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Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67 [note 13] Jaap Bulder, 1919–20 Netherlands Football League Championship for Be Quick; Archie Stark, 1924–25 American Soccer League for Bethlehem Steel; Most international club goals scored in a football season: 17 [30] Daniel Onega, 1965–66; Stéphane Guivarc'h, 1997–98 [note 14]
Most codes of football from before 1863 provided only one means of scoring (typically called the "goal", although Harrow football used the word "base"). [7] The two major exceptions (the Eton field game and Sheffield rules, which borrowed the concept from Eton) both used the "rouge" (a touchdown, somewhat similar to a try in today's rugby) as a tie-breaker.
Shows first win only for any manager with multiple wins of same competition. French manager Arsène Wenger is the only manager who has been runner-up in three major UEFA club competitions. [26] He finished runner-up in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup with Monaco and in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with ...
The longest winning start to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1996, who opened the campaign with twelve consecutive wins and won their first eight games in regulation. The longest winning end to a season was achieved by the LA Galaxy in 1997, who closed the campaign with six straight wins.
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 ...
The U.S. men's soccer team have played in the Summer Olympics since 1924. From that tournament to 1980 , only amateur and state-sponsored Eastern European players were allowed on Olympic teams. The Olympics became a full international tournament in 1984 after the IOC allowed full national teams from outside FIFA CONMEBOL & UEFA confederations.
Ajax had seven wins and two draws in 1971–72, and 7 wins and 4 draws in 1994–95. Manchester United had five wins and six draws in 1998–99, and nine wins and four draws in 2007–08. Eight clubs have done so on one occasion: Inter Milan had seven wins and two draws in 1963–64. Nottingham Forest had six wins and three draws in 1978–79.
For a four team round robin such as in the group stages of FIFA World Cups, under three points for a win (W3) there are 40 combinations e.g. 9-6-3-0 with each team being able to score from zero up to 9 points (with 8 the only score that cannot be scored), while under 2 points for a win (W2) there are 16 possible combinations of final standings ...