Football World Cup 1974 / Brazil

The Brazilian national football team at the 1974 World Cup in Germany :

qualification

As the title holder of the 1970 World Cup , Brazil was automatically qualified for the 1974 World Cup.

Coach Mário Zagallo nominated the following 22 players for the World Cup tournament:

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Émerson Leão	Palmeiras São Paulo	07/11/1949	7th	0	0	0
12	Renato	Atlético Mineiro	December 05, 1944	0	0	0	0
22nd	Valdir Peres	Sao Paulo FC	01/02/1951	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Luís Pereira	Palmeiras São Paulo	06/21/1949	6th	0	1	1
3	Marinho Peres	FC Santos	03/19/1947	7th	0	2	0
4th	Zé Maria	Portuguesa São Paulo	May 18, 1949	4th	0	1	0
5	piazza	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	02/25/1943	3	0	0	0
6th	Francisco Marinho	Botafogo FR	02/08/1952	7th	0	1	0
14th	Nelinho	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	07/26/1950	3	0	0	0
15th	Alfredo	Palmeiras São Paulo	October 18, 1946	1	0	0	0
16	Marco Antônio	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	02/06/1951	0	0	0	0
midfield player
10	Roberto Rivelino	Corinthians São Paulo	01/01/1946	7th	3	1	0
11	Paulo César	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	06/16/1949	5	0	0	0
17th	Paulo César Carpegiani	SC Internacional	02/07/1949	6th	0	1	0
18th	Ademir da Guia	Palmeiras São Paulo	04/03/1942	1	0	0	0
21st	Dirceu	Botafogo FR	06/15/1952	4th	0	1	0
striker
7th	Jairzinho	Botafogo FR	December 25, 1944	7th	2	2	0
8th	Leivinha	Palmeiras São Paulo	09/11/1949	3	0	0	0
9	César Maluco	Palmeiras São Paulo	05/17/1945	0	0	0	0
13	Valdomiro	SC Internacional	02/17/1946	6th	1	0	0
19th	Mirandinha	Sao Paulo FC	02/26/1952	4th	0	1	0
20th	Edu	FC Santos	08/06/1949	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Mario Zagallo		08/09/1931

Brazilian games at the 1974 World Cup

Preliminary round

As defending champions, Brazil was placed in Group 2 for the opening game:

• Brazil 0-0 Yugoslavia
• Brazil 0-0 Scotland
• Brazil 3-0 Zaire - goals: 1-0 Jairzinho (12th min.), 2-0 Rivelino (66th min.), 3-0 Valdomiro (79th min.)

World champions Brazil had a very difficult time in the preliminary round. After two goalless draws against the strong Yugoslavs and Scots, they had to wait until the 79th minute in the final group game against Zaire to qualify for the second round with one goal more than Scotland .

Second final round (Group A)

• Brazil - GDR 1-0 - Goal: Rivelino (60. Min.) - The GDR played their best game at this tournament against the defending champions and brought Brazil to the verge of defeat. Only a clever free-kick trick by the Brazilians made it possible for playmaker Rivelino to score the 1-0 winner.
• Brazil 2-1 Argentina - goals: 1-0 Rivelino (32nd min.), 1-1 Brindisi (35th min.), 2-1 Jairzinho (49th min.)
• Brazil 0-2 Netherlands - Goals: 0-1 Neeskens (50th min.), 0-2 Cruyff (65th min.) - The Dutch drove the Brazilians along in an overly tough game between the only two victorious teams in Group A her offside trap to despair. When the Netherlands then led 2-0, the German referee Kurt Tschenscher put the Brazilian captain Luís Pereira off the field after an assault.

Third place game

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

• Brazil 0-1 Poland - Goal: Lato (76th min.)

Brazil played with Emerson Leão, Marinho Peres, Zé Maria, Francisco Marinho, Alfredo, Rivelino, Paulo César Carpegiani, Ademir da Guia, Dirceu, Jairzinho, Valdomiro