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Football · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.91

The 1970 Brazil World Cup Squad

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

The 1970 World Cup winners in detail: Saldanha and Zagallo, the preparation in Mexico, every match from the group to the final, and the players who made the side.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Saldanha and the qualifiersTake a test

  1. Saldanha had coached Botafogo briefly in the 1950s, but he was best known as an outspoken journalist and broadcaster.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  2. Saldanha named his players on appointment and called them his 'feras', the beasts, a label the press took up.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  3. Brazil won every qualifier in August 1969, scoring 23 goals and conceding two.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  4. The Cruzeiro forward scored ten of Brazil's 23 qualifying goals, more than Pelé.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  5. Brazil played each of the three home and away in August 1969; Paraguay were the closest challengers.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Saldanha is quoted as saying the president picked his ministers and he picked his team; Dario did go to Mexico under Zagallo.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Saldanha was dismissed in March 1970 after rows over selection, and Zagallo took the side to Mexico.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  8. Saldanha was appointed in February 1969, the qualifiers ran through August 1969 and Zagallo came in in March 1970.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Feola's side went out in the 1966 group stage; Saldanha rebuilt it in 1969 and Zagallo finished the job.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Pelé scored the only goal in front of a crowd of more than 180,000, one of the largest the Maracanã has held.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 2Zagallo's squad and the defenceTake a test

  1. Félix played every minute of the finals; Ado and Leão were the reserves.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  2. Félix spent the best years of his career at Fluminense in Rio.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  3. Piazza's reading of the game and passing let Zagallo field another ball-player at the back.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Brito of Flamengo was the stopper; Bellini, Djalma Santos and Orlando belonged to the 1958 and 1962 sides.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. They let in one against Czechoslovakia, two each against Romania and Peru, and one each against Uruguay and Italy.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Carlos Alberto joined Santos in 1966 and captained Brazil from right-back in Mexico.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  7. Clodoaldo, born in 1949, was the youngest regular in the side and its most disciplined midfielder.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. Gylmar won in 1958 and 1962, Félix in 1970, Taffarel in 1994 and Marcos in 2002.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Bellini lifted it in 1958, Mauro in 1962, Carlos Alberto in 1970 and Cafu in 2002.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Everaldo of Grêmio, who wore 16, played on the left of the back four.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 3Preparing for MexicoTake a test

  1. Several venues sat well above sea level and games kicked off at midday, so the staff wanted time to adapt.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. Feola, who had won the 1958 title, was back in charge for the defence of the trophy in England.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  3. Defeats by Hungary and Portugal, with Pelé kicked out of the tournament, ended their defence early.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Parreira was a young fitness coach in 1970 and led Brazil to the 1994 title as head coach.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. Admildo Chirol led the preparation; Captain Coutinho, an army officer, brought Kenneth Cooper's fitness testing into the squad's work.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Kenneth Cooper's test was new in the late 1960s; the beep and yo-yo tests came years later.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Mexico 1970 was the first World Cup shown live in colour, although few Brazilian homes had colour sets.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. The altitude camp came first; the group, quarter-final and semi-final were then all played in Guadalajara.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Guadalajara sits at about 1,550 m, León about 1,800 m, Mexico City about 2,240 m and Toluca about 2,660 m.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Brazil spent their first weeks in Mexico at altitude in Guanajuato before moving to Guadalajara for the group.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 4The group in GuadalajaraTake a test

  1. Petráš scored after 11 minutes and celebrated by crossing himself in front of the crowd.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. His left-footed free kick bent round the wall, the first of his three goals in the finals.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Rivelino, Pelé and Jairzinho with two turned a 1-0 deficit into a 4-1 win.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Tostão worked the ball to Pelé, who laid it into Jairzinho's path on the hour.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. Three wins at two points each; three points for a win arrived much later.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Astle came off the bench and shot wide from close range with the goal at his mercy.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Brazil played five of their six matches at the Jalisco; the Azteca was in Mexico City, the Nou Camp in León.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. They were played on 3, 7 and 10 June 1970.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Pelé and Jairzinho scored inside the first half hour, Dumitrache replied, Pelé added a third and Dembrovschi made it 3-2.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Banks scrambled across from his near post to push Pelé's downward header over the bar, the save Pelé himself praised.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 5Peru and UruguayTake a test

  1. Didi, the midfielder of the 1958 and 1962 sides, had built a lively Peru team.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. An open, attacking match in Guadalajara on 14 June 1970.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Tostão's two goals were his only ones of the finals; Rivelino and Jairzinho scored the others.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Cubillas scored Peru's second goal; Alberto Gallardo got the first.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. The memory of the 1950 Maracanazo hung over the tie, twenty years on.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Cubilla's mishit shot crept in after 19 minutes and Brazil trailed until just before half-time.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Brazil stayed in Guadalajara until the final; only the final took them to the Azteca.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. Quarter-final on 14 June, semi-final on 17 June, final on 21 June 1970.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Italy reached the final, Uruguay the semi-finals, Peru the quarter-finals; Romania went out in Brazil's group.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Clodoaldo ran forward from midfield to meet Tostão's pass, and Jairzinho and Rivelino added goals late on.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 6The final against ItalyTake a test

  1. He climbed above his marker to head in a cross from the left.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. A careless back-heel in midfield let Italy in, and Boninsegna rounded Félix to make it 1-1 before half-time.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Gérson's drive in the 66th minute broke Italy's resistance; two more goals followed.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Italy's coach alternated Rivera and Mazzola in the knockouts and sent Rivera on only in the 84th minute.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. Valcareggi had won Euro 1968; Bearzot won the 1982 World Cup and Pozzo those of 1934 and 1938.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Glöckner remains the only referee from East Germany to have handled a World Cup final.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. The official attendance was 107,412.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. Pelé rolled the ball without looking into the path of his captain, who struck it first time in the 86th minute.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Italy won 4-1 in Toluca, 4-3 in the Azteca semi-final and lost 4-1 in the final.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Clodoaldo beat four men deep in his own half, then the ball went left to Rivelino and on to Jairzinho.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 7Jairzinho, a goal in every matchTake a test

  1. Six matches, six games with a goal, including the final.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. Two in the opener and one in each of the other five matches.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  3. Müller scored ten for West Germany, including hat-tricks against Bulgaria and Peru.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. 'Furacão da Copa' described his power down the right; the other names belonged to Garrincha, Pelé and Zico.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. He came through at Botafogo in Rio and stayed there into the mid-1970s.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  6. Jairzinho grew up as Garrincha's understudy on Botafogo's right and inherited the role.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Jairzinho coached the teenage Ronaldo at São Cristóvão and recommended him to Cruzeiro.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. Vavá scored in 1958 (and 1962), Amarildo in 1962, Jairzinho in 1970 and Ronaldo twice in 2002.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Müller scored ten, Jairzinho seven, Cubillas five and Pelé four.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. Brazil's first match, on 3 June, was the 4-1 win over Czechoslovakia.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 8Pelé's 1970Take a test

  1. One against Czechoslovakia, two against Romania and the opener in the final.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  2. Burgnich's admission is one of the best-known lines about the final; Pelé beat him in the air for the opening goal.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Pelé spotted Viktor far off his line and shot from the halfway line; the ball went just wide.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. He played in 1958, 1962 (injured in the second match), 1966 and 1970, and declined to play in 1974.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. Rivelino's looping ball from the left found Pelé, who hung in the air above his marker.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Fouled out of the tournament in England, he vowed not to play again, and changed his mind for Mexico.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. It came against Vasco da Gama on 19 November 1969, the count including friendlies and exhibition matches.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. He scored six in 1958 as a 17-year-old, four in 1970 and one in 1966.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. Czechoslovakia on 3 June, Romania on 10 June and Italy on 21 June.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. In the semi-final Pelé let Tostão's pass run past the Uruguay keeper, collected it on the other side and shot just wide.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 9Tostão, Gérson and RivelinoTake a test

  1. He was hit in the eye by a clearance in 1969 and needed surgery abroad to save his sight.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. He studied medicine and practised, and later became a respected newspaper columnist.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Born in January 1947, he stopped playing in 1973 after further trouble with the same eye.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  4. He had played for Flamengo and Botafogo before; he finished his career at Fluminense.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. His long passes with the left foot set the tempo for Brazil; the atomic kick was Rivelino's nickname.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Rivelino picked the move up from Sérgio Echigo at Corinthians and made it his trademark.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. Rivelino spent a decade at Corinthians before moving to Fluminense in 1975.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · recall

  8. Rivelino scored three, Tostão two and Gérson one, in the final.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. The Taça Brasil win over Pelé's Santos made his name; the injury came in 1969 and retirement in 1973.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. He was operated on in Houston and recovered in time to play every match in Mexico.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Test 10Legacy and the Jules Rimet TrophyTake a test

  1. The first nation to win three titles was promised the trophy outright, and Brazil got there first.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  2. Thieves took it from the Brazilian federation's headquarters; it is widely believed to have been melted down.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  3. Kodak produced a gold replica, which the Brazilian federation keeps in place of the lost original.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  4. Barassi, FIFA's vice-president, took it from a bank in Rome and kept it in a shoebox under his bed.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  5. 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970; the war cancelled 1942 and 1946.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  6. Uruguay won in 1930 and 1950, Italy in 1934 and 1938; the 1970 final was a race to three.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  7. The march 'Forward, Brazil' was written for the tournament and used by the regime to share in the triumph.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  8. Brazil's third came in 1970, Italy's in 1982 and West Germany's in 1990.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  9. The war years came first, the third Brazilian title in 1970 and the theft in 1983.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

  10. It vanished from an exhibition in Westminster months before the finals, and a dog called Pickles found it in a garden.

    Source: FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side · applied

Sources

FIFA and UEFA official records / club records / contemporary match reports / published histories and biographies / audited club accounts

  • FIFA World Cup 1970 official records; contemporary match reports; histories of the Brazil 1970 side100