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According to reports, the first football ball in the country was brought in 1894 by Charles William Miller. However, the oldest records of football in Brazil date back to 1875, in Curitiba. The aristocracy dominated the football leagues, while the sport was gaining popularity in the countryside.
Founded on July 21, 1914, the 12th anniversary of Fluminense Football Club, the Seleção played its first game at the Laranjeiras Stadium, against the English team Exeter City. The Brazilian team is widely considered the most relevant team in world football.
It is generally believed that the first game of the Brazil national football team was a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City, held in Fluminense's stadium.
The history of international football in Brazil begins in 1914, with the foundation of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). That same year, the team -- consisting exclusively of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro players -- took part in its first official match against Exeter City.
Jul 6, 2023 · While things were looking up, it was at the back end of 1912 that their final game as a footballing outfit was played. Football resorted to its root at the club as Brazilians were still able to play recreationally, while more resource and effort was put into varying other sports.
Football appeared in Brazil in the end of the 19th century, among a favorable environment for the practice of English sports. These sports were initially practiced not professionally by English migrants and young students of Law, Engineering, and Medicine. Fluminense was the first club from Rio de Janeiro, at that time the capital of the ...
Jul 23, 2013 · Some people believe it was the Scotsman Thomas Donohoe who brought the first soccer balls to Brazil in the early 1890s. It is said that Donohoe and other British workers from the Bangu factory in Rio de Janeiro introduced the sport to the locals.
