The Brazil national football team is controlled by the CBF and represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002). A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it."[1] Currently ranked second by FIFA, Brazil is generally considered to be the strongest football nation in the worldplayed in every World Cup. and is the only team to have Early history The first match of the Brazil national football team is generally considered to be a 1916 match between a Rio and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City F.C., which the Brazilian team won 2–0.[2] In contrast to future successes, the nation's early...