Brazil has been the most successful nation in the world cup so far winning the titles for the record five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002) and has managed to reach to the final in two more opportunities. It is the only nation to have played every edition of the FIFA world cup and has managed to be selected directly without playoffs. It has the best overall performance in the world cup with record 70 victories and 17 losses in 104 World Cup matches.
Brazil is also the nation besides Argentina, Spain, and Germany to have won World Cup away from its continent and only nation to win it away in four times. The greatest rival of Brazil is Argentina. Some other historical rivals are Italy, France, and Netherlands.
Brazil currently ranks 2 in the FIFA world ranking and has been on the top of record times and duration. The lowest ever ranking is 22nd as of June 2013. Pele is the record highest scorer for the Brazilian team with 77 goals followed by Ronaldo while Ronaldo is the highest goal scorer for Brazil in the World Cup finals with 15 goals followed by Pele. Cafu is the most capped player in the history and the most capped player at the current squad is Dani Alves. Current Brazilian National Team head coach is Tite with Neymar as team captain.
Brazil made its place to the World Cup 2018 finals being the winners of the CONMEBOL qualification.
List of Players with most possible chance to be included in the final squad of the World Cup 2018.
Diego Alves
Weverton
Ederson
Dani Alves
Miranda
Marquinhos
Danilo
Thiago Silva
Marcelo
Filipe Luís
David Luiz
Rafinha
Gil
Alex Sandro
Casemiro
Renato Augusto
Philippe Coutinho
Paulinho
Fernandinho
Willian
Diego
Giuliano
Lucas Lima
Fred
Gabriel Jesus
Neymar
Roberto Firmino
Diego Tardelli
Douglas Costa
There can be certain other changes besides these above players.
