Brazil at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.[1]

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

In select editions, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Brazil participated three times: in 1996, 1998 and 2003. They reached the tournament final twice, but lost to Mexico on both occasions. Thanks to their good results they rank 13th out of 31 nations in the tournament's all-time table, in spite of only three participations - right ahead of Cuba, who participated twelve times.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
United States 1996Runners-up2nd4301103
United States 1998Third place3rd522162
Mexico United States 2003Runners-up2nd530264
Total3/2612/2714824229

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 220091+86
 Canada 210145–13
 Honduras 200218–70
Brazil 4–1 Canada
André Luis 3'
Caio 7'
Sávio 14'
Leandro Machado 86'		 Report Radzinski 66'
Attendance: 8,234
Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Brazil 5–0 Honduras
Caio 9', 81'
Jamelli 31', 61'
Sávio 80'		 Report
Attendance: 20,708

Semi-final
United States 0–1 Brazil
Report Balboa 79' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,708

Final
Brazil 0–2 Mexico
Report L. García 54'
Blanco 75'
Attendance: 88,155

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Jamaica 321052+37
 Brazil 312051+45
 Guatemala 302134−12
 El Salvador 301206−61
Brazil 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 43,754
Brazil 1–1 Guatemala
Romário 79' Report Plata 90'
Attendance: 17,842
El Salvador 0–4 Brazil
Report Edmundo 7'
Romário 19'
Élber 87', 90'
Attendance: 55,017

Semi-final
United States 1–0 Brazil
Preki 65' Report
Attendance: 12,298

Third-place match
Brazil 1–0 Jamaica
Romário 77' Report
Attendance: 91,255

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 211010+14
 Brazil 21012203
 Honduras 201112-11
Mexico 1–0 Brazil
Borgetti 70' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Brazil 2–1 Honduras
Maicon 16'
Diego 84'		 Report De León 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000

Quarter-final
Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Report Kaká 42', 66'
Attendance: 23,425
Referee: Ken Stott (United States)

Semi-final
United States 1–2 (ASDET) Brazil
Bocanegra 62' Report Kaká 89'
Diego gold-colored soccer ball 100'  (pen.)
Attendance: 35,211
Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Final
Mexico 1–0 (ASDET) Brazil
Osorno gold-colored soccer ball 97' Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Record players
Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1 Flávio Conceição91996 and 1998
Zé Maria91996 and 1998
3 Edmundo51998
Gonçalves51998
Júnior51998
Romário51998
Taffarel51998
Zinho51998
Adriano52003
Alex52003
Diego52003
Heurelho Gomes52003
Júlio Baptista52003
Kaká52003
Luisão52003
Maicon52003
Paulo Almeida52003
Robinho52003

Top goalscorers

At each of Brazil's three Gold Cup participations, one player scored three goals during the tournament.

Kaká scored three goals at Brazil's last Gold Cup participation in 2003 and was voted into that year's team of the tournament.
Rank Player Goals Gold Cups
1 Caio31996
Romário31998
Kaká32003
4 Jamelli21996
Sávio21996
Élber21998
Diego22003
8 André Luiz11996
Leandro11996
Edmundo11998
Maicon12003

See also

References
  1. ""Playoff Match between USA and Mexico [...]"". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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