The Brazilian national football team is the most successful national football team in the world, with five FIFA World Cup victories, including the most recent tournament in 2002. A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it."
Brazilians refer to the national football team as the "Seleção," which literally means "selection" and can be translated "the selected"
.Brazil is the only nation to have qualified for every FIFA World Cup finals tournament and the first to win it five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002). Considering the two second places (1950 and 1998) and the two third places (1938 and 1978), as well as many other honours, it is considered the most successful and the best national football team in the world.
World Cup record
1930 - Round 1
1934 - Round 1
1938 - Third place
1950 - Runners-up
1954 - Quarter-finals
1958 - Champions
1962 - Champions
1966 - Round 1
1970 - Champions
1974 - Fourth place
1978 - Third place
1982 - Round 2
1986 - Quarter-finals
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Champions
1998 - Runners-up
2002 - Champions
2006 - Qualified
Copa América record
1916 - Third place
1917 - Third place
1919 - Winners
1920 - Third place
1921 - Runners-up
1922 - Winners
1923 - Fourth place
1924 - Withdrew
1925 - Runners-up
1926 to 1935 - Withdrew
1937 - Runners-up
1939 - Withdrew
1941 - Withdrew
1942 - Third place
1945 - Runners-up
1946 - Runners-up
1947 - Withdrew
1949 - Winners
1953 - Runners-up
1955 - Withdrew
1956 - Fourth place
1957 - Runners-up
1959 - Runners-up
1959 - Third place
1963 - Fourth place
1967 - Withdrew
1975 - Semi-finals
1979 - Semi-finals
1983 - Runners-up
1987 - Round 1
1989 - Winners
1991 - Runners-up
1993 - Quarter-finals
1995 - Runners-up
1997 - Winners
1999 - Winners
2001 - Quarter-finals
2004 - Winners
Famous past players
Ademir
Ademir da Guia
Aldair
Amarildo
Bebeto
Bellini
Brito
Careca
Carlos Alberto
Canhoteiro
Carpegiani
Clodoaldo
Coutinho
Dario
Didi
Dirceu
Djalma Santos
Domingos da Guia
Dorval
Dunga
Éder
Edinho
Edmundo
Falcão
Felix
Francisco Marinho
Friedenreich
Garrincha
Gérson
Gilmar
Jair da Costa
Jairzinho
Júnior
Leandro
Leão
Leônidas da Silva
Müller
Luizinho
Márcio Santos
Mauro
Moacir Barbosa
Nílton Santos
Orlando
Oscar
Pelé
Pepe
Piazza
Rivelino
Rivaldo
Roberto Dinamite
Romário
Ronaldão
Serginho Chulapa
Sócrates
Taffarel
Toninho Cerezo
Tostão
Valdir Peres
Vavá
Zico
Zito
Zizinho
Famous coaches
Cláudio Coutinho
Vicente Feola
Sebastião Lazaroni
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Aymoré Moreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira
João Saldanha
Telê Santana
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Mário Zagallo
Ademir Pimenta
Current squad
Goalkeepers:
Dida (AC Milan)
Júlio César (Internazionale)
Gomes (PSV Eindhoven)
Defenders:
Cafu (AC Milan)
Cicinho (Real Madrid)
Cris (Lyon)
Gustavo Nery (Corinthians)
Juan (Bayer Leverkusen)
Lúcio (Bayern München)
Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
Roque Júnior (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielders:
Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid)
Emerson (Juventus)
Zé Roberto (Bayern München)
Gilberto Silva (Arsenal FC)
Edmílson (FC Barcelona)
Juninho (Lyon)
Kaká (AC Milan)
Ricardinho (Corinthians)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
Forwards:
Adriano (Internazionale)
Robinho (Real Madrid)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Fred (Lyon)
The Brazilian national football team is the most successful national football team in the world, with five FIFA World Cup victories, including the most recent tournament in 2002. A common quip abou...
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