Country Brasil National team Brasil Registered players 2,1 million | Governing body CBF First played 1894 Clubs 29,208 | |
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Association football is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazilian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and is the only team to succeed in qualifying for every World Cup competition ever held. It is among the favorites to win the trophy every time the competition is scheduled. After Brazil won its 3rd World Cup in 1970, they were awarded the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. But 365 days before World Cup 2014 began, Brazil's rank dropped to 22nd, an all-time-low position. Brazil has also won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.