FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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This article lists records of the FIFA World Cup and its qualification matches.

Matches

  • Highest scoring: Austria 7 Switzerland 5,

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; Hungary 10 El Salvador 1,

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Goals

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Fastest goals

Time
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Player Opponent World Cup
11   Hakan Şükür Template:KORf 2002 Korea/Japan
15   Václav Mašek Template:MEXf 1962 Chile
23   Park Soong-Jin Template:PORf 1966 England
24   Ernst Lehner Template:AUTf 1934 Italy
27   Bryan Robson Template:FRAf 1982 Spain
37   Bernard Lacombe Template:ITAf 1978 Argentina

Appearances

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  • Youngest player, final: Pelé (  Brazil), 17 years and 249 days,

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, Template:CMRf (Rigobert Song: 18 years, 10 days; Roger Milla: 42 years, 1 day).

  • Largest age difference on same team in a final: 22 years, 5 days,

, Template:ITAf (Dino Zoff: 40 years, 11 days; Giuseppe Bergomi: 18 years, 6 days).

Goals and goalscorers

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  • Oldest goalscorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (Template:CMRf), Cameroon vs Russia, World Cup 1994.
  • Tournament with most goals: 1998, 171 goals
  • Tournament with most goals per match: 1954, 5.38 goals per match
  • Tournament with fewest goals per match: 1990, 2.21 goals per match

Overall top goalscorers

Goals Scorers
14   Gerd Müller
13   Just Fontaine
12   Pelé,   Ronaldo
11   Jürgen Klinsmann,   Sándor Kocsis
10   Gabriel Batistuta,   Teófilo Cubillas

  Gary Lineker,   Grzegorz Lato
  Helmut Rahn

9   Ademir (1)

  Roberto Baggio
  Eusébio
  Jairzinho
  Paolo Rossi
  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  Uwe Seeler
  Vavá
  Christian Vieri

8   Leônidas

  Diego Maradona
  Omar Oscar Míguez
  Guillermo Stábile
  Rivaldo
  Rudi Völler

7   Careca

  Oldrich Nejedly
  Hans Schäfer
  Johnny Rep
  Lajos Tichy
  Andrzej Szarmach
  Miroslav Klose

6   Mario Kempes

  Erich Probst
  Bebeto
  Roberto Rivelino
  Hristo Stoitchkov
  Davor Šuker
  Helmut Haller
  Lothar Matthäus
  Max Morlock
  Dennis Bergkamp
  Rob Rensenbrink
  Györgi Sárosi
  Toto Schillaci
  Zbigniew Boniek
  Oleg Salenko
  Josef Hügi

  • 1 There was a controversy regarding the number of goals scored by the Brazilian Ademir Menezes in 1950 because of incomplete data from the final group round game against Spain, that ended in a 6-1 victory for Brazil. The first goal had been credited to Spanish defender Parra as an own goal, and the fifth Brazilian goal was credited to Jair. However, recently FIFA credited Ademir with both these goals, thus making him the 1950 World Cup top scorer, with 9 goals.

Coaches

Tournament progress

Appearances in final

  • 7 - Brazil, Germany
  • 5 - Italy
  • 4 - Argentina
  • 2 - Czechoslovakia, Holland, Hungary, Uruguay
  • 1 - England, France, Sweden

Note, the 1950 final group fixture between Uruguay and Brazil is usually counted as a final for statistical purposes.

Appearances in semi finals/last four

  • 10 - Brazil, Germany
  • 7 - Italy
  • 4 - Argentina, France, Sweden, Uruguay
  • 3 - Holland
  • 2 - Austria, Czechoslovakia, England, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia
  • 1 - Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Portugal, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Turkey, USA

Others

Attendance

Discipline

; Giampiero Marini (Template:ITAf), Italy vs Poland,

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Teams who have appeared in a FIFA World Cup but never scored in one

(Note: Records are prior to the 2006 tournament, where seven teams (Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago and Ukraine are making their first appearance. Note: Ivory Coast scored a goal on 10 Jun 2006 in their first game against Argentina)

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