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January 8, 2014

2014 FIFA World Cup teams: Brazil (CONMEBOL), prominent players in 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (theoretical best XI for Brazil, with 8 other player-options listed).

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Brazil national team. CONMEBOL (South America). Nickname: A Seleção (the Selection). Home jersey: yellow with green trim; blue pants.
-Brazil is in Group A (with Cameroon, Croatia, and Mexico), ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Group A‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifcation: 20th qualification out of 20 tries (Brazil automatically qualified for 2014 as host nation; nevertheless Brazil is the only country in the world to have played in every of the 20 FIFA World Cups) [the FIFA World Cup has been played every four years since 1934, with 1942 and 1946 not played due to World War II].
Previous World Cup appearance: 2010, Quarterfinals / 3-1-1.
Highest World Cup finish:
1958, Champions / 5-1-0.
1962: Champions / 5-1-0.
1970, Champions / 6-0-0.
1994, Champions / 5-2-0.
2002, Champions / 7-0-0.

Population of Brazil: 201.0 million. Capital: Brasilia, pop. 4.0 million. Largest city: São Paulo, pop. 19.8 million. {metro areas/2013 estimates}. ‘List of largest cities in Brazil‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
There are 12 host-cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The ten largest cities in Brazil all have been chosen as host-cities. Those cities, in order of population size are: São Paulo, São Paulo State. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State. Salvador, Bahia State. Brasília, Distrito Federal. Fortaleza, Ceará State. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State. Manaus, Amazonas State. Curitiba, Paraná State. Recife, Pernambuco State; Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State. The final two host-cities are much smaller. They are the 20th-largest city in Brazil, Natal, in Rio Grande do Norte State in the hot and arid Northeast Region; and the 34th-largest city in Brazil, Cuiabá, in the south-west of the country in Mato Grosso State in the Pantanal region (a tropical wetlands). All 12 venue-locations are shown on the map below. Also, see2014 FIFA World Cup/Venues‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
-Brazil coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari. Luiz Felipe Scolari. Scolari was coach of Brazil when they last won the World Cup, in 2002. Other titles to his name are with both Cruzeiro and Palmeiras in the Brasileiro. Scolari’s second stint as coach of Brazil began on 28 November 2012.

From BBC.co.uk/football, from 18 March 2014, by Tim Vickery, ‘World Cup 2014: Why a fully-fit Fred holds the key for Brazil‘ (bbc.com/sport/football).
From Goal.com, from 9 May 2014, ‘Brazil reveal World Cup squad as Kaka, Robinho and Lucas Moura miss out‘ (goal.com).

    Below: Theoretical Best XI for Brazil (with 8 other player-options further below) updated to reflect final roster selection by Scolari -

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Photo and Image credits above -
Map of Brazil on globe, by Addicted04 at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil.
Map of Brazil with provinces by NordNordWest at ‘File:Brazil location map.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Brazil home jersey badge, photo from kitsluxe.com.
Brazil home jersey, photo from shop.bigsoccer.com.
Coach,
Luiz Felipe Scolari, photo from sportsmole.co.uk.
Goalkeeper,
Júlio César (QPR), photo unattributed at thesixyardbox.com/exclusive-interview-julio-cesar.
Defenders,
Dani Alves (FC Barcelona), photo by David Ramos/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Thiago Silva (PSG), photo unattributed at footplus.tn
David Luiz (), photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Marcelo (Real Madrid), photo Pedro Armestre/AFP via lvironpigs.wordpress.com.
Midfielders,
Oscar (Chelsea), photo from football.ua via en.wikipedia.org.
Paulinho (Tottenham), photo from AFP via globoesporte.globo.com.
Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg), photo from imago via bundesliga.com.
Forwards,
Hulk (Zenit), photo by Epsilon/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Fred (Fluminenese), photo by Daniel Zappe/Fotocom.net via folhape.com.br/blogdeprimeira.
Neymar (FC Barcelona), photo by David Ramos/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Other options for squad -
Willian LW/AM/RW (Chelsea), photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Jô FW (Atlético Mineiro), photo unattributed at bandsports.band.uol.com.br.
Dante CB (Bayern Munich), photo unattributed at forum.ea.com/uk.
Maxwell LB/LM/CM (PSG), photo unattributed at sofoot.com.
Maicon RW/RM (Roma). photo unattributed at repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/roma.
Hernanes (Inter), photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Bernard (Shakhtar Donetsk), photo by Divulgação via globoesporte.globo.com.
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘Brazil national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.

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