Random World Cup Facts

That was a really horrible post, riddled with errors. Can we pretend I didn't make it? Okay then.

Here we go, corrected:

By year
1930 (7): Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Yugoslavia

1934 (5): Argentina, Austria, Egypt, Spain, USA

1938 (11): Belgium, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dutch East Indies, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania

1950 (6): Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, USA

1954 (6): Belgium, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay

1958 (7): Austria, France, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Scotland, Sweden, Wales

1962 (3): Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia

1966 (8): Argentina, Chile, France, Hungary, North Korea, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

1970 (10): Belgium, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania, Soviet Union

1974 (8): Australia, Bulgaria, Chile, Congo DR, East Germany, Haiti, Uruguay, Yugoslavia

1978 (5): Iran, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia

1982 (10): Austria, Cameroon, Chile, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand, Peru, Yugoslavia

1986 (13): Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Hungary, Iraq, Mexico, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal

1990 (9): Austria, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, England, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Yugoslavia

1994 (6): Bolivia, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland

1998 (12): Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Iran, Jamaica, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Yugoslavia

2002 (12): Belgium, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Ireland, Nigeria, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Uruguay

2006 (13): Angola, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Iran, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine

By country
Algeria: 1986
Angola: 2006
Argentina: 1934, 1966
Australia: 1974
Austria: 1934, 1958, 1982, 1990, 1998
Belgium: 1938, 1954, 1970, 2002
Bolivia: 1930, 1950, 1994
Bulgaria: 1974, 1986, 1998
Cameroon: 1982, 2002
Canada: 1986
Chile: 1930, 1950, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998
China: 2002
Colombia: 1962, 1998
Congo DR: 1974
Costa Rica: 1990, 2006
Croatia: 2006
Cuba: 1938
Czech Republic (with Czechoslovakia): 1938, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2006
Denmark: 1986, 2002
East Germany: 1974
Ecuador: 2006
Egypt: 1934, 1990
El Salvador: 1970, 1982
England: 1970, 1990
France: 1938, 1958, 1966, 1986
Germany: 1938
Greece: 1994
Haiti: 1974
Honduras: 1982
Hungary: 1938, 1966, 1986
Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies): 1938
Iran: 1978, 1998, 2006
Iraq: 1986
Ireland: 1994, 2002
Israel: 1970
Italy: 1954
Jamaica: 1998
Kuwait: 1982
Mexico: 1930, 1970, 1978, 1986
Morocco: 1970, 1986, 1998
Netherlands: 1938, 1978, 1998
New Zealand: 1982
Nigeria: 2002
North Korea: 1966
Northern Ireland: 1958, 1986
Norway: 1938, 1998
Paraguay: 1930, 1950, 1958, 1986
Peru: 1930, 1970, 1982
Poland: 1938, 1986, 2006
Portugal: 1966, 1986
Romania: 1938, 1970, 1998
Russia (with Soviet Union): 1970, 1994, 2002
Saudi Arabia: 2006
Scotland: 1958, 1990, 1998
Senegal: 2002
Serbia (with Yugoslavia): 1930, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998
Slovakia (with Czechoslovakia): 1938, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990
Slovenia: 2002
South Africa: 2002
South Korea: 1954
Spain: 1934, 1950, 1966
Sweden: 1950, 1958, 1978, 1994, 2006
Switzerland: 1954, 1966, 1994
Togo: 2006
Trinidad and Tobago: 2006
Tunisia: 1978, 2006
Turkey: 1954, 2002
Ukraine: 2006
United Arab Emirates: 1990
Uruguay: 1930, 1954, 1974, 1990, 2002
USA: 1934, 1950
Wales: 1958

 

Yeah, I was going to say "wait, Norway did qualify again after 1994!"

 

He's not the only player. I imagine there are quite a few, especially from countries with short names.

For example, a quick look at Togo's 2006 roster and the first name on the list meets this criteria:

Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou


Also:

Franck Ribery... etc.

 

The USA had one that you could spell all in the first the name.... Stuart Holden

 

Some facts about Eloratings and world cup winners.

• The World Cup winner with the highest rating was Brazil in 1962 (2153, 1st), then it's Spain in 2010 (2140, 1st).
• The World Cup winner with the lowest Elo rating was Uruguay in 1950 (1854, 7th)
• The runner-up with the highest rating was Hungary in 1954 (2122, 1st).
• The runner-up with the lowest rating was Argentina in 1990 (1837, 13th).
• The World Cup final with the highest rating margin between both competitors was Brazil (2100, 1st) vs Sweden (1848, 7th) in 1958.
• The World Cup final with the lowest rating margin between both competitors was Italy (2050, 1st) vs France (2040, 2nd) in 2006.
• The winner who earned the most points during a final was Italy in 1982 (+55).
• Two winners actually lost point during their finals: Brazil in 1994 (-3) and Italy in 2006 (-1). This result is explained by the fact both games statistically ended as draws.
• Only 4 of the 19 world cup winners had a lower rating than the runner-up after the final :
  - 1930: Uruguay (1977, 2nd) vs Argentina (1989, 1st)
  - 1950: Uruguay (1854, 7th) vs Brazil (1975, 2nd)
  - 1954: W. Germany (2039, 3rd) vs Hungary (2122, 1st)
  - 1978: Argentina (2001, 3rd) vs the Netherlands (2015, 2nd)
• The 8 World Cup champions topped Elo ratings at a point in History.
• 7 other countries topped Elo ratings without ever winning the World Cup:
  - the Netherlands
  - Soviet Union
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Poland
  - Scotland
  - Hungary
  - Austria

 

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Great post about the ELO ratings. And everything about those facts makes sense to me.

 

Great work Dr.Gamera & Metropolitan. Unfortunately, I'm all out of rep.

@ ZeekLTK: Thanks for the correction

There have been 5 instances where fathers have coached their son(s) in a WC:
Ondino Viera & Milton Viera (Uruguay, 1966)
Cesare Maldini & Paolo Maldini (Italy, 1998)
Zlatko Kranjčar & Niko Kranjčar (Croatia, 2006)
Vladimir Weiss & Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia, 2010)
Bob Bradley & Michael Bradley (United States, 2010)

And two instances when a father in law has coached his son in law:
Diego Maradona & Sergio Agüero (Argentina, 2010)
Bert van Marwijk & Mark van Bommel (Netherlands, 2010)

 

Highest average of goals scored per match, individual, all-time

Code:

[B]Player			Matches	Goals 	Goals per match[/B]
Ernest Wilimowski	1	4	4.00
Oleg Salenko		2	6	3.00
Sandor kocsis		5	11	2.20
Just Fontaine		6	13	2.17
Moderato		1	2	2.00
Adolfo Zumelzu		1	2	2.00
Guillermo Stabile	4	8	2.00
Abdel Fawzi		1	2	2.00
Josef Hugi		3	6	2.00
Antonin Panenka		1	2	2.00
Leonidas		5	8	1.60

Highest average of goals scored per match, individual, all-time
Among those who played in at least 2 world cups

Code:

[B]Player			Matches	Goals 	Goals per match[/B]

Leonidas 		5	8	1.60
Gyorgy Sarosi		5	6	1.20
Oldrich Nejedly		6	7	1.17
Oscar Miguez		7	8	1.14
Gerd Muller		13	14	1.08
Jean Nicolas		3	3	1.00
Silviu Bindea		2	2	1.00
Laszlo Fazekas		2	2	1.00
Florin Raducioiu	4	4	1.00
Alessandro Altobelli	4	4	1.00
Adolfo Valencia		2	2	1.00
Christian Vieri 	9	9	1.00

Highest average of goals scored per match, individual, all-time
Among those who played in at least 3 world cups

Code:

[B]Player			Matches	Goals 	Goals per match[/B]
Pele			14	12	0.86
Gabriel Batistuta	12	10	0.83
Ronaldo			19	15	0.79
Teofilo Cubillas	13	10	0.77
Helmut Haller		8	6	0.75
Miroslav Klose		19	14	0.74
Marc Wilmots		7	5	0.71
Roberto Baggio		13	9	0.69
Bernard Voorhoof	3	2	0.67
Rudi Voller		12	8	0.67
Jurgen Klinsmann	17	11	0.65
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	15	9	0.60

 

Copa America Champions have never won the following World Cup.

 

Panenka played in two matches in 1982 and scored one goal in each of these matches (both on penalties).

 

You are correct, thank you for catching that. I was going by FIFA.com individual statistics which unfortunately are wrong. The match reports, however, show he played against Kuwait and against France, as you indicated.

 

Most World Cup games coached:

Helmut Schoen - 25 games ( 1966-1978) Germany (West)
Mario Zagallo - 20 games ( 1970-1998) Brazil
Bora Milutinovic - 20 games (1986-2002) [Mexico, Costa Rica, USA, Nigeria, China]


* I may be wrong here, could anyone just recheck and confirm

 

The only grandfather-grandson pair to represent their country in WCs:

Tomás Balcázar (1954) & Javier Hernández (2010) for Mexico.

 

Updated list

25 - Helmut Schön (GER) 1966-1978
24 - Carlos A. Parreira (BRA) 1982-2010
20 - Mario Zagallo (BRA) 1970-1998
20 - Bora Milutinovic (YUG) 1986-2002
18 - Sepp Herberger (GER) 1938-1962
18 - Enzo Bearzot (ITA) 1978-1986
18 - Guus Hiddink (NED) 1998-2006
16 - Guy Thys (BEL) 1982-1990
16 - Henri Michel (FRA) 1986-2006
15 - Lajos Baroti (HUN) 1958-1978

http://www.planetworldcup.com/STATS/stat_misc.html

 

So far I have Carlos Alberto Parreira - 24 games (1982-2010) [Kuwait, UAE, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Brazil again, South Africa]

 

I think Forlan's Grandfather may have played in a World Cup.

 

Pablo Forlan is Diego's dad, not grandfather.

 

His Maternal Grandfather played soccer too. I thought he made a World Cup squad but he did not.

 

From 1930 to 1970, 9 world cup final matches were played, and 45 goals were scored, an average of 5.00 goals per match. All of those goals were scored from open play. Zero penalty kicks were awarded in any final from 1930 to 1970.

From 1974 to 2010, 10 world cup final matches have been played, and 25 goals have been scored, an average of 2.50 goals per match. 4 of those 25 goals were scored from penalty kicks, of a total of 5 awarded.

Nobody has ever scored a goal from a direct free kick in a World Cup final.

From 1930 to 1986 (13 matches), the team that lost the final always scored at least one goal. In total, the losing teams scored 19 goals (1.46 per match) during that span.

From 1990 to 2010 (6 matches), the team that lost the final never scored. In 2006, Italy and France drew 1-1. If we count France as the losing team in 2006, the losing teams scored 1 goal (0.17 per match) during that span.

 

To expand on PKs taken in WC final matches:

-All five were awarded to European teams.

-Antonio Cabrini was the only man to miss one, in 1982. Neeskens, Breitner (both 1974), Brehme (1990), and Zidane (2006) all scored theirs. Everyone shot low except Zidane, whose shot hit the crossbar before going in.

 

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the all whites(new zealand) were the only undefeated team at 2010 world cup(i think).

 

Ulises Saucedo (1896–1963) took part in the 1930 World Cup as the coach of Bolivia, and as a referee, conducting the match Argentina 6-3 Mexico, where he awarded three penalty kicks. One of the linesmen was Constantin "Costel" Radulescu (1896-1981), the coach of Romania. They are the only two people in world cup history to participate as coach and as referee.

 

7 footballers under the age of 18 have participated in world cups. Of the 10 youngest all time, 5 are from CAF, 2 from UEFA, 2 from CONMEBOL and 1 from CONCACAF.

Code:

Rk	Player			Match	Date		Age (Y-M-D)
1.	Norman Whiteside	NIR-YUG	17.06.1982	17-03-10
2.	Samuel Eto'o		CAM-ITA	17.06.1998	17-03-07
3.	Femi Opabunmi		NGA-ENG	12.06.2002	17-03-09
4.	Salomon Olembe		CAM-AUT	11.06.1998	17-06-03
5.	Pelé			BRA-URS	15.06.1958	17-07-23
6.	Bartholomew Ogbeche	NGA-ARG	02.06.2002	17-08-01
7.	Rigobert Song		CAM-SWE	19.06.1994	17-11-18
8.	Carvalho Leite		BRA-BOL	20.07.1930	18-00-25
9.	Manuel Rosas		MEX-FRA	13.07.1930	18-02-26
10.	Christian Eriksen	DEN-NED	14.06.2010	18-04-00

Source: FIFA

 

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