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FIFA Men's World Ranking. The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of October 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 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 ...
FIFA World Cup records and statistics. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only Daniel Passarella (ARG) and players from Brazil and Italy have won the world Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
The Best FIFA Football Awards is a football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA. [1] The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. [2] The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA World Player Gala. [3] This award being given to the players with best performance in the calendar year.
Most played with different clubs: 37 – Carlos Frontini, 2001–2020 [55][note 12] Player to win top scorer awards in most continents: 3 – Isidro Lángara, with Real Club España in Mexico (CONCACAF) in 1944, 1946, Real Oviedo in Spain (UEFA) in 1934, 1935, 1936 and San Lorenzo in Argentina (CONMEBOL) in 1940.
The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation in the competition are currently Brazil, who have won the cup on five occasions. [3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, [4] while eleven more have appeared in semi-finals.