Brazil in the World Cup Finals

Brazil qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on September 4th, 2005; becoming the first World Cup Holders having to go through a qualification process to defend their trophy.

World Cup Appearances:
Brazil have appeared in all 18 World Cup Finals - the only country to do so.
Best World Cup Performance:Winning the trophy a record five times -- Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970, USA 1994 and Korea-Japan 2002.

Runners-up in Brazil 1950 and France 1998.

Brazil World Cup Preparations

Brazil will begin their 2006 World Cup Finals preparations in Weggis. Tickets for the training sessions are sold out.

Park Hotel Weggis:
Hertensteinstrasse 34, Weggis, Switzerland.
Out of many interesting offers received, the Seleção have chosen the Parkhotel Weggis, on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstätter See) as their warm-up camp, from May 22nd to June 4th.

If you want to stay nearby, you could try the Hotel Schweizerhof, Gotthardstrasse 3, Weggis.

Brazil Team Hotel
Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein:
Debusweg 4, Koenigstein im Taunus.
Close to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Brazil finally decided to stay at the five-star Kempinski Hotel Falkenstein. The hotel has a large fitness centre and the training pitch is only five minutes away.

Hotels in Köln:
Most Brazilian fans have chosen to base themselves in the carnival city of Cologne.

Hotels in Frankfurt:
If you want to stay close to the Brazilian team.

Brazil Friendly Matches
Beat Russia (1-0), Wednesday 1st March. (Lokomotiv Stadium)
Ronaldo scored the only goal, in the 15th minute.

Luzern XI, Tuesday 30th May. (St.-Jakob Park)

New Zealand, Sunday 4th June. (Stade de Genève)

Brazil in the 2006 World Cup
Group F
Tuesday, 13th June
Brazil vs Croatia
Berlin -- (21:00)

Sunday, 18th June
Brazil vs Australia
München -- (18:00)

Thursday, 22nd June
Japan vs Brazil
Dortmund -- (21:00)

Knockout Stage
Group F winner travels to Dortmund and the runner-up goes to Kaiserslautern.

If Brazil win the group, they will stay in Dortmund for another 5 days.

Brazil World Cup Squad 2006
Seleção

Goalkeepers:
1 Nelson Dida (AC Milan, Italy)
12 Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)
22 Julio Cesar (Inter Milan, Italy)

Defenders:
2 Cafu (AC Milan, Italy)
3 Ferreira Lucio (Bayern Munich, Germany)
4 Juan (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
6 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid, Spain)
13 Cicinho (Real Madrid, Spain)
14 Anderson Luisao (Benfica, Portugal)
15 Cris (Olympique Lyon, France)
16 Gilberto (Hertha Berlin, Germany)

Midfielders:
5 Fereira da Rosa Emerson (Juventus, Italy)
8 Kaka (AC Milan, Italy)
11 Jose Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich, Germany)
17 Gilberto Silva (Arsenal, England)
19 Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon, France)
18 Jose Gomes Edmilson (Barcelona, Spain)
20 Luis Ricardinho (Corinthians)

Forwards:
9 Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Spain)
7 Adriano (Inter Milan, Italy)
10 Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Spain)
21 Fred (Olympique Lyon, France)
23 Robinho (Real Madrid, Spain)

Trainer:
Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Led four teams to the finals:
Kuwait (1982), UAE (1990), Brazil (1994) and Saudi Arabia (1998).

Players to watch: The Magic Quartet
9 Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Spain)
10 Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Spain)
7 Adriano (Inter Milan, Italy)
8 Kaka (AC Milan, Italy)

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