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Leônidas scored a record eight World Cup goals for Brazil, coming at the 1934 and 1938 tournaments. Ademir scored a record nine World Cup goals for Brazil, all coming at the 1950 tournament. Sándor Kocsis was the first player to score ten or more goals in a single World Cup: he scored a record eleven goals in just five matches for Hungary ...
Brazil 1–5 Argentina, 15 January 1939 Brazil 2–0 Paraguay, 14 July 1993 50,000 (vs. Argentina, 20 December 1945) 15–2–3 75% 16 Laranjeiras: Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Brazil 6–0 Chile, 11 May 1919 Brazil 2–0 Uruguay, 6 September 1931 30,000 (vs. Paraguay, 24 September 1922) 11–5–0 68% 14 Serra Dourada: Goiânia, GO
At the 1982 World Cup, held in Spain, Brazil were the tournament favorites, and easily moved through the early part of the draw, but a 3–2 defeat in Barcelona to Italy, in a classic World Cup match, eliminated them from the tournament in the match that they refer to as "Sarriá's Tragedy", referencing the stadium's name.
In 22 World Cup tournaments, Brazil had 76 victories out of 114 matches. Brazil also has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points and only 19 losses. [2] [3] Traditionally, Brazil's greatest rival is Argentina.
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [68] 70 115 14 October 2021: Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Uruguay: 1–0: 4–1: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [69] 71 117 24 March 2022: Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chile: 1–0‡ 4–0: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [70] 72 118 2 June 2022: Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul ...
Gary Lineker is the top goalscorer for England with ten Grzegorz Lato (left) during the 1974 World Cup became the top goalscorer of Poland with ten Teófilo Cubillas is the top goalscorer for Peru with ten Eusébio holds the record for most goals in the history of the World Cup for Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo with 8 goals is the only male player ...
Although Brazil were runners-up, he was the top scorer and was named best player of the tournament. [19] Pelé scored one goal in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and one in the 1966 edition . [ 1 ] He played in six World Cup qualifying matches for the 1970 edition , scoring six goals, and netted four more at the tournament itself. [ 1 ]