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Men’s Football World Cup Records ⚽ 🏆
The men’s football world cup tournament is played every four years where new men’s football world cup records can be set. In 2022 the qualifying football/soccer teams from each continent will meet in Qatar to decide the next football FIFA™ World Cup Champions.
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| ⚽Football World Cup Records 🏆 | Record | Players, Coaches, Teams, Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Most World Cup appearances (team) | 20 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup games (team) | 106 | Germany |
| Most World Cup wins (team) | 70 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup victories (player) | 17 | Cafu, Brazil (1990-2006) |
| Most World Cup titles (team) | 5 | Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup runners-up (team) | 4 | Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) |
| Most Finals (team) | 8 | Germany (4 won) |
| Most World Cup participations (Players) | 5 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) & Antonio Carbajal (Mexico’s goalkeeper, 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup titles (player) | 3 | Pelé (Brazil, 1958, 1962, 1970) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup games contested (player) | 25 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) |
| Most World Cup game minutes on the pitch (player) | 2217 | Paolo Maldini (Italy, 1990-2002) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 224 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals in total (player) | 16 | Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002-today) |
| Most World Cup goals in shortest time | 4 | Germany (4 goals in 6 minutes against Brazil 2014. Final score 7:1) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (team) | 27 | Hungary, 1954 (in 5 games) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (player) | 13 | Just Fontaine in 6 games (France, 1958) |
| Most goals in a game (player) | 5 | Oleg Salenko (Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994) |
| First World Cup Goal (player) | 1930 | Lucien Laurent, France (in the game against Mexico after 19 minutes) |
| Youngest player in the game | 17 years, 41 days | Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland vs. Yugoslavia, 1982) |
| Youngest World Cup scorer | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Youngest world champion (player) | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Oldest player in the game | 42 years, 39 days | Roger Milla (Cameroon vs. Russia, 1994) |
| The oldest world champion (player) | 40 years | Dino Zoff (Italy, 1982) |
| World Cup match with most goals | 12 | 7:5 (Austria vs. Switzerland, 1954) |
| Highest World Cup win | 10:1 | Hungary vs. El Salvador, 1982 |
| Fastest World Cup goal after kick off | 11 seconds | Hakan Sukur (Turkey vs. South Korea, 2002) |
| Most World Cup minutes without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) | 517 | Walter Zenga (Italy, 1990) |
| Most World Cup participation (trainer) | 6 | Carlos Alberto Parreira (2 x with Brazil, 1 x Kuwait, 1 x UAE, 1 x Saudi Arabia, 1 x South Africa) |
| Most World Cup games (coach) | 25 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup victories (trainer) | 16 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup titles (trainer) | 2 | Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1934 and 1938) |
| World Cup titles (as player and coach) | 3 | Mário Zagallo (Brazil, 1958/1962 + 1970) |
| Youngest coach at a World Cup | 27 years | Juan José Tramutola (Argentina, 1930) |
| Oldest coach at a World Cup | 71 years | Otto Rehhagel (Greece, 2010) |
| First sending-off in World Cup history | 1930 | Placido Galindo 🙅(Peru vs. Romania) |
| Most sending-offs in one game | 4 | Portugal vs. Netherlands, 2006 🙅(4 second yellow cards, 2 per team) |
| Most yellow cards in one game | 16 | Germany vs. Cameroon, 2002 🙅(14 yellow cards & 2 second yellow cards) |
| First penalty (scored) | 19 July 1930 | Manuel Rosas (Mexico vs. Argentina) |
| Fastest penalty in a match | 1st minute | Final Germany vs. Netherlands, 1974 (Johann Neeskens took NL into the lead) |
| Most penalties awarded (team) | 16 | Spain (2 missed) |
| First Golden Goal | 1998 | Laurent Blanc (second round, France vs. Paraguay) |
| First hat-trick (player) | 1934 | Edmund Conen, Germany (in the game against Belgium, final result 5:2) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 121 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals against (goalkeeper) | 25 | Antonio Carbajal, Mexico (in 11 games 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup games without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) | 10 | Peter Shilton, England (1982-1990) & Fabien Barthez, France (1998-2010) |
| Most clean sheet games (team) | 39 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup goals in the final | 7 | 1958 Brazil vs. Sweden 5:2 |
| Most World Cup defeats (team) | 25 | Mexico (in 53 games) |
| Longest World Cup winning streak (team) | 11 games | Brazil (2002-2006) |
| Longest unbeaten run (team) | 13 games | Brazil (1958-1966) |
| Longest losing streak (team) | 9 games | Mexico (1930-1958) |
| Longest run without a victory (team) | 16 games | Bulgaria (1962-1994) |
| Longest run without a goal (team) | 5 games | Bolivia (1930-1994) |
| Most World Cup knockout games | 47 | Germany (32 won) |
| Most penalty shootouts (team) | 5 | Argentina (1990, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014) |
| Most won penalty shootouts | 4 | Germany (4 of 4) |
| Most lost penalty shootouts | 3 | 😰England (1990, 1998, 2006) 😰Italy (1990, 1994, 1998) & Spain 😰(1986, 2002, 2018) |
| World Cup game with the fewest spectators | 300 | Romania vs. Peru, 1930 |
| World Cup game with the most spectators | 173,850 | Brazil vs. Uruguay, 1950 (at the Maracana Stadium) |
| Largest average crowd per game | 68,991 | 1994 World Cup in USA |
| Hosts who became world champions | 6 | Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998 |
| Hosts who were runners-up | 2 | Brazil in 1950, Sweden in 1958 |
| Hosts that went out in the first round | 1 | South Africa 2010 😰 |
| Most frequent host | 2 | Brazil 1950, 2014 France 1938, 1998 Germany 1974, 2006 Italy 1934, 1990 Mexico 1970, 1986 |
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goals for one club is the world record held by Santos immortal Pele. Lionel Messi is on 618 goals for Barcelona (see the top ten below). The Argentinian is also just eight goals shy of outranking the 77-goal Brazilian as South America’s leading marksman in international football.
| Player | Club | Goals | Appearances | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pele | Santos | 643 | 659 | 0.98 |
| Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 618 | 705 | 0.88 |
| Gerd Muller | Bayern Munich | 564 | 605 | 0.93 |
| Fernando Peyroteo | Sporting | 544 | 334 | 1.63 |
| Josef Bican | Slavia Prague | 534 | 274 | 1.95 |
| Jimmy McGrory | Celtic | 522 | 501 | 1.04 |
| Jimmy Jones | Glenavon | 517 | 419 | 1.23 |
| Uwe Seeler | Hamburg | 507 | 587 | 0.86 |
| Eusebio | Benfica | 473 | 440 | 1.08 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 450 | 438 | 1.03 |
international caps is the men’s world record, belonging to Egypt legend Ahmed Hassan, that Ahmed Mubarak (179) and Bader Al-Mutawa (178) are closing in on. The Oman midfielder and the Kuwait forward will both turn 35 in the early part of 2020, but won 16 and 12 caps respectively last year.
international goals is the record belonging to USA legend Abby Wambach that Canada’s Christine Sinclair is merely one shy of equalling. Sinclair and Carli Lloyd, who have 289 and 288 caps respectively, are also vying to become the third player to join the 300-cap club after Kristine Lilly (352) and Christie Rampone (311).
international goals is the men’s record held by Ali Daei. Cristiano Ronaldo rocketed on to 99 with 14 goals in ten appearances for Portugal in 2019. The 34-year-old could become the first player to appear in five UEFA EUROs, three of its finals, and eclipse Michel Platini to become its outright record marksman.
points in a Premier League season, set by Manchester City in 2017/18, is the record Liverpool are threatening. The Reds collected 55 points from a possible 57 in the first half of the season, and require another 46 from the second half to set a new high.
matches unbeaten in the Greek Super League is the unbelievable run on which PAOK will begin the year (43 wins, eight draws). If the Thessaloniki force survive another 13 games unscathed, they will set the third-longest undefeated run in a domestic league in Europe.
matches unbeaten in the FIFA Futsal World Cup is the exceptional record Brazil will look to extend at Lithuania 2020 – provided they qualify. Since a dramatic 4-3 loss to Spain in the Guatemala 2000 final, Brazil have won 25 and drawn three, though those three stalemates have all preceded penalty-shootout losses: two against Spain and one against IR Iran at Colombia 2016.
goals is what makes Daniel Passarella the highest-scoring defender in international football history – a majority of Fernando Hierro’s 29 goals for Spain came while playing in midfield – but for how much longer? Sergio Ramos has 21 to his name. The Real Madrid captain has also scored 64 goals in La Liga, just three shy of Ronald Koeman’s record for a defender.
goals is the Copa America record Argentinian Norberto Mendez and Brazilian Zizinho have shared since the 1950s. Paolo Guerrero moved on to 14 with three goals at Brazil 2019, and will look to enhance his tally when Peru face Qatar, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela in Group B in June and July.
successive titles in Europe’s top men’s or women’s club competition is what an Ada Hegerberg-spearheaded Lyon could become the second side in history to conquer. Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas inspired Real Madrid to five consecutive European Cup crowns between 1956 and ’60. Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema, who has ten goals in four appearances in the 2019/20 UEFA Women’s Champions League, has her eye on Hegerberg’s single-season record of 15 goals.
consecutive Women’s Olympic Football Tournament finals is what Pia Sundhage will be out to reach at Tokyo 2020, having led USA to gold at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 and Sweden to silver at Rio 2016. Her Brazil midfielder Formiga, who will turn 42 in March, could outrank compatriot Meg and become the oldest player in the competition’s history, while Cristiane will be out to extend her unparalleled 14 goals in it.
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