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 (13): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2022 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 OlympicsSince 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team. 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
RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer 1Cafu 142 51990–2006 2Neymar 130 802010–2026 3Dani Alves 126 82006–2022 4Roberto Carlos 125 101992–2006 5Thiago Silva 113 72008–2022 6Marquinhos 111 72013–present 7Lúcio 105 42000–2011 8Cláudio Taffarel 101 01988–1998 9Robinho 100 282003–201710Ronaldo 98 621994–2011Djalma Santos 98 31952–1968
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsCapsAverageCareer1Neymar 80 1302010–2026 2Pelé 77 921957–1971 3Ronaldo 62 981994–2011 4Romário 55 701987–2005 5Zico 48 711976–1986 6Bebeto 38 751985–1998 7Rivaldo 35 741993–20038Jairzinho 33 811964–1982Ronaldinho 33 971999–201310Ademir 32 391945–1953Tostão 32 541966–1972
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 (33 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.
RankManagerApps W D L %1 Mário Zagallo 126 90 26 10 80,312Carlos Alberto Parreira 112 61 37 14 67,873Dunga 83 57 17 9 75,504Tite 81 60 15 6 80,245Aymoré Moreira 63 39 9 16 64,466Vicente Feola 57 41 10 6 80,707Flávio Costa 56 35 9 12 70,54 8Luiz Felipe Scolari 53 37 7 9 74,21Telê Santana 53 38 10 5 81,13
Managers at the FIFA World Cup
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1930 Píndaro de Carvalho 1934 Luiz Vinhaes 1938 Adhemar Pimenta 1950 Flávio Costa 1954 Zezé Moreira 1958 Vicente Feola 1962 Aymoré Moreira 1966 Vicente Feola 1970Mário Zagallo 1974 Mário Zagallo 1978 Cláudio Coutinho 1982 Telê Santana 1986 Telê Santana 1990 Sebastião Lazaroni 1994 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1998 Mário Zagallo 2002 Luiz Felipe Scolari 2006 Carlos Alberto Parreira 2010 Dunga 2014 Luiz Felipe Scolari 2018 Tite 2022 Tite 2026 Carlo Ancelotti
Managers at the South American Championship and Copa América
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1916 to 1920 Ground committeé 1921 Ferreira Vianna Netto 1922 Ground committeé 1923 Chico Netto 1925 Joaquim Guimarães Ramón Platero 1937 Adhemar Pimenta 1942 Adhemar Pimenta 1945 Flávio Costa 1946 Flávio Costa 1949 Flávio Costa 1953 Aymoré Moreira 1956 Osvaldo Brandão 1957 Osvaldo Brandão 1959 Vicente Feola 1959 Gentil Cardoso 1963 Aymoré Moreira 1975 Osvaldo Brandão 1979 Claudio Coutinho 1983 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1987 Carlos Alberto Silva 1989 Sebastião Lazaroni 1991 Paulo Roberto Falcão 1993 Carlos Alberto Parreira 1995 Mário Zagallo 1997 Mário Zagallo 1999 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 2001 Luiz Felipe Scolari 2004 Carlos Alberto Parreira 2007 Dunga 2011 Mano Menezes 2015 Dunga 2016 Dunga 2019 Tite 2021 Tite 2024 Dorival Júnior
Managers at the FIFA Confederations Cup
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1997 Mário Zagallo 1999 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 2001 Emerson Leão 2003 Carlos Alberto Parreira 2005 Carlos Alberto Parreira 2009 Dunga 2013 Luiz Felipe Scolari
Managers at the Panamerican Championship
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1952 Zezé Moreira 1956 Teté 1960 Foguinho
Managers at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1996 Mário Zagallo 1998 Mário Zagallo 2003 Ricardo Gomes
Managers at the Olympic Games
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1952 Newton Cardoso 1960 Vicente Feola 1964 Vicente Feola 1968 Celso Marão 1972 Antoninho 1976 Zizinho 1984 Jair Picerni 1988 Carlos Alberto Silva 1996 Mário Zagallo 2000 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 2008 Dunga 2012 Mano Menezes 2016 Rogério Micale 2020 André Jardine
Managers at the Pan American Games
In bold, edition champions
EditionManager 1959 Newton Cardoso 1963 Antoninho 1975 Zizinho 1979 Mário Travaglini 1983 Gílson Nunes 1987 Carlos Alberto Silva 1995 Pupo Gimenez 2003 Valinhos 2007 Lucho Nizzo 2011 Ney Franco 2015 Rogério Micale 2023 Ramon Menezes
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:
1993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 2 4 6 18 22 6 6 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 5 5 5
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 33 Top 10 31 of 33
World Football Elo Ratings history
Source:
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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 112 Top 10 108 of 112
Competition records
FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 1930 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 5 2 SquadQualified as invitees 1934 Round of 16 14th 1 0 0 1 1 3 SquadQualified automatically 1938 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 14 11 SquadQualified automatically 1950 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 22 6 SquadQualified as hosts 1954 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 8 5 Squad 4 4 0 0 8 1 1958 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 16 4 Squad 2 1 1 0 2 1 1962 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 14 5 SquadQualified as defending champions 1966 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 SquadQualified as defending champions 1970 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 19 7 Squad 6 6 0 0 23 2 1974 Fourth place 4th 7 3 2 2 6 4 SquadQualified as defending champions 1978 Third place 3rd 7 4 3 0 10 3 Squad 6 4 2 0 17 1 1982 Second round 5th 5 4 0 1 15 6 Squad 4 4 0 0 11 2 1986 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 1 0 10 1 Squad 4 2 2 0 6 2 1990 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 4 2 Squad 4 3 1 0 13 1 1994 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 11 3 Squad 8 5 2 1 20 4 1998 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 1 2 14 10 SquadQualified as defending champions 2002 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 18 4 Squad 18 9 3 6 31 17 2006 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 2 Squad 18 9 7 2 35 17 2010 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 9 4 Squad 18 9 7 2 33 11 2014 Fourth place 4th 7 3 2 2 11 14 SquadQualified as hosts 2018 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 8 3 Squad 18 12 5 1 41 11 2022 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 1 1 8 3 Squad 17 14 3 0 40 5 2026 Round of 16 11th 5 3 1 1 10 4 Squad 18 8 4 6 24 17Total5 Titles23/23119792020247112—14590371830492 *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