Football World Cup 2018 / Brazil

Football World Cup 2018 : Brazil
Trainer	Tite
captain	not firmly assigned
Qualified as	South America Qualifier Winner
World rankings before the tournament	2
Tournament result	Quarter finals
Games won	3
Games tie	1
Games lost	1
Gates	8: 3

This article covers the Brazilian national football team at the 2018 World Cup . Record world champion Brazil was the only South American team to qualify early and as the first team ever to qualify. The team took part for the 21st time and remains the only team that was not missing from any final round.

qualification

The team qualified through the qualification of the South American football association CONMEBOL .

Games

Gabriel Jesus, Brazil's top scorer in qualifying

Brazil started the qualification under national coach Dunga , who took office for the second time after the 2014 World Cup. The record world champion had to qualify against the other nine South American CONMEBOL members in an everyone against everyone round with home and away games. The first four teams could qualify directly and the fifth best team via the intercontinental playoffs against the winner of the Oceania qualification. Brazil won twelve of the 18 qualifying games, drew five times and only lost the first game. The first victim of this defeat was goalkeeper Jefferson , who was replaced in the next game by newcomer Alisson , who then also played the remaining qualifying games and conceded no goal ten times. But Dunga did not stay long at his post either. After being eliminated in the group stage of the Copa América Centenario 2016 , he was sacked by the Brazilian Football Association . His successor was Tite , who until then had only coached club teams. Although he continued to rely on the tribe already nominated by Dunga, in the first game under his direction he sent the 19-year-old Gabriel Jesus into the race, who contributed to the gold medal win at the 2016 Olympic Games together with five other players who were in the qualification and contributed three goals along the way. He justified the trust with his first two international A goals and was the Brazilians' top scorer in qualifying with a total of seven goals. In the second game he gave another newcomer the chance with the 28-year-old Taison , who only got another two-minute short stint in the other games. Only in the last game against Chile was another newcomer, goalkeeper Ederson .

A total of 37 players were used in the 18 games, seven of them only once, including the former world footballer Kaká in the second game. No player was used in all games. Dani Alves , Miranda , who was also the captain of several games, and Willian played 17 games . Dani Alves had to pause after the second yellow card and played his 100th international match on March 23, 2017 in a 4-1 win against Uruguay. Neymar celebrated another anniversary on November 10, 2016 in a 3-0 win over Argentina, in which he scored his 50th international goal. In addition to Gabriel Jesus, there were other players who scored their first international goals in qualifying: Lucas Lima on November 13, 2015 in a 1-1 draw against Argentina, Renato Augusto and Filipe Luís on November 17, 2015 in a 3-0 win against Peru and Miranda on September 6, 2016 in a 2-1 win against Colombia. A total of 14 players scored for Brazil.

date	Venue	host		guest	Result	Goal scorers for Brazil
08/10/2015	Santiago de Chile	Chile	-	Brazil	2: 0 (0: 0)
13/10/2015	Fortaleza	Brazil	-	Venezuela	3: 1 (2: 0)	Willian (1st, 42nd), Ricardo Oliveira (74th)
11/13/2015 1	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Brazil	1: 1 (1: 0)	Lucas Lima (59.)
11/17/2015	Salvador	Brazil	-	Peru	3: 0 (1: 0)	Douglas Costa (22nd), Renato Augusto (57th), Filipe Luís (77th)
03/25/2016	Recife	Brazil	-	Uruguay	2: 2 (2: 1)	Douglas Costa (1st), Renato Augusto (26th)
03/29/2016	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Brazil	2: 2 (1: 0)	Ricardo Oliveira (78th), Dani Alves (90th + 2)
09/01/2016	Quito	Ecuador	-	Brazil	0: 3 (0: 0)	Neymar (72nd / penalty), Gabriel Jesus (87th, 90th + 2)
09/06/2016	Manaus	Brazil	-	Colombia	2: 1 (1: 1)	Miranda (2nd), Neymar (74th)
10/06/2016	natal	Brazil	-	Bolivia	5: 0 (4: 0)	Neymar (10th), Philippe Coutinho (25th), Filipe Luís (38th), Gabriel Jesus (43rd), Roberto Firmino (75th)
10/11/2016	Merida	Venezuela	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 1)	Gabriel Jesus (7th), Willian (53rd)
11/10/2016	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	-	Argentina	3: 0 (2: 0)	Philippe Coutinho (25th), Neymar (45th + 1th ), Paulinho (58th)
11/15/2016	Lima	Peru	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 0)	Gabriel Jesus (57.), Renato Augusto (78.)
03/23/2017	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Brazil	1: 4 (1: 1)	Paulinho (18th, 51st, 90th + 2), Neymar (74th)
03/28/2017	São Paulo	Brazil	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (1: 0)	Philippe Coutinho (34.), Neymar (63.), Marcelo (85.)
08/31/2017	Porto Alegre	Brazil	-	Ecuador	2: 0 (0: 0)	Paulinho (68.), Philippe Coutinho (76.)
05.09.2017	Barranquilla	Colombia	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 1)	Willian (45th + 1)
05.10.2017	La Paz	Bolivia	-	Brazil	0-0
10/10/2017	São Paulo	Brazil	-	Chile	3: 0 (0: 0)	Paulinho (54th), Gabriel Jesus (56th, 90th + 2)

¹ This game has been postponed by one day due to the unplayability of the course.

Closing table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	18th	12	5	1	041:110	+30	41
2.	Uruguay	18th	9	4th	5	032:200	+12	31
3.	Argentina	18th	7th	7th	4th	019:160	+3	28
4th	Colombia	18th	7th	6th	5	021:190	+2	27
5.	Peru	18th	7th	5	6th	027:260	+1	26th
6th	Chile	18th	8th	2	8th	026:270	−1	26th
7th	Paraguay	18th	7th	3	8th	019:250	−6	24
8th.	Ecuador	18th	6th	2	10	026:290	−3	20th
9.	Bolivia	18th	4th	2	12	016:380	−22	14th
10.	Venezuela	18th	2	6th	10	019:350	−16	12

preparation

Games

date	Result	opponent	venue	Brazilian goal scorers
November 10, 2017	3: 1	Japan	Villeneuve d'Ascq ( FRA )	Neymar, Marcelo, Gabriel Jesus
November 14, 2017	0-0	England	London
23 March 2018	3-0	Russia	Moscow	João Miranda (53.), Philippe Coutinho (62./Penalty), Paulinho (66.)
March 27, 2018	1-0	Germany (TV)	Berlin	Gabriel Jesus (37.)
3rd June 2018	2-0	Croatia	Liverpool ( ENG )	Neymar (69th), Roberto Firmino (90th + 3)
June 10, 2018	3-0	Austria	Vienna	Gabriel Jesus (36.), Neymar (63.), Philippe Coutinho (69.)

The team was brought together on May 21, 2018 in Granja Comary in Teresópolis to train there until May 26. On May 27, the team flew to London to acclimatise in terms of time and climate.

Quarter

The team's quarters will be the “Swissotel Resort Sotschi Kamelia” in Sochi , where the team will train in the Yug-Sport Stadium.

Squad

On May 14th, coach Tite nominated a squad of 23 players. With the exception of Cassio , Fagner and Pedro Geromel , they all played for foreign clubs, with the exception of Renato Augusto from the Chinese club Beijing Guoan, all of them were under contract with European clubs.

position	No.	Surname	society	birth date	Calls	Gates	debut	Last use						World Cup participation	World Cup games (before 2018)	World Cup goals (before 2018)
goal	01	Alisson	AS Roma	10/02/1992	26th	00	2015	06/10/2018	5
	16	Cássio	Corinthians São Paulo M	06/06/1987	01	00	2017	11/10/2017
	23	Ederson	Manchester City M	08/17/1993	01	00	2017	10/10/2017
Defense	14th	Danilo	Manchester City M	07/15/1991	18th	00	2011	06/10/2018	1
	22nd	Fagner	Corinthians São Paulo M	06/11/1989	04th	00	2017	03/23/2018	4th		1
	06th	Filipe Luís	Atlético Madrid E.	08/09/1985	33	02	2009	06/10/2018	2		1
	04th	Pedro Geromel	Gremio Porto Alegre CL	09/21/1985	02	00	2017	03/23/2018
	03	João Miranda	Inter Milan	09/07/1984	47	02	2009	06/10/2018	5
	12	Marcelo	Real Madrid C	05/12/1988	54	06th	2006	06/10/2018	4th					2014	6th	0
	13	Marquinhos	Paris Saint-Germain D.	05/14/1994	26th	00	2013	06/10/2018	1
	02	Thiago Silva	Paris Saint-Germain D.	09/22/1984	71	05	2008	06/10/2018	5	1				2010 , 2014	6th	1
midfield	08th	Renato Augusto	Beijing Guoan	02/08/1988	28	05	2011	03/23/2018	3	1
	05	Casemiro	Real Madrid C	02/23/1992	24	00	2011	06/10/2018	4th		2
	17th	Fernandinho	Manchester City M	05/04/1985	44	02	2006	06/10/2018	5		1			2014	5	1
	18th	Fred	Shakhtar Donetsk D.	03/05/1993	08th	00	2014	06/03/2018
	15th	Paulinho	FC Barcelona D.	07/25/1988	50	12	2011	06/10/2018	5	1				2014	6th	0
	11	Philippe Coutinho	FC Barcelona D.	06/12/1992	36	10	2010	06/10/2018	5	2	1
	19th	Willian	Chelsea FC P	08/09/1988	57	08th	2011	06/10/2018	5					2014	5	0
Storm	07th	Douglas Costa	Juventus Turin D.	09/14/1990	25th	03	2014	06/10/2018	2
	09	Gabriel Jesus	Manchester City M	04/03/1997	17th	10	2016	06/10/2018	5
	10	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain D.	02/05/1992	85	55	2010	06/10/2018	5	2	1			2014	5	4th
	20th	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool FC	10/02/1991	21st	06th	2004	06/10/2018	4th	1
	21st	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk D.	01/13/1988	08th	01	2016	06/10/2018
Coaching staff	Trainer	Tite		05/25/1961			2016		5
↑ D = champions and cup winners in the World Cup year, M = champions in the World Cup year, P = cup winners in the World Cup year, C = winners of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League, E = 2017/18 UEFA Europa League winners, CL = 2017 Copa Libertadores winner ↑ a b As of June 10, 2018 after the game against Austria

Finals

Group draw

Moscow (VR) Saint Petersburg (VR) Rostov-on-Don (VR) Samara (AF) Kazan (VF) Sochi

Venues and quarters (blue / italic) of the Brazilian team

For the draw of the qualifying groups on December 1st, Brazil was assigned to Pot 1 and could therefore not be drawn into a group with world champions Germany, vice world champions Argentina, European champions Portugal or host Russia. In addition, the Brazilians could not be drawn from any of the other South American teams. The team to score in the Group E on Switzerland , Serbia and Costa Rica , the two former world champion switched off at the last World Cup. The Brazilians met Switzerland in the preliminary round of the first home World Cup in 1950, where they parted 2-2 at the first meeting. There were also three wins, two draws and two defeats - the last in the last game in 2013 - in friendly matches. There was a victory against Serbia in a preparatory game just before the 2014 World Cup. Yugoslavia, one of the two predecessor teams of the Serbs, Brazil met four times in World Cup tournaments (1: 2 in the preliminary round in 1930, Brazil's first World Cup game, 2 : 0 in the preliminary round of the 1950 World Cup, 1: 1 a.s. in the preliminary round of the 1954 World Cup, after which Brazil was second in the group by drawing lots and 0: 0 in the opening game of the 1974 World Cup). There were also other special games against Yugoslavia, e.g. B. a 4-8 defeat in 1934, the Brazilians' international match with the highest number of goals and the only defeat with eight goals conceded, and in 1971 a 2-2 in Pelé's last international match . Costa Rica were opponents in the World Cup preliminary rounds in 1990 (1: 0) and 2002 (5: 2) and at the Copa America in 2004 (4: 1). There were also six wins in friendly matches and one loss at the 1960 Pan American Championship, where Brazil had used inexperienced players.

Should Brazil be group winners or runners-up, the team would face a group F team with defending champions Germany in the round of 16. If Brazil and Germany are both group winners or second, they can only meet in the final (or match for third place).

Brazil has played against the USSR and Russia several times in Moscow, but not in the other two preliminary round venues.

Group stage matches / Group E

→ Main article : Football World Cup 2018 / Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Serbia	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Sun., June 17, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Rostov-on-Don
Brazil	-	Switzerland	1: 1 (1: 0)	20 ′ Coutinho
Fri., June 22, 2018, 3:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
Brazil	-	Costa Rica	2: 0 (0: 0)	90 + 1 ′ Coutinho, 90 + 7 ′ Neymar
Wed., June 27, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow (Spartak Stadium)
Serbia	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 1)	36. ′ Paulinho, 68. ′ Thiago Silva

Games of the knockout round

Mon., July 2, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Samara (Kosmos-Arena)
Brazil	-	Mexico	2: 0 (0: 0)	51 ′ Neymar, 88 ′ Firmino
Fri., July 6, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Kazan (Kazan Arena)
Brazil	-	Belgium	1: 2 (0: 2)	13 ′ Fernandinho , 76 ′ Renato Augusto

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport1.de: National coach Carlos Dunga in Brazil sacked. In: Sport1.de. Retrieved June 14, 2016 . 
2. ↑ fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
3. ↑ selecao.cbf.com: Seleção Brasileira é convocada para Copa do Mundo

swell

• Arquivo da Seleção Brasileira Principal (Brazilian National "A" Team Archive)