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The Brazil national football team played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and continued to maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.
The team was coached by Sebastião Lazaroni and the captain was Ricardo Gomes, a defender from Benfica. The Brazilian team used the 3-5-2 formation for the first time in its history and ended up in 9th place.
Brazil played until the Last 16 stage, where they were defeated by Argentina.
Qualifying edit
July 30, 1989, Caracas, Venezuela - 
Venezuela 0 - 4 
Brazil
August 30, 1989, Santiago, Chile - 
Chile 1 - 1 Brazil
August 20, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil - Brazil 6 - 0 Venezuela
September 3, 1989, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil 2 - 0 Chile
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 |
| Chile
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 |
 Venezuela
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
Brazil qualified.
The Cup edit
Group stage edit
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
 Costa Rica
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
 Scotland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
 Sweden
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1 – 0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
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Knockout stage edit
- Last 16
Starting 11 edit
Goalscorers edit
- 2 goals