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Gone are the days of five-time World Cup winners Brazil looking down on the rest in the Fifa world rankings. However, they are still in the top five as of 3 April 2025 (the next update is on 10 July).

Holders Argentina are top followed by Spain, France, England in fourth and then Brazil in fifth.

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It's hard to believe Brazil last lifted the World Cup in 2002.

On a June night in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the biggest prize in football as Brazil claimed a deserved victory over Germany in the final.

It was their fifth trophy, cementing their status as the most successful team in the history of the competition.

Luiz Felipe Scolari was in charge back then and former captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive finals, accepted the trophy in an emotional prize-giving ceremony.

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Will the Vinicius Junior and Carlo Ancelotti partnership continue with Brazil?

Here's a closer look at Vinicius' Real Madrid stats under Ancelotti...

• Appearances: 197
• Goals: 90
• Assists: 67

Vinicius Junior's stats for Brazil...

• Appearances: 39
• Goals: 6
• Assists: 6

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What hasn't this guy won. While Carlo Ancelotti has never managed a national side, his club trophy cabinet is fit to burst.

• Won league titles in Spain, England, France, Italy and Germany
• Lifted five Champions League trophies - three with Real Madrid and two with AC Milan
• Won two Club World Cups during his two stints at Real
• Delivered an FA Cup at Chelsea, Spanish Super Cups with Madrid, German and Italian Super Cups while managing Bayern Munich and Milan.

Basically, he's won pretty much everything there is to win at club level.

It's hard to rival Carlo Ancelotti's honours in management.

He's won the league title in each of Europe's top five divisions and now he's looking to top it all off with a World Cup next year.

If he does that with Brazil, does he go down as the greatest coach in the world? Or is he already able to lay down that claim?

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Neymar admitted he nearly retired following Brazil's shock exit from the World Cup in 2022.

Sine then, the 33-year-old has returned to his boyhood club Santos, featuring 11 times in 2025. In that time, he has scored three goals and assisted a further three more, but he has missed the last few games with a hamstring injury.

Neymar was recalled to the Brazil squad after a 17-month absence for their most recent World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina.

However, he was forced to withdraw through injury and was replaced by Real Madrid's 18-year-old Endrick.

The question remains on whether Ancelotti views Neymar as part of his plans with the national side.

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At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, Brazil were knocked out by Croatia on penalties at the quarter-final stage.

Head coach at the time Tite left his position shortly after the shock exit, with many considering Brazil the favourites for the tournament.

In six years of charge, Tite managed Brazil through two World Cups, but failed to get past the last eight on both occasions.

However, he did lead the nation to glory at the Copa America in 2019.

Can Ancelotti take Brazil further in 2026?

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Dorival Junior was appointed the national team boss in January 2024 but the 63-year-old only lasted 14 months in the job.

The Brazilian was sacked after that loss to arch rivals Argentina in March with a record of seven wins, six draws and three defeats in his 16 games in charge.

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Brazil currently sit fourth in their World Cup 2026 qualifiers table, with four games left to play.

The top six automatically qualify for the tournament, whereas the seventh-placed team enters the intercontinental playoffs.

Brazil sit six points above Venezuela in seventh, so with four games to go they should qualify without too much trouble. However, after their most recent 4-1 defeat against the already qualified Argentina, there has been some concern about how Brazil may perform at the next World Cup.

Brazil have won just four of their eight games since losing to Uruguay on penalties in the quarter-finals of the Copa America last summer.

Right so this is what we know so far...

• Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid at the end of the La Liga season
• That means he has three games left in charge
• Ancelotti will officially begin as Brazil head coach on 26 May
• His first match in charge will be away to Ecuador on 6 June (00:00 BST)
• The 2026 World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada begins on 11 June next year - but Brazil have to qualify first

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With Carlo Ancelotti now confirmed as the new Brazil boss, that leaves a vacancy at the Bernabeu.

The favourite to fill the Italian's seat at Real Madrid is Xabi Alonso, who announced on Friday he will be leaving German side Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season.

According to BBC Sport columnist and Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, Real want 43-year-old Alonso in place as their new manager in time for the start of next month's Club World Cup.

Sources say the plan is for Alonso to travel to Madrid on 1 June to prepare the team for their first game of the inaugural Fifa tournament on 18 June against Saudi side Al-Hilal in Miami.