Brazil at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian national football team participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

Brazil finished in fourth place, having failed to top their group in the second group phase.

Qualifying

Brazil qualified as defending champions, having won the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

The Cup

First Round

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3120101+94
 Brazil 312030+34
 Scotland 312031+24
 Zaire 3003014140

13 June 1974
17:00 CET
Brazil  0 0  Yugoslavia
Report
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

18 June 1974
19:30 CET
Scotland  0 0  Brazil
Report
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

22 June 1974
16:00 CET
Zaire  0 3  Brazil
Report Jairzinho  12'
Rivelino  66'
Valdomiro  79'
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Second Round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 330080+86
 Brazil 32013304
 East Germany 30121431
 Argentina 30122751

Netherlands qualified for the final match, and Brazil qualified for the third place match.

26 June 1974
19:30 CET
Brazil  1 0  East Germany
Rivelino  60' Report
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

30 June 1974
16:00 CET
Argentina  1 2  Brazil
Brindisi  35' Report Rivelino  32'
Jairzinho  49'
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

3 July 1974
19:30 CET
Netherlands  2 0  Brazil
Neeskens  50'
Cruyff  65'
Report

Third Place Match

6 July 1974
16:00 CET
Brazil  0 1  Poland
Report Lato  76'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 74,100
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK Brazil Leão 7
4 RB Brazil Zé Maria 4 Nelinho had three starts
3 CB Brazil M. Peres 7
2 CB Brazil L. Pereira 6 Alfredo had one start
6 LB Brazil Chagas 7
11 DM Brazil Caju 5 Piazza had three starts
17 DM Brazil Carpegiani 5
21 AM Brazil Dirceu 4 Ademir (1), Mirandinha (1), Edú (1)
7 RW Brazil Jairzinho 7
10 LW Brazil Rivelino 7
13 CF Brazil Valdomiro 5 Leivinha had three starts

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

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