Soccer World Cup 2015 / Brazil

This article discusses the Brazilian national football team of the women in the soccer World Cup Women 2015 in Canada . Brazil was the only South American team to take part in the finals for the seventh time and qualified as South American champions .

qualification

For Brazil, the way to Canada went through the 2014 South American Women's Soccer Championship in Ecuador , in which all CONMEBOL members participated without prior qualifications. This was played over two group phases. In the first five teams met each other, of which the two best qualified for the second round. The best two teams in the second round were automatically qualified for the World Cup.

First round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	4th	3	0	1	012: 300	+9	09
2.	Argentina	4th	3	0	1	009: 100	+8	09
3.	Paraguay	4th	2	0	2	014: 900	+5	06th
4th	Chile	4th	2	0	2	006: 500	+1	06th
5.	Bolivia	4th	0	0	4th	002:250	−23	00

September 12, 2014 in Loja
Brazil	-	Bolivia	6: 0 (2: 0)	Formiga (19th, 73rd), Andressa Alves (30th), Darlene (51st), Thaisa (84th), Fabiana (90 + 2nd)
September 14, 2014 in Loja
Paraguay	-	Brazil	1: 4 (1: 2)	Andressa Alves (35.), Cristiane (45 + 5., 56.), Fabiana (57.)
September 18, 2014 in Cuenca
Chile	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 1)	Maurine (22nd), Cristiane (49th)
September 20, 2014 in Azogues
Brazil	-	Argentina	0: 2 (0: 1)

Second round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	010-000	+10	07th
2.	Colombia	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	004: 800	−4	03
4th	Argentina	3	0	1	2	002: 900	−7	01

September 24, 2014 in Quito
Brazil	-	Ecuador	4: 0 (3: 0)	Cristiane (14th, 17th), Maurine (37th), Raquel Fernandes (87th)
September 26, 2014 in Quito
Brazil	-	Argentina	6: 0 (2: 0)	Cristiane (32nd), Andressa Alves (36th), Maurine (58th), Tayla (66th), Tamires (71st), Raquel Fernandes (84th)
September 28, 2014 in Quito
Colombia	-	Brazil	0-0

Cristiane with the trophy for the best goalscorer of the Copa América 2014

Participation in the World Cup was already certain after the second game of the second round. A draw against Colombia was enough to win the South American Championship, which also qualified for the World Cup regardless of the outcome of the other game.

A total of 19 players were used by coach Vadão , including goalkeeper Andreia Suntaque and Andressa Alves , Maurine , Raquel Fernandes and Tamires in all seven games. In the last group game of the first round, some regular players were spared. Marta was not in the squad because the Swedish league was still running during the Copa . The top scorer and top scorer of the championship was Cristiane with six goals, who also made her 100th international match on September 14, 2014 . Andressa Alves scored four goals.

preparation

The Brazilian team at the 2015 Algarve Cup before the game against Sweden

On November 26, 2014, the team played a friendly against World Cup participants France in Lyon , which they lost 2-0 - the first defeat after five draws against the French. In December, the team hosted a tournament in Brasília , in which Marta was back in the squad. Brazil met Argentina (4: 0) as well as the World Cup participants USA (3: 2 in the group game and 0: 0 in the final) and China (4: 1) and won the tournament. Since there is no fixed and competitive structure in Brazilian women's football, the players playing in Brazil were brought together in the national training center in Itu Spa Sports in January 2015 . In March 2015, the team took part in the traditional Algarve Cup in Portugal for the first time and met again in the only group in which only World Cup participants played China (0-0 on March 4), European champions and defending champions Germany (1 : 3 on March 9) and Sweden (2-0 on March 6). On March 11, the Brazilians met Switzerland for the first time in the game for 7th place and won 4-1. On April 8th in Fürth , two days after arriving from Brazil, they lost again to Germany, this time with 0: 4.

The team

Contingent

The squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers) had to be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat no later than ten working days before the opening match.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	Calls	Gates	World Cup games	World Cup 2015
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Luciana	07/24/1987	Ferroviária	037	00		4th	0	0	0	0
12	Bárbara	07/04/1988	AE Kindermann	025th	00	0 (2011)	0	0	0	0	0
23	Leticia	08/13/1994	São José EC	000	00		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Fabiana	08/04/1989	AD Centro Olímpico	059	06th	4 (2011)	3	0	1	0	0
3	Mônica	04/21/1987	Ferroviária	025th	00		4th	0	0	0	0
6th	Tamires	10/10/1987	AD Centro Olímpico	035	03		4th	0	0	0	0
13	Poliana	02/06/1991	São José EC	034	02		2	0	0	0	0
14th	Géssica	03/19/1991	Ferroviária	002	00		2	0	0	0	0
15th	Tayla	05/09/1992	Ferroviária	031	01		0	0	0	0	0
16	Rafaelle	06/18/1991	São Francisco EC	008th	00		4th	0	0	0	0
midfield
5	Andressa	05/01/1995	AE Kindermann	021st	07th		4th	0	0	0	0
7th	Beatrice	12/17/1993	Hyundai Steel Red Angels	018th	01	1 (2011)	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Thaisa	December 17, 1988	Ferroviária	029	02		3	0	0	0	0
9	Andressa Alves	11/10/1992	São José EC	039	10		3	1	0	0	0
10	Marta	02/19/1986	FC Rosengård	095	92	14 (2003, 2007, 2011)	3	1	1	0	0
17th	Rosana	07/07/1982	São José EC	112	21st	12 (2003, 2007, 2011)	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Raquel Fernandes	03/21/1991	Ferroviária	022nd	04th		4th	1	1	0	0
19th	Maurine	01/14/1986	Ferroviária	057	07th	4 (2011)	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Formiga	03/03/1978	São José EC	138	20th	21 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)	3	1	0	0	0
21st	Gabi Zanotti	02/28/1985	AD Centro Olímpico	021st	02		1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Darlene	January 11, 1990	AD Centro Olímpico	033	04th		2	0	0	0	0
attack
4th	Rafinha	08/18/1988	Boston Breakers	002	00		2	0	0	0	0
11	Cristiane	05/15/1985	AD Centro Olímpico	109	75	14 (2003, 2007, 2011)	3	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Head coach	Vadão	08/21/1956	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol				4th		0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ As of May 28, 2015 ↑ a b Status: June 17, 2015 according to the team profile on the FIFA website for the 2015 World Cup ↑ Before the 2015 World Cup ↑ Replaces the first nominated Erika . On the Boston Breakers website ( memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. listed as Rafinha.

Calls

Three of the registered players had not played an international match before the tournament. Two of them ( Géssica and Rafinha ) were used for their first time in Canada. Except for Tayla , all field players were used. Goalkeeper Luciana was the only player to play through all four games. The longest playing time of all field players had Tamires , who was only substituted in the round of 16 against Australia seven minutes before the end.

Games at the World Cup

Moncton (VR / AF) Montreal (VR)

Venues

When the groups were drawn, Brazil was seeded and was designated as the group head of group E.

Lost the course were South Korea and the two World Cup newcomers Spain and Costa Rica . There were previously three games against South Korea, two of which were won and one lost. There were previously two games against Costa Rica, both of which were won. They have not played against Spain before.

In the first game against courageous South Koreans, Formiga, who was the second player after the Japanese Homare Sawa in the sixth World Cup finals, brought the South Americans into the lead through a single action. In the second half, Marta was able to score her 15th World Cup goal with a penalty and has been the sole record scorer ever since . Marta also scored her first World Cup goal in 2003 with a penalty against South Korea. Although the Asians then pushed for the goal, Brazil defended the 2-0 to the end. In the second group game against Spain, they then won 1-0. This means that Brazil was already the group winner after two games, also based on the results of the other group opponents. In the last game against Costa Rica, coach Vadão spared his best players, including Marta, Cristiane and Formiga. Nevertheless, the Brazilians were the dominant team, but initially could not use their scoring opportunities. It was only in the 83rd minute that Raquel Fernandes, who had previously only made short appearances, scored the winning goal. This made Brazil the only team with three wins and the only team without conceding a goal to win the group, alongside defending champions Japan. Costa Rica, on the other hand, was eliminated as the worst third party in the group.

Brazil met Australia in the round of 16 on June 21, 2015 , the runners-up from Group D. Brazil lost 0: 1 despite their superiority in the game and were eliminated from the tournament.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	004-000	+4	09
2.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Spain	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Tue., June 9, 2015, in Montreal
Brazil	-	South Korea	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sat. June 13, 2015, in Montreal
Brazil	-	Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wed. June 17, 2015, in Moncton
Costa Rica	-	Brazil	0: 1 (0: 0)

Knockout round

Sun June 21, 2015 in Moncton
Brazil	-	Australia	0: 1 (0: 0)

Web links

• conmebol.com: Copa América Femenina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: "Brazil's double challenge"
2. ↑ dfb.de: "DFB women at the Algarve Cup against Brazil, China and Sweden"
3. ↑ fifa.com: "World Cup preparation: DFB women test on April 8 against Brazil" ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
5. ↑ framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Matches - Brazil-Australia - FIFA.com. de.fifa.com, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Australia throws Brazil out of the tournament. de.fifa.com, June 21, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 .