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 - 0 - 4
August 30, 1989, Santiago, Chile - 1 - 1
August 20, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil - 6 - 0
September 3, 1989, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 2 - 0
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
Brazil qualified.
The Cup
Group stage
;Group C| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
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