Claim: Neymar plays forward for the Brazil national team in the Olympics.

The Brazil national football team -LRB- Seleção Brasileira de Futebol -RRB- represents Brazil in international men 's association football . Brazil is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation -LRB- CBF -RRB- , the governing body for football in Brazil . They have been a member of the FIFA since 1923 and member of the CONMEBOL since 1916 . Brazil is the most successful national football team in international competition , winning FIFA World Cup with five championships : 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1994 and 2002 . Brazil also has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with a record of 70 victories in 104 matches played , 119 goal difference , 227 points and only 17 losses . Brazil is the only national team to have played in all World Cup editions without any absence nor need for playoffs . The seleção is also the most successful national team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles : 1997 , 2005 , 2009 and 2013 , being the holder of the last title of the tournament .   The national football teams of Brazil , Argentina and France are the only national teams that have won the three most important men 's titles recognized by FIFA : the World Cup , the Confederations Cup , and the Olympic tournament . They have also won their respective continental championship -LRB- Copa América for Brazil and Argentina , and UEFA European Championship for France -RRB- .   Brazil has the all-time highest average Football Elo Rating with 2017.9 , and the third all time highest Football Elo Rating with 2160 in 1962 , only behind the Hungary Golden Team of 1954 and the German team of 2014 . Many distinguished commentators consider the Brazil team of 1970 to be the greatest association football team ever , although some argue the case for other teams , such as the Brazil team of 1958 or 1962 , with honorary mentions for the gifted 1982 side .   Brazil is the only national team to have won the World Cup on four different continents : once in Europe -LRB- 1958 Sweden -RRB- , once in South America -LRB- 1962 Chile -RRB- , twice in North America -LRB- 1970 Mexico and 1994 United States -RRB- and once in Asia -LRB- 2002 Korea/Japan -RRB- . They also share with Spain a record of 35 consecutive international matches undefeated . A common quip about football is : `` Os ingleses o inventaram , os brasileiros o aperfeiçoaram '' -LRB- `` The English invented it , the Brazilians perfected it '' -RRB- .