# List of Brazil national football team managers

The following is a list of Brazil national football team managers.

## Managers

Following is the list with all Brazil national team managers. The list includes unofficial matches:
| # | Name | From | To | Pld | W | D | L | Win % | Notes |
| 1 | Rubens Salles Sylvio Lagreca | 21 July 1914 | 27 September 1914 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75,00 | Brazil v Exeter City F.C. (1914), friendly against Argentina (first official match), unofficial friendly against Columbian FC, and the 1914 Copa Roca. |
| 2 | Joaquim Ribeiro Mário Cardim Montenegro Sylvio Lagreca | 8 July 1916 | 18 July 1916 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50,00 | 1916 South American Championship |
| 3 | Chico Netto | 7 January 1917 | 7 January 1917 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC. |
| 4 | Borgerth Chico Netto Cristófaro Mário Pollo Teixeira Carvalho | 6 May 1917 | 16 October 1917 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 40,00 | 1917 South American Championship |
| 5 | Amílcar Barbuy Ferreira Vianna Netto | 27 January 1918 | 27 January 1918 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC. |
| 6 | Amílcar Barbuy Arnaldo da Silveira Ferreira Vianna Netto Mário Pollo | 11 May 1919 | 1 June 1919 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60,00 | 1919 South American Championship |
| 7 | Fortes Oswaldo Gomes | 11 September 1920 | 25 September 1920 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33,33 | 1920 South American Championship |
| 8 | Ferreira Vianna Netto | 2 October 1921 | 23 October 1921 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33,33 | 1921 South American Championship |
| 9 | Amílcar Barbuy Célio de Barros Ferreira Vianna Netto | 17 September 1922 | 29 October 1922 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 75,00 | 1922 South American Championship |
| 10 | Clodô | 22 October 1922 | 22 October 1922 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10,00 | 1922 Copa Roca |
| 11 | Chico Netto | 11 November 1923 | 9 December 1923 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 42,86 | 1923 South American Championship |
| 12 | Joaquim Guimarães Ramón Platero | 6 December 1925 | 25 December 1925 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 58,33 | 1925 South American Championship |
| 13 | Laís | 24 June 1928 | 10 July 1929 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | |
| 14 | Píndaro de Carvalho | 14 July 1930 | 17 August 1930 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80,00 | |
| 15 | Luiz Vinhaes | 2 July 1931 | 22 July 1934 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 53,33 | |
| 16 | Armindo Nobs Ferreira | 7 September 1934 | 24 February 1935 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 92,31 | |
| 17 | Adhemar Pimenta | 27 December 1936 | 19 June 1938 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 68,18 | |
| 18 | Carlos Nascimento | 15 January 1939 | 22 January 1939 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50,00 | |
| 19 | Sylvio Lagreca | 18 February 1940 | 25 February 1940 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25,00 | |
| 20 | Jayme Barcelos | 5 March 1940 | 31 March 1940 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30,00 | |
| 21 | Adhemar Pimenta | 14 January 1942 | 5 February 1942 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50,00 | |
| 22 | Flávio Costa Joreca | 14 May 1944 | 17 May 1944 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Friendlies matches against Uruguay. |
| 23 | Flávio Costa | 18 May 1944 | 16 July 1950 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 72,09 | |
| 24 | Zezé Moreira | 6 April 1952 | 20 April 1952 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80,00 | 1952 Panamerican Championship |
| 25 | Aymoré Moreira | 1 March 1953 | 1 April 1953 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 57,14 | 1953 South American Championship |
| 26 | Zezé Moreira | 28 February 1954 | 18 September 1955 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 70,00 | |
| 27 | Vicente Feola | 20 September 1955 | 20 September 1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | 1955 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
| 28 | Flávio Costa | 13 November 1955 | 13 November 1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | 1955 Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
| 29 | Osvaldo Brandão | 17 November 1955 | 10 February 1956 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16,67 | |
| 30 | Teté | 1 March 1956 | 18 March 1956 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80,00 | 1956 Panamerican Championship |
| 31 | Flávio Costa | 25 March 1956 | 8 August 1956 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 62,50 | |
| 32 | Osvaldo Brandão | 13 March 1957 | 21 April 1957 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 62,50 | |
| 33 | Sylvio Pirillo | 11 June 1957 | 10 July 1957 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75,00 | |
| 34 | Pedrinho | 15 September 1957 | 18 September 1957 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0,00 | 1957 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
| 35 | Vicente Feola | 4 May 1958 | 12 July 1960 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 80,00 | |
| 36 | Gentil Cardoso | 5 December 1959 | 27 December 1959 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60,00 | 1959 South American Championship (Ecuador) |
| 37 | Foguinho | 6 March 1960 | 20 March 1960 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50,00 | 1960 Panamerican Championship |
| 38 | Aymoré Moreira | 30 April 1961 | 22 May 1963 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 62,50 | |
| 39 | Vicente Feola | 30 May 1964 | 19 July 1966 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 68,75 | |
| 40 | Filpo Núñez | 7 September 1965 | 7 September 1965 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | SE Palmeiras manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Uruguay. |
| 41 | Osvaldo Brandão | 16 November 1965 | 16 November 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | SC Corinthians manager, represented Brazil in a unofficial friendly match against Arsenal FC. |
| 42 | Aymoré Moreira | 21 November 1965 | 21 November 1965 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Replaced Vicente Feola in a friendly match against Hungary. Brazil (with Feola) has played against Soviet Union on the same day. |
| 43 | Carlos Froner | 17 April 1966 | 20 April 1966 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50,00 | 1966 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins |
| 44 | Aymoré Moreira | 25 June 1967 | 1 July 1967 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0,00 | |
| 45 | Mário Zagallo | 19 September 1967 | 19 September 1967 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Chile. |
| 46 | Aymoré Moreira | 9 June 1968 | 17 July 1968 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 72,73 | |
| 47 | Antoninho | 25 July 1968 | 28 July 1968 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50,00 | 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz |
| 48 | Mário Zagallo | 7 August 1968 | 7 August 1968 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina. |
| 49 | Biju Carlyle Guimarães Jota Júnior | 11 August 1968 | 11 August 1968 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Minas Gerais state sports press committee, who represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina. |
| 50 | Aymoré Moreira | 30 October 1968 | 17 December 1968 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50,00 | |
| 51 | Yustrich | 17 December 1968 | 17 December 1968 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Atlético Mineiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Yugoslavia. |
| 52 | João Saldanha | 7 April 1969 | 8 March 1970 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 82,35 | |
| 53 | Mário Zagallo | 22 March 1970 | 6 July 1974 | 62 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 67,74 | |
| 54 | Osvaldo Brandão | 31 July 1975 | 20 February 1977 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 83,33 | |
| 55 | Mário Travaglini (caretaker) | 6 October 1976 | 6 October 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | Unofficial friendly match against CR Flamengo in honor of Geraldo Cleofas. |
| 56 | Cláudio Coutinho | 3 March 1977 | 31 October 1979 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 60,00 | |
| 57 | Telê Santana | 2 April 1980 | 5 July 1982 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 76,31 | |
| 58 | Carlos Alberto Parreira | 28 April 1983 | 4 November 1983 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 35,71 | |
| 59 | Edu Coimbra | 10 June 1984 | 21 June 1984 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33,33 | |
| 60 | Evaristo de Macedo | 25 April 1985 | 21 May 1985 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50,00 | |
| 61 | Telê Santana | 2 June 1985 | 21 June 1986 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 64,70 | |
| 62 | Carlos Alberto Silva | 19 May 1987 | 12 October 1988 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 65,00 | |
| 63 | Sebastião Lazaroni | 15 March 1989 | 24 June 1990 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 60,00 | |
| 64 | Paulo Roberto Falcão | 12 September 1990 | 21 July 1991 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 35,29 | |
| 65 | Ernesto Paulo (caretaker) | 11 September 1991 | 11 September 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | Friendly match against Wales. |
| 66 | Carlos Alberto Parreira | 30 October 1991 | 17 July 1994 | 47 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 59,57 | |
| 67 | Mário Zagallo | 13 December 1994 | 12 July 1998 | 74 | 55 | 13 | 6 | 74,32 | |
| 68 | Vanderlei Luxemburgo | 23 September 1998 | 3 September 2000 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61,76 | |
| 69 | Candinho (caretaker) | 13 November 1999 | 8 October 2000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50,00 | Friendly match against Spain and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Venezuela. |
| 70 | Pedro Santilli (caretaker) | 15 November 2000 | 15 November 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Colombia. |
| 71 | Emerson Leão | 3 March 2001 | 9 June 2001 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 30,00 | |
| 72 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 1 July 2001 | 21 August 2002 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 76,00 | |
| 73 | Mário Zagallo | 20 November 2002 | 20 November 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Zagallo's farewell, celebrated in a friendly match against South Korea. |
| 74 | Carlos Alberto Parreira | 12 February 2003 | 1 July 2006 | 56 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 55,35 | |
| 75 | Ricardo Gomes | 13 July 2003 | 27 July 2003 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40,00 | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 76 | Dunga | 16 August 2006 | 2 July 2010 | 58 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 68,96 | |
| 77 | Jorginho (caretaker) | 6 December 2008 | 26 March 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100,00 | Replaced Dunga in the friendlies matches against Republic of Ireland and Sweden. |
| 78 | Mano Menezes | 10 August 2010 | 21 December 2012 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 63,63 | |
| 79 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 6 February 2013 | 12 July 2014 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 65,51 | |
| 80 | Dunga | 5 September 2014 | 12 June 2016 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 69,23 | |
| 81 | Tite | 1 September 2016 | 9 December 2022 | 81 | 60 | 15 | 6 | 74.08 | |
| 82 | Ramon Menezes (caretaker) | 15 February 2023 | 4 July 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 | U-20 manager. Friendlies against Morocco, Guinea and Senegal |
| 83 | Fernando Diniz (caretaker) | 4 July 2023 | 5 January 2024 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | |
| 84 | Dorival Júnior | 10 January 2024 | Present | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 40.00 | |

## Records

Mário Zagallo became the first person to win the FIFA World Cup both as a player (1958 and 1962) and as a manager (1970).
In 1970, when he was of age 38, he won the FIFA World Cup which made him the second youngest coach to win the FIFA World Cup. While still in Brazil as an assistant coach, the team won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

### Most manager appearances

    As of 9 December 2022
    Includes only official matches. In bold the current manager.
| Rank | Manager | Apps | W | D | L | % |
| 1 | Mário Zagallo | 126 | 90 | 26 | 10 | 80,31 |
| 2 | Carlos Alberto Parreira | 112 | 61 | 37 | 14 | 67,87 |
| 3 | Dunga | 83 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 75,50 |
| 4 | Tite | 81 | 60 | 15 | 6 | 80,24 |
| 5 | Aymoré Moreira | 63 | 39 | 9 | 16 | 64,46 |
| 6 | Vicente Feola | 57 | 41 | 10 | 6 | 80,70 |
| 7 | Flávio Costa | 56 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 70,54 |
| 8 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 53 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 74,21 |
| 8 | Telê Santana | 53 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 81,13 |