Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

They reached the quarter-finals, eventually being knocked out by Croatia in penalties shoot-out.

Squad

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 two teams had met 18 times, including four times at the 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 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-foot 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' CM 16 Saša Lukić  64'  66' CM 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić RW 14 Andrija Živković  57' AM 10 Dušan Tadić (c) LW 25 Filip Mladenović  66' 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 including twice in the World Cup both in group stage matches ending in draws: 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. ^[5] The only goal of the game was scored by Casemiro in the 83rd minute, when his deflected right foot shot from inside the penalty area struck the right corner of the net. This was the first win of Brazil on the Switzerland in a 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 two teams had met six times including twice in the World Cup, both in the group, stage matches ending in victories for Brazil: 3–0 in 1994 and 4–1 in 2014.

In the second minute of the nine minutes added on, Cameroon scored to win the game when Vincent Aboubakar ran into the penalty area to head low to the right corner of the net from six yards out after a cross from the right by Jerome Ngom Mbekeli. ^[8] Aboubakar celebrated the goal by removing his shirt, receiving a second yellow card and was therefore sent off. ^[9] Despite Brazil's loss, Brazil clinched their top position into the knockout stage. Cameroon became the first African team to defeat Brazil at a World Cup, while this win also became Cameroon's first-ever World Cup win since 2002. As this was the last match of the group stage, Brazil's loss also meant that no teams finished the group stage with a 100% 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

Brazil had met South Korea seven times, winning six and losing one. They most recently met in June 2022, which Brazil won 5–1. ^[11]

Vinícius Júnior opened the scoring for Brazil in the 7th minute when he scored with 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, Neymar scored the penalty with a low shot to the right corner with the goalkeeper not moving. 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 a fourth goal in the 36th minute when he volleyed low into the left corner of the net with his right foot after a cross from Vinícius Júnior on the left. South Korea pulled a goal back in the second half when Paik Seung-ho finished to the right of the net from 30 yards out. With ten minutes left and leading by three goals, goalkeeper Alisson was substituted for third-choice Weverton, making Brazil the first team to ever use 26 different players in one World Cup and giving all 26 players play time in the tournament. ^{[12] [13]}

The match was the last held at the Stadium 974 before its demolition. ^[14]

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) [15] 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

Croatia had met Brazil four times, losing three and drawing one. Two of these took place in World Cup group stages with Brazil winning both times: 1–0 in 2006 and 3–1 in 2014. ^[16]

Neymar opened the scoring just before the half time of extra time when he received the ball back from Lucas Paquetá before rounding the goalkeeper and shooting high to the net from the right. A defensive lapse cost Brazil their lead as Bruno Petković equalised three minutes from the end with a left foot shot to the left corner deflection by the leg of a Brazilian; it was Croatia's only shot on target of the game. ^[17] In the shoot-out, Croatia scored all four of their penalties, while Brazil's first kicker Rodrygo had his saved by Dominik Livaković diving to his left and Marquinhos hitting his penalty low against the left post sealing their elimination. ^[18] Croatia qualified for their second successive World Cup semi-finals and the third time ever, while Brazil exited the tournament at the hands of a European team for the fifth consecutive time, since their 2002 World Cup final triumph against Germany, which remains their last knockout stage win against European opposition. In the same period, Brazil was eliminated in all four quarter-finals they played away from home, thus excluding the fourth place finish at the 2014 tournament which they hosted. ^[19]

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

Man of the Match: Dominik Livaković (Croatia) [20] 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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