Brazil will have three friendly internationals before playing Argentina on June 2 in South American 2006 World Cup qualifiers, the Brazilian football federation said.

The CBF said the first match will be against Hungary in Budapest on April 28 and then they will face France in Paris on May 20 to mark the centenary of football's world governing body FIFA.

Brazil, led by Carlos Alberto Parreira, will then come up against a Catalonia selection in Barcelona on May 25.

Argentina lead the 10-nation qualifying competition with 11 points from five matches and travel to Belo Horizonte in the south east of Brazil for this clash between South America's greatest footballing nations.

Brazil, who lie third in the table with nine points, could only draw 0-0 in Paraguay in their last fixture on Wednesday.