Saturday, July 08, 2006

2006 World Cup Full Team Rankings

By now we know the teams that will finish in the top 4 spots in the 2006 World Cup. While their order is yet to be decided, the finishing spots for the other 28 teams are set. Using the following criteria that FIFA has used in previous World Cups, the teams are ranked below.
1. Stage reached.
2. Points earned.
3 for a win, including in extra time;
1 for a draw, including a game that was decided in penalties;
0 for a loss, including in extra time.
3. Goal difference. Includes knockout play.
4. Goals scored. Includes knockout play.

Complete Rankings
Top 4: Portugal, Germany, Italy, France
5. - Brazil 12 points and +8 goal difference
6. - Argentina 11 points and +8 goal difference
7. - England 11 points and +4 goal difference
8. - Ukraine 7 points and -2 goal difference
9. - Spain 9 points and +5 goal difference
10. - Switzerland 8 points and +4 goal difference
11. - Holland 7 points and +1 goal difference
12. - Ecuador 6 points and +1 goal difference
13. - Ghana 6 points and -2 goal difference
14. - Sweden 5 points and -1 goal difference
15. - Mexico 4 points and 0 goal difference
16. - Australia 4 points and -1 goal difference
17. - South Korea 4 points and -1 goal difference
18. - Paraguay 3 points and 0 goal difference
19. - Ivory Coast 3 points and -1 goal difference
20. - Czech Republic 3 points and -1 goal difference
21. - Poland 3 points and -2 goal difference
22. - Croatia 2 points and -1 goal difference
23. - Angola 2 points and -1 goal difference
24. - Tunisia 1 points and -3 goal difference
25. - United States 1 points and -4 goal difference
25. - Iran 1 points and -4 goal difference
27. - Trinidad and Tobago 1 points and -4 goal difference
28. - Saudi Arabia 1 points and -5 goal difference
29. - Japan 1 points and -5 goal difference
30. - Togo 0 points and -5 goal difference
31. - Costa Rica 0 points and -6 goal difference
32. - Serbia and Montenegro 0 points and -8 goal difference.
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

World Cup Finalists by the Numbers

31 – Number of tackles by Italy defender Gennaro Gattusso, the most of any remaining player in the tournament.
12— World Cup appearances for France
1 – Number of goals conceded by Italy after 6 World Cup games (an own goal against USA).
23 – Number of saves by Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon530—Minutes played by Patrick Vieira
6 – Number of World Cup finals Italy has now reached.
3 – Number of World Cup championships Italy has won.
1— Number of World Cup championships France has won.
24 – Number of years since Italy’s last World Cup title.
1 – Number of players on Italy who were not born when they last won the World Cup. (Daniele De Rossi).
15—Times Thierry Henry has been called offsides, as of July 2nd.
10 – Number of Italian clubs Marcello Lippi coached before taking over the reigns of the Azzurri.
5—Number of World Cup games France went without scoring a goal after the 1998 final.
15—Consecutive matches in which France scored a goal from 1978-1986.
100 – Number of caps Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro will have earned after Sunday’s final.

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Friday, June 09, 2006

FIFA World Cup Winners List :
Only seven countries have won the World cup Championship since it began in 1930.
BRAZIL : 5
ITALY : 3
GERMANY : 3
URUGUAY : 2
ARGENTINE : 2
ENGLAND : 1
FRANCE : 1

The table below lists the winner, runner-up, scoreline and host country from 1930 to date.
World Cup Winners
Year...... Winner....... Score....... Runner Up.......... Host
1930.... Uruguay....... 4-2........... Argentine........ Uruguay
1934........ Italy.......... 2-1........ Czechoslovakia...... Italy
1938........ Italy.......... 4-2............ Hungary........... France
1950.... Uruguay....... 2-1............... Brazil.............. Brazil
1954.... Germany...... 3-2............ Hungary....... Switzerland
1958....... Brazil.......... 5-2............. Sweden.......... Sweden
1962....... Brazil.......... 3-1....... Czechoslovakia...... Chile
1966.... England......... 4-2........... Germany......... England
1970....... Brazil.......... 4-1................ Italy.............. Mexico
1974.... Germany....... 2-1.......... Netherlands..... Germany
1978... Argentine....... 3-1.......... Netherlands..... Argentine
1982....... Italy............ 3-1............ Germany........... Spain
1986... Argentine....... 3-2............ Germany......... Mexico
1990... Germany....... 1-0............ Argentine........... Italy
1994...... Brazil........... 3-2................ Italy................ USA
1998..... France.......... 3-0............... Brazil............. France
2002..... Brazil............ 2-0............ Germany..... Korea/Japan

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Thursday, June 08, 2006

FIFA World Cup ALL Time Player Statistics

Most Competitions
Five Tournaments:-
i) Antonio Carbajal, MEX 1950-66
ii) Lothar Matthaus, FRG/GER 1982-98

Most Appearances in Final Competition
25 Lothar Matthaeus, FRG/GER 1982-98 (2052 minutes)
23 Paolo Maldini, ITA 1990-02 (2220 minutes)
21 Uwe Seeler, FRG 1958-70 (1980 minutes)
21 Wladislaw Zmuda, POL 1974-86 (1808 minutes)
21 Diego Maradona, ARG 1982-94 (1938 minutes)

Most Goals in a Tournament
13 Just Fontaine, FRA 1958
11 Sandor Kocsis, HUN 195410.
Gerd Muller, FRG 19709.
Eusebio, POR 19669.
Ademir, BRA 1950

Most Goals in a Match
5. Oleg Salenko, RUS vs. CMR 1994
4. Ernst Wilimowski, POL vs. BRA 1938
4. Ademir, BRA vs. SWE 1950
4. Sandor Kocsis, HUN vs. FRG 1954
4. Just Fontaine, FRA vs. FRG 1958
4. Eusebio, POR vs. PRK 1966
4. Emilio Butragueno, ESP vs.DEN 1986

Fastest Goals
1’ (11”). Hakan Sukur, TUR 2002 KOR-TUR
1’ (52”). Celso Ayala, PAR 1998 NGA-PAR
1’ (27”). Bryan Robson, ENG 1982 ENG-FRA
1’ (37”) Bernard Lacombe, FRA 1978 ITA- FRA
1’ (15”). Vaclav Masek, TCH 1962 MEX-TCH
1’ (25”). Ernest Lehner, GER 1934 GER-AUT
1’ (50”). Adalbert Desu, ROM 1930 ROM- PER
Preliminary Competition:
1’ (9”) Davide Gualtieri, SMR 1993 SMR-ENG

Most Goals in Total
14. Gerd Muller, FRG 1970/74
13. Just Fontaine, FRA 1958
12. Pele, BRA 1958-70
12. Ronaldo, BRA 1998-02
11. Sandor Kocsis, HUN 1954
11. Jurgen Klinsmann, GER 1990-98
10. Helmut Rahn, FRG 1954/58
10. Teofilo Cubillas, PER 1970/78
10. Grzegorz Lato, POL 1974-82
10. Gary Lineker, ENG 1986/90
10. Gabriel Batistuta, ARG 1994-02

Youngest / Oldest Players in Final(Years/Days)
17/249 Pele, BRA 1958
18/201 Guiseppe Bergomi, ITA 1982
19/344 Ruben Moran, URU 1950
40/133 Dino Zoff, ITA 1982
37/241 Gunnar Gren, SWE 1958
37/212 Jan Jongbloed, NED 1978
37/32 Nilton Santos, BRA 1962

Youngest / Oldest Goalscorer(Years/Days)
17 /239 Pele, BRA BRA-WAL 1958
42 /39 Roger Milla, CMR CMR-RUS 1994

Youngest / Oldest Player in Competition(Years/Days)
17/41 Norman Whiteside, NIR 1982 NIR-YUG
Preliminary Competition:
13/310 Souleymane Mamam, TOG 06.05.01 TOG-ZAM
42 /39 Roger Milla, CMR 1994 CMR-RUS

Goalkeepers
Most Clean Sheets(not conceding a goal in a match)
10. Peter Shilton, ENG 1982-1990
8. Sepp Maier, FRG 1974-1978
8. Emerson Leao, BRA 1974-1978
8. Claudio Taffarel, BRA 1990-1998

Minutes Without Conceding a Goal
518'. Walter Zenga, ITA 1990
500'. Peter Shilton, ENG 1982-1986
475'. Sepp Maier, FRG 1974-1978
456'. Emerson Leao, BRA 1978
442'. Gordon Banks, ENG 1966
427’'. Oliver Kahn, GER 2002

Most Saves in Penalty Shootouts
4. Harald Schumacher, FRG 1982/1986
4. Sergio Goycochea, ARG 1990
3. Claudio Taffarel, BRA 1994/1998

Fastest Substitutions
4'. Alessandro Nesta, ITA. ITA-AUT 1998
4’'.Bryan Robson, ENG. ENG-MAR 1986

Fastest Cautions
1'. Sergei Gorlukovich, RUS. SWE-RUS 1994
1'. Giampiero Marini, ITA. ITA-POL 1982
2’'.Jesus Arellano, MEX. MEX-ITA 2002
2'. Henri Camara, SEN. SEN-URU 2002
2'. Michael Emenalo, NGA. NGA-ITA 1994

Fastest Expulsion
1'. José Batista, URU. SCO-URU 1986


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FIFA World Cup Team Stats -

All Time Records Most Goals 1930-2002
191 : Brazil
176 : Germany (FRG/GER)
110 : Italy
102 : Argentina

Biggest Wins
10-1 : Hungary – El Salvador 1982
9-0 : Hungary – Korea Republic 1954
9-0 : Yugoslavia – Zaire 1974
8-0 : Sweden – Cuba 1938
8-0 : Uruguay – Bolivia 1950
8-0 : Germany – Saudi Arabia 2002
(Preliminary Competition):
31-0 : Australia - American Samoa 2001

Highest Scores
12 : Austria 7:5 Switzerland 1954
11 : Brazil 6:5 Poland 1938
11 : Hungary 8:3 Germany FR 1954
11 : Hungary 10:1 El Salvador 1982
10 : France 7:3 Paraguay 1958
Preliminary Competition:
31 : Australia 31:0 American Samoa 2001

Most Goals in One Competition
27 : Hungary 1954
25 : Germany FR 1954
23 : France 1958
22 : Brazil 1950
19 : Brazil 1970

Consecutive Matches Scoring Goals
18 : Brazil 1930-1958
18 : Germany FR 1934-1958 and 1986-1998
17 : Hungary 1934-1962
16 : Uruguay 1930-1962
15 : Brazil 1978-1990
15 : France 1978-1986

Consecutive Matches Without Conceding a Goal
5 : Italy 1990
4 : Brazil 1958
4 : England 1966
4 : Mexico 1966-1970
4 : Sweden 1970-1974
4 : Brazil 1974 and 1978
4 : Germany FR 1978
4 : England 1982
4 : Brazil 1986

Teams Eliminated Without Losing a Match
Scotland, 3 matches 1974
Brazil, 7 matches 1978
Cameroon, 3 matches 1982
England, 5 matches 1982
Brazil, 5 matches 1986
Italy, 7 matches 1990
England, 6 matches 1990
Belgium, 3 matches 1998
Italy, 5 matches 1998
Netherlands, 6 matches 1998
Rep.of Ireland, 4 matches 2002
Spain, 5 matches 2002

Most First Caps (International Selection) in a Team
10 : Brazil vs. Yugoslavia 1930
9 : Argentina vs. Spain 1934
9 : Dutch East Indies vs. Hungary 1938
8 : Brazil vs. Spain 1934
7 : Peru vs. Romania 1930
7 : Brazil vs. Poland 1938


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