Brazil national under-23 football team previously won three silver medals (1984, 1988 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1996, 2008). The Brazilian Olympic team is often coached by the in-charge senior team coach, such as Mário Zagallo in 1996, Vanderlei Luxemburgo in 2000, Dunga in 2008 and Mano Menezes in 2012. Brazil's first participation in the Olympics was in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. In that year, Brazil reached the quarter-finals, when they were eliminated by West Germany 4–2. In 1960, in Rome, Italy, in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico, and in 1972 in Berlin, West Germany, Brazil was eliminated in
Football at the 1965 Maccabiah Games group. The bottom team in each group was eliminated. Football at the 1965 Maccabiah Games Football at the 1965 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 30 August. The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 9 countries participated. The competition was won by Israel. As part of the closing ceremony, an exhibition match was played between Israel and Torino F.C., which resulted with a 2–1 victory to Israel. The nine teams were divided into three groups, each team playing the others once. The top team from each group qualified to the medals group,