The Brazil national football team participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

Brazil finished in fourth place, having failed to top their group in the second group phase.

Qualifying

Brazil qualified as defending champions, having won the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

The Cup

First round

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9 4
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4
 Scotland 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 4
 Zaire 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Brazil 0 – 0 Yugoslavia
Report
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Scotland 0 – 0 Brazil
Report
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)
Zaire 0 – 3 Brazil
Report Jairzinho 12'
Rivellino 66'
Valdomiro 79'
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Second round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
 East Germany 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
 Argentina 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1

Netherlands qualified for the final match, and Brazil qualified for the third place match.

Brazil 1 – 0 East Germany
Rivellino 60' Report
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 58,463
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Argentina 1 – 2 Brazil
Brindisi 35' Report Rivellino 32'
Jairzinho 49'
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Netherlands 2 – 0 Brazil
Neeskens 50'
Cruyff 65'		 Report
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Attendance: 52,500
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Third-place match

Brazil 0 – 1 Poland
Report Lato 76'
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 74,100
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Starting 11

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
Countries at the FIFA World Cup by year
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