Football World Cup 1958 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national soccer team at the 1958 World Cup .

qualification

Because Venezuela withdrew, Brazil's qualifiers consisted of only one leg and one second leg against Peru.

April 13, 1957	Lima , Peru	Peru	-	Brazil	1: 1	1-0 Terry (38th), 1: 1 Indio (47th)
April 21, 1957	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	Brazil	-	Peru	1-0	1-0 Didi (11th)

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	0	0	0
3	Gilmar	Corinthians São Paulo	08/22/1930	6th	0	0
Defender
2	Bellini	CR Vasco da Gama	06/07/1930	6th	0	0
4th	Djalma Santos	Associação Portuguesa de Desportos	02/27/1929	1	0	0
9	Zózimo	Bangu AC	06/19/1932	0	0	0
12	Nílton Santos	Botafogo FR	May 16, 1925	6th	1	0
14th	Newton de Sordi	Sao Paulo FC	02/14/1931	5	0	0
15th	Orlando	CR Vasco da Gama	09/20/1935	6th	0	0
16	Mauro Ramos	Sao Paulo FC	08/30/1930	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Dino Sani	Sao Paulo FC	05/23/1932	2	0	0
6th	Didi	Botafogo FR	10/08/1928	6th	1	0
8th	Oreco	Corinthians São Paulo	06/13/1932	0	0	0
13	Moacir	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	May 18, 1936	0	0	0
19th	Zito	FC Santos	08/08/1932	4th	0	0
striker
7th	Mario Zagallo	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	08/09/1931	6th	1	0
10	Pelé	FC Santos	10/23/1940	4th	6th	0
11	Garrincha	Botafogo FR	10/28/1933	4th	0	0
17th	Joel	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	11/23/1931	2	0	0
18th	José Altafini	Palmeiras São Paulo	07/24/1938	3	2	0
20th	Vavá	CR Vasco da Gama	11/12/1934	4th	5	0
21st	Dida	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	03/26/1934	1	0	0
22nd	Pepe	FC Santos	02/25/1935	0	0	0
Trainer
	Vicente Feola		11/01/1909

Brazilian team matches

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	5-0	5
2	Soviet Union	4: 4	3
3	England	4: 4	3
4th	Austria	2: 7	1

• Brazil - Austria 3: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Rimnersvallen ( Uddevalla )

Spectators: 25,000

Referee: Guigue ( France )

Goals: 1-0 Mazzola (38th), 2-0 Nílton Santos (49th), 3-0 Mazzola (89th)

• Brazil - England 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Spectators: 30,000

Referee: Dusch ( Germany )

• Brazil - Soviet Union 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Spectators: 50,000

Referee: Guigue (France)

Goals: 1-0 Vavá (2nd), 2-0 Vavá (65th)

Particularly interesting was Group 4, in which Brazil prevailed first against the Soviet Union, England and the third place in the 1954 World Cup, Austria. After the 3-0 win against Austria, the South Americans could only wrest a 0-0 from the English. Against the Soviet Union (2-0 through two goals from Vava), a 17-year-old young man appeared in the starting line-up for the first time and was supposed to cause a sensation: Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé. Second in the group went to the Russians (with goalkeeping legend Lev Yashin), who had to go into the play-off game due to the equality of points with the favorite England (had to cope with the loss of the Manchester United players who had been killed in the plane crash) : Defeated 0. Austria (middle runner: Ernst Happel!) Could not do much in this group and was bottom of the table with only one draw (against England).

Quarter finals

25,000

Ullevi ( Gothenburg )

Brazil

Wales

Seipelt ( Austria )

1: 0 (0: 0)

1-0 Pele (66th)

It was surprisingly tight for the Brazilians. It was only thanks to a goal from Pelé (66th) that the South Americans made it to the semi-finals against the tough and defensive Welsh.

Semifinals

27,000

Råsundastadion ( Solna )

Brazil

France

Griffiths ( Wales )

5: 2 (2: 1)

1: 0 Vavá (2nd) 1: 1 Fontaine (9th) 2: 1 Didi (39th) 3: 1 Pelé (52nd) 4: 1 Pelé (64th) 5: 1 Pelé (75th) 5: 2 piantoni (83.)

The second semi-final encounter between the high favorites Brazil and France turned out to be the great show of the attack by the South Americans and especially for Pele, who shone with three goals. Back then, observers said they saw the best game of the tournament in the Brazilians' 5-2 win.

final

51,800

Råsundastadion ( Solna )

Brazil

Sweden

Guigue ( France )

5: 2 (2: 1)

0: 1 Liedholm (4th) 1: 1 Vavá (9th) 2: 1 Vavá (32nd) 3: 1 Pelé (55th) 4: 1 Zagallo (68th) 4: 2 Simonsson (80th) 5: 2 Pelé (90.)

 Brazil : Gilmar - D. Santos , N. Santos , Zito - Bellini (c), Orlando - Garrincha , Didi , Vavá , Pelé , Zagallo . Coach: Vicente Feola

 Sweden : Svensson - Bergmark , Axbom , Börjesson - Gustavsson , Parling - Hamrin , Gren , Simonsson , Liedholm (c), Skoglund . Coach: George Raynor

Referee: Maurice Guigue ; Albert Dusch , Juan Gardeazábal   

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50,000 spectators then saw the final in Stockholm. The Brazilians didn't let the early goal by Liedholm (4th) bother them. Garrincha, Vava and Pelé played their technically brilliant game in an inimitable way, came 2-1 before the break with two Vava goals, before Pelé, Zagallo and again Pelé the Swedes (Simonsson scored 2: 4 in between) with 5 : 2 gave up.

World Champion 1958
Brazil first title