There were some surprises in Dunga's initial list ahead of this year's tournament, with a number of young players left hoping to make an impression at the expense of bigger names
Neymar’s absence from this year’s Copa America Centernatio was made official on Friday when the Barcelona star was left out of Brazil’s 40-man preliminary squad for the competition.
Real Madrid’s Marcelo and Paris Saint-Germain duo Thiago Silva and David Luiz also failed to make coach Dunga’s list, which will be whittled down to 23 players on May 5.
Selecao captain Neymar had been embroiled in a club vs country row for a number of months prior to the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) and Barcelona reaching an agreement that will see him play in August's Rio Olympics but sit out of June’s Copa America in the USA.
Thiago Silva’s continued absence from the Brazil squad has been a bone of contention in the local media but his omission comes as no surprise, with the PSG star not having made a Dunga squad since the previous edition of the Copa America, in June 2015.
His team-mate in the French capital, David Luiz, was left out despite being the second most-capped central defender under Dunga. The former Chelsea man has also captained Dunga’s Brazil on two occasions.


Luiz had replaced Neymar in the Copa America Centenario’s promotional material earlier this year once it became clear Neymar would not be present.
Marcelo, meanwhile, has earned just five caps since Dunga’s July 2014 appointment and was controversially left out of March’s World Cup qualifiers following an apparent misunderstanding regarding his fitness.
Sao Paulo playmaker Ganso and Palmeiras starlet Gabriel Jesus were named among a group of players hoping to make their first international appearances under the current coach.
The Copa America Centenario has been organised to celebrate 100 years of the South American football championship. It will be played outside of the continent for the first time and feature six teams from the North American confederation CONCACAF.