Brazil at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

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 -  Venezuela 0 - 4  Brazil

August 30, 1989, Santiago, Chile -  Chile 1 - 1  Brazil

August 20, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil -  Brazil 6 - 0  Venezuela

September 3, 1989, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -  Brazil 2 - 0  Chile

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7
 Chile 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 5
 Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0

Brazil qualified.

The Cup

Group stage

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 6
 Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Brazil 2 – 1Sweden 
Careca 40', 63' Report Brolin 79'
Attendance: 62,628
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Brazil 1 – 0 Costa Rica
Müller 33' Report
Attendance: 58,007
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Brazil 1 – 0Scotland 
Müller 82' Report
Attendance: 62,502
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Knockout stage

Last 16
Brazil 0 – 1 Argentina
Report Caniggia 80'
Attendance: 61,381

Starting 11

Goalscorers

2 goals