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FIFA World Cup

For the upcoming tournament, see 2010 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA World Cup
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The current FIFA World Cup Trophy, awarded to the World Cup champions since 1974
Founded1930
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams32 (finals)
204 (qualifiers for 2010)
Current champions Italy (4th title)
Most successful team Brazil (5 titles)
Websitehttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/
2010 FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, also called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).
During the 18 tournaments that have been held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. Italy, the current champions, have won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles. The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each.
The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.

History

Previous international competitions

The world's first international football match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England, with the first international tournament, the inaugural edition of the British Home Championship, taking place in 1884.   At this stage the sport was rarely played outside the United Kingdom. As football began to increase in popularity in other parts of the world at the turn of the century, it was held as a demonstration sport with no medals awarded at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics (however, the IOC has retroactively upgraded their status to official events), and at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

After FIFA was founded in 1904, there was an attempt made by FIFA to arrange an international football tournament between nations.

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association (FA), England's football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. Great Britain (represented by the England national amateur football team) won the gold medals. They repeated the feat in 1912 in Stockholm, where the tournament was organised by the Swedish Football Association.

With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The Lipton tournament was a championship between individual clubs (not national teams) from different nations, each one of which represented an entire nation. The competition is sometimes described as The First World Cup, and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy, Germany and Switzerland, but the FA of England refused to be associated with the competition and declined the offer to send a professional team. Lipton invited West Auckland, an amateur side from County Durham, to represent England instead. West Auckland won the tournament and returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title, and were given the trophy to keep forever, as per the rules of the competition.

In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs", and took responsibility for managing the event.  This paved the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and thirteen European teams, and won by Belgium.   Uruguay won the next two Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928.

First World Cup

Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in

Montevideo, Uruguay
Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with President Jules Rimet the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship organised by FIFA.  With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions (as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era) and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.

The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. In total thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.

The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and USA, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and in doing so became the first nation to win the World Cup.

World Cups before World War II

After the creation of the World Cup, the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the schedule due to the low popularity of the sport in the United States, as American football had been growing in popularity. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games.  Olympic football returned at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but was now overshadowed by the more prestigious World Cup.

The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war. Few South American teams were willing to travel to Europe for the 1934 and 1938Brazil the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions were cancelled due to World War II and its aftermath. tournaments, with

World Cups after World War II

The 1950 World Cup, held in Brazil, was the first to include British participants. British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920, partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with, and partly as a protest against foreign influence on football, but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA's invitation. The tournament also saw the return of 1930 champions Uruguay, who had boycotted the previous two World Cups. Uruguay won the tournament again by defeating the host nation Brazil in one of the most famous matches in World Cup history, which was later called the "Maracanazo" (Portuguese: Maracanaço).

Map of countries' best results

In the tournaments between 1934 and 1978, 16 teams competed in each tournament, except in  1938, when Austria was absorbed into Germany after qualifying, leaving the tournament with 15 teams, and in 1950, when India, Scotland and Turkey withdrew, leaving the tournament with 13 teams. Most of the participating nations were from Europe and South America, with a small minority from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. These teams were usually defeated easily by the European and South American teams. Until 1982, the only teams from outside Europe and South America to advance out of the first round were: USA, semi-finalists in 1930; Cuba, quarter-finalists in 1938; Korea DPR, quarter-finalists in 1966; and Mexico, quarter-finalists in 1970.

Expansion to 32 teams

The tournament was expanded to 24 teams in the 1982, and then to 32 in 1998, allowing more teams from Africa, Asia and North America to take part. In recent years, teams from these regions have enjoyed more success, and those who have reached the quarter-finals include: Mexico, quarter-finalists in 1986; Cameroon, quarter-finalists in 1990; Korea Republic, finishing in fourth place in 2002; and Senegal and USA, both quarter-finalists in 2002. European and South American teams have remained the stronger forces; for example, the quarter-finalists in 2006 were all from Europe or South America.
198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while a record 204 countries entered qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Other FIFA tournaments

An equivalent tournament for women's football, the FIFA Women's World Cup, was first held in 1991 in the People's Republic of China. The women's tournament is smaller in scale and profile than the men's, but is growing; the number of entrants for the 2007 tournament was 120, more than double that of 1991.

Football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932. Unlike many other sports, the men's football tournament at the Olympics is not a top-level tournament, and since 1992, an under-23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players.  Women's football made its Olympic debut in 1996, and is contested between full national sides with no age restrictions.
The FIFA Confederations Cup is a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country.

FIFA also organizes international tournaments for youth football (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup), club football (FIFA Club World Cup), and football variants such as futsal (FIFA Futsal World Cup) and beach soccer (FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup).

Trophy

The FIFA World Cup Trophy on a German stamp

From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the World Cup winner. It was originally simply known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, but in 1946 it was renamed after the FIFA president Jules Rimet who set up the first tournament. In 1970, Brazil's third victory in the tournament entitled them to keep the trophy permanently. However, the trophy was stolen in 1983, and has never been recovered, apparently melted down by the thieves.

After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed. The experts of FIFA, coming from seven different countries, evaluated the 53 presented models, finally opting for the work of the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga. The new trophy is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, made of solid 18 carat (75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb). The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup winner since 1974. The description of the trophy by Gazzaniga was: "The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals, stretching out to receive the world. From the remarkable dynamic tensions of the compact body of the sculpture rise the figures of two athletes at the stirring moment of victory."

This new trophy is not awarded to the winning nation permanently. World Cup winners retain the trophy until the next tournament and are awarded a gold-plated replica rather than the solid gold original.

Format

Qualification

Since the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments have been held to thin the field for the final tournament. They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Europe), overseen by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams.

The qualification process can start as early as almost three years before the final tournament and last over a two-year period. The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations. Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of intercontinental play-offs. For example, the winner of the Oceanian zone and the fifth-placed team from the Asian zone entered a play-off for a spot in the 2010 World Cup.  From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations have received automatic qualification to the final tournament. This right was also granted to the defending champions between 1938 and 2002, but was withdrawn from the 2006 FIFA World Cup onward, requiring the champions to qualify. Brazil, winners in 2002, thus became the first defending champions to play in a qualifying match.

Final tournament

For the various formats used in previous tournaments, see History of the FIFA World Cup#Format of each final tournament.
The current final tournament features 32 national teams competing over a month in the host nation(s). There are two stages: the group stage followed by the knockout stage.

In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each. Eight teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the FIFA World Rankings and/or performances in recent World Cups, and drawn to separate groups.   The other teams are assigned to different "pots", usually based on geographical criteria, and teams in each pot are drawn at random to the eight groups. Since 1998, constraints have been applied to the draw to ensure that no group contains more than two European teams or more than one team from any other confederation.

Each group plays a round-robin tournament, guaranteeing that every team will play at least three matches. The last round of matches of each group is scheduled at the same time to preserve fairness among all four teams.  The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Points are used to rank the teams within a group. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (prior to this, winners received two points rather than three). If two or more teams end up with the same number of points, tiebreakers are used: first is goal difference, then total goals scored, then head-to-head results, and finally drawing of lots (i.e., determining team positions at random).

The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary. It begins with the "round of 16" (or the second round) in which the winner of each group plays against the runner-up of another group. This is followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.

Selection of hosts

Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts
Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location gave rise to controversies, a consequence of the three-week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football. The decision to hold the first World Cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing.  The next two World Cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup, in France was controversial, as the American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the tournament.

Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the only tournament with multiple hosts.  In 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Brazil, the first held in South America since 1978, and will be the first occasion where consecutive World Cups are held outside Europe.



The host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's Executive Committee. This is done under a single transferable vote system. The national football association of a country desiring to host the event receives a "Hosting Agreement" from FIFA, which explains the steps and requirements that are expected from a strong bid. The bidding association also receives a form, the submission of which represents the official confirmation of the candidacy. After this, a FIFA designated group of inspectors visit the country to identify that the country meets the requirements needed to host the event and a report on the country is produced. The decision on who will host the World Cup is usually made six or seven years in advance of the tournament. However, there have been occasions where the hosts of multiple future tournaments were announced at the same time, as will be the case for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the final tournament is rotated between confederations, allowing only countries from the chosen confederation (Africa in 2010, South America in 2014) to bid to host the tournament. The rotation policy was introduced after the controversy surrounding Germany's victory over South Africa in the vote to host the 2006 tournament. However, the policy of continental rotation will not continue beyond 2014, so any country, except those belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments, can apply as hosts for World Cups starting from 2018. This is partly to avoid a similar scenario to the bidding process for the 2014 tournament, where Brazil was the only official bidder.

Organisation and media coverage

The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and is now the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. The cumulative audience of all matches of the 2006 World Cup is estimated to be 26.29 billion.  715.1 million individuals watched the final match of this tournament (a ninth of the entire population of the planet). The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers.

Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot or logo. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot.  Recent World Cups have also featured official match balls specially designed for each World Cup.

Results

Summaries of previous tournaments

YearHost
Final
Third Place Match
WinnersScoreRunners-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
1930
Details		Uruguay
Uruguay		4–2
Argentina
United States		[note 1]
Yugoslavia
1934
Details		Italy
Italy		2–1
(a.e.t.)
Czechoslovakia
Germany		3–2
Austria
1938
Details		France
Italy		4–2
Hungary
Brazil		4–2
Sweden
1950
Details		Brazil
Uruguay		[note 2]
Brazil
Sweden		[note 2]
Spain
1954
Details		Switzerland
West Germany		3–2
Hungary
Austria		3–1
Uruguay
1958
Details		Sweden
Brazil		5–2
Sweden
France		6–3
West Germany
1962
Details		Chile
Brazil		3–1
Czechoslovakia
Chile		1–0
Yugoslavia
1966
Details		England
England		4–2
(a.e.t.)
West Germany
Portugal		2–1
Soviet Union
1970
Details		Mexico
Brazil		4–1
Italy
West Germany		1–0
Uruguay
1974
Details		West Germany
West Germany		2–1
Netherlands
Poland		1–0
Brazil
1978
Details		Argentina
Argentina		3–1
(a.e.t.)
Netherlands
Brazil		2–1
Italy
1982
Details		Spain
Italy		3–1
West Germany
Poland		3–2
France
1986
Details		Mexico
Argentina		3–2
West Germany
France		4–2
(a.e.t.)
Belgium
1990
Details		Italy
West Germany		1–0
Argentina
Italy		2–1
England
1994
Details		United States
Brazil		0–0
(a.e.t.)
(3–2 pens.)
Italy
Sweden		4–0
Bulgaria
1998
Details		France
France		3–0
Brazil
Croatia		2–1
Netherlands
2002
Details		Korea Republic
& Japan
Brazil		2–0
Germany
Turkey		3–2
Korea Republic
2006
Details		Germany
Italy		1–1
(a.e.t.)
(5–3 pens.)
France
Germany		3–1
Portugal
Notes
  1. ^ There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA now recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the tournament.

  3. ^ a b There was no official World Cup final match in 1950.  The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the final of the 1950 World Cup. Likewise, Sweden's 3–1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.
Map of winning countries
In all, 76 nations have played in at least one World Cup.  Of these, seven national teams have won the World Cup, and they have added stars to their crests, with each star representing a World Cup victory. (However, Uruguay are an exception to this unwritten rule; They choose to display four stars on their crest, representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and their two World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950). With five titles, Brazil are the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have played in every World Cup to date.  Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Brazil and Germany have both made the most appearances in the final, with seven, while Germany have made the most appearances in the top four, with eleven.
TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place
 Brazil5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)2 (1950*, 1998)2 (1938, 1978)1 (1974)
 Italy4 (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)2 (1970, 1994)1 (1990*)1 (1978)
 Germany^3 (1954, 1974*, 1990)4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)3 (1934, 1970, 2006*)1 (1958)
 Argentina2 (1978*, 1986)2 (1930, 1990)——
 Uruguay2 (1930*, 1950)——2 (1954, 1970)
 France1 (1998*)1 (2006)2 (1958, 1986)1 (1982)
 England1 (1966*)——1 (1990)
 Netherlands—2 (1974, 1978)—1 (1998)
 Czechoslovakia#—2 (1934, 1962)——
 Hungary—2 (1938, 1954)——
 Sweden—1 (1958*)2 (1950, 1994)1 (1938)
 Poland——2 (1974, 1982)—
 Austria——1 (1954)1 (1934)
 Portugal——1 (1966)1 (2006)
 Chile——1 (1962*)—
 Croatia——1 (1998)—
 Turkey——1 (2002)—
 United States——1 (1930)—
 Yugoslavia#———2 (1930, 1962)
 Belgium———1 (1986)
 Bulgaria———1 (1994)
 Korea Republic———1 (2002*)
 Soviet Union#———1 (1966)
 Spain———1 (1950)
* = hosts
^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990
# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Performances by host nations

Six of the seven champions have won one of their titles while playing in their own homeland, the exception being Brazil, who finished as runners-up after losing the deciding match on home soil in 1950. England (1966) and France (1998) won their only titles while playing as host nations. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934) and Argentina (1978) won their first titles as host nations but have gone on to win again, while Germany (1974) won their second title on home soil.

Other nations have also been successful when hosting the tournament. Sweden (runners-up in 1958), Chile (third place in 1962), Korea Republic (fourth place in 2002), Mexico (quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986), and Japan (second round in 2002) all have their best results when serving as hosts. So far, all host nations have progressed beyond the first round.

Best performances by continental zones

To date, the final of the World Cup has only been contested by European and South American teams. The two continents have won nine titles apiece. Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: USA (North, Central America and Caribbean) in 1930 and Korea Republic (Asia) in 2002. The best result of an African team is reaching the quarter-finals: Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002. Only one Oceanian qualifier, Australia in 2006, advanced to the second round.

Brazil's victory in 1958 in Sweden is the only time a non-European team won a World Cup in Europe. A European team has never won the World Cup outside of Europe, as all World Cups hosted in either South America, North America, or Asia have been won by a South American team. Only twice have consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent – when Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively.

Awards

At the end of each World Cup, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently six awards:
  • The Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members (first awarded in 1982); the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the players finishing second and third in the voting respectively;
  • The Golden Shoe (sometimes called the Golden Boot) for the top goalscorer (first awarded in 1982, but retrospectively applied to all tournaments from 1930); most recently, the Silver Shoe and the Bronze Shoe have been awarded to the second and third top goalscorers respectively;
  • The Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper, decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group (first awarded in 1994);
  • The Best Young Player Award for the best player aged 21 or younger at the start of the calendar year, decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group (first awarded in 2006).
  • The FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, according to the points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee (first awarded in 1978)
  • The Most Entertaining Team for the team that has entertained the public the most during the World Cup, determined by a poll of the general public (first awarded in 1994);
An All-Star Team consisting of the best players of the tournament is also announced for each tournament since 1998.

Records and statistics

Two players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico's Antonio Carbajal and Germany's Lothar Matthäus both played in five tournaments.  Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances.  Brazil's Pelé is the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals with 20 other players who have won two World Cup medals.
The overall top goalscorer in World Cups is Brazil's Ronaldo, scorer of 15 goals in three tournaments. West Germany's Gerd Müller is second, with 14 goals in two tournaments.  The third placed goalscorer, France's Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup. All his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.

Brazil's Mário Zagallo and West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer are the only people to date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach. Zagallo won in 1958 and 1962 as a player and in 1970 as head coach.  Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach.   Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups.   All World Cup winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory.

As of the end of the 2006 tournament, Brazil and Germany have both played 92 matches, the most by any nation, with Brazil scoring the most goals, 201. The two teams have played each other only once in the World Cup, in the 2002 final.

See also

Wikipedia BooksBook:FIFA World Cup
Books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.
  • FIFA Women's World Cup
  • List of other competitions named World Cup
  • 1980 Mundialito, a tournament held in Uruguay to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the World Cup
  • FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
  • FIFA Dream Team

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    As it is, this tournament has seen plenty of records broken. Interesting facts about the World cup from Opta include:

    • Italy have now drawn 21 games at World Cup Finals – more than any other side
    • Brazil have now scored in 25 successive group matches at the World Cup, since drawing 0-0 with Spain in 1978
    • South Africa became the first host nation to be eliminated from the World Cup at the Group Stage
    • After 15 wins and three draws, Spain lost for the first time ever to Switzerland
    • It is now seven games without a win at an international tournament for France
    • South American sides lost just one of 15 Group Stage matches
    • The last time there was a World Cup group with no team winning more than one game was in 2002 and also involved England
    • Italy's goalkeepers made just one save at this World Cup, conceding five goals from six shots on target
    • Spain were the first team since Hungary in 1986 not to collect a single card in the group stage
    • England haven't won a World Cup finals match where the opposition have scored since beating Cameroon in 1990
    • Wayne Rooney has never scored a World Cup finals goal in eight appearances
    • Holland's win over Brazil was the South American side's first World Cup defeat outside Europe since 1950
    • Germany's 3rd place play-off match against Uruguay is their 99th match at the World Cup finals
    • The only World Cup semi-final won by more than a one-goal margin since 1986 was Germany v Italy in 2006 and that was after extra time
    • Holland join France, Hungary and Italy as the only sides to have beaten Brazil twice at the World Cup

     

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    World cup 2010 team performance

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    Team
    Goals
    Ave Goals per game
    % Shots on Target
    Ave goals conceded per game
    Fouls
    SOURCE: OPTA
    Algeria 0 0.00 19% 0.67 51
    Argentina 10 2.00 57% 1.20 65
    Australia 3 1.00 45% 2.00 60
    Brazil 9 1.80 44% 0.80 77
    Cameroon 2 0.67 34% 1.67 56
    Chile 3 0.75 31% 1.25 80
    Denmark 3 1.00 44% 2.00 56
    England 3 0.75 53% 1.25 52
    France 1 0.33 34% 1.33 53
    Germany 13 2.17 45% 0.50 64
    Ghana 5 1.00 25% 0.80 91
    Greece 2 0.67 50% 1.67 39
    Honduras 0 0.00 15% 1.00 52
    Italy 4 1.33 44% 1.67 44
    Ivory Coast 4 1.33 38% 1.00 55
    Japan 4 1.00 39% 0.50 69
    Mexico 4 1.00 33% 1.25 83
    Netherlands 12 2.00 58% 0.83 98
    New Zealand 2 0.67 20% 0.67 60
    Nigeria 3 1.00 24% 1.67 44
    North Korea 1 0.33 28% 4.00 27
    Paraguay 3 0.60 41% 0.40 95
    Portugal 7 1.75 36% 0.25 60
    Serbia 2 0.67 24% 1.00 30
    Slovakia 5 1.25 29% 1.75 69
    Slovenia 3 1.00 59% 1.00 46
    South Africa 3 1.00 40% 1.67 42
    South Korea 6 1.50 41% 2.00 57
    Spain 7 1.17 38% 0.33 63
    Switzerland 1 0.33 33% 0.33 55
    USA 5 1.25 44% 1.25 53
    Uruguay 9 1.50 49% 0.83 86

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    Team
    Position
    Time Played
    Total Shots Attempted
    Total Passes
    Tackles Attempted
    Saves Made
    SOURCE: OPTA

  • Abdoun Algeria Midfielder 16 0 6 0 0 Abe Japan Midfielder 351 0 101 14 0 Abidal France Defender 180 0 91 6 0 Abou Diaby France Midfielder 270 1 111 5 0 Aboubakar Cameroon Forward 46 2 16 0 0 Abreu Uruguay Forward 72 0 15 0 0 Addy Ghana Defender 138 0 51 2 0 Adiyiah Ghana Forward 33 0 9 0 0 Afellay Netherlands Midfielder 21 5 22 0 0 Afolabi Nigeria Defender 103 0 38 1 0 Agger Denmark Defender 270 2 120 10 0 Aguilar Mexico Defender 55 0 31 2 0 Agüero Argentina Forward 106 2 57 2 0 Ahn Young-Hak North Korea Midfielder 270 1 123 11 0 Alcaraz Paraguay Defender 390 1 172 13 0 Alexandre Song Cameroon Midfielder 90 1 59 7 0 Almeida Portugal Forward 136 5 42 3 0 Alonso Spain Midfielder 506 9 465 18 0 Alou Diarra France Midfielder 82 0 31 0 0 Alvarez Honduras Midfielder 180 1 57 1 0 Amoah Ghana Forward 11 0 4 1 0 Amorim Portugal Midfielder 5 1 7 0 0 Anelka France Forward 117 7 37 1 0 Annan Ghana Midfielder 510 4 307 11 0 Appiah Ghana Midfielder 105 1 54 2 0 Arbeloa Spain Defender 13 0 12 0 0 Arévalo Rios Uruguay Midfielder 570 5 195 21 0 Asamoah Ghana Midfielder 480 11 214 9 0 Ashley Cole England Defender 360 0 142 12 0 Assou-Ekotto Cameroon Defender 270 0 116 5 0 Avraam Papadopoulos Greece Defender 270 1 70 8 0 Ayew Ghana Midfielder 389 3 170 15 0 Ayila Yussuf Nigeria Midfielder 90 0 44 1 0 Badstuber Germany Defender 167 0 84 6 0 Baptista Brazil Midfielder 82 0 42 1 0 Barnetta Switzerland Midfielder 227 3 104 5 0 Barrera Mexico Midfielder 149 4 59 2 0 Barreto Paraguay Midfielder 111 2 38 3 0 Barrios Paraguay Forward 308 6 89 2 0 Barron New Zealand Midfielder 1 0 0 0 0 Barry Ivory Coast Goalkeeper 270 0 23 0 8 Barry England Midfielder 264 2 171 8 0 Bassong Cameroon Defender 163 0 71 3 0 Bautista Mexico Forward 45 0 8 3 0 Beasley USA Midfielder 10 0 4 0 0 Beauchamp Australia Defender 90 0 33 2 0 Beausejour Chile Midfielder 360 2 100 7 0 Beckmann Denmark Midfielder 28 0 8 0 0 Behrami Switzerland Midfielder 31 0 4 1 0 Belhadj Algeria Defender 270 1 146 8 0 Benaglio Switzerland Goalkeeper 270 0 75 0 11 Bendtner Denmark Forward 242 4 70 0 0 Benitez Paraguay Forward 83 2 25 2 0 Bernardez Honduras Defender 90 2 34 4 0 Bertos New Zealand Midfielder 270 0 79 5 0 Birsa Slovenia Midfielder 261 6 61 5 0 Blanco Mexico Forward 112 2 60 3 0 Boateng Germany Defender 287 1 125 10 0 Boateng Ghana Midfielder 464 12 220 20 0 Bocanegra USA Defender 390 1 130 9 0 Boka Ivory Coast Defender 90 2 50 5 0 Bolatti Argentina Midfielder 98 2 97 4 0 Bonet Paraguay Midfielder 300 0 108 4 0 Bong Cameroon Defender 56 0 12 0 0 Bornstein USA Defender 200 2 72 5 0 Boudebouz Algeria Midfielder 74 3 28 1 0 Bougherra Algeria Defender 270 1 89 11 0 Boulahrouz Netherlands Defender 180 0 81 8 0 Bradley USA Midfielder 390 6 210 9 0 Bravo Chile Goalkeeper 360 0 58 0 4 Brecko Slovenia Defender 270 1 95 5 0 Bresciano Australia Midfielder 132 3 47 1 0 Brockie New Zealand Midfielder 11 0 5 0 0 Bruno Alves Portugal Defender 360 1 166 5 0 Buddle USA Forward 39 1 12 0 0 Buffon Italy Goalkeeper 45 0 4 0 0 Bunjaku Switzerland Forward 13 0 5 0 0 Burdisso Argentina Defender 341 1 167 1 0 Busquets Spain Midfielder 511 0 466 15 0 Cacau Germany Forward 132 4 54 1 0 Cahill Australia Midfielder 146 6 39 1 0 Camoranesi Italy Midfielder 76 2 45 2 0 Caniza Paraguay Defender 90 4 44 1 0 Cannavaro Italy Defender 270 0 138 11 0 Capdevila Spain Defender 540 1 310 10 0 Cardozo Paraguay Forward 204 3 53 2 0 Carmona Chile Midfielder 270 1 175 9 0 Carney Australia Defender 180 0 56 4 0 Carragher England Defender 135 0 74 4 0 Carvalho Portugal Defender 360 2 173 11 0 Casillas Spain Goalkeeper 540 0 67 0 11 Castro Mexico Midfielder 33 0 21 1 0 Cavani Uruguay Forward 435 9 151 11 0 Cech Slovakia Defender 90 0 35 2 0 Cesar Slovenia Defender 270 1 89 2 0 Cha Du-Ri South Korea Defender 270 2 105 3 0 Cha Jong-Hyok North Korea Defender 255 4 74 5 0 Chaouchi Algeria Goalkeeper 90 0 17 0 2 Charisteas Greece Forward 61 0 12 2 0 Chavez Honduras Defender 270 0 62 3 0 Chedjou Cameroon Midfielder 90 2 77 2 0 Cherundolo USA Defender 390 1 180 10 0 Chiellini Italy Defender 270 2 155 7 0 Chipperfield Australia Midfielder 138 2 50 3 0 Cho Yong-Hyung South Korea Defender 360 0 111 10 0 Choe Kum-Chol North Korea Forward 23 1 13 0 0 Choupo-Moting Cameroon Forward 147 2 38 1 0 Christian Poulsen Denmark Midfielder 270 1 179 7 0 Christie New Zealand Midfielder 21 0 9 1 0 Cissé France Forward 55 3 7 1 0 Clark USA Midfielder 121 0 42 4 0 Clichy France Defender 90 0 46 2 0 Contreras Chile Defender 54 0 17 1 0 Criscito Italy Defender 225 1 114 6 0 Crouch England Forward 17 1 7 0 0 Culina Australia Midfielder 270 4 153 0 0 Cáceres Paraguay Defender 90 0 71 0 0 Cáceres Uruguay Defender 90 0 32 4 0 Cáceres Paraguay Midfielder 354 1 170 17 0 Da Silva Paraguay Defender 480 1 235 11 0 Daniel Alves Brazil Defender 310 11 215 6 0 Danny Portugal Forward 176 1 62 7 0 De Rossi Italy Midfielder 270 3 204 9 0 Deco Portugal Midfielder 62 0 45 1 0 Dedic Slovenia Forward 84 0 22 1 0 Defoe England Forward 173 5 17 1 0 Demel Ivory Coast Defender 180 0 60 6 0 Demerit USA Defender 390 2 129 7 0 Demichelis Argentina Defender 450 1 218 7 0 Dempsey USA Midfielder 390 15 137 6 0 Derdiyok Switzerland Forward 191 4 47 1 0 Di María Argentina Midfielder 356 7 148 12 0 Di Natale Italy Forward 153 6 55 2 0 Dikgacoi South Africa Midfielder 180 2 108 4 0 Dindane Ivory Coast Forward 170 1 66 2 0 Djebbour Algeria Forward 123 3 19 1 0 Donovan USA Forward 390 7 165 9 0 Doumbia Ivory Coast Forward 11 0 2 0 0 Drogba Ivory Coast Forward 204 8 35 2 0 Duda Portugal Defender 70 0 18 2 0 Durica Slovakia Defender 360 1 159 4 0 Eboué Ivory Coast Defender 251 3 126 6 0 Echiéjilé Nigeria Defender 67 0 22 1 0 Edu USA Midfielder 198 2 116 4 0 Eduardo Portugal Goalkeeper 360 0 51 0 17 Eggimann Switzerland Defender 1 0 0 0 0 Eguren Uruguay Midfielder 2 0 1 0 0 Elano Brazil Midfielder 140 5 57 6 0 Elia Netherlands Forward 85 2 38 2 0 Elliott New Zealand Midfielder 270 1 119 7 0 Emana Cameroon Midfielder 117 7 59 2 0 Emerton Australia Midfielder 254 1 89 3 0 Endo Japan Midfielder 389 1 147 9 0 Enevoldsen Denmark Midfielder 56 2 10 0 0 Enoh Cameroon Midfielder 135 2 56 8 0 Enyeama Nigeria Goalkeeper 270 0 30 0 20 Eriksen Denmark Midfielder 44 1 20 1 0 Espinoza Honduras Midfielder 135 0 36 4 0 Estrada Chile Midfielder 37 1 16 2 0 Eto'o Cameroon Forward 270 4 89 3 0 Etuhu Nigeria Midfielder 270 0 111 5 0 Evra France Defender 180 0 92 4 0 Fabiano Brazil Forward 418 9 89 4 0 Fabregas Spain Midfielder 94 1 116 2 0 Fallon New Zealand Forward 222 1 60 1 0 Feilhaber USA Midfielder 165 3 71 5 0 Fernandes Switzerland Midfielder 212 1 56 7 0 Fernández Uruguay Midfielder 75 1 17 3 0 Fernández Chile Midfielder 155 1 72 2 0 Fernández Uruguay Forward 7 0 5 0 0 Ferreira Portugal Defender 90 0 37 1 0 Figueroa Honduras Defender 270 1 94 5 0 Findley USA Forward 167 1 40 0 0 Forlán Uruguay Forward 564 18 202 0 0 Franco Mexico Forward 253 4 71 2 0 Frei Switzerland Forward 63 2 11 0 0 Friedrich Germany Defender 540 1 244 16 0 Fucile Uruguay Defender 371 2 115 14 0 Fuentes Chile Defender 90 0 27 3 0 Fábio Coentrão Portugal Defender 360 1 152 13 0 Gallas France Defender 270 0 96 2 0 Garcia Australia Midfielder 72 2 24 3 0 Gargano Uruguay Midfielder 91 0 44 1 0 Gattuso Italy Midfielder 45 0 13 5 0 Gekas Greece Forward 169 3 26 0 0 Geremi Cameroon Defender 195 1 93 1 0 Gerrard England Midfielder 360 10 227 5 0 Gervinho Ivory Coast Forward 182 5 60 1 0 Ghezzal Algeria Forward 40 3 8 0 0 Gignac France Forward 95 3 19 1 0 Gilardino Italy Forward 117 1 32 0 0 Gilberto Brazil Defender 33 0 6 4 0 Gilberto Silva Brazil Midfielder 450 3 299 11 0 Giovani dos Santos Mexico Midfielder 360 2 106 4 0 Glen Johnson England Defender 357 3 173 17 0 Godín Uruguay Defender 315 1 120 9 0 Gomez USA Forward 85 4 18 0 0 Gomez Germany Forward 57 2 18 0 0 González Uruguay Midfielder 63 0 34 2 0 González Chile Midfielder 138 10 41 6 0 Gourcuff France Midfielder 100 3 40 3 0 Govou France Forward 162 1 35 4 0 Grafite Brazil Forward 5 0 4 0 0 Green England Goalkeeper 90 0 21 0 3 Grella Australia Midfielder 45 0 18 2 0 Grichting Switzerland Defender 270 1 82 6 0 Grönkjaer Denmark Midfielder 101 1 29 3 0 Guardado Mexico Midfielder 142 5 92 2 0 Guevara Honduras Midfielder 156 0 60 6 0 Gutiérrez Argentina Midfielder 191 0 83 11 0 Guédioura Algeria Midfielder 38 0 18 1 0 Gyan Ghana Forward 501 27 151 1 0 Halliche Algeria Defender 270 2 94 4 0 Hamidou Cameroon Goalkeeper 270 0 54 0 9 Hamsik Slovakia Midfielder 358 5 143 3 0 Handanovic Slovenia Goalkeeper 270 0 66 0 13 Haruna Nigeria Midfielder 180 1 77 3 0 Hasebe Japan Midfielder 375 2 125 8 0 Heinze Argentina Defender 360 3 188 6 0 Heitinga Netherlands Defender 540 0 259 10 0 Henry France Forward 53 1 21 2 0 Hernández Mexico Forward 169 6 37 1 0 Heskey England Forward 176 2 53 7 0 Higuaín Argentina Forward 341 13 93 5 0 Holden USA Midfielder 4 0 2 0 0 Holman Australia Forward 138 3 49 2 0 Holosko Slovakia Forward 29 0 11 1 0 Honda Japan Midfielder 390 8 143 5 0 Hong Yong-Jo North Korea Forward 270 4 107 3 0 Howard USA Goalkeeper 390 0 81 0 14 Huggel Switzerland Midfielder 258 0 87 8 0 Huntelaar Netherlands Forward 48 1 12 0 0 Iaquinta Italy Forward 270 5 48 3 0 Idrissou Cameroon Forward 50 2 23 1 0 Inamoto Japan Midfielder 3 0 5 0 0 Iniesta Spain Midfielder 437 8 299 11 0 Inkoom Ghana Defender 187 1 62 3 0 Inler Switzerland Midfielder 270 2 138 6 0 Isla Chile Defender 332 1 123 10 0 Ivanovic Serbia Defender 270 3 115 2 0 Izaguirre Honduras Defender 180 0 51 8 0 Jacobsen Denmark Defender 270 0 95 3 0 Jakob Poulsen Denmark Midfielder 60 2 40 0 0 Jakubko Slovakia Forward 2 0 1 0 0 James England Goalkeeper 270 0 72 0 6 Jansen Germany Defender 73 1 44 3 0 Jara Chile Defender 308 1 187 8 0 Javi Martínez Spain Midfielder 17 0 17 0 0 Jedinak Australia Midfielder 16 0 15 0 0 Jendrisek Slovakia Forward 250 3 55 4 0 Jensen Denmark Midfielder 45 0 21 2 0 Jerry Palacios Honduras Forward 84 0 19 0 0 Jesús Navas Spain Midfielder 118 4 61 1 0 Ji Yun-Nam North Korea Midfielder 270 3 73 11 0 Joe Cole England Midfielder 44 1 26 0 0 John Mensah Ghana Defender 420 1 108 10 0 Jokic Slovenia Defender 270 0 109 10 0 Jonathan Mensah Ghana Defender 300 2 105 6 0 Jong Tae-Se North Korea Forward 270 13 58 2 0 Josephs South Africa Goalkeeper 101 0 20 0 3 Josué Brazil Midfielder 46 0 54 1 0 Jovanovic Serbia Midfielder 245 4 65 2 0 Jozy Altidore USA Forward 356 8 84 2 0 Juan Brazil Defender 450 4 223 9 0 Juan Mata Spain Midfielder 20 1 16 0 0 Julio César Brazil Goalkeeper 450 0 69 0 10 Jung Sung-Ryong South Korea Goalkeeper 360 0 49 0 14 Juárez Mexico Defender 235 0 128 6 0 Jørgensen Denmark Midfielder 169 1 78 8 0 Kacar Serbia Midfielder 20 1 7 1 0 Kader Keita Ivory Coast Midfielder 94 2 48 2 0 Kadir Algeria Midfielder 262 0 104 3 0 Kahlenberg Denmark Midfielder 159 2 59 3 0 Kaita Nigeria Midfielder 123 2 45 2 0 Kaká Brazil Midfielder 337 6 139 2 0 Kalou Ivory Coast Forward 160 4 50 3 0 Kanu Nigeria Forward 57 0 18 0 0 Kapetanos Greece Forward 29 1 7 0 0 Karagounis Greece Midfielder 180 4 105 7 0 Katsouranis Greece Midfielder 234 2 115 4 0 Kawashima Japan Goalkeeper 390 0 54 0 17 Kengo Nakamura Japan Midfielder 39 0 10 0 0 Kennedy Australia Forward 112 3 29 1 0 Kewell Australia Midfielder 24 0 7 1 0 Khedira Germany Midfielder 517 6 279 16 0 Khuboni South Africa Midfielder 78 1 48 1 0 Khumalo South Africa Defender 270 2 74 4 0 Khune South Africa Goalkeeper 166 1 24 0 4 Ki Sung-Yong South Korea Midfielder 292 2 162 6 0 Kießling Germany Forward 7 0 5 0 0 Killen New Zealand Forward 240 3 60 7 0 Kim Dong-Jin South Korea Defender 1 0 0 0 0 Kim Jae-Sung South Korea Midfielder 65 0 37 0 0 Kim Jung-Woo South Korea Midfielder 360 4 184 10 0 Kim Kum-Il North Korea Forward 42 0 18 0 0 Kim Nam-Il South Korea Midfielder 86 2 38 6 0 Kim Yong-Jun North Korea Midfielder 32 1 10 0 0 King England Defender 45 0 17 0 0 Kingson Ghana Goalkeeper 510 0 105 1 20 Kirm Slovenia Midfielder 259 1 88 4 0 Kjaer Denmark Defender 180 1 41 3 0 Klose Germany Forward 356 11 83 4 0 Kléberson Brazil Midfielder 9 0 1 0 0 Kolarov Serbia Defender 180 2 46 8 0 Kolo Touré Ivory Coast Defender 270 2 88 2 0 Komac Slovenia Midfielder 4 0 3 1 0 Komano Japan Defender 390 3 115 16 0 Konno Japan Defender 2 0 0 0 0 Kopunek Slovakia Midfielder 22 1 17 0 0 Koren Slovenia Midfielder 270 3 162 3 0 Kozak Slovakia Midfielder 90 0 66 3 0 Krasic Serbia Midfielder 242 3 60 2 0 Kroos Germany Midfielder 50 2 29 4 0 Krøldrup Denmark Defender 56 1 32 0 0 Kucka Slovakia Midfielder 181 4 71 10 0 Kuyt Netherlands Forward 516 11 248 7 0 Kuzmanovic Serbia Midfielder 180 4 103 1 0 Kyrgiakos Greece Defender 180 4 40 1 0 Lacen Algeria Midfielder 270 0 158 8 0 Lahm Germany Defender 540 0 360 17 0 Lampard England Midfielder 360 11 232 3 0 Larsen Denmark Forward 34 2 5 0 0 Lazovic Serbia Forward 44 1 14 0 0 Lee Chung-Yong South Korea Midfielder 359 7 147 12 0 Lee Dong-Gook South Korea Forward 38 1 14 0 0 Lee Jung-Soo South Korea Defender 360 2 164 8 0 Lee Seung-Yeoul South Korea Forward 3 0 0 0 0 Lee Young-Pyo South Korea Defender 360 2 160 2 0 Lennon England Midfielder 153 0 43 1 0 Letsholonyane South Africa Midfielder 147 0 89 6 0 Lichtsteiner Switzerland Defender 270 2 80 10 0 Liedson Portugal Forward 121 4 27 2 0 Ljubijankic Slovenia Forward 173 2 36 2 0 Llorente Spain Forward 31 2 12 0 0 Lloris France Goalkeeper 270 0 43 0 12 Lochhead New Zealand Defender 270 0 47 5 0 Lodeiro Uruguay Midfielder 109 0 37 1 0 Lucio Brazil Defender 450 1 223 14 0 Lugano Uruguay Defender 398 2 67 6 0 Lukovic Serbia Defender 164 1 98 6 0 M'Bolhi Algeria Goalkeeper 180 0 30 0 12 Maggio Italy Defender 45 0 21 1 0 Maicon Brazil Defender 450 6 249 11 0 Makoun Cameroon Midfielder 210 4 164 2 0 Malouda France Midfielder 150 4 76 1 0 Marchena Spain Defender 8 0 1 0 0 Marchetti Italy Goalkeeper 225 0 21 0 1 Marchisio Italy Midfielder 120 0 57 2 0 Marcus Tulio Tanaka Japan Defender 390 5 129 5 0 Marin Germany Midfielder 29 1 6 0 0 Martins Nigeria Forward 71 2 16 0 0 Mascherano Argentina Midfielder 360 0 237 19 0 Masilela South Africa Defender 225 0 107 6 0 Matavz Slovenia Forward 11 0 4 0 0 Mathijsen Netherlands Defender 450 1 265 8 0 Matip Cameroon Defender 63 0 37 3 0 Matmour Algeria Midfielder 255 3 68 3 0 Matsui Japan Midfielder 273 3 95 4 0 Mauricio Sabillón Honduras Defender 90 0 38 5 0 Maxi Pereira Uruguay Midfielder 570 5 182 15 0 Maxi Rodríguez Argentina Midfielder 346 2 218 9 0 Mbia Cameroon Defender 270 3 135 4 0 Medel Chile Defender 270 1 123 7 0 Meireles Portugal Midfielder 329 6 154 9 0 Melo Brazil Midfielder 291 2 249 12 0 Mendes Portugal Midfielder 224 0 117 9 0 Mendoza Honduras Defender 180 0 51 3 0 Mertesacker Germany Defender 540 0 282 9 0 Mesbah Algeria Midfielder 1 0 1 0 0 Messi Argentina Forward 450 21 321 10 0 Michel Bastos Brazil Defender 422 7 224 14 0 Miguel Portugal Defender 90 1 52 2 0 Milijas Serbia Midfielder 62 0 35 3 0 Milito Argentina Forward 91 0 33 0 0 Millar Chile Midfielder 125 1 80 3 0 Milner England Midfielder 185 1 57 6 0 Modise South Africa Midfielder 192 5 111 4 0 Mokoena South Africa Defender 270 0 83 5 0 Montolivo Italy Midfielder 236 8 163 9 0 Moore Australia Defender 180 1 91 3 0 Moras Greece Defender 90 0 4 2 0 Morel Rodriguez Paraguay Defender 480 1 202 7 0 Moreno Mexico Defender 147 0 74 4 0 Moriri South Africa Midfielder 33 0 22 0 0 Mphela South Africa Forward 270 10 60 2 0 Mucha Slovakia Goalkeeper 360 0 85 0 14 Mun In-Guk North Korea Midfielder 205 2 71 7 0 Muntari Ghana Midfielder 134 5 69 3 0 Muslera Uruguay Goalkeeper 570 0 75 0 16 Márquez Mexico Defender 360 6 244 14 0 Müller Germany Forward 383 7 165 9 0 N'Guémo Cameroon Midfielder 90 1 51 1 0 N'Koulou Cameroon Defender 253 0 152 4 0 Nagatomo Japan Defender 390 4 68 4 0 Nakazawa Japan Defender 390 1 106 3 0 Nam Song-Chol North Korea Defender 15 0 6 0 0 Neill Australia Defender 270 1 135 4 0 Nelsen New Zealand Defender 270 0 92 1 0 Neuer Germany Goalkeeper 540 0 99 0 20 Ngongca South Africa Defender 55 0 21 1 0 Nilmar Brazil Forward 129 5 18 3 0 Ninis Greece Midfielder 47 1 22 4 0 Ninkovic Serbia Midfielder 160 1 91 2 0 Nkufo Switzerland Forward 227 2 65 2 0 Nomvete South Africa Forward 22 0 5 1 0 Novakovic Slovenia Forward 270 2 68 1 0 Nunez Honduras Midfielder 172 4 60 1 0 Obasi Nigeria Forward 195 6 62 8 0 Obradovic Serbia Defender 90 1 42 2 0 Odemwingie Nigeria Forward 75 0 28 1 0 Odiah Nigeria Defender 270 0 107 5 0 Oh Beom-Seok South Korea Defender 90 1 34 3 0 Okazaki Japan Forward 104 4 15 2 0 Okubo Japan Forward 351 7 68 4 0 Onyewu USA Defender 170 1 69 2 0 Ooijer Netherlands Defender 90 0 30 2 0 Orellana Chile Forward 25 1 7 0 0 Ortigoza Paraguay Midfielder 75 0 60 5 0 Osorio Mexico Defender 360 1 202 14 0 Otamendi Argentina Defender 250 0 141 6 0 Owusu-Abeyie Ghana Forward 35 2 22 0 0 Pa Gaxa South Africa Defender 215 1 95 2 0 Pak Chol-Jin North Korea Defender 270 0 56 4 0 Pak Nam-Chol North Korea Midfielder 238 1 101 7 0 Palermo Argentina Forward 10 3 8 0 0 Pantelic Serbia Forward 113 3 24 1 0 Pantsil Ghana Defender 510 2 248 7 0 Papastathopoulos Greece Defender 127 0 18 10 0 Paredes Chile Forward 70 3 11 5 0 Park Chu-Young South Korea Forward 347 14 96 0 0 Park Ji-Sung South Korea Midfielder 360 5 127 13 0 Parker South Africa Forward 75 1 32 2 0 Paston New Zealand Goalkeeper 270 0 64 0 9 Pastore Argentina Midfielder 37 2 44 3 0 Patsatzoglou Greece Midfielder 80 0 31 0 0 Pavon Honduras Forward 60 1 9 0 0 Pazzini Italy Forward 29 0 6 0 0 Pecnik Slovenia Forward 21 0 4 1 0 Pedro Rodriguez Spain Midfielder 116 5 80 0 0 Pekarík Slovakia Defender 270 0 93 8 0 Pepe Portugal Midfielder 136 1 43 3 0 Pepe Italy Forward 225 3 100 5 0 Perez Uruguay Midfielder 567 2 252 34 0 Petras Slovakia Defender 1 0 0 0 0 Petrovic Serbia Midfielder 15 1 3 1 0 Pienaar South Africa Midfielder 252 2 126 3 0 Piqué Spain Defender 540 2 402 15 0 Pirlo Italy Midfielder 34 0 28 0 0 Podolski Germany Forward 531 17 217 9 0 Ponce Chile Defender 270 2 113 4 0 Puyol Spain Defender 534 3 254 8 0 Pérez Mexico Goalkeeper 360 0 58 0 13 Quagliarella Italy Forward 45 3 22 2 0 Radosavljevic Slovenia Midfielder 267 1 129 6 0 Ramires Brazil Midfielder 105 3 53 3 0 Ramos Spain Defender 527 9 299 7 0 Reid New Zealand Defender 270 2 90 10 0 Ri Jun-Il North Korea Defender 270 1 75 2 0 Ri Kwang-Chon North Korea Defender 270 1 59 4 0 Ri Myong-Guk North Korea Goalkeeper 270 0 46 0 19 Ribéry France Midfielder 270 4 104 9 0 Ricardo Costa Portugal Defender 179 0 44 9 0 Rigobert Song Cameroon Defender 17 0 3 0 0 Riveros Paraguay Midfielder 480 5 236 22 0 Robben Netherlands Forward 267 6 81 5 0 Robinho Brazil Forward 354 9 181 5 0 Rodriguez Argentina Defender 90 1 72 1 0 Rodríguez Mexico Defender 360 2 212 7 0 Romaric Ivory Coast Midfielder 98 5 82 4 0 Romero Argentina Goalkeeper 450 0 47 0 10 Rommedahl Denmark Midfielder 270 4 74 5 0 Ronaldo Portugal Forward 360 18 91 3 0 Rooney England Forward 342 8 121 2 0 Rukavytsya Australia Forward 32 1 12 0 0 Sagna France Defender 270 0 125 4 0 Saifi Algeria Forward 15 1 3 0 0 Salata Slovakia Defender 83 1 40 2 0 Salcido Mexico Defender 360 9 174 15 0 Salpingidis Greece Forward 121 3 28 4 0 Samaras Greece Forward 202 7 43 1 0 Samuel Argentina Defender 114 2 43 1 0 Santa Cruz Paraguay Forward 312 6 134 1 0 Santana Paraguay Midfielder 120 2 28 7 0 Sapara Slovakia Midfielder 2 0 5 0 0 Sarpei Ghana Defender 463 0 167 13 0 Schwarzer Australia Goalkeeper 270 0 51 0 13 Schweinsteiger Germany Midfielder 531 5 423 23 0 Scotti Uruguay Defender 95 0 22 5 0 Seitaridis Greece Defender 90 0 39 6 0 Senderos Switzerland Defender 36 0 9 1 0 Sestak Slovakia Forward 152 3 27 1 0 Shaqiri Switzerland Midfielder 12 0 9 0 0 Shittu Nigeria Defender 270 0 61 5 0 Shunsuke Nakamura Japan Midfielder 26 0 18 1 0 Sibaya South Africa Midfielder 90 1 39 2 0 Silva Spain Midfielder 66 2 42 2 0 Simon Poulsen Denmark Midfielder 270 1 99 9 0 Simão Portugal Midfielder 217 2 76 7 0 Skrtel Slovakia Defender 360 0 202 4 0 Smeltz New Zealand Forward 270 5 59 5 0 Smith New Zealand Defender 270 1 79 2 0 Sneijder Netherlands Midfielder 532 15 279 7 0 Spiropoulos Greece Defender 45 1 6 2 0 Squillaci France Defender 90 0 34 1 0 Stankovic Serbia Midfielder 270 3 165 5 0 Stekelenburg Netherlands Goalkeeper 540 0 149 0 15 Stoch Slovakia Midfielder 193 2 76 1 0 Stojkovic Serbia Goalkeeper 270 0 52 0 7 Strba Slovakia Midfielder 267 2 137 5 0 Suazo Honduras Forward 171 2 35 0 0 Suazo Chile Forward 135 4 39 1 0 Subotic Serbia Defender 104 0 49 3 0 Suler Slovenia Defender 270 0 102 5 0 Suárez Uruguay Forward 452 19 127 4 0 Sánchez Chile Forward 335 7 113 13 0 Sørensen Denmark Goalkeeper 270 0 52 0 16 Tagoe Ghana Forward 210 3 48 1 0 Taiwo Nigeria Defender 129 3 36 4 0 Tamada Japan Forward 28 0 9 0 0 Tello Chile Midfielder 45 0 29 1 0 Terry England Defender 360 2 223 3 0 Thomas Honduras Midfielder 114 0 37 5 0 Thwala South Africa Defender 45 0 19 2 0 Tiago Portugal Midfielder 298 6 155 15 0 Tioté Ivory Coast Midfielder 270 3 148 8 0 Tiéné Ivory Coast Defender 180 1 82 7 0 Tomasson Denmark Forward 176 7 51 1 0 Torosidis Greece Defender 235 3 74 5 0 Torrado Mexico Midfielder 360 1 253 22 0 Torres Paraguay Defender 82 2 29 1 0 Torres Spain Forward 278 9 50 0 0 Torres USA Midfielder 45 1 32 0 0 Tosic Serbia Midfielder 28 3 9 0 0 Toulalan France Midfielder 180 1 98 9 0 Trochowski Germany Midfielder 109 1 60 5 0 Tshabalala South Africa Midfielder 270 9 135 8 0 Turcios Honduras Midfielder 66 0 27 0 0 Tziolis Greece Midfielder 270 2 153 8 0 Tzorvas Greece Goalkeeper 270 0 41 0 12 Tévez Argentina Forward 324 6 164 7 0 Uche Nigeria Midfielder 196 6 73 2 0 Upson England Defender 180 1 93 4 0 Valbuena France Midfielder 21 1 11 1 0 Valdez Paraguay Forward 337 8 57 9 0 Valdivia Chile Forward 222 3 91 3 0 Valeri Australia Midfielder 245 0 135 5 0 Valladares Honduras Goalkeeper 270 0 51 0 12 Van der Vaart Netherlands Midfielder 257 8 122 4 0 Van der Wiel Netherlands Defender 360 0 189 2 0 Vela Mexico Forward 100 1 25 1 0 Veloso Portugal Midfielder 26 1 30 1 0 Vera Paraguay Midfielder 414 5 138 14 0 Veron Argentina Midfielder 185 3 235 10 0 Verón Paraguay Defender 90 0 26 3 0 Vicelich New Zealand Defender 249 1 88 4 0 Victor Obinna Nigeria Forward 72 3 25 4 0 Victorino Uruguay Defender 435 0 141 7 0 Vidal Chile Defender 306 6 178 17 0 Vidic Serbia Defender 270 2 158 7 0 Villa Spain Forward 529 22 169 2 0 Villar Paraguay Goalkeeper 480 0 99 0 10 Vintra Greece Defender 270 0 89 4 0 Vittek Slovakia Forward 353 10 118 0 0 Vorsah Ghana Defender 210 1 56 2 0 Walter Martinez Honduras Forward 125 0 43 1 0 Webó Cameroon Forward 168 4 39 3 0 Weiss Slovakia Midfielder 269 2 84 2 0 Welcome Honduras Forward 87 2 16 0 0 Wilkshire Australia Midfielder 256 2 117 8 0 Wilson Palacios Honduras Midfielder 270 0 90 14 0 Wood New Zealand Forward 66 1 16 0 0 Wright-Phillips England Midfielder 89 2 29 2 0 Xavi Spain Midfielder 515 4 563 6 0 Yahia Algeria Defender 269 1 79 4 0 Yakin Switzerland Midfielder 56 3 26 0 0 Yakubu Nigeria Forward 250 6 43 2 0 Yano Japan Forward 9 0 4 0 0 Yaya Touré Ivory Coast Midfielder 270 3 197 5 0 Yebda Algeria Midfielder 269 8 138 10 0 Yeom Ki-Hun South Korea Midfielder 249 2 80 6 0 Yobo Nigeria Defender 225 0 52 2 0 Zabavník Slovakia Defender 268 1 94 8 0 Zambrotta Italy Defender 270 2 128 6 0 Ziani Algeria Midfielder 240 5 93 6 0 Ziegler Switzerland Defender 270 1 71 9 0 Zigic Serbia Forward 227 5 65 2 0 Zokora Ivory Coast Midfielder 270 0 96 5 0 de Jong Netherlands Midfielder 448 1 250 15 0 de Zeeuw Netherlands Midfielder 47 0 37 2 0 van Bommel Netherlands Midfielder 540 2 307 31 0 van Bronckhorst Netherlands Defender 540 1 271 10 0 van Persie Netherlands Forward 479 14 108 1 0 von Bergen Switzerland Defender 234 0 79 3 0 Álvaro Pereira Uruguay Midfielder 409 6 140 17 0 Özil Germany Midfielder 497 7 266 3 0


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