Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. Brazil has also won an Olympic gold medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Night view of Maracanã Stadium, June 2013.
Garrincha (left), Brazilian winger and 1962 World Cup star, is regarded as one of the greatest dribblers of all time.
The 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning Brazil team, considered by many distinguished commentators as the greatest football team ever
Grenal, one of the fiercest football rivalries in the world.
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team, nicknamed Seleção Canarinha, represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916.
The first Brazil national team, 1914
Brazil's first match at home against Exeter City in 1914
The Brazil national team at the 1959 Copa América
The 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning Brazil team, considered by many distinguished commentators as the greatest football team ever