Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The men's national football team reached the quarter-finals, eventually being knocked out by Croatia in penalties shoot-out.

Squad

The Brazil starting XI for their first group match

Coach: Tite

Brazil announced their final squad on 7 November 2022. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Alisson	(1992-10-02)2 October 1992 (aged 30)	57	0	Liverpool
2	2 DF	Danilo	(1991-07-15)15 July 1991 (aged 31)	46	1	Juventus
3	2 DF	Thiago Silva (captain)	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 38)	109	7	Chelsea
4	2 DF	Marquinhos	(1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 28)	71	5	Paris Saint-Germain
5	3 MF	Casemiro	(1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 30)	65	5	Manchester United
6	2 DF	Alex Sandro	(1991-01-26)26 January 1991 (aged 31)	37	2	Juventus
7	3 MF	Lucas Paquetá	(1997-08-27)27 August 1997 (aged 25)	35	7	West Ham United
8	3 MF	Fred	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Manchester United
9	4 FW	Richarlison	(1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (aged 25)	38	17	Tottenham Hotspur
10	4 FW	Neymar	(1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 30)	121	75	Paris Saint-Germain
11	4 FW	Raphinha	(1996-12-14)14 December 1996 (aged 25)	11	5	Barcelona
12	1 GK	Weverton	(1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 34)	8	0	Palmeiras
13	2 DF	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 39)	124	8	UNAM
14	2 DF	Éder Militão	(1998-01-18)18 January 1998 (aged 24)	23	1	Real Madrid
15	3 MF	Fabinho	(1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Liverpool
16	2 DF	Alex Telles	(1992-12-15)15 December 1992 (aged 29)	8	0	Sevilla
17	3 MF	Bruno Guimarães	(1997-11-16)16 November 1997 (aged 25)	8	1	Newcastle United
18	4 FW	Gabriel Jesus	(1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 25)	56	19	Arsenal
19	4 FW	Antony	(2000-02-24)24 February 2000 (aged 22)	11	2	Manchester United
20	4 FW	Vinícius Júnior	(2000-07-12)12 July 2000 (aged 22)	16	1	Real Madrid
21	4 FW	Rodrygo	(2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 21)	7	1	Real Madrid
22	3 MF	Éverton Ribeiro	(1989-04-10)10 April 1989 (aged 33)	21	3	Flamengo
23	1 GK	Ederson	(1993-08-17)17 August 1993 (aged 29)	18	0	Manchester City
24	2 DF	Bremer	(1997-03-18)18 March 1997 (aged 25)	1	0	Juventus
25	4 FW	Pedro	(1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 25)	2	1	Flamengo
26	4 FW	Gabriel Martinelli	(2001-06-18)18 June 2001 (aged 21)	3	0	Arsenal

Group stage

Group G

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: FIFA

Brazil vs Serbia

The teams had met once in the World Cup, in Brazil's 2–0 group stage victory in 2018. With Serbia playing as Yugoslavia, the sides had met 18 times, including four encounters in FIFA World Cup group stages: in 1930, 1950, 1954 and 1974, with one victory for each and two draws.

After a goalless first half, Richarlison opened the scoring for Brazil in the 62nd minute, when he followed up to finish after Serbian goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić saved Vinícius Júnior's low shot from the left, with Neymar initially creating the chance. ^[2] Richarlison then made it 2–0 eleven minutes later when he controlled the ball from Vinícius Júnior before finishing to the left of the net with an over-the-shoulder acrobatic right-footed kick. Casemiro hit the woodwork and Fred also had a shot saved with Brazil running out comfortable 2–0 winners. ^[3]

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)

22:00

Brazil	2–0	Serbia
Richarlison 62', 73'	Report

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 88,103

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Brazil

Serbia

GK 1 Alisson RB 2 Danilo CB 4 Marquinhos CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 6 Alex Sandro CM 5 Casemiro CM 7 Lucas Paquetá  75' RW 11 Raphinha  87' AM 10 Neymar  79' LW 20 Vinícius Júnior  75' CF 9 Richarlison  79' Substitutions MF 8 Fred  75' FW 21 Rodrygo  75' FW 18 Gabriel Jesus  79' FW 19 Antony  79' FW 26 Gabriel Martinelli  87' Manager: Tite

GK 23 Vanja Milinković-Savić CB 5 Miloš Veljković CB 4 Nikola Milenković CB 2 Strahinja Pavlović  7' DM 8 Nemanja Gudelj  49'  57' RM 14 Andrija Živković  57' CM 16 Saša Lukić  64'  66' CM 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić LM 25 Filip Mladenović  66' AM 10 Dušan Tadić (c) CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović  83' Substitutions MF 24 Ivan Ilić  57' MF 7 Nemanja Radonjić  57' MF 22 Darko Lazović  66' FW 18 Dušan Vlahović  66' MF 6 Nemanja Maksimović  83' Manager: Dragan Stojković

Man of the Match: Richarlison (Brazil) [4] Assistant referees: Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Mohammadreza Abolfazli (Iran) Fourth official: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal) Reserve assistant referee: El Hadj Malick Samba (Senegal) Video assistant referee: Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referees: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) Anton Shchetinin (Australia) Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Stand-by assistant video assistant referee: Ashley Beecham (Australia)

Brazil vs Switzerland

The teams had met nine times prior, including two draws coming in World Cup group stage matches: 2–2 in 1950 and 1–1 in 2018.

Brazil started the game without the injured Neymar, who was ruled out for the remainder of the group stage after spraining his ankle in the previous match. ^[5] The only goal of the game was scored by Brazilian midfielder Casemiro in the 83rd minute, when his deflected right-footed shot from inside the penalty area struck the top corner of the net.

The win secured Brazil's passage to the knockout stage, and was their first victory in three attempts against Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup. ^[6]

28 November 2022 (2022-11-28)

19:00

Brazil	1–0	Switzerland
Casemiro 83'	Report

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 43,649

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Brazil

Switzerland

GK 1 Alisson RB 14 Éder Militão CB 4 Marquinhos CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 6 Alex Sandro  86' DM 5 Casemiro CM 8 Fred  52'  58' CM 7 Lucas Paquetá  46' RF 11 Raphinha  73' CF 9 Richarlison  73' LF 20 Vinícius Júnior Substitutions: FW 21 Rodrygo  46' MF 17 Bruno Guimarães  58' FW 18 Gabriel Jesus  73' FW 19 Antony  73' DF 16 Alex Telles  86' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Yann Sommer RB 3 Silvan Widmer  86' CB 5 Manuel Akanji CB 4 Nico Elvedi LB 13 Ricardo Rodriguez CM 8 Remo Freuler CM 10 Granit Xhaka (c) RW 25 Fabian Rieder  50'  58' AM 15 Djibril Sow  76' LW 17 Ruben Vargas  58' CF 7 Breel Embolo  76' Substitutions: DF 2 Edimilson Fernandes  58' DF 11 Renato Steffen  58' MF 14 Michel Aebischer  76' FW 9 Haris Seferovic  76' MF 20 Fabian Frei  86' Manager: Murat Yakin

Man of the Match: Casemiro (Brazil) [7] Assistant referees: David Morán (El Salvador) Zachari Zeegelaar (Suriname) Fourth official: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) Reserve assistant referee: Walter López (Honduras) Video assistant referee: Drew Fischer (Canada) Assistant video assistant referees: Armando Villarreal (United States) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States) Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) Stand-by assistant video assistant referee: Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)

Cameroon vs Brazil

The teams had previously met six times, including in two World Cup group stage games, both won by Brazil: a 3–0 victory in 1994 and a 4–1 win in 2014.

Brazil, already assured a place in the knockout stage, made ten changes to their previous starting lineup. Despite the Brazilians having the majority of the game's chances, Cameroon would take the lead in second-half stoppage time, after Vincent Aboubakar ran into the penalty area to head the cross from Jerome Ngom Mbekeli on the right into the net's bottom corner from six yards out. ^[8] Aboubakar celebrated the goal by removing his shirt, receiving a second yellow card and thus being sent off. ^[9]

The match marked Brazil's first defeat in the group stage of a World Cup since losing to Norway in 1998. Despite their loss, Brazil clinched top spot in Group G on goal difference as they progressed to the knockout stage. Although they were still eliminated, Cameroon became the first African team to defeat Brazil at a World Cup, with this victory also being their first at the tournament since beating Saudi Arabia in 2002. This result also meant that no team finished the group stage of the World Cup with a perfect winning record for the first time since 1994.

2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)

22:00

Cameroon	1–0	Brazil
Aboubakar 90+2'	Report

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 85,986

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Cameroon

Brazil

GK 16 Devis Epassy RB 19 Collins Fai  32' CB 4 Christopher Wooh CB 24 Enzo Ebosse LB 25 Nouhou Tolo  6' CM 8 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa CM 15 Pierre Kunde  28'  68' RW 20 Bryan Mbeumo  64' AM 13 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting LW 6 Moumi Ngamaleu  86' CF 10 Vincent Aboubakar (c)  81'  90+3' Substitutions: FW 12 Karl Toko Ekambi  64' MF 22 Olivier Ntcham  68' DF 2 Jerome Ngom Mbekeli  86' Manager: Rigobert Song

GK 23 Ederson RB 13 Dani Alves (c) CB 14 Éder Militão  7' CB 24 Bremer LB 16 Alex Telles  54' CM 15 Fabinho CM 8 Fred  54' RW 19 Antony  79' AM 21 Rodrygo  54' LW 26 Gabriel Martinelli CF 18 Gabriel Jesus  64' Substitutions: DF 4 Marquinhos  54' MF 22 Éverton Ribeiro  54' MF 17 Bruno Guimarães  85'  54' FW 25 Pedro  64' FW 11 Raphinha  79' Manager: Tite

Man of the Match: Devis Epassy (Cameroon) [10] Assistant referees: Kyle Atkins (United States) Corey Parker (United States) Fourth official: Ma Ning (China) Reserve assistant referee: Shi Xiang (China) Video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain) Assistant video assistant referees: Juan Martinez (Spain) Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) Stand-by assistant video assistant referee: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Brazil vs South Korea

The teams had previously met seven times, with Brazil winning six and South Korea winning one of these encounters. The most recent meeting was in June 2022, a 5–1 friendly win for Brazil. ^[11]

Vinícius Júnior opened the scoring for Brazil in the 7th minute, when he converted a side-footed shot to the right of the net past three Korean defenders on the line. Brazil were awarded a penalty six minutes later when Richarlison was fouled just inside the penalty area, which the returning Neymar scored with a low shot to the right corner of the goalkeeper, who didn't move. Richarlison made it 3–0 in the 29th minute when he controlled the ball with his head before receiving the ball back from Thiago Silva and passing into the left corner of the net. Lucas Paquetá got Brazil's fourth goal before half-time in the 36th minute, volleying low into the left corner of the net with his right foot after a cross from Vinícius Júnior on the left. In the second half, South Korea pulled a goal back when Paik Seung-ho finished into the right of the net from thirty yards out. With ten minutes left and leading by three goals, Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson was substituted for third-choice keeper Weverton, making Brazil the first team to ever play 26 different players in single World Cup. ^{[12] [13]}

5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)

22:00

Brazil	4–1	South Korea
Vinícius Júnior 7' Neymar 13' (pen.) Richarlison 29' Paquetá 36'	Report	Paik Seung-ho 76'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 43,847

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Brazil

South Korea

GK 1 Alisson  80' RB 14 Éder Militão  63' CB 4 Marquinhos CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 2 Danilo  72' CM 5 Casemiro CM 7 Lucas Paquetá RW 11 Raphinha AM 10 Neymar  80' LW 20 Vinícius Júnior  72' CF 9 Richarlison Substitutions: DF 13 Dani Alves  63' FW 26 Gabriel Martinelli  72' DF 24 Bremer  72' GK 12 Weverton  80' FW 21 Rodrygo  80' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Kim Seung-gyu RB 15 Kim Moon-hwan CB 4 Kim Min-jae CB 19 Kim Young-gwon LB 3 Kim Jin-su  46' RM 10 Lee Jae-sung  74' CM 5 Jung Woo-young  44'  46' CM 6 Hwang In-beom  65' LM 11 Hwang Hee-chan CF 9 Cho Gue-sung  80' CF 7 Son Heung-min (c) Substitutions: DF 14 Hong Chul  46' MF 13 Son Jun-ho  46' MF 8 Paik Seung-ho  65' MF 18 Lee Kang-in  74' FW 16 Hwang Ui-jo  80' Manager: Paulo Bento

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil) [14] Assistant referees: Nicolas Danos (France) Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth official: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Croatia vs Brazil

The teams had met on four previous occasions, with three wins for Brazil and one draw. Two of these encounters took place in the World Cup group stage, with Brazil winning both matches: 1–0 in 2006 and 3–1 in 2014. ^[15]

Brazil created the majority of the game's chances, forcing Croatian keeper Dominik Livaković into eleven saves, the most in a single match at the tournament. Early in the second half, a handball in the Croatian penalty area by Croatian defender Josip Juranović was dismissed by the referee after being deemed accidental. Following a scoreless ninety minutes, Neymar finally claimed the opener just before half-time of extra time with his 77th international goal, bringing him level with Péle as the nation's all-time top scorer; after receiving the ball back from Lucas Paquetá, Neymar rounded Livaković and shot high into the net from the right side of the penalty area. A defensive lapse then cost Brazil their lead, as Bruno Petković equalised for Croatia three minutes from the end; after picking out Mislav Oršić's cross on the left flank, he fired a shot into the corner of the net that took a deflection off the leg of Brazilian defender Marquinhos. This would be Croatia's only shot on target of the game. In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Croatia scored all four of their attempts, while Brazil's first kicker Rodrygo had his shot saved by Livaković diving to his left, before Marquinhos hit his penalty low against the left post to confirm Brazil's elimination. ^[16]

Croatia qualified for their second successive World Cup semi-finals and their third ever, while Brazil exited the tournament at the hands of a European team for the fifth consecutive edition; their 2002 World Cup final triumph against Germany remained their last knockout stage win against European opposition. In the same period, Brazil was eliminated at the quarter-finals in all four World Cup tournaments they played away from home, thus excluding a fourth-place finish at the 2014 tournament which they hosted.

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

18:00

Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Petković 117'	Report	Neymar 105+1'
Penalties
Vlašić Majer Modrić Oršić	4–2	Rodrygo Casemiro Pedro Marquinhos

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 43,893

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Croatia

Brazil

GK 1 Dominik Livaković RB 22 Josip Juranović CB 6 Dejan Lovren CB 20 Joško Gvardiol LB 19 Borna Sosa  110' DM 11 Marcelo Brozović  31'  114' CM 10 Luka Modrić (c) CM 8 Mateo Kovačić  106' RF 15 Mario Pašalić  72' CF 9 Andrej Kramarić  72' LF 4 Ivan Perišić Substitutions: FW 16 Bruno Petković  117'  72' MF 13 Nikola Vlašić  72' MF 7 Lovro Majer  106' FW 17 Ante Budimir  110' FW 18 Mislav Oršić  114' Manager: Zlatko Dalić

GK 1 Alisson RB 14 Éder Militão  106' CB 4 Marquinhos  77' CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 2 Danilo  25' CM 7 Lucas Paquetá  106' CM 5 Casemiro  68' RW 11 Raphinha  56' AM 10 Neymar LW 20 Vinícius Júnior  64' CF 9 Richarlison  84' Substitutions: FW 19 Antony  56' FW 21 Rodrygo  64' FW 25 Pedro  84' DF 6 Alex Sandro  106' MF 8 Fred  106' Manager: Tite

Man of the Match: Dominik Livaković (Croatia) [17] Assistant referees: Stuart Burt (England) Gary Beswick (England) Fourth official: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) Reserve assistant referee: Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) Video assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

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