Brazil national under-20 football team
The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
| Nickname(s) | Seleção (The Selection) Canarinha (Little Canary) Amarelinha (Little Yellow) Verde-Amarela (Green-Yellow) | ||
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| Association | Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Ramon Menezes | ||
| Captain | Andrey Santos | ||
| FIFA code | BRA | ||
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| First international | |||
| Brazil 7–1 Panama (Caracas, Venezuela; 23 March 1954) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Brazil 10–0 Belgium (Kuching, Malaysia; 25 June 1997) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Brazil 0–3 Colombia (Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 February 2015) Records for competitive matches only. | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Winners (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011) | ||
| South American Youth Championship | |||
| Appearances | 29 (first in 1954) | ||
| Best result | Winners (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| U-20 World Cup | ||
| 1983 Mexico | Team | |
| 1985 Soviet Union | Team | |
| 1993 Australia | Team | |
| 2003 United Arab Emirates | Team | |
| 2011 Colombia | Team | |
| 1991 Portugal | Team | |
| 1995 Qatar | Team | |
| 2009 Egypt | Team | |
| 2015 New Zealand | Team | |
| 1977 Tunisia | Team | |
| 1989 Saudi Arabia | Team | |
| 2005 Netherlands | Team | |
The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record twelve times and is the second most successful nation in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, having won the competition five times. It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the Toulon Tournament, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner.
Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho, Kaká, Rivaldo, Romário, Marcos, Roberto Carlos, César Sampaio, Cláudio Taffarel, Bebeto, Dida, Neymar, Dani Alves, Maicon, Adriano, Júlio Baptista, Luisão, Alex, Giovane Élber, Leonardo, Müller, Silas, Marcelo, David Luiz, Willian, Jô and Lucas Moura, among others.