Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. Brazil has also won an Olympic gold medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The club currently competes in the second tier of Brazilian football, the Série B, as well as in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A, the first level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Major titles won by the club include the 1999 Copa do Brasil and the 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Juventude also competes in the top tier state league of Rio Grande do Sul, having won it once, in 1998. Their greatest rival is Caxias, with whom it contests the Caxias do Sul derby, also known as CaJu.
Renato Portaluppi, known as Renato Gaúcho, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is currently in charge of Grêmio.
Canoas Sport Club, usually known as Canoas is a Brazilian football club from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, founded by the Lutheran University of Brazil. The club is also active in futsal. The club was originally named Sport Club Ulbra and then Universidade Sport Club.
Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, commonly known as Tite, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who was the head coach of the Brazil national team from 2016 to 2022.
Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for São Paulo. He is known as a skilled defender with good passing skills, quick pace, agility and a strong shot. He has earned four caps with the Brazil national team. Since 2015, he has the German citizenship.
Luiz Antônio Venker de Menezes, known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian professional football coach. He is the current head coach of Internacional.
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league. The club was founded in 1903 by businessman Cândido Dias da Silva and other 32 men, mostly from the large community of German immigrants of Porto Alegre.
Sport Club São Paulo, commonly referred to as São Paulo-RS, is a Brazilian football club based in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.
Walter Kannemann is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.
José Carlos Cracco Neto, known as Zeca, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right or left back for Vitória. Zeca helped Brazil win a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, starting all 6 games of the tournament and playing 554 of a possible 570 minutes.
Luan Guilherme de Jesus Vieira is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Corinthians.
Grêmio F.B.P.A. Academy is the youth set up of Grêmio. Is composed of several youth teams from the age group of under-7 to the under-20, and is considered one of the most prolific football academies in Brazil as also in the world.
Everton Sousa Soares, usually known as just Everton or Everton Cebolinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team.
The 2015 Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF, better known as the 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho or Gaúcho, was the 95th edition of the top flight football league of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The season began on 31 January and ended on 3 May, with the second leg of final. The 16 clubs contested in the Campeonato Gaúcho. Internacional successfully defended its 2014 title.
Andrigo Oliveira de Araújo, simply known as Andrigo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Anyang.
Jair Rodrigues Júnior, known simply as Jair, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for Vasco da Gama.
Jailson Marques Siqueira, simply known as Jailson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Palmeiras.
Fábio Henrique Matias is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Red Bull Bragantino's under-20 squad, and their reserve team Red Bull Brasil.
Byanca Beatriz Alves de Araújo, known as Byanca Brasil or simply Byanca, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Cruzeiro.
