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Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association football . It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as "football". For more information on the sport, see association football.
Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 – Lionel Messi, 2012 [8] [9] [note 7] Most goals scored in a football season: 97 – Ernst Wilimowski, 1940–41 [11] Most club goals scored in a football season: 96 [note 8] – Fred Roberts, 1930–31 [12] [13] [note 9] [note 10] Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67 [note 11]
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
This article details men's professional football club records and statistics (individual and collective) in Europe.. The records and stats look across all European clubs competing in the highest divisions and levels of European professional football, allowing for cross-competition comparison.
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal 12, Spain, from 1–1 vs Poland (2020) to 2–1 vs England (2024) Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals 9, France, from 3–0 vs Denmark (2000) to 3–1 vs Switzerland (2004) Most consecutive matches scoring at least three goals
Planet World Cup has calculated some retrospective data on assists back to the 1966 World Cup, [9] though the 1986 data differs from that of FIFA. [1] [10] FIFA started officially keeping track of assists in World Cup tournaments at the 1994 edition. [11] This was popularly ascribed to the popularity of detailed sports statistics among fans.
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.