Brazil national under-20 football team

The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, are the under-20s of Brazil. It is currently controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Brazil U-20

Nickname(s)	Seleçãocode: pt is deprecated (The Selection) Canarinhacode: pt is deprecated (Little Canary) Amarelinhacode: pt is deprecated (Little Yellow) Verde-Amarelacode: pt is deprecated (Green-Yellow)
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Brazilian Football Confederation)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Ramon Menezes
Captain	Andrey Santos
FIFA code	BRA
First colours Second colours
First international
Brazil 7–1 Panama (Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954)
Biggest win
Brazil 10–0 Belgium (Kuching, Malaysia; 25 June 1997)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 0–6 Argentina (Valencia, Venezuela; 24 January 2025) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	19 (first in 1977)
Best result	Winners (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	29 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)

Brazil national under-20 football team

Medal record
U-20 World Cup
Gold	1983 Mexico	Team
Gold	1985 Soviet Union	Team
Gold	1993 Australia	Team
Gold	2003 United Arab Emirates	Team
Gold	2011 Colombia	Team
Silver	1991 Portugal	Team
Silver	1995 Qatar	Team
Silver	2009 Egypt	Team
Silver	2015 New Zealand	Team
Bronze	1977 Tunisia	Team
Bronze	1989 Saudi Arabia	Team
Bronze	2005 Netherlands	Team

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1977	Third place	5	3	2	0	13	3
1979	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	7	4
1983	Champions	6	5	1	0	13	4
1985	Champions	6	6	0	0	14	1
1987	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	6	3
1989	Third place	6	5	0	1	13	2
1991	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	14	4
1993	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2
1995	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	11	3
1997	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	25	5
1999	Quarter-finals	5	3	0	2	13	5
2001	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	15	3
2003	Champions	7	5	1	1	14	6
2005	Third place	7	5	1	1	9	4
2007	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	6	9
2009	Runners-up	7	5	2	0	14	3
2011	Champions	7	5	2	0	18	5
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	15	5
2017	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18/23	103	72	16	15	231	71

South American Youth Championship record

South American Youth Championship record
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1954	Runners-up	6	3	3	0	14	5
1958	Third place	5	2	2	1	10	6
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Semi-finals	5	3	0	2	7	5
1971	First round	4	2	0	2	7	3
1974	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	3
1975	First round	5	1	0	4	6	7
1977	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	13	2
1979	Fourth place	7	2	1	4	5	7
1981	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	13	5
1983	Champions	7	6	1	0	16	3
1985	Champions	7	6	1	0	11	3
1987	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	11	4
1988	Champions	7	5	1	1	14	2
1991	Champions	7	4	3	0	15	5
1992	Champions	6	5	1	0	7	0
1995	Champions	6	5	0	1	17	4
1997	Runners-up	9	6	2	1	26	10
1999	Third place	9	4	3	2	22	10
2001	Champions	9	6	2	1	21	6
2003	Runners-up	9	7	1	1	23	5
2005	Runners-up	9	5	2	2	18	9
2007	Champions	9	6	3	0	20	9
2009	Champions	9	6	1	2	17	9
2011	Champions	9	7	1	1	24	7
2013	First round	4	1	1	2	4	6
2015	Fourth place	9	5	1	3	13	9
2017	Fifth place	9	3	4	2	10	9
2019	Fifth place	9	3	3	3	6	7
2021	TBD
Total	27/28	190	113	40	37	354	151

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, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005

Friendly tournaments

• Toulon Tournament:
  • Winners (9): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2019
• COTIF:
  • Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014

Individual awards

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball 1983 Geovani 1985 Silas 1989 Bismarck 1993 Adriano 1995 Caio 2009 Alex Teixeira Giuliano 2011 Henrique 2015 Danilo

Year Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe 1977 Guina 1983 Geovani 1997 Adaílton 2003 Dudu 2011 Henrique

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Adriel	14 January 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Grêmio
	1GK	Leonardo Linck	3 March 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Athletico Paranaense
	1GK	Luiz Júnior	14 January 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Famalicão
	2DF	Rafael	9 May 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Cruzeiro
	2DF	Vanderson	21 June 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Grêmio B
	2DF	Welington	19 February 2001 (aged 24)	1	0	São Paulo
	2DF	Luan Patrick	20 January 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Athletico Paranaense
	2DF	Riquelme	28 August 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
	2DF	Pedro Henrique	31 January 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Internacional
	2DF	Natan	6 February 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Flamengo
	2DF	David Sousa	4 July 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Botafogo
	3MF	Maurício	22 June 2001 (aged 24)	2	0	Internacional
	3MF	Bruno Praxedes	8 February 2002 (aged 23)	2	0	Internacional
	3MF	Bruno Gomes	4 April 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Vasco da Gama
	3MF	Daniel Cabral	14 May 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Flamengo
	3MF	Diego Rosa	12 October 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Grêmio
	3MF	Gustavo	1 January 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Sport Recife
	4FW	Cauê	16 November 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Corinthians
	4FW	Gabriel Veron	3 September 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Palmeiras
	4FW	Jajá	15 April 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Athletico Paranaense
	4FW	Kaio Jorge	24 January 2002 (aged 23)	0	0	Santos
	4FW	Luiz Henrique	2 January 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Fluminense
	4FW	Gustavo Maia	22 January 2001 (aged 24)	0	0	Barcelona B

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 goals
1	Adaílton	1997	24
2	Romário	1985	11
3	Neymar	2011	9
	Henrique	2011	9
5	Rodrigo Gral	1999	8
	Edu	1999	8
	Alexandre Pato	2007	8
8	Dudu Cearense	2003	7
9	Geovani	1983	6
	Ronaldinho	1999	6
	Adriano	2001	6
	Daniel Carvalho	2003	6
	Alan Kardec	2009	6
	Marcos Guilherme	2015	6

Related pages

• Brazil national football team