversary goal: 300th goal - Chico who made it 4-0 in the 6-1 win over Spain on July 13, 1950
• Best player in 2 tournaments:
  • Romário - 1994
  • Ronaldo - 1998
• Top scorer :
  • Leônidas - 1938: 7 goals
  • Ademir - 1950: 9 goals
  • Garrincha - 1962: 4 goals (drawn by lots, 5 other players, including the Brazilian Vavá with 4 goals)
  • Ronaldo - 2002: 8 goals

Trainer

• Luiz Felipe Scolari is the first coach to have won 12 World Cup games in a row, 7 times with Brazil (2002) and 5 times (including one on penalties) with Portugal (2006). The series ended at the 2006 World Cup in the semi-finals with a loss to France.
• Luiz Felipe Scolari is the first coach to have reached the semi-finals three times. In 2002 with Brazil and subsequent title against Germany, in 2006 with Portugal and subsequent defeat in the game for third place (1: 3) against Germany and again in 2014 with Brazil, where he met Germany again and lost 7-1.
• Most participations as a trainer: 6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil / 2 ×, Kuwait / 1 ×, UAE / 1 ×, Saudi Arabia / 1 ×, South Africa / 1 ×) - also in 2014 as Technical Director for Brazil.
• First world champion as player and coach: Mário Zagallo (Brazil) (1958 and 1962/1970)
• Brazilian coaches stood on the sidelines at most of the World Cup games (161, 109 of them for Brazil) and looked after most of the teams (21 their own team and 14 other teams, including Peru, Portugal and Saudi Arabia twice each) . Teams coached by Brazilians met Brazil three times: Portugal in the 3rd group game in 1966 (3-1, highest win against Brazil), Peru in the quarter-finals in 1970 (2-4), Japan in the 3rd group game (1-4). Twice (1966 and 2006 with Portugal), the Brazilian coaches of the foreign team performed better than their compatriots with the Brazilian team.

Negative records

• Most goals conceded in the shortest time: 4 goals in 6 minutes in the game Brazil 1: 7 Germany (2014)
• Biggest defeat as host and biggest semi-final defeat: Brazil 1-7 Germany (2014)
• Most goals conceded as host in a tournament: 14 in 7 games (2014)
• Most goals conceded in 1998: 10 in 7 games
• Most dismissals: 11 (including 1 by yellow-red card )
• Most cautions in a tournament:
  • 1974: 11 in 7 games (as well as the Netherlands)
  • 1978: 09 in 7 games
  • 2014: 14 in 7 games

Highest victories and defeats

The Brazilian team achieved their highest victories against the following countries in World Cup tournaments:

•  Ivory Coast : preliminary round 2010 - 3-1 (only game against Ivory Coast)
•  France : semi-finals 1958 - 5-2 (also a 3-0 in a friendly)
•  Italy : Final 1970 - 4: 1 (also a game in the USA Bicentenary Cup 1976, which was won 4: 1 and a 3: 0 in the preliminary round of the 2009 Confederations Cup)
•  Cameroon : Preliminary round 2014 - 4: 1 (also a 3: 0 in the preliminary round of the 1994 World Cup)
•  Croatia : preliminary round 2014 - 3-1
•  Morocco : preliminary round 1998 - 3-0
•  New Zealand : preliminary round 1982 - 4-0 (also another game that was won 4-0)
•  Northern Ireland : preliminary round 1986 - 3-0 (only game against Northern Ireland)
•  North Korea : Preliminary round 2010 - 2-1 (only game against North Korea)
•  Austria : preliminary round 1958 - 3-0
•  Poland : Round of 16 1986 - 4-0
•  Scotland : preliminary round 1982 - 4-1
•  Sweden : Finals 1950 - 7-1
•  Spain : Final round 1950 - 6-1
•  Czechoslovakia : Preliminary round 1970 - 4: 1 (also a friendly game that was won 4: 1)
•  Zaire : preliminary round 1974 - 3-0 (only game against Zaire / DR Congo)

The Brazilian team suffered their biggest defeats in World Cup tournaments against the following countries:

•  Germany : Semi-finals 2014 - 7-1 (also the biggest defeat of a World Cup host)
•  France : 1998 final - 3-0
•  Netherlands : Game for 3rd place 2014 - 0: 3
•  Portugal : preliminary round 1966 - 1: 3

See also

• Brazilian national soccer team at Olympic Games
• Brazilian Women's National Football Team / World Championships

Web links

• Football World - Statistics - Brazil on fifa.com
• fifa.com: "Statistical overview: records and milestones"

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Won 3 games on penalties and lost one.
2. ↑ According to the all-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2014 [1] (PDF; 200 kB)
3. ↑ fifa.com: "Italy defends the title"
4. ↑ fifa.com: "How Brazil missed the triple World Cup triumph"
5. ↑ Brazil fails again - Netherlands third in the World Cup. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL WM-Total, July 13, 2014, accessed on July 13, 2014 . 
6. ↑ kicker.de: Zwayer and Borsch in the middle: Brazil is denied a clear penalty
7. ↑ In some statistics, the 1: 0 in the 6: 1 against Spain 1950 is attributed to Ademir, so that he is then led with a total of 9 goals. FIFA count it as an own goal for Spaniard José Parra Martínez ( Brazil 6-1 Spain 3-0 )