Much of the History of Football (Soccer, for Americans) can be told by telling the History of World Cups. Except for the pioneer editions (when teams were invited to participate, and sometimes refused), all the best teams in the world want to participate in the World Cups (there are more countries affiliated with FIFA than with the United Nations). And all the best players in the world want to defend their countries in the World Cups.

Much of the History of the World Cups can be told by telling the History of Brazil in the World Cups. Brazil is the only country to participate of the seventeen World Cups; Brazil has been five times champion (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), vice-champion in two editions (1950 and 1998) and semi-finalist in other three (1938, 1974 and 1978). Several of the best players in History of football were Brazilian, and most of them left their register in the World Cups.

 Brazil's World Cup record: 1930 1st rd, 1934 1st rd, 1938 3rd, 1950 RU, 1954 QF, 1958 Winners, 1962 Winners, 1966 1st rd, 1970 Winners, 1974 4th, 1978 3rd, 1982 2nd rd, 1986 QF, 1990 2nd rd, 1994 Winners, 1998 RU, 2002 Winners, 2006 QF.

The Coach: Dunga (Brazilian, 46). Appointed: July 2006. WC experience: Player: 1990, 1994, 1998. Coach: None.
Dunga was considered as a replacement for Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000 but it was not for another six years until he took charge, replacing Carlos Alberto Parreira.

Name	Age	Nationality	Position
Heurelho da Silva Gomes	29		Goal
Júlio César Soares de Espíndola	30		Goal
Doniéber Alexander Marangon	30		Goal
Ânderson Luís da Silva	29		Defense
Juan Silveira dos Santos	31		Defense
Maicon Douglas Sisenando	28		Defense
Daniel Alves da Silva	27		Defense
Thiago Emiliano da Silva	25		Defense
Lucimar da Silva Ferreira	32		Defense
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite	28		Midfield
Gilberto da Silva Melo	34		Midfield
Josué Anunciado de Oliveira	30		Midfield
Ramires Santos do Nascimento	23		Midfield
Felipe Melo de Carvalho	26		Midfield
Júlio César Clement Baptista	28		Midfield
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva	33		Midfield
Michel Fernandes Bastos	26		Midfield
Elano Ralph Blumer	28		Midfield
José Kléberson Pereira	30		Midfield
Róbson de Souza	26		Offense
Luís Fabiano Clemente	29		Offense
Edinaldo Batista Libânio	31		Offense
Nilmar Honorato da Silva	25		Offense