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A total of over 2,700 goals have been scored in matches across the 22 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. [1] Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent in 1930 , [ 2 ] nearly 1,300 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup tournaments, [ 3 ] of whom 101 have ...
Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for France vs. Mexico, 13 July 1930) [57] Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for Italy vs. United States, 27 May 1934) [57] Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for Netherlands vs. Scotland, 11 June 1978) [57] Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for Sweden vs. England, 20 June 2006) [57]
The following is a list of goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup finals. Only goals scored during regulation or extra time are included. Any goals scored during the penalty shoot-out are excluded. As of the 2022 final, sixty-two individuals have scored the total of eighty goals in all of the finals history.
Most goals scored at one FIFA World Cup: 8 – Guillermo Stabile in 1930; Most hat-tricks scored at the FIFA World Cup: 2 – Gabriel Batistuta; Most goals scored in FIFA World Cup finals: 2 – Mario Kempes in 1978 and Lionel Messi in 2022; Most goals scored in CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualification matches: 34 – Lionel Messi [12]
List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers; List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs; List of FIFA World Cup red cards; List of FIFA World Cup referees; List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups
The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. [22]
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 ...
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [16] 20 51 21 June 2017: Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Mexico: 1–0: 1–2: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup [17] 21 53 1 September 2017: North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Solomon Islands: 1–0: 6–1: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [18] 22 2–0 23 6–1 24 54 6 October 2017: Toyota Stadium ...