Brazil World Cup History

Brazil is the only team to play in every single World Cup:

1930 Crashed out - First Round
1934 Crashed out - First Round
1938 Getting closer - Semi-Finals
1950 Don't mention Uruguay - Final
1954 Still bitter about 1950 - Quarter-Finals
1958 Here we go, we're up and running - Winners
1962 And again - Winners
1966 Oops back to the early WC form - First Group Stage
1970 Glorious - Winners
1974 Dutch class tells - Semi-Finals
1978 Why Brazil doesn't like Argentina Part 1 - Second Group Stage
1982 The one that got away - Second Round
1986 French penalty nightmare - Quarter-Finals
1990 Why Brazil doesn't like Argentina Part 2 - Second Group Stage
1994 Penalty joy - Winners
1998 Zidane fit/ Ronaldo not - Final
2002 Ronaldo back to best - Winners
2006 French hoodoo strikes again - Quarter-finals


Overall World Cup Record

Games played - 92
Won - 64
Drawn - 12
Lost - 14
Win ratio - 70%
Penalty Shoot-outs - 3 (Won 2, lost 1)
Total goals scored - 201
Total goals conceeded - 85
Top World Cup Goal Scorer - Ronaldo (15 in 3 tournaments)

World Cup by World Cup

1930

Games played - 2 (W1, L1)
Goals - 5
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Preguinho (3)

1934

Games played - 1 (L1)
Goals - 1
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Leonidas (1)

1938

Games played - 5 (W3, D1, L1)
Goals - 14
Conceded - 11
Top scorer - Leonidas (7)

1950

Games played - 6 (W4, D1, L1)
Goals - 22
Conceded - 6
Top scorer - Ademir (8)

1954

Games played - 3 (W1, D1, L1)
Goals - 8
Conceded - 5
Top scorer - Julinho, Pinga, Didi (all 2)

1958

Games played - 6 (W5, D1)
Goals - 16
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Pele (6)

1962

Games played - 6 (W5, D1)
Goals - 14
Conceded - 5
Top scorer - Garrincha, Vava (both 4)

1966

Games played - 3 (W1, L2)
Goals - 4
Conceded - 6
Top scorer - Pele, Garrincha, Tostas, Rildo (all 1)

1970

Games played - 6(W6)
Goals - 19
Conceded - 7
Top scorer - Jairzinho (7)

1974

Games played - 7 (W3, D2, L1)
Goals - 6
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Rivelino (3)

1978

Games played - 7 (W4, D3)
Goals - 10
Conceded - 3
Top Scorer - Roberto Dinamite, Dirceu (both 2)

1982

Games played - 5 (W4, L1)
Goals - 15
Conceded - 6
Top scorer - Zico (4)

1986

Games played - 5 (W4, D1)
Goals - 10
Conceded - 1
Top scorer - Careca (5)

1990

Games played - 4 (W 3, L1)
Goals - 4
Conceded - 2
Top scorer - Careca/ Muller - both 2

1994

Games played - 7 (W5, D2)
Goals - 11
Conceded - 3
Top scorer - Romario (5)

1998

Game played - 7 (W4, D1, L2)
Goals - 14
Conceded - 10
Top scorer - Ronaldo (4)

2002

Games played - 7 (W7)
Goals - 18
Conceded - 4
Top scorer - Ronaldo (8)

2006

Games played - 5 (W4, L1)
Goals - 10
Conceded - 2
Top scorer - Ronaldo (3)