Soccer World Cup 1966 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national team at the 1966 World Cup .

qualification

As the title holder of the previous Soccer World Cup in Chile in 1962 , Brazil was automatically qualified.

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	References
goalkeeper
1	Gilmar	FC Santos	08/22/1930	2	0	0
12	Manga	Botafogo FR	04/26/1937	1	0	0
Defender
2	Djalma Santos	Palmeiras São Paulo	02/27/1929	2	0	0
3	Fidélis	Bangu AC	March 13, 1944	1	0	0
4th	Bellini	Sao Paulo FC	06/07/1930	2	0	0
5	Brito	CR Vasco da Gama	08/09/1939	1	0	0
6th	Altair	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	01/22/1938	2	0	0
7th	Orlando	FC Santos	09/20/1935	1	0	0
9	Rildo	Botafogo FR	01/23/1942	1	1	0
midfield player
8th	Paulo Henrique	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	01/05/1943	2	0	0
11	Gerson	Botafogo FR	01/11/1941	1	0	0
13	Denílson	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	March 28, 1943	2	0	0
14th	Lima	FC Santos	January 18, 1942	3	0	0
15th	Zito	FC Santos	08/08/1932	0	0	0
striker
10	Pelé	FC Santos	10/23/1940	2	1	0
16	Garrincha	Corinthians São Paulo	10/28/1933	2	1	0
17th	Jairzinho	Botafogo FR	December 25, 1944	3	0	0
18th	Alcindo	Gremio Porto Alegre	March 31, 1945	2	0	0
19th	Silva	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	01/02/1940	1	0	0
20th	Tostao	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	01/25/1947	1	1	0
21st	Paraná	Sao Paulo FC	03/21/1942	1	0	0
22nd	Edu	FC Santos	08/06/1949	0	0	0
Trainer
	Vicente Feola		11/01/1909

Brazilian games at the 1966 World Cup

For the defending champion, the World Cup was extremely disappointing. The team was outdated and essentially still made up of the world champions from 1958 and 1962 . Pelé was far from his form of days gone by and, like in 1962, was injured during the tournament. This time, however, there was no equivalent replacement, as players like Garrincha had far passed their zenith.

Brazil played in group 3:

• Brazil 2-0 Bulgaria - Goals: 1-0 Pelé (15th min.), 2-0 Garrincha (63rd min.)
• Brazil 1-3 Hungary - goals: 0-1 Bene (2nd min.), 1: 1 Tostão (14th min.), 1: 2 Farkas (64th min.), 1: 3 Mészöly (73rd min .) . per foul penalty)
• Brazil 1-3 Portugal - goals: 0-1 Simões (15th min.), 0-2 Eusébio (27th min.), 1: 2 Rildo (70th min.), 1: 3 Eusébio (85th min.) .)

After losing to Portugal , Brazil were eliminated in the preliminary round.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	06-00
2.	Hungary	3	2	0	1	007: 500	+2	04: 20
3.	Brazil	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	02: 40
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00: 60