Fifa World Records
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Men’s Football World Cup Records ⚽ 🏆
The men’s football world cup tournament is played every four years where new men’s football world cup records can be set. In 2022 the qualifying football/soccer teams from each continent will meet in Qatar to decide the next football FIFA™ World Cup Champions.
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| ⚽Football World Cup Records 🏆 | Record | Players, Coaches, Teams, Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Most World Cup appearances (team) | 20 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup games (team) | 106 | Germany |
| Most World Cup wins (team) | 70 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup victories (player) | 17 | Cafu, Brazil (1990-2006) |
| Most World Cup titles (team) | 5 | Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup runners-up (team) | 4 | Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) |
| Most Finals (team) | 8 | Germany (4 won) |
| Most World Cup participations (Players) | 5 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) & Antonio Carbajal (Mexico’s goalkeeper, 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup titles (player) | 3 | Pelé (Brazil, 1958, 1962, 1970) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup games contested (player) | 25 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) |
| Most World Cup game minutes on the pitch (player) | 2217 | Paolo Maldini (Italy, 1990-2002) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 224 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals in total (player) | 16 | Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002-today) |
| Most World Cup goals in shortest time | 4 | Germany (4 goals in 6 minutes against Brazil 2014. Final score 7:1) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (team) | 27 | Hungary, 1954 (in 5 games) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (player) | 13 | Just Fontaine in 6 games (France, 1958) |
| Most goals in a game (player) | 5 | Oleg Salenko (Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994) |
| First World Cup Goal (player) | 1930 | Lucien Laurent, France (in the game against Mexico after 19 minutes) |
| Youngest player in the game | 17 years, 41 days | Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland vs. Yugoslavia, 1982) |
| Youngest World Cup scorer | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Youngest world champion (player) | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Oldest player in the game | 42 years, 39 days | Roger Milla (Cameroon vs. Russia, 1994) |
| The oldest world champion (player) | 40 years | Dino Zoff (Italy, 1982) |
| World Cup match with most goals | 12 | 7:5 (Austria vs. Switzerland, 1954) |
| Highest World Cup win | 10:1 | Hungary vs. El Salvador, 1982 |
| Fastest World Cup goal after kick off | 11 seconds | Hakan Sukur (Turkey vs. South Korea, 2002) |
| Most World Cup minutes without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) | 517 | Walter Zenga (Italy, 1990) |
| Most World Cup participation (trainer) | 6 | Carlos Alberto Parreira (2 x with Brazil, 1 x Kuwait, 1 x UAE, 1 x Saudi Arabia, 1 x South Africa) |
| Most World Cup games (coach) | 25 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup victories (trainer) | 16 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup titles (trainer) | 2 | Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1934 and 1938) |
| World Cup titles (as player and coach) | 3 | Mário Zagallo (Brazil, 1958/1962 + 1970) |
| Youngest coach at a World Cup | 27 years | Juan José Tramutola (Argentina, 1930) |
| Oldest coach at a World Cup | 71 years | Otto Rehhagel (Greece, 2010) |
| First sending-off in World Cup history | 1930 | Placido Galindo 🙅(Peru vs. Romania) |
| Most sending-offs in one game | 4 | Portugal vs. Netherlands, 2006 🙅(4 second yellow cards, 2 per team) |
| Most yellow cards in one game | 16 | Germany vs. Cameroon, 2002 🙅(14 yellow cards & 2 second yellow cards) |
| First penalty (scored) | 19 July 1930 | Manuel Rosas (Mexico vs. Argentina) |
| Fastest penalty in a match | 1st minute | Final Germany vs. Netherlands, 1974 (Johann Neeskens took NL into the lead) |
| Most penalties awarded (team) | 16 | Spain (2 missed) |
| First Golden Goal | 1998 | Laurent Blanc (second round, France vs. Paraguay) |
| First hat-trick (player) | 1934 | Edmund Conen, Germany (in the game against Belgium, final result 5:2) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 121 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals against (goalkeeper) | 25 | Antonio Carbajal, Mexico (in 11 games 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup games without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) | 10 | Peter Shilton, England (1982-1990) & Fabien Barthez, France (1998-2010) |
| Most clean sheet games (team) | 39 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup goals in the final | 7 | 1958 Brazil vs. Sweden 5:2 |
| Most World Cup defeats (team) | 25 | Mexico (in 53 games) |
| Longest World Cup winning streak (team) | 11 games | Brazil (2002-2006) |
| Longest unbeaten run (team) | 13 games | Brazil (1958-1966) |
| Longest losing streak (team) | 9 games | Mexico (1930-1958) |
| Longest run without a victory (team) | 16 games | Bulgaria (1962-1994) |
| Longest run without a goal (team) | 5 games | Bolivia (1930-1994) |
| Most World Cup knockout games | 47 | Germany (32 won) |
| Most penalty shootouts (team) | 5 | Argentina (1990, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014) |
| Most won penalty shootouts | 4 | Germany (4 of 4) |
| Most lost penalty shootouts | 3 | 😰England (1990, 1998, 2006) 😰Italy (1990, 1994, 1998) & Spain 😰(1986, 2002, 2018) |
| World Cup game with the fewest spectators | 300 | Romania vs. Peru, 1930 |
| World Cup game with the most spectators | 173,850 | Brazil vs. Uruguay, 1950 (at the Maracana Stadium) |
| Largest average crowd per game | 68,991 | 1994 World Cup in USA |
| Hosts who became world champions | 6 | Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998 |
| Hosts who were runners-up | 2 | Brazil in 1950, Sweden in 1958 |
| Hosts that went out in the first round | 1 | South Africa 2010 😰 |
| Most frequent host | 2 | Brazil 1950, 2014 France 1938, 1998 Germany 1974, 2006 Italy 1934, 1990 Mexico 1970, 1986 |
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September usually marks a huge date in the calendar for both gamers and soccer fans alike: it’s when a new FIFA videogame is released to the world.
Since its debut in 1993, EA’s soccer series has become the best-selling sports videogame series with more than 150 million games sold worldwide according to VGChartz.
The games have been massively popular when it comes to in-game record-breaking, too.
The popular rapper/comedian KSI – currently the most subscribed FIFA YouTuber – once held the Guinness World Record title for the highest margin of victory against the computer on FIFA 13 when he hit 190 goals.
To celebrate the launch of FIFA 17, which is out today, we’ve opened up a host of new Guinness World Record categories for gamers to attempt, typically in a standard 10-minute match unless otherwise specified.
And applying for them couldn’t be any simpler…
Click through our site at the links below and simply follow the instructions to apply. If you successfully break a record, you might even feature in next year’s Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition annual.
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Good luck!
Attempt to thrash the computer with the most substantial score-line possible. This can be attempted with any team, on any difficulty, and on the maximum time limit. In the past, we’ve seen Germany’s Patrick Hadler beat the computer in FIFA 13 with a victory margin of 307 goals!
Try to score the most goals against the computer on the game’s highest difficulty in a standard 10-minute match. Applicants must choose the same team for the AI as they choose for themselves (eg Real Madrid versus Real Madrid), but they are free to tailor tactics, formations etc. for their own team accordingly. In fact, we’d suggest that pre-planning is essential.
Again, this is set on the game’s highest difficulty against the computer. Players must select identical teams for both themselves and the AI. However, they are free to change any of the options in team management for their team only.
World Cup History And Records
A real test of skill as players attempt to recreate a Pele special. This can be attempted with any teams, on any difficulty, against the computer, in a 10-minute match.
This can be attempted with any teams, on any difficulty, against the computer.
Got a mate who’s also a bit handy with FIFA? Try this co-op challenge, which can be attempted on any difficulty, with any teams, against the computer.
And remember: if you want to read more about FIFA record-holders, or any other videogame for that matter, don’t forget that the Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer’s Edition annual is on sale now.