Brazil at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

Matches of the Brazil national football team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
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The Brazil national football team played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and continued to maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

The team was coached by Sebastião Lazaroni and the captain was Ricardo Gomes, a defender from Benfica. The Brazilian team used the 3-5-2 formation for the first time in its history and ended up in 9th place.

Brazil played until the Last 16 stage, where they were defeated by Argentina.

Qualifying

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 3)

July 30, 1989, Caracas, Venezuela -  Venezuela 0 - 4  Brazil

August 30, 1989, Santiago, Chile -  Chile 1 - 1  Brazil

August 20, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil -  Brazil 6 - 0  Venezuela

September 3, 1989, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -  Brazil 2 - 0  Chile

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7
 Chile 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 5
 Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0

Brazil qualified.

The Cup

Group stage

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6
 Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Brazil 2 – 1Sweden 
Careca 40', 63' Report Brolin 79'
Attendance: 62,628
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Brazil 1 – 0 Costa Rica
Müller 33' Report
Attendance: 58,007
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Brazil 1 – 0Scotland 
Müller 82' Report
Attendance: 62,502
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Knockout stage

Last 16
Brazil 0 – 1 Argentina
Report Caniggia 80'
Attendance: 61,381

Starting 11

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 MS Notes
1 GK Brazil Taffarel 4
2 RWB Brazil Jorginho 4
3 CB Brazil R. Gomes 4
21 CB Brazil Galvão 4
19 CB Brazil R. Rocha 2 Mozer also had two starts
6 LWB Brazil Branco 4
4 CM Brazil Dunga 4
5 CM Brazil Alemão 4
8 AM Brazil Valdo 4
15 CF Brazil Müller 3 Romário had one start
9 CF Brazil Careca 4

Brazil
Jorginho
Brazil
Branco
Brazil
Alemão
Brazil
Müller

Goalscorers

2 goals

External links

  • 1990 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
  • Details at RSSSF
  • History of the World Cup-1990
  • Planet World Cup - Italy 1990
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