Brazil women's national team squad 2023: Complete roster for FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
Despite being a powerhouse of women's football for decades, Brazil has never won a World Cup.
They came close in 2007 when they finished runners up to Germany, but that remains the only time the South American country has reached the showpiece match of the tournament.
With many European countries now seeing a rapid improvement to their women's football teams, there is a feeling the window for Brazil to achieve World Cup glory is beginning to close, placing more pressure on coach Pia Sundhage to make the right decisions when picking her 23-player squad for the tournament.
The Sporting News analyses the squad powering Brazil in Australia and New Zealand.
Brazil announced their final World Cup squad on June 27.
The squad includes the legendary Marta playing in her fifth World Cup, and star striker Debinha, whilst a late change had to be made to the squad with Nycole forced to withdraw due to injury, she was replaced by 23-year-old midfielder Angelina.
Whilst Marta clearly is one of the greatest women's footballers of all time and still has the quality to produce in the big moments, Debinha is set to be the team's star attacker and will be crucial in a difficult group involving a fight against France for top spot.
Former Arsenal centre-back Rafaelle is also a crucial cog in the team, having defensive nous as well as the ability to play out from the back and set the tempo for the side from her position in the spine of the team.
Despite Brazilian football being known for flair and excitement, the defence of Sundhage's side has been most impressive, with the side keeping eight clean sheets in a row in 2022, and have only conceded 10 goals in their last 18 matches.
It bodes well for the World Cup, where the big games usually turn into
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