Brazil national football team is the most successful national football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with five championships as member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) since 1923 and also a member of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) since 1916.Controlled by the governing body Brazil known as the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is the international men’s football club of Brazil, who represents their country.With three titles in the FIFA Confederations Cup, they are the most successful team that bears International shirts.Brazil at continental level has won eight Copa America titles.
As current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 2005 and the 2009 edition of the tournament, Brazil is currently ranked fifth by FIFA and is considered as the strongest football nation in the world, and has also been marked as one of the most competitive teams of each decade since the 1960s.In every world cup finals, the only national football team to play is Brazil.
The only team to have won the championship in four different continents; once in Europe (1958 Sweden), once in South America (1962 Chile), twice in North America (1970 Mexico and 1994 USA) and once in Asia (2002 S. Korea-Japan) is Brazil.Os ingleses o inventaram, os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram isa common quip about footbal which means The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it.
The Brazilian national team has many nicknames and are known in different parts of the world by various nicknames.Selecao, which literally means the selection is the most common one used to refer them, in Brazil especially.
White with blue collars were the team’s first team Football shirt colours, but in the 1950 World Cup, the colours were criticised for lacking patriotism after their defeat.The newspaper Correio da Manhã to design a kit incorporating the four colours of the Brazilian flag, held a competition with permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation.A yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with white trim drawn by a nineteen year old from Pelotas, Aldyr Garcia Schlee designed the winning art.During the match against Chile in March 1954, the new Brazil football shirts were first used and were still used till today.
Amazingly famous in any parts of the world is the Brazil national footbal team.The national football team of Brazil will always be remembered by mentioning the Football term, the team with full winning spirit.
Phil Smith writes for FootballShirtSearch a football shirt shopping site and collects international shirts.