Brazilian National Team Coaches


     Name                          Period                            Matches         W   D   L      %
  1  Comissão Técnica I [1]        21/07/14 to 27/09/14 (67 days)    official: 2     1   0   1   50,00
                                                                     all: 4          3   0   1   75,00
  2  Comissão Técnica II [1]       08/07/16 to 18/07/16 (11 days)    official: 4     1   2   1   50,00
  3  Chico Netto                   07/01/17 (1 day)                  official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 1          0   1   0   50,00
  4  Comissão Técnica III [1]      06/05/17 to 13/05/17 (8 days)     official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 2          1   1   0   75,00
  5  Comissão Técnica IV [1]       03/10/17 to 16/10/17 (14 days)    official: 4     1   0   3   25,00
  6  Comissão Técnica V [1]        27/01/18 (1 day)                  official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 1          0   0   1    0,00
  7  Comissão Técnica VI [1]       11/05/19 to 01/06/19 (21 days)    official: 5     3   2   0   80,00
  8  Comissão Técnica VII [1]      11/09/20 to 25/09/20 (15 days)    official: 3     1   0   2   33,33
  9  Ferreira Vianna               02/10/21 to 23/10/21 (22 days)    official: 3     1   0   2   33,33
 10  Comissão Técnica VIII [1][2]  17/09/22 to 29/10/22 (43 days)    official: 6     3   3   0   75,00
 11  Clodô [2]                     22/10/22 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 12  Chico Netto                   11/11/23 to 09/12/23 (29 days)    official: 6     2   0   4   33,33
                                                                     all: 7          3   0   4   42,86
 13  Joaquim Guimarães [3]         06/12/25 to 25/12/25 (20 days)    official: 4     2   1   1   62,50
                                                                     all: 6          2   3   1   58,33
 14  Ramón Platero [3]             06/12/25 to 25/12/25 (20 days)    official: 4     2   1   1   62,50
                                                                     all: 6          2   3   1   58,33
 15  Laís                          24/06/28 to 10/07/29 (382 days)   official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 4          4   0   0  100,00
 16  Píndaro de Carvalho           14/07/30 to 17/08/30 (33 days)    official: 5     4   0   1   80,00
 17  Luiz Vinhaes                  02/07/31 to 22/07/34 (1115 days)  official: 4     2   0   2   50,00
                                                                     all: 15         8   4   3   53,33
 18  Armindo Nobs Ferreira         07/09/34 to 24/02/35 (381 days)   official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 13        12   0   1   92,31
 19  Adhemar Pimenta               27/12/36 to 19/06/38 (540 days)   official: 11    7   1   3   68,18
 20  Carlos Nascimento             15/01/39 to 22/01/39 (8 days)     official: 2     1   0   1   50,00
 21  Sylvio Lagreca                18/02/40 to 25/02/40 (8 days)     official: 2     0   1   1   25,00
 22  Jayme Barcellos               05/03/40 to 31/03/40 (27 days)    official: 5     1   0   4   20,00
 23  Adhemar Pimenta               14/01/42 to 05/02/42 (23 days)    official: 6     3   1   5   58,33
 24  Joreca [4]                    14/05/44 to 17/05/44 (4 days)     official: 2     2   0   0  100,00
 25  Flávio Costa [4]              14/05/44 to 16/07/50 (2255 days)  official: 41   26   6   9   70,73
                                                                     all: 43        28   6   9   72,09
 26  Zezé Moreira                  06/04/52 to 20/04/52 (15 days)    official: 5     4   1   0   90,00
 27  Aymoré Moreira                01/03/53 to 01/04/53 (32 days)    official: 7     4   0   3   57,14
 28  Zezé Moreira                  28/02/54 to 18/09/55 (568 days)   official: 8     5   2   1   75,00
                                                                     all: 10         7   2   1   80,00
 29  Vicente Feola                 20/09/55 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 30  Flávio Costa                  13/11/55 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 31  Osvaldo Brandão               17/11/55 to 10/02/56 (86 days)    official: 6     1   3   2   41,67
 32  Teté                          01/03/56 to 18/03/56 (18 days)    official: 5     4   1   0   90,00
 33  Flávio Costa                  25/03/56 to 08/08/56 (137 days)   official: 14    8   3   3   67,86
                                                                     all: 16        10   3   3   71,88
 34  Osvaldo Brandão               13/03/57 to 21/04/57 (40 days)    official: 8     5   1   2   68,75
 35  Sylvio Pirillo                11/06/57 to 10/07/57 (30 days)    official: 4     3   0   1   75,00
 36  Pedrinho                      15/09/57 to 18/09/57 (4 days)     official: 2     0   1   1   25,00
 37  Vicente Feola                 04/05/58 to 12/07/60 (801 days)   official: 29   23   4   2   86,21
                                                                     all: 35        28   5   2   87,14
 38  Gentil Cardoso [5]            05/12/59 to 27/12/59 (23 days)    official: 5     3   0   2   60,00
 39  Foguinho [6]                  06/03/60 to 20/03/60 (15 days)    official: 6     3   1   2   58,33
 40  Aymoré Moreira                30/04/61 to 22/05/63 (753 days)   official: 35   23   4   8   71,43
                                                                     all: 37        24   4   9   70,27
 41  Vicente Feola                 30/05/64 to 19/07/66 (779 days)   official: 27   17   6   4   74,07
                                                                     all: 32        22   6   4   78,13
 42  Filpo Nuñes [7]               07/09/65 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 43  Osvaldo Brandão [8]           16/11/65 (1 day)                  official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 1          0   0   1    0,00
 44  José Teixeira [8]             16/11/65 (1 day)                  official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 1          0   0   1    0,00
 45  Aymoré Moreira [9]            21/11/65 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   1  100,00
 46  Carlos Froner [10]            17/04/66 to 20/04/66 (4 days)     official: 2     1   0   1   50,00
 47  Aymoré Moreira                25/06/67 to 01/07/67 (7 days)     official: 3     0   3   0   50,00
 48  Zagallo                       19/09/67 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 49  Aymoré Moreira                09/06/68 to 17/07/68 (39 days)    official: 11    8   0   3   72,73
 50  Antoninho                     25/07/68 to 28/07/68 (4 days)     official: 2     1   0   1   50,00
 51  Zagallo                       07/08/68 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 52  Biju [11]                     11/08/68 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 53  Carlyle Guimarães [11]        11/08/68 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 54  Jota Júnior [11]              11/08/68 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 55  Aymoré Moreira                31/10/68 to 17/12/68 (48 days)    official: 5     2   2   1   60,00
                                                                     all: 6          3   2   1   66,67
 56  Yustrich                      19/12/68 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 57  João Saldanha                 07/04/69 to 08/03/70 (336 days)   official: 11   10   0   1   90,91
                                                                     all: 17        14   1   2   85,29
 58  Zagallo                       22/03/70 to 06/07/74 (1568 days)  official: 51   33  14   4   78,43
                                                                     all: 62        42  16   4   80,65
 59  Osvaldo Brandão               31/07/75 to 20/02/77 (571 days)   official: 18   15   2   1   88,89
                                                                     all: 24        20   3   1   89,58
 60  Mário Travaglini [12]         06/10/76 (1 day)                  official: 0     0   0   0       -
                                                                     all: 1          0   0   1    0,00
 61  Cláudio Coutinho              03/03/77 to 31/10/79 (973 days)   official: 31   17  11   3   72,58
                                                                     all: 45        27  15   3   76,67
 62  Telê Santana                  02/04/80 to 05/07/82 (823 days)   official: 36   27   6   3   83,33
                                                                     all: 38        29   6   3   84,21
 63  Carlos Alberto Parreira       28/04/83 to 04/11/83 (191 days)   official: 14    5   7   2   60,71
 64  Edu Antunes                   10/06/84 to 21/06/84 (12 days)    official: 3     1   1   1   50,00
 65  Evaristo de Macedo            25/04/85 to 21/05/85 (27 days)    official: 6     3   0   3   50,00
 66  Telê Santana                  02/06/85 to 21/06/86 (385 days)   official: 17   11   4   2   76,47
 67  Carlos Alberto Silva          19/05/87 to 12/10/88 (513 days)   official: 19   12   5   2   76,32
                                                                     all: 20        13   5   2   77,50
 68  Sebastião Lazaroni            15/03/89 to 24/06/90 (467 days)   official: 30   19   7   4   75,00
                                                                     all: 35        21   8   6   71,43
 69  Falcão                        12/09/90 to 21/07/91 (313 days)   official: 16    6   7   3   59,38
                                                                     all: 17         6   7   4   55,88
 70  Ernesto Paulo                 11/09/91 (1 day)                  official: 1     0   0   1    0,00
 71  Carlos Alberto Parreira       30/10/91 to 17/07/94 (992 days)   official: 45   27  13   5   74,44
                                                                     all: 47        28  14   5   74,47
 72  Zagallo                       23/12/94 to 12/07/98 (1298 days)  official: 72   54  12   6   80,56
                                                                     all: 74        55  13   6   80,18
 73  Vanderlei Luxemburgo          23/09/98 to 03/09/00 (710 days)   official: 33   21   7   5   70,71
                                                                     all: 34        21   8   5   69,61
 74  Candinho [13]                 13/11/99 (1 day)                  official: 1     0   1   0   33,33
 75  Candinho                      08/10/00 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 76  Pedro Santilli [14]           15/11/00 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 77  Emerson Leão                  03/03/01 to 09/06/01 (128 days)   official: 9     2   4   3   37,04
                                                                     all: 10         3   4   3   43,33
 78  Luiz Felipe Scolari           01/07/01 to 21/08/02 (415 days)   official: 24   18   1   5   76,39
                                                                     all: 25        19   1   5   77,33
 79  Antônio Lopes [15]            23/07/01 (1 day)                  official: 1     0   0   1    0,00
 80  Zagallo                       20/11/02 (1 day)                  official: 1     1   0   0  100,00
 81  Carlos Alberto Parreira       12/02/03 to 01/07/06 (1235 days)  official: 53   29  17   7   65,41
                                                                     all: 56        31  18   7   66,07
 82  Ricardo Gomes [16]            13/07/03 to 27/07/03 (15 days)    official: 5     2   2   1   53,33
 83  Dunga                         16/08/06 to 02/07/10 (1417 days)  official: 57   39  12   6   75,44
                                                                     all: 58        40  12   6   75,86
 84  Jorginho [17]                 06/02/08 to 26/03/08 (50 days)    official: 2     2   0   0  100,00
 85  Mano Menezes                  10/08/10 to 21/11/12 (835 days)   official: 33   21   6   6   69,70
 86  Luiz Felipe Scolari           06/02/13 to 12/07/14 (522 days)   official: 29   19   6   4   72,41
 87  Dunga                         05/09/14 to 12/06/16 (647 days)   official: 26   18   5   3   75,64
 88  Tite                          01/09/16 to 09/12/22 (2291 days)  official: 81   60  15   6   80,25
 89  Ramón Menezes                 25/03/23 to 20/06/23 (88 days)    official: 3     1   0   2   33,33
 90  Fernando Diniz                since 08/09/23                    official: 6     2   1   3   38,89 [18]

[1] Ground Commitees; see file about them for more details.
[2] Clodô coached Brazil against Argentina in Copa Roca while the Ground Commitee ("Comissão Técnica VIII") coached Brazil in South American Championship in the same day.
[3] Joaquim Guimarães and Ramón Platero coached together in 1925.
[4] Joreca and Flávio Costa coached together in 14/05/1944 and 17/05/1944.
[5] Gentil Cardoso coached the Pernambuco team, which represented Brazil in 1959 South American Extra Championship.
[6] Foguinho coached the Rio Grande do Sul team, which represented Brazil in 1960 Pan-American Championship.
[7] Filpo Nuñez coached S.E. Palmeiras, which represented Brazil in the friendly against Uruguay in 07/09/1965.
[8] Osvaldo Brandão and José Teixeira coached S.C. Corinthians Paulista, which represented Brazil in the friendly against Arsenal (England) in 16/11/1965.
[9] Aymoré Moreira replaced Vicente Feola in the friendly against Hungary in 21/11/1965 (Feola was coaching Brazil against USSR in the same day).
[10] Carlos Froner coached the Rio Grande do Sul team, which represented Brazil in 1966 Bernardo O'Higgins Cup.
[11] Biju, Carlyle Guimarães and Jota Júnior coached together the Minas Gerais team, which represented Brazil in the friendly against Argentina in 11/08/1968.
[12] Mário Travaglini replaced Oswaldo Brandão in the friendly match against Flamengo (Brandão who was returning from one surgery).
[13] Candinho replaced Vanderlei Luxemburgo in the friendly against Spain in 13/11/1999 (Luxemburgo was coaching Brazil olympic team against Australia in the same day).
[14] Pedro Santilli replaced Emerson Leão in the match against Colombia for 2002 World Cup Qualifiers (Leão was suspended by STJD - Brazilian Supreme Sportive Court).
[15] Antônio Lopes replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari in the match against Honduras for 2001 Copa América (Scolari was sent off one match before).
[16] Ricardo Gomes coached Brazil olympic team, which represented Brazil in 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
[17] Jorginho replaced Dunga in the friendly matches against Ireland Rep. in 06/02/2008 and Sweden in 26/03/2008 (Dunga was sent off one match before).
[18] Updated until 31/12/2023.

Coaches with most matches

     Name                    Matches   W   D   L       %
  1  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   80,25
  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  Telê Santana                 53  38  10   5   81,13
  8  Luiz Felipe Scolari          53  37   7   9   74,21
 10  Mano Menezes                 33  21   6   6   69,70
 10  Vanderlei Luxemburgo         33  21   7   5   70,71
 12  Osvaldo Brandão              32  21   6   5   75,00
 13  Cláudio Coutinho             31  17  11   3   72,58
 14  Sebastião Lazaroni           30  19   7   4   75,00
 15  Adhemar Pimenta              20  10   2   8   55,00
 16  Carlos Alberto Silva         19  12   5   2   76,32
 17  Falcão                       16   6   7   3   59,38
 18  Zezé Moreira                 13   9   3   1   80,77
 19  João Saldanha                11  10   0   1   90,91
 20  Emerson Leão                  9   2   4   3   37,04
 21  Chico Netto                   6   2   0   4   33,33
 21  Comissão Técnica VIII         6   3   3   0   75,00
 21  Evaristo de Macedo            6   3   0   3   50,00
 21  Fernando Diniz                6   2   1   3   38,89
 21  Foguinho                      6   3   1   2   58,33
 26  Comissão Técnica VI           5   3   2   0   80,00
 26  Gentil Cardoso                5   3   0   2   60,00
 26  Jayme Barcellos               5   1   0   4   20,00
 26  Píndaro de Carvalho           5   4   0   1   80,00
 26  Ricardo Gomes                 5   2   2   1   53,33
 26  Teté                          5   4   1   0   90,00
 32  Comissão Técnica II           4   1   2   1   50,00
 32  Comissão Técnica IV           4   1   0   3   25,00
 32  Joaquim Guimarães             4   2   1   1   62,50
 32  Luiz Vinhaes                  4   2   0   2   50,00
 32  Ramón Platero                 4   2   1   1   62,50
 32  Sylvio Pirillo                4   3   0   1   75,00
 38  Comissão Técnica VII          3   1   0   2   33,33
 38  Edu Antunes                   3   1   1   1   50,00
 38  Ferreira Vianna               3   1   0   2   33,00
 38  Ramón Menezes                 3   1   0   2   33,00
 42  Antoninho                     2   1   0   1   50,00
 42  Candinho                      2   1   1   0   66,67
 42  Carlos Froner                 2   1   0   1   50,00
 42  Carlos Nascimento             2   1   0   1   50,00
 42  Comissão Técnica I            2   1   0   1   50,00
 42  Joreca                        2   2   0   0  100,00
 42  Jorginho                      2   2   0   0  100,00
 42  Pedrinho                      2   0   1   1   25,00
 42  Sylvio Lagreca                2   0   1   1   25,00
 51  Antônio Lopes                 1   0   0   1    0,00
 51  Biju                          1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Carlyle Guimarães             1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Clodô                         1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Ernesto Paulo                 1   0   0   1    0,00
 51  Filpo Nuñes                   1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Jota Júnior                   1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Pedro Santilli                1   1   0   0  100,00
 51  Yustrich                      1   1   0   0  100,00
 60  Armindo Nobs Ferreira         0   0   0   0     (*)
 60  Comissão Técnica III          0   0   0   0     (*)
 60  Comissão Técnica V            0   0   0   0     (*)
 60  José Teixeira                 0   0   0   0     (*)
 60  Laís                          0   0   0   0     (*)
 60  Mário Travaglini              0   0   0   0     (*)

(*) Coached only unofficial matches

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