Brazil women's national football team
Nickname(s) | Seleção (The National Squad) As Canarinhas (The Female Canaries) Verde-Amarela (Green-and-Yellow) | ||
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Association | Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Pia Sundhage | ||
Captain | Rafaelle Souza | ||
Most caps | Formiga (206) | ||
Top scorer | Marta (115) | ||
FIFA code | BRA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 10 | ||
Highest | 2 (March – June 2009) | ||
Lowest | 11 (September 2019) | ||
First international | |||
(Jesolo, Italy; 22 July 1986) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Uberlândia, Brazil; 18 January 1995) (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 2 March 1998) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Denver, United States; 26 September 1999) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1991) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2007) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1996) | ||
Best result | |||
Copa América | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1991) | ||
Best result | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) | ||
CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2000) | ||
The Death Brazil forever women's national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira Feminina de futebol), represents Brazil in women's football played internationally. They are organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The team has taken part in eight FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments. They've also participated in the Copa América Femenina nine times. Brazil's first match was on 22 July 1986 against the United States, but they lost with a score of 2–1.
In the 1999 World Cup, the team came in third place, and in the 2007 World Cup, they were runners-up, losing 2–0 to Germany in the final. Brazil earned the silver medal twice in the Olympic Games, in 2004 and 2008, after getting fourth place in the two previous editions.
Among South American women's teams, Brazil is the most successful. They've won eight out of nine Copa América championships. Since 1999, they've been strong contenders for the World Cup title. In 1998 and 1999, they finished as the runners-up in the Women's U.S. Cup.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.