Brazil at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.[1]
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).
From 1996 to 2005, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Brazil participated three times: in 1996, 1998 and 2003. They reached the tournament final twice, but lost to Mexico on both occasions. Thanks to their good results they rank 12th out of 27 nations in the tournaments all-time table in spite of only three participations - right ahead of Cuba, who participated ten times.
Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA |
 1996 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 1998 | Third Place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
 2003 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 3/24 | 12/27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 9 |
1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|  | |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 |
 Honduras |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
| Brazil | 4–1 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
André Luis  3'Caio 7'Sávio 14'Leandro Machado 86' |
Report | Radzinski 66' |
Semi-final
| United States | 0–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Balboa 79' (o.g.) |
Final
| Brazil | 0–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Report | L. García 54' Blanco 75' |
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jamaica |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| Brazil |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
 Guatemala |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
 El Salvador |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
Semi-final
| United States | 1–0 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Preki 65' |
Report |
Third Place Match
| Brazil | 1–0 | Jamaica |
|---|---|---|
| Romário 77' |
Report |
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| Brazil |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Honduras |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
Record Players
| No. | Name | Matches | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flávio Conceição | 9 | 1996 and 1998 |
| Zé Maria | 9 | 1996 and 1998 | |
| 3 | Edmundo | 5 | 1998 |
| Gonçalves | 5 | 1998 | |
| Júnior | 5 | 1998 | |
| Romário | 5 | 1998 | |
| Taffarel | 5 | 1998 | |
| Zinho | 5 | 1998 | |
| Adriano | 5 | 2003 | |
| Alex | 5 | 2003 | |
| Diego | 5 | 2003 | |
| Heurelho Gomes | 5 | 2003 | |
| Júlio Baptista | 5 | 2003 | |
| Kaká | 5 | 2003 | |
| Luisão | 5 | 2003 | |
| Maicon | 5 | 2003 | |
| Paulo Almeida | 5 | 2003 | |
| Robinho | 5 | 2003 | |
Top Goalscorers
At each of Brazil's three Gold Cup participations, one player scored three goals during the tournament.
| No. | Name | Goals | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caio | 3 | 1996 |
| Romário | 3 | 1998 | |
| Kaká | 3 | 2003 | |
| 4 | Jamelli | 2 | 1996 |
| Sávio | 2 | 1996 | |
| Élber | 2 | 1998 | |
| Diego | 2 | 2003 | |
| 8 | André Luiz | 1 | 1996 |
| Leandro | 1 | 1996 | |
| Edmundo | 1 | 1998 | |
| Maicon | 1 | 2003 | |
References
- ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.