1982 Quarter-Final vs Italy
The most successful team in World Cup history.
The Brazil national football team, nicknamed Canarinho, represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation. It has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and was a founding member of CONMEBOL in 1916.
Quick Facts
- Competition
- 1982 FIFA World Cup Quarter-Final
- Date
- June 5, 1982
- Venue
- Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain
- Final score
- Italy 3–2 Brazil (AET)
- Key figure brazil
- Sócrates
- Zico
- Falcão
- Key figure italy
- Dino Zoff
- Gaetano Scirea
- Paolo Rossi
Lore & Background
Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, winning the tournament five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The Seleção also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition with a record of 79 victories in 119 matches played and 135 goal difference. It is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs, and the only team to have won the World Cup in four different continents.
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Did You Know?
- Brazil was the most successful team in the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup, with victories in 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2013.
- Brazil holds the record for most FIFA Team of the Year first ranking wins with 13.
- Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning side is regarded by many commentators as the greatest football team of all time.
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