Brazil Team                                                                                                            

1 MARCOS 2 CAFU 3 LUCIO

4 ROQUE JUNIOR 5 EDMILSON 6 ROBERTO CARLOS

7 RICARDINHO 8 GILBERTO SILVA 9 RONALDO

10 RIVALDO 11 RONALDINHO 12 DIDA

13 BELLETTI 14 ANDERSON POLGA 15 KLEBERSON

16 JUNIOR 17 DENILSON 18 VAMPETA

19 JUNINHO PAULISTA 20 EDILSON 21 LUIZAO

22 ROGERIO CENI 23 KAKA

                                                                                                                                                          Brazil COASH   SCOLARI Luiz Felipe
INFORMATION

Achievements:

-- FIFA World Cup™ winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, runners-up 1950, 1998
-- Copa America winners 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999
-- Runners-up in the Olympic Football tournament in 1976 and 1988
-- Winners of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1983, 1985 and 1993
-- Winners of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1997 and 1999


Significant past players:

Romario, Bebeto, Dunga, Alemao, Careca, Falcao, Sócrates, Toninho Cerezo, Zico, Rivelino, Leao, Jairzinho, Pelé, Garrincha, Didí, Vava, Zagallo.

 

Team Totals  
 Team   MP   G   A   S   SOG   PG   TTS   TTC   TFS   TFC   YC   RC 
 Brazil   3   11   6   43   28   2   136   141   42   37   4   0 

Country Information

Country:  Brazil
Capital:  Brasília
Population:  172860370 (2000)
Population ranking:  3*
Surface:  8511965 km2
Area ranking:  4*
GDP per capita:  6500
GDP ranking:  24*
Languages:  Portuguese
Nationality:  Brazilian
Currency:  Real
Major Cities:  Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Salvador
National Holiday:  Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
Current Leader:  Fernando Henrique Cardoso (President)
Lowest point:  Atlantic Ocean (0 m)
Highest point:  Pico da Neblina (3,014 m)
Note:
Brazil is the largest nation in South America

 

History:

Brazil – with four FIFA World Cups™ under their belt – are without question the kings of world football. Brazil is the only nation to have qualified for every FIFA World Cup and have produced some of the finest teams and players of all time.

Popular lore has it that Charles Miller – Brazilian-born, but of English parentage – returned home from schooling in Britain in 1890, with a bag of balls slung over his shoulder.

The nation’s fast fascination with the round ball turned first to aptitude and quickly to an elegant, innovative dominance.

By the turn of the century, football in Brazil was mainly a pastime of the elite, but by the 1920s, the working class and the poor children of the favellas had taken over the game.

However, despite a national split in 1933 into professional and amateur leagues, the national federation (CBF) did not consolidate a national championship until many years later. With the size of the country, regional leagues flourished, and it was not until the 1970s when a true league-style national competition featuring historic sides like Flamengo, Santos, Corinthians, and Vasco da Gama began.

 

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