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This is a list of records of the FIFA World Cup and its qualification matches.

Tournaments

Team

Most championships

5, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

#	team	championships
1	Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	5
2	Italy (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	4
3	Germany (1954, 1974, 1990)	3
4	Argentina (1978, 1986) Uruguay (1930, 1950)	2
5	England (1966) France (1998) Spain (2010)	1

Most finishes in the top two

7, Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002), Brazil (1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994,1998, 2002)

#	team	finishes in the top two
1	Brazil (1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994,1998, 2002) Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002)	7
2	Italy (1934, 1938, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006)	6
3	Argentina (1930, 1978, 1986, 1990)	4
4	Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)	3
5	Uruguay (1930, 1950) France (1998, 2006) Czechoslovakia^[1] (1934, 1962) Hungary (1938, 1954)	2
6	England (1966) Spain (2010) Sweden (1958)	1

Most finishes in the top three

11, Germany (1934, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010)

#	team	finishes in the top three
1	Germany (1934, 1954,1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010)	11
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) France (1958, 1986, 1998, 2006 )	4
5	Sweden (1950, 1958, 1994) Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)	3
6	Uruguay (1930, 1950) Hungary (1938, 1954) Czechoslovakia^[1](1934, 1962) Poland (1974, 1982)	2
7	United States (1930) Austria (1954) Chile (1962) England (1966) Portugal (1966) Croatia (1998) Turkey (2002) Spain (2010)	1

Most finishes in the top four

12, Germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010)

#	team	finishes in the top four
1	Germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010)	12
2	Brazil (1938, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2002)	10
3	Italy (1934, 1938, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2006)	8
4	France (1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006) Uruguay (1930, 1950, 1954, 1970, 2010)	5
5	Argentina (1930, 1978, 1986, 1990) Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1994) Netherlands (1974, 1978, 1998,2010)	4
6	Austria (1934, 1954) Hungary (1938, 1954) Yugoslavia (1930, 1962) Czechoslovakia^[1](1934, 1962) Poland (1974, 1982) England (1966, 1990) Portugal(1966, 2006) Spain (1950, 2010)	2
7	United States (1930) Chile (1962) Soviet Union (1966) Belgium (1986) Bulgaria (1994) Croatia (1998) Turkey (2002) South Korea (2002)	1

For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results

Most finishes in the top eight: 16, Germany (Every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), Brazil (Every tournament except 1934, 1966 and 1990) ^[2]
Most finishes in the top sixteen: 19, Brazil (every tournament)
Most World Cup appearances: 19, Brazil (every tournament); For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
Most second-place finishes: 4, Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
Most third-place finishes: 4, Germany (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)
Most fourth-place finishes: 3, Uruguay (1954, 1970, 2010)
Most 3rd-4th-place finishes: 5, Germany (1934, 1958,1970, 2006, 2010)
Most 5th-8th-place finishes: 8, England (1950, 1954, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006)^[3]
Most 9th-16th-place finishes: 12, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)^[4]
Most 17th-32nd-place finishes: 5, South Korea (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships: 2, Italy (1934–1938) and Brazil (1958–1962).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3, Germany (1982–1990) and Brazil (1994–2002).
Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 3, Germany (1966–1974), (1982–1990), (2002–2010) and Brazil(1994–2002)
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 3, Germany (1966–1974), (1982–1990), (2002–2010) and Brazil(1970–1978), (1994–2002)^[5]
Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 15, Germany (1954–2010)
Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen: 19, Brazil (1930–2010).
Most consecutive finals tournaments: 19, Brazil (1930–2010).
Most consecutive second-place Finishes: 2, Netherlands (1974–1978) and Germany (1982–1986).
Most consecutive third-place finishes: 2, Germany (2006–2010)
Most consecutive fourth-place finishes: no country has finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments
Most consecutive 3rd-4th-place finishes: 2, Sweden (1938–1950), Brazil (1974-1978), France (1982–1986), Germany (2006–2010)
Most consecutive 5th-8th-place finishes: 4, Switzerland (1934–1954)^[6]
Most consecutive 9th-16th-place finishes: 5, Mexico (1950–1966), (1994–2010)^[7]
Most consecutive 17th-32nd-place finishes: 4, South Korea (1986–1998)
Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments

Declined to participate, then champion: Italy (1930–1934), Uruguay (1938–1950)
Banned from participating, then champion: West Germany (1950–1954)
Failed to qualify, then champion: France (1994–1998)

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years, Italy (1938–1982)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 60 years, Spain (1950–2010)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight: 72 years, United States (1930–2002)^[8]
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top sixteen: 60 years, Norway (1938–1998)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals: 56 years: Egypt (1934–1990), Norway(1938–1994)^[9]

Host team

Best finish by host team: Champion, Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina(1978), France (1998)
Worst finish by host team: 17th-32nd position (FIFA final ranking of 20th), South Africa (2010)

Defending champion

Best finish by defending champion: champion, Italy (1938), Brazil (1962)
Worst finish by defending champion: did not participate, Uruguay (1934)
Worst finish by defending champion which took part in subsequent finals: 28th (of 32), France (2002)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: champion, Uruguay(1930), Italy(1934)
Best finish by a debuting team after 1934: Third place, Portugal(1966), Croatia(1998)

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 4, Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1994), Netherlands (1974, 1978, 1998, 2010)
Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion: 7 Yugoslavia (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990)^[10]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever being champion: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most appearances without ever being champion: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 2, Austria (1934, 1954), Yugoslavia (1930, 1962), Poland (1974, 1982), Portugal (1966, 2006)
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two: 7 Yugoslavia (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990)^[11]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top two: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top two: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four: 4, Switzerland (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954)^[12]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top four: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top four: 14 Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990)
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top eight: 4 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978)
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top eight: 8 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top sixteen: 3 South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010), Algeria (1982, 1986, 2010)

Player

Qualification: at least one appearance in each finals tournament

Most championships

player	nation	tournament	apps	games	apps	games	app %
Pelé	Brazil	1958	4	6	12	18	67
		1962	2	6
		1970	6	6

Most finishes in the top two

player	nation	tournament	apps	games	apps	games	app %
Pierre Littbarski	West Germany	1982	7	7	18	21	86
		1986	5	7
		1990	6	7
Lothar Matthäus	West Germany	1982	2	7	16	21	76
		1986	7	7
		1990	7	7
Cafu	Brazil	1994	3	7	16	21	76
		1998	6	7
		2002	7	7
Pelé	Brazil	1958	4	6	12	18	67
		1962	2	6
		1970	6	6

Most finishes in the top three

player	nation	tournament	apps	games	apps	games	app %
Wolfgang Overath	West Germany	1966	6	6	19	19	100
		1970	6	6
		1974	7	7
Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany	1966	6	6	18	19	95
		1970	5	6
		1974	7	7
Miroslav Klose	Germany	2002	7	7	19	21	90
		2006	7	7
		2010	5	7
Pierre Littbarski	West Germany	1982	7	7	18	21	86
		1986	5	7
		1990	6	7
Lothar Matthäus	West Germany	1982	2	7	16	21	76
		1986	7	7
		1990	7	7
Cafu	Brazil	1994	3	7	16	21	76
		1998	6	7
		2002	7	7
Pelé	Brazil	1958	4	6	12	18	67
		1962	2	6
		1970	6	6
Horst-Dieter Höttges	West Germany	1966	5	6	10	19	53
		1970	4	6
		1974	1	7

Most finishes in the top four

player	nation	tournament	apps	games	apps	games	app %
Wolfgang Overath	West Germany	1966	6	6	19	19	100
		1970	6	6
		1974	7	7
Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany	1966	6	6	18	19	95
		1970	5	6
		1974	7	7
Uwe Seeler	West Germany	1958	5	6	17	18	94
		1966	6	6
		1970	6	6
Miroslav Klose	Germany	2002	7	7	19	21	90
		2006	7	7
		2010	5	7
Pierre Littbarski	West Germany	1982	7	7	18	21	86
		1986	5	7
		1990	6	7
Lothar Matthäus	West Germany	1982	2	7	16	21	76
		1986	7	7
		1990	7	7
Cafu	Brazil	1994	3	7	16	21	76
		1998	6	7
		2002	7	7
Rivelino	Brazil	1970	5	6	15	20	75
		1974	7	7
		1978	3	7
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	West Germany	1958	2	6	13	18	72
		1966	6	6
		1970	5	6
Pelé	Brazil	1958	4	6	12	18	67
		1962	2	6
		1970	6	6
Horst-Dieter Höttges	West Germany	1966	5	6	10	19	53
		1970	4	6
		1974	1	7

Most finishes in the top eight

player	nation	tournament	apps	games	apps	games	app %
Lothar Matthäus	West Germany	1982	2	7	25	31	81
		1986	7	7
		1990	7	7
	Germany	1994	5	5
	Germany	1998	4	5

Other

Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966) and Lothar Matthäus (Germany, 1982–1998).; See here for a list of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups
Most championships: 3, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958, 1962 (only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007^[13]) and 1970).; See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups

Coach

Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo Italy (1934, 1938)
Most finishes in the top two: 2, Vittorio Pozzo Italy (1934, 1938); Helmut Schön West Germany (1966, 1974);Carlos Bilardo Argentina (1986, 1990); Franz Beckenbauer West Germany (1986, 1990); Mário Zagallo Brazil(1970, 1998)
Most finishes in the top three: 3, Helmut Schön West Germany (1966, 1970, 1974)
Most finishes in the top four: 3, Helmut Schön West Germany (1966, 1970, 1974); Mário Zagallo Brazil (1970, 1974, 1998)
Most finishes in the top eight: 4, Helmut Schön West Germany (1966, 1970, 1974, 1978);

Tournament Progress (Team)

Most appearances in the first round: 19 Brazil (every tournament)
Progressed from the first round the most times: 16 Germany (every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), Brazil(every tournament except 1930, 1934 and 1966)
Eliminated in the first round the most times: 8 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
Most appearances, always progressing from the first round: 3 Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002)^[14]
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)^[15]

Consecutive

Most consecutive appearances in the first round: 19 Brazil (every tournament)
Most consecutive progressions from the first round: 15 Germany (1954–2010)
Most consecutive eliminations from the first round: 5 Mexico (1950–1966), Scotland (1974–1990)

Host team

Host team eliminated in the first round: South Africa (2010)

Defending champion

Defending champion eliminated in the first round: Italy (1950 and 2010), Brazil (1966), France (2002)

Matches

All time

Team

Most matches played: 99, Germany
Fewest matches played: 1, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Most wins: 67, Brazil
Most losses: 24, Mexico
Most draws: 21, Italy
Most matches played without a win or a draw: 6, El Salvador
Most matches played without a win: 6, Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras, New Zealand
Most matches played until first win: 17, Bulgaria
Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, Brazil vs Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994) and Germany vs Yugoslavia / Serbia (1954, 1958,1962, 1974, 1990, 1998 and2010)
Most tournaments unbeaten^[16]: 7, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 2002)
Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match^[16]: 3, England (1982, 1990,^[17]2006)
Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match: 6, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978) and Bulgaria(1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1998)

Streaks

Most consecutive wins: 11, Brazil, from 2–1 Turkey (2002) to 3–0 Ghana (2006).
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, Brazil, from 3–0 Austria (1958) to 2–0 Bulgaria (1966).
Most consecutive losses: 9, Mexico, from 1–4 France (1930) to 0–3 Sweden (1958)
Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, Bulgaria, from 0–1 Argentina (1962) to 0–3 Nigeria (1994).
Most consecutive draws: 5, Belgium, from 0–0 Netherlands (1998) to 1–1 Tunisia (2002).
Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, Portugal, from 3–1 Hungary (1966) to 1–0 Netherlands (2006).
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, Brazil (1930–1958) and Germany (1934–1958).

In one tournament

Team

Most wins^[18]: 7, Brazil, 2002
Fewest wins, champions: 3, Uruguay, 1950 (out of 4)^[19]
Most matches not won, champions: 3, Italy 1982 (out of 7)
Most wins by non-champion (excluding third-place playoff)^[20]: 6, Netherlands, 2010^[21]
Most matches not won^[16]: 5, Yugoslavia 1974, Argentina 1974, West Germany 1978, Belgium 1986, Republic of Ireland 1990, Argentina 1990.
Most matches not won in regulation time: 6, Belgium in 1986 and England in 1990.
Most losses: 3 (28 teams, of which only Mexico has accomplished this feat at three different tournaments: 1930, 1950 and 1978)
Most losses, champions: 1, Germany, 1954 and 1974; Argentina, 1978; Spain, 2010
Most victories over former World Cup winning teams^[16]: 3, Brazil (1970), Italy (1982), Argentina (1986), Germany (2010).^[22]
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^[16]: last eight Republic of Ireland (1990)
Highest finish, winning at most one match ^[16]: fourth Sweden (1938)^[23]
Most unbeaten teams: 5, 2006 ( Switzerland, Argentina, England, France, Italy)^[16]
Fewest unbeaten teams: 0, 1954
Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals: 20, Uruguay (2002 & 2010)

Team: overall performance (winning percentage)

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	100	15	3	+12	+3.0	3.8
Brazil (1970)	6	6	100	19	7	+12	+2.0	3.2
Brazil (2002)	7	7	100	18	4	+14	+2.0	2.6
Italy (1938)	4	4*	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.

Team	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
South Korea (1954)	2	2	0	16	-16	-8.0	0.0
Bolivia (1950)	1	1	0	8	-8	-8.0	0.0
Dutch East Indies (1938)	1	1	0	6	-6	-6.0	0.0
United States (1934)	1	1	1	7	-6	-6.0	1.0
Zaire (1974)	3	3	0	14	-14	-4.7	0.0
Saudi Arabia (2002)	3	3	0	12	-12	-4.0	0.0
Bolivia (1930)	2	2	0	8	-8	-4.0	0.0
Scotland (1954)	2	2	0	8	-8	-4.0	0.0
El Salvador (1982)	3	3	1	13	-12	-4.0	0.3
Haiti (1974)	3	3	2	14	-12	-4.0	0.7

Host team

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	0	0	100	15	3	+12	+3.0	3.8

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
South Africa (2010)	3	1	1	1	44	3	5	-2	-0.7	1.0

Defending champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1938)	4	4*	0	0	100	11	5	+6	+1.5	2.8

* one of the wins was after extra time

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
France (2002)	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	-3	-1.0	0.0

Champion

Best overall performance: see all-time best overall performance above
Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1982)	7	4	3	0	79	12	6	+6	+0.9	+1.7
Argentina (1978)	7	5*	1	1	79	15	4	+11	+1.6	+2.1

* one of the wins was after extra time

Non-Champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1990)	7	6	1	0	93	10	2	+8	+1.1	+1.4

Worst overall performance: see all-time worst overall performance above

Final matches

Most meetings between two teams, Final match: 2 times, Brazil vs Italy (1970 & 1994) & Argentina vs Germany (1986 & 1990)

Goals

Team

All time

Most goals scored: 210, Brazil
Most goals conceded: 117, Germany
Fewest goals scored: 0, Canada, China, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies), Trinidad and Tobago, and DR Congo (as Zaire).
Fewest goals conceded: 2, Angola
Most matches played without scoring a goal: 3, Canada, China, Trinidad and Tobago, and DR Congo (as Zaire).
Most matches played always conceding a goal: 6, El Salvador, Greece
Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72, Hungary
Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.67, Angola (2 goals in 3 matches)^[24]
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 6 Indonesia (as 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 (as Dutch East Indies)

In one tournament

Most goals scored: 27, Hungary, 1954^[25]
Fewest goals conceded: 0, Switzerland, 2006^[25]
Most goals conceded: 16, South Korea, 1954^[25]
Most minutes without conceding a goal: 517 mins, Italy, 1990^[25]
Highest goal difference: +17, Hungary, 1954^[25]
Highest goal difference, champions: +14, Brazil, 2002^[25]
Lowest goal difference: -16, South Korea, 1954^[25]
Lowest goal difference, champions: +6, Italy, 1982, Spain, 2010^[25]
Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, Hungary, 1954;^[25]
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, Germany, 1954^[25]
Fewest goals scored, champions: 8, Spain, 2010^[25]
Fewest goals scored, finalists: 5, Argentina, 1990^[25]
Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, France, 1998, Italy, 2006, Spain, 2010^[25]
Most goals conceded, champions: 14, Germany, 1954^[25]
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.14, Spain, 2010^[25]

Streaks

Most consecutive successful qualification attempts^[26]: 7, Spain (1986–2010).
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 18, Luxembourg (1934–2010).

Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, Uruguay (1930–1954)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals: 4, Uruguay (1930–1950) and Hungary (1954) (four goals); also Portugal (1966), Germany (1970), Brazil (1970),
Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals: 2, Hungary (1954) (eight goals); also Brazil (1950) (six goals)
Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, Bolivia (1930–1994) and Algeria (1986–2010).
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets): 5, Italy (1990) and Switzerland (2006–2010).
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 559, Switzerland (1994, 2006–2010).^[27]^[28]
Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, Switzerland (1934–1994).
Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, Mexico (1930–1958).
Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, Mexico (1930–1950).
Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, Bolivia (1930–1950), Mexico (1930–1950).
Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals: 2, South Korea (1954) (seven goals); also United States(1930–1934) (six goals); also Austria (1954) (five goals).

Misc

Largest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign: 55,000 miles: New Zealand (1982)^[29]

Individual

For records regarding goalscoring, see Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, seeGoalkeeping

Most matches played, finals: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998).
Most minutes played, finals: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini ( Italy, 1990–2002).
Most matches played, qualifying: 68, Iván Hurtado ( Ecuador, 1994–2010)
Most matches won: 16, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002).^[30]
Most finals played with different teams: 2, Luis Monti Argentina (1930), Italy (1934)
Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 1986–1994).
Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson ( Brazil, 1998–2002).
Youngest player: 17 years and 41 days, Norman Whiteside ( Northern Ireland, vs Yugoslavia, 1982).
Youngest player, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pele ( Brazil, vs Sweden, 1958).
Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years and 310 days, Souleymane Mamam ( Togo, vs Zambia, May 6, 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1).^[31]
Youngest captain: 21 years and 109 days, Tony Meola ( United States, vs Czechoslovakia, June 10, 1990).^[32]
Oldest player: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon, vs Russia, 1994).
Oldest player, final: 40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff ( Italy, vs Germany,1982).
Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor, Sr. ( U.S. Virgin Islands, vs St. Kitts and Nevis, February 18, 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4).^[33]
Oldest captain: 40 years and 292 days, Peter Shilton ( England, vs Italy, July 7,1990).
Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: 39 years and 321 days, David James( England, vs Algeria, June 18, 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: 12 years and 13 days, Alfred Bickel ( Switzerland, 1938–1950).
Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player: 16 years, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966); Elías Figueroa ( Chile, 1966–1982); Hugo Sánchez ( Mexico, 1978–1994); Giuseppe Bergomi ( Italy, 1982–1998);Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998); Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994–2010).
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim ( Brazil, 1938, as a player; and Peru, 1982, as coach).

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, overall finals: 15, Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006).; For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see World Cup overall top goalscorers
Most goals scored, overall qualifying: 35, Ali Daei ( Iran, 1994–2006).^[34]
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 FIFA World Cup awards Golden Boot
Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko ( Russia, vs Cameroon, 1994).
Most goals scored in a lost match: 4, Ernest Wilimowski ( Poland, vs Brazil,1938).
Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson ( Australia, vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1).
Most goals scored in one Final: 3, Geoff Hurst ( England, vs West Germany, 1966).
Most goals scored in all Final matches: 3, Vavá ( Brazil, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Czechoslovakia in 1962),Pelé ( Brazil, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Italy in 1970), Geoff Hurst ( England, 3 vs West Germany in 1966), and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 2 vs Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs Italy in 2006).
Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006).
Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine ( France, 1958) and Jairzinho ( Brazil, 1970).
Most matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine ( France, 1958), Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010).
Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954).
Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine ( France, 1958), Gerd Müller( West Germany, 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina, 1994 and 1998).
Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970).
Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 8 minutes, László Kiss( Hungary), scored at 69', 72', and 76' against El Salvador, 1982.
Olympic Goals scored in a World Cup: 1, Marcos Coll Colombia vs Soviet Union, June 3,1962.
Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Thrice in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz( Switzerland, vs Faroe Islands, October 7, 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1); Henrik Larsson ( Sweden, vs Moldova, June 6, 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4); Ronaldo ( Brazil, vsArgentina, June 2, 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL).
Scoring in every match of a World Cup: Alcides Ghiggia ( Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine( France), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Jairzinho ( Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970).^[35]
Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958–1970) and Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970).
Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970).
Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, Jürgen Klinsmann ( Germany, 1990–1998), Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006), and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010).
Most tournaments with at least four goals: 3, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010).
Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas ( Peru 1970, 1978) and Miroslav Klose( Germany, 2002–2006).
Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958–1970), Uwe Seeler( West Germany, 1958–1970), Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 1982–1994), Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 1986–1998), Henrik Larsson ( Sweden, 1994–2006), Sami Al-Jaber ( Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006), and Cuauhtémoc Blanco ( Mexico, 1998–2010).
Youngest goalscorer: 17 years and 239 days, Pelé ( Brazil, vs Wales, 1958).
Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years and 244 days, Pelé ( Brazil, vs France,1958).
Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé ( Brazil, vs Sweden,1958).
Oldest goalscorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon, vs Russia, 1994).
Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller ( Sweden, vs Cuba,1938).^[36]
Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm ( Sweden, vs Brazil,1958).
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 4, Eusébio ( Portugal, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink( Netherlands, 4 in 1978) – both records for one tournament – and Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina, 2 each in 1994 and 1998).
Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts): 2, Asamoah Gyan ( Ghana, 2006 vs Czech Republic and 2010 vs Uruguay).
Fastest goal in a Fifa World Cup: 10.89 seconds, Hakan Şükür ( Turkey, vs Korea Republic, June 29, 2002, 2002).; For a detailed list of the fastest goals from kickoff, see below
Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand ( Denmark, vs Nigeria, June 28, 1998, 1998).
Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens ( Netherlands, vs West Germany, July 7, 1974).
Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri ( San Marino, vs England, November 17, 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2).
Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( Italy vs Germany, July 4, 2006).
Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 120th minute, Geoff Hurst ( England vs West Germany 1966) (see "they think it's all over").
Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored inbetween: 119th minute, David Platt( England vs Belgium, June 26, 1990) and Fabio Grosso( Italy vs Germany, July 4, 2006).

Team

Biggest margin of victory: 9, Hungary (9) vs South Korea (0), 1954; Yugoslavia (9) vs Zaire(0), 1974; Hungary (10) vs El Salvador (1), 1982.
Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 31, Australia (31) vs American Samoa (0), April 11, 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1.
Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, Hungary, vs El Salvador, 1982.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 12, Austria (7) vs Switzerland (5), 1954.
Highest scoring draw: 4–4, England vs Belgium (AET), 1954, and Soviet Union vs Colombia,1962.
Largest deficit overcome in a win: 3 goals, Austria, 1954 (coming from 0–3 down to win 7–5 vs Switzerland) and 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) and Uruguay, 2002 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs Senegal).
Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 5, Italy (3) vs West Germany (2), 1970.
Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, Brazil, 1958.
Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, Brazil (5) vs. Sweden (2), 1958.
Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, Brazil (0) vs. Italy (0), 1994.
Biggest margin of victory in a final: 3, France (3) vs. Brazil (0) 1998 and Brazil (4) vs. Italy (1), 1970 and Brazil (5) vs. Sweden (2), 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, vs 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^[37]: +10: Turkey (1954) — lost 1–4 to West Germany, then won 7–0 over South Korea; and West Germany (1954) — lost 3–8 to Hungary, then won 7–2 over Turkey.
Largest goal difference worsening in consecutive matches: -12: Sweden (1938) — won 8–0 over Cuba, then lost 1–5 to Hungary ; Turkey (1954) — won 7–0 over South Korea, then lost 2–7 to West Germany; Hungary (1982) — won 10–1 over El Salvador, then lost 1–4 to Argentina.

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament: 171 goals, 1998.
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: 111, 1998.
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) and 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) and Josef Hügi ( Switzerland).
Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament: 2, 1970 - Gerd Müller ( West Germany) and Jairzinho ( Brazil).

Own goals

Most own goals in a tournament: 4 goals, 1954, 1998 & 2006.

Most own goals in a match: 2, United States vs Portugal, 2002 (Jorge Costa of Portugal andJeff Agoos of USA).
Scoring for both teams in the same match: Ernie Brandts ( Netherlands, vs Italy, 1978 – own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the 50th minute).

Top scoring teams by tournament

1930: Argentina, 18 goals
1934: Italy, 12 goals
1938: Hungary, 15 goals
1950: Brazil, 22 goals
1954: Hungary, 27 goals
1958: France, 23 goals
1962: Brazil, 14 goals
1966: Portugal, 17 goals
1970: Brazil, 19 goals
1974: Poland, 16 goals
1978: Argentina & Netherlands, 15 goals each
1982: France, 16 goals
1986: Argentina, 14 goals
1990: West Germany, 15 goals
1994: Sweden, 15 goals
1998: France, 15 goals
2002: Brazil, 18 goals
2006: Germany, 14 goals
2010: Germany, 16 goals

Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest scoring team.

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton ( England, 1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez( France, 1998–2006)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 mins (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga( Italy, 1990)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying): 921 mins (9 consecutive clean sheets^[38]), Richard Wilson ( New Zealand, 1982)
Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico) and Mohamed Al-Deayea ( Saudi Arabia)
Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung ( South Korea), 1954
Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora ( El Salvador), 1982 (vs Hungary)
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^[39]
Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski ( Poland), 1974 and Brad Friedel ( United States), 2002

Coaching

Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo ( Italy, 1934–1938).
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).
Most consecutive tournaments with same team: 4, Walter Winterbottom ( England, 1950–1962); Helmut Schön( West Germany, 1966–1978) (note that Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments, (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned).
Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 wins; Portugal, 2006, 4 wins – Portugal "won" its next match, the quarterfinal against England, by penalty kicks, which technically counts as a draw).
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 matches; Portugal, 2006, 5 matches).
Youngest coach: 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola ( Argentina, 1930)
Oldest coach: 71 years and 317 days, Otto Rehhagel ( Greece, 2010)
Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta ( Italy, vsAustria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch forMichael Owen ( England, vs Sweden, 2006).
Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)^[40]
Most final appearances as player and head coach: 5, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970, 1974 & 1998 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1966–1974 as player, 1986 & 1990 as coach); Berti Vogts, West Germany(1970–1978 as player, 1994 & 1998 as coach)
Won tournaments as both player and head coach: Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach);Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as player, 1990 as coach)
Won tournaments as both captain and head coach: Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as captain, 1990 as coach)

Refereeing

Most tournaments: 3 – John Langenus ( Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind (Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths ( Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis ( England, 1950–1958), István Zsolt ( Hungary, 1954–1962), Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain, 1958–1966), Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru, 1962–1970), Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay, 1970–1978), Nicolae Rainea (Romania, 1974–1982), Erik Fredriksson ( Sweden, 1982–1990), Jamal Al Sharif( Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim( UAE, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia, 2002–2010),Carlos Eugênio Simon ( Brazil, 2002–2010)
Most matches refereed, overall: 8 – Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Benito Archundia( Mexico, 2006–2010) and Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay, 2006–2010)
Most matches refereed, one tournament: 5 – Benito Archundia ( Mexico, 2006), Horacio Elizondo( Argentina, 2006) and Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan, 2010)
Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days – Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain, 1958)
Oldest referee: 53 years and 236 days – George Reader ( England, 1950)

Discipline

Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction ofyellow cards in 1970.^[41]

Fastest caution: first minute, Giampiero Marini ( Italy), vs Poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich ( Russia), vs Sweden, 1994.
Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs Scotland, 1986.
Fastest sending off, qualification: 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs Iran, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho ( Brazil) v France 1986; Carlos Roa ( Argentina), vs England, 1998.
Latest sending off: after penalty shootout: Leandro Cufré ( Argentina), vs Germany, 2006(Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following thematch).
Sent off from the bench: Claudio Caniggia ( Argentina), vs Sweden, 2002.
Most cards (all-time, player): 6, Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998–2006) and Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
Most cautions (all-time, player): 6, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006).
Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 and 2006).
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) in Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006 (also known asBattle of Nuremberg).
Most sendings off (final match): 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), v 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, 2006, vs Netherlands & Netherlands, 2010, vs Spain
Most cautions (match, both teams): 16 – Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006;^[42] and Cameroon v Germany, June 11, 2002^[43]
Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)^[44]
Most cautions (final match, both teams): 14, 5 ( Spain) and 9 ( Netherlands) 2010^[45]
Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon 1990)^[46]
Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina vs Nigeria, 1994)^[47]
Longest suspension (player, misconduct)

8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( Italy vs Spain, 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.^[48]
1 year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq vs Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee^[49]^[50]

Longest suspension, qualifying

Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( Chile vs Brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.^[51]

Host Records

Most times hosted

2, Mexico 1970 & 1986, Italy 1934 & 1990, France 1938 & 1998, Germany 1974 (as West Germany) & 2006 and Brazil 1950 & 2014.

#	team	Host
1	Mexico(1970,1986) Italy(1934,1990) France(1938,1998) Brazil(1950,2014) Germany(1974,2006)	2
2	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) Russia(2018) Qatar(2022)	1

Best performance by host

Champions, 6 times: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France1998

#	performance	team	Pld	W	D	L	Win%	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
1	Champion	Uruguay (1930)	4	4	0	0	100	15	3	12	3	3.8
2	Champion	France (1998)	7	6	1	0	85.7	15	2	13	1.9	2.1
3	Champion	Germany (1974)	7	6	0	1	85.7	13	4	9	1.3	1.9
4	Champion	England (1966)	6	5	1	0	83.3	11	3	8	1.3	1.8
5	Champion	Italy (1934)	5	4	1	0	80	12	3	9	1.8	2.4
6	Champion	Argentina (1978)	7	5	1	1	71.4	15	4	9	1.3	2.1
7	Runners-up	Brazil (1950)	6	4	1	1	66.7	22	6	16	2.7	3.7
8	Runners-up	Sweden (1958)	6	4	1	1	66.7	12	7	5	0.8	2
9	Third place	Italy (1990)	7	6	1	0	85.7	10	2	8	1.1	1.4
10	Third place	Germany (2006)	7	5	1	1	71.4	14	6	8	1.1	2
11	Third place	Chile (1962)	6	4	0	2	66.7	10	8	2	0.33	1.3
12	Fourth place	South Korea (2002)	7	3	2	2	42.8	8	6	2	0.3	1.1
13	Quarter-Final	Mexico (1986)	5	3	2	0	60	6	2	4	0.8	1.2
14	Quarter-Final	Mexico (1970)	4	2	1	1	50	6	4	0.5	0.8	1.5
15	Quarter-Final	Switzerland (1954)	4	2	0	2	50	11	11	0	0	2.8
16	Quarter-Final	France (1938)	2	1	0	1	50	4	4	0	0	2
17	Second Round	Spain (1982)	5	1	2	2	20	4	5	-1	-0.2	0.8
18	Round of 16	Japan (2002)	4	2	1	1	50	5	3	2	0.5	1.3
19	Round of 16	United States (1994)	4	1	1	2	25	3	4	-1	-0.3	0.8
20	Group stage	South Africa (2010)	3	1	1	1	33.3	3	5	-2	-0.7	1

Worst performance by host

South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round.^[52] Two other hosts: United States in 1994 and Spain in 1982 both reached the second round but finished with a worse overall W–D–L record than South Africa's, 1–1–1. However, South Africa had a worse goal difference of -2 and both United States and Spain finished the first round with a goal difference of 0.

Attendance

Final: 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, World Cup 1986.
Decisive Match: 199,854, Uruguay v Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950.^[53]
Lowest match attendance in a World Cup tournament: 300, Romania vs Peru, 14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay, World Cup 1930.
Highest match attendance in a World Cup qualifying match: 162,764, Brazil vs Colombia, 9 March 1977, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1.
Lowest match attendance in a World Cup 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.^[54]^[55]
Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994.
Highest attendance (tournament): 3,570,000, 1994.
Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934.
Lowest attendance (tournament): 390,000, 1934.

Penalty shootouts

Most shootouts, team, all-time: 4, Argentina, France, Germany and Italy
Most shootouts, team, tournament: 2, Argentina 1990 and Spain 2002
Most shootouts, all teams, tournament: 4, 1990, 2006
Most wins, team, all-time: 4, Germany
Most wins, team, tournament: 2, Argentina 1990
Most losses, team, all-time: 3, Italy and England
Most shootouts with 100% record (all won): 4, Germany^[56]
Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost): 3, England^[57]
Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, 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
Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 9, (in 5 matches)
Most successful kicks, team, all-time: 17, West Germany
Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 12, West Germany vs France 1982 and Sweden vs Romania 1994
Most kicks taken, team, all-time: 20, France and Italy
Most kicks taken, team, one tournament: 9, Argentina 1990 and Spain 2002
Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams: 5, Argentina vs Yugoslavia 1990, Spain vs Republic of Ireland 2002 and Portugal vs England 2006
Most kicks missed, team, all-time: 7, England (in 3 shootouts) and Italy (in 4 shootouts)
Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team: 0, Switzerland 2006 vs Ukraine
Most saves, all-time: 4, Sergio Goycochea Argentina and Harald Schumacher Germany
Most saves, tournament: 4, Sergio Goycochea Argentina, 1990.
Most saves, shootout: 3, Ricardo Portugal, vs England, 2006.

Most wins, penalty shoot-out

Penalty Shoot-out Records, Team, All-time^[58]

Team	Won	Lost	Total
Germany	4	0	4
Argentina	3	1	4
Brazil	2	1	3
France	2	2	4
Belgium	1	0	1
Bulgaria	1	0	1
Paraguay	1	0	1
Portugal	1	0	1
South Korea	1	0	1
Sweden	1	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	1
Uruguay	1	0	1
Republic of Ireland	1	1	2
Spain	1	2	3
Italy	1	3	4
Netherlands	0	1	1
Ghana	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	1	1
Yugoslavia	0	1	1
Japan	0	1	1
Mexico	0	2	2
Romania	0	2	2
England	0	3	3
Total	22	22	44

References and footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^ a b c d e f g h 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.(16).
^ 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 (16).
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then England still has the most 5th-8th-place finishes (6).
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Mexico still has the most 9th-16th-place finishes (10).
^ Either Germany or Brazil has finished in the top four of every World Cup except 1930
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then the record is 2, shared by several countries: Switzerland (1934-1938), Yugoslavia (1954-1958), Soviet Union (1958-1962), Hungary (1962-1966), Germany (1994-1998), England (2002-2006), Argentina (2006-2010), and Brazil (2006-2010)
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, Mexico still holds the record with 5 (1994–2010)
^ 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, although that team finished second in the first round group stage. If Paraguay is considered to have finished in the top eight in 1930, then Paraguay would have the biggest gap (1930-2010). Seehttp://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf, page 45. The USA reached the final four in 1930, so its top eight finish in that competition does not rely on the retrospective rankings.
^ Turkey had a gap of 12 tournaments, equal to that of Egypt and Norway, from 1954 to 2002.
^ 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 on 6 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1974, 1994).
^ 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).
^ "Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals". The Guardian. London. 25 November 2007.
^ Other teams always progressing from the first round are as follows: 2 appearances Ghana (2006, 2010); 1 appearance Cuba (1938), Wales (1958), East Germany (1974), Senegal (2002), Ukraine (2006), and 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
^ Other teams never progressing from the first round in at least two appearances are as follows: 4 appearances Tunisia (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006); 3 appearances Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), Iran (1978, 1998, 2006), Algeria(1982, 1986, 2010), South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010); 2 appearances El Salvador (1970, 1982), Egypt (1934, 1990), Russia (excluding Soviet Union. 1994, 2002), Honduras (1982, 2010), New Zealand (1982, 2010), Greece (1994, 2010), Slovenia (2002, 2010), and Ivory Coast (2006, 2010),
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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 in 1998 had 6 match wins; the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regulation time.
^ Uruguay also qualified for the 1950 finals without playing a match as a result of withdrawals by other teams in South America
^ Poland in 1974 and Italy in1990also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff.
^ Netherlands also won all eight of their qualification matches.
^ 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).
^ Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of withdrawal by Austria
^ Other low averages, in ascending order of games played: 0.77 (from 11 games) Republic of Ireland; 0.85 (from 55) England; 0.89 (from 77) Italy; 0.91 (from 92) Brazil
^ ^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)
^ Excluding automatic qualification as host, as reigning champion, or by invitation.
^ Reeves, Nick (2010-06-21). "Chile fell 10-man Swiss to close in on last 16". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 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. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 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.
^ http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html
^ 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.
^ 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 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 officialcaptains.
^ 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 March 31, 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 40 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 2009-05-05.
^ Defined as a player who played all matches for a team that reached the final or the third-place match, meaning their team played the maximum number of matches. Because two opponents of Uruguay withdrew in 1950, Uruguay only played 4 matches instead of 6.
^ 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 had a +11 swing between 2–4 v Italy in 1938 and 9–0 v South Korea in 1954; and again between 1–3 v France in 1978 and 10–1 v El Salvador in 1982; and likewise Germany between 0–3 v Croatia in 1998 and 8–0 v Saudi Arabia in2002.
^ 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);
^ Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
^ Chris Goodwin & Peter Young. "England's World Cup Final Tournament Player Disciplinary Records". Retrieved 2006-11-03. records of player discipline prior to the advent of yellow and red cards may not be complete.
^ 2006 Portugal – Netherlands match report
^ 2002 Cameroon – Germany FIFA 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. London. 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.
^ Culf, Andrew (27 July 1994). "Media umpires who point finger face questions of fair play". The Guardian. p. 5. The Italian footballer Mauro Tassotti, who broke a Spanish player's nose with his elbow, was suspended for eight matches by FIFA during the World Cup. The referee missed the incident, but FIFA, using video footage for the first time, handed out the unprecedentedly severe punishment.
^ 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). {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Banned for a year". The Toronto Star. 15 June 1986. p. E2. 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. 30 April 2001. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
^ Lucas, Ryan (22 June 2010). "South Africa beats France 2-1, but eliminated". The Associated Press. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ Although the decisive match of the 1950 tournament, it was simply the last game of a final four-team group format to decide the winner. This is also the highest attendance for ANY World Cup match, or indeed any soccer match anywhere.
^ Reuters. "Costa Rica fans banned after violence". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2007-02-13. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ It has not been verified whether this is a unique occurrence, or if other World Cup qualification matches throughout history have had an attendance of 0.
^ All the other teams with 100% records have only appeared in one shootout each: they are Belgium, Bulgaria, South Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay
^ Other teams with 0% records are Mexico (2), Romania(2), Ghana (1), Japan (1), Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1) and Yugoslavia (1)
^ Table modified from Hirshey, D. and R. Bennett (2010) The ESPN World Cup Companion, ESPN Books, page 243. Order rearranged by wins and updated to include World Cup 2010.

External links

FIFA World Cup superlatives –FIFA (PDF)
Largest Margins of Victory – FIFA (PDF)
Largest Crowds – FIFA (PDF)
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
(in German) Worldcupportal.de – records

[Czechoslovakiaqualified-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^ a b c d e f g h 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.(16).

[2] 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 (16).

[3] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then England still has the most 5th-8th-place finishes (6).

[4] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Mexico still has the most 9th-16th-place finishes (10).

[5] Either Germany or Brazil has finished in the top four of every World Cup except 1930

[6] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then the record is 2, shared by several countries: Switzerland (1934-1938), Yugoslavia (1954-1958), Soviet Union (1958-1962), Hungary (1962-1966), Germany (1994-1998), England (2002-2006), Argentina (2006-2010), and Brazil (2006-2010)

[7] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, Mexico still holds the record with 5 (1994–2010)

[8] 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, although that team finished second in the first round group stage. If Paraguay is considered to have finished in the top eight in 1930, then Paraguay would have the biggest gap (1930-2010). Seehttp://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf, page 45. The USA reached the final four in 1930, so its top eight finish in that competition does not rely on the retrospective rankings.

[9] Turkey had a gap of 12 tournaments, equal to that of Egypt and Norway, from 1954 to 2002.

[10] 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 on 6 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1974, 1994).

[11] 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).

[12] 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).

[13] "Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals". The Guardian. London. 25 November 2007.

[14] Other teams always progressing from the first round are as follows: 2 appearances Ghana (2006, 2010); 1 appearance Cuba (1938), Wales (1958), East Germany (1974), Senegal (2002), Ukraine (2006), and 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

[15] Other teams never progressing from the first round in at least two appearances are as follows: 4 appearances Tunisia (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006); 3 appearances Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), Iran (1978, 1998, 2006), Algeria(1982, 1986, 2010), South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010); 2 appearances El Salvador (1970, 1982), Egypt (1934, 1990), Russia (excluding Soviet Union. 1994, 2002), Honduras (1982, 2010), New Zealand (1982, 2010), Greece (1994, 2010), Slovenia (2002, 2010), and Ivory Coast (2006, 2010),

[pksnotloss-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g A match decided by a penalty shootout is considered a draw for both sides

[17] England did lose the third-place playoff in 1990, but had already been eliminated from any chance of winning the Championship.

[18] France in 1998 had 6 match wins; the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regulation time.

[19] Uruguay also qualified for the 1950 finals without playing a match as a result of withdrawals by other teams in South America

[20] Poland in 1974 and Italy in1990also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff.

[21] Netherlands also won all eight of their qualification matches.

[22] 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).

[23] Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of withdrawal by Austria

[24] Other low averages, in ascending order of games played: 0.77 (from 11 games) Republic of Ireland; 0.85 (from 55) England; 0.89 (from 77) Italy; 0.91 (from 92) Brazil

[pksnotgoals-25] ^ ^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)

[26] Excluding automatic qualification as host, as reigning champion, or by invitation.

[27] Reeves, Nick (2010-06-21). "Chile fell 10-man Swiss to close in on last 16". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 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]}

[28] "Attacking excellence, defensive distinction". FIFA World Cup. FIFA. 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 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.

[29] ttp://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html

[30] 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.

[31] 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.

[32] According to 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 officialcaptains.

[33] 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 March 31, 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 40 years and 222 days.

[34] Communications Division (27 July 2007). "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). Good to Know. FIFA. p. 42. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

[35] Defined as a player who played all matches for a team that reached the final or the third-place match, meaning their team played the maximum number of matches. Because two opponents of Uruguay withdrew in 1950, Uruguay only played 4 matches instead of 6.

[36] Some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was Harry Andersson but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. (link)

[37] Matches within one tournament. Otherwise, Hungary had a +11 swing between 2–4 v Italy in 1938 and 9–0 v South Korea in 1954; and again between 1–3 v France in 1978 and 10–1 v El Salvador in 1982; and likewise Germany between 0–3 v Croatia in 1998 and 8–0 v Saudi Arabia in2002.

[38] 9 consecutive clean sheets, 5 of them away from home over 2 qualifying rounds against 5 different oppositions from 2 Confederations.

[39] 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);

[40] Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.

[41] Chris Goodwin & Peter Young. "England's World Cup Final Tournament Player Disciplinary Records". Retrieved 2006-11-03. records of player discipline prior to the advent of yellow and red cards may not be complete.

[42] 2006 Portugal – Netherlands match report

[43] 2002 Cameroon – Germany FIFA match report

[44] 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.

[45] Fifield, Dominic (12 July 2010). "World Cup final: Beauty was rewarded in the end – Vicente del Bosque". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 July 2010.

[46] 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.

[47] Kerr, John H. (1997). Motivation and Emotion in Sport: reversal theory. Psychology Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-86377-500-4.

[48] Culf, Andrew (27 July 1994). "Media umpires who point finger face questions of fair play". The Guardian. p. 5. The Italian footballer Mauro Tassotti, who broke a Spanish player's nose with his elbow, was suspended for eight matches by FIFA during the World Cup. The referee missed the incident, but FIFA, using video footage for the first time, handed out the unprecedentedly severe punishment.

[49] 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). {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[50] "Banned for a year". The Toronto Star. 15 June 1986. p. E2. Iraqi World Cup player Bameer [sic] Shaker has been banned for one year from international soccer for spitting at a referee.

[51] "FIFA lifts Rojas lifetime ban". CBC Sports. 30 April 2001. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

[52] Lucas, Ryan (22 June 2010). "South Africa beats France 2-1, but eliminated". The Associated Press. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[53] Although the decisive match of the 1950 tournament, it was simply the last game of a final four-team group format to decide the winner. This is also the highest attendance for ANY World Cup match, or indeed any soccer match anywhere.

[54] Reuters. "Costa Rica fans banned after violence". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 2007-02-13. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[55] It has not been verified whether this is a unique occurrence, or if other World Cup qualification matches throughout history have had an attendance of 0.

[56] All the other teams with 100% records have only appeared in one shootout each: they are Belgium, Bulgaria, South Korea, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay

[57] Other teams with 0% records are Mexico (2), Romania(2), Ghana (1), Japan (1), Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1) and Yugoslavia (1)

[58] Table modified from Hirshey, D. and R. Bennett (2010) The ESPN World Cup Companion, ESPN Books, page 243. Order rearranged by wins and updated to include World Cup 2010.

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