Editing Brazil national football team (section)

=== Nicknames ===
The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include:

* ''Canarinho'', meaning 'Little [[Saffron Finch|Canary]]', a reference to a species of bird commonly found in Brazil that has a vivid yellow color, this phrase was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando "Mangabeira" Pieruccetti during the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]] despite the team not wearing the color yet back then<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/46/testemunha/| title=Fernando Pieruccetti creates the Canarinhos| work=Terra| access-date=6 October 2006| archive-date=27 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727035449/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/46/testemunha/| url-status=live}}</ref> 
* ''Amarelinha'' (Little Yellow One)
* ''Seleção'' (The National Squad)
* ''Verde-amarela'' (The Green and Yellow)
* ''Pentacampeão'' (Five-time Champions)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/forum/020630_copa2002.shtml| title=Reference to Pentacampeão| work=BBC Brasil| access-date=6 October 2006| archive-date=12 July 2011| archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110712232520/http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/forum/020630_copa2002.shtml| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Esquadrão de Ouro'' (The Golden Squad)

Some Latin American commentators often refer to the Brazil team as ''El Scratch'' (The Scratch), among others.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oocities.org/gszahn/tactics.html| title=Reference to the Scratch| work=Guilherme Soares| access-date=16 June 2011| archive-date=27 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727040247/http://www.oocities.org/gszahn/tactics.html| url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]], [[FIFA]]'s [[YouTube]] channel referred to the team as ''Samba Boys''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Samba Boys on the way to the Final 8 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnClPNCkZGs&ab_channel=FIFA |website=FIFA's YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Samba boys turn on the style {{!}} Brazil v Korea Republic {{!}} Round of 16 {{!}} FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0-ZhEkEFtA&ab_channel=FIFA |website=FIFA's YouTube}}</ref>