This is a list of records of the FIFA World Cup and its qualification matches .
General statistics by tournament
Teams: tournament position
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Most titles won
Rank
Team
Titles
1
Brazil 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1994 , 2002 )
5
2
Italy 1934 1938 , 1982 , 2006 ) Germany 1954 , 1974 1990 , 2014 )
4
4
Uruguay 1930 1950 ) Argentina 1978 1986 )
2
6
England 1966 France 1998 Spain 2010 )
1
Bold : host.
Most finishes in the top two
Rank
Team
Finals
1
Germany 1954 , 1966 , 1974 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 2002 , 2014 )
8
2
Brazil 1950 ,[ 1] 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 )
7
3
Italy 1934 , 1938 , 1970 , 1982 , 1994 , 2006 )
6
4
Argentina 1930 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 2014 )
5
5
Netherlands 1974 , 1978 , 2010 )
3
6
Uruguay 1930 , 1950 [ 1] Hungary 1938 , 1954 ) Czechoslovakia [ 2] 1934 , 1962 ) France 1998 , 2006 )
2
10
Sweden 1958 ) England 1966 ) Spain 2010 )
1
Most finishes in the top three
Rank
Team
Top-three finishes
1
Germany 1934 , 1954 , 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
12
2
Brazil 1938 , 1950 , 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1978 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 )
9
3
Italy 1934 , 1938 , 1970 , 1982 , 1990 , 1994 , 2006 )
7
4
Argentina 1930 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 2014 )
5
5
France 1958 , 1986 , 1998 , 2006 ) Netherlands 1974 , 1978 , 2010 , 2014 )
4
7
Sweden 1950 , 1958 , 1994 )
3
8
Uruguay 1930 , 1950 ) Hungary 1938 , 1954 ) Czechoslovakia [ 2] 1934 , 1962 ) Poland 1974 , 1982 )
2
12
United States 1930 )[ 3] Austria 1954 ) Chile 1962 ) England 1966 ) Portugal 1966 ) Croatia 1998 ) Turkey 2002 ) Spain 2010 )
1
Most finishes in the top four
Rank
Team
Top-four finishes
1
Germany 1934 , 1954 , 1958 , 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
13
2
Brazil 1938 , 1950 , 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2014 )
11
3
Italy 1934 , 1938 , 1970 , 1978 , 1982 , 1990 , 1994 , 2006 )
8
4
France 1958 , 1982 , 1986 , 1998 , 2006 ) Uruguay 1930 , 1950 , 1954 , 1970 , 2010 ) Argentina 1930 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 2014 ) Netherlands 1974 , 1978 , 1998 , 2010 , 2014 )
5
8
Sweden 1938 , 1950 , 1958 , 1994 )
4
9
Austria 1934 , 1954 ) Hungary 1938 , 1954 ) Czechoslovakia [ 2] 1934 , 1962 ) Yugoslavia [ 4] 1930 , 1962 ) Poland 1974 , 1982 ) England 1966 , 1990 ) Portugal 1966 , 2006 ) Spain 1950 , 2010 )
2
17
United States 1930 ) Chile 1962 ) Soviet Union 1966 ) Belgium 1986 ) Bulgaria 1994 ) Croatia 1998 ) South Korea 2002 ) Turkey 2002 )
1
For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results
Most finishes in the top eight
Rank
Team
Top-eight finishes
1
Brazil [ 5] 1930 , 1938 , 1950 , 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 ) Germany [ 5] 1934 , 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
17
3
England 1950 , 1954 , 1962 , 1966 , 1970 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 2002 , 2006 ) Italy 1934 , 1938 , 1950 , 1970 , 1978 , 1982 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2006 ) Argentina 1930 , 1966 , 1974 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 1998 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
10
6
France 1930 , 1938 , 1958 , 1982 , 1986 , 1998 , 2006 , 2014 )
8
7
Yugoslavia [ 4] 1930 , 1950 , 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1974 , 1990 )
7
8
Sweden 1934 , 1938 , 1950 , 1958 , 1974 , 1994 ) Spain 1934 , 1950 , 1986 , 1994 , 2002 , 2010 ) Uruguay 1930 , 1950 , 1954 , 1966 , 1970 , 2010 ) Netherlands 1974 , 1978 , 1994 , 1998 , 2010 , 2014 )
6
12
Hungary 1934 , 1938 , 1954 , 1962 , 1966 ) Soviet Union 1958 , 1962 , 1966 , 1970 , 1982 )
5
14
Switzerland 1934 , 1938 , 1950 , 1954 ) Austria 1934 , 1954 , 1978 , 1982 ) Czechoslovakia [ 2] 1934 , 1938 , 1962 , 1990 )
4
17
Poland 1974 , 1978 , 1982 )
3
18
Chile 1930 , 1962 ) Peru 1970 , 1978 ) Mexico 1970 , 1986 ) Romania 1930 , 1994 ) United States 1930 , 2002 ) Portugal 1966 , 2006 ) Belgium 1986 , 2014 )
2
25
Cuba 1938 ) Northern Ireland 1958 ) Wales 1958 ) North Korea 1966 ) East Germany 1974 ) Cameroon 1990 ) Republic of Ireland 1990 ) Bulgaria 1994 ) Croatia 1998 ) Denmark 1998 ) Senegal 2002 ) South Korea 2002 ) Turkey 2002 ) Ukraine 2006 ) Ghana 2010 ) Paraguay 2010 ) Colombia 2014 ) Costa Rica 2014 )
1
Most finishes in the top sixteen
Rank
Team
Top-sixteen finishes
1
Brazil 20
2
Germany 18
3
Italy 16
4
Argentina Mexico 15
6
England 13
7
Spain France 12
9
Belgium Uruguay 11
11
Sweden Netherlands 10
13
Yugoslavia Switzerland 9
15
Hungary Chile 8
Most World Cup appearances
For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
Consecutive
Most consecutive championships
Rank
Team
Consecutive championships
1
Brazil Italy 2
Most consecutive finishes in the top two
Most consecutive finishes in the top three
Most consecutive finishes in the top four
Either Germany or Brazil has finished in the top four of every World Cup except 1930.
Most consecutive finishes in the top eight
Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen
20, Brazil
Most consecutive appearances in the finals
20, Brazil
Most consecutive championships by a confederation
3, UEFA (2006–2014)
Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments
Declined to participate, then champion: Italy Uruguay
Banned from participating, then champion: West Germany
Failed to qualify, then champion: France
Gaps
Longest gap between successive titles
44 years, Italy
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two
48 years, Argentina
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three
48 years, Argentina
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four
60 years, Spain
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight
72 years, United States [ 11]
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top sixteen
60 years, Norway
Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals
56 years: Egypt Norway [ 12]
Host team
Best finish by host team
Champion: Uruguay Italy England West Germany Argentina France
Worst finish by host team
17th–32nd position (FIFA final ranking of 20th): South Africa
Defending champion
Best finish by defending champion
Champion: Italy Brazil
Worst finish by defending champion
Did not participate: Uruguay
Worst finish by defending champion which took part in subsequent finals
17th–32nd: France Italy Spain Brazil Italy
Debuting teams
Best finish by a debuting team
Champion: Uruguay Italy
Best finish by a debuting team after 1934
Third place: Portugal Croatia
Other
Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
3, Netherlands
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
4, Netherlands
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
5, Netherlands
Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion
7, Yugoslavia [ 13]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever being champion
15, Mexico
Most appearances without ever being champion
15, Mexico
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
2, Austria Yugoslavia Poland Portugal
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two
7, Yugoslavia [ 14]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top two
15, Mexico
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top two
15, Mexico
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four
4, Switzerland [ 15]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top four
15, Mexico
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top four
15, Mexico
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top eight
4, Scotland
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top eight
8, Scotland
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top sixteen
3, South Africa Ivory Coast Honduras
Most played with tournament champion
6, Germany Brazil
Most played with tournament champion or runners-up
11, Brazil
Most consecutive match between two teams
5, Argentina Italy
Titles in the most continents
Brazil Won a title outside its own continent
[ 16] Brazil Spain Germany Finals in the most continents
[ 17] Brazil Germany Netherlands Most championships with each FIFA World Cup Trophy
Jules Rimet Cup: Brazil
FIFA World Cup: Germany Teams that overcame tournament champion
Hungary West Germany East Germany West Germany Italy Argentina Switzerland Spain Most played final
3, Argentina Germany
Most played third place match
2, Germany Uruguay
Players: tournament position
Qualification: at least one appearance in each Finals tournament
Most championships
Most finishes in the top two
Most finishes in the top three
Most finishes in the top four
Most finishes in the top eight
Coaches: tournament position
Most championships
2, Vittorio Pozzo Italy
Most finishes in the top two
2, Vittorio Pozzo Italy Helmut Schön West Germany Carlos Bilardo Argentina Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Mário Zagallo Brazil
Most finishes in the top three
3, Helmut Schön West Germany
Most finishes in the top four
3, Helmut Schön West Germany Mário Zagallo Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Portugal
Most finishes in the top eight
4, Helmut Schön West Germany
Teams: tournament progress
All time
Most appearances in the first round
20, Brazil
Progressed from the first round the most times
17, Germany Brazil
Most appearances, always progressing from the first round
3, Republic of Ireland [ 18]
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round
8, Scotland [ 19]
Most appearances, never winning a match
3, Bolivia Honduras
Consecutive
Most consecutive appearances in the first round
20, Brazil
Most consecutive progressions from the first round
16, Germany
Most consecutive eliminations from the first round
5, Mexico Scotland
Most consecutive eliminations from the round of 16
6, Mexico
Most consecutive eliminations by the same team
3, Argentina Germany
Host team
Host team eliminated in the first round
South Africa
Defending champion
Defending champion eliminated in the first round
Italy Brazil France Spain Defending champion eliminated after the fewest number of games
2, Italy Spain
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
Most matches played
106, Germany
Fewest matches played
1, Indonesia Dutch East Indies
Most wins
70, Brazil
Most losses
25, Mexico
Most draws
21, Italy
Most matches played without a win or a draw
6, El Salvador
Most matches played without a win
9, Honduras
Most matches played until first win
17, Bulgaria
Most goals scored
224, Germany
Most hat-tricks scored
7, Germany
Most goals conceded
121, Germany
Most hat-tricks conceded
4, Germany South Korea
Fewest goals scored
0, Canada China Indonesia Dutch East Indies Trinidad and Tobago DR Congo Zaire
Most matches played without scoring a goal
5, Bolivia Honduras Algeria [ 20]
Most matches played always conceding a goal
6, El Salvador
Highest average of goals scored per match
2.72, Hungary Fewest number of goals conceded
2, Angola
Lowest average of goals conceded per match
0.67, Angola Highest average of goals conceded per match
6, Indonesia Dutch East Indies Lowest average of goals both scored and conceded per match
1, Angola Highest average of goals both scored and conceded per match
6, Indonesia Dutch East Indies Most meetings between two teams
7 times,
Brazil Sweden 1938 , 1950 , 1958 , 1978 , 1990 and twice in 1994 ),Germany West Germany Serbia (Yugoslavia ) (4–1–2) (1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1974 , 1990 , 1998 , 2010 ),Germany West Germany Argentina (4–2–1) (1958 , 1966 , 1986 , 1990 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 );in 1958 and 1990 all three pairings occurred
Most tournaments unbeaten
[ 21] Brazil Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match
[ 21] England [ 22] Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match
6, Mexico Bulgaria South Korea
In one tournament
Most wins
[ 23] Brazil 2002 .Fewest wins, champions
3, Uruguay 1950 (out of 4).[ 24]
Most matches not won, champions
3, Italy 1982 (out of 7).
Most wins by non-champion (excluding third-place playoff)
[ 25] Netherlands 2010 .[ 26] Most matches not won
[ 21] Yugoslavia 1974 ; Argentina 1974 ; West Germany 1978 ; Belgium 1986 ; Republic of Ireland 1990 ; Argentina 1990 .Most matches not won in regulation time
6, Belgium 1986 ; England 1990 .
Most matches played without scoring a goal
3, Canada China Trinidad and Tobago DR Congo Zaire
Most losses
3 (28 teams, of which only Mexico 1930 , 1950 and 1978 ).
Most losses, champions
1, West Germany 1954 and 1974 ; Argentina 1978 ; Spain 2010 .
Most victories over former World Cup winning teams
[ 21] Brazil 1970 ; Italy 1982 ; Argentina 1986 ; Germany 2010 and 2014 .[ 27] Most victories over former World Cup winning teams, from never winning teams
[ 21] Yugoslavia 1962 ; Netherlands 1974 ; Poland 1974 ; Denmark 1986 ; Bulgaria 1994 ; Denmark 2002 ; Netherlands 2010 ; Costa Rica 2014 ; Netherlands 2014 .[ 28] All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty shootouts or playoffs
Uruguay 1930 (4 matches), Brazil 1970 (6 matches) and Brazil 2002 (7 matches).Highest finish without winning a match
[ 21] Republic of Ireland 1990 .Highest finish, winning at most one match
[ 21] Sweden 1938 .[ 29] Most goals scored
27, Hungary 1954 .[ 30]
Fewest goals conceded
0, Switzerland 2006 .[ 30]
Most goals conceded
16, South Korea 1954 .[ 30]
Most minutes without conceding a goal
517 mins, Italy 1990 .[ 30]
Highest goal difference
+17, Hungary 1954 .[ 30]
Highest goal difference, champions
+14, Brazil 2002 and Germany 2014 .[ 30]
Lowest goal difference
-16, South Korea 1954 .[ 30]
Lowest goal difference, hosts
-3, Brazil 2014 .
Lowest goal difference, champions
+6, Italy 1938 and 1982 , Spain 2010 .[ 30]
Highest average of goals scored per match
5.4, Hungary 1954 .[ 30]
Highest average goal difference per match
+3.2, Hungary 1954 .
Highest average goal difference per match, champions
+3.0, Uruguay 1930 .
Most goals scored, champions
25, West Germany 1954 .[ 30]
Fewest goals scored, champions
8, Spain 2010 .[ 30]
Fewest goals scored, finalists
5, Argentina 1990 .[ 30]
Fewest goals conceded, champions
2, France 1998 ; Italy 2006 ; Spain 2010 .[ 30]
Most goals conceded, champions
14, West Germany 1954 .[ 30]
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions
1.14, Spain 2010 .[ 30]
Most unbeaten teams
5 teams, 2006 (Switzerland Argentina England France Italy [ 21]
Fewest unbeaten teams
0 teams, 1954 .
Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals
20, Uruguay 2002 and 2010 .
Teams: most consecutive goalscorers
Consecutive top goalscorers scoring at least 5 goals
Consecutive top goalscorers scoring at least 4 goals
#
Team
#
1
Italy 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 )
6
2
Germany 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 ), Hungary 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1966 )
4
3
Brazil 1994 , 1998 , 2002 ), Soviet Union 1962 , 1966 , 1970 )
3
4
Argentina 1994 , 1998 ), (2010 , 2014 ), England 1986 , 1990 ), Netherlands 2010 , 2014 ), Spain 1986 , 1990 ), Uruguay 1950 , 1954 )
2
Consecutive top goalscorers scoring at least 3 goals
#
Team
#
1
Germany 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
13
2
Italy 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 )
7
3
Brazil 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
6
Consecutive top goalscorers scoring at least 2 goals
#
Team
#
1
Germany 1954 , 1958 , 1962 , 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
16
2
Brazil 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 )
12
3
Italy 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 )
8
4
Argentina 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 ), Spain 1986 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 )
7
All-time table
Giving three points per win and one for a draw for every World Cup. Brazil leads, Germany, Italy, Argentina and Spain by points.
In one tournament
All time
Best overall performance
Team
Uruguay 4
4
0
0
100
15
3
+12
+3.0
3.8
Brazil 6
6
0
0
100
19
7
+12
+2.0
3.2
Brazil 7
7
0
0
100
18
4
+14
+2.0
2.6
Italy 4
4*
0
0
100
11
5
+6
+1.5
2.8
* one of the wins was after extra time
Worst overall performance
Because a large number of teams have had lost all their matches in a world cup, only teams with a goal difference/match ≤ -4.0 are included.
Host team
Best overall performance
Team
Uruguay 4
4
0
0
100 %
15
3
+12
+3.0
3.8
Worst overall performance
The following teams had a negative overall record as hosts:
Team
Round reached
South Africa First (last 32)
3
1
1
1
50 %
3
5
−2
−0.67
1.00
Spain Second (last 12)
5
1
2
2
40 %
4
5
−1
−0.20
0.80
United States Second (last 16)
4
1
1
2
38 %
3
4
−1
−0.25
0.75
Defending champion
Best overall performance
Team
Italy 4
4*
0
0
100 %
11
5
+6
+1.5
2.8
* one of the wins was after extra time
Worst overall performance
Team
France 3
0
1
2
0
0
3
−3
−1.0
0.0
Champion
Best overall performance
Uruguay Worst overall performance
Italy
Non-champion
Best overall performance
Italy
Streaks
Most consecutive successful qualification attempts
20, Brazil
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts
19, Luxembourg
Most consecutive wins
11, Brazil Turkey (2002 ) to 3–0 Ghana (2006 ).
Most consecutive matches without a loss
13, Brazil Austria (1958 ) to 2–0 Bulgaria (1966 ).
Most consecutive losses
9, Mexico France (1930 ) to 0–3 Sweden (1958 ).
Most consecutive matches without a win
17, Bulgaria Argentina (1962 ) to 0–3 Nigeria (1994 ).
Most consecutive draws
5, Belgium Netherlands (1998 ) to 1–1 Tunisia (2002 ).
Most consecutive matches without a draw
16, Portugal Hungary (1966 ) to 1–0 Netherlands (2006 ).
Most consecutive Top-scoring team
3, Germany
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal
18, Brazil Germany
Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals
11, Uruguay
Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals
4, Uruguay Hungary Portugal West Germany Brazil
Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals
2, Hungary Brazil
Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal
5, Bolivia Algeria Honduras
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets)
5, Italy Switzerland
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal
559, Switzerland [ 31] [ 32]
Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal
22, Switzerland
Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals
9, Mexico
Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals
5, Mexico
Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals
3, Bolivia Mexico
Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals
2, South Korea United States Austria
Individual
For records regarding goalscoring, see Goalscoring ; for records regarding goalkeeping, see Goalkeeping Most tournaments played
5, Antonio Carbajal (Mexico Lothar Matthäus (Germany
See here for a list of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups Most championships
3, Pelé (Brazil [ 33]
See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups Most medals
4, Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most appearances in All-Star Team
3, Djalma Santos (Brazil Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany Philipp Lahm (Germany
Most matches played, finals
25, Lothar Matthäus (Germany
Most knockout games played, finals
14, Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most minutes played, finals
2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini (Italy
Most matches played, qualifying
68, Iván Hurtado (Ecuador
Most matches won
17, Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most appearances in a World Cup final
3, Cafu (Brazil [ 34]
Most finals played with different teams
2, Luis Monti (Argentina Italy
Most appearances as captain
16, Diego Maradona (Argentina
Most tournaments as captain
4, Rafael Márquez (Mexico [ 35]
Most appearances as substitute
11, Denílson (Brazil
Youngest player
17 years and 41 days, Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland Yugoslavia , 17 June 1982 .
Youngest player, final
17 years and 249 days, Pele (Brazil Sweden , 29 June 1958 .
Youngest player, qualifying match
13 years and 310 days, Souleymane Mamam (Togo Zambia , 6 May 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1 .[ 36]
Youngest captain
21 years and 109 days, Tony Meola (United States Czechoslovakia , 10 June 1990 .[ 37]
Oldest player
43 years and 3 days, Faryd Mondragón (Colombia Japan , 24 June 2014 .
Oldest player, final
40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff (Italy Germany , 11 July 1982 .
Oldest player, qualifying match
46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor, Sr. (U.S. Virgin Islands St. Kitts and Nevis , 18 February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4 .[ 38]
Oldest captain
40 years and 292 days, Peter Shilton (England Italy , 7 July 1990 .
Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament
39 years and 321 days, David James (England Algeria , 18 June 2010 .
Largest age difference on the same team
24 years and 42 days, 1994 , Cameroon Rigobert Song : 17 years and 358 days; Roger Milla : 42 years and 35 days).
Largest age difference on a champion team
21 years and 297 days, 1982 , Italy Dino Zoff : 40 years and 133 days; Giuseppe Bergomi : 18 years and 201 days).
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances as a player
16 years, Faryd Mondragón (Colombia
Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player
20 years, Faryd Mondragón (Colombia
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall
44 years, Tim (Brazil Peru
Goalscoring
Individual
Most goals scored, overall finals
16, Miroslav Klose (Germany
For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see World Cup overall top goalscorers Most goals scored, overall qualifying
35, Ali Daei (Iran [ 39]
Most goals scored in a tournament
13, Just Fontaine (France 1958 ).
For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see Golden Boot Most goals scored in a match
5, Oleg Salenko (Russia Cameroon , 1994 .
Most goals scored in a lost match
4, Ernest Wilimowski (Poland Brazil , 1938 .
Most goals scored in a qualifying match
13, Archie Thompson (Australia vs American Samoa , 2002 OFC Group 1 .
Most goals scored in a final match
3, Geoff Hurst (England West Germany , 1966 .
Most goals scored in all final matches
3, Vavá (Brazil Pelé (Brazil Geoff Hurst (England Zinedine Zidane (France
Scored goal(s) in multiple final matches
Vavá Brazil Pelé Brazil Paul Breitner Germany Zinedine Zidane France Most matches with at least one goal
11, Ronaldo (Brazil Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most consecutive matches with at least one goal
6, Just Fontaine (France Jairzinho (Brazil
Most matches with at least two goals
4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary Just Fontaine (France Ronaldo (Brazil Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most consecutive matches with at least two goals
4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary
Most hat-tricks
2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary Just Fontaine (France Gerd Müller (West Germany Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina
Most consecutive hat-tricks
2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary Gerd Müller (West Germany
Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in a match
8 minutes, László Kiss (Hungary El Salvador , 15 June 1982 .
Olympic Goals scored in a World Cup1, Marcos Coll (Colombia Soviet Union 1962 .
Hat-tricks from the penalty spot
Never occurred in the final tournament. Four times in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Switzerland Faroe Islands , 7 October 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1 ; Henrik Larsson (Sweden Moldova , 6 June 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4 ; Ronaldo (Brazil Argentina , 2 June 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL ; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon Niger , 15 June 2013, 2014 CAF Second Round Group E .
Scoring in every match of a team in a World Cup (at least three matches)
György Sárosi (Hungary [ 40] Arne Nyberg , (Sweden [ 41] Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay [ 42] Just Fontaine (France [ 43] Omar Oreste Corbatta (Argentina [ 44] Ferenc Bene (Hungary [ 45] Jairzinho , (Brazil [ 46] Teofilo Cubillas (Peru [ 47] James Rodriguez (Colombia [ 48] Scoring in every match of a World Cup appeared
[ 49] Guillermo Stabile (Argentina [ 50] Leônidas da Silva (Brazil [ 51] Ernst Wilimowski (Poland Poland's 5–6 defeat to Brazil )[ 51] Most tournaments with scoring on each appearance
2, György Sárosi (Hungary Leônidas da Silva (Brazil [ 51]
Most tournaments with at least one goal
4, Pelé (Brazil Uwe Seeler (West Germany Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most tournaments with at least two goals
4, Uwe Seeler (West Germany Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most tournaments with at least three goals
3, Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany Ronaldo (Brazil Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most tournaments with at least four goals
3, Miroslav Klose (Germany
Most tournaments with at least five goals
2, Teófilo Cubillas (Peru Miroslav Klose (Germany Thomas Müller (Germany
Longest period between a player's first and last goals
12 years, Pelé (Brazil Uwe Seeler (West Germany Diego Maradona (Argentina Michael Laudrup (Denmark Henrik Larsson (Sweden Sami Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico Miroslav Klose (Germany Ivica Olić (Croatia
Longest period between one goal and another
12 years, Michael Laudrup (Denmark Ivica Olić (Croatia
Youngest goalscorer
17 years and 239 days, Pelé (Brazil Wales , 19 June 1958 .
Youngest hat-trick scorer
17 years and 244 days, Pelé (Brazil France , 24 June 1958 .
Youngest goalscorer, final
17 years and 249 days, Pelé (Brazil Sweden , 29 June 1958 .
Oldest goalscorer
42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (Cameroon Russia , 28 June 1994 .
Oldest hat-trick scorer
33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller (Sweden Cuba , 12 June 1938 .[ 52]
Oldest goalscorer, final
35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm (Sweden Brazil , 29 June 1958 .
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
4, Eusébio (Portugal Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina
Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts)
2, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana Czech Republic , 2006 and vs Uruguay , 2010 .
Fastest goal from kickoff
11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (Turkey Korea Republic , 29 June 2002 .
Fastest goal by a substitute
16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (Denmark Nigeria , 28 June 1998 .
Fastest goal in a final
90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (Netherlands West Germany , 7 July 1974 .
Fastest goal in a qualifying match
8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri (San Marino England , 17 November 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2 .
Fastest brace scored
69 seconds, Toni Kroos (Germany Brazil , 8 July 2014 .
Latest goal from kickoff
121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero (Italy Germany , 4 July 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria Germany , 30 June 2014 .
Latest goal from kickoff in a final
120th minute, Geoff Hurst (England West Germany , 30 July 1966 (see "they think it's all over ").
Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between
119th minute, David Platt (England Belgium , 26 June 1990 and Fabio Grosso (Italy Germany , 4 July 2006 .
Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between
116th minute, Andrés Iniesta (Spain Netherlands , 11 July 2010 .
Team
Biggest margin of victory
9, Hungary South Korea 1954 ; Yugoslavia Zaire 1974 ; Hungary El Salvador 1982 .
Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match
31, Australia vs American Samoa 2002 OFC Group 1 .
Most goals scored in a match, one team
10, Hungary El Salvador , 1982 .
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
12, Austria Switzerland 1954 .
Highest scoring draw
4–4, England Belgium 1954 and Soviet Union Colombia 1962 .
Largest deficit overcome in a win
3 goals, Austria 1954 (coming from 0–3 down to win 7–5 vs Switzerland Portugal 1966 (coming from 0–3 down to win 5–3 vs North Korea
Largest deficit overcome in a draw
3 goals, Colombia 1962 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 4–4 vs Soviet Union Uruguay 2002 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs Senegal
Most goals scored in extra time, both teams
5, Italy West Germany 1970 .
Most goals scored in a semi-final, one team
7, Germany 2014 .
Most goals scored in a semi-final, both teams
8, Germany vs Brazil 2014 .
Most goals scored in a final, one team
5, Brazil 1958 .
Most goals scored in a final, both teams
7, Brazil Sweden 1958 .
Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams
0, Brazil Italy 1994 .
Biggest margin of victory in a final
3, France Brazil 1998 and Brazil Italy 1970 and Brazil Sweden 1958 .
Largest deficit overcome in a win in a final
2, West Germany 1954 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs Hungary
Most goals in a tournament, one team
27, Hungary 1954 .
Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match
7, Yugoslavia Zaire 1974 (Dušan Bajević , Dragan Džajić , Ivica Šurjak , Josip Katalinski , Vladislav Bogićević , Branko Oblak , Ilija Petković ).
Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament
10, France 1982 (Gérard Soler , Bernard Genghini , Michel Platini , Didier Six , Maxime Bossis , Alain Giresse , Dominique Rocheteau , Marius Trésor , René Girard , Alain Couriol ) and Italy 2006 (Andrea Pirlo , Vincenzo Iaquinta , Alberto Gilardino , Marco Materazzi , Filippo Inzaghi , Francesco Totti , Gianluca Zambrotta , Luca Toni , Fabio Grosso , Alessandro Del Piero ).
Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches
[ 53] Turkey 1954 ) – lost 1–4 to West Germany South Korea West Germany 1954 ) – lost 3–8 to Hungary Turkey Largest goal difference worsening in consecutive matches
-12: Sweden 1938 ) – won 8–0 over Cuba Hungary Turkey 1954 ) – won 7–0 over South Korea West Germany Hungary 1982 ) – won 10–1 over El Salvador Argentina
Tournament
Most goals scored in a tournament
171 goals, 1998 and 2014 .
Fewest goals scored in a tournament
70 goals, 1930 and 1934 .
Most goals per match in a tournament
5.38 goals per match, 1954 .
Fewest goals per match in a tournament
2.21 goals per match, 1990 .
Most scorers in a tournament
121, 2014 .
Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament
37, 1998 .
Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament
21, 1954 .
Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament
11, 1954 .
Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament
6, 1994 – Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria Oleg Salenko (Russia Romário (Brazil Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany Roberto Baggio (Italy Kennet Andersson (Sweden
Most players scoring at least six goals in a tournament
4, 1954 – Sándor Kocsis (Hungary Erich Probst (Austria Max Morlock (West Germany Josef Hügi (Switzerland
Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament
2, 1970 – Gerd Müller (West Germany Jairzinho (Brazil
Own goals
Most own goals in a tournament
6 own goals, 1998 .
Most own goals in a match
2 own goals, United States Portugal 2002 (Jorge Costa of Portugal and Jeff Agoos of USA).
Scoring for both teams in the same match
Ernie Brandts (Netherlands Italy , 1978 – own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the 50th minute).
Top-scoring teams by tournament
1930 : Argentina 1934 : Italy 1938 : Hungary 1950 : Brazil 1954 : Hungary 1958 : France 1962 : Brazil 1966 : Portugal 1970 : Brazil 1974 : Poland 1978 : Argentina Netherlands 1982 : France 1986 : Argentina 1990 : West Germany 1994 : Sweden 1998 : France 2002 : Brazil 2006 : Germany 2010 : Germany 2014 : Germany Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest scoring team.
Total and average goals
Year
Teams
Matches
Goals
Top scorer
Average goals
1930
13
18
70
8
3.89
1934
16
17
70
5
4.12
1938
15
18
84
7
4.67
1950
13
22
88
9
4.00
1954
16
26
140
11
5.38
1958
16
35
126
13
3.60
1962
16
32
89
4
2.78
1966
16
32
89
9
2.78
1970
16
32
95
10
2.97
1974
16
38
97
7
2.55
1978
16
38
102
6
2.68
1982
24
52
146
6
2.81
1986
24
52
132
6
2.54
1990
24
52
115
6
2.21
1994
24
52
141
6
2.71
1998
32
64
171
6
2.67
2002
32
64
161
8
2.52
2006
32
64
147
5
2.30
2010
32
64
145
5
2.27
2014
32
64
171
6
2.67
Most and fewest in bold .
Goalkeeping
Most clean sheets (matches without conceding)
10, Peter Shilton (England Fabien Barthez (France
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals)
517 mins (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga (Italy
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying)
921 mins (9 consecutive clean sheets[ 54] Richard Wilson (New Zealand
Most goals conceded
25, Antonio Carbajal (Mexico Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia
Most goals conceded, one tournament
16, Hong Duk-Yung (South Korea 1954 ).
Most goals conceded, one tournament, hosts
14, Júlio César (Brazil 2014 ).
Most goals conceded, one match
10, Luis Guevara Mora (El Salvador Hungary 1982 .
Most shots saved, one match
16, Tim Howard (United States Belgium 2014 .
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions
2, Fabien Barthez (France 1998 ), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy 2006 ) and Iker Casillas (Spain 2010 ).
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament
0, Pascal Zuberbühler (Switzerland 2006 ).[ 55]
Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts)
2, Jan Tomaszewski (Poland 1974 and Brad Friedel (United States 2002 .
Fewest goals conceded, penalty shootouts, one match
0, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Ukraine Switzerland 2006 .
Coaching
Most matches coached
25, Helmut Schön (West Germany
Most matches won
16, Helmut Schön (West Germany
Most championships
2, Vittorio Pozzo (Italy (note that five coaches have reached the Final on two occasions: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1934/1938),[ 56] Helmut Schön (Germany FR 1966/1974),[ 57] Mário Zagallo (Brazil 1970/1998),[ 58] Franz Beckenbauer (Germany FR, 1986/1990)[ 59] Carlos Bilardo (Argentina, 1986/1990).[ 60] Vittorio Pozzo won both.)
Most tournaments
6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990–1998, 2006, 2010).
Most nations coached
5, Bora Milutinović (Mexico 1986 ; Costa Rica 1990 ; United States 1994 ; Nigeria 1998 ; China 2002 ) & Carlos Alberto Parreira (Kuwait 1982 ; United Arab Emirates 1990 ; Brazil 1994 & 2006 ; Saudi Arabia 1998 ; South Africa 2010 )[ 61]
Most consecutive tournaments with same team
4, Walter Winterbottom (England Helmut Schön (West Germany (note that Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962), omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned; and Lajos Baroti took Hungary to four tournaments (1958, 1962, 1966, 1978), omitting the 1970 and 1974 competition, when Hungary failed to qualify) .[ 62]
Most consecutive wins
11, Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil Portugal
Most consecutive matches without a loss
12, Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil Portugal
Youngest coach
27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola (Argentina
Oldest coach
71 years and 317 days, Otto Rehhagel (Greece
Quickest substitution made
4th minute, Cesare Maldini , Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta (Italy Austria , 1998 ; Sven-Göran Eriksson , Peter Crouch for Michael Owen (England Sweden , 2006 .
Most championship wins as player and head coach
3, Mário Zagallo , Brazil [ 63]
Most final appearances as player and head coach
5, Mário Zagallo , Brazil Franz Beckenbauer , West Germany Berti Vogts , West Germany Henri Michel , France Jürgen Klinsmann , Germany Hong Myung-bo , South Korea Marc Wilmots , Belgium [ 64]
Won tournaments as both player and head coach
Mário Zagallo , Brazil Franz Beckenbauer , West Germany Most final match appearances as player and head coach
4, Mário Zagallo , Brazil [ 58] Franz Beckenbauer , West Germany [ 59]
Won tournaments as both captain and head coach
Franz Beckenbauer , West Germany Lost tournaments (final match) as both player and head coach
Franz Beckenbauer , West Germany [ 59] First person ever to have had both roles – as player and coach
Milorad Arsenijevic , was the first person ever to have had both roles – as player for Yugoslavia in 1930 and later as coach in 1950.[ 65] Coaches who have made it to the semi-finals with two different teams
Guus Hiddink and Luiz Felipe Scolari are the only two coaches to have made it to the semi-finals with two different teams. Dutchman Hiddink did so with the Netherlands in 1998 and Korea Republic in 2002. Scolari's record was with Brazil in 2002 (and later 2014) and Portugal in 2006.A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup winning team. The nearest is West Germany, whose coach in 1974, Helmut Schön , was born in what became East Germany. (note that Best performance of a team with a foreign trainer: The best any team has done with a foreign trainer was second place, reached by Sweden in 1958 with Englishman George Raynor ,[ 66] Ernst Happel [ 66]
Refereeing
Most tournaments
3 – John Langenus (Ivan Eklind (Benjamin Griffiths (Arthur Ellis (István Zsolt (Juan Gardeazábal (Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Kurt Tschenscher ([ 67] Ramón Barreto (Nicolae Rainea (Erik Fredriksson (Jamal Al Sharif (Joël Quiniou (Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (Óscar Ruiz (Carlos Eugênio Simon (Marco Antonio Rodríguez (
Most matches refereed, overall
9 – Ravshan Irmatov (
Most matches refereed, one tournament
5 – Benito Archundia (Horacio Elizondo (Ravshan Irmatov (
Youngest referee
24 years and 193 days – Juan Gardeazábal (
Oldest referee
53 years and 236 days – George Reader (
Discipline
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970 .[ 68]
Fastest caution
first minute, Giampiero Marini (Italy Poland 1982 ; Sergei Gorlukovich (Russia Sweden 1994 .
Fastest sending off
56 seconds, José Batista (Uruguay Scotland 1986 .
Fastest sending off, qualification
37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti (Bahrain Iran 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification .
Latest caution
during penalty shootout: Edinho (Brazil France 1986 ; Carlos Roa (Argentina England 1998 .
Latest sending off
after penalty shootout: Leandro Cufré (Argentina Germany 2006 (Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match ).
Sent off from the bench
Claudio Caniggia (Argentina Sweden 2002 .Most cards (all-time, player)
6, Zinedine Zidane (France Cafu (Brazil
Most cautions (all-time, player)
6, Cafu (Brazil
Most sendings off (all-time, player)
2, Rigobert Song (Cameroon Zinedine Zidane (France
Most sendings off (tournament)
28 (in 64 games), 2006 .
Most sendings off (all-time, team)
11 (in 97 games), Brazil
Most sendings off (match, both teams)
4 (2 each), Portugal Netherlands 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg ).
Most sendings off (final match)
2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina West Germany 1990 .
Most cautions (tournament)
345 (in 64 matches), 2006 .
Most cautions (all-time, team)
88 (in 64 games), Argentina
Most cautions (match, one team)
9, Portugal Netherlands 2006 and Netherlands Spain 2010 .
Most cautions (match, both teams)
16, Cameroon Germany 2002 [ 69] Portugal Netherlands 2006 .[ 70]
Most cautions (match, player)
3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić (Croatia Australia 2006 (referee: Graham Poll ).[ 71]
Most cautions (final match, both teams)
14, Netherlands Spain 2010 .[ 72]
Most suspensions (tournament, player)
2, André Kana-Biyik (Cameroon 1990 ).[ 73]
Longest suspension (player, doping )
15 months, Diego Maradona (Argentina Nigeria 1994 .[ 74]
Longest suspension (player, misconduct )
Longest suspension, qualifying
Host records
Most times hosted
#
Country
Host
1
Mexico 1970 , 1986 ), Italy 1934 , 1990 ), France 1938 , 1998 ), Germany 1974 , 2006 ), Brazil 1950 , 2014 )
2
6
Uruguay 1930 ), Switzerland 1954 ), Sweden 1958 ), Chile 1962 ), England 1966 ), Argentina 1978 ), Spain 1982 ), United States 1994 ), South Korea 2002 ), Japan 2002 ), South Africa 2010 )
1
Champions , 6 times: Uruguay Italy England West Germany Argentina France
#
Performance
WC
Team
Pld
W
D
L
Win%
GF
GA
GD
GD/M
GF/M
1
Champion
1930
Uruguay 4
4
0
0
100 %
15
3
12
3
3.8
2
Champion
1998
France 7
6
1
0
93 %
15
2
13
1.9
2.1
3
Champion
1966
England 6
5
1
0
92 %
11
3
8
1.3
1.8
4
Champion
1934
Italy 5
4
1
0
90 %
12
3
9
1.8
2.4
5
Champion
1974
Germany 7
6
0
1
86 %
13
4
9
1.3
1.9
6
Champion
1978
Argentina 7
5
1
1
79 %
15
4
9
1.3
2.1
7
Runners-up
1950
Brazil 6
4
1
1
75 %
22
6
16
2.7
3.7
8
Runners-up
1958
Sweden 6
4
1
1
75 %
12
7
5
0.8
2
9
Third place
1990
Italy 7
6
1
0
93 %
10
2
8
1.1
1.4
10
Third place
2006
Germany 7
5
1
1
79 %
14
6
8
1.1
2
11
Third place
1962
Chile 6
4
0
2
67 %
10
8
2
0.33
1.3
12
Fourth place
2014
Brazil 7
4
1
2
64 %
11
14
−3
−0.4
1.57
13
Fourth place
2002
South Korea 7
3
2
2
57 %
8
6
2
0.3
1.1
14
Quarter-final
1986
Mexico 5
3
2
0
80 %
6
2
4
0.8
1.2
15
Quarter-final
1970
Mexico 4
2
1
1
63 %
6
4
2
0.5
1.5
16
Quarter-final
1954
Switzerland 4
2
0
2
50 %
11
11
0
0
2.8
17
Quarter-final
1938
France 2
1
0
1
50 %
4
4
0
0
2
18
Second Round
1982
Spain 5
1
2
2
40 %
4
5
−1
−0.2
0.8
19
Round of 16
2002
Japan 4
2
1
1
63 %
5
3
2
0.5
1.0
20
Round of 16
1994
United States 4
1
1
2
38 %
3
4
−1
−0.3
0.8
21
Group stage
2010
South Africa 3
1
1
1
50 %
3
5
−2
−0.7
1
Win% → Every drew counted as a half win .
South Africa [ 79] United States Spain South Africa South Africa United States Spain
The largest defeat suffered by a host is Brazil 1–7 Germany in 2014 (tying the amount of goals against of Switzerland 5–7 Austria , 1954), and the 14 goals against in the whole campaign are also the most of a host team. Brazil in 2014 also has recorded the worst goal difference by a host at −3.
Attendance
Highest attendance in a match
199,854, Uruguay v Brazil , 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950 .
Highest attendance in a final
199,854, Uruguay v Brazil , 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950 .
Lowest attendance in a match
300, Romania vs Peru , 14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos , Montevideo, Uruguay, World Cup 1930 .
Highest attendance in a qualifying match
162,764, Brazil vs Colombia , 9 March 1977, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1 .
Lowest attendance in a qualifying match
0, Costa Rica vs Panama , 26 March 2005, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa , San Juan de Tibás , San José , Costa Rica, 2006 CONCACAF Final Group .[ 80]
Highest average of attendance per match
68,991, 1994 .
Highest attendance in a tournament
3,587,538, 1994 .
Lowest average of attendance per match
23,235, 1934 .
Lowest attendance in a tournament
390,000, 1934 .
Total and average attendance
Year
Matches
Attendance
Total
Average
Lowest
Highest
1930
18
434,500
24,139
ROU PER Round 1
300
URU ARG Final
93,000
1934
17
358,000
21,059
TCH ROU Round 1
8,000
ITA AUT Semi-finals
60,000
1938
18
483,000
26,833
SWE CUB Quarterfinals
6,846
FRA ITA Quarterfinals
58,455
1950
22
1,043,500
47,432
SUI MEX Round 1
4,000
URU BRA Final round
199,854
1954
26
889,500
34,212
TUR KOR Round 1
3,000
HUN FRG Round 1
65,000
1958
35
919,580
26,274
NIR TCH Round 1
6,196
SWE BRA Final
51,800
1962
32
899,074
28,096
ENG BUL Round 1
5,700
BRA CHI Semi-finals
76,500
1966
32
1,635,000
51,094
CHI PRK Round 1
16,000
ENG FRA Round 1
98,270
1970
32
1,603,975
50,127
ISR SWE Round 1
9,624
BRA ITA Final
107,412
1974
38
1,865,753
49,099
BUL URU Round 1
13,400
FRG CHI Round 1
81,100
1978
38
1,545,791
40,679
SCO IRN Round 1
7,938
ARG ITA Round 1
71,712
1982
52
2,109,723
40,572
PER CMR Round 1
11,000
ARG BEL Round 1
95,000
1986
52
2,393,031
46,020
HUN CAN Round 1
13,800
ARG FRG Final
114,600
1990
52
2,516,215
48,389
YUG UAE Round 1
27,833
FRG YUG Round 1
74,765
1994
52
3,587,538
68,991
NGA BUL Round 1
44,132
BRA ITA Final
94,194
1998
64
2,785,100
43,517
PAR BUL Round 1
27,650
BRA FRA Final
80,000
2002
64
2,705,197
42,269
ESP PAR Round 1
24,000
GER BRA Final
69,029
2006
64
3,359,439
52,491
IRN ANG Round 1
38,000
GER ARG Quarterfinals
72,000
2010
64
3,178,856
49,670
NZL SVK Round 1
23,871
NED ESP Final
84,490
2014
64
3,429,873
53,592
RUS KOR Round 1
37,603
GER ARG Final
74,738
Penalty shootouts
Most shootouts, team, all-time
5, Argentina
Most shootouts, team, tournament
2, Argentina 1990 ; Spain 2002 ; Costa Rica 2014 ; Netherlands 2014 .
Most shootouts, all teams, tournament
4, 1990 , 2006 , 2014 .
Most wins, team, all-time
4, Argentina Germany
Most wins, team, tournament
2, Argentina 1990 .
Most losses, team, all-time
3, Italy England
Most shootouts with 100% record (all won)
4, Germany [ 81]
Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost)
3, England [ 82]
Most shootouts, kicker, all-time
3, Roberto Baggio , Italy 1990 semi-final, 1994 final, 1998 quarter final).
Most successful kicks, shootout, one team
5, West Germany 1982 ; Belgium 1986 ; Republic of Ireland 1990 ; Sweden 1994 ; South Korea 2002 ; Italy 2006 ; Paraguay 2010 ; Costa Rica 2014 .
Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams
9, West Germany France 1982 ; Belgium Spain 1986 ; Republic of Ireland Romania 1990 ; Sweden Romania 1994 .
Most successful kicks, team, all-time
17, Argentina Germany
Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams
12, West Germany France 1982 ; Sweden Romania 1994 .
Fewest kicks taken, shootout, both teams
7, West Germany Mexico 1986 ; Ukraine Switzerland 2006 .
Fewest kicks taken, shootout, one team
3, Mexico 1986 ; Switzerland 2006 .
Most kicks taken, team, all-time
22, Argentina
Most kicks taken, team, one tournament
10, Costa Rica 2014 .
Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams
5, Argentina Yugoslavia 1990 ; Spain Republic of Ireland 2002 ; Portugal England 2006 ; Brazil Chile 2014 .
Most kicks missed, team, all-time
7, England Italy
Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team
0, Switzerland Ukraine 2006 .
Most saves, all-time
4, Sergio Goycochea (Argentina Harald Schumacher (West Germany
Most saves, tournament
4, Sergio Goycochea (Argentina 1990 ).
Most saves, shootout
3, Ricardo (Portugal England 2006 ; Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Ukraine Switzerland 2006 .
^ a b Technically, the 1950 FIFA World Cup had its final round in a group of 4, without a final match per se.
^ a b c d e f g Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia as successor teams of Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.^ There was no third place match in 1930; the United States are considered third for having a better retrospect than fellow semifinalist Yugoslavia.
^ a b c d The Kingdom of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia , and Serbia and Montenegro Serbia team by FIFA. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia – Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia – are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006. In 2010, Serbia debuted at the FIFA World Cup with their own national team.
^ a b In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th places. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Brazil's 1930 and 1982 results drop out and Germany alone has the most top-eight finishes (17 vs. Brazil's 15).
^ a b Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was only re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 WC, while Saar (until 1956) and East Germany (until 1990) fielded teams of their own before (re-)joining (West) Germany and the DFB in the German reunification . FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954–1990, when the team was often called West Germany.
^ participated until 1990 as a part of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
^ a b The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
^ now known as Indonesia
^ now known as DR Congo
^ For the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions, the FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine which teams finished in 5th to 8th places. These rankings place Paraguay 9th in 1930. If Paraguay is considered to have finished in the top eight in 1930 (due to finishing second in the first round group stage - see page 45 ) then Paraguay would have the biggest gap (1930–2010). The USA reached the final four in 1930, so its top-eight finish in that competition does not rely on the retrospective rankings.
^ Turkey ^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th place. If these rankings are excluded Yugoslavia shares this record with Sweden
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th place. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Yugoslavia still holds this record (6).
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th place. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Switzerland still holds this record (3).
^ The two Americas are separate confederations, but all tournaments in North America were won by South American teams (Brazil in 1970 and 1994, Argentina in 1986)
^ Counting North America and South America separatedly, Germany and Brazil have four regions, the Netherlands (Europe, South America and Africa) and Argentina (Europe, North and South America) have three.
^ All the other teams always progressing from the first round have only appeared in one tournament: Cuba Wales East Germany Senegal Ukraine Slovakia 1938
^ Other teams never progressing from the first round in at least two appearances are as follows: 4 appearances Tunisia Iran Bolivia South Africa Honduras Ivory Coast El Salvador Egypt New Zealand Slovenia
^ Algeria national football team ^ a b c d e f g h A match decided by a penalty shootout is considered a draw for both sides
^ England did lose the third-place playoff in 1990, but had already been eliminated from any chance of winning the Championship.
^ France 1998 had 6 match wins; the Italy Paraguay ^ Uruguay also qualified for the 1950 finals without playing a match as a result of withdrawals by other teams in South America
^ Poland 1974 and Italy 1990 also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff.^ Netherlands ^ Details as follows: Brazil in 1970 beat England (first round), Uruguay (semi-final) and Italy (final). Italy in 1982 beat Argentina (second group stage), Brazil (second group stage) and West Germany (final). Argentina in 1986 beat Uruguay (round of 16), England (quarter-final) and West Germany (final). Germany in 2010 beat England (round of 16), Argentina (quarter-final) and Uruguay (3rd/4th place match). Germany in 2014 beat France (quarter–final), Brazil (semi-final) and Argentina (final).
^ Details as follows: Yugoslavia in 1962 beat Uruguay (first round) and West Germany (quarterfinal). In 1974, the Netherlands beat Uruguay (first round) and Brazil (second group stage), while Poland beat Italy (first round) and Brazil (3rd/4th place match). Denmark in 1986 beat both West Germany and Uruguay in the group stage. Bulgaria in 1994 beat Argentina (group stage) and Germany (quarterfinals). Denmark in 2002 beat both Uruguay and France in the group stage. Netherlands in 2010 beat Brazil (quarterfinals) and Uruguay (semifinal). Costa Rica in 2014 beat Uruguay and Italy in the group stage. Netherlands in 2014 beat Spain (group stage) and Brazil (3rd/4th place match).
^ Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of withdrawal by
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Successful kicks in a penalty shootout are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted)
^ Reeves, Nick (21 June 2010). "Chile fell 10-man Swiss to close in on last 16" . Yahoo! News Agence France-Presse . Retrieved 21 June 2010 . Small consolation but the Swiss set a new World Cup record of 559 minutes played without scoring a goal, to overtake Italy's mark of 550 minutes. [dead link ^ "Attacking excellence, defensive distinction" . FIFA World Cup FIFA . 21 June 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010 . 9 hours and 19 minutes without conceding a goal enabled Switzerland to set a new and impressive FIFA World Cup record today. The Swiss, who started the day in third place behind Italy (550 minutes) and England (501), rose to the No1 position midway through the second half, but only had eight minutes to savour their new status. That was when Chile's Mark Gonzalez became the first player to score against the Helvetians since Spain's Txiki Beguiristain at USA 1994. ^ "Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals" . The Guardian . London. 25 November 2007.^ Pelé , Lothar Matthäus , Pierre Littbarski and Ronaldo each appeared 3 times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=178119/index.html ^ FIFA official records claimed he was born in 1987, but some sources claimed he was born in 1985, which would mean he was 15 years and 310 days old when he played the match.
^ According to RSSSF's 1994 World Cup page , Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21 years & 250 days in the 1994 , but the source does not specify the match in which he was captain. It is listed that the starting captain was substituted in both the match against the Netherlands and the one against Sweden , in which Amin may have been given the armband on the captains' substitutions, but this information has not been verified. In any case, Meola still is the youngest starting captain, and players who received the captain's armband during the course of the match are generally not regarded as official captains.
^ According to "FIFA World Cup Superlatives: Players" . A FIFA report , however, indicates that Taylor participated in another match after that date, again versus St. Kitts and Nevis , on 31 March 2004, breaking his own record. If the age listed in the "Superlatives" (PDF) file corresponds to the February match, then in accordance with the match report from March the actual record would be 46 years and 222 days.
^ Communications Division (27 July 2007). "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF ) . Good to Know . FIFA . p. 42. Retrieved 5 May 2009 . ^ György Sárosi ^ 1938 FIFA World Cup ^ Alcides Ghiggia ^ Just Fontaine ^ Orestes Omar Corbatta ^ Ferenc Bene ^ Jairzinho ^ Teófilo Cubillas ^ James Rodriguez ^ Ferenc Puskás scored in all three games he played for Hungary in the 1954 World Cup; however, as part of the Spanish team in 1962, he went blank in the team's three games.^ Stabile, the fleeting wonder ^ a b c 1938 FIFA World Cup France ^ Some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was Harry Andersson but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. (link)
^ Matches within one tournament. Otherwise, Hungary Italy 1938 and 9–0 v South Korea 1954 ; and again between 1–3 v France 1978 and 10–1 v El Salvador 1982 ; and likewise Germany Croatia 1998 and 8–0 v Saudi Arabia 2002 .
^ 9 consecutive clean sheets, 5 of them away from home over 2 qualifying rounds against 5 different oppositions from 2 Confederations.
^ Zuberbühler kept goal throughout every minute of Switzerland's 4 matches. Other keepers have kept clean sheets only playing part of their team's matches: Velloso (Brazil, 1930, 1 match of 2); Pedro Benítez (Paraguay, 1930, 1 of 2); József Háda (Hungary, 1938, 1 of 4); Giuseppe Moro (Italy, 1950, 1 of 2); István Ilku (Hungary, 1958, 1 of 4); Lorenzo Buffon (Italy, 1962, 2 of 3); Rogelio Domínguez (Argentina, 1962, 1 of 3); Adán Godoy (Chile, 1962, 1 of 6); Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1966, 1 of 3); Horst Wolter (West Germany, 1970, 1 of 6); József Szendrei (Hungary, 1986, 1 of 3); Viktor Chanov (USSR, 1986, 1 of 4); Manuel Bento (Portugal, 1986, 1 of 3); Plamen Nikolov (Bulgaria, 1994, 45 mins of 7); Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, 2002, 1 of 3); Rami Shaaban (Sweden, 2006, 1 of 4); Santiago Cañizares (Spain, 2006, 1 of 4); Pepe Reina (Spain, 2014, 1 of 3)
^ Vittorio Pozzo ^ Helmut Schön ^ a b Mário Zagallo ^ a b c Franz Beckenbauer ^ Carlos Bilardo ^ Carlos Alberto Parreira ^ Lajos Baroti ^ Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
^ Did not play in 1990, but had caps in all three subsequent tournaments.
^ Milorad Arsenijevic ^ a b George Raynor ^ Kurt Tschenscher ^ Chris Goodwin & Peter Young. "England's World Cup Final Tournament Player Disciplinary Records" . Retrieved 3 November 2006 . records of player discipline prior to the advent of yellow and red cards may not be complete. ^ 2002 Cameroon – Germany FIFA match report ^ 2006 Portugal – Netherlands match report ^ Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three cautions, however was revised shortly after, with the second caution (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the caution was retrospectively overturned.
^ Fifield, Dominic (12 July 2010). "World Cup final: Beauty was rewarded in the end – Vicente del Bosque" . The Guardian . Retrieved 13 July 2010 . ^ Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first; and then missed their fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth. Others, including Zinedine Zidane in 2006 , have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.
^ Kerr, John H. (1997). Motivation and Emotion in Sport: reversal theory . Psychology Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-86377-500-4 ^
"Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity" . FIFA.com . 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014 .
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Lewis, Michael (June–July 2002). "The difference makers: from a do-everything goaltender to a snakebit sniper to America's newest, greatest hope, these will be the most influential players at the World Cup – The 2002 World Cup" . Soccer Digest Iraq's Barmeer [sic] Shaker was slapped with a one-year suspension for spitting at a referee in a loss to Belgium (1986).
^ "Banned for a year". The Toronto Star Iraqi World Cup player Bameer [sic] Shaker has been banned for one year from international soccer for spitting at a referee. ^
"FIFA lifts Rojas lifetime ban" . CBC Sports . Retrieved 5 May 2009 .
^ Lucas, Ryan (22 June 2010). "South Africa beats France 2–1, but eliminated" . The Associated Press. Retrieved 8 July 2010 . ^ Reuters . "Costa Rica fans banned after violence" . ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 13 February 2007 .^ All the other teams with 100% records have only appeared in one shootout each: they are Belgium Bulgaria Paraguay Portugal South Korea Sweden Ukraine Uruguay
^ Other teams with 0% records are Mexico Romania Ghana Greece Japan Netherlands Switzerland Yugoslavia
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Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Italy (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) 
Germany (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
Uruguay (1930, 1950) 
Argentina (1978, 1986)
England (1966) 
France (1998) 
Spain (2010)
Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)
Hungary (1938, 1954) 
Czechoslovakia[2] (1934, 1962) 
Sweden (1958) 
Poland (1974, 1982)
United States (1930)[3] 
Austria (1954) 
Chile (1962) 
Portugal (1966) 
Croatia (1998) 
Turkey (2002) 
Yugoslavia[4] (1930, 1962) 
Soviet Union (1966) 
Belgium (1986) 
Bulgaria (1994) 
South Korea (2002) 
Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Switzerland (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2014)
Serbia[7] 
Russia[8] 
Paraguay 
Scotland
Cameroon 
Romania
Colombia 
Japan 
Nigeria
Algeria 
Australia 
Costa Rica 
Denmark 
Iran 
Morocco 
Peru 
Saudi Arabia 
Tunisia
Bolivia 
Ecuador 
Ghana 
Greece 
Honduras 
Ivory Coast 
Northern Ireland 
Norway 
Republic of Ireland 
South Africa
Egypt 
El Salvador 
New Zealand 
North Korea 
Slovenia[4] 
Angola (2006) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014) 
Canada (1986) 
China (2002) 
Cuba (1938) 
East Germany[6] (1974) 
Haiti (1974) 
Iraq (1986) 
Israel (1970) 
Jamaica (1998) 
Kuwait (1982) 
Senegal (2002) 
Slovakia[2] (2010) 
Togo (2006) 
Trinidad and Tobago (2006) 
Ukraine[8] (2006) 
United Arab Emirates (1990) 
Wales (1958) 
Zaire[10] (1974)
Brazil (1930–2014)
Italy (1930–1934), 
Uruguay (1938–1950)
West Germany (1950–1954)
France (1994–1998)
Argentina (1930–1978)
Spain (1950–2010)
United States (1930–2002)[11]
Norway (1938–1998)
Egypt (1934–1990), 
England (1966), 
South Africa (2010)
Portugal (1966), 
Croatia (1998)
Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)
Yugoslavia (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990)[13]
Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Austria (1934, 1954), 
Poland (1974, 1982), 
Switzerland (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954)[15]
Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978)
Ivory Coast (2006, 2010, 2014), 
Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014)
Hungary, 1954 (8–3 vs 
East Germany, 1974 (1–0 vs 
Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002)[18]
Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), 
Indonesia (as 
El Salvador
Bulgaria
South Korea
Canada, 
China, 
Trinidad and Tobago, 
DR Congo (as 
Zaire).
Algeria (506 minutes)[20]
Turkey
Angola
Wales
Haiti
Cuba
United Arab Emirates
Israel
Sweden (5–2–0) (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994),
Serbia (
Belgium, 1986; 
Denmark, 1986; 
Costa Rica 2014; 
Brazil (1970)
Haiti (1974)
Luxembourg (1934–2014).
Hungary (1954) (four goals); also 
Brazil (1970) (three goals).
Ecuador, 1994–2010).
Northern Ireland), vs Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982.
Togo), vs Zambia, 6 May 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1.[36]
Colombia), vs Japan, 24 June 2014.
U.S. Virgin Islands), vs St. Kitts and Nevis, 18 February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4.[38]
Cameroon (Rigobert Song: 17 years and 358 days; Roger Milla: 42 years and 35 days).
Peru, 1982, as coach).
Iran, 1994–2006).[39]
Russia), vs Cameroon, 1994.
Australia), vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1.
Soviet Union, 3 June 1962.
Gabon), vs Niger, 15 June 2013, 2014 CAF Second Round Group E.
Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (
Ghana), vs Czech Republic, 2006 and vs Uruguay, 2010.
San Marino), vs England, 17 November 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2.
American Samoa (0), 11 April 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1.
North Korea).
Senegal).
New Zealand, 1982).
Ukraine), vs 
Italy, 1934–1938).
Nigeria, 1998; 
Kuwait, 1982; 
Greece, 2010)
Peru, 1962–1970), Kurt Tschenscher (
Romania, 1974–1982), Erik Fredriksson (
Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou (
Uzbekistan, 2010–2014)
Bahrain), vs 
Iraq), vs 
Chile), vs 
PER
ITA – 
MEX
BRA
HUN – 
BRA – 
IRN
PAR – 
Paraguay, 2010; 
Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia)
Slovakia (excluding Czechoslovakia. 2010). Germany has never failed to advance from 14 first-round group phases, but lost its first-round knockout match in 1938
Tunisia (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006), 
Slovenia (2002, 2010)
Japan (1), 
