1 SPORTGOMAG18 “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:14
2 SPORTGOMAG18 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 — World Cup By the Numbers 4 — Alexander Samedov, Russia 6 — Marcos Senna, Spain 8 — Alberto Rodriguez, Peru 10 — Vincent Enyeama, Nigeria 12 — Radamel Falcao, Colombia 16 — Kaka, Brazil 18 — Lee Young-Pyo, South Korea 20 — Brian Kidd, England 22 — Jun Marques Davidson, Japan 24 — World Cup Groups
LUZHNIKI STADIUM 1 SPORTGOMAG18 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE WORLD CUP BY THE NUMBERS
WORLD CUP MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES WINNERS Brazil - 20 1930 Uruguay - Uruguay 1934 Italy - Italy* 1938 France - Italy MOST WORLD CUP MATCHES 1950 Brazil - Uruguay 1954 Switzerland - West Germany Germany - 106 1958 Sweden - Brazil 1962 Chile - Brazil 1966 England - England PLAYERS WITH MOST WORLD CUP 1970 Mexico - Brazil APPEARANCES 1974 Germany - Germany
1978 Argentina - Argentina* Antonio Carbajal, Mexico - 5 (1950-66) 1982 Spain - Italy 1986 Mexico - Argentina Lothar Matthaeus, Germany - 5 (1982-98) 1990 Italy - West Germany 1994 United States - Brazil** Gianluigi Buffon, Italy - 5 (1998-2014) 1998 France - France 2002 Japan & South Korea - Brazil 2006 Germany - Italy** 2010 South Africa - Spain* PLAYER WITH MOST WORLD CUP 2014 Brazil - Germany* MATCHES
*won in extra time **won on penalty kicks Lothar Matthaeus, Germany - 25
COUNTRIES WITH MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brazill - 5
Italy - 4
Germany - 4
COUNTRIES WITH MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS Pele, Brazil - 3 (1958, 1962, 1970)
22 SPORTGOMAG18 WORLD CUP BY THE NUMBERS
MOST WORLD CUP GOALS MOST GOALS SCORED IN WORLD CUP FINAL Miroslav Klose, Germany - 16 Geoff Hurst, England - 3 (1966) Ronaldo, Brazil - 15 YOUNGEST PLAYER Gerd Mueller, Germany - 14 Norman Whiteside, Just Fontaine, France - 13 Northern Ireland - 17 years, 1 month, 10 days in 1982 Pele, Brazil - 12 OLDEST PLAYER Faryd Mondragon, MOST GOALS SCORED IN Colombia - 43 years old in 2014 SINGLE WORLD 13 - Just Fontaine, France (1958, 6 Matches) NUMBER OF TEAMS IN FIRST WORLD CUP 13 (1930) MOST TOTAL GOALS SCORED NUMBER OF TEAMS IN 171 - (1998, 2014) CURRENT WORLD CUPS 32 (since 1998) FEWEST TOTAL GOALS SCORED 70 - (1930, 1934)
MATCH WITH THE MOST GOALS 12 - Austria 7, Switzerland 5 (1954 World Cup)
HIGHEST AVERAGE PER MATCH 5.4 - 1954
3 SPORTGOMAG18 Miroslav Klose 3 A E T SS A SA A AB A 17 46 66 70 O L O L O L O L AN N AN N AN N AN N