FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup.[1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17.[2] Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions.[3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning,[4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.[5]

List of tournaments

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Year Host Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) Best player award Source
1930  Uruguay  Uruguay Uruguay Alberto Suppici Argentina Guillermo Stábile (8) Not awarded [6]
1934  Italy  Italy Italy Vittorio Pozzo Czechoslovakia Oldřich Nejedlý (5) [7]
1938  France  Italy Italy Vittorio Pozzo Brazil Leônidas (7) [8]
1950  Brazil  Uruguay Uruguay Juan López Brazil Ademir (9) [9]
1954   Switzerland  West Germany West Germany Sepp Herberger Hungary Sándor Kocsis (11) [10]
1958  Sweden  Brazil Brazil Vicente Feola France Just Fontaine (13) [11]
1962  Chile  Brazil Brazil Aymoré Moreira Six players (4) [12]
1966  England  England England Alf Ramsey Portugal Eusébio (9) [13]
1970  Mexico  Brazil Brazil Mário Zagallo West Germany Gerd Müller (10) [14]
1974  West Germany  West Germany West Germany Helmut Schön Poland Grzegorz Lato (7) [15]
1978  Argentina  Argentina Argentina César Luis Menotti Argentina Mario Kempes (6) Argentina Mario Kempes [16][17]
1982  Spain  Italy Italy Enzo Bearzot Italy Paolo Rossi (6) Italy Paolo Rossi [16][18]
1986  Mexico  Argentina Argentina Carlos Bilardo England Gary Lineker (6) Argentina Diego Maradona [16][19]
1990  Italy  West Germany West Germany Franz Beckenbauer Italy Salvatore Schillaci (6) Italy Salvatore Schillaci [16][20]
1994  United States  Brazil Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov (6)
Russia Oleg Salenko (6)
Brazil Romário [16][21]
1998  France  France France Aimé Jacquet Croatia Davor Šuker (6) Brazil Ronaldo [16][22]
2002  South Korea
 Japan
 Brazil Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Ronaldo (8) Germany Oliver Kahn [16][23]
2006  Germany  Italy Italy Marcello Lippi Germany Miroslav Klose (5) France Zinedine Zidane [16][24]
2010  South Africa  Spain Spain Vicente del Bosque Four players (5) Uruguay Diego Forlán [16][25]
2014  Brazil  Germany Germany Joachim Löw Colombia James Rodríguez (6) Argentina Lionel Messi [26][16][27]
2018  Russia  France France Didier Deschamps England Harry Kane (6) Croatia Luka Modrić [28][29]
2022  Qatar  Argentina Argentina Lionel Scaloni France Kylian Mbappé (8) Argentina Lionel Messi [30]

Overall team records

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The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup[31][32]
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 22 114 76 19 19 237 108 +129 247
2  Germany[a] 20 112 68 21 23 232 130 +102 225
3  Argentina 18 88 47 17 24 152 101 +51 158
4  Italy 18 83 45 21 17 128 77 +51 156
5  France 16 73 39 14 20 136 85 +51 131
6  England 16 74 32 22 20 104 68 +36 118
7  Spain 16 67 31 17 19 108 75 +33 110
8  Netherlands 11 55 30 14 11 96 52 +44 104
9  Uruguay 14 59 25 13 21 89 76 +13 88
10  Belgium 14 51 21 10 20 69 74 −5 73
11  Sweden 12 51 19 13 19 80 73 +7 70
12  Russia[b] 11 45 19 10 16 77 54 +23 67
13  Mexico 17 60 17 15 28 62 101 −39 66
14  Serbia[c] 13 49 18 9 22 71 71 0 63
15  Portugal 8 35 17 6 12 61 41 +20 57
16  Poland 9 38 17 6 15 49 50 −1 57
17   Switzerland 12 41 14 8 19 55 73 −18 50
18  Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30 48
19  Croatia 6 30 13 8 9 43 33 +10 47
20  Czech Republic[d] 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 −2 41
21  Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 −4 40
22  Chile 9 33 11 7 15 40 49 −9 40
23  United States 11 37 9 8 20 40 66 −26 35
24  Denmark 6 23 9 6 8 31 29 +2 33
25  Paraguay 8 27 7 10 10 30 38 −8 31
26  South Korea 11 38 7 10 21 39 78 −39 31
27  Colombia 6 22 9 3 10 32 30 +2 30
28  Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 −2 29
29  Japan 7 25 7 6 12 25 33 −8 27
30  Costa Rica 6 21 6 5 10 22 39 −17 23
31  Cameroon 8 26 5 8 13 22 47 −25 23
32  Morocco 6 23 5 7 11 20 27 −7 22
33  Nigeria 6 21 6 3 12 23 30 −7 21
34  Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 −16 19
35  Senegal 3 12 5 3 4 16 17 −1 18
36  Ghana 4 15 5 3 7 18 23 −5 18
37  Peru 5 18 5 3 10 21 33 −12 18
38  Ecuador 4 13 5 2 6 14 14 0 17
39  Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 −31 17
40  Turkey 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 +3 16
41  Australia 6 20 4 4 12 17 37 −20 16
42  Republic of Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
43  Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 −10 14
44  Tunisia 6 18 3 5 10 14 26 −12 14
45  Saudi Arabia 6 19 4 2 13 14 44 −30 14
46  Iran 6 18 3 4 11 13 31 −18 13
47  Algeria 4 13 3 3 7 13 19 −6 12
48  Ivory Coast 3 9 3 1 5 13 14 −1 10
49  South Africa 3 9 2 4 3 11 16 −5 10
50  Norway 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 −1 9
51  East Germany[a] 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
52  Greece 3 10 2 2 6 5 20 −15 8
53  Ukraine 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7
54  Wales 2 8 1 4 3 5 10 −5 7
55  Slovakia[d] 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
56  Slovenia 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
57  Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
58  North Korea 2 7 1 1 5 6 21 −15 4
59  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
60  Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
61  New Zealand 2 6 0 3 3 4 14 −10 3
62  Honduras 3 9 0 3 6 3 14 −11 3
63  Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
64  Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
65  Egypt 3 7 0 2 5 5 12 −7 2
66  Iceland 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
67  Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
68  Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
69  Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 −19 1
70  Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
71  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
72  Qatar 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
73  Indonesia[e] 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0
74  Panama 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
74  United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
76  China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
77  Canada 2 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0
78  Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
79  DR Congo[f] 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
80  El Salvador 2 6 0 0 6 1 22 −21 0
Breakdown of successor team records
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) 8 30 11 5 14 44 45 −1 38
 Czech Republic (2006–present) 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Germany (1934–1938) 2 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10
 West Germany (1950–1990) 10 62 36 14 12 131 77 +54 122
 Germany (1994–present) 8 44 29 6 9 87 40 +46 93
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union (1958–1990) 7 31 15 6 10 53 34 +19 51
 Russia (1994–present) 4 14 4 4 6 24 20 +4 16
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1930–1990) 8 33 14 7 12 55 42 +13 49
 FR Yugoslavia (1998) 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
 Serbia (2010–present) 3 9 2 1 6 9 15 −6 7


Finals records by team

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Performances in finals by team[33]
Nation Titles Runners-up
 Brazil 5 2
 Germany 4 4
 Italy 4 2
 Argentina 3 3
 France 2 2
 Uruguay 2 0
 England 1 0
 Spain 1 0
 Netherlands 0 3
 Hungary 0 2
 Czechoslovakia 0 2
 Sweden 0 1
 Croatia 0 1

Teams statistics

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Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history (the teams that attained the quantity first, are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, the teams will be listed alphabetically.

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

Most titles

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Most finishes in the top two

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  •  Germany/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)[35]

Most second-place finishes

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  •  Germany/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)[35]

Most World Cup appearances

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Most consecutive championships

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Most consecutive finishes in the top two

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Longest gap between successive titles

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Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

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Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

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  •  Wales – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)[40]

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

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Worst finish by defending champions

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Players

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Most appearances

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Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top player appearances[43]
Rank Player Team(s) Matches Tournaments
1 Lionel Messi  Argentina 26 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
2 Lothar Matthäus  West Germany/Germany 25 5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
3 Miroslav Klose  Germany 24 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
4 Paolo Maldini  Italy 23 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
5 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 22 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most championships

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Most appearances in a World Cup final

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Youngest player

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Youngest player in a final

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Oldest player

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Oldest player in a final

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Goalscoring

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Individual

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Top goalscorers

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Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top scorers[50][51]
Rank Player Team(s) Goals Matches Goals per game
1 Miroslav Klose  Germany 16 24 0.67
2 Ronaldo  Brazil 15 19 0.79
3 Gerd Müller  West Germany 14 13 1.08
4 Just Fontaine  France 13 6 2.17
Lionel Messi  Argentina 26 0.50

Most goals scored in a single tournament

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Most goals scored in a match

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Most goals scored in a final match

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Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

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Most consecutive matches scored in

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Most tournaments scored in

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Milestone goals

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Olympic goals

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Youngest goalscorer

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Youngest goalscorer in a final

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Oldest goalscorer

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Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

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Oldest goalscorer in a final

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Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

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Fastest goal

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Fastest goal in a final

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Latest goal in regular time

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Team

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Biggest wins

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Biggest margin of victory[66]
Rank Date Venue Winning team Score Losing team
1 15 June 1982 Nuevo Estadio, Elche  Hungary 10–1  El Salvador
17 June 1954 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich  Hungary 9–0  South Korea
18 June 1974 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen  Yugoslavia 9–0  Zaire
4 12 June 1938 Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes  Sweden 8–0  Cuba
2 July 1950 Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte  Uruguay 8–0  Bolivia
1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo  Germany 8–0  Saudi Arabia

Biggest win in a final

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Biggest margin of victory in a final[66]
Rank Date Venue Winning team Score Losing team
1 29 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna  Brazil 5–2  Sweden
21 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City  Brazil 4–1  Italy
12 July 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis  France 3–0  Brazil

Highest scoring matches

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Most goals scored in a match[67]
Rank Date Venue Total goals Team Score Team
1 26 June 1954 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 12  Austria 7–5   Switzerland
2 5 June 1938 Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 11  Brazil 6–5  Poland
20 June 1954 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel  Hungary 8–3  West Germany
15 June 1982 Nuevo Estadio, Elche  Hungary 10–1  El Salvador
5 8 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping 10  France 7–3  Paraguay

Most goals in a tournament

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Top scoring teams by tournament

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Period Top scorers Goals scored Source
1930  Argentina 18
1934  Italy 12
1938  Hungary 15
1950  Brazil 22
1954  Hungary 27
1958  France 23
1962  Brazil 14
1966  Portugal 17
1970  Brazil 19
1974  Poland 16
1978  Argentina 15
 Netherlands
1982  France 16
1986  Argentina 14
1990  West Germany 15
1994  Sweden 15
1998  France 15
2002  Brazil 18
2006  Germany 14
2010  Germany 16
2014  Germany 18
2018  Belgium 16
2022  France 16

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

Tournament

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Most goals scored in a tournament

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Fewest goals scored in a tournament

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Most goals per match in a tournament

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Fewest goals per match in a tournament

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Own goals

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Assists

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Most assists

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Most assists in a tournament

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Most tournaments assisted in

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Most assists provided in a match

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Most assists provided in final matches

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Most assists in the knockout rounds

Goal contributions

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Most goal contributions

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Most goal contributions in a tournament

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Penalty shoot-outs

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Goalkeeping

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Most clean sheets

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Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

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Most goals conceded

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Most goals conceded in a tournament

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Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

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Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

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Most saves in one match

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Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

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Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

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Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

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Coaching

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Most matches coached

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Most matches won

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Most tournaments won

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Most tournaments as a coach

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Most different nations coached

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Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

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  • Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)[104]

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

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Youngest coach

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Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

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Oldest coach

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Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

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Refereeing

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Most tournaments

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Most matches refereed, overall

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  • Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)[131]

Youngest referee

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  • Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)[132]

Oldest referee

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Discipline

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Fastest caution

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Fastest sending off

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Fastest sending off, qualification

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Latest caution

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Latest sending off

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Sent off from the bench

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Most cards (all-time, player)

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Most cautions (all-time, player)

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Most sendings off (all-time, player)

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Most sendings off (tournament)

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  • 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)[143]

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

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Most sendings off (match, both teams)

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Most sendings off (final match)

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Most cautions (tournament)

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  • 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)[146]

Most cautions (all-time, team)

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Most cautions (match, one team)

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Most cautions (match, both teams)

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Most cautions (match, player)

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Most cautions (final match, both teams)

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Most suspensions (tournament, player)

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Teams: Matches played/goals scored

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All time

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Most matches played

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Most wins

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Most losses

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Most draws

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Most goals scored

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Most goalscorers

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Most goals conceded

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Fewest goals scored

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Highest goal difference

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In one tournament

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Most goals scored

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Fewest goals conceded

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Most goals conceded

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Most matches gone into extra time

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Most minutes without conceding a goal

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Highest goal difference

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Highest goal difference, champions

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Lowest goal difference

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