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Brazil national under 20 football team

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FIFA code
  
BRA

Appearances
  
26 (first in 1954)

Captain
  
Danilo Barbosa da Silva

Location
  
Appearances
  
17 (first in 1977)

Manager
  
Head coach
  
Rogério Micale

Confederation
  
CONMEBOL (South America)

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Nickname(s)
  
Seleção Sub-20 (Under-20 Team)

Best result
  
Winners : 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003 and 2011

Best result
  
Winners : 1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009 and 2011

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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).

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The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record eleven times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times (against six of rivals Argentina). 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.

South American Youth Championship record

1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Titles

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011
  • Runners-up (4): 1991, 1995, 2009, 2015
  • South American Youth Championship:
  • Winners (11): 1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005
  • Friendly tournaments

  • Toulon Tournament:
  • Winners (8): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014
  • COTIF:
  • Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014
  • Individual awards

  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Current squad

    Rogério Micale annouced the 23 players to dispute the South American tournament in Equador January 18 and February 11, 2017.

    Head coach: Rogério Micale

    References

    Brazil national under-20 football team Wikipedia


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