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FORMED: 1914

CAPTAIN: Lucio

BEST ACHIEVEMENT: Winners, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002

GROUP: G

GROUP OPPONENTS:
Korea DPR, Ivory Coast and Portugal

Brazil became the first nation to win a World Cup title outside of its own continent when they defeated Sweden 5-2 in the 1958 final.
The Olympic football tournament is the only international competition in football organized by FIFA that Brazil has never won.
Incredibly, the 2002 World Cup Final was the first time that the two most successful teams in World Cup history; Brazil and Germany has ever met in a Final match. Brazil triumphed 2-0.
After winning the Jules Rimet Trophy for the third time in the 1970 final, Brazil were allowed to keep it for good.
Brazil is the only country to have appeared in every tournament, with 19 appearances from 1930 to 2010. They have also won a record five trophies with their brand of attacking, free-flowing style. There is a saying about the South American side’s relationship with football: ‘The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it.’
The Brazilian national team have numerous nicknames. Some of the common ones include A SeleÇão (‘The Selection’), Canarinha (‘Little Canary’), Verde e Amarelo (‘Green and Yellow’), Esquadr?o de Ouro (‘The Golden Squad’) and the Samba Kings.
Brazil’s most popular player ever is Pele, the side’s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals. Nicknamed O Rei do Futebol (‘The King of Football’) during his career, Pele was so popular in his time that in 1967, rival factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pele play an exhibition game in Lagos.
Brazilians are fanatical about their team. Case in point: the highest attendance at a World Cup match was an astounding 199,854 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janerio for the 1950 decider between Uruguay and Brazil. Uruguay won the match 2-1 in one of the biggest upsets in football history, and the match has since been known as the Maracanazo (translated as ‘The Maracan? Blow’)
Among all teams, Brazil has scored the most goals in the tournament’s history with 201. They account for almost 10% of all goals scored (which is 2,063).