Brazil national football team records and statistics

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

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 🇦🇷 argentina)
 * Winners (15): 1914, 1922, 1945, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971 2021(shared), 1976, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
 * Copa Confraternidad (vs 🇦🇷 argentina)
 * Winners: 1923
 * Copa 50imo Aniversario de Clarín (vs 🇦🇷 argentina)
 * 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 🇵🇪 peru)
 * 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 🇲🇽 mexico)
 * 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.

Other records

 * Youngest goalscorer
 * Pelé (16 years and nine months) vs. 🇦🇷 argentina, 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. 🇨🇴 colombia, 24 March 1957


 * First goal scored
 * Oswaldo Gomes vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Exeter City FC, 21 July 1914 (unofficial game)
 * Rubens Salles vs. 🇦🇷 argentina, 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)

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. 🇧🇴 bolivia, 10 April 1949
 * 9–0 vs. 🇨🇴 colombia, 24 March 1957
 * 9–1 vs. 🇪🇨 ecuador, 3 April 1949
 * 8–0 vs. 🇧🇴 bolivia, 14 July 1977
 * 8–0 vs., 12 November 2005
 * 8–0 vs. 🇨🇳 china, 10 September 2012
 * 9–2 vs. 🇪🇨 ecuador, 21 February 1945
 * 8–1 vs. 🇧🇴 bolivia, 1 March 1953
 * 7–0 vs., 11 May 1949
 * 7–0 vs., 17 September 1959
 * 7–0 vs. 🇮🇪 ireland, 27 May 1982
 * 7–0 vs. 🇵🇪 peru, 25 July 1997
 * 7–0 vs. 🇻🇪 venezuela, 30 June 1999
 * 7–0 vs. 🇹🇭 thailand, 23 February 2000
 * 7–0 vs., 9 June 2019


 * Most consecutive matches undefeated
 * 35 (1993–1996) (shared with 🇪🇸 spain 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

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 to 6 July 2024, after the match against.

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