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Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second place, third place and fourth place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent and the only one to do it in four different continents.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
Here's a look at every FIFA World Cup, a trip through the world's biggest sporting event's history that includes a wild bit of U.S. soccer trivia.
Brazil 1–5 Argentina, 15 January 1939 Brazil 2–0 Paraguay, 14 July 1993 50,000 (vs. Argentina, 20 December 1945) 15–2–3 75% 16 Laranjeiras: Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Brazil 6–0 Chile, 11 May 1919 Brazil 2–0 Uruguay, 6 September 1931 30,000 (vs. Paraguay, 24 September 1922) 11–5–0 68% 14 Serra Dourada: Goiânia, GO
Brazil and Japan entering the field at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil won their three group games against Croatia (1–0), Australia (2–0) and Japan (4–1). [65] Ronaldo scored twice and equalled the record for the most goals scored across all World Cups. In the round of 16, Brazil beat Ghana 3–0. [66]
Soccer icon Mário Zagallo, a four-time World Cup winner with Brazil as a player and coach, has died at age 92, a post on his official Instagram account announced on Saturday.. After playing in ...
This made Brazil's Pelé the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (1958, 1962, and 1970, although he did not play in the 1962 final due to injury), [123] with 20 other players who have won two winners' medals.