Brazil national football team is the most successful national football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with five championships as member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) since 1923 and also a member of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) since 1916.Controlled by the governing body Brazil known as the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is the international men’s football club of Brazil, who represents their country.They are also the most successful team that bears International shirts in the FIFA Confederations Cup with three titles. At continental level, Brazil has won eight Copa América titles.
As current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 2005 and the 2009 edition of the tournament, Brazil is currently ranked fifth by FIFA and is considered as the strongest football nation in the world, and has also been marked as one of the most competitive teams of each decade since the 1960s. Brazil is the only national football team to have played in every World Cup finals.
The only team to have won the championship in four different continents; once in Europe (1958 Sweden), once in South America (1962 Chile), twice in North America (1970 Mexico and 1994 USA) and once in Asia (2002 S. Korea-Japan) is Brazil. A common quip about football is: Os ingleses o inventaram, os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram (The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it).
Known in different parts of the world by various nicknames are the nicknames of the Brazilian National Team. But, the most common one used to refer to them, especially in Brazil, is seleção, which literally means the selection.
The team’s first team Football football shirt colours were white with blue collars, but after their defeat in the 1950 World Cup, the colours were criticised for lacking patriotism.The newspaper Correio da Manhã to design a kit incorporating the four colours of the Brazilian flag, held a competition with permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation.The winning design was a yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with white trim drawn by Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a nineteen year old from Pelotas.During the match against Chile in March 1954, the new Brazil shirts were first used and were still used till today.
In any parts of the world, Brazil national football team is amazingly famous.By mentioning the football term, Brazil national football team will always be remembered as the team with full winning spirit.
Phil Smith writes for the football kit site Football Shirt Search and collects international football shirts.
