Brazil national football team players: Ancelotti’s 25 for Japan and Singapore, with five first call-ups
Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil squad for the November friendlies against Japan and Singapore, with caps, goals and clubs: no Marquinhos, no Flamengo or Palmeiras players, five first call-ups, and the 26 who played in Australia and India.
Jul 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 11, 2026
Carlo Ancelotti has 25 players for Brazil’s last two games of 2026, friendlies against Japan on 14 November and Singapore on 17 November, both at the National Stadium in Singapore. He named 26 on 29 October, five of them uncapped first call-ups, and lost Danilo of Botafogo to injury a week later. Marquinhos, the captain, is injured, and there is nobody from Flamengo or Palmeiras, the two clubs fighting for the Brazilian title.
Below is the November squad with caps, goals and clubs, who has come in and gone out, and the 26 who played in Australia and India in September and October, when ten players made their debuts.
Brazil’s squad for Japan and Singapore
Caps and goals are correct to 3 October 2026, after the 4-0 win over India; Brazil have not played since. The last column shows who was in the September and October squad.
| Player | Position | Club | Caps | Goals | In Sep-Oct squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bento | Goalkeeper | Al-Nassr | 7 | 0 | No |
| Pedro Morisco | Goalkeeper | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Lucas Perri | Goalkeeper | Torino | 0 | 0 | No |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | Arsenal | 24 | 1 | Yes |
| Douglas Santos | Defender | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 14 | 0 | Yes |
| Vanderson | Defender | Monaco | 9 | 1 | Yes |
| Wesley | Defender | Roma | 8 | 0 | No |
| Carlos Augusto | Defender | Inter Milan | 4 | 0 | No |
| Jair Cunha | Defender | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Arthur Dias | Defender | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Vitor Reis | Defender | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Jonathan Jesus | Defender | Cruzeiro | 0 | 0 | No |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | Arsenal | 51 | 4 | Yes |
| João Gomes | Midfielder | Aston Villa | 10 | 0 | No |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | Manchester United | 8 | 0 | Yes |
| Gabriel Bontempo | Midfielder | Santos | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| André Luiz | Midfielder | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | No |
| Marlon Gomes | Midfielder | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | No |
| Vinícius Júnior | Forward | Real Madrid | 57 | 14 | Yes |
| Raphinha | Forward | Barcelona | 43 | 12 | Yes |
| Endrick | Forward | Real Madrid | 24 | 4 | Yes |
| Estêvão | Forward | Chelsea | 14 | 6 | Yes |
| Rayan | Forward | Bournemouth | 8 | 2 | Yes |
| Alisson Santana | Forward | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | No |
| Allan | Forward | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | No |
That is three goalkeepers, nine defenders, six midfielders and seven forwards, with 291 caps and 44 goals between them. With Marquinhos out, Vinícius Júnior, Bruno Guimarães and Raphinha hold 151 of the 291 caps, and eleven players have three or fewer. Six are uncapped. Only five play in Brazil, and nine are in the Premier League.
Who is in and who is out since October
Danilo of Botafogo was in the 26 but injured an adductor muscle playing for his club and was cut on 4 November; the federation said no replacement would be called. Marquinhos has a muscle injury in his right thigh at Paris Saint-Germain.
For the last weeks of the Brazilian league season the federation took no players from Flamengo or Palmeiras, who are fighting for the title, and at most one from any other Brazilian club. That rules out Pedro and Samuel Lino of Flamengo, who both scored in Kolkata. Corinthians had three players in September and October; this time they have one, the midfielder André Luiz.
Eleven of the 26 from September and October are not in the squad: Hugo Souza, Otávio, Marquinhos, Matheuzinho, Mauro Júnior, Danilo, Douglas Luiz, Breno Bidon, Matheus Martinelli, Pedro and Samuel Lino. The ten who come in are Bento, Lucas Perri, Wesley, Carlos Augusto, Jonathan Jesus, João Gomes, André Luiz, Marlon Gomes, Alisson Santana and Allan. Jonathan Jesus, André Luiz, Marlon Gomes, Alisson Santana and Allan are first call-ups. Ancelotti again left out the goalkeeper Alisson, saying that now is the moment for the young players and that he will be called for the Copa América.
The 26 Ancelotti used in September and October
These are the 26 players who were in the group across the three matches in Australia and India. João Pedro and Wesley withdrew injured before a ball was kicked and were replaced by Matheus Martinelli of Fluminense and Vanderson of Monaco. Raphinha played both games in Australia and then left before the India match with a thigh problem. Marquinhos captained the side. Caps and goals are correct to 3 October 2026, after the India game.
| Player | Position | Club | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Souza | Goalkeeper | Corinthians | 2 | 0 |
| Otávio | Goalkeeper | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Morisco | Goalkeeper | Coritiba | 1 | 0 |
| Marquinhos (c) | Defender | Paris Saint-Germain | 112 | 7 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | Arsenal | 24 | 1 |
| Douglas Santos | Defender | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 14 | 0 |
| Vanderson | Defender | Monaco | 9 | 1 |
| Matheuzinho | Defender | Corinthians | 3 | 0 |
| Vitor Reis | Defender | Manchester City | 2 | 0 |
| Arthur Dias | Defender | Athletico Paranaense | 2 | 0 |
| Mauro Júnior | Defender | PSV | 3 | 0 |
| Jair | Defender | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 0 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | Arsenal | 51 | 4 |
| Danilo | Midfielder | Botafogo | 11 | 2 |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | Juventus | 20 | 0 |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | Manchester United | 8 | 0 |
| Breno Bidon | Midfielder | Corinthians | 2 | 0 |
| Gabriel Bontempo | Midfielder | Santos | 2 | 0 |
| Matheus Martinelli | Midfielder | Fluminense | 2 | 0 |
| Vinícius Júnior | Forward | Real Madrid | 57 | 14 |
| Raphinha | Forward | Barcelona | 43 | 12 |
| Endrick | Forward | Real Madrid | 24 | 4 |
| Estêvão | Forward | Chelsea | 14 | 6 |
| Pedro | Forward | Flamengo | 8 | 2 |
| Rayan | Forward | Bournemouth | 8 | 2 |
| Samuel Lino | Forward | Flamengo | 4 | 2 |
Eleven of those 26 played their club football in Brazil and seven in the Premier League. The caps column was far more lopsided. Marquinhos, Vinícius Júnior, Bruno Guimarães and Raphinha held 263 of the squad’s 430 caps between them, and eleven players had three caps or fewer.
Ancelotti used all 26 and gave ten debuts
The September squad had nine uncapped players. All nine played, and so did Martinelli, who came in as a replacement and made his debut off the bench in Brisbane. Four debuts came in Townsville (Vitor Reis, Matheuzinho, Jair and Mauro Júnior), five in Brisbane (Otávio, Gabriel Bontempo, Breno Bidon, Arthur Dias and Martinelli) and one in Kolkata, where Pedro Morisco started in goal.
The goalkeeping shows how deliberately it was done. Hugo Souza played in Townsville, Otávio in Brisbane and Morisco in Kolkata: three goalkeepers, one match each, with one previous cap between them before the trip. Alisson and Ederson were not picked, and after that window Ancelotti had three keepers with four caps between them. For November he has gone back to Bento, with seven caps, alongside Morisco and the uncapped Lucas Perri of Torino.
Only nine players appeared in all three games: Matheuzinho, Jair, Mauro Júnior, Danilo, Bruno Guimarães, Vinícius, Estêvão, Endrick and Samuel Lino. Three of those nine had never played for Brazil before the trip. Nobody would call that a settled side. Ancelotti was running an audition, and he ran it on purpose.
The squad’s caps total went from 372 to 430 across the three games, which is the 58 appearances the window produced. Brazil’s World Cup group in June had 916.
Brazil’s results in September and October: Australia twice, then India
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Brazil scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Australia | Townsville | D 1-1 | Rayan |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Australia | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | W 4-2 | Vanderson, Raphinha (pen), Bruno Guimarães, Vinícius Júnior (pen) |
| 3 Oct 2026 | India | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata | W 4-0 | Estêvão, Pedro, Samuel Lino 2 |
Nine goals came from eight different scorers. Rayan rescued the opener in Townsville with a header in the fifth minute of stoppage time, after Nestory Irankunda’s free kick had put Australia ahead. In Brisbane, Vanderson scored after three minutes, Australia went 2-1 up through Alessandro Circati and Connor Metcalfe, and Brazil came back with a Raphinha penalty before half-time and goals from Bruno Guimarães and a Vinícius penalty.
Then came Kolkata, the first senior men’s match between Brazil and India. India held out until the 28th minute, when Estêvão scored. Pedro added a second before half-time, and Lino came off the bench to score twice, the last of them five minutes into stoppage time. Our match report from the Salt Lake Stadium has the full story, and our India squad guide covers the other side of the fixture.
Brazil’s key players
Vinícius Júnior is the senior attacker, on 57 caps and 14 goals after his penalty in Brisbane. He started all three games. Estêvão, still 19, played all three as well and scored in Kolkata, taking him to six goals in 14 internationals. Endrick is on 24 caps at 20.
Marquinhos is the captain and the most experienced player in the squad by a distance. His 112 caps put him one behind Thiago Silva and sixth on Brazil’s all-time list, but he has a thigh muscle injury and is not in the November squad, so passing Silva will have to wait until next year. Bruno Guimarães, now at Arsenal, is the midfield anchor with 51 caps, and he played in all three games.
Lino is the surprise of the window. He arrived with one cap from September 2025, played in all three matches off the bench, and left with two goals. He is not in the November squad, because the federation left out Flamengo’s players.
Which World Cup players have been left out?
Neymar is the obvious absence and it is permanent: he ended his international career after the World Cup as Brazil’s all-time top scorer on 80 goals, and we looked at where those 80 sit in Brazil’s scoring list. Alisson, Ederson, Casemiro, Lucas Paquetá, Fabinho, Alex Sandro and the full-back Danilo, born in 1991, are among the World Cup players Ancelotti did not pick in September, and none of them is in the November squad either. So were Matheus Cunha, Gabriel Martinelli and Gleison Bremer. Matheus Martinelli of Fluminense, the midfielder who made his debut in Brisbane, is a different player.
Who is the Brazil national football team coach?
Carlo Ancelotti, appointed in May 2025 after leaving Real Madrid. He is the only manager to have won the Champions League five times, twice with Milan and three times with Real Madrid. Brazil went out of the 2026 World Cup in the round of 16, beaten 2-1 by Norway at MetLife Stadium on 5 July. It was the first World Cup since 1990 at which they failed to reach the quarter-finals, and his answer has been to rebuild rather than tinker. Our assessment of that exit argued the problems ran deeper than one bad night.
When do Brazil play next?
| Date | Match | Venue | Kick-off (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov | Brazil v Japan | National Stadium, Singapore | 3.45pm |
| 17 Nov | Brazil v Singapore | National Stadium, Singapore | 3.30pm |
Brazil finish 2026 with these two friendlies, both in the morning in Brazil. The Japan game is a rematch of the World Cup round of 32, which Brazil won 2-1 with a stoppage-time goal. The Singapore game will be the first meeting between the two countries’ senior sides.
The question after September was how many of the ten debutants would keep their places. The answer is five: Vitor Reis, Jair Cunha, Gabriel Bontempo, Arthur Dias and Pedro Morisco. With five more uncapped players called up and Alisson still waiting for the Copa América, the audition is still running.
