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
1996Runners-up2nd4301103
1998Third Place3rd522162
2003Runners-up2nd530264
Total3/2412/2714824229

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 220091+86
 Canada 21014513
 Honduras 20021870
Brazil 4–1 Canada
André Luis  3'
Caio  7'
Sávio  14'
Leandro Machado  86'
Report Radzinski  66'
Attendance: 8,234
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

Brazil 5–0 Honduras
Caio  9', 81'
Jamelli  31', 61'
Sávio  80'
Report
Attendance: 20,708

Semi-final

United States 0–1 Brazil
Report Balboa  79' (o.g.)

Final

Brazil 0–2 Mexico
Report L. García  54'
Blanco  75'
Attendance: 88,155

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 321052+37
 Brazil 312051+45
 Guatemala 30213412
 El Salvador 30120661
Brazil 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 43,754
Brazil 1–1 Guatemala
Romário  79' Report Plata  90'
El Salvador 0–4 Brazil
Report Edmundo  7'
Romário  19'
Élber  87', 90'

Semi-final

United States 1–0 Brazil
Preki  65' Report

Third Place Match

Brazil 1–0 Jamaica
Romário  77' Report

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 211010+14
 Brazil 21012203
 Honduras 201112-11
Mexico 10 Brazil
Borgetti  70' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Brazil 21 Honduras
Maicon  16'
Diego  84'
Report De León  90' (pen.)

Quarter Final

Mexico 50 Jamaica
Bravo  38'
García  42'
Osorno  55'
Borgetti  61'
Rodríguez  83'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Semi-final

United States 12 (ASDET) Brazil
Bocanegra  62' Report Kaká  89'
Diego  100'  (pen.)
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Final

Mexico 10 (ASDET) Brazil
Osorno  97' Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Record Players

No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1 Flávio Conceição91996 and 1998
Zé Maria91996 and 1998
3 Edmundo51998
Gonçalves51998
Júnior51998
Romário51998
Taffarel51998
Zinho51998
Adriano52003
Alex52003
Diego52003
Heurelho Gomes52003
Júlio Baptista52003
Kaká52003
Luisão52003
Maicon52003
Paulo Almeida52003
Robinho52003

Top Goalscorers

At each of Brazil's three Gold Cup participations, one player scored three goals during the tournament.

Kaká scored three goals at Brazil's last Gold Cup participation in 2003 and was voted into that year's team of the tournament.
No. Name Goals Gold Cups
1 Caio31996
Romário31998
Kaká32003
4 Jamelli21996
Sávio21996
Élber21998
Diego22003
8 André Luiz11996
Leandro11996
Edmundo11998
Maicon12003

References

  1. ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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