2023 U-17 World Cup Participants Profile: Brazil, Confident In Hunting For Fifth Title

The Brazilian U-17 national team is aiming for the fifth title at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. (FIFA)

JAKARTA - As one of the world football giants, Brazil wants to match Nigeria's achievements by winning five U-17 World Cup titles. The chance to get a fifth title will come in Brazil's 18th appearance at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Competing with Iran, New Caledonia, and England in Group C, Brazil is believed to have passed the group stage. However, Brazil's journey remains not easy.

They will start the match on November 11, 2023 by hosting Iran at the Jakarta International Stadium. The match will start at 19.00 WIB.

The second match of the group phase will be held on November 14, 2023 by hosting Kaledonia Baru in the same place as the kickoff schedule at 16.00 WIB. The final match of the group stage starts at 19.00 WIB at the Jakarta International Stadium with the UK at home.

If they win a tournament in Indonesia, Brazil will be the third team to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in a row. And the title just realized a dream to match Nigeria's record with five U-17 World Cup titles.

The results made seven wins and two draws to win the South American championship title in Ecuador, April 2023.

After being dissatisfied with winning Group A in the first phase of the South American Championship, Selecao was able to top the group stage in the last phase of six teams.

But they had to close the group stage with a 3-2 defeat to eternal tough rivals in South America, Argentina, in the last round of matches.

Brazil's U-17 concoction of the Phelipe Leal, came to Indonesia with the ability to build the best attack and defense schemes in the first phase of the South American U-17 Championships.

They were able to score 11 goals during the championship, and conceded only three times. A comparison of enough goals shows the sharpness of their front lines.

Leal, who is currently 34 years old, has had quite a lot of training experience so he is considered to know how to win the 2023 Indonesian U-17 World Cup. Leal had previously been a coaching staff, when Brazil won their fourth world title in the age group in 2019.

The following year he left for China, by training Guangzhou Evergrande U-15. A year ago or in 2022, he returned to the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and took over as head coach of the U-17 national team. Trust paid straight away by getting them the 13th title in the South American championship.

Di Indonesia memiliki penyerang muda Kaua Elias, yang sudah menarik minat sejumlah klub Eropa untuk mendatuknya. Elias telah mengakhiri kejuaraan Amerika Selatan di tahun ini dengan posisi sebagai pengusen gol terbanyak dengan lima gol.

The score was obtained with his team-mate Rayan and Argentine player Claudio Echeverri.

Elias is known for being a tall, strong figure and has a lethal force with both legs. He is known to be an admirer of former Brazilian striker Ronaldo.

Now, Elias plays for Fluminense and has signed a professional contract. The young player played in several U-16 tournaments with O Tricolor in Europe, scoring 16 goals in many matches last year.

Brazil had a long journey at the U-17 World Cup, and the appearance in Indonesia was the 18th. Of these, four appearances won in 1997, 1999, 2003 and most recently won in 2019, after beating Mexico 2-1.

In 2019, Gabriel Veron became the player who won the title of best player and was entitled to the Golden Ball. Veron currently plays with Porto.

Together with Nigeria, Brazil is the most successful team in the history of the U-17 World Cup tournament with four titles.

Brazil recorded 89 matches in all their appearances at the U-17 World Cup. Of the 89 matches played in the tournament, 60 matches were closed with wins.

Brazil scored 199 goals in their participation in the U-17 World Cup. And as a strong team when they came to Indonesia, Brazil was eyeing a 200th goal to get a record as the first team to have 200 goals in the World Cup Finals, U-17.