The first foreign manager to lead the Seleção at a World Cup.
Carlo Ancelotti taking the Brazil job in mid-2025 was the most surprising managerial appointment in international football this decade. The Seleção had never had a foreign manager at a World Cup. Brazilian football culture had treated the national team job as the highest possible promotion for a domestic coaching career — Tite, Diniz, Dorival each came from that line. Ancelotti broke the pattern. He arrived from Real Madrid with five Champions League titles and the calm authority of a 65-year-old who has seen every kind of dressing room. The bet: technical clarity over ideological purity. Six months in, the Seleção looks more organised than under Tite's late 2022 cycle.
The 2026 Brazil home kit is Adidas's Canarinho — the canary yellow that has been the Seleção's identity since 1954, redesigned as a national contest reaction to the 1950 Maracanazo trauma. Yellow base, green collar, blue shorts, white socks. The 2026 version uses a woven texture across the chest referencing the rainforest canopy. The CBF crest is heat-bonded with five stars (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002). The away kit is full blue, released alongside the home in late 2025.
Expected starting XI under Ancelotti
Source: FIFA archives · Five stars on the Canarinho jersey correspond to these five titles.
| Position | Player | Number | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alisson Becker | #1 | Liverpool (PL) |
| RB | Vanderson | #2 | Monaco (Ligue 1) |
| CB | Marquinhos | #4 | PSG (Ligue 1) |
| CB | Gabriel Magalhães | #3 | Arsenal (PL) |
| LB | Wendell | #6 | Porto (Primeira Liga) |
| DM | Casemiro | #5 | Manchester United (PL) |
| CM | Bruno Guimarães | #8 | Newcastle (PL) |
| CM | Lucas Paquetá | #10 | West Ham (PL) |
| RW | Vinicius Júnior | #7 | Real Madrid (La Liga) |
| LW | Raphinha | #11 | Barcelona (La Liga) |
| ST | Endrick | #9 | Real Madrid (La Liga) |
About 52% of our Brazil orders are #7 Vinicius. Next: #9 Endrick (the 19-year-old phenom, 22%), #11 Raphinha (8%), customs (~14%). Brazil last won the World Cup in 2002 — a 24-year drought, the longest in their history.
Vinicius #7 vs Endrick #9 — generational split
Buyers in their 20s and younger lean Endrick — the 19-year-old at Real Madrid is the future of Brazilian football and his shirt feels like an investment in 2030 onwards. Buyers in their late 20s and 30s lean Vinicius — already established, already winning Champions Leagues, already the Ballon d'Or contender. Both ship on the same Canarinho yellow base, $30 fan / $45 AAA, custom name and number free on the fan version. The CBF crest with five stars sits identically on both versions.
For the broader World Cup 2026 hub, see all 48 teams. The quality guide walks through the four-dimension QC method we run on every batch. The Portugal deep-dive covers Ronaldo's farewell tournament; Messi Argentina covers the defending champions; Argentina deep-dive covers the team and squad.