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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 World Cup has been held every four years since; [87] by 2019, it had expanded to 24 national teams, and 1.12 billion viewers watched the competition. [88] Four years later, FIFA targeted the 32-team 2023 Women's World Cup at an audience of 2 billion, [89] while about 1.4 million tickets were sold, setting a Women's World Cup record. [90]
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.
The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty , and it closely resembles modern association football.
Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful [28] [29] in World Cup history; it broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per match, [30] marks that stood unbroken as of 2018 [31] despite the expansion of the competition from 24 ...
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 .
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. [2] [3] [4] It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. [2] The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for some time but, in 2010, relocated to Bonn, Germany, and then in 2014 to Zürich. [5]
Leônidas scored a record eight World Cup goals for Brazil, coming at the 1934 and 1938 tournaments. Ademir scored a record nine World Cup goals for Brazil, all coming at the 1950 tournament. Sándor Kocsis was the first player to score ten or more goals in a single World Cup: he scored a record eleven goals in just five matches for Hungary ...