Capello's men face the might of Brazil.

ENGLAND will play five-time World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly in Qatar on Saturday, November 14.

The clash, which will be the 23rd between the two countries, has been mooted for a while now but the FA have finally confirmed it after all the contractual details were sorted out.

While some Premier League managers may have reservations about their star players embarking on a 14-hour round trip in the middle of the season, the FA have tried to offer some reassurance by pointing out England will not play on the Wednesday of a double-header created for World Cup play-offs, so all squad members will be back at their clubs earlier than normal.

The match at the 50,000-capacity Khalifa International Stadium will be a first visit to the Middle Eastern state for England and is payback for Brazil agreeing to be the first visitors to the new Wembley in 2007.

More importantly for coach Fabio Capello, it is an opportunity to assess his team against the side currently ranked number one in the world.

Having faced Holland, Spain and Germany recently, a meeting with the Confederations Cup winners will be another tough challenge given England have only beaten Brazil three times in their history, the last occasion in March 1990 when Gary Lineker scored the only goal.