2018 World Cup Preview: Brazil - Everything You Need To Know About The Five Times World Champions

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It's only a few hours to the kick off of the biggest sporting event in the world, the World Cup. In that spirit, I'm writing about the Brazilian national team today, one of the clear favorites being tipped by pundits to clinch this year's trophy. Parading an array of stars including one of the world's finest, Neymar Jnr, Brazil would definitely want to do better than their previous three outings and possibly repeat the feat achieved 16 years ago at the Korea/Japan World Cup. Do you think this current crop of players have what it takes to go all the way? Check out the mind blowing figures and records the Brazilian team have made over the years.

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Brazil is the only team to have participated in every World Cup edition(21).

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Team Info

• FIFA Rank: Number Two.
• Nickname: Seleção (The Squad).
• Trophies Won: World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), Confederations Cup(1997, 2005, 2009, 2013) Copa América (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007).
• World Cup Appearances: 21.
• Biggest World Cup Win: Brazil 7 - 1 Sweden(1950).
• Biggest World Cup Loss: Brazil 1 - 7 Germany(2014).
• Most Wins Against A Single Team: Sweden(5).
• Most Loss To A Single Team: Netherlands(3).
• Total World Cup Goals: 221.
• Total World Cup Matches Won: 70.
• Total World Cup Matches Drawn: 17.
• Total World Cup Matches Lost: 17.
• Top Goal Scorer: Pelé(1957 - 1971) - 77 goals.
• Most Capped Player: Cafu (142).
• Star Player: Neymar Jnr.
• Current Head Coach: Adenor Leonardo Bacchi(Tite).
• World Cup Group: Group E.

Trivia

• Brazil is number one on the all time FIFA World Cup ranking with 227 points, 9 points ahead of Germany, with two fewer matches.

• Brazil is the most successful team in the history of the World Cup, winning the tournament five times.

• Brazil is the only team to have participated in every World Cup edition(21).

• The Brazilian team have consistently been to the Quarter-finals of the World Cup since 1994.

• The Brazilian team has the most wins in the history of the World Cup(70).

• Brazil's Ronaldo de Lima is the youngest Golden ball winner in the World Cup history at 21 years(1998).

• Brazil is the team that has received the most red cards in the World Cup(11).

• Asides Italy, the Brazilians are the only team to have successfully defended their title(1962).

• Brazil's Pelé is the only player that has won three World Cups(1958, 1962, 1970).

Fixtures

Date	Team A		Team B	Time
17th June, 2018	Brazil	vs	Switzerland	9pm
22nd June, 2018	Brazil	vs	Costa Rica	3pm
27th June, 2018	Serbia	vs	Brazil	9pm

Full Squad

• Goalkeepers: Alisson (Roma), Ederson (Manchester City), Cassio (Corinthians).

• Defenders: Miranda (Inter Milan), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain), Geromel (Gremio), Danilo (Manchester City), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Fagner (Corinthians).

• Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fernandinho (Manchester City), Paulinho (Barcelona), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Willian (Chelsea), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk.

• Forwards: Neymar(Paris Saint-Germain), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Douglas Costa (Juventus) Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Taison (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Team Rating: 9/10.