Random World Cup Facts

Germany 2-1 Sweden



Sweden is the first team ever to play a World Cup match wearing a kit of blue shirts and yellow shorts.

Consecutive matches that Germany were losing at halftime.
1970 v England (0-1), v Italy (0-1)
2018 v Mexico (0-1), v Sweden (0-1)

Dortmund players to score in the World Cup.
Siggi Held (1966)
Lother Emmerich (1966)
Karl-Heinz Riedle (1994)
Andreas Möller (1998)
Mats Hummels (2014)
Marco Reus (2018)

German goalscorers when first time in starting lineup at both the EUROs and the World Cup.
Gerd Müller (1970, 1972)
Dieter Müller (1976, 1978)
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1978, 1980)
Marco Reus (2012, 2018)

Latest match-winning goals (excluding extra-time) in World Cup history.
90+4' 42" Toni Kroos, 2018 Germany 2-1 Sweden
90+4' 26" Francesco Totti, 2006 Italy v Australia

Teams down to ten men that scored to win a World Cup match.
1990 Cameroon (v Argentina, 1-0)
1990 Austria (v USA, 2-1)
1994 Italy (v Norway, 1-0)
1994 Italy (v Nigeria, 2-1)
1994 Brazil (v USA, 1-0)
2002 Paraguay (v Slovenia, 3-1)
2002 Germany (v Cameroon, 2-0)
2006 Italy (v Australia, 1-0)
2014 Belgium (v South Korea, 1-0)
2018 Germany (v Sweden, 2-1)

 

England 6-1 Panama



Players who scored their first international goal at World Cup Russia 2018.
Yury Gazinsky (Russia v Saudi Arabia)
Denis Cheryshev (Russia v Saudi Arabia)
Nacho Fernández (Spain v Portugal)
M'Baye Niang (Senegal v Poland)
John Stones (England v Panama)

Players who scored in England's first two matches of a World Cup.
Ron Flowers, 1962 (v Hungary, v Argentina)
Harry Kane, 2018 (v Tunisia, v Panama)
Add in Nat Lofthouse, 1954 (v Belgium, v Uruguay) to those who scored in their first two appearances for England in the World Cup.

Players who have scored a brace of penalties in a World Cup match.
Fritz Walter (1954, West Germany v Austria)
Eusébio (1966, Portugal v North Korea)
Johan Neeskens (1974, Netherlands v Bulgaria)
Rob Rensenbrink (1978, Netherlands v Iran)
Teófilo Cubillas (1978, Peru v Iran)
Gary Lineker (1990, England v Cameroon)
Hristo Stoichkov (1994, Bulgaria v Greece)
Harry Kane (2018, England v Panama)

Players to convert two penalties in the first half of a World Cup match.
Teófilo Cubillas (1978 v Iran)
Harry Kane (2018 v Panama)

Players who have scored at least a brace in their first two World Cup appearances.
* Guillermo Stábile, Argentina 1930 (3 v Mexico, 2 v Chile)
* Sandor Kocsis, Hungary 1954 (3 v South Korea, 4 v West Germany)
Just Fontaine, France 1958 (3 v Paraguay, 2 v Yugoslavia)
Grzegorz Lato, Poland 1974 (2 v Argentina, 2 v Haiti)
Harry Kane, England 2018 (2 v Tunisia, 3 v Panama)
* Also scored at least a brace in their THIRD ever World Cup appearance.

Teams to score at least five goals in the first half of a World Cup match.
Austria (v Switzerland in 1954, led 5-4)
Yugoslavia (v Zaire in 1974, led 6-0)
Poland (v Haití in 1974, led 5-0)
Germany (v Brazil in 2014, led 5-0)
England (v Panama in 2018, led 5-0)

England players to score a hat trick in a World Cup match.
Geoff Hurst (1966 v West Germany)
Gary Lineker (1986 v Poland)
Harry Kane (2018 v Panama)

Most goals in a World Cup group phase for England.
5 - Harry Kane, 2018
3 - Roger Hunt, 1966
3 - Gary Lineker, 1986

Most goals by an England player at a World Cup.
6 - Gary Lineker (1986)
5 - Harry Kane (2018)
4 - Geoff Hurst (1966)
4 - Gary Lineker (1990)

England's all-time leading scorers in World Cup history.
10 - Gary Lineker (6 in 1986, 4 in 1990)
5 - Geoff Hurst (4 in 1966, 1 in 1970)
5 - Harry Kane (5 in 2018)

Teams to score their first ever World Cup goal against England.
USSR, 1958
Republic of Ireland, 1990
Panama, 2018

Oldest goalscorers in World Cup history.
42-039 Roger Milla (Cameroon v Russia, 1994)
37-236 Gunnar Gren (Sweden v West Germany, 1958)
37-151 Cuahtemoc Blanco (Mexico v France, 2010)
37-120 Felipe Baloy (Panama v England, 2018)

Oldest players to score on their World Cup debut.
37-120 Felipe Baloy (Panama v England, 2018)
36-227 Martín Palermo (Argentina v Greece, 2010)

 

it is the 3rd consecutive world cup for poland where they are already out of the tournament after the first 2 of their 3 group matches with all these 6 matches gone lost. (2002, 2006, 2014)

however they have won the meaningless 3rd match in 2002 and 2006.

 

Japan 2-2 Senegal



Players who scored their first international goal at World Cup Russia 2018.
Yury Gazinsky (Russia v Saudi Arabia)
Denis Cheryshev (Russia v Saudi Arabia)
Nacho Fernández (Spain v Portugal)
M'Baye Niang (Senegal v Poland)
John Stones (England v Panama)
Moussa Wagué (Senegal v Japan)

World Cup leading goalscorers from AFC.
4 Keisuke Honda (Japan)
3 Sami Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia)
3 Ahn Jung-hwan (South Korea)
3 Park Ji-sung (South Korea)
3 Tim Cahill (Australia)
3 Mile Jedinak (Australia)

AFC players to score in three World Cups.
Sami Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia: 1994, 1998, 2006)
Park Ji-sung (South Korea: 2002, 2006, 2010)
Keisuke Honda (Japan: 2010, 2014, 2018)

Senegal's all-time record in two World Cup appearances.
won 3
drawn 3
lost 1 (v Turkey in Osaka, 2002 quarterfinal after extra time)

 

Poland 0-3 Colombia




James Rodríguez is the first Colombia player to provide two assists in two separate World Cup matches. (2014 v Japan, 2018 v Poland)

In the seven matches he has played over two World Cups (2014, 2018) James Rodríguez has scored six goals and provided four assists.

Best ratio of goal participation (scoring or assisting) per match in World Cup history. (minimum 7 matches played)
1.46 Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970-1974)
1.43 James Rodríguez (Colombia, 2014-2018)
1.38 Raymond Kopa (France, 1958)
1.36 Pelé (Brazil, 1958-1962-1966-1970)
1.18 Fritz Walter (West Germany, 1954-1958)

Match victories by confederation at World Cup 2018.
17 UEFA
4 CONMEBOL
2 CONCACAF
2 AFC
2 CAF
5 draws

Advanced to knockout rounds: Russia, Uruguay, France, Croatia, England, Belgium
Eliminated: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Tunisia, Poland

It is halftime at Russia 2018: 32 matches played (without a 0-0 result), 32 matches to go.

 

Uruguay 3-0 Russia



Players who made their 100th international appearance at World Cup 2018.
Jakob Błaszczykowski, Poland (v Senegal)
Luis Suárez, Uruguay (v Saudi Arabia)
Gerard Piqué, Spain (v Iran)
Hugo Lloris, Frnce (v Peru)
Vedran Corluka, Croatia (v Argentina)
Fernando Muslera, Uruguay (v Russia)

Oldest players to play in a World Cup match.
45-161 Essam El-Hadary, Egypt (2018 v Saudi Arabia)
43-003 Faryd Mondragón, Colombia (2014 v Japan)
42-039 Roger Milla, Cameroon (1994 v Russia)
41-000 Pat Jennings, Northern Ireland (1986 v Brazil)
40-292 Peter Shilton, England (1990 v Italy)
40-133 Dino Zoff, Italy (1982 v West Germany)
40-071 Ali Boumnijel, Tunisia (2006 v Ukraine)
39-334 Jim Leighton, Scotland (1998 v Morocco)
39-330 David James, England (2010 v Germany)
39-260 Ángel Labruna, Argentina (1958 v Czechoslovakia)

All-time leading scorers for Uruguay in World Cup.
8 Óscar Míguez (1950-1954)
7 Luis Suárez (2010-2014-2018)
6 Diego Forlán (2002-2010-2014)

Own goals scored by the host nation of a World Cup.
Javier Guzmán (1970, Mexico v Italy)
Marcelo (2014, Brazil v Croatia)
Denis Cheryshev (2018, Russia v Uruguay)

Most goals scored by teams against host countries.
15 Germany (1 v Sweden 1958, 2 v Chile 1962, 2 v England 1966, 2 v Spain 1982, 0 v Mexico 1986, 1 v Southy Korea 2002, 7 v Brazil 2014)
13 Italy (3 v France 1938, 2 v Switzerland 1954, 0 v Chile 1962, 4 v Mexico 1970, 1 v Argentina 1978, 0 v France 1998, 1 v South Korea 2002, 2 v Germany 2006)
10 Brazil (5 v Sweden 1958, 4 v Chile 1962, 0 v Argentina 1978, 1 v USA 1994, 0 v France 1998)
8 Uruguay (2 v Brazil 1950, 0 v England 1966, 0 v Italy 1990, 3 v South Africa 2010, 3 v Russia 2018)
7 Austria (0 v Italy 1934, 7 v Switzerland 1954, 0 v Italy 1990)

Most own goals in World Cups.
6 in 1998
6 in 2002
6 in 2018 (after 34 matches)

Fastest double booking expulsions in World Cup history.
22' Carlos Paredes (2002 Paraguay v Slovenia)
31' Refik Sabanadzovic (1990 Yugoslavia v Argentina)
35' Teddy Lucic (2006 Sweden v Germany)
36' Igor Smolnikov (2018 v Uruguay)

Uruguay players to score in three separate World Cup tournaments.
Luis Suárez (2010-2014-2018)
Edinson Cavani (2010-2014-2018)

Three victories without conceding a goal during the group phase of a World Cup.
Netherlands, 1974 (second group phase)
Brazil, 1986
Italy, 1990
Argentina, 1998
Uruguay 2018

Largest margins of defeat by World Cup host countries.
6 - 2014 Brazil v Germany (7-1)
3 - 1958 Sweden v Brazil (5-2)
3 - 1970 Mexico v Italy (4-1)
3 - 2010 South Africa v Uruguay (3-0)
3 - 2014 Brazil v Netherlands (3-0)
3 - 2018 Russia v Uruguay (3-0)

 

Saudi Arabia 2-1 Egypt



Egypt have scored in five of their seven World Cup matches in history.
1934 v Hungary : Abdulrahman Fawzi (2)
1990 v Netherlands : Magdi Abdelghani (penalty)
1990 v Republic of Ireland : 0
1990 v England : 0
2018 v Uruguay : 0
2018 v Russia : Mohmad Salah (penalty)
2018 v Saudi Arabia : Mohamad Salah (first World Cup goal from open play since 1934)

Earliest goals scored by Egypt in World Cup history.
22' Mohamad Salah (2018 v Saudi Arabia)
35' Abdulrahman Fawzi (1934 v Hungría)

Most penalties awarded in a World Cup.
18 - 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2018 (after 34 matches)

Saudi Arabia is the first team to score goals in injury time of both the first half (45+6') and second half (90+5') of the same match in World Cup history.

 

Thank you. What's your source? I was wondering where Baloy ranked.

Does anybody know how many times before today at least two Asian teams played without losing. Japan and South Korea did it at home on June 4 and 14, 2002. Was today the first time two Asian teams played without losing while not in Asia?

 

At Russia 2018, Iran only scored in stoppage time, as did Saudi Arabia. Both teams scored two goals in stoppage time. Another WC team which only scored in stoppage time was Austria in France '98. They scored stoppage-time goals in all three of their matches. In the cases of Iran and Austria, they only scored in second-half stoppage time.

South Korea in 2018 also has a single second-half stoppage time goal, and could join this list if they either fail to score against Germany or score only in stoppage time again.

 

On June 18, 2006, Japan drew Croatia 0-0 and South Korea drew France 1-1. I didn't check the World Cups before '98, but it's unlikely this happened before then, given that AFC previously had only 2 spots max.

 

Iran 1-1 Portugal



European players who have played the most World Cup matches. (qualification + final phase)
54 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal (38 + 16)
53 Gianluigi Buffon (39 + 14)

Most penalties awarded in a World Cup.
20 (2018 after 36 matches)
18 (1990, 1998, 2002)

Unsuccessful penalties at World Cup 2018.
Lionel Messi (saved by Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Argentina v Iceland)
Christian Cueva (over crossbar, Peru v Denmark)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (over crossbar, Iceland v Nigeria)
Fahad Al-Muwallad (saved by Essam El-Hadary, Saudi Arabia v Egypt)
Cristiano Ronaldo (saved by Alireza Beiranvand, Portugal v Iran)

Cristiano Ronaldo is the first ever Portugal player to miss a penalty kick in the World Cup. (excluding shootouts)

Portugal unbeaten in the World Cup group phase.
1966 (3-0-0)
2006 (3-0-0)
2010 (1-2-0)
2018 (1-2-0)

 

Spain 2-2 Morocco



Most World Cup appearances for Spain.
17 - Iker Casillas
16 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Sergio Ramos
15 - Xavi Hernandez

Birthplace countries of Morocco's starting lineup.
4 - France
4 - Netherlands
2 - Spain
1 - Morocco (Nabil Dirar)

Teams that have yet to score at World Cup 2018: Peru, Costa Rica.
(Morocco removed from this list)

Spain v CAF.
3-0 v Algeria, 1986
2-3 v Nigeria, 1998
3-2 v South Africa, 2002
3-1 v Tunisia, 2006
2-2 v Morocco, 2018

La Liga players who have scored against Spain in the World Cup.
Mutiu Adepoju (1998, Nigeria / Real Sociedad)
Zinedine Zidane (2006, France / Real Madrid)
Eduardo Vargas (2014, Chile / Valencia)
Cristiano Ronaldo (2018, Portugal / Real Madrid)
Youssef En-Nesyri (2018, Morocco / Málaga)

Spain unbeaten in World Cup group phase.
1950 (3-0-0)
1990 (2-1-0)
1994 (1-2-0)
2002 (3-0-0)
2006 (3-0-0)
2018 (1-2-0)

 

It is the first time that 3 Asian teams (Saudi, Iran and Japan) have won at least 1 game in a World Cup.

 

No - in 2010 Japan, South Korea and Australia all won at least one game

Australia had moved to the AFC by then and beat Serbia 2-1 in their last game.

 

Denmark 0-0 France



Steve Mandanda (33-091) is the oldest France debutante in a major tournament.
Before today he had been an unused squad player in 19 total matches (EURO 2008, 2012, 2016 / World Cup 2010, 2018)

After 36 matches with at least one goal, Match #37 of Russia 2018 is the first to finish goalless.

Advanced to knockout rounds: Russia, Uruguay, France, Croatia, England, Belgium, Denmark
Eliminated: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Tunisia, Poland, Australia

 

Australia 0-2 Peru



Andre Carillo scores Peru's first World Cup goal since Guillermo La Rosa scored against Poland on 22 June 1982.
13,152 days ago.

Costa Rica are the only team that have not scored a goal at World Cup 2018.
(Peru are removed from the list.)

Peru captains to score a goal in a World Cup match.
Héctor Chumpitaz (1970 v Bulgaria)
Rubén Díaz (1982 v Italy)
Paolo Guerrero (2018 v Australia)

Oldest CONMEBOL players to score in World Cup history.
36-279 Obdulio Varela, Uruguay (1954 v England)
36-227 Martín Palermo, Argentina (2010 v Greece)
34-176 Paolo Guerrero, Peru (2018 v Australia)

Paolo Guerrero is the first Flamengo player to score in a World Cup since Sócrates converted a penalty on 16 June 1986 (Brazil v Poland).

Oldest outfield players (non-goalkeepers) to play in a World Cup match
42-039 Roger Milla (1994, Cameroon v Russia)
39-260 Angel Labruna (1958, Argentina v Czechoslovakia)
39-145 Stanley Matthews (1954, England v Uruguay)
39-130 Rafael Márquez (2018, Mexico v Germany)
38-347 Sergei Ignashevich (2018, Russia v Uruguay)
38-294 Jan Heintze (2002, Denmark v Senegal)
38-202 Tim Cahill (2018, Australia v Peru)

Peru's first World Cup victory since 11 June 1978 (4-1 v Iran).

 

Nigeria 1-2 Argentina



Most World Cup appearances for Argentina.
21 Diego Maradona
19 Javier Mascherano
18 Mario Kempes, Lionel Messi

Franco Armani becomes the first player since Ruben Amorim (2010, Portugal v Ivory Coast) and the first Argentina goalkeeper since Ubaldo Fillol (1974 v East Germany) to make his international debut in the World Cup.

Largest difference of average ages (years-days) between two starting lineups in a World Cup match.
6-042 Australia v Germany, 2010
5-296 Austria v Cameroon, 1998
5-188 Belgium v Japan, 2002
5-171 Argentina v Nigeria, 2018

Lionel Messi is the first ever player to score in the World Cup as a teenager, in his twenties and in his thirties.

Lionel Messi scores the 100th goal of World Cup 2018.

Goal #100 at the last three World Cups.
2010 : Andres Iniesta, Spain (v Chile)
2014 : Neymar, Brazil (v Cameroon)
2018 : Lionel Messi, Argentina (v Nigeria)
All three were under contract at FC Barcelona at the time they scored goal #100.

Argentina players to have scored in three World Cup tournaments.
Diego Maradona (1982, 1986, 1994)
Gabriel Batistuta (1994, 1998, 2002)
Lionel Messi (2006, 2014, 2018)

Argentina's World Cup record when leading at halftime.
won 30
drawn 0
lost 1 ... 1930 World Cup final v Uruguay (2-1 to 2-4).

Most victories by one country against another in World Cup history.
5 Brazil v Sweden (2)
5 Argentina v Nigeria (0)

Argentina players with most World Cup match victories.
12 Diego Maradona (21 matches)
12 Javier Mascherano (19)
12 Lionel Messi (18)

 

Iceland 1-2 Croatia



Teams that have yet to concede a goal at World Cup 2018: Uruguay
(Croatia removed from this list)

Croatia's record when 0-0 at halftime.
won 4
drawn 1
lost 4

Iceland's record at Russia 2018: 0-1-2
Paraguay remains the least populated country to have won a World Cup match. (1930 v Belgium; est. population: 1,000,000)

 

What's the closest in alphabetical order that countries who have played each other in the World Cup are? Sweden and Switzerland could play in the Round of 16. Poland played Portugal in 2002, and Sweden and Switzerland are closer in alphabetical order than that.

 

Slovakia and Slovenia?

They didn't qualify for the same world cup though.

 

Well - now we do have an AFC record.

All 4 of the direct qualifying teams with a win each!

 

Only four teams left in the Race to the Bottom: Egypt (0/-4, no games left), Poland (0/-4, vs. Japan left) and two that play each other in the last game: Panama (0/-8) and Tunisia (0/-4).

Unless Tunisia manages the tie or a loss, Panama's got this one in the bag.

 

wow, loved all of these! Thanks

 

That will be the new leader.

When Austria and Australia play someday, we can retire the trophy.

 

Sweden vs Switzerland would still be behind

Japan v Jamaica - 1998
Portugal v Poland - 2002