Brazil at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

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From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup. [1]

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

In select editions, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Brazil participated three times: in 1996, 1998 and 2003. They reached the tournament final twice, but lost to Mexico on both occasions. Thanks to their good results they rank 13th out of 31 nations in the tournament's all-time table, in spite of only three participations - right ahead of Cuba, who participated twelve times.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Runners-up2nd4301103
Flag of the United States.svg 1998 Third place3rd522162
Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg 2003 Runners-up2nd530264
Total3/2813/3314824229

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 220091+86
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21014513
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 20021870
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg4–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
André Luis Soccerball shade.svg3'
Caio Soccerball shade.svg7'
Sávio Soccerball shade.svg14'
Leandro Machado Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Radzinski Soccerball shade.svg66'
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 8,234
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5–0Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Caio Soccerball shade.svg9', 81'
Jamelli Soccerball shade.svg31', 61'
Sávio Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 20,708
Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico)

Semi-final

United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Balboa Soccerball shade.svg79' (o.g.)

Final

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report L. García Soccerball shade.svg54'
Blanco Soccerball shade.svg75'
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 88,155
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 321052+37
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 312051+45
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 30213412
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 30120661
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Report
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 43,754
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Romário Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Plata Soccerball shade.svg90'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 17,842
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg0–4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Edmundo Soccerball shade.svg7'
Romário Soccerball shade.svg19'
Élber Soccerball shade.svg87', 90'

Semi-final

United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Preki Soccerball shade.svg65' Report

Third-place match

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–0Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Romário Soccerball shade.svg77' Report

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 211010+14
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21012203
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 201112-11
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Borgetti Soccerball shade.svg70' Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg21Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras
Maicon Soccerball shade.svg16'
Diego Soccerball shade.svg84'
Report De León Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Quarter-final

Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg02Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report Kaká Soccerball shade.svg42', 66'
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 23,425
Referee: Ken Stott (United States)

Semi-final

United States  Flag of the United States.svg12 (ASDET)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bocanegra Soccerball shade.svg62' Report Kaká Soccerball shade.svg89'
Diego Soccerball shade gold.svg100' (pen.)
Orange Bowl, Miami
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Final

Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg10 (ASDET)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Osorno Soccerball shade gold.svg97' Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Record players

RankPlayerMatchesGold Cups
1 Flávio Conceição 91996 and 1998
Zé Maria 91996 and 1998
3 Edmundo 51998
Gonçalves 51998
Júnior 51998
Romário 51998
Taffarel 51998
Zinho 51998
Adriano 52003
Alex 52003
Diego 52003
Heurelho Gomes 52003
Júlio Baptista 52003
Kaká 52003
Luisão 52003
Maicon 52003
Paulo Almeida 52003
Robinho 52003

Top goalscorers

At each of Brazil's three Gold Cup participations, one player scored three goals during the tournament.

Kaka scored three goals at Brazil's last Gold Cup participation in 2003 and was voted into that year's team of the tournament. Kaka061115 Crop.jpg
Kaká scored three goals at Brazil's last Gold Cup participation in 2003 and was voted into that year's team of the tournament.
RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups
1 Caio 31996
Romário 31998
Kaká 32003
4 Jamelli 21996
Sávio 21996
Élber 21998
Diego 22003
8 André Luiz 11996
Leandro 11996
Edmundo 11998
Maicon 12003

See also

References

  1. ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

Head-to-head record