Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazil national football team, governed by the Confederao Brasileira de Futebol, has won the FIFA World Cup a record 5 times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002, and is the only team to succeed in qualifying for every FIFA World Cup competition ever held.

Football (soccer) is the nation's most popular sport, and Brazilians are highly enthusiastic fans.

One of the most exciting seasons of the Brazilian league ended Wednesday with the most stable team of the season defending its title and the club that was home to the late Pel relegated for the first time.

In international club football, the Big Green has won the first ever international tournament known as Copa Rio in 1951, the 1999, 2024 and 2024 Copa Libertadores, the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 1998 Copa Mercosul.