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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.
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.
This is a ranking of all club sides which have won one of the three main European competitions, past or present. [4]Bayern Munich are the only team to finish a continental competition with a 100% winning record, achieving that milestone in 2020 as part of a modified tournament structure with a final eight in a neutral venue held in a single elimination match due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
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.
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 ...
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Statistical Football prediction is a method used in sports betting, to predict the outcome of football matches by means of statistical tools. The goal of statistical match prediction is to outperform the predictions of bookmakers [ citation needed ] [ dubious – discuss ] , who use them to set odds on the outcome of football matches.