Brazil at the 2026 World Cup – Squad, Stats, Fixtures & History

FIFA Ranking	5th
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Captain	Marquinhos
Nickname	Seleção Canarinho
World Cup Titles	5 (5 times)
World Cup Appearances	23
Best Finish	Champions (5 times)
2022 World Cup	Quarterfinals — lost to Croatia on pens
2026 Group	Group C (Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland)

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Qualifying & history

Complete statistical breakdown from Brazil's CONMEBOL qualifying campaign and all-time World Cup history.

Qualifying campaign — detailed breakdown

Final Position	5th of 10 (28 points)
Record	W8 D4 L6
Goals Scored	20 (1.11/match)
Goals Conceded	17 (0.94/match)
Goal Difference	+3
Clean Sheets	6 (33.3%)
Failed to Score	5 matches (27.8%)
Biggest Win	4-0 vs Peru (Oct 2024)
Biggest Loss	1-4 vs Argentina (Mar 2025)
Win Rate	44.4%
Home Record	W5 D2 L1 (17 pts from 9 games)
Away Record	W3 D2 L5 (11 pts from 9 games)
Top Scorer	Vinícius Júnior (4 goals)
Top Assister	Raphinha (4 assists)
Most Carded	Casemiro (4 yellow)
Managers Used	3 (Diniz, Dorival Jr, Ancelotti)

Standard stats — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Player	Pos	Age	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	CrdY	CrdR	G+A/90
Vinícius Júnior	FW	25	12	11	980	10.9	4	3	7	2	0	0.64
Raphinha	FW	29	14	13	1120	12.4	3	4	7	3	0	0.56
Rodrygo*	FW	25	10	9	810	9.0	3	2	5	1	0	0.56
Casemiro	MF	34	11	10	870	9.7	1	1	2	4	0	0.21
Bruno Guimarães	MF	28	10	9	790	8.8	2	1	3	3	0	0.34
Lucas Paquetá	MF	28	13	11	940	10.4	2	2	4	2	0	0.38
Marquinhos	DF	32	10	10	900	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	0.10
Éder Militão	DF	28	8	7	630	7.0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Gabriel Magalhães	DF	28	6	5	450	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Alisson	GK	33	10	10	900	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Estêvão	FW	19	4	2	210	2.3	2	1	3	0	0	1.30
Endrick	FW	19	5	2	180	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	0.50
Savinho	FW	21	4	2	190	2.1	0	1	1	0	0	0.48
Gerson	MF	28	6	4	350	3.9	0	1	1	1	0	0.26
Alex Sandro	DF	35	4	3	270	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Ederson	GK	32	4	4	360	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
SQUAD TOTAL	—	27.2	18	18	1620	18.0	20	17	37	28	1	—
OPPONENT TOTAL	—	—	18	18	1620	18.0	17	—	—	32	2	—

*Rodrygo stats included for reference — ruled out of WC with knee injury. Stats from CONMEBOL qualifying (18 matches).

Shooting stats — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Player	Pos	Age	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	G/Sh	G/SoT
Vinícius Júnior	FW	25	10.9	4	32	14	43.8%	2.94	0.13	0.29
Raphinha	FW	29	12.4	3	28	11	39.3%	2.26	0.11	0.27
Rodrygo*	FW	25	9.0	3	22	10	45.5%	2.44	0.14	0.30
Lucas Paquetá	MF	28	10.4	2	15	6	40.0%	1.44	0.13	0.33
Bruno Guimarães	MF	28	8.8	2	12	5	41.7%	1.36	0.17	0.40
Estêvão	FW	19	2.3	2	8	4	50.0%	3.48	0.25	0.50
Casemiro	MF	34	9.7	1	10	3	30.0%	1.03	0.10	0.33
Marquinhos	DF	32	10.0	1	5	2	40.0%	0.50	0.20	0.50
Endrick	FW	19	2.0	1	6	3	50.0%	3.00	0.17	0.33
SQUAD TOTAL	—	—	18.0	20	168	65	38.7%	9.33	0.12	0.31
OPPONENT TOTAL	—	—	18.0	17	152	58	38.2%	8.44	0.11	0.29

Goalkeeping stats — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Player	Age	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	CS	CS%
Alisson	33	10	10	900	10.0	8	0.80	35	27	77.1%	4	40.0%
Ederson	32	4	4	360	4.0	5	1.25	18	13	72.2%	1	25.0%
Bento	25	4	4	360	4.0	4	1.00	15	11	73.3%	1	25.0%
SQUAD TOTAL	—	18	18	1620	18.0	17	0.94	68	51	75.0%	6	33.3%

Playing time — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Player	Pos	Age	MP	Min	Min%	Starts	Subs	Complete 90s	PPM	On-Off
Alisson	GK	33	10	900	55.6%	10	0	10	2.10	+0.40
Marquinhos	DF	32	10	900	55.6%	10	0	9	2.10	+0.40
Raphinha	FW	29	14	1120	69.1%	13	1	10	1.71	+0.15
Vinícius Júnior	FW	25	12	980	60.5%	11	1	8	1.83	+0.28
Lucas Paquetá	MF	28	13	940	58.0%	11	2	8	1.69	+0.05
Casemiro	MF	34	11	870	53.7%	10	1	7	1.64	-0.10
Rodrygo*	FW	25	10	810	50.0%	9	1	6	1.78	+0.20
Bruno Guimarães	MF	28	10	790	48.8%	9	1	7	1.90	+0.30
Éder Militão	DF	28	8	630	38.9%	7	1	5	1.63	-0.15
Estêvão	FW	19	4	210	13.0%	2	2	0	2.50	+1.00

PPM = Points per match when player was on the pitch. *Rodrygo ruled out of World Cup.

Discipline & miscellaneous — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Player	Pos	Age	90s	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Int	TklW
Casemiro	MF	34	9.7	4	0	18	8	0	12	15
Éder Militão	DF	28	7.0	3	0	10	3	0	8	11
Raphinha	FW	29	12.4	3	0	12	22	2	3	4
Bruno Guimarães	MF	28	8.8	3	0	14	10	0	10	13
Vinícius Júnior	FW	25	10.9	2	0	8	28	3	2	3
Marquinhos	DF	32	10.0	2	0	6	2	0	15	18
Lucas Paquetá	MF	28	10.4	2	0	11	15	1	6	7
Gabriel Magalhães	DF	28	5.0	1	0	4	1	0	6	8
Alex Sandro	DF	35	3.0	1	0	3	2	0	4	5
Gerson	MF	28	3.9	1	0	5	3	0	4	5
SQUAD TOTAL	—	—	18.0	28	1	120	108	8	85	102
OPPONENT TOTAL	—	—	18.0	32	2	118	120	6	78	95

CrdY = Yellow cards · CrdR = Red cards · Fls = Fouls committed · Fld = Fouls drawn · Off = Offsides · Int = Interceptions · TklW = Tackles won

Scores & fixtures — CONMEBOL qualifying 2026

Date	MD	Venue	Opponent	Result	GF	GA	Formation	Captain	Attendance
Sep 8, 2023	1	Away	Bolivia	L	0	1	4-2-3-1	Casemiro	24,500
Sep 12, 2023	2	Home	Peru	D	0	0	4-2-3-1	Casemiro	62,800
Oct 12, 2023	3	Away	Venezuela	L	0	1	4-3-3	Casemiro	35,200
Oct 17, 2023	4	Home	Uruguay	D	1	1	4-3-3	Marquinhos	65,400
Nov 16, 2023	5	Away	Colombia	L	1	2	4-2-3-1	Marquinhos	42,100
Nov 21, 2023	6	Home	Argentina	L	0	1	4-3-3	Marquinhos	68,000
Jun 9, 2024	8	Away	Paraguay	L	0	1	4-2-4	Marquinhos	28,500
Oct 10, 2024	9	Away	Chile	W	2	1	4-2-4	Marquinhos	42,000
Oct 15, 2024	10	Home	Peru	W	4	0	4-2-4	Marquinhos	58,200
Nov 14, 2024	11	Away	Venezuela	W	1	0	4-2-4	Marquinhos	34,800
Nov 19, 2024	12	Home	Uruguay	D	1	1	4-2-4	Marquinhos	65,000
Mar 20, 2025	13	Home	Colombia	W	2	1	4-2-4	Marquinhos	62,500
Mar 25, 2025	14	Away	Argentina	L	1	4	4-2-4	Marquinhos	72,000
Jun 5, 2025	15	Away	Ecuador	D	0	0	4-2-4	Marquinhos	38,500
Jun 10, 2025	16	Home	Paraguay	W	1	0	4-2-4	Marquinhos	60,200
Sep 4, 2025	17	Home	Chile	W	3	0	4-2-4	Marquinhos	58,800
Sep 9, 2025	18	Away	Bolivia	L	0	1	4-2-4	Marquinhos	25,000
18 matches \| W8 D4 L6 \| GF 20 \| GA 17 \| GD +3 \| 28 pts (5th)

Formation usage — 2024–2026

Formation	Times Used	W	D	L	Win%
4-2-4	12	7	3	2	58.3%
4-3-3	4	0	1	3	0.0%
4-2-3-1	4	1	1	2	25.0%

Ancelotti adopted the 4-2-4 from October 2024. Brazil's record improved significantly under this system.

All-time World Cup record

World Cup Appearances	22 (every edition since 1930)
Total Matches	114
Wins	76
Draws	19
Losses	19
Win Rate	66.7%
Goals Scored	237
Goals Conceded	108
Goal Difference	+129
Goals per Match	2.08
Clean Sheets	42
Titles	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Year-by-year results

Year	Host	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Uruguay	Group stage	2	1	0	1	5	2
1934	Italy	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3
1938	France	3rd place	5	3	1	1	14	11
1950	Brazil	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	22	6
1954	Switzerland	Quarterfinals	3	1	1	1	8	5
1958	Sweden	CHAMPIONS	6	5	1	0	16	4
1962	Chile	CHAMPIONS	6	5	1	0	14	5
1966	England	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
1970	Mexico	CHAMPIONS	6	6	0	0	19	7
1974	W. Germany	4th place	7	3	2	2	6	4
1978	Argentina	3rd place	7	4	3	0	10	3
1982	Spain	2nd group stage	5	4	0	1	15	6
1986	Mexico	Quarterfinals	5	4	0	1	10	1
1990	Italy	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	6	2
1994	USA	CHAMPIONS	7	5	2	0	11	3
1998	France	Runners-up	7	4	1	2	14	10
2002	Korea/Japan	CHAMPIONS	7	7	0	0	18	4
2006	Germany	Quarterfinals	5	4	0	1	10	2
2010	South Africa	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	9	4
2014	Brazil	4th place	7	3	2	2	11	14
2018	Russia	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	8	3
2022	Qatar	Quarterfinals	5	3	1	1	8	3
TOTAL	—	—	114	76	19	19	237	108

Brazil all-time top scorers

#	Player	Goals	Caps	Goals/Cap
1	Neymar	79	128	0.62
2	Pelé	77	92	0.84
3	Ronaldo	62	98	0.63
4	Romário	55	70	0.79
5	Zico	48	71	0.68
6	Bebeto	39	75	0.52
7	Rivaldo	35	74	0.47
8	Jairzinho	33	81	0.41
9	Ronaldinho	33	97	0.34
10	Adriano	27	48	0.56

Head-to-head vs Group C opponents

Opponent	Played	Brazil Wins	Draws	Opponent Wins	Total Goals
Morocco	3	1	1	1	7
Haiti	0	0	0	0	0
Scotland	2	1	1	0	4

Detailed meetings

Date	Match	Score	Competition	Venue
Jun 16, 1998	Brazil vs Morocco	3-0 (Brazil win)	World Cup Group A	Nantes, France
Mar 25, 2023	Morocco vs Brazil	2-1 (Morocco win)	Friendly	Tangier, Morocco
Jun 18, 1982	Brazil vs Scotland	4-1 (Brazil win)	World Cup Group 6	Seville, Spain
Jun 10, 1998	Brazil vs Scotland	2-1 (Brazil win)	World Cup Group A	Saint-Denis, France

Brazil have never played Haiti at senior level.

Key players

Player	Pos	Age	Club	Caps	Goals	WC Apps	WC Goals	2025-26 Club Stats
Vinícius Júnior	FW	25	Real Madrid	45+	8	1 (2022)	0	20+ goals, 8+ assists (La Liga)
Raphinha	FW	29	Barcelona	35+	8	0	0	12+ goals, 9+ assists (La Liga)
Marquinhos (C)	DF	32	PSG	90+	7	2 (2018, 2022)	1	UCL champion 2024-25
Bruno Guimarães	MF	28	Newcastle	35+	5	0	0	9 goals (Premier League)
Estêvão	FW	19	Chelsea	10+	3	0	0	Breakthrough season

Tactical approach

Under Ancelotti, Brazil play a 4-2-4 — Casemiro and Bruno Guimarães in midfield, with Vinícius Jr, Raphinha, Estêvão and a rotating fourth attacker in a fluid front line. The system prioritises attacking transitions and individual quality. Main weakness: full-back positions, where Militão (out of position) and Alex Sandro (aging) are stopgap solutions.