Since their first game in 1914, the
Brazil national football team
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have played numerous matches against opposition whose identity did not fall within that of the standard
FIFA
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international team. As Brazil are one of the most high-profile teams in the world, with a long-held reputation of skilled players and exciting matches, they are often sought to play in exhibition matches for commercial reasons (see
Brasil Global Tour), by clubs/regional federations celebrating anniversaries or by special select teams such as the
World XI
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. Additionally, Brazil's many participations in official tournaments, primarily the
FIFA World Cup
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, have occasionally involved warm-up matches against local non-international opponents.
Limited recognization matches against
FIFA
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members
Key
Protesting against an Argentine newspaper that published an picture of the Brazilian team drawn as monkeys, some players refused to play and the Brazilian team started the match with only seven Brazilian players and completed by four Argentine players (Baigorri, Antonio Rosado, Emilio Solari and Castro). The crowd protested against the Argentine reinforces in Brazilian team and the match was finally realized with only seven players in each team.
The
São Paulo state football team
The São Paulo state football team ( pt, Seleção Paulista de Futebol) represents São Paulo in association football.
History
The first steps of football in Brazil
In order to measure the strength of the two first centers of association foo ...
officially represented Brazil national team in this match.
Bulgaria was represented in this match by a "B" team and due to this the
Bulgarian Football Union
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don't consider this match as official.
The
Football Association of Ireland does not recognize this game as it only used players who played in their
local league.
don't consider this match as official because considers it was played by the
olympic team of Sweden.
The
Romanian FF don't consider this match as official. According to Romanian FF, this match was played by their "B" team.
The
Romanian FF don't consider this match as official. According to Romanian FF, this match was played by their "B" team.
Although many sources (including the
Croatian HNS) consider this match as played by the olympic teams,
CBF consider it as played by the Brazilian "A" Team.
Although many sources (including the
Polish FA) consider this match as played by the olympic teams,
CBF consider it as played by the Brazilian "A" Team.
Friendly in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the foundation of
Kuwait SC
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. Kuwait SC officially represented Kuwait national team in this game.
Non-FIFA teams and clubs
20th century
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Pre World War II
Post World War II
21st century
References
External links
Arquivo da Seleção Brasileira Principal(Archive of the Brazilian National Team),
RSSSF
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(in Portuguese)