Football World Cup 1954 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national soccer team at the 1954 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	8: 1	8th
2	Paraguay	8: 6	4th
3	Chile	1:10	0

February 28, 1954	-	Chile	-	Brazil	0: 2	-	Goals: Brazil: Baltazar (2)
March 7, 1954	-	Paraguay	-	Brazil	0: 1	-	Goal: Brazil: Baltazar
March 14, 1954	-	Brazil	-	Chile	1-0	-	Goal: Brazil: Baltazar
March 21, 1954	-	Brazil	-	Paraguay	4: 1	-	Goals: Brazil: Julinho (2), Baltazar, Maurinho; Paraguay:?

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Carlos José Castilho	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	11/27/1927	3	0	0
21st	Veludo	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	08/07/1930	0	0	0
22nd	Cabeção	Corinthians São Paulo	08/23/1930	0	0	0
Defender
2	Djalma Santos	Associação Portuguesa de Desportos	02/27/1929	3	1	0
3	Nílton Santos	Botafogo FR	May 16, 1925	3	0	1
4th	Brandãozinho	Associação Portuguesa de Desportos	06/09/1925	3	0	0
6th	José Carlos Bauer	Sao Paulo FC	11/21/1925	3	0	0
12	Paulinho	CR Vasco da Gama	04/15/1932	0	0	0
13	Alfredo	Sao Paulo FC	10/27/1924	0	0	0
15th	Mauro Ramos	Sao Paulo FC	08/30/1930	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Pinheiro	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	01/13/1932	3	0	0
8th	Didi	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	10/08/1928	3	2	0
16	Dequinha	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	03/19/1928	0	0	0
14th	Ely	Sport Recife	05/14/1921	0	0	0
striker
7th	Julinho	Associação Portuguesa de Desportos	07/29/1929	3	2	0
9	Baltazar	Corinthians São Paulo	01/14/1926	2	1	0
10	Pinga	CR Vasco da Gama	02/11/1924	2	2	0
11	Rodrigues	Palmeiras São Paulo	06/27/1925	2	0	0
17th	Maurinho	Sao Paulo FC	06/06/1933	1	0	0
18th	Humberto	Palmeiras São Paulo	02/04/1934	1	0	1
19th	Indio	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	03/01/1931	1	0	0
20th	Rubens	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	11/24/1928	0	0	0
Trainer
	Zézé Moreira		10/16/1908

Brazilian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Yugoslavia	2: 1	3
2	Brazil	6: 1	3
3	France	3: 3	2
4th	Mexico	2: 8	0

• Brazil - Mexico 5: 0 (4: 0)

Stadium: Stade des Charmilles ( Geneva )

Spectators: 13,000

Referee: Wyssling ( Switzerland )

Goals: 1-0 Baltazar (23rd), 2-0 Didi (30th), 3-0 Pinga (34th), 4-0 Pinga (43rd), 5-0 Julinho (69th)

• Brazil 1-1 Yugoslavia aet (1: 1, 0: 0)

Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise ( Lausanne )

Spectators: 40,000

Referee: Faultless ( Scotland )

Goals: 0: 1 Zebec (48th), 1: 1 Didi (69th)

Two teams from Group I, Yugoslavia and France, played the opening game in Lausanne. In the 15th minute, Milutinovic scored the goal of the day for the Yugoslavs 1-0 victory. Then Brazil had to prevail against the outsider from Mexico, which succeeded convincingly with a 5-0 victory. The battle between the two winners of the first match day, Brazil and Yugoslavia, turned out to be an exciting game. After 120 minutes, the score was 1: 1 through the goals of the later, two-time world champion Didi and the later Bundesliga coach Branko Zebec. Both teams were thus qualified, because France's 3-2 victory over Mexico at the same time did not help the French to advance. In the end, Yugoslavia won the group by drawing lots ahead of the Brazilians with the same number of points.

Quarter finals

60,000

Wankdorf Stadium ( Bern )

Hungary

Brazil

Ellis ( England )

4: 2 (2: 1)

1: 0 Hidegkuti (4th) 2: 0 Kocsis (7th) 2: 1 Djalma Santos (18th) 11m 3: 1 Lantos (60th) 3: 2 Julinho (65th) 4: 2 Kocsis (88th)

The " Battle of Bern " - Hungary's 4-2 victory over vice world champions Brazil was remembered as the toughest encounter of the tournament. The Brazilians lost Nilton Santos and Humberto, while the Hungarians József Bozsik were sent off. After the game, those involved continued to fight in the cabin aisles. But again the Hungarians had put the better team and underpinned their role as favorites for the title.