The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents

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(CBF). The team has won the South American Youth Championship a record thirteen times and is the second most successful nation in the

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, having won the competition five times. It also plays in unofficial under-19 and under-21 tournaments, such as the

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, of which Brazil is an eight-time winner. Notable players that came through the ranks and went on to play for the senior team include Ronaldinho,

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, among others.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

South American Youth Championship record

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship. ''Caps and goals updated as of 12 June 2023, after the match against .

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 24 months. * INJ: Withdrew due to injury * CLUB: Player withdrew from the current squad after his club made him unavailable for the call-up

Top goalscorers

Individual awards

* FIFA U-20 World Cup

Honours

: ** Winners (5): 1983, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2011 ** Runners-up (4): 1991, 1995, 2009, 2015 * South American Youth Championship: ** Winners (13): 1974, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023 , 2025 ** Runners-up (7): 1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005

Friendlies

* Tournoi Juniors de Cannes: **Winners (4): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 * Tournament of the Crown Prince: ** Winners: 1978 *

: ** Winners (9): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1996, 2002,

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* Torneio Internacional de Ribeirão Preto: ** Winners: 1981 * Beijing Youth Tournament: **Winners: 1986 * Qatar Friendship Tournament: **Winners: 1987 * COTIF: ** Winners (3): 1990, 2002, 2014 * Copa Gobernador del Estado Carabobo: **Winners: 1992 * Val-Action Cup: **Winners: 1993 * King's Cup: ** Winners: 1999 * Mediterranean International Cup U-20: ** Winners (5): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 * Mediterranean International Cup U-18: ** Winners (9): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 * TyC Asia Cup: ** Winners: 2001 * Oman International Tournament: ** Winners: 2002 * Malaysia International Tournament: ** Winners: 2003 * Sendai Cup: ** Winners (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 * SBS Cup: ** Winners: 2004 * Valais Youth Cup: ** Winners: 2013 * Panda Cup: ** Winners: 2014 * Talca International Tournament: ** Winners: 2016 * Torneio Quadrangular de Teresópolis: ** Winners: 2020 * Torneio Internacional do Espírito Santo: ** Winners: 2022

Managers

* Luiz Vinhaes (1949) * Valdemar Campos (1954) * Newton Cardoso (1958) * Mário Travaglini (1967) * Antoninho (1973) * José Teixeira (1974) * Zizinho (1975) * Evaristo de Macedo (1977) * Mário Travaglini (1979) *

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(1980) * Antônio Ferreira (1981) * Vavá (1981–1982) * (1983) * Jair Pereira (1983–1985) * Gílson Nunes (1986–1987) * René Simões (1988–1989) * Paulo Massa (1990) * Ernesto Paulo (1991) * Júlio César Leal (1992–1993) * Carlos Alberto da Luz (1993–1994) * Jairo Leal (1995) * (1996-1999) * João Carlos da Silva Costa (1999) * Torres (2000) *

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(2001) * Marcos Paquetá (2002) *

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(2003) * Marcos Paquetá (2003) * René Weber (2004–2006) * Nelson Rodrigues (2007–2008) * Rogério Lourenço (2008–2010) * Luís Antônio Verdini (2010–2011) * Ney Franco (2011–2012) * Émerson Ávila (2013) * Alexandre Gallo (2014–2015) * Rogério Micale (2015–2017) * Carlos Amadeu (2017–2019) * André Jardine (2019–2022) * Ramon Menezes (2022–)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Brazil's head-to-head record in the

References

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