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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. [3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, [4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals. [5]
List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season; List of football managers with the most games; List of footballers with 500 or more goals; List of footballers with the most goals in a single game; List of goals scored by Rogério Ceni; List of goalscoring goalkeepers; List of longest managerial reigns in ...
This article features a list of men's professional FIFA records in association football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world, including professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. Friendly club matches are generally not eligible for the records.
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
The world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
Champions: England Men's only major tournament victory 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 1970 Mexico: Quarter-finals Best result 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 1974 West Germany: Champions: 7 6 0 1 13 4 +9 1978 Argentina: Champions: 7 5 1 1 15 4 +11 1982 Spain: Second round (top 12) 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 1986 Mexico: Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 6 2 +4 1990 Italy: Third place: 7 6 1 0 10 ...