GOLD AND DUST - World Cup Records<\/p>\n
By Richard Pedler<\/p>\n
GOLD . . .<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Pele was the first man to appear on three World
\nCup winning sides. He scored 12 goals in 14 matches. He is also
\nthe youngest player to score in the World Cup finals and he
\nscored in each of his four tournaments.<\/p>\n
Brazil is the only nation to have taken part in all 14 finals,
\nand have won the most games and scored the most goals. They were
\nalso undefeated for eight years (1958-66).<\/p>\n
The 1954 Switzerland tournament witnessed a record 140 goals -
\nan average of 5.38 per game. Hungary scored 27 of these.<\/p>\n
Mexican goalkeeper Antonio CARBAJAL appeared in five
\nconsecutive tournaments between 1950 and 1966. But Uwe Seeler
\n(Germany) and Wladyslaw Zmuda (Poland) jointly hold the record of
\n21 finals appearances.<\/p>\n
In 1962 Brazil used only 12 players in winning the tournament,
\nPele being injured against Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n
The oldest man to win a World Cup medal was Dino Zoff, the 40-
\nyear-old keeper who captained Italy in 1982. His compatriot
\nWalter Zenga holds the clean-sheet record, playing 517 minutes
\nbefore conceding a goal, in 1990.<\/p>\n
German Gerd Muller scored a record 14 World Cup goals (10 in
\n1970, four in 1974). Just Fontaine scored his 13 goals in one
\ntournament for France in 1958.<\/p>\n
Mario Zagalo became the first player and manager of a World
\nCup-winning side when Brazil won the Jules Rimet Trophy outright
\nin 1970. The first to captain and then coach the winners was
\nFranz Beckenbauer.<\/p>\n
Peru captain Mario de Las Casas was the first player sent off,
\nin 1930. Since then only the 1950 and 1970 tournaments have been
\nfree of send-offs. The first red card was shown in 1974 to
\nChile's Carlos Caszely, for kicking Berti Vogts.<\/p>\n
Diego Maradona was the most-fouled player at Italia '90, being
\non the wrong end of 53 unfair challenges.<\/p>\n
The first penalty miss in the Final was taken by Italy's
\nAntonio Cabrini in 1982.<\/p>\n
Sixty players have been sent off in the World Cup finals, 25
\nfrom South America. Brazil and Argentina have each had seven men
\nsent off.<\/p>\n
The biggest humiliation in the finals was suffered by El
\nSalvador, losing 10-1 to Hungary in 1982.
\nMexico has lost a record 17 finals matches.<\/p>\n
Finally, Bulgaria has not won any of their 16 World Cup
\nmatches.<\/p>\n
THE 24 QUALIFIERS<\/p>\n
Nation P W D L GF GA T<\/p>\n
GERMANY (West) 68 39 15 14 145 90 12
\n BRAZIL 66 44 11 11 148 65 14
\n ITALY 54 31 12 11 89 54 12
\n ARGENTINA 48 24 9 15 82 59 10
\n SPAIN 32 13 7 12 43 38 8
\n SWEDEN 31 11 6 14 49 52 8
\n RUSSIA (USSR) 31 15 6 10 53 34 7
\n MEXICO 29 6 6 17 27 64 9
\n BELGIUM 25 7 4 14 33 49 8
\n HOLLAND 20 8 6 6 35 23 5
\n SWITZERLAND 18 5 2 11 28 44 6
\n BULGARIA 16 0 6 10 11 35 5
\n ROMANIA 12 3 3 6 16 20 5
\n USA 10 3 0 7 14 29 4
\n SOUTH KOREA 8 0 1 7 5 29 3
\n CAMEROON 8 3 3 2 8 10 2
\n MOROCCO 7 1 3 3 5 8 2
\n COLOMBIA 7 1 2 4 9 15 2
\n IRELAND 5 0 4 1 2 3 1
\n BOLIVIA 3 0 0 3 0 3 2
\n NORWAY 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
\n GREECE 0
\n NIGERIA 0
\n SAUDI ARABIA 0<\/p>\n
KEY: T=Total Tournaments; P=Played; W=Won; D=Drawn; L=Lost;
\nGF=Goals For; GA=Goals Against;<\/p>\n
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