World Cup Statistics

World Cup famous Players stats

World Cup Champions / winners 1930 - 2010 Year Host Champion Team Runners-up Final's Result Champion Manager 1930 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina 4 - 2 Odino Viera 1934 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia 2 - 1 Vittorio Pozzo 1938 France Italy Hungary 4 - 2 Vittorio Pozzo 1950 Brazil Uruguay Brazil 2 - 1 Colonel Volpe 1954 Switzerland West Germany Hungary 3 - 2 Sepp Herberger 1958 Sweden Brazil Sweden 5 - 2 Vicente Feola 1962 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia 3 - 1 Aymore Moreira 1966 England England West Germany 4 - 2 Alf Ramsey 1970 Mexico Brazil Italy 4 - 1 Mario Zagalo 1974 Germany West Germany Netherlands 2 - 1 Helmut Schoen 1978 Argentina Argentina Netherlands 3 - 1 Cesar Luis Menotti 1982 Spain Italy West Germany 3 - 1 Enzo Bearzot 1986 Mexico Argentina West Germany 3 - 2 Carlos Bilardo 1990 Italy West Germany Argentina 1 - 0 Franz Beckenbauer 1994 USA Brazil Italy 0 - 0 (pso 3-2) Carlos Alberto Parreira 1998 France France Brazil 3 - 0 Aime Jacquet 2002 Japan / S. Korea Brazil Germany 2 - 0 Luiz Felipe Scolari 2006 Germany Italy France 1 - 1 (pso 5-3) Marcello Lippi 2010 South Africa

World Cup Stats

Oldest World Cup player
The Oldest World Cup player to have played in a World Cup tournament is Roger Milla of Cameroon. He played against Russia in 1994 and was 42 years and 39 days old.

Youngest World Cup player
The youngest World Cup player to have played in a World Cup tournament is Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland. He played against Yugoslavia in 1982 at the ripe age of 17 years and 41 days old.

Shortest World Cup career
The shortest career in terms of minutes played on field in the history of the World Cup is shared by Tunisia's Khemais Labidi and Argentina's Marcelo Trobbiani. Both played only two minutes. Marcelo Trobbiani appearance was in the final two minutes of his country's 3-2 final win over West Germany in 1986.

World Cup fastest substitution
The fastest substitution in World Cup history came in 1998, when Italy's Alessandro Nesta was replaced by Giuseppe Bergomi in the match against Austria after only 4 minutes. This record was equalled when the young Michael Owen was replaced by the tall Peter Crouch against Sweden in the 2006 World Cup.

World Cup Appearance Records by Country 1930-2006 Rank Country No. of Finals Games Played Won Tied Lost Goals for Goals Ag. Goal Diff. Points (3/win) 1 Brazil 18 92 64 14 14 201 84 +117 206 2 Germany1 16 92 55 19 18 190 112 +78 184 3 Italy 16 77 44 19 14 122 69 +53 151 4 Argentina 14 65 33 13 19 113 74 +39 112 5 England 12 55 25 17 13 74 47 +27 92 6 France 12 51 25 10 16 95 64 +31 85 7 Spain 12 49 22 12 15 80 57 +23 78 8 Sweden 11 46 16 13 17 74 69 + 5 61 9 Netherlands 8 36 16 10 10 59 38 +21 58 10 Russia 9 37 17 6 14 64 44 +20 57 11 Serbia & Monte 10 40 16 8 16 62 56 + 6 56 12 Uruguay 10 40 15 10 15 65 57 + 8 55 13 Poland 7 31 15 5 11 44 40 + 4 50 14 Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30 48 15 Mexico 13 45 11 12 22 48 84 -36 45 16 Czech Rep 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 - 2 41 17 Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 - 4 40 18 Belgium 11 36 10 9 17 46 63 -17 39 19 Portugal 4 19 11 1 7 32 21 +11 34 20 Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 - 2 29 21 Switzerland 8 26 8 5 13 37 51 -14 29 22 Chile 7 25 7 6 12 31 40 - 9 27 23 Paraguay 7 22 6 7 9 27 36 - 9 25 24 Denmark 3 13 7 2 4 24 18 + 6 23 25 USA 8 25 6 3 16 27 51 -24 21 26 Croatia 3 13 6 2 5 15 11 + 4 20 27 Cameroon 5 17 4 7 6 15 29 -14 19 28 Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 -16 19 29 South Korea 7 24 4 7 13 22 53 -31 19 30 Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 -31 17 31 Turkey 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 + 3 16 32 Peru 4 15 4 3 8 19 31 -12 15 33 Rep. of Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14 34 N. Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 -10 14 35 Nigeria 3 11 4 1 6 14 16 - 2 13 36 Colombia 4 13 3 2 8 14 23 - 9 11 37 Morocco 4 13 2 4 7 12 18 - 6 10 38 Costa Rica 3 10 3 1 6 12 21 - 9 10 39 Norway 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 - 1 9 40 Ecuador 2 7 3 0 4 7 8 - 1 9 41 Senegal 1 5 2 2 1 7 6 + 1 8 42 East Germany 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 43 Japan 3 10 2 2 6 8 14 - 6 8 44 Saudi Arabia 4 13 2 2 9 9 32 -23 8 45 Ukraine 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 - 2 7 46 Algeria 2 6 2 1 3 6 10 - 4 7 47 Tunisia 4 12 1 4 7 8 17 - 9 7 48 Wales 1 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6 49 Ghana 1 4 2 0 2 4 6 - 2 6 50 South Africa 2 6 1 3 2 8 11 - 3 6 51 Australia 2 7 1 2 4 5 11 - 6 5 52 Iran 3 9 1 2 6 6 18 -12 5 53 North Korea 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 - 4 4 54 Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 - 7 4 55 Ivory Coast 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 - 1 3 56 Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 - 6 3 57 Honduras 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 - 1 2 58 Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 - 1 2 59 Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 - 2 2 60 Egypt 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 - 3 2 61 Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 - 4 1 62 Trinidad & Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 - 4 1 63 Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 -19 1 64 Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 - 3 0 65 Slovenia 1 3 0 0 3 2 7 - 5 0 66 Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 - 5 0 67 Canada 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 - 5 0 68 Dutch East Indies 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 - 6 0 69 United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 - 9 0 70 China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 - 9 0 71 New Zealand 1 3 0 0 3 2 12 -10 0 72 Greece 1 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0 73 Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12 0 74 Zaire 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14 0 75 El Salvador 2 6 0 0 6 1 22 -21 0   Total 361 1,416 551 314 551 2,063 2,063 0 1,967

World Cup Penalty Shootouts

Sergio Goycoechea of Argentina has saved the most penalties in total. He saved three against Yugoslavia in the quarterfinal in 1990 and two more in the semifinal against Italy, making his total to five. Claudio Taffarel of Brazil has also saved five, but two of them went over the crossbar, both in the final of 1994. He saved two more against the Netherlands in the semifinal in 1998.

World Cup Penalty Shoot outs Year Nations Score / Results 1982 West Germany v France 3-3 (5-4) 1986 France v Brazil West Germany v Mexico Belgium v Spain 1-1 (4-3) 0-0 (4-1) 1-1 (5-4) 1990 Rep. of Ireland v Romania Argentina v Yugoslavia Argentina v Italy West Germany v EnglandM 0-0 (5-4) 0-0 (3-2) 1-1 (4-3) 1-1 (4-3) 1994 Bulgaria v Mexico Sweden v Romania Brazil v Italy 1-1 (3-1) 2-2 (5-4) 0-0 (3-2) 1998 Argentina v England France v Italy Brazil v Holland 2-2 (4-3) 0-0 (4-3) 1-1 (4-2) 2002 Spain v Rep. of Ireland South Korea v Spain 1-1 (3-2) 0-0 (5-3) 2006 Ukraine v Switzerland Germany v Argentina Portugal v England Italy v France 0-0 (3-0) 1-1 (4-2) 0-0 (3-1) 1-1 (5-3)

Overall Penalty shoot-out results Nation Won Lost Goals Germany (West) 4 0 17-10 Argentina 3 1 13-12 Brazil 2 1 10-8 France 2 2 15-16 Ukraine 1 0 3-0 South Korea 1 0 5-3 Bulgaria 1 0 3-1 Portugal 1 0 3-1 Belgium 1 0 5-4 Sweden 1 0 5-4 Rep. of Ireland 1 1 7-7 Spain 1 2 10-12 Italy 1 3 13-14 Yugoslavia 0 1 2-3 Netherlands 0 1 2-4 Switzerland 0 1 0-3 Romania 0 2 8-10 Mexico 0 2 2-7 England 0 3 7-11