CBF reviews first year, maps out national teams for 2027 and 2030 | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Tuesday (14), the CBF brought together the entity’s vice presidents and directors, along with the presidents of the state federations. At the meeting, the current administration presented an overview of the projects and structural advances achieved in its first year and looked ahead to the future, detailing the preparation plan for the Brazilian Women’s National Team for the 2027 World Cup and the start of the Brazilian Men’s National Team’s cycle toward 2030.

The first year of work by the current administration—with calendar reform, the creation of working groups for Financial Fair Play, Refereeing, and Youth Development, the resumption of institutional dialogue with clubs and federations, titles in the women’s youth national team categories, and an unprecedented Women’s World Cup about to take place—shows that there is no shortage of reasons for the CBF to keep carrying out its plan.

“Of course we expected a more positive result (at the Men’s World Cup), but it is important to show everything that is happening: the work being done at youth level, with integration between the categories, both in the men’s and women’s game. So the work does not stop, it is continuous. We have turned the page and now we are shifting our focus to the Women’s World Cup, as well as the cycle toward 2030,” said CBF president Samir Xaud.

Samir Xaud, CBF president: the work that has already borne good fruit in the first year of management continuesCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

By bringing together the federation presidents and the entity’s vice presidents, the CBF’s goal was to give an account of the work that has been done. In this sense, the executive coordinator of the Men’s National Teams, Rodrigo Caetano, and the head coach of the Senior Women’s National Team, Arthur Elias, were invited to take part in the meeting.

Caetano showed participants how the Men’s National Team’s preparation unfolded from the arrival of head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who had 13 months of work leading up to the World Cup. The executive coordinator explained how the planning included the choice of high-level opponents from different schools of world football.

Rodrigo Caetano, executive coordinator of the Men’s National TeamsCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

The integration between the youth levels of the Seleção and the senior team was also highlighted: at the World Cup, 20 of the 26 called-up players had previously been part of youth national teams, and all lower age groups saw an increase in the number of matches on their calendars under the current administration compared with previous seasons. On the road to 2030, two major goals were set: winning the 2028 Copa América and the World Cup qualifiers.

Within the Women’s National Teams Department, Senior Women’s National Team head coach Arthur Elias presented the structured plan for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, which will be played in Brazil. The preparation includes four FIFA windows between October 2026 and April 2027, with strategic friendlies against top-level opponents, including already scheduled matches against Japan at the end of this year, as well as other national teams yet to be defined.

Arthur Elias, head coach of the Senior Women’s National Team: confidence in pursuit of the first star for the SeleçãoCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

The schedule also includes the squad call-up in May 2027, a preparation period at Granja Comary between June 1 and 12, the final friendly before the World Cup on June 13, arrival at the Base Camp on June 14, and the team’s competition debut on June 24 (dates to be confirmed). The work is based on pillars that combine identity, style of play, and game plan, aiming to build a competitive team prepared to make the most of home advantage in pursuit of the first star on the women’s shirt.

In the refereeing department, director Netto Góes showed how the newly created Refereeing Directorate is structured, with governance, transparency, technology and innovation, training, and international strengthening as its pillars. At the meeting, Góes introduced the new president of the CBF Refereeing Commission, Sandro Meira Ricci, to the federation presidents.

Netto Góes, CBF Refereeing director, introduced the new president of the CBF Refereeing Commission, Sandro Meira Ricci, to the federation presidentsCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

For the president of the São Paulo Football Federation, Reinaldo Bastos, the meeting helped reinforce the progress achieved by the current CBF administration during its first year of work.

“At this moment, we need to look at everything that has been done in Brazilian football. In the calendar, refereeing, youth development, security, women’s football, and stable management. In all these areas, we have had victories. I think this is the time for us to think about rebuilding football, rebuilding the Brazilian National Team, and also focusing heavily on the next World Cup we have ahead of us, as well as on the longer-term, high-quality work with Arthur Elias in women’s football,” said Bastos.

Reinaldo Bastos, president of the São Paulo Football Federation, highlighted how much the CBF advanced in several areas during the first year of the current administrationCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

Daniel Vasconcelos, president of the Federal District Football Federation, also highlighted a factor that has been crucial at the current moment in Brazilian football: the active role the CBF has opened up for clubs and federations in decision-making.

Daniel Vasconcelos (second from left to right), president of the Federal District Football Federation: federations now have an active voice in football decisionsCredits: Samara Moumei / CBF

“I think the entire board deserves congratulations for the management under President Samir. We had a year marked by a great deal of courage in President Samir’s administration, on the issue of referee training, on the commission created for youth development, and on several very important matters that had not been addressed before. So the administration deserves praise; today our 27 federations are very aligned with the CBF’s management,” he said.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.