Brazil national under-20 football team

The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record twelve times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times. It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the Toulon Tournament, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner.

Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho, Kaká, Rivaldo, Romário, Marcos, Roberto Carlos, César Sampaio, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Dani Alves, Maicon, Adriano, Júlio Baptista, Luisão, Alex, Giovane Élber, Leonardo, Müller, Silas, Marcelo, David Luiz, Willian, Jô and Lucas Moura, among others.

Current squad
The following 21 players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

''Caps and goals updated as of 12 June 2023, after the match against. Names in bold denote players who have been capped by Brazil in the full side.''

Recent call-ups
The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.


 * COVID : Player withdrew from the current squad due to testing positively for COVID-19 or having to self-isolate because of it
 * INJ : Withdrew due to injury
 * CLUB : Player withdrew from the current squad after his club made him unavailable for the call-up

Individual awards

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup

Honours

 * FIFA U-20 World Cup:
 * Winners (5): 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011
 * Runners-up (4): 1991, 1995, 2009, 2015
 * South American Youth Championship:
 * Winners (12): 1974, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023
 * Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005

Friendlies

 * Tournoi Juniors de Cannes :
 * Winners (4): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
 * Tournament of the Crown Prince :
 * Winners: 1978
 * Toulon Tournament:
 * Winners (8): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014
 * Torneio Internacional de Ribeirão Preto :
 * Winners: 1981
 * Beijing Youth Tournament :
 * Winners: 1986
 * Qatar Friendship Tournament :
 * Winners: 1987
 * COTIF:
 * Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014
 * Copa Gobernador del Estado Carabobo :
 * Winners: 1992
 * Val-Action Cup :
 * Winners: 1993
 * King's Cup:
 * Winners: 1999
 * Mediterranean International Cup U-20 :
 * Winners (5): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010
 * Mediterranean International Cup U-18 :
 * Winners (9): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
 * TyC Asia Cup :
 * Winners: 2001
 * Oman International Tournament :
 * Winners: 2002
 * Malaysia International Tournament :
 * Winners: 2003
 * Sendai Cup :
 * Winners (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
 * SBS Cup:
 * Winners: 2004
 * Valais Youth Cup:
 * Winners: 2013
 * Panda Cup:
 * Winners: 2014
 * Talca International Tournament :
 * Winners: 2016
 * Torneio Quadrangular de Teresópolis :
 * Winners: 2020
 * Torneio Internacional do Espírito Santo :
 * Winners: 2022

Managers

 * Luiz Vinhaes (1949)
 * Valdemar Campos (1954)
 * Newton Cardoso (1958)
 * Mário Travaglini (1967)
 * Antoninho (1973)
 * José Teixeira (1974)
 * Zizinho (1975)
 * Evaristo de Macedo (1977)
 * Mário Travaglini (1979)
 * Nelsinho Rosa (1980)
 * Antônio Ferreira (1981)
 * Vavá (1981–1982)
 * Sebastião Lapola (1983)
 * Jair Pereira (1983–1985)
 * Gílson Nunes (1986–1987)
 * René Simões (1988–1989)
 * Paulo Massa (1990)
 * Ernesto Paulo (1991)
 * Júlio César Leal (1992–1993)
 * Carlos Alberto da Luz (1993–1994)
 * Jairo Leal (1995)
 * Toninho Barroso (1996-1999)
 * João Carlos da Silva Costa (1999)
 * Torres (2000)
 * Carlos César (2001)
 * Marcos Paquetá (2002)
 * Valinhos (2003)
 * Marcos Paquetá (2003)
 * René Weber (2004–2006)
 * Nelson Rodrigues (2007–2008)
 * Rogério Lourenço (2008–2010)
 * Ney Franco (2011–2012)
 * Émerson Ávila (2013)
 * Alexandre Gallo (2014–2015)
 * Rogério Micale (2015–2017)
 * Carlos Amadeu (2017–2019)
 * André Jardine (2019–2022)
 * Ramon Menezes (2022–)