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Brazil is the most successful women's national team in South America, having won eight out of the nine editions of the Copa América championship. Since 1999, they have been contenders for the World title.
São Paulo Futebol Clube, commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional women's association football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1997, the team is affiliated with Federação Paulista de Futebol and play their home games at Estádio do Morumbi. The team colors, reflected in their logo and uniform, are white, red and black.
Rafaelle remained in Canada as part of the Brazilian selection for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Rafaelle captained the Brazilian team to their 4th consecutive win in the 2022 Copa America Feminina. [14] In June 2023, it was announced that she would captain Brazil in the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. [15]
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In the history of u-20 national team, the Brazilians won all editions of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2022. The best placement of the Brazil U-20 in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was in 2006 and 2022 , when the Brazilians won the bronze medal.
The women's national team is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil, which is a part of CONMEBOL, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. Formiga is the player with the most appearances for the Brazilian women's national team with 234 caps since her debut at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
In 2014 FIFA World Cup held in their nation, Brazilian men's team had made a serious disappointment after only gaining fourth place. This created a huge support for the women's team with hopes that they could gain the title in the women's tournament of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, although Brazil failed to advance from the round of 16.
“The global attention that women’s soccer has received over the past 25 years, not only in the United States, but in Europe and South America, (means) there’s just more attention on it and ...