Brazil national under-20 football team

Brazil under-20

Nickname(s)

Seleção Sub-20 (Under-20 Team)

Association

Confederação Brasileira de Futebol
(Brazilian Football Confederation)

Confederation

CONMEBOL (South America)

Head coach

Rogério Micale

Captain

Danilo

FIFA code

BRA

First colours

Second colours

First international

Brazil 7–1 Panama

(Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954)

Biggest win

Brazil 10–0 Belgium

(Kuching, Malaysia; 25 June 1997)

Biggest defeat

Brazil 0–3 Colombia
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 February 2015)

Records for competitive matches only.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Appearances

17 (First in 1977)

Best result

Winners

: 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003 and 2011

South American Youth Championship

Appearances

26 (First in 1954)

Best result

Winners

: 1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009 and 2011

Brazil national under-20 football team
Medal record

U-20 World Cup
	1977 Tunisia	Team
	1983 Mexico	Team
	1985 Soviet Union	Team
	1989 Saudi Arabia	Team
	1991 Portugal	Team
	1993 Australia	Team
	1995 Qatar	Team
	2003 United Arab Emirates	Team
	2005 Netherlands	Team
	2009 Egypt	Team
	2011 Colombia	Team
	2015 New Zealand	Team

The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record eleven times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times (against six of rivals Argentina). It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the Toulon Tournament, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner.

Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho, Kaká, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Daniel Alves, Maicon, Adriano, Júlio Baptista, Luisão, Alex, Giovane Élber, Leonardo, Müller, Silas, Marcelo, David Luiz, Willian, Jô and Lucas Moura, among others.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1977	Third place	5	3	2	0	13	3
1979	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	7	4
1983	Champions	6	5	1	0	13	4
1985	Champions	6	6	0	0	14	1
1987	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	3
1989	Third place	6	5	0	1	13	2
1991	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	14	4
1993	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2
1995	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	11	3
1997	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	25	5
1999	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	13	5
2001	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	15	2
2003	Champions	7	5	1	1	14	6
2005	Third place	7	5	1	1	9	3
2007	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	6	9
2009	Runners-up	7	5	2	0	14	3
2011	Champions	7	5	2	0	18	5
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	15	5
Total	18/20	103	72	18	16	231	69

South American Youth Championship record

South American Youth Championship record
Year	Round	GP	W	D¹	L	GS	GA
1954	Runners-up	6	3	3	0	14	5
1958	Third place	5	2	2	1	10	6
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Semi-finals	5	3	0	2	7	5
1971	First round	4	2	0	2	7	3
1974	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	3
1975	First round	5	1	0	4	6	7
1977	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	13	2
1979	Fourth place	7	2	1	4	5	7
1981	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	13	5
1983	Champions	7	6	1	0	16	3
1985	Champions	7	6	1	0	11	3
1987	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	11	4
1988	Champions	7	5	1	1	14	2
1991	Champions	7	4	3	0	15	5
1992	Champions	6	5	1	0	7	0
1995	Champions	6	5	0	1	17	4
1997	Runners-up	9	6	2	1	26	10
1999	Third place	9	4	3	2	22	10
2001	Champions	9	6	2	1	21	6
2003	Runners-up	9	7	1	1	23	5
2005	Runners-up	9	5	2	2	18	9
2007	Champions	9	6	3	0	20	9
2009	Champions	9	6	1	2	17	9
2011	Champions	9	7	1	1	24	7
2013	First round	4	1	1	2	4	6
2015	Fourth place	9	5	1	3	13	9
Total	25/26	172	107	33	32	338	135

¹Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Titles

FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Winners (5): 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011
- Runners-up (4): 1991, 1995, 2009, 2015
South American Youth Championship:
- Winners (11): 1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005

Friendly tournaments

Toulon Tournament:
- Winners (8): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014
COTIF:
- Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014

Individual awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1983	Geovani
1985	Silas
1989	Bismarck
1993	Adriano
1995	Caio
2009		Alex Teixeira	Giuliano
2011	Henrique
2015		Danilo

Year	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
1977	Guina
1983	Geovani
1997	Adaílton
2003	Dudu
2011	Henrique

Current squad

Alexandre Gallo was Brazil's coach when the players list was released. He was eventually fired on 8 May and replaced by Rogério Micale.^[1] Kenedy was forced out of the squad due to appendicitis and Malcom was called as his replacement on May 17.^[2]

Head coach: Rogério Micale^[3]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Marcos Felipe	(1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 19)			Fluminense
12	1GK	Georgemy	(1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 19)			Cruzeiro
21	1GK	Jean	(1995-10-26)26 October 1995 (aged 19)	6	0	Bahia

2	2DF	João Pedro	(1996-11-15)15 November 1996 (aged 18)	6	1	Palmeiras
3	2DF	Lucão	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 19)			São Paulo
4	2DF	Marlon	(1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 19)	12	0	Fluminense
6	2DF	Caju	(1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 19)	11	0	Santos
13	2DF	Rodrigo	(1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 20)	2	0	Chicago Fire
14	2DF	Iago Maidana	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 19)			São Paulo
15	2DF	Léo Pereira	(1996-01-31)31 January 1996 (aged 19)	8	2	Atlético Paranaense
16	2DF	Jorge	(1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 19)	6	1	Flamengo

5	3MF	Danilo (captain)	(1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 19)	8	1	Valencia
8	3MF	Gabriel Boschilia	(1996-03-05)5 March 1996 (aged 19)	7	2	Standard Liège
17	3MF	Alef	(1995-01-28)28 January 1995 (aged 20)			Braga
18	3MF	Andreas Pereira	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 19)	8	2	Manchester United
19	3MF	Jajá	(1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 20)			Flamengo

7	4FW	Marcos Guilherme	(1995-08-05)5 August 1995 (aged 19)	16	6	Atlético Paranaense
9	4FW	Judivan	(1995-05-21)21 May 1995 (aged 20)	4	2	Cruzeiro
10	4FW	Gabriel Jesus	(1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 18)	6	5	Palmeiras
11	4FW	Malcom	(1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 18)	13	1	Bordeaux
20	4FW	Jean Carlos	(1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 19)			Real Madrid

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 goals
1	Adaílton Bolzan Martins	1997	18
2	Neymar	2011	9
3	Rodrigo Gral	1999	8
3	Edu	1999	8
5	Henrique	2011	7
6	Geovani	1983	6
	Ronaldinho	1999	6
	Adriano	2001	6
	Daniel Carvalho	2003	6
	Dudu Cearense	2003	6
	Alexandre Pato	2007	6
	Alan Kardec	2009	6
	Marcos Guilherme	2015	6

References

↑ Pedro Venancio and Alexandre Lozetti (2015-05-08). "Gallo é demitido, e Dunga irá dirigir a Seleção nas Olimpíadas de 2016" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
↑ Assessoria CBF (2015-05-17). "Kenedy está desconvocado da Sub-20. Malcom será seu substituto" (in Portuguese). selecao.cbf.com.br. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
↑ http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/2015/05/tecnico-rogerio-micale-divulga-os-21-relacionados-para-o-mundial-sub-20.html

Football in Brazil

Brazilian Football Confederation

Men's

National teams	National team (History Players Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15

League system	Série A Série B Série C Série D

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil Copa do Nordeste Copa Verde Primeira Liga

State championships	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia (2) Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais (2) Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco (2) Piauí Rio de Janeiro (2) Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul (2), (3) Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo (2, 3, 4) Sergipe (2) Tocantins

State cups	Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina São Paulo

Youth competitions	Série A U-20 Copa do Brasil U-20 (U-17) Copa Santiago Copa São Paulo Taça Belo Horizonte

State federations	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo Sergipe Tocantins

Defunct competitions	Wanderpreis Cup Copa dos Campeões Estaduais Taça Brasil Torneio dos Campeões 1967 Torneio dos Campeões da CBD Copa Norte-Nordeste Copa Sul-Minas Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Torneio do Povo Campeonato da Cidade de Campos Campeonato Fluminense Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil Torneio dos Campeões Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais Supercopa do Brasil Taça da Prefeitura do Distrito Federal Torneio Rio-São Paulo Copa Centro-Oeste Copa Norte Copa dos Campeões Torneio de Integração da Amazônia Paulista B3 Paulista B2 Copa Integração Copa Macaé Recopa Sul-Brasileira

Awards Broadcasters (Série A) CBF Ranking Champions Derbies Mascots Clubs Footballers (Expatriate) Managers Records Referees Seasons Transfers Triple Crown Venues

Women's

National teams	National team (Managers) U-23 U-20 U-17

League system	Série A

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil

State championships	Rio de Janeiro São Paulo

Champions Clubs Footballers

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

Bolivia (FBF)

Brazil (CBF)

Chile (FFC)

Colombia (FCF)

Ecuador (FEF)

Paraguay (APF)

Peru (FPF)

Uruguay (AUF)

Venezuela (FVF)

National team competitions

Men	Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Under-20 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship

Women	Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal

Club competitions

Men	Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores

Women	Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

Defunct	Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa

National sports teams of Brazil

Male teams	American football Badminton Baseball Basketball Under-19 Under-17 3x3 Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket Field hockey Football Under-23 Under-20 Under-17 Futsal Handball Ice hockey Inline hockey Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union Sevens Squash Tennis Volleyball Water polo

Female teams	Basketball Beach handball Under-19 Under-17 3x3 Cricket Field hockey Football Under-20 Under-17 Futsal Gymnastics Handball Inline hockey Roller derby Rugby union sevens Softball Under-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball Water polo

Olympics Youth Paralympics Pan American Games Universiade Military World Games Lusophony Games

FIFA U-20 World Cup winners

1977: Soviet Union 1979: Argentina 1981: Germany 1983: Brazil 1985: Brazil 1987: Yugoslavia 1989: Portugal 1991: Portugal 1993: Brazil 1995: Argentina 1997: Argentina 1999: Spain 2001: Argentina 2003: Brazil 2005: Argentina 2007: Argentina 2009: Ghana 2011: Brazil 2013: France 2015: Serbia

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