Football World Cup 1950 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national football team at the 1950 World Cup .

qualification

Brazil was automatically qualified to host.

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Moacyr Barbosa	CR Vasco da Gama	03/27/1921	6th	0	0
2	Carlos José Castilho	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	11/27/1927	0	0	0
Defender
3	Augusto	CR Vasco da Gama	10/22/1920	6th	0	0
4th	Ely	CR Vasco da Gama	05/14/1921	1	0	0
5	Juvenal	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	11/27/1923	6th	0	0
6th	Nena	SC Internacional	07/11/1923	0	0	0
7th	Nílton Santos	Botafogo FR	May 16, 1925	0	0	0
9	Bigode	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	04/04/1922	5	0	0
midfield player
8th	José Carlos Bauer	Sao Paulo FC	11/21/1925	5	0	0
10	Danilo	CR Vasco da Gama	03/12/1920	5	0	0
11	Noronha	Sao Paulo FC	09/25/1918	1	0	0
12	Rui	Sao Paulo FC	08/02/1920	1	0	0
striker
13	Adãozinho	SC Internacional	04/02/1923	0	0	0
14th	Ademir	CR Vasco da Gama	11/08/1922	6th	8th	0
15th	Alfredo	CR Vasco da Gama	01/01/1920	1	1	0
16	Baltazar	Corinthians São Paulo	01/14/1926	2	2	0
17th	Chico	CR Vasco da Gama	07/01/1922	4th	4th	0
18th	Friaça	Sao Paulo FC	10/20/1924	4th	1	0
19th	Jair	Palmeiras São Paulo	03/21/1921	5	2	0
20th	Maneca	CR Vasco da Gama	01/28/1926	4th	1	0
21st	Rodrigues	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	06/27/1925	0	0	0
22nd	Zizinho	Bangu AC	09/14/1922	4th	2	0
Trainer
	Flávio Costa		09/14/1906

Brazilian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	8: 2	5: 1
2	Yugoslavia	7: 3	4: 2
3	Switzerland	4: 6	3: 3
4th	Mexico	2:10	0: 6

• Brazil - Mexico 4: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 81,000

Referee: Reader ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (30th), 2-0 Jair (65th), 3-0 Baltazar (71st), 4-0 Ademir (79th)

• Brazil - Switzerland 2: 2 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: + 42,000

Referee: Roma Azon ( Spain )

Goals: 1: 0 Alfredo (3rd), 1: 1 Fatton (17th), 2: 1 Baltazar (32nd), 2: 2 Fatton (88th)

• Brazil - Yugoslavia 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 142,000

Referee: Griffiths ( Wales )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (4th), 2-0 Zizinho (69th)

The opening game in the newly built, largest stadium in the world, the Maracana (capacity: 200,000 spectators!), Was also the first game in Group I. Brazil won 4-0 against Mexico. A convincing start to the favorite was made. A little arrogant, with four reservists on the team, Brazil faced the Swiss. Surprisingly, the Swiss got a 2-2. Against Yugoslavia (previously 3-0 against Switzerland) the hosts wanted to wipe this gap again. The guests started with ten players, as Mitic had hit his head in the dark corridor between the cabin and the field. When he appeared on the pitch with an association, it was already 1-0 for Brazil (3rd, Ademir). It was only shortly before the final whistle that Zizinho (89th) made the final score. The hosts were qualified for the finals.

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Uruguay	7: 5	5: 1
2	Brazil	14: 4	4: 2
3	Sweden	6:11	2: 4
4th	Spain	4:11	1: 5

• Brazil - Sweden 7: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 138,000

Referee: Ellis ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (17th), 2-0 Ademir (36th), 3-0 Chico (39th), 4-0 Ademir (52nd), 5-0 Ademir (58th), 5-1 Andersson (67th) 11m , 6: 1 Maneca (85th), 7: 1 Chico (88th)

• Brazil - Spain 6: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 152,000

Referee: Leafe ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (15th), 2-0 Jair (21st), 3-0 Chico (31st), 4-0 Chico (55th), 5-0 Ademir (57th), 6-0 Zizinho (67.), 6: 1 Igoa (71.)

• Uruguay - Brazil 2: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: 200,000

Referee: Reader ( England )

Goals: 0: 1 Friaça (47th), 1: 1 Schiaffino (66th), 2: 1 Ghiggia (79th)

At the latest after Brazil's 7-1 victory over Sweden, the hosts were the huge favorites of the final group. Ademir & Co. fascinated the almost 140,000 spectators in the Maracana Stadium with absolute magic football. The Brazilians showed football par excellence like hardly any other team before. Inside strikers Zizinho, Ademir and Jair turned the Swedes upside down. When the Spaniards were also defeated by the hosts by 1: 6, the commentators hardly had enough superlatives for the unleashed soccer acrobats from Sugar Loaf. Meanwhile, the Uruguay team happily cramped through the first two games. Against Spain there was a difficult 2-2, which was only secured late by Valdana's violent shot. The Swedes could only be defeated with the late goal to 3-2 by Miguez (85th). The Scandinavians won the match between Spain and Sweden 3-1, which meant third place in the final score of the tournament.

While the 'small final' only attracted 8,000 visitors in São Paulo, the decisive game for the title between Brazil and Uruguay took place at the same time in front of almost 200,000 spectators in the packed Maracanã Stadium . A draw in the game against the Urus , the 1930 world champions , was enough for the highly favored hosts to become world champions. But already in the first round, the guests from Montevideo showed a brilliant defensive behavior. Due to the tight marking of the Brazilian ball artists and the aggressive pressing, the favorites were unable to develop their dreaded attack vortex. But in the end a draw was enough. When, shortly after the break, Friaça made it 1-0 after Zizinho, everything seemed to be going its way. But the Urus did not give up. A counterattack against right winger Ghiggia landed at Schiaffino, who pulled off volley: 1: 1 (66th). It suddenly became quieter in the huge stadium. The Brazilians only needed to rock the result over time, but 11 minutes before the final whistle, Ghiggia was through again and hit goalkeeper Barbosa from a tight angle. The favorites acted like paralyzed and hardly came to a halfway sensible move. The sensation was perfect and Uruguay became world champion for the second time. While 200,000 people left the stadium with drooping heads, the Urus celebrated the biggest football festival to date when they returned to Montevideo.