Brazil national under-20 football team

National association football 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 twelve times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times. 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, Romário, Marcos, Roberto Carlos, César Sampaio, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Dani 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

South American Youth Championship record

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[2][3][4][5]

Caps and goals updated as of 12 June 2023, after the match against  Israel. Names in bold denote players who have been capped by Brazil in the full side.

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Top goalscorers

Individual awards

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011
  • Runners-up (4): 1991, 1995, 2009, 2015
• South American Youth Championship:
  • Winners (12): 1974, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023
  • Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005

Friendlies

• Tournoi Juniors de Cannes^[6]:
  • Winners (4): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
• Tournament of the Crown Prince^[7]:
  • Winners: 1978
• Toulon Tournament:
  • Winners (8): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014
• Torneio Internacional de Ribeirão Preto^[8]:
  • Winners: 1981
• Beijing Youth Tournament^[9]:
  • Winners: 1986
• Qatar Friendship Tournament^[10]:
  • Winners: 1987
• COTIF:
  • Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014
• Copa Gobernador del Estado Carabobo^[11]:
  • Winners: 1992
• Val-Action Cup^[10]:
  • Winners: 1993
• King's Cup:
  • Winners: 1999
• Mediterranean International Cup U-20^[12]:
  • Winners (5): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010
• Mediterranean International Cup U-18^[12]:
  • Winners (9): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
• TyC Asia Cup^[13]:
  • Winners: 2001
• Oman International Tournament^[14]:
  • Winners: 2002
• Malaysia International Tournament^[15]:
  • Winners: 2003
• Sendai Cup^[16]:
  • Winners (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
• SBS Cup:
  • Winners: 2004
• Valais Youth Cup:
  • Winners: 2013
• Panda Cup:
  • Winners: 2014
• Talca International Tournament^[17][18]:
  • Winners: 2016
• Torneio Quadrangular de Teresópolis^[19]:
  • Winners: 2020
• Torneio Internacional do Espírito Santo^[20]:
  • Winners: 2022

Managers

• Luiz Vinhaes (1949)
• Valdemar Campos (1954)
• Newton Cardoso (1958)
• Mário Travaglini (1967)
• Antoninho (1973)
• José Teixeira (1974)
• Zizinho (1975)
• Evaristo de Macedo (1977)
• Mário Travaglini (1979)
• Nelsinho Rosa (1980)
• Antônio Ferreira (1981)
• Vavá (1981–1982)
• Sebastião Lapola [pt] (1983)
• Jair Pereira (1983–1985)
• Gílson Nunes (1986–1987)
• René Simões (1988–1989)
• Paulo Massa (1990)
• Ernesto Paulo (1991)
• Júlio César Leal (1992–1993)
• Carlos Alberto da Luz (1993–1994)
• Jairo Leal (1995)
• Toninho Barroso [pt] (1996-1999)
• João Carlos da Silva Costa (1999)
• Torres (2000)
• Carlos César (2001)
• Marcos Paquetá (2002)
• Valinhos (2003)
• Marcos Paquetá (2003)
• René Weber (2004–2006)
• Nelson Rodrigues (2007–2008)
• Rogério Lourenço (2008–2010)
• Ney Franco (2011–2012)
• Émerson Ávila (2013)
• Alexandre Gallo (2014–2015)
• Rogério Micale (2015–2017)
• Carlos Amadeu (2017–2019)
• André Jardine (2019–2022)
• Ramon Menezes (2022–)

See also

• South American Youth Championship
• Brazil national football team
• Brazil Olympic football team
• Brazil national under-17 football team
• Santos FC and the Brazil national football team

References

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2. "Seleção Brasileira está convocada para a Copa do Mundo FIFA Sub-20" [Brazil national team is called up for the U-20 FIFA World Cup] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
3. "Zagueiro Jean é convocado para a Copa do Mundo Sub-20" [Stopper Jean is called up to the U-20 World Cup] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
4. "Marquinhos está convocado para a Copa do Mundo Sub-20" [Marquinhos is called-up for the U-20 World Cup] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 6 May 2023.
5. "Douglas Mendes está convocado para a Copa do Mundo Sub-20" [Douglas Mendes is called-up for the U-20 World Cup] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 12 May 2023.
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13. "TyC Asia Offers Under-20 Soccer Event in Hong Kong". sportcal. 17 January 2001. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
14. "Convocada seleção sub-20 para o Torneio de Oman" (in Portuguese). nsctotal. 2 September 2002. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
15. "Seleção sub-20 bate Portugal e ganha torneio na Malásia" (in Portuguese). Folha de São Paulo. 16 March 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
16. "Sendai Cup (Japan)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
17. "Seleção sub-20 festeja conquista do título de torneio no Chile" (in Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
18. "Comandada por Micale, seleção brasileira sub-20 é campeã no Chile" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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