Football in Brazil Brazilian Football is your guide to football in Brazil. We are the #1 online source for all things related to Brazilian Football, whether you are hoping to find out information about the seleção (Brazil’s national football team,) about the Brazilian Championships, the stadiums in Brazil, the culture of football in Brazil or the great players that have put on a Brazil shirt. It’s fair to say that when Charles Miller introduced football to Sao Paulo Athletic Club in 1892 he would have had no idea just how much the sport would become an intrinsic part of everyday life. There are very few places where football is so passionately supported than Brazil. It is said that when Brazil lost to Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup the entire nation mourned. The heartbreak was so much that a name was created for the disaster (the “Maracanazo”) in much the same way as an earthquake or hurricane might be titled. Brazil currently stand as the most successful country in football history. They have won the World Cup five times (in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002), one more than Italy and are only one of five countries to have won it more than once, and one of eight to have ever won it at all. Their players have won the Ballon D’Or six times in the past 15 years and the World Player of the Year eight times in its 19 years of existence. That’s more than any other country. They can boast to having produced some of the greatest ever players, including Socrates, Carlos Alberto, Garrincha, Rivaldo, Jairzinha, Romario, Rivelino, Zito, Ronaldo and Tostao, to name just a few. In the current Brazilian team are some of the finest players in the world including Ronaldinho, Lúcio, Alexandre Pato, Júlio Cesar, Maicon and Luis Fabiano. And of course, they boast having one of the greatest players ever to play the game, if not the best player that is; Pele. You can also just take a look at Brazil’s record in the World Cup to understand their position. After all, they are officially the most succesful team in World Cup history. Appearances at finals: 1930: First round 1934: First round 1938: Third place 1950. Runners-up 1954: Quarter-finals 1958: Winners 1962. Winners 1966: First round 1970: Winners 1974: Fourth place 1978: Third place 1982: Second group stage 1986: Quarter-finals 1990: Second round 1994: Winners 1998: Runners-up 2002: Winners 2006: Quarter-finals 2010: Quarter-finals Best performance: Winners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Most appearances at finals: Cafú (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) – 21. Most goals at finals: Ronaldo (1998, 2002, 2006) – 15.
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