In FIFA's ranking system Brazil holds the record for most Team of the Year first ranking wins with 12.
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20 Facts About Brazil National Football Team
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Brazil National Football Team lost this match and was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup for the first time since 1934.
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Brazil National Football Team became the second nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown following Italy in 1950.
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Brazil National Football Team lifted the Jules Rimet trophy for the third time, which meant that they were allowed to keep it.
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At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Brazil National Football Team was coached by Sebastiao Lazaroni, that had been the coach in the 1989 Copa America.
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Brazil National Football Team went 24 years without winning a World Cup or even participating in a final.
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Brazil National Football Team beat all three opponents in group play in South Korea and topped the group.
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Brazil National Football Team won the 2004 Copa America, their third win in four competitions since 1997.
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Brazil National Football Team won the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup for the second time.
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Brazil National Football Team then won the 2007 Copa America, where forward Robinho was awarded the Golden Boot and named the tournament's best player.
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At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Brazil National Football Team won their first two matches against North Korea and the Ivory Coast, respectively.
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At the 2011 Copa America, Brazil National Football Team lost against Paraguay and was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
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On 6 June 2013, Brazil National Football Team was ranked 22nd in the FIFA ranking, their lowest-ever rank.
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Brazil National Football Team entered the 2013 Confederations Cup with the objective of defending their title.
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Brazil National Football Team faced further problems ahead of their semi-final against Germany, as Thiago Silva was to serve a one-match suspension for receiving his second yellow card of the tournament in the quarter-final.
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Brazil National Football Team began the 2016 Copa America Centenario with a scoreless draw against Ecuador, with the Ecuadorians having a goal wrongly disallowed in the second half.
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Brazil National Football Team started their 2018 World Cup campaign with a draw against Switzerland – Brazil National Football Team's goal coming from a 25-yard bending strike from Philippe Coutinho – their first non-win in an opener since 1978.
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The win for Brazil National Football Team was criticized by Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni, who accused CONMEBOL for VAR match-fixing and that Brazil National Football Team was "designed" to win the tournament, an accusation Tite rejected.
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19.
Brazil National Football Team, who travelled with no second kit, hurriedly purchased a set of blue shirts and sewed on them the badges taken from their yellow shirts.
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20.
Brazil National Football Team has qualified for every FIFA World Cup they entered, never requiring a qualifying play-off.
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