Nickname(s) | Seleção Sub-20 (Under-20 Team) |
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Association |
Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Brazilian Football Confederation) |
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Head coach | Rogério Micale |
Captain | Danilo |
FIFA code | BRA |
First international | |
Brazil 7–1 Panama (Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954) |
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Biggest win | |
Brazil 10–0 Belgium (Kuching, Malaysia; 25 June 1997) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Brazil 0–3 Colombia |
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FIFA U-20 World Cup | |
Appearances | 17 (first in 1977) |
Best result | Winners : 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003 and 2011 |
South American Youth Championship | |
Appearances | 26 (first in 1954) |
Best result | Winners : 1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009 and 2011 |
Medal record | ||
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U-20 World Cup | ||
1977 Tunisia | Team | |
1983 Mexico | Team | |
1985 Soviet Union | Team | |
1989 Saudi Arabia | Team | |
1991 Portugal | Team | |
1993 Australia | Team | |
1995 Qatar | Team | |
2003 United Arab Emirates | Team | |
2005 Netherlands | Team | |
2009 Egypt | Team | |
2011 Colombia | Team | |
2015 New Zealand | Team |
Brazil 0–3 Colombia
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 February 2015)
The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record eleven times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times (against six of rivals Argentina). It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the Toulon Tournament, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner.
Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho, Kaká, Rivaldo, Romário, Marcos, Roberto Carlos, César Sampaio, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Dani Alves, Maicon, Adriano, Júlio Baptista, Luisão, Alex, Giovane Élber, Leonardo, Müller, Silas, Marcelo, David Luiz, Willian, Jô and Lucas Moura, among others.