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 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 3)
July 30, 1989, Caracas, Venezuela - 0 - 4
August 30, 1989, Santiago, Chile - 1 - 1
August 20, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil - 6 - 0
September 3, 1989, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2 - 0
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Brazil qualified.
The Cup
Group stage
Group C Team330041+36320132+14310223−12300336−30
Knockout stage
Last 16
Players
Squad
Starting XI
Goalscorers 2 goals Careca Müller
External links 1990 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com Details at RSSSF History of the World Cup-1990 Planet World Cup - Italy 1990