Continental champions, 200+ call-ups in current women's youth cycle

Continental champions, 200+ call-ups in current women's youth cycle

The Women's Youth National Teams will face three major challenges in this second half of the year. While the Under-20 and Under-17 teams, South American champions, will compete in their respective World Cups in Poland and Morocco, the Under-15 team will travel to Paraguay for the CONMEBOL Evolution League.

Since Camilla Orlando, Rilany Silva, and Beatriz Vaz took over as head coaches, the Women's Youth National Teams have called up 206 players and achieved a 68% success rate — 47 matches and 32 wins.

Announced in June of last year, Camilla Orlando made her debut in charge of the Under-20 team in October 2025 with Brazil beating Mexico 3-0. Four months later, the first title came with the South American championship in the category, held in Paraguay.

Rilany Silva joined the Under-17 National Team in March of last year, and her first match was precisely the South American Championship, in April. The runner-up finish that year was a sign of a historic fourth-place finish at the World Cup, held between October 17 and November 8, 2025, in Morocco.

As assistant coach of the Under-17 team, Beatriz Vaz was part of that successful cycle alongside Rilany and, this year, officially took over the Under-15 team, which is heading to Paraguay seeking to retain the CONMEBOL Evolution League title in the category.

Camilla Orlando, Rilany Silva, and Beatriz Vaz are the coaches of the women's youth national teams Credits: Luciana Vermell and Staff Images/CBF

Check out the main numbers and achievements of the current Women's Youth cycle:

Overall numbers for the women's youth teams

Under the leadership of Camilla Orlando (U-20), Rilany Silva (U-17), and Beatriz Vaz (U-15), the Women's National Teams have had:

206 players called up

47 matches

32 wins

68% overall success rate

U-20

61 players called up

19 matches

63% success rate

🏆 CONMEBOL U-20 South American Champions 2026

Head coach: Camilla Orlando

Before gaining national and international recognition in charge of women's clubs and national teams, Brasília native Camilla Orlando played professionally from 2005 to 2012. From 2005 to 2007, she played for Lincoln Memorial University (USA); back in Brazil, she played from 2008 to 2012 for Cresspom-DF and Capital CF.

As a coach, her first title was the Brazilian Under-18 Championship with SC Internacional in 2019. Leading RB Bragantino Women, she won the Brasileirão A2 in 2021; with Real Brasília, she won the Women's Candangão in 2023; and with Palmeiras, she won the Paulistão in 2024. She spent the 2022 season with the United Arab Emirates Women's National Team; and at the end of 2025, she took over the Brazil Women's Under-20 National Team, with which she won the country's 11th South American title.

U-17

102 players called up

23 matches

70% success rate

🥈 CONMEBOL South American runners-up 2025

🌍 4th place at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Brazil's first time in the semifinals)

🏆 CONMEBOL U-17 South American Champions 2026

Head coach: Rilany Silva

Born in Jacareí, São Paulo, Rilany played as a center-back for Brazilian clubs Santos, Foz Cataratas, and Ferroviária; for Sweden's Tyresö, with whom she was runner-up in the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2014; as well as for teams in Spain, Iceland, and Portugal, most notably Benfica, with whom she won the Portuguese Cup. With Brazil's senior national team, she was part of a successful cycle, winning the 2014 and 2018 Women's Copa América titles.

After transitioning into coaching, she spent six years in the youth ranks of Benfica, between 2019 and 2024, and Corinthians, in 2024; and she was also part of the coaching staff of Cruzeiro's senior women's team. In her first year in charge of the Brazil Women's Under-17 National Team, she reached a historic milestone by leading Brazil to fourth place in the World Cup for the first time in the category.

U-15

43 players called up

5 official matches

80% success rate

🏆 CONMEBOL Evolution League Champions 2025

Head coach: Beatriz Vaz

As a midfielder, the São Paulo native played for Juventus, Itanhaém, Mackenzie (where she earned her degree in physical education), Foz Cataratas, Ferroviária, São José, Flamengo, and Osasco Audax. At club level, she won the 2014 and 2016 Brazilian Women's Championship, the 2011 and 2014 Women's Copa do Brasil, and the 2013 São Paulo State Women's Championship.

She had two experiences abroad — one to study and the other to play one season for the Boston Breakers. Called up to the Brazil National Team between 2013 and 2016, she won the 2014 Women's Copa América. After her career transition, she coached Corinthians' Under-20 team for two seasons, 2024 and 2025. She joined the CBF at the beginning of this year to serve as Rilany's assistant coach with the Under-17 team.

Next stops

U-20 : U-20 World Cup in Poland

🗓️ 09/05 to 09/27

U-15 : CONMEBOL Evolution League in Paraguay

🗓️ 09/08 to 09/20

U-17 : U-17 World Cup in Morocco

🗓️ 10/17 to 11/07

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