List of FIFA World Cup records

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

General statistics by tournament 1
Teams: tournament position 2
- Consecutive 2.1
- Gaps 2.2
- Host team 2.3
- Defending champion 2.4
- Debuting teams 2.5
- Other 2.6
Players: tournament position 3
- Most championships 3.1
- Most finishes in the top two 3.2
- Most finishes in the top three 3.3
- Most finishes in the top four 3.4
- Most finishes in the top eight 3.5
Coaches: tournament position 4
Teams: tournament progress 5
- All time 5.1
- Consecutive 5.2
- Host team 5.3
- Defending champion 5.4
Teams: matches played and goals scored 6
- All time 6.1
- In one tournament 6.2
All-time table 7
Teams: overall performance 8
- Host team 8.1
- Defending champion 8.2
Streaks 9
Individual 10
Goalscoring 11
- Individual 11.1
- Team 11.2
- Tournament 11.3
- Own goals 11.4
- Top-scoring teams by tournament 11.5
- Total and average goals 11.6
Goalkeeping 12
Coaching 13
Refereeing 14
Discipline 15
Host records 16
Attendance 17
- Total and average attendance 17.1
Penalty shootouts 18
Notes 19
References and footnotes 20
External links 21

General statistics by tournament

Year	Host	Champion	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award^[1]^[2]
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	N/A
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (8)
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Garrincha (4) Vavá (4) Leonel Sánchez (4) Flórián Albert (4) Valentin Ivanov (4) Dražan Jerković (4)
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo
2002	South Korea Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Thomas Müller (5) Wesley Sneijder (5) David Villa (5) Diego Forlán (5)	Diego Forlán
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi

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: 5, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002).
Most finishes in the top two: 8, Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014).
Most finishes in the top three: 12, Germany (1934, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).
Most finishes in the top four: 13, Germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).; For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results.
Most finishes in the top eight: 17, Brazil^[3] (1930, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), Germany^[3] (1934, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).
Most finishes in the top sixteen: 20, Brazil (every tournament).
Most World Cup appearances: 20, Brazil.; For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup.

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships: 2, Italy (1934–1938), Brazil (1958–1962).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3, West Germany (1982–1990), Brazil (1994–2002).
Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 4, Germany (2002–2014).
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4, Germany (2002–2014).
Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 16, Germany (1954–2014).
Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen: 20, Brazil (1930–2014).
Most consecutive appearances in the finals: 20, Brazil (1930–2014).
Most consecutive championships by a confederation: 3, UEFA (2006–2014).
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).^[4]
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).^[5]

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: 17th–32nd: France (2002), Italy (2010), Spain (2014);
9th–16th: Brazil (1966);
5th–13th: Italy (1950).
All first-round exits, no quarter-finals in 1950, no round of 16 in 1966.

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: Champion: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934).^[6]
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 three without ever being champion: 4, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010, 2014).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 5, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014).
Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion: 7, Yugoslavia (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990).^[7]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever being champion: 15, Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990).
Most appearances without ever being champion: 15, 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).^[8]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top two: 15, Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990).
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top two: 15, 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).^[9]
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in the top four: 15, Mexico (all except 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990).
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top four: 15, 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); Ivory Coast (2006, 2010, 2014); Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014).
Most played with tournament champion: 6, Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010); Brazil (1938, 1950, 1978, 1982, 1998, 2014).
Most played with tournament champion or runners-up: 16, Brazil (1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).
Most played with tournament host team: 9, Italy (1938, 1954 (twice), 1962, 1970, 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006).
Most consecutive match between two teams: 5, Argentina vs Italy (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990).
Titles in the most continents: Brazil (Europe, 1958; Americas, 1962, 1970, 1994; Asia, 2002).
Won a title outside its own continent: ^[10] Brazil (Europe, 1958; Asia, 2002); Spain (Africa, 2010); Germany (America, 2014).
Finals in the most continents: ^[11] Brazil (Europe, Americas and Asia); Germany (Europe, Americas and Asia); Netherlands (Europe, America and Africa).
Most championships with each FIFA World Cup Trophy: Jules Rimet Cup: Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970);
FIFA World Cup: Germany (1974, 1990, 2014).
Teams that overcame tournament champion: Hungary, 1954 (8–3 vs West Germany); East Germany, 1974 (1–0 vs West Germany); Italy, 1978 (1–0 vs Argentina); Switzerland, 2010 (1–0 vs Spain).
Most played final: 3, Argentina vs Germany (1986, 1990, 2014).
Most played third place match: 2, Germany vs Uruguay (1970, 2010).

Players: tournament position

Qualification: at least one appearance in 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 %
Nílton Santos	Brazil	1950	0	6	12	18	67
		1958	6	6
		1962	6	6
Pelé	Brazil	1958	4	6	12	18	67
		1962	2	6
		1970	6	6
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
Ronaldo	Brazil	1994	0	7	14	21	67
		1998	7	7
		2002	7	7

Most finishes in the top three

Player	Nation	Tournament	Apps	Games	Apps	Games	App %
Miroslav Klose	Germany	2002	7	7	24	28	85
		2006	7	7
		2010	5	7
		2014	5	7

Most finishes in the top four

Player	Nation	Tournament	Apps	Games	Apps	Games	App %
Miroslav Klose	Germany	2002	7	7	24	28	85
		2006	7	7
		2010	5	7
		2014	5	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

Coaches: tournament position

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); Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 2014; Portugal, 2006).
Most finishes in the top eight: 4, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978).

Teams: tournament progress

All time

Most appearances in the first round: 20, Brazil (every tournament).
Progressed from the first round the most times: 17, Germany (every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), Brazil (every tournament except 1930, 1934 and 1966).
Most appearances, always progressing from the first round: 3, Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002).^[12]
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8, Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998).^[13]
Most appearances, never winning a match: 3, Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014).

Consecutive

Most consecutive appearances in the first round: 20, Brazil (every tournament).
Most consecutive progressions from the first round: 16, Germany (1954–2014).
Most consecutive eliminations from the first round: 5, Mexico (1950–1966), Scotland (1974–1990).
Most consecutive eliminations from the round of 16: 6, Mexico (1994–2014).
Most consecutive eliminations by the same team: 3, Argentina (eliminated by Germany, 2006–2014), Chile (eliminated by Brazil, 1998, 2010–2014).

Host team

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

Defending champion

Defending champion eliminated in the first round: Italy (1950, 2010), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Spain (2014).
Defending champion eliminated after the fewest number of games: 2, Italy (1950), Spain (2014).

Teams: matches played and goals scored

All time

Most matches played: 106, Germany.
Fewest matches played: 1, Indonesia (as 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 matches played until first draw: 16, Portugal.
Most matches played until first loss: 11, Uruguay.
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 PR, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies), Trinidad and Tobago, DR Congo (as Zaire).
Fewest goals conceded: 2, Angola.
Most matches played always without scoring a goal: 3, Canada, China PR, Trinidad and Tobago, DR Congo (as Zaire).
Most matches played always conceding a goal: 6, El Salvador.^[14]
Highest goal difference: +119, Brazil.
Lowest goal difference: -36, South Korea.
Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72, Hungary.
Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.67, Angola.
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 6.00, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies).
Most meetings between two teams: 7 times,; Brazil vs Sweden (5–2–0) (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994);; Germany ( West Germany) vs Serbia ( Yugoslavia) (4–1–2) (1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998, 2010);; Germany ( West Germany) vs Argentina (4–2–1) (1958, 1966, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2010, 2014),; in 1958 and 1990 all three pairings occurred.
Most played final: 3 times, Argentina vs Germany^[15]; Argentina (1986);; West Germany (1990);; Germany (2014).
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), Bulgaria (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1998), South Korea (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014).

In one tournament

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, 1986; England, 1990.
Most draws: 4, West Germany, 1978; Republic of Ireland, 1990.^[16]
Most matches played without scoring a goal: 3, DR Congo (as Zaire), 1974; Canada, 1986; China PR, 2002; Trinidad and Tobago, 2006.
Most losses: 3 (34 teams, of which only Mexico has accomplished this feat at three different tournaments: 1930, 1950 & 1978).
Most losses, champions: 1, West Germany, 1954 & 1974; Argentina, 1978; Spain, 2010.
All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty shootouts or playoffs: Uruguay, 1930 (4 matches); Brazil, 1970 (6 matches); 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.^[22]
Most goals scored: 27, Hungary, 1954.^[23]
Most goals scored, champions: 25, West Germany, 1954.^[23]
Most goals scored, hosts: 22, Brazil, 1950.^[23]
Most goals scored, eliminated in the first round: 12, Hungary, 1982.^[23]
Fewest goals scored, champions: 8, Spain, 2010.^[23]
Fewest goals scored, finalists: 5, Argentina, 1990.^[23]
Fewest goals scored, hosts: 3, United States, 1994; South Africa, 2010.^[23]
Most goals conceded: 16, South Korea, 1954.^[23]
Most goals conceded, champions: 14, West Germany, 1954.^[23]
Most goals conceded, hosts: 14, Brazil, 2014.^[23]
Fewest goals conceded: 0, Switzerland, 2006.^[23]
Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, France, 1998; Italy, 2006; Spain, 2010.^[23]
Fewest goals conceded, hosts: 2, Mexico, 1986; Italy, 1990; France, 1998.^[23]
Fewest goals conceded, eliminated in the first round: 1, Norway, 1994; Switzerland, 2010.^[23]
Most minutes without conceding a goal: 517 minutes, Italy, 1990.^[23]
Highest goal difference: +17, Hungary, 1954.^[23]
Highest goal difference, champions: +14, Brazil, 2002; Germany, 2014.^[23]
Highest goal difference, hosts: +16, Brazil, 1950.^[23]
Highest goal difference, eliminated in the first round: +6, Hungary, 1982.^[23]
Lowest goal difference: -16, South Korea, 1954.^[23]
Lowest goal difference, champions: +6, Italy, 1938 & 1982; Spain, 2010.^[23]
Lowest goal difference, hosts: -3, Brazil, 2014.^[23]
Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, Hungary, 1954.^[23]
Highest average of goals scored per match, champions: 4.17, West Germany, 1954.^[23]
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.14, Spain, 2010.^[23]
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 8.00, Bolivia, 1950; South Korea, 1954.^[23]
Highest average of goals conceded per match, champions: 2.33, West Germany, 1954.^[23]
Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.00, Switzerland, 2006.^[23]
Lowest average of goals conceded per match, champions: 0.29, France, 1998; Italy, 2006; Spain, 2010.^[23]
Highest average goal difference per match: +3.40, Hungary, 1954.^[23]
Highest average goal difference per match, champions: +3.00, Uruguay, 1930.^[23]
Lowest average goal difference per match: -8.00, Bolivia, 1950; South Korea, 1954.^[23]
Lowest average goal difference per match, champions: +0.86, Italy, 1982; Spain, 2010.^[23]
Most unbeaten teams: 5 teams, 2006 ( Switzerland, Argentina, England, France, Italy).^[16]
Fewest unbeaten teams: 0 teams, 1954.^[16]
Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals: 20, Uruguay, 2002 & 2010.

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.

Teams: overall performance

Uruguay (1930), Brazil (1970 and 2002) and Italy (1938) won all of their matches.

Several teams have had lost all their matches in a World Cup, but only El Salvador appeared in multiple tournaments with every single game being a loss (1970 and 1982).

Host team

Best performance: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998) won the championship.
Worst overall performance: South Africa (2010) did not advance from the group stage.

Defending champion

Best overall performance: Italy (1938) winning all of their four matches and becoming champion.
Worst overall performance: France (2002) did not advance from the group stage, losing two games and tying one.

Streaks

Most consecutive successful qualification attempts: 20, Brazil (1930–2014).
Most consecutive successful qualification attempts without automatic spots: ^[24] 8, Spain (1986–2014).
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 19, Luxembourg (1934–2014).
Most consecutive wins: 11, Brazil, from 2–1 vs Turkey (2002) to 3–0 vs Ghana (2006).
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, Brazil, from 3–0 vs Austria (1958) to 2–0 vs Bulgaria (1966).
Most consecutive losses: 9, Mexico, from 1–4 vs France (1930) to 0–3 vs Sweden (1958).
Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, Bulgaria, from 0–1 vs Argentina (1962) to 0–3 vs Nigeria (1994).
Most consecutive draws: 5, Belgium, from 0–0 vs Netherlands (1998) to 1–1 vs Tunisia (2002).
Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, Portugal, from 3–1 vs Hungary (1966) to 1–0 vs Netherlands (2006).
Most consecutive Top-scoring team: 3, Germany (2006–2014).
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, Brazil (1930–1958), West Germany (1934–1958).
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), Hungary (1954) (four goals); also Portugal (1966), West Germany (1970), Brazil (1970) (three goals).
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), Algeria (1986–2010), Honduras (1982–2014).
Most consecutive minutes without scoring a goal: 517 minutes, Bolivia (1930–1994).
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets): 5, Italy (1990), Switzerland (2006–2010).
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 559 minutes, Switzerland (1994–2010).^[25]^[26]
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).

Individual

For records regarding goalscoring, see Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, see Goalkeeping.
Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966), Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998).
Most tournaments in squad: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966), Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998), Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 1998–2014).; 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^[27]) and 1970).; See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups.
Most medals: 4, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
Most appearances in All-Star Team: 3, Djalma Santos ( Brazil, 1954–1962), Franz Beckenbauer ( West Germany, 1966–1974), Philipp Lahm ( Germany, 2006–2014).
Most matches played, finals: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998).
Most knockout games played, finals: 14, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
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: 17, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002).^[28]
Most finals played with different teams: 2, Luis Monti ( Argentina, 1930 and Italy, 1934).
Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 1986–1994).
Most tournaments as captain: 4, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2014).^[29]
Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson ( Brazil, 1998–2002).
Youngest player: 17 years, 1 month and 10 days, Norman Whiteside ( Northern Ireland), vs Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982.
Youngest player, final: 17 years, 8 months and 6 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958.
Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years, 10 months and 6 days, Souleymane Mamam ( Togo), vs Zambia, 6 May 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1.^[30]
Youngest captain: 21 years, 3 months and 20 days, Tony Meola ( United States), vs Czechoslovakia, 10 June 1990.^[31]
Oldest player: 43 years and 3 days, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia), vs Japan, 24 June 2014.
Oldest player, final: 40 years, 4 months and 13 days, Dino Zoff ( Italy), vs West Germany, 11 July 1982.
Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years, 5 months and 22 days, MacDonald Taylor, Sr. ( U.S. Virgin Islands), vs Saint Kitts and Nevis, 18 February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF First Round.^[32]
Oldest captain: 40 years, 9 months and 19 days, Peter Shilton ( England), vs Italy, 7 July 1990.
Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: 39 years, 10 months and 17 days, David James ( England), vs Algeria, 18 June 2010.
Largest age difference on the same team: 24 years, 1 month and 11 days, 1994, Cameroon (Roger Milla: 42 years, 1 month and 4 days; Rigobert Song: 17 years, 11 months and 23 days).
Largest age difference on a champion team: 21 years, 9 months and 24 days, 1982, Italy (Dino Zoff: 40 years, 4 months and 13 days; Giuseppe Bergomi: 18 years, 6 months and 19 days).
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances as a player: 16 years, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1998–2014).
Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player: 20 years, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1994–2014).
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim ( Brazil, 1938, as player; Peru, 1982, as coach).

Players who represented multiple nations

(Not including players who represented what are regarded to be different incarnations of the same team: West Germany/Germany, Soviet Union/Russia, Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia.)

The following players were included in the squads of two different national teams, making at least one appearance for both of them:

Player	First country	Year	M	G	Honours	Second country	Year	M	G	Honours	FIFA profile
Attilio Demaría	Argentina	1930	1	0	02 ! Silver	Italy	1934	1	0	01 ! Gold	here
Luis Monti	Argentina	1930	4	2	02 ! Silver	Italy	1934	5	0	01 ! Gold	here
Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	1954	3	4	02 ! Silver	Spain	1962	3	0		here
José Santamaría	Uruguay	1954	5	0	4th place	Spain	1962	2	0		here
José Altafini	Brazil	1958	3	2	01 ! Gold	Italy	1962	2	0		here
Robert Jarni	Yugoslavia	1990	1	0		Croatia	1998	7	1	03 ! Bronze	here
Robert Jarni	Yugoslavia	1990	1	0		Croatia	2002	3	0		here
Robert Prosinečki	Yugoslavia	1990	3	1		Croatia	1998	5	2	03 ! Bronze	here
Robert Prosinečki	Yugoslavia	1990	3	1		Croatia	2002	1	0		here

Robert Prosinečki is the only player to have scored World Cup goals for two different nations.

The following players were included in the squads of two different national teams, but only made appearances for one of them:

Player	First country	Year	M	Honours	Second country	Year	M	G	Honours	FIFA profile
Franz Wagner	Austria	1934	4	4th place	Germany	1938	0	0		here
Rudolf Raftl	Austria	1934	0	4th place	Germany	1938	2	0		here
Willibald Schmaus	Austria	1934	0	4th place	Germany	1938	1	0		here
Josef Stroh	Austria	1934	0	4th place	Germany	1938	1	0		here
Davor Šuker	Yugoslavia	1990	0		Croatia	1998	7	6	03 ! Bronze	here
Davor Šuker	Yugoslavia	1990	0		Croatia	2002	1	0		here
Alen Bokšić	Yugoslavia	1990	0		Croatia	2002	3	0		here

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, overall finals: 16, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).; For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see FIFA World Cup top goalscorers.
Most goals scored, overall qualifying: 35, Ali Daei ( Iran, 1994–2006).^[33]
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), 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 a final match: 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.
Scored goal(s) in multiple final matches: Vavá ( Brazil, 1958 & 1962), Pelé ( Brazil, 1958 & 1970), Paul Breitner ( West Germany, 1974 & 1982) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 & 2006).
Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
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 & 1998).
Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970).
Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes, László Kiss ( Hungary), scored at 69', 72' and 76', vs El Salvador, 1982.
Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 3, László Kiss ( Hungary), vs El Salvador, 1982.
Olympic Goals (Goals From a Corner) scored in a World Cup: 1, Marcos Coll ( Colombia), vs Soviet Union, 1962.
Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Four times in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz ( Switzerland), vs Faroe Islands, 7 October 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1; Henrik Larsson ( Sweden), vs Moldova, 6 June 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4; Ronaldo ( Brazil), vs Argentina, 2 June 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Gabon), vs 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), 5 goals in 4 matches (1938),^[34] Arne Nyberg ( Sweden), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938),^[35] Alcides Ghiggia ( Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950),^[36] Just Fontaine ( France), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958),^[37] Omar Oreste Corbatta ( Argentina), 3 goals in 3 matches (1958),^[38] Ferenc Bene ( Hungary), 4 goals in 4 matches (1966),^[39] Jairzinho ( Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970),^[40] Teofilo Cubillas ( Peru), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970),^[41] James Rodríguez ( Colombia), 6 goals in 5 matches (2014).^[42]
Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958–1970), Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014).
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), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, (2002–2006) and Thomas Müller ( Germany, 2010–2014).
Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal: 5, Carlos Ruiz ( Guatemala, 2002-2018).
Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, 1 month and 7 days; Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 1 June 2002 – 8 July 2014)
Longest period between a player's first and last goals overall: 12 years, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 8 June 1958 – 14 June 1970), Pelé ( Brazil, 19 June 1958 – 21 June 1970), Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 18 June 1982 – 21 June 1994), Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 8 June 1986 – 24 June 1998), Henrik Larsson ( Sweden, 16 July 1994 – 20 June 2006), Sami Al-Jaber ( Saudi Arabia, 25 June 1994 – 14 June 2006), Cuauhtémoc Blanco ( Mexico, 20 June 1998 – 17 June 2010), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 1 June 2002 – 8 July 2014) and Ivica Olić ( Croatia, 8 June 2002 – 18 June 2014).
Longest period between one goal and another: 12 years, Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 1986–1998) and Ivica Olić ( Croatia, 2002–2014).
Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 7 months and 27 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Wales, 19 June 1958.
Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years, 8 months and 1 day, Pelé ( Brazil), vs France, 24 June 1958.
Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years, 8 months and 6 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958.
Oldest goalscorer: 42 years, 1 month and 8 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon), vs Russia, 28 June 1994.
Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years, 5 months and 8 days, Tore Keller ( Sweden), vs Cuba, 12 June 1938.^[43]
Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 8 months and 21 days, Nils Liedholm ( Sweden), vs Brazil, 29 June 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 & 1998).
Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts): 2, Asamoah Gyan ( Ghana), vs Czech Republic, 2006 and vs Uruguay, 2010.
First substitute winning goalscorer, final: came on 86th minute, Mario Götze ( Germany), vs Argentina, 2014.
Fastest goal from kickoff: 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür ( Turkey), vs South Korea, 2002.
Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand ( Denmark), vs Nigeria, 1998.
Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens ( Netherlands), vs West Germany, 1974.
Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri ( San Marino), vs England, 1994 UEFA Group 2.
Fastest brace scored: 69 seconds, Toni Kroos ( Germany), vs Brazil, 2014.
Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( Italy), vs Germany, 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou ( Algeria), vs Germany, 2014.
Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 120th minute, Geoff Hurst ( England), vs Germany, 1966 (see "they think it's all over").
Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between: 119th minute, David Platt ( England), vs Belgium, 1990 and Fabio Grosso ( Italy), vs Germany, 2006.
Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between: 116th minute, Andrés Iniesta ( Spain), vs Netherlands, 2010.

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), 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 (a.e.t.), 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 semi-final, one team: 7, Germany, vs Brazil, 2014.
Most goals scored in a semi-final, both teams: 8, Germany (7) vs Brazil (1), 2014.
Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, Brazil, vs Sweden, 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, Brazil (5) vs Sweden (2), 1958; Brazil (4) vs Italy (1), 1970; France (3) vs Brazil (0), 1998.
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).
Fewest individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament, champions: 3, Spain, 2010 (David Villa, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol).
Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches: ^[44] +10: Turkey (1954) – lost 1–4 to West Germany, then won 7–0 over South Korea; 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 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) 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: 6 own goals, 1998.
Most own goals in a match: 2 own goals, Jeff 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
2014: Germany, 18 goals

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, 1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez ( France, 1998–2006).
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 minutes (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga ( Italy, 1990).
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying): 921 minutes (9 consecutive clean sheets),^[45] Richard Wilson ( New Zealand, 1982).
Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1962) and Mohamed Al-Deayea ( Saudi Arabia, 1994–2002).
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), vs Hungary, 1982.
Most shots saved, one match (no records tracked up to 1962): 15, Tim Howard ( United States), vs Belgium, 2014.^[46]^{[Note 1]}^[47]
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).^[48]
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), vs Switzerland, 2006.

Coaching

Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
Most matches drawn: 6, Enzo Bearzot ( Italy, 1978–1986), Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands, 1998; South Korea, 2002; Australia, 2006).^[49]
Most matches lost: 9, Bora Milutinović ( Costa Rica, 1990; United States, 1994; Nigeria, 1998; China PR, 2002), Carlos Alberto Parreira ( Kuwait, 1982; United Arab Emirates, 1990; Saudi Arabia, 1998; Brazil 2006; South Africa, 2010)
Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo ( Italy, 1934–1938).^[50]
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 PR, 2002); Carlos Alberto Parreira ( Kuwait, 1982; United Arab Emirates, 1990; Brazil, 1994 & 2006; Saudi Arabia, 1998; South Africa, 2010).
Most consecutive tournaments with same team: 4, Walter Winterbottom ( England, 1950–1962); Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).^[51]
Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 wins; Portugal, 2006, 4 wins – Portugal^[52]
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 matches; Portugal, 2006, 5 matches).
Youngest coach: 27 years, 8 months and 24 days, Juan José Tramutola ( Argentina), vs France, 15 July 1930.
Oldest coach: 71 years, 10 months and 13 days, Otto Rehhagel ( Greece), vs Argentina, 22 June 2010.
Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini ( Italy), Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta, vs Austria, 1998; Sven-Göran Eriksson ( England), Peter Crouch for Michael Owen, vs Sweden, 2006.^[53]^[54]
Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player; 1970 as coach).^[55]
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, 1970 & 1974 as player; 1986 & 1990 as coach); Berti Vogts, West Germany (1970, 1974 & 1978 as player; 1994 & 1998 (Germany) as coach); Henri Michel, France (1978 as player; 1986 (France), 1994 (Cameroon), 1998 (Morocco) & 2006 (Ivory Coast) as coach); Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany (1990, 1994, 1998 as player; 2006 (Germany) & 2014 (United States) as coach); Hong Myung-bo, South Korea (1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002 as player; 2014 as coach); Marc Wilmots, Belgium (1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002^[56] as player; 2014 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).
Most final match appearances as player and head coach: 4, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player; 1970 & 1998 as coach);Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1966 & 1974 as player; 1986 & 1990 as coach).
Won tournaments as both captain and head coach: Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as captain; 1990 as coach).
Lost final match as both player and head coach: Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1966 as player; 1986 as coach).
First person to have played and coached at the finals: Milorad Arsenijević, was the first person ever to have had both roles – as player for Yugoslavia in 1930 and later as coach in 1950.
Most semi-finals with 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.
Best performance by a foreign coach: A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup winning team. The nearest is West Germany, whose coach in 1974, Ernst Happel of Austria.

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), Kurt Tschenscher ( West Germany, 1966–1974),^[57] Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay, 1970–1978), Abraham Klein ( Israel, 1970, 1978–1982), Nicolae Rainea ( Romania, 1974–1982), Erik Fredriksson ( Sweden, 1982–1990), Jamal Al Sharif ( Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Eugênio Simon ( Brazil, 2002–2010), Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( Mexico, 2006–2014).
Most matches refereed, overall: 9, Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan, 2010–2014).
Most matches refereed, one tournament: 5, Benito Archundia ( Mexico, 2006), Horacio Elizondo ( Argentina, 2006), Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan, 2010).
Youngest referee: 24 years, 6 months and 12 days, Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain), France vs Paraguay, 8 June 1958.
Oldest referee: 53 years, 7 months and 24 days, . 1950, 16 July Brazil vs Uruguay), England

Discipline

Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.^[58]

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 AFC Third Round Group E.
Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho ( Brazil), vs 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 the match).
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 & 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 & 2006).
Most sendings off (tournament): 28, 2006 (in 64 matches).
Most sendings off (all-time, team): 11, Brazil (in 104 matches).
Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4, Portugal (2) vs Netherlands (2), 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg).
Most sendings off (final match): 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), vs West Germany, 1990.
Most cautions (tournament): 345, 2006 (in 64 matches).
Most cautions (all-time, team): 108, Argentina (in 77 matches). (need to check)
Most cautions (match, both teams): 16, Cameroon (8) vs Germany (8), 2002^[59] and Portugal (9) vs Netherlands (7), 2006.^[60]
Most cautions (match, one team): 9, Portugal, vs Netherlands, 2006 and Netherlands, vs Spain, 2010.
Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll).^[61]
Most cautions (final match, both teams): 14, Netherlands (9) vs Spain (5), 2010.^[62]
Most cautions (final match, one team): 9, Netherlands, vs Spain, 2010.
Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon, 1990).^[63]
Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina), vs Nigeria, 1994.^[64]
Longest suspension (player, misconduct)

9 matches, [65]
1-year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq), vs Belgium, 1986, for spitting at the referee.^[66]^[67]

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.^[68]

Host records

Most times hosted: 2, Mexico (1970, 1986), Italy (1934, 1990), France (1938, 1998), Germany (1974, 2006), Brazil (1950, 2014).
Best performance by host: Champions, 6 times: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998).
Worst performance by host: South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round.^[69] 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.

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.

Had its best performance hosting: ^[70]^[71] Champions: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998). England and France also had their only titles at home.
Runner-up: Sweden (1958).
Semifinals: Chile (1962), South Korea (2002).
Quarterfinals: Switzerland (1954),^[72] Mexico (1970, 1986).
Round of 16: Japan (2002).^[73]

Attendance

Highest attendance in a match: 173,850, Uruguay vs Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950.
Lowest attendance in a match: 2,000, Chile vs France, 19 July 1930, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay, 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.^[74]
Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994, hosted by the United States.
Highest attendance in a tournament: 3,587,538, 1994, hosted by the United States.
Lowest average of attendance per match: 20,872, 1938, hosted by France.
Lowest attendance in a tournament: 363,000, 1934, hosted by Italy.

Total and average attendance

Year	Matches	Attendance
Year	Matches	Total	Average	Lowest			Highest
1930	18	590,549	32,808	CHI – FRA	Round 1	2,000	URU – YUG	Semi-finals	79,867
1934	17	363,000	21,353	GER – SWE	Quarterfinals	3,000	ITA – TCH	Final	55,000
1938	18	375,700	20,872	CUB – ROU SWE – CUB	Round 1 Quarterfinals	7,000	FRA – ITA	Quarterfinals	58,455
1950	22	1,045,246	47,511	SUI – MEX	Round 1	3,580	URU – BRA	Final round	173,850
1954	26	768,607	29,562	TUR – KOR	Round 1	4,000	HUN – FRG	Final	62,500
1958	35	819,810	23,423	WAL – HUN	Round 1	2,823	BRA – URS	Round 1	50,928
1962	32	893,172	27,912	ENG – BUL	Round 1	5,700	BRA – CHI	Semi-finals	76,594
1966	32	1,563,135	48,848	CHI – PRK	Round 1	13,792	ENG – FRA	Round 1	98,270
1970	32	1,603,975	50,124	SWE – ISR	Round 1	9,624	MEX – BEL	Round 1	108,192
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	2,394,031	46,039	HUN – CAN	Round 1	13,800	MEX – PAR ARG – FRG	Round 1 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	29,800	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	BRA – CRO SWE – PAR ECU – GER UKR – TUN GER – ARG	Round 1 Round 1 Round 1 Round 1 Quarterfinals	72,000
2010	64	3,178,856	49,670	NZL – SVK	Round 1	23,871	RSA – MEX NED – ESP	Round 1 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.^[75]
Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost): 3, England.^[76]
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, vs France, 1982; Belgium, vs Spain, 1986; Republic of Ireland, vs Romania, 1990; Sweden, vs Romania, 1994; South Korea, vs Spain, 2002; Italy, vs France, 2006; Paraguay, vs Japan, 2010; Costa Rica, vs Greece, 2014.
Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 9, West Germany (5) vs France (4), 1982; Belgium (5) vs Spain (4), 1986; Republic of Ireland (5) vs Romania (4), 1990; Sweden (5) vs Romania (4), 1994.
Most successful kicks, team, all-time: 17, Argentina (in 5 shootouts), Germany (in 4 shootouts).
Most successful kicks, team, tournament: 8, Costa Rica, 2014 (in 2 shootouts).
Most successful kicks, all teams, tournament: 28, 1990 (in 4 shootouts).
Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 12, West Germany (6) vs France (6), 1982; Sweden (6) vs Romania (6), 1994.
Fewest kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 7, West Germany (4) vs Mexico (3), 1986; Ukraine (4) vs Switzerland (3), 2006.
Fewest kicks taken, shootout, one team: 3, Mexico, vs West Germany, 1986; Switzerland, vs Ukraine, 2006.
Most kicks taken, team, all-time: 22, Argentina (in 5 shootouts).
Most kicks taken, team, tournament: 10, Costa Rica, 2014 (in 2 shootouts).
Most kicks taken, all teams, tournament: 38, 1990 (in 4 shootouts).
Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams: 5, Argentina (2) vs Yugoslavia (3), 1990; Spain (2) vs Republic of Ireland (3), 2002; Portugal (2) vs England (3), 2006; Brazil (2) vs Chile (3), 2014.
Most kicks missed, team, all-time: 7, England (in 3 shootouts), Italy (in 4 shootouts).
Most kicks missed, all teams, tournament: 12, 2006 (in 4 shootouts).
Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team: 0, Switzerland, vs Ukraine, 2006.
Fewest successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 3, Ukraine (3) vs Switzerland (0), 2006.
Most saves, all-time: 4, Harald Schumacher ( West Germany, 1982–1986); Sergio Goycochea ( Argentina, 1990).
Most saves, tournament: 4, Sergio Goycochea ( Argentina, 1990).
Most saves, shootout: 3, Ricardo ( Portugal), vs England, 2006.

Notes

^ FIFA's initial match statistics showed 16 saves, and many news sources continue to use this number. The official FIFA statistics were updated on 5 July 2014 to show 15 saves.

References and footnotes

^ FIFA World Cup™ – Awards – adidas Golden Ball, FIFA.com. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
^ FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards, RSSSF.com. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
^ ^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).
^ 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 had a gap of 12 tournaments, equal to that of Egypt and Norway, from 1954 to 2002.
^ In 1954, the West Germany ("Germany FR") team became world champions in what was the team's debut appearance representing the name and territory of West Germany. However, Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB), and 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. Thus, the 1954 participation is counted as the third appearance of the team, as Germany had previously appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th place. If these rankings are excluded Yugoslavia shares 6 tournaments with Sweden (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1974, 1994) and Netherlands (1974, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2010, 2014).
^ 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 (1938), Wales (1958), East Germany (1974), Senegal (2002), Ukraine (excluding Soviet Union. 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), Iran (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014); 3 appearances Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014), Ivory Coast (2006, 2010, 2014); 2 appearances El Salvador (1970, 1982), Egypt (1934, 1990), New Zealand (1982, 2010) and Slovenia (2002, 2010)
^ El Salvador only played 6 games at the World Cup, and in none of these games had a clean sheet. There have been longer streaks than 6 games where a team always conceded a goal: Switzerland from 1934 to 1994 (22), Mexico from 1930 to 1966 (16), France from 1930 to 1958 (11), Germany from 1934 to 1954 (9), South Korea from 1934 to 1994 (9), Iran from 1978 to 2006 (9), Romania from 1930 to 1970 (8), Algeria from 1982 to 2010 (8), Greece from 1994 to 2014 (7), Belgium from 1930 to 1954 (6). Those teams ended their streak by eventually not conceding, which hasn't happened yet for El Salvador.
^ Refers to the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1949–1990 it was referred to as West Germany. The reunified Germany from mid-1990 onwards is called Germany.
^ ^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 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 in 1990 also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff.
^ Netherlands also won all eight of their qualification matches.
^ Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of withdrawal by Austria
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag Successful kicks in a penalty shootout are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted).
^ The host team always has a spot, and from 1938 to 2002, the defending champion did so as well.
^ Reeves, Nick (21 June 2010). "Chile fell 10-man Swiss to close in on last 16".
^ "Attacking excellence, defensive distinction".
^ "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.
^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
^ 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 320 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)" (
^ György Sárosi
^ 1938 FIFA World Cup
^ Alcides Ghiggia
^ Just Fontaine
^ Orestes Omar Corbatta
^ Ferenc Bene
^ Jairzinho
^ Teófilo Cubillas
^ James Rodríguez
^ 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 vs Italy in 1938 and 9–0 vs South Korea in 1954; and again between 1–3 vs France in 1978 and 10–1 vs El Salvador in 1982; and likewise Germany between 0–3 vs Croatia in 1998 and 8–0 vs Saudi Arabia in 2002.
^ 9 consecutive clean sheets, 5 of them away from home over 2 qualifying rounds against 5 different oppositions from 2 Confederations.
^ "Official FIFA statistics, updated July 5, 2014" (PDF). 5 July 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "BBC Sport – World Cup 2014: Tim Howard makes record number of saves". BBC Sport.
^ 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, 1/2 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)
^ Hiddink had an additional draw in 2002 in a match that was decided in extra-time.
^ Five coaches have reached the Final on two occasions: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1934/1938), Helmut Schön (Germany FR 1966/1974), Mário Zagallo (Brazil 1970/1998), Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany, 1986/1990) and Carlos Bilardo (Argentina, 1986/1990). Only Pozzo won both.
^ Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962), omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned; and Lajos Baróti took Hungary to four tournaments (1958, 1962, 1966, 1978), omitting the 1970 and 1974 competition, when Hungary failed to qualify.)
^ Portugal won its next match, the quarter-final against England, by penalty kicks, which technically counts as a draw.
^ WORLD CUP '98; Maldini's Subs Punch Italy's Ticket to Next Round
^ "Sweden 2–2 England". 20 June 2006.
^ Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
^ Did not play in 1990, but had caps in all three subsequent tournaments.
^ Kurt Tschenscher
^ 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.
^ 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".
^ 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.
^ "Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity". FIFA.com. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
^ 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".
^ "Banned for a year".
^ "FIFA lifts Rojas lifetime ban".
^ Lucas, Ryan (22 June 2010). "South Africa beats France 2–1, but eliminated". The Associated Press. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
^ "Ultimate home field advantage: Host nation luck". Philly.com. 11 June 2014.
^ What can econometrics tell us about World Cup performance? (pp.6–7)
^ Switzerland's best position, the sixth place in 1950, relies on retrospective rankings, and had them eliminated in the group stage. While the Swiss also reached the quarterfinals in 1934 and 1938, both tournaments only required one win, in contrast to 1954's group stage format. 1954 also marked the last time Switzerland reached the top 8.
^ Also reached this stage in 2010.
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^ All the other teams with 100% records have only appeared in one shootout each: they are Belgium, Bulgaria, Paraguay, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay
^ Other teams with 0% records are Mexico (2), Romania (2), Ghana (1), Greece (1), Japan (1), Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1) and Yugoslavia (1)

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)
(German) Worldcupportal.de – records

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