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• The Brazilian national football team is the most successful national football team in the world, with five FIFA World Cup victories, including the most recent tournament in 2002. A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it."
  Brazilians refer to the national football team as the "Seleção," which literally means "selection" and can be translated "the selected"
  .Brazil is the only nation to have qualified for every FIFA World Cup finals tournament and the first to win it five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002). Considering the two second places (1950 and 1998) and the two third places (1938 and 1978), as well as many other honours, it is considered the most successful and the best national football team in the world.
  World Cup record
  1930 - Round 1
  1934 - Round 1
  1938 - Third place
  1950 - Runners-up
  1954 - Quarter-finals
  1958 - Champions
  1962 - Champions
  1966 - Round 1
  1970 - Champions
  1974 - Fourth place
  1978 - Third place
  1982 - Round 2
  1986 - Quarter-finals
  1990 - Round 2
  1994 - Champions
  1998 - Runners-up
  2002 - Champions
  2006 - Qualified
  
  
  Copa América record
  1916 - Third place
  1917 - Third place
  1919 - Winners
  1920 - Third place
  1921 - Runners-up
  1922 - Winners
  1923 - Fourth place
  1924 - Withdrew
  1925 - Runners-up
  1926 to 1935 - Withdrew
  1937 - Runners-up
  1939 - Withdrew
  1941 - Withdrew
  1942 - Third place
  1945 - Runners-up
  1946 - Runners-up
  1947 - Withdrew
  1949 - Winners
  1953 - Runners-up
  1955 - Withdrew
  1956 - Fourth place
  1957 - Runners-up
  1959 - Runners-up
  1959 - Third place
  1963 - Fourth place
  1967 - Withdrew
  1975 - Semi-finals
  1979 - Semi-finals
  1983 - Runners-up
  1987 - Round 1
  1989 - Winners
  1991 - Runners-up
  1993 - Quarter-finals
  1995 - Runners-up
  1997 - Winners
  1999 - Winners
  2001 - Quarter-finals
  2004 - Winners
  
  
  Famous past players
  Ademir
  Ademir da Guia
  Aldair
  Amarildo
  Bebeto
  Bellini
  Brito
  Careca
  Carlos Alberto
  Canhoteiro
  Carpegiani
  Clodoaldo
  Coutinho
  Dario
  Didi
  Dirceu
  Djalma Santos
  Domingos da Guia
  Dorval
  Dunga
  Éder
  Edinho
  Edmundo
  Falcão
  Felix
  Francisco Marinho
  Friedenreich
  Garrincha
  Gérson
  Gilmar
  Jair da Costa
  Jairzinho
  Júnior
  Leandro
  Leão
  Leônidas da Silva
  Müller
  Luizinho
  Márcio Santos
  Mauro
  Moacir Barbosa
  Nílton Santos
  Orlando
  Oscar
  Pelé
  Pepe
  Piazza
  Rivelino
  Rivaldo
  Roberto Dinamite
  Romário
  Ronaldão
  Serginho Chulapa
  Sócrates
  Taffarel
  Toninho Cerezo
  Tostão
  Valdir Peres
  Vavá
  Zico
  Zito
  Zizinho
  
  
  Famous coaches
  Cláudio Coutinho
  Vicente Feola
  Sebastião Lazaroni
  Vanderlei Luxemburgo
  Aymoré Moreira
  Carlos Alberto Parreira
  João Saldanha
  Telê Santana
  Luiz Felipe Scolari
  Mário Zagallo
  Ademir Pimenta
  
  Current squad
  Goalkeepers:
  
  Dida (AC Milan)
  Júlio César (Internazionale)
  Gomes (PSV Eindhoven)
  Defenders:
  
  Cafu (AC Milan)
  Cicinho (Real Madrid)
  Cris (Lyon)
  Gustavo Nery (Corinthians)
  Juan (Bayer Leverkusen)
  Lúcio (Bayern München)
  Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
  Roque Júnior (Bayer Leverkusen)
  Midfielders:
  
  Júlio Baptista (Real Madrid)
  Emerson (Juventus)
  Zé Roberto (Bayern München)
  Gilberto Silva (Arsenal FC)
  Edmílson (FC Barcelona)
  Juninho (Lyon)
  Kaká (AC Milan)
  Ricardinho (Corinthians)
  Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
  Forwards:
  
  Adriano (Internazionale)
  Robinho (Real Madrid)
  Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
  Fred (Lyon)
  
  
  

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