Brazil national football team records and statistics

This is a list of the Brazil national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Honours

Senior team

Major competitions

• FIFA World Cup
• Winners (5): 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
• Runners-up (2): 1950, 1998
• Third place (2): 1938, 1978
• Fourth place (2): 1974, 2014
• South American Championship / Copa América
• Winners (9): 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019
• Runners-up (12): 1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1991, 1995, 2021
• Third place (7): 1916, 1917, 1920, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1975, 1979
• Fourth place (3): 1923, 1956, 1963
• FIFA Confederations Cup
• Winners (4): 1997, 2005, 2009, 2013
• Runners-up: 1999
• Fourth place: 2001
• Panamerican Championship
• Winners (2): 1952, 1956
• Runners-up: 1960
• CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Runners-up (2): 1996, 2003
• Third place: 1998

Awards

• FIFA Team of the Year
• Winners (12): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• World Soccer Team of the Year

*Winners (2): 1982, 2002

• FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy
• Winners (4): 1982, 1986, 1994, 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup Fair Play Trophy
• Winners (2): 1999, 2009
• Copa América Fair Play Trophy
• Winners (1) : 2019

South-American National Teams Tournaments

• Roca Cup / Superclásico de las Américas (vs )
• Winners (15): 1914, 1922, 1945, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971 2021(shared), 1976, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
• Copa Confraternidad (vs )
• Winners: 1923
• Copa 50imo Aniversario de Clarín (vs )
• Winners: 1995
• Copa Río Branco (vs )
• Winners (7): 1931, 1932, 1947, 1950, 1967 (shared), 1968, 1976
• Copa Rodrigues Alves (vs )
• Winners (2): 1922, 1923
• Taça Oswaldo Cruz (vs )
• Winners (8): 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1976
• Copa Bernardo O'Higgins (vs )
• Winners (4): 1955, 1959, 1961, 1966 (shared)
• Copa Teixeira (vs )
• Winners: 1990 (shared)
• Taça Jorge Chavéz / Santos Dumont (vs )
• Winners: 1968

Friendlies

• Taça Interventor Federal (vs EC Bahia)
• Winners: 1934
• Taça Dois de Julho (vs Bahia XI)
• Winners: 1934
• Copa Emílio Garrastazú Médici (vs )
• Winners: 1970
• Taça Independência
• Winners: 1972
• Taça do Atlântico
• Winners (3): 1956, 1970, 1976
• U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament
• Winners: 1976
• Taça Centenário Jornal O Fluminense (vs Rio de Janeiro XI)
• Winners: 1978
• Saudi Crown Prince Trophy (vs Al Ahli Saudi FC)
• Winners: 1978
• Rous Cup
• Winners: 1987
• Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
• Winners: 1988
• Amistad Cup
• Winners: 1992
• Umbro Cup
• Winners: 1995
• Nelson Mandela Challenge
• Winners: 1996
• Lunar New Year Cup
• Winners: 2005
• Kirin Challenge Cup
• Winners: 2022

Olympic and Pan American Team

• Summer Olympics
• Gold medalists (2): 2016, 2020
• Silver medalists (3): 1984, 1988, 2012
• Bronze medalists (2): 1996, 2008
• Fourth place: 1976
• Pan American Games
• Gold medalists (5): 1963, 1975 (shared), 1979, 1987, 2023
• Silver medalists (3): 1959, 1983, 2003
• Bronze medalists (1): 2015
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
• Winners (7): 1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000
• Runners-up (2): 1964, 2020
• Third place (2): 1960, 2004

Individual records

Players in bold are still active with Brazil.

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Other records

Youngest goalscorer

• Pelé (16 years and nine months) vs. , 7 July 1957

Oldest goalscorer

• Romário (39 years and two months) vs. , 27 April 2005

Most goals scored in a single match

• Evaristo (5 goals) vs. , 24 March 1957

First goal scored

• Oswaldo Gomes vs. Exeter City FC, 21 July 1914 (unofficial game)
• Rubens Salles vs. , 27 September 1914 (official game)

Most clean sheets

• Cláudio Taffarel (52 matches)

Most matches as a captain

• Cafu (66 matches)

Most yellow cards received

• Neymar (31 yellow cards)

Most red cards received

• Dunga and Éder Aleixo (3 red cards each)

Manager records

Manager list

Most manager appearances

Includes only official matches. In bold the current manager.

Managers at the FIFA World Cup

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the South American Championship and Copa América

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the FIFA Confederations Cup

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the Panamerican Championship

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the Olympic Games

In bold, edition champions

Managers at the Pan American Games

In bold, edition champions

Team records

Biggest victories

10–1 vs. , 10 April 1949

9–0 vs. , 24 March 1957

9–1 vs. , 3 April 1949

8–0 vs. , 14 July 1977

8–0 vs. , 12 November 2005

8–0 vs. , 10 September 2012

9–2 vs. , 21 February 1945

8–1 vs. , 1 March 1953

7–0 vs. , 11 May 1949

7–0 vs. , 17 September 1959

7–0 vs. , 27 May 1982

7–0 vs. , 25 July 1997

7–0 vs. , 30 June 1999

7–0 vs. , 23 February 2000

7–0 vs. , 9 June 2019

Most consecutive matches undefeated

35 (1993–1996) (shared with between 2007–2009)

Most consecutives wins

14 (1997)

FIFA World Ranking history

Source:

Performance summary

First place: 12 times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2022)

Second place: 5 times (2007, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2021)

Third place: 5 times (1993, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2020)

CONMEBOL best placed team: 20 times (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Top 3: 23 of 31

Top 10: 29 of 31

World Football Elo Ratings history

Source:

Performance summary

First place: 26 times (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)

Second place: 19 times (1950, 1951, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022)

Third place: 11 times (1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2010, 2014)

Top 3: 56 of 110

Top 10: 106 of 110

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

FIFA Confederations Cup

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

Copa América and South American Championship

From 1916 to 1967 the tournament was called South American Football Championship and was played in a single group with teams playing each other. Extra matches were played if two teams finish tied in points as top of the group. The competition was renamed Copa América from 1975 onwards and the format changed to a group stage and a knockout stage tournament.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Panamerican Championship

The Panamerican Championship was an international football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years from 1952 through 1960. Since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams, the Panamerican Championship was an attempt to create an Americas-wide championship.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Brazil has been invited to participate in three editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

Pan American Games record

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Right arrow (→) means an actual tournament status.

Head-to-head record

Below is a result summary of all matches Brazil have played against FIFA recognized teams.

Updated on 31 March, after the match against .

Matches against non-FIFA and clubs

Results by stadium

Following is the retrospect of Brazil national team in the main stadiums of the country:

Matches in major tournaments

FIFA World Cup

Uruguay 1930

Italy 1934

France 1938

Brazil 1950

Switzerland 1954

Sweden 1958

Chile 1962

England 1966

Mexico 1970

West Germany 1974

Argentina 1978

Spain 1982

Mexico 1986

Italy 1990

United States 1994

France 1998

Korea/Japan 2002

Germany 2006

South Africa 2010

Brazil 2014

Russia 2018

Qatar 2022

FIFA Confederations Cup

Saudi Arabia 1997

Mexico 1999

Korea/Japan 2001

France 2003

Germany 2005

South Africa 2009

Brazil 2013

Copa América/South American Championship

Argentina 1916

Uruguay 1917

Brazil 1919

Chile 1920

Argentina 1921

Brazil 1922

Uruguay 1923

Argentina 1925

Argentina 1937

Uruguay 1942

Chile 1945

Argentina 1946

Brazil 1949

Peru 1953

Uruguay 1956

Peru 1957

Argentina 1959

Ecuador 1959

Bolivia 1963

1975

1979

1983

Argentina 1987

Brazil 1989

Chile 1991

Ecuador 1993

Uruguay 1995

Bolivia 1997

Paraguay 1999

Colombia 2001

Peru 2004

Venezuela 2007

Argentina 2011

Chile 2015

United States 2016

Brazil 2019

Brazil 2021

United States 2024

Panamerican Championship

Chile 1952

Mexico 1956

Costa Rica 1960

CONCACAF Gold Cup

United States 1996

United States 1998

United States/Mexico 2003

Football at the Summer Olympics

Helsinki 1952

Rome 1960

Tokyo 1964

Mexico City 1968

Munich 1972

Montreal 1976

Los Angeles 1984

Seoul 1988

Atlanta 1996

Sydney 2000

Beijing 2008

London 2012

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Tokyo 2020

Football at the Pan-American Games

Chicago 1959

São Paulo 1963

Mexico City 1975

San Juan 1979

Caracas 1983

Indianapolis 1987

Mar del Plata 1995

Santo Domingo 2003

Rio de Janeiro 2007

Guadalajara 2011

Toronto 2015

Santiago 2023

Notes

References