List of Brazil national football team managers

The following is a list of Brazil national football team managers.

Managers

Following is the list with all Brazil national team managers. The list includes unofficial matches:

# Name From To Pld W D L Win % Notes
1 Rubens Salles
Sylvio Lagreca
21 July 1914 27 September 1914 4 3 0 1 75,00 Brazil v Exeter City F.C. (1914), friendly against Argentina (first official match), unofficial friendly against Columbian FC, and the 1914 Copa Roca.
2 Joaquim Ribeiro
Mário Cardim
Montenegro
Sylvio Lagreca
8 July 1916 18 July 1916 4 1 2 1 50,00 1916 South American Championship
3 Chico Netto 7 January 1917 1 0 1 0 0,00 Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC.
4 Borgerth
Chico Netto
Cristófaro
Mário Pollo
Teixeira Carvalho
6 May 1917 16 October 1917 6 2 1 3 40,00 1917 South American Championship
5 Amílcar Barbuy
Ferreira Vianna Netto
27 January 1918 1 0 0 1 0,00 Unofficial friendly match against Dublin FC.
6 Amílcar Barbuy
Arnaldo da Silveira
Ferreira Vianna Netto
Mário Pollo
11 May 1919 1 June 1919 5 3 2 0 60,00 1919 South American Championship
7 Fortes
Oswaldo Gomes
11 September 1920 25 September 1920 3 1 0 2 33,33 1920 South American Championship
8 Ferreira Vianna Netto 2 October 1921 23 October 1921 3 1 0 2 33,33 1921 South American Championship
9 Amílcar Barbuy
Célio de Barros
Ferreira Vianna Netto
17 September 1922 29 October 1922 6 3 3 0 75,00 1922 South American Championship
10 Clodô 22 October 1922 1 1 0 0 10,00 1922 Copa Roca
11 Chico Netto 11 November 1923 9 December 1923 7 3 0 4 42,86 1923 South American Championship
12 Joaquim Guimarães
Uruguay Ramón Platero
6 December 1925 25 December 1925 6 2 3 1 58,33 1925 South American Championship
13 Laís 24 June 1928 10 July 1929 4 4 0 0 100,00
14 Píndaro de Carvalho 14 July 1930 17 August 1930 5 4 0 1 80,00
15 Luiz Vinhaes 2 July 1931 22 July 1934 15 8 4 3 53,33
16 Armindo Nobs Ferreira 7 September 1934 24 February 1935 13 12 0 1 92,31
17 Adhemar Pimenta 27 December 1936 19 June 1938 11 7 1 3 68,18
18 Carlos Nascimento 15 January 1939 22 January 1939 2 1 0 1 50,00
19 Sylvio Lagreca 18 February 1940 25 February 1940 2 0 1 1 25,00
20 Jayme Barcelos 5 March 1940 31 March 1940 5 1 0 4 30,00
21 Adhemar Pimenta 14 January 1942 5 February 1942 6 3 1 2 50,00
22 Flávio Costa
Portugal Joreca
14 May 1944 17 May 1944 2 2 0 0 100,00 Friendlies matches against Uruguay.
23 Flávio Costa 18 May 1944 16 July 1950 41 26 6 9 72,09
24 Zezé Moreira 6 April 1952 20 April 1952 5 4 1 0 80,00 1952 Panamerican Championship
25 Aymoré Moreira 1 March 1953 1 April 1953 7 4 0 3 57,14 1953 South American Championship
26 Zezé Moreira 28 February 1954 18 September 1955 10 7 2 1 70,00
27 Vicente Feola 20 September 1955 1 1 0 0 100,00 1955 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
28 Flávio Costa 13 November 1955 1 1 0 0 100,00 1955 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
29 Osvaldo Brandão 17 November 1955 10 February 1956 6 1 3 2 16,67
30 Teté 1 March 1956 18 March 1956 5 4 1 0 80,00 1956 Panamerican Championship
31 Flávio Costa 25 March 1956 8 August 1956 16 10 3 3 62,50
32 Osvaldo Brandão 13 March 1957 21 April 1957 8 5 1 2 62,50
33 Sylvio Pirillo 11 June 1957 10 July 1957 4 3 0 1 75,00
34 Pedrinho 15 September 1957 18 September 1957 2 0 1 1 0,00 1957 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
35 Vicente Feola 4 May 1958 12 July 1960 35 28 5 2 80,00
36 Gentil Cardoso 5 December 1959 27 December 1959 5 3 0 2 60,00 1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)
37 Foguinho 6 March 1960 20 March 1960 6 3 1 2 50,00 1960 Panamerican Championship
38 Aymoré Moreira 30 April 1961 22 May 1963 40 25 5 10 62,50
39 Vicente Feola 30 May 1964 19 July 1966 32 22 6 4 68,75
40 Argentina Filpo Núñez 7 September 1965 1 1 0 0 100,00 SE Palmeiras manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Uruguay.
41 Osvaldo Brandão 16 November 1965 1 0 0 1 0,00 SC Corinthians manager, represented Brazil in a unofficial friendly match against Arsenal FC.
42 Aymoré Moreira 21 November 1965 1 1 0 0 100,00 Replaced Vicente Feola in a friendly match against Hungary. Brazil (with Feola) has played against Soviet Union on the same day.
43 Carlos Froner 17 April 1966 20 April 1966 2 1 0 1 50,00 1966 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins
44 Aymoré Moreira 25 June 1967 1 July 1967 3 0 3 0 0,00
45 Mário Zagallo 19 September 1967 1 1 0 0 100,00 Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Chile.
46 Aymoré Moreira 9 June 1968 17 July 1968 11 8 0 3 72,73
47 Antoninho 25 July 1968 28 July 1968 2 1 0 1 50,00 1968 Taça Oswaldo Cruz
48 Mário Zagallo 7 August 1968 1 1 0 0 100,00 Rio de Janeiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina.
49 Biju
Carlyle Guimarães
Jota Júnior
11 August 1968 1 1 0 0 100,00 Minas Gerais state sports press committee, who represented Brazil in a friendly match against Argentina.
50 Aymoré Moreira 30 October 1968 17 December 1968 6 3 2 1 50,00
51 Yustrich 17 December 1968 1 1 0 0 100,00 Atlético Mineiro manager, represented Brazil in a friendly match against Yugoslavia.
52 João Saldanha 7 April 1969 8 March 1970 17 14 1 2 82,35
53 Mário Zagallo 22 March 1970 6 July 1974 62 42 16 4 67,74
54 Osvaldo Brandão 31 July 1975 20 February 1977 24 20 3 1 83,33
55 Mário Travaglini (caretaker) 6 October 1976 1 0 0 1 0,00 Unofficial friendly match against CR Flamengo in honor of Geraldo Cleofas.
56 Cláudio Coutinho 3 March 1977 31 October 1979 45 27 15 3 60,00
57 Telê Santana 2 April 1980 5 July 1982 38 29 6 3 76,31
58 Carlos Alberto Parreira 28 April 1983 4 November 1983 14 5 7 2 35,71
59 Edu Coimbra 10 June 1984 21 June 1984 3 1 1 1 33,33
60 Evaristo de Macedo 25 April 1985 21 May 1985 3 3 0 3 50,00
61 Telê Santana 2 June 1985 21 June 1986 17 11 4 2 64,70
62 Carlos Alberto Silva 19 May 1987 12 October 1988 20 13 5 2 65,00
63 Sebastião Lazaroni 15 March 1989 24 June 1990 35 21 8 6 60,00
64 Paulo Roberto Falcão 12 September 1990 21 July 1991 17 6 7 4 35,29
65 Ernesto Paulo (caretaker) 11 September 1991 1 0 0 1 0,00 Friendly match against Wales.
66 Carlos Alberto Parreira 30 October 1991 17 July 1994 47 28 14 5 59,57
67 Mário Zagallo 13 December 1994 12 July 1998 74 55 13 6 74,32
68 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 23 September 1998 3 September 2000 34 21 8 5 61,76
69 Candinho (caretaker) 13 November 1999 8 October 2000 2 1 1 0 50,00 Friendly match against Spain and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Venezuela.
70 Pedro Santilli (caretaker) 15 November 2000 1 1 0 0 100,00 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Colombia.
71 Emerson Leão 3 March 2001 9 June 2001 10 3 4 3 30,00
72 Luiz Felipe Scolari 1 July 2001 21 August 2002 25 19 1 5 76,00
73 Mário Zagallo 20 November 2002 1 1 0 0 100,00 Zagallo's farewell, celebrated in a friendly match against South Korea.
74 Carlos Alberto Parreira 12 February 2003 1 July 2006 56 31 18 7 55,35
75 Ricardo Gomes 13 July 2003 27 July 2003 5 2 2 1 40,00 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
76 Dunga 16 August 2006 2 July 2010 58 40 12 6 68,96
77 Jorginho (caretaker) 6 December 2008 26 March 2008 2 2 0 0 100,00 Replaced Dunga in the friendlies matches against Republic of Ireland and Sweden.
78 Mano Menezes 10 August 2010 21 December 2012 33 21 6 6 63,63
79 Luiz Felipe Scolari 6 February 2013 12 July 2014 29 19 6 4 65,51
80 Dunga 5 September 2014 12 June 2016 26 18 5 3 69,23
81 Tite 1 September 2016 9 December 2022 81 60 15 6 74.08
82 Ramon Menezes (caretaker) 15 February 2023 4 July 2023 3 1 0 2 33.33 U-20 manager. Friendlies against Morocco, Guinea and Senegal
83 Fernando Diniz (caretaker) 4 July 2023 5 January 2024 6 2 1 3 33.33
84 Dorival Júnior 10 January 2024 Present

Records

Mário Zagallo became the first person to win the FIFA World Cup both as a player (1958 and 1962) and as a manager (1970).

In 1970, when he was of age 38, he won the FIFA World Cup which made him the second youngest coach to win the FIFA World Cup. While still in Brazil as an assistant coach, the team won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Most manager appearances

As of 9 December 2022
Includes only official matches. In bold the current manager.
Rank Manager Apps W D L %
1 Mário Zagallo 126 90 26 10 80,31
2 Carlos Alberto Parreira 112 61 37 14 67,87
3 Dunga 83 57 17 9 75,50
4 Tite 81 60 15 6 80,24
5 Aymoré Moreira 63 39 9 16 64,46
6 Vicente Feola 57 41 10 6 80,70
7 Flávio Costa 56 35 9 12 70,54
8 Luiz Felipe Scolari 53 37 7 9 74,21
Telê Santana 53 38 10 5 81,13

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