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EspañolFIFA WORLD CUP RECORDS
This is a list of 'records of the FIFA World Cup' and its qualification matches.
; Most World Cup appearances: 18, (only country to appear in every World Cup)
: ''For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup''
; Most championships: 5,
; Most appearances in a World Cup final: 7, and
: Note: Includes Brazil's second place finish in 1950, which was played without an official final.
; Most third-place winner: 3, (1934, 1970 & 2006)
; Most appearances in semifinal/last four: 11,
: ''For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup#Successful national teams''
; Most matches played: 92, and
; Fewest matches played: 1, (as )
; Most wins: 64,
; Most losses: 22,
; Most draws: 19, and
; Most matches played without a win or a draw: 6,
; Most matches played without a win: 6, and
; Most goals scored: 201,
; Most goals conceded: 112,
; Fewest goals scored: 0, , , (as ), , , and (as ).
; Fewest goals conceded: 2,
; Most matches played without scoring a goal: 3, , , , , and (as ).
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72,
; Lowest average of goals conceded per match:0.67, (2 goals in 3 matches)[1]
; Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, vs (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994)
; Most meetings between two teams, Final match: 2 times, vs (1970 FIFA World Cup & 1994 FIFA World Cup) & vs (1986 FIFA World Cup & 1990 FIFA World Cup)
; Most appearances, always advancing from first round: 3,[2] and
; Most appearances, never advancing from first round: 8,
; Most wins:[3] 7, , 2002
; Most goals scored: 27, , 1954
; Fewest goals conceded: 0, , 2006
; Most goals conceded: 16, , 1954
; Highest goal difference: +17, , 1954
; Lowest goal difference: -16, , 1954
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, , 1954
; Most goals scored, champions: 25, , 1954
; Fewest goals scored, champions: 11, , 1938, , 1966, and , 1994
; Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, , 1998, and , 2006
; Most goals conceded, champions: 14, , 1954
; Worst performance by a defending champion: 1 draw and 2 losses, , 2002[4]
; Most consecutive championships: 2, (1934-1938), and (1958-1962).
; Most consecutive final matches: 3, (1982-1990), and (1994-2002).
; Most consecutive runners-up: 2, (1974-1978) and (1982-1986).
; Most consecutive first-round eliminations: 8, (1954-1958, 1974-1990, 1998).
; Most consecutive finals tournaments: 18, (1930-2006).
; Most consecutive successful qualification attempts[5]: 6, (1962-1982); (1986-2006).
; Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 17, (1934-2006).
; Most consecutive wins: 11, , from 2-1 Turkey (2002) to 3-0 Ghana (2006).
; Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, , from 3-0 Austria (1958) to 2-0 Bulgaria (1966).
; Most consecutive losses: 9, , from 1-4 France (1930) to 0-3 Sweden (1958).
; Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, , from 0-1 Argentina (1962) to 0-3 Nigeria (1994).
; Most consecutive draws: 5, , from 0-0 Netherlands (1998) to 1-1 Tunisia (2002).
; Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, , from 3-1 Hungary (1966) to 1-0 Netherlands (2006).
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, (1930-1958) and (1934-1958).
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, (1930-1954)
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals: 4, (1930-1950) and (1954) (four goals); also (1966), (1970), (1970),
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals: 2, (1954) (eight goals); also (1950) (six goals)
; Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, (1930-1994).
; Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 5, (1990).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, (1934-1994).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, (1930-1958).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, (1930-1950).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, (1930-1950), (1930-1950).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals: 2, (1954) (seven goals); also (1930-1934) (six goals); also (1954) (five goals).
: ''For records regarding goalscoring, see #Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, see #Goalkeeping''
; Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal (, 1950-1966) and Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/Germany, 1982-1998).
: ''See here for a list of players with more than four tournament appearances''
; Most championships: 3, Pelé (, 1958, 1962 and 1970).
: ''See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups''
; Most matches played: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/Germany, 1982-1998).
; Most minutes played: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini (, 1990-2002).
; Most matches won: 16, Cafu (, 1994-2006).
; Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu (, 1994-2002).
; Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona (, 1986-1994).
; Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson (, 1998-2002).
; Youngest player: 17 years and 42 days, Norman Whiteside (, vs Yugoslavia, 1982).
; Youngest player, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (, vs Sweden, 1958).
; Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years and 310 days, Souleymane Mamam (, vs Zambia, May 6 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1).[6]
; Youngest captain: 21 years and 316 days, Tony Meola, (, vs Czechoslovakia, June 10, 1990, 1990).[7]
; Oldest player: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (, vs Russia, 1994).
; Oldest player, final: 40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff (, vs West Germany, 1982).
; Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor (, vs St. Kitts and Nevis, February 18 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4).[8]
; Oldest captain: 40 years and 292 days, Peter Shilton (, vs Italy, July 7, 1990, 1990).
; Largest age difference on the same team: 23 years and 358 days, 1994, (Rigobert Song: 18 years and 10 days; Roger Milla: 42 years and 1 day).
; Largest age difference on a champion team: 21 years and 297 days, 1982, (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 (, 1938-1950).
; Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim (, 1938, as a player; and , 1982, as coach).
; Most goals scored, overall: 15, Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
: ''For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see FIFA World Cup#Overall top goalscorers''
; Most goals scored in a tournament: 13, Just Fontaine (), 1958.
: ''For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Shoe - Top Goalscorers''
; Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko (, vs Cameroon, 1994).
; Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson (, vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1).
; Most goals scored in one Final: 3, Geoff Hurst (, vs West Germany, 1966).
; Most goals scored in all Final matches: 3, Vavá (, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Czechoslovakia in 1962), Pelé (, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Italy in 1970), Geoff Hurst (, 3 vs West Germany in 1966), and Zinedine Zidane (, 2 vs Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs Italy in 2006).
; Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine (, 1958) and Jairzinho (, 1970).
; Most matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954), Just Fontaine (, 1958), and Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954).
; Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954), Just Fontaine (, 1958), Gerd Müller (, 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta (, 1994 and 1998).
; Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954) and Gerd Müller (, 1970).
; Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 8 minutes, László Kiss (), scored at 69', 72', and 76' against El Salvador, 1982.
; Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Twice in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (, vs Faroe Islands, October 7, 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1); Ronaldo (, vs Argentina, June 2, 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL).
; Scoring in every match of a World Cup: Alcides Ghiggia (), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine (), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Jairzinho (), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970).[9]
; Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé (, 1958-1970) and Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970).
; Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970).
; Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, Jürgen Klinsmann (, 1990-1998) and Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most tournaments with at least four goals: 2, Helmut Rahn (, 1954-1958), Gerd Müller (, 1970-1974), Vavá (, 1958-1962), Pelé (, 1958, 1970), Teófilo Cubillas (, 1970, 1978), Gary Lineker (, 1986-1990), Gabriel Batistuta (, 1994-1998), Ronaldo (, 1998-2002), Christian Vieri (, 1998-2002), and Miroslav Klose (, 2002-2006).
; Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas ( 1970, 1978) and Miroslav Klose (, 2002-2006).
; Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, Pelé (, 1958-1970), Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970), Diego Maradona (, 1982-1994), Michael Laudrup (, 1986-1998), Henrik Larsson (, 1994-2006), and Sami Al-Jaber (, 1994-2006).
; Youngest goalscorer: 17 years and 239 days, Pelé (, vs Wales, 1958).
; Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years and 244 days, Pelé (, vs France, 1958).
; Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (, vs Sweden, 1958).
; Oldest goalscorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (, vs Russia, 1994).
; Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller (, vs Cuba, 1938).[10]
; Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm (, vs Brazil, 1958).
; Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 4, Eusébio (, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink (, 4 in 1978) - both records for one tournament - and Gabriel Batistuta (, 2 each in 1994 and 1998).
; Fastest goal from kickoff: 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (, vs Korea Republic, June 29 2002, 2002).
: ''For a detailed list of the fastest goals from kickoff, see FIFA World Cup#Fastest goals''
; Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (, vs Nigeria, June 28 1998, 1998).
; Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (, vs West Germany, July 7 1974, 1974).
; Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri (, vs England, November 17, 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2).
; Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( vs Germany, July 4 2006, 2006).
; Latest goal from kickoff in a final:120th minute, Geoff Hurst () vs West Germany 1966 (see "they think it's all over").
; Biggest margin of victory: 9, (9) vs (0), 1954; (9) vs (0), 1974; (10) vs (1), 1982.
; Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 31, (31) vs (0), April 11 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1.
; Most goals scored in one match, one team: 10, , vs El Salvador, 1982.
; Most goals scored in one match, both teams: 12, (7) vs (5), 1954.
; Highest scoring draw: 4-4, vs (AET), 1954, and vs , 1962.
; Largest deficit overcome in a win: 3 goals, , 1954 (coming from 0-3 down to win 7-5 vs ) and , 1966 (coming from 0-3 down to win 5-3 vs ).
; Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 5, (3) vs (2), 1970.
; Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, , 1958.
; Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, (5) vs. (2), 1958.
; Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, (0) vs. (0), 1994.
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match: 7, , vs , 1974 (Dušan Bajević, Dragan Džajić, Ivica Šurjak, Josip Katalinski, Vladislav Bogićević, Branko Oblak, Ilija Petković).
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament: 10, , 1982 (Gérard Soler, Bernard Genghini, Michel Platini, Didier Six, Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse, Dominique Rocheteau, Marius Trésor, René Girard, Alain Couriol) and , 2006 (Alessandro Del Piero, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Grosso, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Materazzi, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, Francesco Totti, Gianluca Zambrotta).
;Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches[11]: +10: (1954) — lost 1-4 to , then won 7-0 over ; and (1954) — lost 3-8 to , then won 7-2 over .
;Largest goal difference disimprovement in consecutive matches: -12: (1938) — won 8-0 over , then lost 1-5 to ; (1954) — won 7-0 over , then lost 2-7 to ; (1982) — won 10-1 over , then lost 1-4 to .
; 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 own goals in a tournament: 4 goals, 1954, 1998 & 2006.
; Most own goals in a match: 2, vs , 2002 (Jorge Costa of Portugal and Jeff Agoos of USA).
; Scoring for both teams in the same match: Ernie Brandts (, vs Italy, 1978 - own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the 50th minute).
; Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton (, 1982-1990) and Fabien Barthez (, 1998-2006)
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding: 517 mins, Walter Zenga (, 1990)
; Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal () and Mohamed Al-Deayea ()
; Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung (), 1954
; Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora (), 1982 (vs )
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 2, Fabien Barthez (), 1998 and Gianluigi Buffon (, 2006)
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 0, Pascal Zuberbühler (), 2006[12]
; Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski (), 1974 and Brad Friedel (), 2002
; Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978).
; Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978).
; Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo (, 1934-1938).
; Most tournaments: 5, Bora Milutinović (1986-2002) and Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990-1998, 2006).
; Most nations coached: 5, Bora Milutinović (, 1986; , 1990; , 1994; , 1998; , 2002).
; Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari (, 2002, 7 wins; , 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 (, 2002, 7 matches; , 2006, 5 matches).
; Youngest coach: 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola (, 1930)
; Oldest coach: 70 years and 131 days, Cesare Maldini (, 2002)
; Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta (, vs Austria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch for Michael Owen (, vs Sweden, 2006).
; Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)[13]
; Most tournaments: 3, Jean Langenus (Belgium, 1930-1938), Ivan Eklind (Sweden, 1934-1950), Benjamin Griffiths (Wales, 1950-1958), Arthur Ellis (England, 1950-1958), Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958-1966), Jamal Al Sharif (Syria, 1986-1994), Joël Quiniou (France, 1986-1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE, 1994-2002)
; Most matches refeered, overall: 8, Joël Quiniou (France), 1986-1994
; Most matches refeered, one tournament: 6, Benito Archundia (Mexico), 2006, and Horacio Elizondo (Argentina), 2006
; Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days, Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958)
; Oldest referee: 56 years and 236 days, George Reader (England, 1950)
'Note:' There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.[14]
; Fastest caution: first minute, Giampiero Marini (), vs , 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich (), vs , 1994.
; Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista (), vs , 1986.
; Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho () v 1986; Carlos Roa (), vs , 1998.
; Latest sending off: 121 minutes Leandro Cufre (), vs , 2006.
;Most cards (all-time, player): 6, Zinedine Zidane (, 1998-2006) and Cafu (, 1994-2006).
;Most cautions (all-time, player): 6, Cafu (, 1994-2006).
;Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song (, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane (, 1998 and 2006).
; Most sendings off (tournament): 28 (in 64 games), 2006.
; Most sendings off (all-time, team): 10, (in 64 games)
; Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4 (2 each) in vs , 2006. (referee: Valentin Ivanov)
; Most sendings off (final match): 2, 1990: both (v ): Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti
; Most cautions (tournament): 345 in 64 matches, 2006.
; Most cautions (all-time, team): 88, (in 64 games)
; Most cautions (match, one team): 9, , vs Netherlands, 2006
; Most cautions (match, both teams): 16 - vs , 2006;[15] and v , June 11 2002[16]
; Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić (), vs , 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)[17]
; Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( 1990)[18]
; Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona ( vs , 1994)[19]
; Longest suspension (player, misconduct): 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( vs , 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.
; Highest match attendance in a World Cup final tournament: 199,854, 'Uruguay vs Brazil', 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950.
; 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, Saprissa Stadium, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica, 2006 CONCACAF Final Group.[20][21]
; Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994.
; Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934.
; Most shootouts, team, all-time: 4, , , and
; Most shootouts, team, tournament: 2, 1990 and 2002
; Most shootouts, all teams, tournament: 4, 1990, 2006
; Most wins, team, all-time: 4,
; Most wins, team, tournament: 2, 1990
; Most losses, team, all-time: 3, and
; Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, kicker, all-time: 3, Roberto Baggio, (1990 semi-final, 1994 final, 1998 quarter final)
; Most goals, shootout, one team: 5, (shared by 5 teams)
; Most goals, shootout, both teams: 9, (in 4 matches)
; Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 12, vs 1982 and vs 1994
; Fewest goals, shootout, one team: 0, 2006 vs
; Most saves, all-time: 4, Sergio Goycochea and Harald Schumacher
; Most saves, tournament: 4, Sergio Goycochea , 1990.
; Most saves, shootout: 3, Ricardo , vs , 2006.
Note, totals do not include penalty shoot-outs. Teams in 'bold' also won the tournament. Note, the majority of World Cups have not been won by the top goalscorers.
★ 1930 - (18)
★ 1934 - '' (12)
★ 1938 - (15)
★ 1950 - (22)
★ 1954 - (27) Highest in World Cup history.
★ 1958 - (23)
★ 1962 - '' (14)
★ 1966 - (17)
★ 1970 - '' (19)
★ 1974 - (16)
★ 1978 - '', (15)
★ 1982 - (16)
★ 1986 - '' (14)
★ 1990 - '' (15)
★ 1994 - (15)
★ 1998 - '' (15)
★ 2002 - '' (18)
★ 2006 - (14)
1. Other low averages, in ascending order of games played: 0.77 (from 11 games) ; 0.85 (from 55) ; 0.89 (from 77) ; 0.91 (from 92)
2. Germany has never failed to advance from 14 first-round group phases, but lost its first-round knockout match in 1938
3. in 1998 had 6 match wins; the match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties.
4. 1930 champions refused to enter the 1934 tournament, while three defending champions were eliminated in the first round: in 1950, in 1966, and in 2002, with the first two teams both managing a win.
5. Excluding automatic qualification as host, as reigning champion, or by invitation.
6. 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.
7. According to RSSSF's 1994 World Cup page, Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21-250 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was Harry Andersson but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. (link)
11. Matches within one tournament. Otherwise, had a +11 swing between 2-4 v in 1938 and 9-0 v in 1954; and again between 1-3 v in 1978 and 10-1 v in 1982; and likewise between 0-3 v in 1998 and 8-0 v in 2002.
12. 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);
13. Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
14. England's World Cup Final Tournament Player Disciplinary Records Chris Goodwin & Peter Young
15. 2006 Portugal - Netherlands match report
16. 2002 Cameroon - Germany FIFA match report
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Motivation and Emotion in Sport: reversal theory, , John H., Kerr, Psychology Press, , ISBN 0863775004
20. Costa Rica fans banned after violence Reuters
21. 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.
★ FIFA World Cup™ superlatives - FIFA (PDF)
★ Largest Margins of Victory - FIFA (PDF)
★ Largest Crowds - FIFA (PDF)
★ The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)
★ Worldcupportal.de - records
Team
Overall
; Most World Cup appearances: 18, (only country to appear in every World Cup)
: ''For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup''
; Most championships: 5,
; Most appearances in a World Cup final: 7, and
: Note: Includes Brazil's second place finish in 1950, which was played without an official final.
; Most third-place winner: 3, (1934, 1970 & 2006)
; Most appearances in semifinal/last four: 11,
: ''For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup#Successful national teams''
; Most matches played: 92, and
; Fewest matches played: 1, (as )
; Most wins: 64,
; Most losses: 22,
; Most draws: 19, and
; Most matches played without a win or a draw: 6,
; Most matches played without a win: 6, and
; Most goals scored: 201,
; Most goals conceded: 112,
; Fewest goals scored: 0, , , (as ), , , and (as ).
; Fewest goals conceded: 2,
; Most matches played without scoring a goal: 3, , , , , and (as ).
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72,
; Lowest average of goals conceded per match:0.67, (2 goals in 3 matches)[1]
; Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, vs (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994)
; Most meetings between two teams, Final match: 2 times, vs (1970 FIFA World Cup & 1994 FIFA World Cup) & vs (1986 FIFA World Cup & 1990 FIFA World Cup)
; Most appearances, always advancing from first round: 3,[2] and
; Most appearances, never advancing from first round: 8,
In one tournament
; Most wins:[3] 7, , 2002
; Most goals scored: 27, , 1954
; Fewest goals conceded: 0, , 2006
; Most goals conceded: 16, , 1954
; Highest goal difference: +17, , 1954
; Lowest goal difference: -16, , 1954
; Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, , 1954
; Most goals scored, champions: 25, , 1954
; Fewest goals scored, champions: 11, , 1938, , 1966, and , 1994
; Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, , 1998, and , 2006
; Most goals conceded, champions: 14, , 1954
; Worst performance by a defending champion: 1 draw and 2 losses, , 2002[4]
Streaks
; Most consecutive championships: 2, (1934-1938), and (1958-1962).
; Most consecutive final matches: 3, (1982-1990), and (1994-2002).
; Most consecutive runners-up: 2, (1974-1978) and (1982-1986).
; Most consecutive first-round eliminations: 8, (1954-1958, 1974-1990, 1998).
; Most consecutive finals tournaments: 18, (1930-2006).
; Most consecutive successful qualification attempts[5]: 6, (1962-1982); (1986-2006).
; Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 17, (1934-2006).
; Most consecutive wins: 11, , from 2-1 Turkey (2002) to 3-0 Ghana (2006).
; Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, , from 3-0 Austria (1958) to 2-0 Bulgaria (1966).
; Most consecutive losses: 9, , from 1-4 France (1930) to 0-3 Sweden (1958).
; Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, , from 0-1 Argentina (1962) to 0-3 Nigeria (1994).
; Most consecutive draws: 5, , from 0-0 Netherlands (1998) to 1-1 Tunisia (2002).
; Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, , from 3-1 Hungary (1966) to 1-0 Netherlands (2006).
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, (1930-1958) and (1934-1958).
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, (1930-1954)
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals: 4, (1930-1950) and (1954) (four goals); also (1966), (1970), (1970),
; Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals: 2, (1954) (eight goals); also (1950) (six goals)
; Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, (1930-1994).
; Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 5, (1990).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, (1934-1994).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, (1930-1958).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, (1930-1950).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, (1930-1950), (1930-1950).
; Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals: 2, (1954) (seven goals); also (1930-1934) (six goals); also (1954) (five goals).
Individual
: ''For records regarding goalscoring, see #Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, see #Goalkeeping''
; Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal (, 1950-1966) and Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/Germany, 1982-1998).
: ''See here for a list of players with more than four tournament appearances''
; Most championships: 3, Pelé (, 1958, 1962 and 1970).
: ''See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups''
; Most matches played: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany/Germany, 1982-1998).
; Most minutes played: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini (, 1990-2002).
; Most matches won: 16, Cafu (, 1994-2006).
; Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu (, 1994-2002).
; Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona (, 1986-1994).
; Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson (, 1998-2002).
; Youngest player: 17 years and 42 days, Norman Whiteside (, vs Yugoslavia, 1982).
; Youngest player, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (, vs Sweden, 1958).
; Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years and 310 days, Souleymane Mamam (, vs Zambia, May 6 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1).[6]
; Youngest captain: 21 years and 316 days, Tony Meola, (, vs Czechoslovakia, June 10, 1990, 1990).[7]
; Oldest player: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (, vs Russia, 1994).
; Oldest player, final: 40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff (, vs West Germany, 1982).
; Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor (, vs St. Kitts and Nevis, February 18 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4).[8]
; Oldest captain: 40 years and 292 days, Peter Shilton (, vs Italy, July 7, 1990, 1990).
; Largest age difference on the same team: 23 years and 358 days, 1994, (Rigobert Song: 18 years and 10 days; Roger Milla: 42 years and 1 day).
; Largest age difference on a champion team: 21 years and 297 days, 1982, (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 (, 1938-1950).
; Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim (, 1938, as a player; and , 1982, as coach).
Goalscoring
Individual
; Most goals scored, overall: 15, Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
: ''For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see FIFA World Cup#Overall top goalscorers''
; Most goals scored in a tournament: 13, Just Fontaine (), 1958.
: ''For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Shoe - Top Goalscorers''
; Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko (, vs Cameroon, 1994).
; Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson (, vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1).
; Most goals scored in one Final: 3, Geoff Hurst (, vs West Germany, 1966).
; Most goals scored in all Final matches: 3, Vavá (, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Czechoslovakia in 1962), Pelé (, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Italy in 1970), Geoff Hurst (, 3 vs West Germany in 1966), and Zinedine Zidane (, 2 vs Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs Italy in 2006).
; Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine (, 1958) and Jairzinho (, 1970).
; Most matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954), Just Fontaine (, 1958), and Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954).
; Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954), Just Fontaine (, 1958), Gerd Müller (, 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta (, 1994 and 1998).
; Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (, 1954) and Gerd Müller (, 1970).
; Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 8 minutes, László Kiss (), scored at 69', 72', and 76' against El Salvador, 1982.
; Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Twice in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (, vs Faroe Islands, October 7, 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1); Ronaldo (, vs Argentina, June 2, 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL).
; Scoring in every match of a World Cup: Alcides Ghiggia (), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine (), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Jairzinho (), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970).[9]
; Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé (, 1958-1970) and Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970).
; Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970).
; Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, Jürgen Klinsmann (, 1990-1998) and Ronaldo (, 1998-2006).
; Most tournaments with at least four goals: 2, Helmut Rahn (, 1954-1958), Gerd Müller (, 1970-1974), Vavá (, 1958-1962), Pelé (, 1958, 1970), Teófilo Cubillas (, 1970, 1978), Gary Lineker (, 1986-1990), Gabriel Batistuta (, 1994-1998), Ronaldo (, 1998-2002), Christian Vieri (, 1998-2002), and Miroslav Klose (, 2002-2006).
; Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas ( 1970, 1978) and Miroslav Klose (, 2002-2006).
; Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, Pelé (, 1958-1970), Uwe Seeler (, 1958-1970), Diego Maradona (, 1982-1994), Michael Laudrup (, 1986-1998), Henrik Larsson (, 1994-2006), and Sami Al-Jaber (, 1994-2006).
; Youngest goalscorer: 17 years and 239 days, Pelé (, vs Wales, 1958).
; Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years and 244 days, Pelé (, vs France, 1958).
; Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (, vs Sweden, 1958).
; Oldest goalscorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (, vs Russia, 1994).
; Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller (, vs Cuba, 1938).[10]
; Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm (, vs Brazil, 1958).
; Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 4, Eusébio (, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink (, 4 in 1978) - both records for one tournament - and Gabriel Batistuta (, 2 each in 1994 and 1998).
; Fastest goal from kickoff: 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (, vs Korea Republic, June 29 2002, 2002).
: ''For a detailed list of the fastest goals from kickoff, see FIFA World Cup#Fastest goals''
; Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (, vs Nigeria, June 28 1998, 1998).
; Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (, vs West Germany, July 7 1974, 1974).
; Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri (, vs England, November 17, 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2).
; Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( vs Germany, July 4 2006, 2006).
; Latest goal from kickoff in a final:120th minute, Geoff Hurst () vs West Germany 1966 (see "they think it's all over").
Team
; Biggest margin of victory: 9, (9) vs (0), 1954; (9) vs (0), 1974; (10) vs (1), 1982.
; Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 31, (31) vs (0), April 11 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1.
; Most goals scored in one match, one team: 10, , vs El Salvador, 1982.
; Most goals scored in one match, both teams: 12, (7) vs (5), 1954.
; Highest scoring draw: 4-4, vs (AET), 1954, and vs , 1962.
; Largest deficit overcome in a win: 3 goals, , 1954 (coming from 0-3 down to win 7-5 vs ) and , 1966 (coming from 0-3 down to win 5-3 vs ).
; Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 5, (3) vs (2), 1970.
; Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, , 1958.
; Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, (5) vs. (2), 1958.
; Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, (0) vs. (0), 1994.
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match: 7, , vs , 1974 (Dušan Bajević, Dragan Džajić, Ivica Šurjak, Josip Katalinski, Vladislav Bogićević, Branko Oblak, Ilija Petković).
; Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament: 10, , 1982 (Gérard Soler, Bernard Genghini, Michel Platini, Didier Six, Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse, Dominique Rocheteau, Marius Trésor, René Girard, Alain Couriol) and , 2006 (Alessandro Del Piero, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Grosso, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Materazzi, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, Francesco Totti, Gianluca Zambrotta).
;Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches[11]: +10: (1954) — lost 1-4 to , then won 7-0 over ; and (1954) — lost 3-8 to , then won 7-2 over .
;Largest goal difference disimprovement in consecutive matches: -12: (1938) — won 8-0 over , then lost 1-5 to ; (1954) — won 7-0 over , then lost 2-7 to ; (1982) — won 10-1 over , then lost 1-4 to .
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 own goals in a tournament: 4 goals, 1954, 1998 & 2006.
Own goals
; Most own goals in a match: 2, vs , 2002 (Jorge Costa of Portugal and Jeff Agoos of USA).
; Scoring for both teams in the same match: Ernie Brandts (, vs Italy, 1978 - own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the 50th minute).
Goalkeeping
; Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton (, 1982-1990) and Fabien Barthez (, 1998-2006)
; Most consecutive minutes without conceding: 517 mins, Walter Zenga (, 1990)
; Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal () and Mohamed Al-Deayea ()
; Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung (), 1954
; Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora (), 1982 (vs )
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 2, Fabien Barthez (), 1998 and Gianluigi Buffon (, 2006)
; Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 0, Pascal Zuberbühler (), 2006[12]
; Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski (), 1974 and Brad Friedel (), 2002
Coaching
; Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978).
; Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978).
; Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo (, 1934-1938).
; Most tournaments: 5, Bora Milutinović (1986-2002) and Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990-1998, 2006).
; Most nations coached: 5, Bora Milutinović (, 1986; , 1990; , 1994; , 1998; , 2002).
; Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari (, 2002, 7 wins; , 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 (, 2002, 7 matches; , 2006, 5 matches).
; Youngest coach: 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola (, 1930)
; Oldest coach: 70 years and 131 days, Cesare Maldini (, 2002)
; Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta (, vs Austria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch for Michael Owen (, vs Sweden, 2006).
; Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)[13]
Refereeing
; Most tournaments: 3, Jean Langenus (Belgium, 1930-1938), Ivan Eklind (Sweden, 1934-1950), Benjamin Griffiths (Wales, 1950-1958), Arthur Ellis (England, 1950-1958), Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958-1966), Jamal Al Sharif (Syria, 1986-1994), Joël Quiniou (France, 1986-1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (UAE, 1994-2002)
; Most matches refeered, overall: 8, Joël Quiniou (France), 1986-1994
; Most matches refeered, one tournament: 6, Benito Archundia (Mexico), 2006, and Horacio Elizondo (Argentina), 2006
; Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days, Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958)
; Oldest referee: 56 years and 236 days, George Reader (England, 1950)
Discipline
'Note:' There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.[14]
; Fastest caution: first minute, Giampiero Marini (), vs , 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich (), vs , 1994.
; Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista (), vs , 1986.
; Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho () v 1986; Carlos Roa (), vs , 1998.
; Latest sending off: 121 minutes Leandro Cufre (), vs , 2006.
;Most cards (all-time, player): 6, Zinedine Zidane (, 1998-2006) and Cafu (, 1994-2006).
;Most cautions (all-time, player): 6, Cafu (, 1994-2006).
;Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song (, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane (, 1998 and 2006).
; Most sendings off (tournament): 28 (in 64 games), 2006.
; Most sendings off (all-time, team): 10, (in 64 games)
; Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4 (2 each) in vs , 2006. (referee: Valentin Ivanov)
; Most sendings off (final match): 2, 1990: both (v ): Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti
; Most cautions (tournament): 345 in 64 matches, 2006.
; Most cautions (all-time, team): 88, (in 64 games)
; Most cautions (match, one team): 9, , vs Netherlands, 2006
; Most cautions (match, both teams): 16 - vs , 2006;[15] and v , June 11 2002[16]
; Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić (), vs , 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)[17]
; Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( 1990)[18]
; Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona ( vs , 1994)[19]
; Longest suspension (player, misconduct): 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( vs , 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.
Attendance
; Highest match attendance in a World Cup final tournament: 199,854, 'Uruguay vs Brazil', 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950.
; 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, Saprissa Stadium, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica, 2006 CONCACAF Final Group.[20][21]
; Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994.
; Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934.
Penalty shootouts
; Most shootouts, team, all-time: 4, , , and
; Most shootouts, team, tournament: 2, 1990 and 2002
; Most shootouts, all teams, tournament: 4, 1990, 2006
; Most wins, team, all-time: 4,
; Most wins, team, tournament: 2, 1990
; Most losses, team, all-time: 3, and
; Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, kicker, all-time: 3, Roberto Baggio, (1990 semi-final, 1994 final, 1998 quarter final)
; Most goals, shootout, one team: 5, (shared by 5 teams)
; Most goals, shootout, both teams: 9, (in 4 matches)
; Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 12, vs 1982 and vs 1994
; Fewest goals, shootout, one team: 0, 2006 vs
; Most saves, all-time: 4, Sergio Goycochea and Harald Schumacher
; Most saves, tournament: 4, Sergio Goycochea , 1990.
; Most saves, shootout: 3, Ricardo , vs , 2006.
Top scoring teams by tournament
Note, totals do not include penalty shoot-outs. Teams in 'bold' also won the tournament. Note, the majority of World Cups have not been won by the top goalscorers.
★ 1930 - (18)
★ 1934 - '' (12)
★ 1938 - (15)
★ 1950 - (22)
★ 1954 - (27) Highest in World Cup history.
★ 1958 - (23)
★ 1962 - '' (14)
★ 1966 - (17)
★ 1970 - '' (19)
★ 1974 - (16)
★ 1978 - '', (15)
★ 1982 - (16)
★ 1986 - '' (14)
★ 1990 - '' (15)
★ 1994 - (15)
★ 1998 - '' (15)
★ 2002 - '' (18)
★ 2006 - (14)
References and footnotes
1. Other low averages, in ascending order of games played: 0.77 (from 11 games) ; 0.85 (from 55) ; 0.89 (from 77) ; 0.91 (from 92)
2. Germany has never failed to advance from 14 first-round group phases, but lost its first-round knockout match in 1938
3. in 1998 had 6 match wins; the match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties.
4. 1930 champions refused to enter the 1934 tournament, while three defending champions were eliminated in the first round: in 1950, in 1966, and in 2002, with the first two teams both managing a win.
5. Excluding automatic qualification as host, as reigning champion, or by invitation.
6. 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.
7. According to RSSSF's 1994 World Cup page, Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21-250 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was Harry Andersson but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. (link)
11. Matches within one tournament. Otherwise, had a +11 swing between 2-4 v in 1938 and 9-0 v in 1954; and again between 1-3 v in 1978 and 10-1 v in 1982; and likewise between 0-3 v in 1998 and 8-0 v in 2002.
12. 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);
13. Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
14. England's World Cup Final Tournament Player Disciplinary Records Chris Goodwin & Peter Young
15. 2006 Portugal - Netherlands match report
16. 2002 Cameroon - Germany FIFA match report
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Motivation and Emotion in Sport: reversal theory, , John H., Kerr, Psychology Press, , ISBN 0863775004
20. Costa Rica fans banned after violence Reuters
21. 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.
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)
★ Worldcupportal.de - records
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