The only five-time FIFA World Cup champions Brazil are among the most popular teams in FIFA World Cup history. A Seleção is ready to bring out its beautiful football once again in the FIFA World Cup 2022.
The most successful FIFA World Cup team Brazil is unsurprisingly the only team to experience each of the 22 FIFA World Cup editions till 2022.
Before the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, let’s check out some crucial FIFA World Cup records and stats for Brazil.
Note: All the records are till FIFA World Cup 2018
(Team Records)
Contents
Brief records
Hosts
Best Result
Final place in every edition
Last records
Match records (Top 3)
> Biggest winning margin
> Biggest losing margin
Fair Play Trophy
Brazil’s brief records in FIFA World Cup history
Participation | Matches | Won | Drawn* | Penalty shootout | Lost | Winning %* | |
Won | Lost | ||||||
21/21 | 109 | 73 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 66.97 |
(Drawn: including penalty shootout matches; Winning %: excluding penalty shootouts)
Hosts: 1950 (Runners-up) and 2014 (Fourth Place)
Best Result: Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002)
Brazil’s final place in every FIFA World Cup
Year | Host(s) | Last position |
1930 | Uruguay | Group Stage |
1934 | Italy | First Round (Round of 16) |
1938 | France | Third Place |
1950 | Brazil | Runners-up |
1954 | Switzerland | Quarter-finals |
1958 | Sweden | Champions |
1962 | Chile | Champions |
1966 | England | Group Stage |
1970 | Mexico | Champions |
1974 | West Germany | Fourth Place |
1978 | Argentina | Third Place |
1982 | Spain | Second Group Stage |
1986 | Mexico | Quarter-finals |
1990 | Italy | Round of 16 |
1994 | USA | Champions |
1998 | France | Runners-up |
2002 | South Korea & Japan | Champions |
2006 | Germany | Quarter-finals |
2010 | South Africa | Quarter-finals |
2014 | Brazil | Fourth Place |
2018 | Russia | Quarter-finals |
Last time in FIFA World Cup for Brazil:
Last Champions: 2002
Last Runners-up: 1998
Last Finalists: 2002
Last Third Place: 1978
Last Fourth Place: 2014
Last Semi-finals exit: 2014
Last Quarter-finals exit: 2018
Last Round of 16 exit: 1990
Last Group Stage exit: 1966
Last Failed to Qualify: Never
Brazil’s match records in FIFA World Cup (Top 3)
Biggest winning margin | Biggest losing margin |
7-1 vs Sweden in 1950 | 7-1 vs Germany in 2014 |
6-1 vs Spain in 1950 | 3-0 vs France in 1998 |
5-0 vs Mexico in 1954 | 3-0 vs Netherlands in 2014 |
Brazil’s FIFA Fair Play Trophy
1982, 1986, 1994 and 2006 (jointly with Spain)
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(Players’ Records)
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Most FIFA World Cup editions
Top 5 most appearances
Top 5 most goals
Key World Records
Awards (only official competition awards)
Most FIFA World Cup editions for Brazil
Djalma Santos (1954, 1958, 1962 and 1966), Pelé (1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970) and Cafu (1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006) all appeared on the field in four FIFA World Cup editions.
Top 5 most appearances for Brazil in FIFA World Cup
Player | Appearances |
Cafu | 20 |
Ronaldo | 19 |
Cláudio Taffarel | 18 |
Dunga | 18 |
Roberto Carlos | 17 |
Top 5 most goals for Brazil in FIFA World Cup
Player | Goals |
Ronaldo | 15 |
Pelé | 12 |
Ademir | 9 |
Vavá | 9 |
Jairzinho | 9 |
Key World Records from Brazil
Player with most FIFA World Cup trophy: Pelé is the only player to win three FIFA World Cup trophies (1958, 1962 and 1970).
Only player to appear in three consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Cafu played three consecutive FIFA World Cup finals (1994, 1998 and 2002).
Most appearances as a substitute in FIFA World Cup: Denílson holds the record of most appearances as a substitute in FIFA World Cup history with 11 such appearances (1998–2002).
Brazil’s FIFA World Cup Awards (only official competition awards)
Falcão (Silver Ball 1982)
Zico (Bronze Shoe 1982)
Careca (Silver Shoe 1986)
Romário (Golden Ball 1994; Bronze Shoe 1994)
Ronaldo (Golden Ball 1998; Silver Ball 2002; Golden Shoe 2002; Bronze Shoe 2006)
Rivaldo (Silver Shoe 2002)
Neymar (Bronze Boot 2014)
