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 WORLD CUP
GOAL RECREATIONS WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
1966 World Cup Goals ······································· 8 Women’s World Cup Trophies and Goals ········ 48
1970 World Cup Goals ····································· 22 Women’s World Cup Goalscorers ················· 148
1974 World Cup Goals ····································· 40
1978 World Cup Goals ····································· 50
1982 World Cup Goals ····································· 54
1986 World Cup Goals ····································· 64
MISCELLANEOUS
1990 World Cup Goals ····································· 80 World Cup Finals Results 1930–2014 ············· 14
1994 World Cup Goals ····································· 90 Long-Range World Cup Goals ························· 46
1998 World Cup Goals ··································· 104 World Cup Goals By Body Part ························ 56
2002 World Cup Goals ··································· 116 FIFA World Cup Wins By Country ···················· 70
2006 World Cup Goals ··································· 124 World Cup Goalkeepers ································· 100
2010 World Cup Goals ··································· 138 World Cup Goalscorers By Country ··············· 118
2014 World Cup Goals ··································· 154 World Cup Fouls and Cards ·························· 144

EUROPE
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP LA LIGA LIGUE 1
European Championship Records by Nation ···· 18 La Liga Title Winners ······································· 28 Ligue 1 Title Winners ····································· 130
European Championship Trophies and Goals··· 66 La Liga Goals per Club····································· 78 Ligue 1 Game Wins ······································· 136
UEFA Euro 2016 Goals···································· 156 La Liga Top Goalscorers 1998–2017 ············ 110 Ligue 1 Goals per Club··································· 142
La Liga Game Wins per Club ························· 120

EUROPEAN CUP / EREDIVISIE

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SERIE A
Eredivisie Title Winners ··································· 16
European Cup & Champions League Serie A Title Winners ······································· 32 Eredivisie Game Wins ······································ 72
Record Goalscorers ······································ 34 Serie A Goals···················································· 58 Eredivisie Goal per Club ································ 126
UEFA Champions League Serie A Game Wins ········································ 114
Decade-by-Decade Performance ················· 68
European Cup Wins by Nation ······················· 112 MISCELLANEOUS
BUNDESLIGA European Attendances ···································· 20
Bundesliga Title Winners································· 42 Scottish League Title Winners························· 30
PREMIER LEAGUE Bundesliga Game Wins·································· 102 FA Cup Winners and Runners-up ···················· 62
Premier League Fouls and Cards ···················· 10 Bundesliga Goals ··········································· 146 Staying Power ·················································· 82
Premier League Title Winners ························ 38 UEFA Cup/Europa League Records by Nation ·· 84
Premier League Ever-Presents························ 52 The Flair League ·············································· 92
Games to Reach 100 Goals······························ 60 Longest Unbeaten Runs································· 106
Premier League Game Wins ···························· 74 Most Successful European Managers
Premier League Player Appearances ·············· 94 since 1960 ················································· 140
Premier League Goals ····································· 96 The Foreign Legion ········································ 160

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NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA
MLS COPA AMÉRICA
MLS Goals per Club ········································· 86 Copa América Records by Nation ··················· 44
MLS Game Wins per Club ······························ 150 Copa América Trophies and Goals ·················· 98

COPA LIBERTADORES
Copa Libertadores Wins by Nation················ 128

AFRICA ASIA
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AFC ASIAN CUP
Africa Cup of Nations Trophies and Goals ······ 12 AFC Asian Cup Records by Nation ················ 108
Africa Cup of Nations Records by Nation ····· 152 AFC Asian Cup Trophies and Goals ··············· 132

MISCELLANEOUS
Evolution of Formations 1872–1967 ··············· 24
Evolution of Formations 1971–2017 ··············· 26
FIFA World Player of the Year Winners ··········· 76
Ronaldo vs Messi············································· 88
Football Stadiums by Size ····························· 122
100 International Caps ·································· 134
FIFA Football Nations····································· 158

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 1966 WORLD CUP GOALS
Many nations fancied their chances of winning the World Cup in 1966: West Germany, Argentina, Brazil
and England were all conident it would be their turn to lift the Jules Rimet trophy. Despite being blighted
by the barbaric treatment of Pelé and some controversial refereeing, the tournament was enlightened by
the giant-slaying North Korea, the brilliance of Eusébio and a nail-biting, but triumphant, inal for the host
nation. The 1966 World Cup also saw goals that would become legendary, including the lung-bursting
run from West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer, an outside-of-the-foot free kick from Brazil’s Garrincha and
Geoff Hurst’s monumental hat-trick in the inal – the irst ever in a World Cup inal.

GEOFF HURST – England vs West Germany

10
England’s Geoff Hurst scores that famous fourth goal to put
England 4–2 up against West Germany after extra time, 30
July 1966.

1. Pass (chipped, cross) Schulz

1. Ball recovery Moore
1. Pass Moore
1. Pass Hunt
1. Pass (chipped, long ball) Moore
1. Goal Hurst

1
5
5
21
4

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6 KEY
Ball movement

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 1966 World Cup Goals

LUIS ARTIME – Argentina vs Spain FRANZ BECKENBAUER – West Germany vs Switzerland

1. Interception Más 1. Goal kick Tilkowski

2. Pass Más 2. Pass Schnellinger
3. Pass Solari 3. Keeper pick-up Tilkowski
4. Pass Rattín 4. Keeper throw Tilkowski
5. Pass Onega 5. Pass (chipped, long ball)
7
6 6. Pass Solari Höttges
19 7. Goal Artime 6. Pass Haller
4
11 7. Pass Beckenbauer
10 8. Through ball Seeler
9. Take on Beckenbauer
4 4
9
7 [Link] Führer
5 [Link] Beckenbauer
20 8 9
15 8
1
21 2
10 4 7
15 4
3
6
15

4
3 2 3
1

1 1

JÁNOS FARKAS – Hungary vs Brazil EDUARD MALOFEYEV – USSR vs DPR Korea

1. Pass Gérson 1. Throw in Ostrowskiy
2. Pass Mátrai 2. Pass (chipped, long ball)
3. Pass Mészöly Malofeyev
4. Pass Káposzta 3. Pass (chipped) Sabo
5. Pass Albert 4. Goal Malofeyev
7 6. Pass (cross, chipped,
10 long ball) Bene
19
7. Goal Farkas 4

7
3
5
9
8
2
19
1 11 4
5 2
3
1
3 2 3

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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PREMIER LEAGUE FOULS AND CARDS
The number of bookings and dismissals has been gradually increasing since the Premier
League began in 1992. Although referee clampdowns and new rules to protect players from
reckless challenges have increased the tally, statistics reveal a large number of indiscretions
are due to rash decisions and second offences. It appears that as the game gets quicker,
and more skilful, tackling becomes a much riskier business. So, hats off to Ryan Giggs. He
managed 632 Premier League appearances without seeing red once.

CHELSEA 1536 EVERTON 1465 ARSENAL 1417 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1397 ASTON VILLA 1362

MANCHESTER UNITED 1336 WEST HAM UNITED 1321 LIVERPOOL 1220 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1220 MANCHESTER CITY 1158

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1111 SUNDERLAND 1095 SOUTHAMPTON 996 MIDDLESBROUGH 973 BOLTON WANDERERS 845

LEEDS UNITED 790 FULHAM 708 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 645 LEICESTER CITY 619 STOKE CITY 617

DERBY COUNTY 538 WIGAN ATHLETIC 513 COVENTRY CITY 481 CRYSTAL PALACE 477 BIRMINGHAM CITY 428

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 408 WIMBLEDON 407 PORTSMOUTH 398 NORWICH CITY 394 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 364

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 341 HULL CITY 328 SWANSEA CITY 318 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 287 WATFORD 272

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 255 BURNLEY 186 IPSWICH TOWN 183 SHEFFIELD UNITED 170 READING 142

BRADFORD CITY 113 BOURNEMOUTH 105 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 70 BARNSLEY 66 CARDIFF CITY 50

BLACKPOOL 47 SWINDON TOWN 39

10
 Premier League Fouls and Cards

EVERTON 86 ARSENAL 84 NEWCASTLE UNITED 78 BLACKBURN ROVERS 76 CHELSEA 74

WEST HAM UNITED 68 MANCHESTER CITY 62 SUNDERLAND 61 MANCHESTER UNITED 60 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 59

ASTON VILLA 56 LIVERPOOL 54 SOUTHAMPTON 49 MIDDLESBROUGH 45 BOLTON WANDERERS 43

FULHAM 36 LEICESTER CITY 36 STOKE CITY 30 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 30 LEEDS UNITED 28

WIGAN ATHLETIC 27 WIMBLEDON 26 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 26 BIRMINGHAM CITY 26 COVENTRY CITY 24

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 24 HULL CITY 24 PORTSMOUTH 20 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 19 CRYSTAL PALACE 18

DERBY COUNTY 17 NORWICH CITY 15 WATFORD 14 SWANSEA CITY 13 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 11

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 10 SHEFFIELD UNITED 9 READING 9 IPSWICH TOWN 6 BURNLEY 6

BOURNEMOUTH 4 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 4 BARNSLEY 4 BRADFORD CITY 2 BLACKPOOL 2

CARDIFF CITY 1 SWINDON TOWN 1

Total Fouls since 2003

EVERTON 6679 FULHAM 5233 BIRMINGHAM CITY 3085 BURNLEY 1296
ASTON VILLA 6576 SUNDERLAND 5105 CRYSTAL PALACE 2440 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1262
MANCHESTER CITY 6536 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5044 HULL CITY 2398 BOURNEMOUTH 729
CHELSEA 6274 BOLTON WANDERERS 4871 SWANSEA CITY 2295 LEEDS UNITED 583
MANCHESTER UNITED 6270 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4521 NORWICH CITY 2254 DERBY COUNTY 548
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 6259 STOKE CITY 4222 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 2013 SHEFFIELD UNITED 510
LIVERPOOL 6151 WIGAN ATHLETIC 4042 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1901 BLACKPOOL 440
ARSENAL 5988 PORTSMOUTH 3728 LEICESTER CITY 1883 CARDIFF CITY 345
NEWCASTLE UNITED 5771 MIDDLESBROUGH 3648 WATFORD 1573
WEST HAM UNITED 5292 SOUTHAMPTON 3214 READING 1341

Source: Opta (May 2017)

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AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
TROPHIES AND GOALS
What began in 1957 with a three-team competition has developed 31 tournaments later into a month-
long, 16-team extravaganza. The tournament has witnessed many great moments, including Benni
McCarthy hitting four goals in 13 minutes against Namibia in 1998; Ivory Coast’s second-choice
keeper Boubacar Barry saving two penalties before hitting the winner in the shoot-out in 2015 and
Vincent Aboubakar’s sensational 88th minute strike to win the trophy for Cameroon in 2017.

Egypt Ivory coast ghaNa

159 131 125

54 39 53
7 2 4
NIgErIa camErooN tuNIsIa

87
119
123 22
46 40
3 5 1
Dr coNgo ZambIa algErIa

82 81 80
19 26 22
2 1 1
morocco sENEgal guINEa

70 61 55
21 18 11

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burkINa faso aNgola
45
55 38 29
15 14 4
7
1
EthIopIa suDaN coNgo
gaboN
29 28 27
19
7 7 7 6
1 1 1
togo ugaNDa lIbya ZImbabwE
19 18 12 9
3 3 3 2

NamIbIa EquatorIal malawI

guINEa kENya
9 8 6
8
4 1 1

lIbErIa bENIN capE vErDE moZambIquE

5 4 4 4
1 1

rwaNDa taNZaNIa botswaNa guINEa-bIssau

3 3 2 2
1

maurItIus sIErra lEoNE NIgEr

2 2 1
TOURNAMENTS WON
1 MATCHES WON
Source: Opta (February 2017) GOALS SCORED

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WORLD CUP FINAL RESULTS
1930–2014
The FIFA World Cup has grown from a small tournament comprising 13 teams from Europe and
South America (USA and Mexico participated too) to 32 nations from ive continents battling it out
in the most widely followed sporting event in the world. There have been 20 to date, each one as
spectacular as the last. Every tournament has had its amazing stories, controversies, moments
that took our breath away and heartbreak that saw us plunge into despair. Behind all these iconic
events, what remains (apart from memories) are these simple facts – the statistics that mark each
country’s triumphs and disappointments in black and white. Make of these what you will…

Source: Google (October 2015)

1930 1934
4 Uruguay vs Argentina 2 2 Italy vs Czechoslovakia 1

1938 1950
4 Italy vs Hungary 2 2 Uruguay vs Brazil 1

1954 1958
3 West Germany vs Hungary 2 5 Brazil vs Sweden 2

1962 1966
3 Brazil vs Czechoslovakia 1 4 England vs West Germany 2

14
 World Cup Final Results 1930–2014

1970 1974
4 Brazil vs Italy 1 2 West Germany vs Netherlands 1

1978 1982
3 Argentina vs Netherlands 1 3 Italy vs West Germany 1

1986 1990
3 Argentina vs West Germany 2 1 West Germany vs Argentina 0

1994 1998
0 Brazil vs Italy 0 3 France vs Brazil 0
PENALTIES

2002 2006
2 Brazil vs Germany 0 1 Italy vs France 1

PENALTIES

2010 2014
1 Spain vs Netherlands 0 1 Germany vs Argentina 0

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EREDIVISIE TITLE WINNERS
The Eredivisie, the top league of the Netherlands, was founded in 1956, two years
after the start of professional football in the country. It is placed 13th in UEFA’s
ranking of European leagues. The Dutch league has been dominated by three
teams, all ever-presents in the league: Ajax (24 titles), PSV Eindhoven (18) and
Feyenoord (10), whose 2017 success was their irst for 18 years. Only AZ Alkmaar
and FC Twente have managed to break the grip of the “Big Three” this century.

25
24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987

16
 Eredivisie Title Winners

Key (from top)

AJAX 25 DOS UTRECHT 1

PSV 20 SPARTA ROTTERDAM 1
FEYENOORD 10 FC TWENTE 1
AZ 2

Source: Opta (May 2017)

AJAX 25

PSV 20

FEYENOORD 10

AZ 2

DOS UTRECHT,
SPARTA ROTTERDAM,
FC TWENTE 1
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

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 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
RECORDS BY NATION
Brainchild of Henri Delaunay, the secretary of the French Football Federation, the
European Championship has been held every four years since 1960. Qualiication
for the irst two inals was conducted on a home-and-away knockout basis,
with the group qualiication format beginning in 1968. Originally only four teams
qualiied for the inals. This was extended to eight teams in 1980, to 16 from 1996 Norway
and further expanded to include 24 nations in 2016. To mark
60 years of the tournament, the 2020 inals will be held in 13
different cities across the continent. Sweden

Scotland
Iceland
Denmark

Northern Ireland Netherlands

Wales Germany
Republic of Ireland
England

Belgium
Czech Republic

QUALIFICATION NOTES Austria

Germany: Five qualiications as West Germany.
Serbia: Four qualiications as Yugoslavia. France Switzerland
Russia: Five qualiications as USSR and one as CIS.
Czech Republic: Three qualiications as Czechoslovakia.
Slovenia
COUNTRY NOTES
USSR (1960) and Czechoslovakia (1976) won
the championship once. Croatia
West Germany won the championship twice
in 1972 and 1980.
Yugoslavia (1976) and West Germany (1988)
hosted the championship once.

Spain
Portugal Italy

Source: UEFA: July 2016

18
 European Championship Records by Nation

Qualiied

Finland 0

4
Estonia
5

6
Latvia
Russia
7
Lithuania
8

9
Belarus
Poland
10

11

Ukraine 12

Slovakia
Kazakhstan

Hungary
Moldova

Romania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia
Georgia
Bulgaria

Albania
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Winner
Turkey
Host
Greece
19
Cyprus
EUROPEAN ATTENDANCES
Attendances in the top tiers of European football average around 30,000 per
game, with the Bundesliga and the Premier League attracting the highest KEY:
average crowds. Despite rising ticket prices and more televised games, the
gates in England, Germany and Spain continue to rise, while those in Italy and
France remain static. Over the next few years major new stadia and expansions
by clubs who already sell out many games, including Tottenham Hotspur,

ATTENDANCE
CAPACITY

AVERAGE
STADIUM
Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Liverpool, could see further sharp
rises in attendances.
x

Source: Opta (May 2017)

RANKING OF STADIUM
IN LEAGUE (CAPACITY)

95%
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E : 3 5 8 2 2
6

AV E R A G E C A PA C I T Y : 3 7 7 8 6
10
17
4 16
8 5 1
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
12
13
1 · Manchester United · Old Trafford · 75,731 · 75,290 11 · Southampton FC · Saint Mary’s · 32,689 · 30,936
14 18 2 · Arsenal FC · Emirates Stadium · 60,362 · 59,957 12 · Leicester City · King Power Stadium · 32,500 · 31,893
9 2 3 · West Ham United · London Stadium · 60,000 · 56,972 13 · Stoke City · bet365 Stadium · 27,740 · 27,433
4 · Manchester City · Etihad Stadium · 55,097 · 54,019 14 · West Bromwich Albion · The Hawthorns · 26,445 · 23,876
5 · Liverpool FC · Anfield · 54,074 · 53,016 15 · Crystal Palace · Selhurst Park · 26,255 · 25,161
19 6 · Sunderland AFC · Stadium of Light · 49,000 · 41,287 16 · Hull City · Kingston Communications Stadium · 25,586 · 20,761
7 3
15 7 · Chelsea FC · Stamford Bridge · 41,837 · 41,508 17 · Burnley FC · Turf Moor · 22,546 · 20,558
11 8 · Everton FC · Goodison Park · 40,157 · 39,310 18 · Watford FC · Vicarage Road · 22,100 · 20,571
20 9 · Tottenham Hotspur · White Hart Lane · 36,284 · 31,639 19 · Swansea City · Liberty Stadium · 20,750 · 20,619
10 · Middlesbrough FC · Riverside · 35,100 · 30,449 20 · Bournemouth · Vitality Stadium · 11,464 · 11,182

93%
5
15
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

10

3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
4
AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E : 3 7 3 6 7

9
AV E R A G E C A PA C I T Y : 4 0 2 6 0

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6
8
7
11
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17

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1 · Borussia Dortmund · Signal Iduna Park · 81,359 · 79,653 10 · Werder Bremen · Weser-Stadion · 42,100 · 40,881
2 · Bayern München · Allianz Arena · 75,000 · 75,000 11 · 1. FSV Mainz 05 · Opel Arena · 34,000 · 29,096
3 · Hertha BSC · Olympiastadion · 74,400 · 50,267 12 · FC Augsburg · WWK ARENA · 30,660 · 28,172 16
4 · FC Schalke 04 · Veltins-Arena · 62,271 · 60,703 13 · Bayer Leverkusen · BayArena · 30,210 · 28,428
5 · Hamburger SV - Volksparkstadion · 57,000 · 52,341 14 · 1899 Hoffenheim · Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena · 30,150 · 28,155
6 · Bor. Mönchengladbach · Borussia-Park · 54,067 · 51,494 15 · VfL Wolfsburg · Volkswagen Arena · 30,000 · 27,586 12
2
7 · Eintracht Frankfurt · Commerzbank-Arena · 51,500 · 49,176 16 · SC Freiburg · Schwarzwald-Stadion · 24,000 · 23,959
8 · 1. FC Köln · RheinEnergieStadion · 50,997 · 49,571 17 · SV Darmstadt 98 · Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor · 17,400 · 16,794
9 · RB Leipzig · Red Bull Arena · 44,279 · 41,454 18 · FC Ingolstadt 04 · Audi Sportpark · 15,800 · 14,601

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 European Attendances

9
14
17 71%
5 10
20
18
11
SPANISH LA LIGA

2 8
4
19 15

AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E : 2 7 7 6 3
6
1 2 3 4 5 6

AV E R A G E C A PA C I T Y : 3 8 8 6 6
3 12
16
7
CANARY
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 ISLANDS

1 · FC Barcelona · Camp Nou · 99,354 · 77,904 8 · Espanyol Barcelona · RCDE Stadium · 40,500 · 20,171 15 · Villarreal CF · Estadio de la Cerámica · 24,500 · 17,545
2 · Real Madrid · Santiago Bernabéu · 81,044 · 68,718 9 · Deportivo La Coruña · Riazor · 34,600 · 22,353 16 · Granada CF · Nuevo Los Cármenes · 22,500 · 14,969
3 · Real Betis · Benito Villamarín · 56,500 · 31,623 10 · Real Sociedad · Anoeta · 32,076 · 21,430 17 · CD Alavés · Mendizorroza · 19,840 · 16,464
18 19 20 4 · Atlético Madrid · Vicente Calderón · 54,851 · 44,675 11 · Celta Vigo · Municipal de Balaídos · 31,800 · 16,649 18 · CA Osasuna · El Sadar · 19,800 · 14,798
5 · Athletic Bilbao · San Mamés · 53,332 · 41,073 12 · UD Las Palmas · Estadio de Gran Canaria · 31,250 · 20,409 19 · CD Leganés · Municipal de Butarque · 10,958 · 9,627
6 · Valencia CF · Estadio de Mestalla · 52,600 · 33,920 13 · Málaga CF · La Rosaleda · 30,044 · 22,090 20 · SD Eibar · Ipurua · 6,267 · 5,320
7 · Sevilla FC · Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán · 45,500 · 32,825 14 · Sporting Gijón · El Molinón · 30,000 · 22,692

64%
3

4 12
13
FRENCH LIGUE 1

16 11
14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E : 2 0 8 6 3
18
6 20

AV E R A G E C A PA C I T Y : 3 2 3 6 4
19

2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
8
5
1 · Olympique Marseille · Vélodrome · 67,394 · 39,894 11 · Stade Rennes · Roazhon Park · 31,127 · 22,688
2 · Olympique Lyon · Stade des Lumières · 59,500 · 39,171 12 · FC Metz · Municipal St.-Symphorien · 26,700 · 15,344
15 3 · Lille OSC · Stade Pierre Mauroy · 50,186 · 29,487 13 · SM Caen · Michel-d’Ornano · 21,500 · 15,927
7 4 · Paris Saint-Germain · Parc des Princes · 48,712 · 45,159 14 · AS Nancy · Marcel Picot · 20,087 · 17,516
10 1 17 5 · Girondins Bordeaux · Matmut Atlantique · 42,052 · 24,217 15 · AS Monaco · Louis II · 18,524 · 9,104
6 · FC Nantes · La Beaujoire · 38,500 · 23,152 16 · EA Guingamp · Municipal du Roudourou · 18,016 · 14,790
9 7 · OGC Nice · Allianz Riviera · 35,624 · 22,949 17 · SC Bastia · Armand Cesari · 17,000 · 8,726
8 · AS Saint-Étienne · Geoffroy Guichard · 35,616 · 25,792 18 · FC Lorient · Stade du Mouchoir · 16,910 · 11,831
9 · Toulouse FC · Stade Municipal · 35,575 · 17,068 19 · Angers SCO · Jean-Bouin · 16,300 · 11,953
10 · Montpellier HSC · La Mosson · 32,950 · 12,356 20 · Dijon FCO · Gaston-Gérard · 15,000 · 10,126

54%
2 1 13
15
7

8
ITALIAN SERIE A

17
14
9
11 12
6
AV E R A G E AT T E N D A N C E : 2 2 0 8 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 18
AV E R A G E C A PA C I T Y : 4 0 6 14

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CORSICA
4 3

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
5
19
1 · Inter · Giuseppe Meazza · 80,018 · 46,620 9 · Bologna FC · Renato Dall’Ara · 38,375 · 21,189
2 · AC Milan · Giuseppe Meazza · 80,018 · 40,294 10 · US Palermo · Renzo Barbera · 37,000 · 13,204 20 10
3 · AS Roma · Olimpico · 72,698 · 32,638 11 · Genoa CFC · Luigi Ferraris · 36,603 · 21,525
4 · Lazio Roma · Olimpico · 72,698 · 21,953 12 · Sampdoria · Luigi Ferraris · 36,603 · 19,852
5 · SSC Napoli · San Paolo · 60,240 · 36,605 13 · Atalanta · Atleti Azzurri d’Italia · 26,562 · 16,946 17 · Sassuolo Calcio · Mapei Stadium · 20,084 · 12,362
6 · ACF Fiorentina · Artemio Franchi · 47,284 · 26,470 14 · Torino FC · Olimpico · 25,370 · 18,120 18 · Empoli FC · Carlo Castellani · 19,847 · 9,483
7 · Juventus · Allianz Stadium · 41,254 · 39,500 15 · Udinese Calcio · Dacia Arena · 25,144 · 17,448 19 · FC Crotone · Ezio Scida · 16,547 · 8,226
8 · Chievo Verona · Marc Antonio Bentegodi · 39,211 · 12,684 16 · Pescara Calcio · Stadio Adriatico · 20,515 · 13,540 20 · Cagliari Calcio · Is Arenas · 16,200 · 13,021

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1970 World Cup goals
Many pundits, players and fans still regard the 1970 World Cup in Mexico as the inest World
Cup tournament of all. Reigning champions England played Brazil in a scintillating group
game, Italy met Germany in the “Game of the Century” – Italy won 4–3 after ive goals were
scored in extra time, the only FIFA World Cup game when this has happened – and the inal
was a masterclass in demolition by the Brazilian squad. It was Carlos Alberto’s perfect strike
that was the nail in the cofin for Italy, and arguably one of the greatest goals ever scored,
helping to create Brazil’s glorious 4–1 win.

Carlos alBErTo – Brazil vs Italy

17 4

15

7 10 16

Brazil captain Carlos Alberto celebrates his team’s fourth goal

against Italy’s goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi. Final score: Brazil 4
Italy 1, 21 June 1970.

1. Take on Juliano 10. Good skill Clodoaldo

14 2. Tackle Brito 11. Challenge Rivera
3. Ball recovery Tostão 12. Challenge De Sisti
14 4. Pass Tostão 13. Pass Clodoaldo
1 11 16 8 7 10
13 8 11 10 5. Pass Piazza 14. Pass Rivelino
12
18 9 5
6 6. Pass Clodoaldo 15. Pass Jairzinho
2 2 4 5 7. Pass Pelé 16. Pass Pelé
3
9 8. Pass Gérson 17. Goal Alberto
5 9. Take on Clodoaldo
3

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

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 1970 World Cup Goals

ANATOLIY BYSHOVETS – USSR vs Belgium CLODOALDO – Brazil vs Uruguay

1. Lay-off Van Himst 1. Ball recovery Alberto

2. Ball recovery Muntyan 2. Pass Alberto
3. Pass Muntyan 3. Pass Gérson
4. Pass Khmelnytskyi 4. Pass Piazza
5. Goal Byshovets 5. Pass Rivelino
6. Pass Everaldo
7. Pass Clodoaldo
9 8. Through ball Tostão
5
9. Goal Clodoaldo

5
9
16

7 5

16 5
21
11

3
4 3 3
14
8

2 2
1
4
10 1

JAIRZINHO – Brazil vs Uruguay PELÉ – Brazil vs Czechoslovakia

1. Pass Espárrago 1. Pass adamec

2. Interception Piazza 2. Interception Everaldo
3. Pass Fontes 3. Ball recovery Everaldo
4. Ball recovery Jairzinho 4. Pass Everaldo
5. Pass Jairzinho 5. Pass Rivelino
6. Flick-on Pelé 6. Turnover Gérson
10
7. Pass Tostão 7. Pass Brito
8. Take on Jairzinho 11 10 8. Pass Alberto
9. Challenge Matosas 9. Pass Rivelino
3
9 10. Goal Jairzinho 10. Pass (chipped) Gérson
8 7 11. Goal Pelé

10

8 9
8
7
9 11

6
10
5

15 7 4 8
1 3 10 11
1 6
9 3 4 5
2 7
2
16 3
2

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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EVOLUTION
1872–1967
OF FORMATIONS
Every team has ten outield players. What has proved critical over the years is not just
how those players perform, but where. Formation is a key tactical element and, as
these diagrams show, it is continually evolving. We can see the attack-heavy teams that
dominated the early years of the game gradually becoming more balanced, with stronger
midields and defence.

1872 1889 1930

1-2-7 Formation The Pyramid (2-3-5) The WM Formation

England Preston North End Arsenal

“ [Going behind]
didn’t bother us at
all... We just knew
we could turn the
game around. ”
Djalma Santos, Brazil’s
1958 FIFA World Cup defender

Brazil’s employment of a 4-2-4 formation helped

them to victory in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

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 Evolution of Formations

1934 1938 1953

Danubian School The Metodo Formation The Diagonal Formation

Austria Italy Hungary

1958 1961 1967

4-2-4 Formation 3-3-4 Formation Catenaccio

Brazil Tottenham Hotspur Internazionale Milano

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EVOLUTION OF FORMATIONS
1971–2017

1971 1990 1998

4-3-3 Formation Wing-backs Formation 4-4-2 Formation

Ajax Germany Manchester United

2003 2006 2012

4-3-2-1 Christmas Tree Diamond Formation The “False 9” Formation

AC Milan Ghana Spain

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 Evolution of Formations

From the 1970s onwards, the 4-4-2 formation became synonymous with the modern game. Here was a
system that focused on passing and tackling in the central zones of the pitch and enabled increasingly
it midielders to bolster both attacks and defences. It seemed the evolution had reached its conclusion.
However, the search for any slight advantage meant coaches kept on tinkering. “Wingless wonder” teams
and luid “total football” line-ups were followed by wing-backs, “false 9s”, pyramids and Christmas trees.
Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira once predicted 4-6-0 as the “formation of the future” – and some
might claim we are edging ever closer to that prophesy.

The pace and attacking skills of Tottenham

Hotspur and England’s Kyle Walker (on left) were
integral to the success of the club’s wing-back
formation in 2017.

2014 2017

“ When you have full-backs

like ours, Danny Rose or Kyle
Walker, they can play forward
as offensive players. We
tried to put them in a better
position to try and play more
like wing-backs. That was
our idea, and then to play
4-5-1 Formation 3-4-1-2 Formation
with two strikers. ”
Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Mauricio Pochettino, manager Tottenham Hotspur

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LA LIGA TITLE WINNERS
La Liga, the elite league of Spanish football, was born in 1929 from a core group of teams
playing for the national knockout competition, the Copa del Rey. Sixty different teams have
since competed in the league and nine different teams have lifted the trophy. The league has
been dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, the giants of Spanish football, while Athletic
Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Valencia deserve honourable mentions too. With its teams faring
well in European competition, La Liga is currently rated the best league in Europe.

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1930
1931
1932
1933
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1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
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1946
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1951
1952
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 La Liga Title Winners

Key (from top)

REAL MADRID 33 REAL SOCIEDAD 2
BARCELONA 24 SEVILLA 1
ATLÉTICO MADRID 10 REAL BETIS 1
ATHLETIC BILBAO 8 DEPORTIVO DE LA CORUÑA 1
VALENCIA 6

Source: Opta (May 2017)

REAL MADRID 33

BARCELONA 24

ATLÉTICO DE MADRID 10

ATHLETIC BILBAO 8

VALENCIA 6

REAL SOCIEDAD 2
SEVILLA,
REAL BETIS,
DEPORTIVO DE LA CORUÑA 1
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1977
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1982
1983
1984
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1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
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2003
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

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SCOTTISH LEAGUE
TITLE WINNERS
The Scottish Football League was established in 1890 just two years after its English counterpart. Dumbarton
captured the irst two titles, but the domination of Glasgow’s Old Firm – Celtic and Rangers – soon took hold. The
top light was reorganized into the Scottish Premier League (1998–2013) and the Scottish Premiership (since 2013)
– comprising 12 clubs since the 2000–01 season. All clubs play each other three times before the league is split in
half, with teams playing a further single match against each of their section.

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NO CHAMPIONSHIP FROM 1939-1946

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 Scottish League Title Winners

Key (from top)

RANGERS 54 THIRD LANARK 1

CELTIC 48 MOTHERWELL 1
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 4 DUNDEE 1
HIBERNIAN 4 KILMARNOCK 1
ABERDEEN 4 DUNDEE UNITED 1
DUMBARTON 2
Source: Opta (May 2017)

RANGERS 54

CELTIC 48

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN,
HIBERNIAN,
ABERDEEN 4

DUMBARTON 2
THIRD LANARK,
MOTHERWELL,
DUNDEE,
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1957
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1961
1962
1963
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1991
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1993
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1997
1998
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

KILMARNOCK,
DUNDEE UNITED 1

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SERIE A TITLE WINNERS
Serie A has been the top-light tournament in Italian soccer since the 1929–30 season. Rated
as one of the most entertaining and thrilling leagues in the world, Serie A has a reputation
for highly tactical performances and players with virtuoso and prodigious technical ability.
However, the league has also been rocked by controversy and scandal, including the 2006
Calciopoli, as it became known, where some top teams were accused of rigging games by
selecting biased referees. The winner of the league is awarded the Scudetto, a badge with the
colours of the Italian lag, to be worn on the champions’ shirts the following season.

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1931
1932
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1936
1937
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1942
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1944
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1946
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1950
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 Serie A Title Winners

Key (from top)

JUVENTUS 31 ACF FIORENTINA 2
INTERNAZIONALE MILANO 16 SS LAZIO 2
AC MILAN 15 SSC NAPOLI 2
BOLOGNA FC 5 CAGLIARI CALCIO 1
TORINO FC 5 UC SAMPDORIA 1
AS ROMA 3 HELLAS VERONA FC 1

Source: Opta (May 2017)

JUVENTUS 31

INTERNAZIONALE
MILANO 16
AC MILAN 15

BOLOGNA FC,
TORINO FC 5
AS ROMA 3
ACF FIORENTINA,
SS LAZIO,
SSC NAPOLI 2

UC SAMPDORIA,
HELLAS VERONA,
CAGLIARI 1
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1975
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1978
1979
1980
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1982
1983
1984
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1986
1987
1988
1989
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1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
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2001
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2005
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2014
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2017

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EUROPEAN CUP & CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE RECORD GOALSCORERS
Real Madrid strikers have dominated the table of goalscorers in the Champions League and its
forerunner, the European Cup. Legendary striker Alfredo di Stéfano led the table for many years before
he was succeeded by Raúl in 2007. Barcelona’s Lionel Messi managed to take the record in November
2014, only to be equalled by Cristiano Ronaldo a day later. The great rivals continue to spar for the
crown, the Real striker scoring an astonishing nine goals in the 2017 knockout stages and notching his
hundredth goal with a quarter-inal hat-trick against Bayern.

15 5

Manchester United Schalke

90 Real Madrid 94 Barcelona 66 Real Madrid

1. Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Lionel Messi 3. Raúl

105 Total goals scored 94 Total goals scored 71 Total goals scored

13 8 12 8 7

Real Madrid PSV Lyon Barcelona Monaco

35 Manchester United 39 Real Madrid 35 Arsenal

4. Ruud van Nistelrooy 5. Karim Benzema 6. Thierry Henry

56 Total goals scored 51 Total goals scored 50 Total goals scored

15 4 9 6

Dynamo Chelsea AC Milan Inter

Kiev
Paris Saint-
49 Real Madrid 29 AC Milan 20 Germain
6

7. Alfredo Di Stéfano 8. Andriy Shevchenko 9. Zlatan Ibrahimović Ajax

4
49 Total goals scored 48 Total goals scored 48 Total goals scored
Barcelona
3

Juventus
34
“ I want to consistently play
well and win titles...
I’m only at the beginning.”
Cristiano Ronaldo

46 Benica

10. Eusébio
46 Total goals scored

17

Juventus

29 AC Milan

11. Filippo Inzaghi

46 Total goals scored

5 3

Marseille Galatasaray

36 Chelsea

12. Didier Drogba

44 Total goals scored

35
 17

Borussia Dortmund

42 Juventus 23 Bayern München 39 Bayern München

13. Alessandro Del Piero 14. Robert Lewandowski 15. Thomas Müller
42 Total goals scored 40 Total goals scored 39

9 6
1
Monaco Valencia
Honvéd
Real
35 Real Madrid Bayern München 17 Madrid 1

Liverpool
16. Ferenc Puskás 17. Gerd Müller 18. Fernando Morientes
36 Total goals scored 34 Total goals scored 33 Total goals scored

Real Madrid

25 AC Milan 30 Real Madrid 30 Manchester United

19. Kaká 20. Paco Gento 21. Wayne Rooney

30 Total Goals Scored 30 Total Goals Scored 30

10 3 3 2

Inter Chelsea 4
PSV Chelsea
Monaco
Bayern
Barcelona München 1 25 Juventus
16 1 23
Mallorca Real
22. Samuel Eto’o 23. Arjen Robben Madrid 24. David Trezeguet
30 Total goals scored 29 Total goals scored 29 Total goals scored

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 European Cup & Champions League Record Goalscorers

Legendary Players

12 9
Deportivo
de La Coruña
Ajax 21
Liverpool
17 Bayern München 20 Barcelona
Steven Gerrard
25. Roy Makaay 26. Patrick Kluivert
29 Total goals scored 29 Total goals scored

7 2 18
Milan Bayern Ajax
Manchester München
28 United Marseille Johan Cruyff
19

27. Ryan Giggs 28. Jean-Pierre Papin

28 Total goals scored 28 Total goals scored

17
Roma
3 2 5

Olympiacos AC Atlético de Madrid Francesco Totti

Milan
22 Barcelona 22 Manchester City

29. Rivaldo 30. Sergio Agüero

27 27 Total goals scored
17
Juventus

Michel Platini

“ If he kicked the ball once, he scored two goals. ”

Zoltán Czibor on his International teammate Ferenc Puskás, scorer of a first-half
hat-trick for Real Madrid in the 1962 UEFA European Cup Final
9
Manchester United

George Best

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PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE WINNERS
The Premier League was formed in 1992. It is far and away the wealthiest league, most of the
clubs featuring among the top 50 richest football brands in the world. Since its formation, the
Premier League has been contested by 47 clubs, and games are broadcast in more than 200
countries. For many years the title was fought over by the “big four” – Manchester United,
Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool – but Manchester City and more recently Tottenham Hotspur have
joined them. Even more surprising, then, was Leicester City’s triumph against all odds in 2016.

Note: For the irst three seasons of its existence, the Premier League
comprised 22 teams rather than 20, as became the norm.

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11

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0
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1996/97

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 Premier League Title Winners

Key (from top) Leicester City were 5,000–1 to

win the league in 2015–16, the
MANCHESTER UNITED 13 same odds as Elvis Presley being
CHELSEA 5 discovered alive.
ARSENAL 3
MANCHESTER CITY 2
BLACKBURN ROVERS 1
LEICESTER CITY 1

Source: Opta (May 2017)

MANCHESTER
UNITED 13

CHELSEA 5

ARSENAL 3

MANCHESTER
CITY 2

BLACKBURN ROVERS,
LEICESTER CITY 1
2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

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2015/16

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1974 WORLD CUP GOALS
In 1974 West Germany hosted (and won) a memorable World Cup that irst gave us the Cruyff
Turn, Zaire becoming the irst African team to qualify, a Cold War classic between East and
West Germany and the “total football” displayed by the Netherlands. Goals came in all shapes
and sizes, but we all remember the two belters from West Germany’s Paul Breitner, Peter
Lorimer’s volley for Scotland against Zaire, Haiti’s Emmanuel Sanon outpacing the Italian
defence and Johan Cruyff’s stunner against Brazil – a goal that crowned the Dutchman Player
of the Tournament.

JOHAN CRUYFF – Netherlands vs Brazil

7
14

12
6

Fifty-two thousand fans watched Johan Cruyff score his second

5
goal for the Netherlands against Brazil, 3 July 1974.

15

12 4
1. Free kick taken Haan
2. Pass van Hanegem
3 3. Pass (chipped) Rijsbergen
2 4. Pass Krol
5. Pass Rensenbrink
6. Pass (cross, chipped, long ball) Krol
7. Goal Cruyff
3 1
2
17

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

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 1974 World Cup Goals

PAUL BREITNER – West Germany vs Chile JOHAN CRUYFF – Netherlands vs Argentina

1. Take on Rodríguez 1. Pass Telch

2. Tackle Hoeneß 2. Interception Neeskens
3. Ball recovery Hoeneß 3. Pass Neeskens
4. Pass Hoeneß 4. Pass (chipped) Rep
5. Pass Overath 5. Pass Haan
6. Pass Müller 6. Lay-off Rensenbrink
11
7. Pass Hoeneß 12 1 7. Pass Krol
8. Pass Breitner 14 8. Pass van Hanegem
9. Pass Hoeneß 10 9. Pass Jansen
3
10. Pass Overath 10. Attempt saved van
11. Pass Heynckes 9 Hanegem
16
12. Pass Hoeneß 1 11. Save (parried danger)
6
10
9
13. Pass Beckenbauer 8 Carnevali
12 18 3 4
11 14. Goal Breitner 3 12. Goal Cruyff
11 8 14
14 15
12 5
6 13
14 3 2
5
3 13 7 2
12
7

6
14 13

4 12
5
1
3
6 14
2

RIVELINO – Brazil vs Zaire JÜRGEN SPARWASSER – East Germany vs West Germany

1. Pass Jairzinho 1. Head pass Flohe

2. Pass (chipped) 2. Keeper pick-up Croy
Carpegiani 3. Keeper throw Croy
3. Pass Edu 4. Pass (long ball, chipped)
4. Pass Marinho 7 Hamann
5. Pass Jairzinho 5. Take on Sparwasser
14
6. Goal Rivelino 6 6. Challenge Höttges
6 7. Goal Sparwasser
5

6 5
7 14
4 10

20 3
6

7 1 4

2
17

17

15 1

3
2
1

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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BUNDESLIGA TITLE WINNERS
The Bundesliga was formed in 1963 to bring professionalism to the German game. The early
years saw ive different champions in ive seasons before two promoted teams, Bayern
München and Borussia Mönchengladbach, went on to dominate the league, both winning
three successive titles. Bayern would continue to lead even after the league was revolutionized
after 1989 at the uniication of Germany. Various clubs – the latest being Borussia Dortmund
– have risen to challenge Bayern’s supremacy, but “FC Hollywood”, as other teams’ fans have
continued to call them, remain the undisputed giants of the Bundesliga.

26
25
24
23
22
21
20
19

18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

42
 Bundesliga Title Winners

Key (clockwise from top)

BAYERN MÜNCHEN 26 1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN 2
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 5 1. FC KÖLN 2
BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH 5 EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG 1
SV WERDER BREMEN 4 TSV 1860 MÜNCHEN 1
HAMBURGER SV 3 1. FC NÜRNBERG 1
VFB STUTTGART 3 VFL WOLFSBURG 1

Source: Opta (May 2017)

BAYERN
MÜNCHEN 26

BORUSSIA
MÖNCHENGLADBACH,
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 5

SV WERDER BREMEN 4

HAMBURGER SV,
VFB STUTTGART 3
1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN,
1. FC KÖLN 2

VFL WOLFSBURG,
1. FC NÜRNBERG,
EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG,
TSV 1860 MÜNCHEN 1
1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

43
 COPA AMÉRICA
RECORDS BY NATION
The South American Football Championship is the oldest international
continental football competition. The irst event took place in Argentina in
1916 and was held annually (if sporadically) until 1967. The Copa América The 2019 Copa América will
itself began in 1975 and, from 2007, has continued in a four-year cycle. It was feature 16 teams: among the
originally contested by 10 teams, enlarged to 12 in 1993 and 16 (including
guest teams to have been invited
the rest of the Americas) for a special 2016 centenary tournament in the USA.
– for the first time – are Spain,
After the 2019 tournament takes place in Brazil, the USA will host a 2020
France and Italy.
Copa América to move the competition to even-numbered years.

QUALIFICATION NOTES
Also competed: Mexico (10), Costa Rica (5), United States (4),
Jamaica (2), Haiti (1), Honduras (1), Japan (1). No host (3).

Chile celebrate winning their second successive Copa América champion-

ship after beating Argentina on penalties at the MetLife Stadium in East
Rutherford, USA.

44
 Copa América Records by Nation
Qualiied
Venezuela

Colombia 0

4
Ecuador
17

20

Brazil
26

27

Peru 30

35
Bolivia 36

38
Paraguay
43

Winner

Host
Uruguay
Chile

Argentina

United States

Source: Opta (June 2016)

45
 LONG-RANGE WORLD CUP GOALS
Everyone loves a shot at goal from far out, especially if it’s on target and struck with an
awesome power to match. In particular, long-range goals during World Cups are even more
wondrous to behold because they instantly take on legendary status. Those long-rangers that
live forever in the memory include Bobby Charlton’s 25-yard strike against Mexico which ired
up England’s 1966 campaign, Arie Haan’s 40-yard lightning-bolt as the Netherlands defeated
Italy in 1978 and James Rodríguez’s sensational chest and volley against Uruguay in 2014.
All excellent goals, but where do they map in the long-range pantheon?

ARIE HAAN
Netherlands
vs
Italy

36.71m
PAUL BREITNER
75:18
West Germany ROUND 2
vs
21-06-1978
Chile

39.69m
15:50
GROUP STAGE
14-06-1974

46
 Long-Range World Cup Goals
Source: Opta (October 2015)

LOTHAR MATTHÄUS
West Germany
vs
Yugoslavia

31.93m
62:51
GROUP STAGE
10-06-1990

ARIE HAAN
Netherlands
vs
West Germany

31.41m
26:40
RONALDINHO NELINHO
ROUND 2 Brazil Brazil
18-06-1978 vs vs
England Italy

JOE COLE 40.08m 31.86m

England
vs
Sweden 49:02 63:35
QUARTER-FINAL 3RD PLACE MATCH
33.2m 21-06-2002 24-06-1978

33:04
GROUP STAGE
20-06-2006

47
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
TROPHIES AND GOALS
The irst oficial Women’s World Cup took place in China in 1991. There were 12 teams but no winners’
prize money and no sponsor, while the matches lasted just 80 minutes. Since then, the women’s game and
the competition have grown beyond recognition with eight four-yearly tournaments. In Canada, in 2015,
the qualifying rounds saw 134 nations compete for 24 places; 26.7 million TV viewers made the inal the
most-watched soccer game in American history and the victorious US team won $2 million in prize money.

UNITED STATES

NORWAY
1, 22, 86

3, 33, 112
SWEDEN
GERMANY 18, 59

BRAZIL
2, 26, 111 18, 59
48
 Women’s World Cup Trophies and Goals
Source: Opta (October 2015)

CAMEROON
FRANCE 2, 9
6, 22
SWITZERLAND
PR CHINA 1, 11
15, 52
AUSTRALIA GHANA
5, 29 1, 6
KOREA
REPUBLIC
1, 5
JAPAN RUSSIA
1, 13, 36 4, 16 COLOMBIA
1, 4

DENMARK THAILAND
3, 19 1, 3
ENGLAND
10, 30
NETHERLANDS
NIGERIA 1, 3
3, 18
CHINESE TAIPEI
DPR KOREA 1, 2
CANADA 3, 12
6, 30 1 TOURNAMENTS WON
ITALY 1 MATCHES WON
1 GOALS SCORED
3, 11 49
1978 WORLD CUP GOALS
The “Tickertape Tournament” in 1978 was a bittersweet affair. It was set against an unsavoury
political background, boycotted by Johan Cruyff (rated as the world’s best player at the time) and
disgraced by Scotland’s Willie Johnston, who was sent home after a positive drug test. However, the
tournament also gave us some unforgettable goals, including a magical inish by Scotland’s Archie
Gemmill, screamers from the Netherland’s Arie Haan and Brazil’s Nelinho, and a much-needed
morale-boosting triumph for the host nation, Argentina, when they defeated the Netherlands 3–1,
thanks to the tournament’s top scorer, Mario Kempes, and his second goal of the day.

ARIE HAAN – Netherlands vs West Germany

1
1

10
5 Arie Haan’s goal against West Germany (18 June 1978)
6
helped the Dutch national team reach the 1978 World Cup
9 inal, where they were beaten by Argentina 3–1 in extra time.
11

4
9
3 1. Goal kick (long ball) Maier
2. Head pass Brandts
3. Ball recovery Haan
4. Pass Haan
2
22 5. Pass Willy van de Kerkhof
6. Pass René van de Kerkhof
7. Goal Haan

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

50
 1978 World Cup Goals

ARCHIE GEMMILL – Scotland vs Netherlands LEOPOLDO LUQUE – Argentina vs France

1. Free kick taken Rioch 1. Goal kick Fillol

2. Pass Kennedy 2. Pass Olguín
3. Take on Dalglish 3. Pass Ardiles
4. Take on Gemmill 4. Pass Gallego
5. Tackle Krol 5. Pass Kempes
6. Good skill Gemmill 6. Pass Ardiles
7. Challenge Krol 7. Goal Luque
9
8. Take on Gemmill
5 9. Goal Gemmill
3
8 15
4 8
7
6
7
15 14
15
55

2
2
1 5
6 13

10
4

6 3

1
15
5

NELINHO – Brazil vs Italy KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE – West Germany vs Mexico

1. Goal kick (long ball) Zoff 1. Clearance Rummenigge

2. Interception Cerezo 2. Lay-off Fischer
3. Ball recovery Mendonça 3. Pass (chipped) Dieter
4. Pass Mendonça Müller
5. Pass Cerezo 4. Pass Flohe
1 1 6. Pass Dinamite 5. Pass (cross, chipped,
5
7. Goal Nelinho 7 long ball) Fischer
8
6. Good skill Hansi Müller
7
20
6 7. Lay-off Hansi Müller
11 8. Goal Rummenigge

13
6
9
20
4
5 19
3
5

5 2
4

10

9
2

14

1
11

Source: Opta (October 2015)

51
PREMIER LEAGUE EVER-PRESENTS
The relegation of Aston Villa to the Championship in 2016 reduced the survivors from the
founding season of the Premier League to six. Of the 47 teams that have played in the top
league, all but these six have spent time in lower leagues – Coventry City, Swindon Town,
Blackpool, Portsmouth and Bradford City have all subsequently fallen as far as the fourth
tier. Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersield Town’s 2017 promotion to the top light will
make them the 48th and 49th clubs to play in the Premier League.

8
2 1 3 * Gérard Houllier
*joint with Roy Evans
Alex Ferguson 7/1/98 José Mourinho
from 11/6/86 4 Gérard Houllier 6/1/04
11/12/98
3
4 Stewart Houston 4
8/12/96
5 Pat Rice 3*
4 1
9/12/96 5 5
George Graham 6 Arsène Wenger 6
9/30/96 5
from 5/14/86 4
5 6
Gianluca Vialli
2/12/98 Rafael Benítez
7 6/16/04

6 1
Graeme Souness 6 Ray Wilkins /
from 8/1/91 Graham Rix
9/16/00
7 7 Claudio Ranieri
Osvaldo Ardiles 2 9/18/00
6/19/93

8 Roy Evans
1/29/94
2

9
Stewart Houston
2/21/95 5 Chris Hughton
11/19/97 9 David Pleat
10 2 6 Christian Gross 3/16/01
11/26/97 10 Glenn Hoddle
Howard Kendall 4/2/01
from 11/5/90 3 Martin Jol
11 4 4 11/5/04
3 11
3 Steve Perryman 3 5 7 David Pleat 13
9
11/2/94 Ruud Gullit 6 9/5/98
2 4 Gerry Francis 5/10/96 8 George Graham 10
12 1 10/1/98 David Pleat
11/15/94 9/21/03

Bruce Rioch 8
2 David Webb 6/8/95
2/15/93 7
13
3 Glenn Hoddle
6/4/93 12

14 1 Ian Porterfield 5
from 6/11/91
Jacques Santini
LEAGUE POSITION AT END OF SEASON

Dave Watson 6/3/04

4/1/97
15 1 6 8
2
Ray Clemence /
Doug Livermore 3 Howard Kendall David Moyes
5/27/92 6/27/97 3/14/02
16 4

Walter Smith
17 2 Jimmy Gabriel Joe Royle 7/1/98
7/1/98 11/10/94
3 Mike Walker
1/7/94
18

19

20

MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

YEAR (END OF SEASON)

52
 Premier League ever-presents

KEY:

SEPTEMBER

NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

FEBRUARY
JANUARY
OCTOBER
ARSENAL
AUGUST

MARCH
APRIL
JUNE
CHANGE OF PREMIER LEAGUE
JULY
1
MAY

MAY
CHELSEA
MANAGER TITLE WIN
EVERTON
LIVERPOOL
MANCHESTER UNITED PARTICIPATED IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE WIN
TOTTENHAM

Source: Opta May 2017

Note: For the irst three seasons of its existence, the Premier League comprised
22 teams rather than 20, as became the established contingent.

1
David Moyes
7/1/13
2
9 2
10
Avram Grant Felipe Scolari André Villas-Boas 13 José Mourinho
9/20/07 7/1/08 6/22/11 6/3/13
12
11
16 3
André Villas-Boas
7/3/12
José Mourinho 4
17 5/27/16
15 18 Tim Sherwood
10 Guus Hiddink 12/16/13
2/16/09 Rafael Benítez 19 Mauricio Pochettino
11 Carlo Ancelotti 11/21/12 5/27/14 5 5
7/1/09 14
Roberto Di Matteo
3/4/12 18
9
19
17 6
17 Eddie Newton /
7 Roberto Martínez 4 18 Steve Holland
6/5/13 3 12/18/15
6 9 18 Guus Hiddink
12/20/15 7
14
15
8 3 Ryan Giggs
4/22/14 8
Roy Hodgson Kenny Dalglish 4 Louis van Gaal Jürgen Klopp
7/1/10 1/8/11 7/14/14 10/8/15 19
14 Clive Allen/ Antonio Conte
Alex Inglethorpe 9
7/1/16
2/16/09
15 Juande Ramos Brendan Rodgers
10/29/07 6/1/12
16
Harry Redknapp
10
10/25/08

11
10 11

10 David Unsworth /
Joe Royle 12
5/12/16
11 Ronald Koeman
6/14/16
13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

53
 1982 WORLD CUP GOALS
Spain’s 1982 World Cup inals saw 24 teams play in a format involving two group stages.
It was never used again. The tournament became the battleground for two of the greatest matches ever
played in World Cup history. Italy’s Paolo Rossi hit a hat-trick in an amazing 3–2 defeat of Brazil and, after a
3–3 draw, West Germany overcame France in the irst ever World Cup penalty shoot-out. Memorable goals
included an overhead bicycle kick by Germany’s Klaus Fischer, a sublime chip from Brazil’s Éder and a strike
from his compatriot, Sócrates, which proved completely unstoppable. However, it was Tardelli’s goal (and his
celebration) against West Germany in the inal that we all remember the most.

MARCO TARDELLI – Italy vs West Germany

7
5 7
4 3

3
6

14
2

1 20
16

Italy’s Marco Tardelli celebrates scoring his goal against West

Germany during the 1982 World Cup inal. Italy won the match
3–1, 11 July 1982.

1. Pass Conti
2. Pass Rossi
3. Pass Scirea
4. Pass Bergomi
5. Pass Scirea
6. Goal Tardelli

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

54
 1982 World Cup Goals

ZBIGNIEW BONIEK – Poland vs Belgium BRUNO CONTI – Italy vs Peru

1. Goal kick Młynarczyk 1. Goal kick Zoff

2. Pass Janas 2. Pass Scirea
3. Pass Žmuda 3. Pass Conti
4. Pass Buncol 4. Pass (long ball, chipped)
16
12 5. Pass Majewski Tardelli
6. Pass (long ball) Buncol 5. Pass Cabrini
11 7. Pass Janas 6. Pass Antognoni
10
8. Pass (chipped, long ball) 7. Challenge Velásquez
13 16 Buncol 8. Good skill Conti
20 3 9. Pass Dziuba 9. Take on Conti
10. Take on Lato 10. Goal Conti
11. Challenge Millecamps 5 9 7 10
12. Pull-back Lato 6
6
9 13. Goal Boniek 16
8 16 9
4
2

8
13

7 14

10 5 3
16
13 6
5
4 13 3

9
2
7

5 1

1 1 1

KLAUS FISCHER – West Germany vs France SÓCRATES – Brazil vs Italy

1. Corner taken Kaltz 1. Throw in Leandro

2. Clearance Platini 2. Pass Oscar
3. Pass Breitner 3. Pass Sócrates
20
4. Pass (chipped, cross) 4. Good skill Zico
7 1 Kaltz 5. Take on Zico
10 11 8
8
9 5. Head pass Kaltz 8 6. Challenge Gentile
8
2 4 20 6. Pass (long ball) 7. Through ball Zico
10
3 3 Rummenigge 8. Goal Sócrates
5
7. Pass Förster 8
8. Pass (chipped, cross,
long ball) Littbarski
9. Head pass 7 5
7
Rummenigge 6
10
10. Goal Fischer 6
4
5 11 6

2
3 1
2

Source: Opta (October 2015)

55
 WORLD CUP GOALS BY BODY PART
“They all count!” It may be an old footballing cliché but it is as true in World Cup inals as it
is anywhere else. For every exquisite shot curled in from the edge of the penalty area, there
is a ricochet off the shin from two yards. For every perfectly timed scissor-kick, there is a
vicious and ugly toe-punt just to make sure the ball goes in. When it comes down to the
wire in a World Cup match, any goal will do.

886 RIGHT-FOOT
GOALS

Source: Opta (October 2015)

LEFT-FOOT
486 GOALS

56
 World Cup Goals by Body Part

HEADED
GOALS
300

10 OTHER GOALS

The most notorious scoring body

part belongs to Maradona’s “Hand
of God” against England in 1986.
Also worthy of a mention are Clint
Dempsey’s “Groin Goal” for the USA
against Portugal in 2014 and the great
Jairzinho “chesting” the ball in to
30 OWN GOALS score Brazil’s second goal in the
1970 inal.

Of the 1712 goals scored in the World Cup only 30 have been own
goals – less than two per cent. Perhaps the strangest own goal ever
scored, so far, belongs to Greece’s Vasilis Torosidis during the World
Cup qualifying game against Romania in 2014, whose intended left-
foot clearance from inside the penalty box ended up being ished out
from the back of his own net.

57
 SERIE A GOALS
Goals are said to be hard to come by in an often defensively minded Serie A, but if
you are good enough… It certainly wasn’t a problem for 1930s star Silvio Piola, whose
record of 274 goals in 537 games – set with Novarro, Lazio, Juventus and others – looks
unassailable. Even the great Francesco Totti had eventually to concede that the target
was out of sight. Among the young guns in the league, only Inter’s Mauro Icardi (82 goals),
Torino’s Andrea Belotti, (67) and Lazio’s Keita (25) look capable of inclusion in future charts.
4881
4769
4565
4095

“ When Totti plays – but it’s the same in

training and even when he’s playing
3683

with his boy – he’s the Muhammad

3423

Ali of football, always looking to land

3189

that knockout blow: to swing the

3108
3074

punch no one else can see.”

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti
2552
2155
2065
1935
1387
1155
1120
1014
1004
978
895
755
717
710
617
INTERNAZIONALE MILANO

598
564
556
545
528
526
492
476
ALESSANDRIA
SAMPDORIA
FIORENTINA

PRO PATRIA
JUVENTUS

TRIESTINA
ATALANTA
AC MILAN

BOLOGNA

PALERMO
CAGLIARI

MODENA
LIVORNO
UDINESE

PERUGIA
BRESCIA
VICENZA

CATANIA
VERONA

NOVARA
PADOVA
TORINO
NAPOLI

CHIEVO
PARMA
GENOA

LECCE
ROMA

LAZIO

SPAL
BARI

58
 Serie A Goals

FRANCESCO TOTTI ANTONIO DI NATALE ALBERTO GILARDINO ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO

250 209 188 183
LUCA TONI FILIPPO INZAGHI GABRIEL BATISTUTA HERNÁN CRESPO
157 156 155 153
MARCO DI VAIO CHRISTIAN VIERI VINCENZO MONTELLA ENRICO CHIESA
143 141 141 137

GIUSEPPE SIGNORI ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO DAVID TREZEGUET ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ

128 127 123 122

CRISTIANO LUCARELLI ANTONIO CASSANO EDINSON CAVANI NICOLA AMORUSO

120 113 112 110
FABIO QUAGLIARELLA GIAMPAOLO PAZZINI SERGIO PELLISSIER FABRIZIO MICCOLI
108 107 107 103

ADRIAN MUTU TOMMASO ROCCHI OLIVER BIERHOFF ROBERTO BAGGIO

103 102 100 96

MIRKO VUC̆INIĆ GONZALO HIGUAÍN MARCO BORRIELLO MAREK HAMS̆ÍK

96 95 95 93
VINCENZO IAQUINTA ALESSANDRO MATRI DIEGO MILITO ROBERTO MUZZI
89 87 86 86
AMAURI
85
Il Re di Roma (The King of Rome), Francesco Totti retired from his beloved club, Roma,
at the end of the 2016–17 season. The five-time Italian footballer of the year, European
Golden Boot holder (2007) and World Cup winner (2006) scored his first goal for the
Giallorossi on the opening day of the 1994–95 season. His 250th and final league goal
came in September 2016 at the age of 40. His loyalty to Roma has meant he has never
Source: Opta (May 2017) achieved Champions League success, but there is no doubt of his status in the game.
Player data: 1994–95 to 2016–17
When Roma met Barcelona in a pre-season friendly, Lionel Messi uploaded a shot of him
Colour relates to the team for which the
player scored the highest number of in Totti’s shirt with the caption: “A great! What a phenomenon!!” It got 1.8 million likes.
goals.
VENEZIA 413

PRO VERCELLI 251

425

93
LUCCHESE 347
EMPOLI 404

222
COMO 411

CESENA 364

324
FOGGIA 360

PIACENZA 281
268

SASSUOLO 199

156
356

PESCARA 205

MANTOVA 182

SAMPIERDARENESE

83
MESSINA 165
ASCOLI

LEGNANO 111
LIGURIA 168

VARESE 164

CASALE 149
CREMONESE

FROSINONE 35
REGGINA

81
PISA 174
AVELLINO

CROTONE 34
TERNANA 33
CATANZARO

PISTOIESE 19
SIENA

60
SALERNITANA
84

24
CARPI 37
REGGIANA
ANCONA
LECCO

TREVISO

59
GAMES TO REACH 100 GOALS
It’s true that you need more than star power in order to score goals consistently.
You need a little luck, talented teammates and a crumbling opposition too.
But when it comes to scoring a century (and more) for their club, the Premier
League players below have shown they’ve got what it takes to become truly
Source: Opta (May 2017)
magical and, as a result, have joined an elite squad of top-scoring centurions.
The players’ colours below represents the team
For all strikers, this is the benchmark worth getting out of bed for. colour for which the player scored their 100th goal.

ALAN SHEARER 124 Games SERGIO AGÜERO 147 Games THIERRY HENRY 160 Games IAN WRIGHT 173 Games

100th Goal: 30-12-95 100th Goal: 19-04-16 100th Goal: 10-02-04 100th Goal: 13-09-97
Blackburn Rovers Manchester City Arsenal Arsenal
vs Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United vs Southampton vs Bolton Wanderers
41st min 14th min 31st min 81st min

ROBBIE FOWLER 175 Games LES FERDINAND 178 Games MICHAEL OWEN 185 Games ANDREW COLE 185 Games

100th Goal: 16-01-99 100th Goal: 11-05-97 100th Goal: 26-04-03 100th Goal: 17-02-99
Liverpool Newcastle United Liverpool vs Manchester United
vs Southampton vs Nottingham Forest West Bromwich Albion vs Arsenal
37th min 23rd min 49th min 60th min

JIMMY FLOYD
ROBIN VAN PERSIE 197 Games HASSELBAINK 200 Games DIDIER DROGBA 220 Games DARREN BENT 226 Games

100th Goal: 02-09-12 100th Goal: 27-03-04 100th Goal: 10-03-12 100th Goal: 01-02-12
Manchester United Chelsea Chelsea Aston Villa
vs Southampton vs Wolverhampton vs Stoke City vs QPR
90th min Wanderers 77th min 68th min 45th min

60
 Games to Reach 100 Goals
WAYNE ROONEY 247 Games DWIGHT YORKE 254 Games

Alan Shearer’s record may never be beaten, but he is not the

record holder for English top-flight football. That honour goes
to a Scotsman, Dave Halliday, who signed for Sunderland from
Dundee in 1925. In the old Division One, Halliday hit 100 goals
in just 101 games. To this day he is still the only player in top-
flight football in England to score more than 30 goals in four
100th Goal: 31-01-10 100th Goal: 25-11-00 consecutive seasons.
Manchester United Manchester United
vs Arsenal vs Derby County
37th min 76th min

TEDDY SHERINGHAM 254 Games ROBBIE KEANE 255 Games NICOLAS ANELKA 258 Games MATT LE TISSIER 266 Games

100th Goal: 28-10-00 100th Goal: 26-12-07 100th Goal: 14-12-08 100th Goal: 02-04-01
Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea Southampton
vs Southampton vs Fulham vs West Ham United vs Arsenal
51st min 62nd min 51st min 89th min

DION DUBLIN 271 Games JERMAIN DEFOE 303 Games FRANK LAMPARD 406 Games EMILE HESKEY 414 Games

100th Goal: 23-11-02 100th Goal: 23-04-11 100th Goal: 01-11-08 100th Goal: 01-11-08
Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea Wigan Athletic
vs West Ham United West Bromwich Albion vs Sunderland vs Portsmouth
71st min 66th min 51st min 90th min

PETER CROUCH 419 Games PAUL SCHOLES 436 Games STEVEN GERRARD 449 Games RYAN GIGGS 534 Games

100th Goal: 01-02-17 100th Goal: 06-03-10 100th Goal: 19-10-13 100th Goal 28-11-2009
Stoke City Manchester United Liverpool Manchester United
vs Everton vs Wolverhampton vs Newcastle United vs Portsmouth
7th min Wanderers, 72nd min 42nd min 87th min

61
 FA CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP
Although overshadowed in recent times by the Premier League, the FA Cup remains the showpiece
of English football. First played in the 1871–72 season, the English FA Cup is the oldest football
competition in the world. Open to the top 10 levels of English football, the tournament includes
hundreds of non-league teams (in 1901, Tottenham Hotspur became the only non-league team ever
to win the trophy). Since 1923, the inal has been played at Wembley (old and new) apart from the
period between 2001 and 2006, when it was hosted at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Source: Opta (May 2017)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

19 0 0
2 1903 1878 5
1900 • 1903 TOTTENHAM
1877
HOTSPUR

1
1872 • 1878

0
6
187

19
21
BURY 187
3 19
1 0 2 61
18
7 19
WANDERERS 19 6
2

90 19 6 7

BLACKBURN OLYMPIC 1883 1981

BRADFORD CITY 1911 19 82

1960
19 28
COVENTRY CITY 1987

18 9
1 19

18 9 6
IPSWICH TOWN 1978 87

1
OLD CARTHUSIANS

18
1881 6 2 1901 • 1991 8 1

0
18 9 91

8
WIGAN ATHLETIC 2013 8
WIMBLEDON 1988 5
18 8
80 4
18 8
2

SHEFFIELD
NOTTINGHAM UNITED 1884 • 1928
FOREST
70
19 91
1
WEST HAM BLACKBURN
1959 2
1898 • 1959 20
UNITED ROVERS
18 9 8 06
19 8 0 2 1899 • 1925 BOLTON
3 WANDERERS
1975

1886
18 87
60 2 4

8
1893
19 64 18 89 MANCHESTER

18 8
1896
9

18 2
1964 • 1980

8
6

18 9

18 9
19 01

19 0
193
19 25
1915

95
19 02

19 23 CITY

21
12

19
39 19 1
19
SUNDERL AND 19 9
3 4 19 4 9 193
19 9 19 6 6 3 1923 • 1958
60 935
2
2 4 19 5 1
1973 2 19 35 3 19 54
50 4 2013 5 5 1968
3
94

19 37 1937 • 1973 19 07
8

1896 • 1935 5
4

18
5

2011
3

19 0
19

19 2 3
19 2 9

1893 • 1960
18 9 6
1926
195

3 1904 • 2011 1888 • 1968

191 0 19 8
1
1 1 20 189 9
10
SHEFFIELD 19 6 6
200 WOLVERHAMPTON 5
8 3 WEDNESDAY 19 193 5
WANDERERS WEST
5
2 4
19

BARNSLEY 1910 1912 19 39 3 BROMWICH

19 26
1904
19 3
40 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1946 1947
CLAPHAM ROVERS 1879 1880 19 34 1939 2008
•
OLD
ALBION
NOTTS COUNTY 1891 1894
19 2
9 ETONIANS
1888
18 8 9

PORTSMOUTH
2
192

37
19
8
1879 • 1882 193
1 2 2
30 19 5 4
4 5 1964
2
5

1889 • 1938
3

BLACKPOOL 1948 1951 1953

8

18
6
2
18

187
1879
18 81

BURNLEY 1914 1947 1962

18 8

CARDIFF CITY 1925 1927 2008

PRESTON
PERCENTAGE OF FINALS WON

1 3
NORTH END
20

1 4 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1920 1922 1928 1930 1938

Brighton and Hove Albion 1983
Bristol City 1909
Fulham 1975 DERBY COUNTY 1898 1899 1903 1946
Hull City 2014 LEEDS UNITED 1965 1970 1972 1973
Luton Town 1959 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1873 1874 1877 1880
Middlesbrough 1997 ROYAL ENGINEERS 1872 1874 1875 1878
10 Millwall 2004 SOUTHAMPTON 1900 1902 1976 2003
Queens Park Rangers 1982
Stoke City 2011
Watford 1984

Birmingham City 1931 1956

Crystal Palace 1990 2016
Queen’s Park (Glasgow) 1884 1885 Leicester City 1949 1961 1963 1969

0 1 0 2 0 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

NUMBER OF APPEARANCES IN THE FA CUP FINAL

62
 FA Cup Winners and Runners-up
KEY:
Among the many gems of FA Cup trivia are that Wigan Athletic are the only club to win the TEAM NAME
FA Cup and be relegated from the Premier League in the same season (2013); Leicester
Year of

Final appearances
City have reached the final four times but have never won the cup; and Ashley Cole holds a first win

record seven FA Cup winner’s medals through his victories with Arsenal and Chelsea. Year of
last win

xxxx • xxxx x
WI G A N AT H L ETIC LE IC E STE R C ITY AS HLEY COLE x

Total number of final wins

2013 0 4
Total number of
final runners-up
finishes

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

90

80

7
192
ARSENAL

30
19
MANCHESTER

2 3
19
ASTON UNITED 36
20 19
VILLA 16 0
195
1967

20
1970

70
1915

19 9 4

07 12 2
195
7

20 0
19 9

7
00

5
1971
20

2 200
2 00 4
7 1972
2 00 19 9 9
9 1978
4 200 199 6
2015 1979
2 010 1995
20 0 0 7 1887 • 1957 7 2012
60 19 8 0
7 19 9 4 19 9
19 5 5 2017 LIVERPOOL 3
14

24 NEWCASTLE 19 9 0 1930 • 2017 19

19

19 0 50 5 7 98
19 19 8 20
19 9 8

2 1970 • 2012 UNITED 1909 • 2016 01

19 65
19

19 3
9

8
13

19 19
9

20
7 7
5
19

19 4 1 9
18 87

02
197 7

20
19 0

13
18 97

189 2
189 5

55 19

200
03
7

2 014
7

2015
2017
19 5 1974
2 6
19

5
197

CHELSEA
19 5 8
19 6

19 09
19 51 19 57
1948
1977
19 32 19 86
1924 1965 • 2006 19 8 8
1911 1910 • 1955 19 8
0 9
191 19
92
8
19 0 6 93 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
19

0 18 7 7 40
96
20

19 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890
1897
200
5

01
2012
0
19

19 06 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
6

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 OLD WEMBLEY
1907
19 33 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
1906 • 1995 19 6 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930
6 KENNINGTON OVAL
19 6 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
19 8 30
84 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
19 6

EVERTON 8 5 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 CRYSTAL PALACE
198
85
19 8
19 95
2009

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
9

1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 NEW WEMBLEY
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 MILLENNIUM STADIUM
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20
STAMFORD BRIDGE
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
OLD TRAFFORD
In 1873, the first defending FA Cup holders, The Wanderers, GOODISON PARK
were given a bye straight to the final at a venue of their choice:
LILLIE BRIDGE
Lillie Bridge near Earls Court in London. The honour was never
FALLOWFIELD STADIUM 10
repeated and the finals returned to the Kennington Oval. The 1886
replay took place at Derbyshire County Cricket Club’s Racecourse RACECOURSE GROUND,
BURNDEN PARK,
Ground, the first time an FA Cup Final was played outside London. BRAMALL LANE

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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 1986 WORLD CUP GOALS
Mexico may have hosted the 1986 World Cup, but the tournament was all about one man – Argentina’s
Diego Maradona. The 25-year-old’s goals against England and Belgium were described by many
pundits, players and fans alike as “pure genius”. In the now famous quarter-final match against England,
Maradona’s unforgettable “Hand of God” goal was (almost) forgotten when he scored his “Goal of the
Century” just four minutes later. His achievements would dwarf the World Cup’s other magical moments,
which included six goals from England’s Gary Lineker (the tournament’s top scorer), a screamer from
Brazil’s Josimar and an ambitious scissor-kick from the Mexican player Manuel Negrete.

DIEGO MARADONA – Argentina vs England

13 10
10
12 1
11

14 10 Diego Maradona dribbles the ball beyond England goalkeeper

Peter Shilton to score the “Goal of the Century”. Argentina won
9 2–1, 22 June 1986.

8
6
7 10
1. Pass Hoddle
2. Pass Brown
3. Ball recovery Brown
4. Pass Enrique
6
5. Take on Maradona
5 6. Challenge Reid
16 7. Take on Maradona
10
8. Challenge Butcher
4 9. Take on Maradona
12
10. Challenge Fenwick
5 11. Take on Maradona
2 3
12. Challenge Shilton
13. Goal Maradona
4 1

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

64
 1986 World Cup Goals

CARECA – Brazil vs France MICHAEL LAUDRUP – Denmark vs Uruguay

1. Keeper pick-up Bats 1. Pass Lerby
2. Keeper kick from hands 2. Pass Andersen
(long ball) Bats 3. Pass Bertelsen
3. Clearance César 4. Pass Andersen
4. Ball recovery Josimar 5. Good skill Laudrup
10
5. Pass (chipped) Josimar 19 6. Pass Laudrup
6. Pass Sócrates 11 7. Pass Andersen
7. Pass Alemão 18 6 6 8. Pass Laudup
13 1 1 8. Pass Josimar 15 12 9. Pass Olsen
11
2 17
9 11 9. Pass Sócrates 10. Pass (crossed, chipped)
16
7 10. Pass Müller Arnesen
12 6 11. Pass Müller 15 11. Pass (chipped) Lerby
10
9 18 12. Pass Júnior 11 3 12. Clearance Batista
6 13
13. Goal Careca 13. Pass Busk
14
14. Pass Lerby
9 15. Take on Laudrup
16. Take on Laudrup
8 7 17. Take on Laudrup
21 8 4
6 11 18. Good skill Laudrup
7 13
19. Goal Laudrup
15 6
11
18 5

4
5
13 21 6
4 1
14 3
3 12
21 2

GARY LINEKER – England vs Poland JEAN TIGANA – France vs Hungary

1. Pass (chipped, long ball) 1. Pass Rocheteau
Wójcicki 2. Pass Amoros
2. Ball recovery Sansom 3. Pass Rocheteau
3. Pass Sansom 4. Pass Tigana
4. Pass Shilton 5. Pass Platini
10 5. Pass Reid 6. Pass Tigana
9 6. Pass Butcher 7. Through ball Rocheteau
18 10 8
7. Pass Sansom 8. Goal Tigana
8. Pass Beardsley
9. Pass (cross, long ball)
Hodge 14
10. Goal Lineker
7
18
6
8 5
20 1

14

3 5

14 4 10
7

3 18
5
6 16
6 18
1
2

2
2 3
4
3
1

Source: Opta (October 2015)

65
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHIES AND GOALS
It’s an old football cliché, but it is certainly true that there have been no easy games in the
European Championship. The format of this much-revered event has historically led to a select
and elite group of nations reaching the inals, so this data is not distorted by easy wins and goal
feasts. While Germany are top in the all-time Euro table, the other leading nations have similar
records – except for England, whose lack of success in the competition is starkly obvious.

GERMANY

FRANCE

72 62
26 20
3 2
NETHERLANDS
SPAIN
PORTUGAL

57
55 49
17
19 18
1 3 1
ENGLAND ITALY
CZECH REPUBLIC

39
40 16 30
66
1
 European Championship Trophies and Goals

DENMARK SWEDEN CROATIA

30
7 25 23
1 5 8
BELGIUM YUGOSLAVIA RUSSIA USSR

17
22 22 20 7
7 3 5 1
GREECE TURKEY CZECHOSLOVAKIA HUNGARY
11
14
5 1 13
4
12
3 1 2
ROMANIA WALES ICELAND SWITZERLAND

10 10 8 8
1 4 2 2
POLAND REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA SCOTLAND
IRELAND
7 4 4
2 6 1 2
2
SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA AUSTRIA NORTHERN
IRELAND
4 3 2
1 2
1
UKRAINE ALBANIA CIS LATVIA
2 1 1 1
1 1
NORWAY TOURNAMENTS WON
1 MATCHES WON
1 Source: Opta (July 2016) GOALS SCORED

67
 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
DECADE-BY-DECADE PERFORMANCE
England remains the supplier of the biggest number of clubs to reach the semi-inals of the
European Cup and Champions League. Ten teams from the English league have made the inal
four – Manchester United (12 times), Liverpool (9), Chelsea (7), Leeds United (3), Arsenal (2),
Nottingham Forest (2), Derby County (1), Manchester City (1), Tottenham Hotspur (1) and Aston
Villa (1). France and Germany have provided eight different clubs, while seven Spanish clubs,
six different Italian teams and ive Scottish have also made the inal hurdle.
NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS

NETHERLANDS
SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND
GERMANY

GERMANY

GERMANY

GERMANY
ENGLAND

ENGLAND

ENGLAND

ENGLAND
FRANCE

FRANCE

FRANCE

FRANCE
SPAIN

SPAIN

SPAIN

SPAIN
ITALY

ITALY

ITALY

ITALY

1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

68
 SPAIN
ITALY
ENGLAND
GERMANY

1990s
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
SCOTLAND

SPAIN
ITALY
ENGLAND
GERMANY

2000s
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
SCOTLAND

SPAIN
ITALY
ENGLAND
GERMANY

2010s
FRANCE
NETHERLANDS
SCOTLAND
Quarter-finalists
KEY

Semi-finalists

Runners-up

Winners
Uefa Champions League Decade-By-Decade Performance

Source: Opta (June 2017)

69
FIFA WORLD CUP WINS BY COUNTRY
Brazil truly are the World Cup kings. Not only are they the most successful nation, they also
top the chart of World Cup wins, have registered the most consecutive wins (from 2002 vs
Turkey to 2006 vs Ghana) and they are the only team to have won all their matches in two
tournaments (1970 and 2002). At the other end of the scale, Bulgaria failed to win in ive
inals from 1962 to 1986, before inally beating Greece in their second game in 1994.

France 28

Italy 45

Netherlands 27
Brazil 70

Argentina 42

England 26

Spain 29
Germany 66 Uruguay 20
70
 FIFA World Cup Wins by Country

Source: Opta (August 2015)

Data relates to individual games won per team, 1930–2014 East Germany 2
Northern Ireland 3 Czech
Republic 1
Nigeria 5

Tunisia 1
Denmark 8 Greece 2

Peru 4

Belgium 14 Jamaica 1
Morocco 2
Romania 8

Ghana 4

Slovenia 1
Yugoslavia 16
Ukraine 2
Mexico 14 USA 8
Japan 4

Bosnia and
Republic of Ireland 2 Herzegovina 1

Colombia 7
Sweden 16 Ecuador 4
Portugal 13
DPR Korea 1
Senegal 2

Croatia 7
Scotland 4
Cuba 1
Austria 12 Saudi Arabia 2
Hungary 15

Paraguay 7 Cameroon 4

Russia 2 Iran 1

Chile 11

Algeria 3
Poland 15 Costa Rica 5
Norway 2 Slovakia 1

Switzerland 11 Ivory Coast 3

Turkey 5
Wales 1
Australia 2

USSR 15
Bulgaria 3
Czechoslovakia 11
Korea Republic 5 Serbia 1 71
South Africa 2
 EREDIVISIE GAME WINS
Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV have been the dominant Eredivisie clubs, with all three having many
successful spells – often sharing the limelight with the others. PSV had the Romario-inspired
team around 1990 and Gus Hiddink’s all-conquering side in the early 2000s. Feyenoord’s 1971
European Cup side boasted the talents of Willem van Hanegem and winger Coen Moulijn,
and Ajax have consistently competed for the title, reaching almost unsurpassable heights with
the 1970s team of Johan Neeskens and Johan Cruyff and the ’90s line-ups including Dennis
Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf.
FORTUNA ‘54 GELEEN 141

HERACLES ALMELO 167

GO AHEAD EAGLES 325

FORTUNA SITTARD 179

MVV MAASTRICHT 350

DE GRAAFSCHAP 149

SC HEERENVEEN 351

ADO DEN HAAG 476

FC GRONINGEN 443
RKC WAALWIJK 240
FC DEN BOSCH 114

FC VOLENDAM 228
DOS UTRECHT 168
SC ENSCHEDE 121

PEC ZWOLLE 157

NAC BREDA 515

VVV-VENLO 189
EXCELSIOR 148
RAPID JC HEERLEN 73

HAARLEM 172

WILLEM II 420
TELSTAR 118
FC AMSTERDAM 61

VITESSE 418
N.E.C. 379
BLAUW-WIT 65

GVAV 123

DWS 147
ELINKWIJK 65

72
 Eredivisie Game Wins

Source: Opta (May 2017)

Under 50 Wins
SC CAMBUUR 49 XERXESDZB 26 SVV 13
SHS 37 FC EINDHOVEN 23 WAGENINGEN 13
RBC ROOSENDAAL 35 BVC AMSTERDAM 20 HELMOND SPORT 12
NOAD 33 BVV 18 VEENDAM 12
SITTARDIA 32 DE VOLEWIJCKERS 15 ALKMAAR 6
FC DORDRECHT 31
SPARTA ROTTERDAM
RODA JC KERKRADE 555

FC UTRECHT 589

FEYENOORD
FC TWENTE
AZ 559

1168

1246

1360
AJAX
612

766

PSV

73
 IPSWICH TOWN 57
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 60

74
DERBY COUNTY 68

BIRMINGHAM CITY 73

SWANSEA CITY 74

PORTSMOUTH 79

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 81

WIGAN ATHLETIC 85

CRYSTAL PALACE 86

NORWICH CITY 89

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 93

WIMBLEDON 99

COVENTRY CITY 99

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 101

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 106

STOKE CITY 109

LEICESTER CITY 130

BOLTON WANDERERS 149

FULHAM 150

SUNDERLAND 138

MIDDLESBROUGH 165

LEEDS UNITED 189

SOUTHAMPTON 222
PREMIER LEAGUE GAME WINS

BLACKBURN ROVERS 262

The Premier League thrives on the ability of any of its teams to beat another. Although the elite

–17). Consecutive runs of eight or more victories are rare, Arsenal setting the bar at 14 in 2002.
teams generally dominate the top of the table, they cannot be sure of winning every game. The
league winners collect around 27 wins in a season, Chelsea holding the record with 30 wins (2016

WEST HAM UNITED 265

ASTON VILLA 316

Source: Opta (May 2017)
 Premier League Game Wins

“ Of course the Premier League is the most

Under 50 Wins
difficult league in the world because it’s so even.
HULL CITY 41 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 22
I think you can’t really compare other leagues WATFORD 34 BRADFORD CITY 14
with the Premier League. In the Premier League, WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 32 BLACKPOOL 10
READING 32 BARNSLEY 10
every team can beat every team, and in football, SHEFFIELD UNITED 32 CARDIFF CITY 7
that’s something where you can have surprises.” BURNLEY 26 SWINDON TOWN 5
BOURNEMOUTH 23
Mesut Özil, Arsenal
MANCHESTER CITY 327
NEWCASTLE UNITED 322

HOTSPUR 400

MANCHESTER
TOTTENHAM

UNITED 604
LIVERPOOL
EVERTON 349

ARSENAL
CHELSEA
478

516

525

75
FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF
THE YEAR WINNERS
In 2010, the Ballon d’Or merged with FIFA’s World Footballer of the Year award, the two
competitions having run concurrently since [Link] Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) is the award
given to the footballer rated by FIFA as the best player in the world. The coach, team captain
and a media representative of every nation selects their top three players (awarded ive, three
and one point, respectively) from a 23-man shortlist devised by FIFA. The top three players in the
world are decided by combining all of the points awarded.

MARCO VAN BASTEN (1992)

LOTHAR MATTHÄUS (1991)

FABIO CANNAVARO (2006)

ROBERTO BAGGIO (1993)

CRISTIANO
(2008, 2013, 2014, 2016)

GEORGE WEAH (1995)

RONALDO

RONALDO
ZINEDINE

RONALDINHO
LIONEL
MESSI (2009, 2010, 2011,

(1998, 2000, 2003)

(1996, 1997, 2002)

LUÍS FIGO (2001)

ROMÁRIO (1994)
ZIDANE

RIVALDO (1999)
KAKÁ (2007)
2012, 2015)

(2004, 2005)

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 FIFA World Player Of The Year Winners

“ The only bad thing about

LIBERIA 1 NETHERLANDS 1 Ronaldo’s life is Messi.
(1992)
(1995) If it was not for him,
GERMANY 1
(1991) Ronaldo would be the
BRAZIL 8 best player in the world
ITALY 2 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999,
(1993, 2006) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007)
for five years in a row.”
Filipe Scolari (former coach of Portugal)

FRANCE 3
(1998, 2000, 2003)

ARGENTINA 5 PORTUGAL 5
(2001, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016)
(2009, 2010, 2010, 2012, 2015)

BY NATION
MANCHESTER UNITED 1
INTERNAZIONALE MILANO 2 (2008)
(1991, 1997) BARCELONA 10
(1994, 1996, 1999, 2004,
2005, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2015)
AC MILAN 3
(1992, 1995, 2007)

JUVENTUS 4
(1993, 1998,
PREMIER LEAGUE 1 2000, 2006)
(2008)
REAL MADRID 6
(2001, 2002, 2006,
2013, 2014, 2016)

BY CLUB
SERIE A 9
(1991, 1992, 1993,
1995, 1997, 1998,
2000, 2003, 2007)
LA LIGA 16
(1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Source: Opta (1991–2017)

BY LEAGUE
77
 LA LIGA GOALS PER CLUB
The history of La Liga is illed with great coaches whose dynamic team engineering has helped squads
amass huge goalscoring tallies – from the bowler-hatted Englishman Fred Penland, whose 1930s’
Athletic Bilbao conquered any team that stood before them, to the star-studded era of Miguel Muñoz at
Real Madrid in the 1960s and 1970s. Johan Cruyff, and his successor Louis van Gaal, brought success
back to Barcelona in the ’90s. Leo Beenhakker, Vicente del Bosque and Carlo Ancelotti have brought
glory to Real Madrid in recent years, while Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola made Barcelona the most
feared team in Europe – though judging by the goal totals between those two teams now, there’s still
everything to play for...
1700

1683

In the 2011–12 season, La Liga de los Récords (The League

of the Records), a rampant Real Madrid ripped up the record
books. Among their notable achievements was the most league
goals in a season, as they racked up an astonishing 121. Real
boasted 13 different scorers, with Cristiano Ronaldo leading
the list on 46, not so closely followed by Gonzalo Higuaín (22)
and Karim Benzema (21).
After scoring in 64 consecutive matches, a 0-0 draw at
Osasuna on 19 October 2013 brought to an end Real Madrid’s
record. Then, in February 2016, Barcelona began a run of their
own; at the end of the 2016–17 season they had netted in 50
1112

consecutive games … and counting.

995

971

965

892

855

841

811

755

731

665

644

614

612

564

520

455

431
DEPORTIVO DE LA CORUÑA

RACING DE SANTANDER
ATLÉTICO MADRID

REAL VALLADOLID

RAYO VALLECANO
ATHLETIC BILBAO

REAL ZARAGOZA
REAL SOCIEDAD

CELTA DE VIGO
REAL MADRID

VALENCIA CF
BARCELONA

VILLARREAL

REAL BETIS
MALLORCA
ESPANYOL

OSASUNA
MÁLAGA
SEVILLA

GETAFE

78
 LEVANTE 350

ALAVÉS 290

ALMERÍA 244

SPORTING DE GIJÓN 242

GRANADA CF 209

between them in the 2016–17 season.

LAS PALMAS 180

RECREATIVO 163

NUMANCIA 155

EIBAR 139

REAL OVIEDO 136

TENERIFE 113

ALBACETE 73

REAL MURCIA 65

“MSN”, the fearsome Barcelona forward line of Messi, Suárez and Neymar, amassed 79 goals
ELCHE 65

XEREZ 38

CÁDIZ 36

HÉRCULES 36

LEGANÉS 36

GIMNÀSTIC DE TARRAGONA 34

SALAMANCA 29

CF EXTREMADURA 27

CÓRDOBA 22
La Liga Goals Per Club

Source: Opta (May 2017)

79
1990 WORLD CUP GOALS
The negativity surrounding the football performances of the 1990 World Cup inals in Italy was
alleviated by Luciano Pavarotti’s singing of the tournament anthem ‘Nessun Dorma’, the energy
and spirit of Roger Milla and his Cameroon teammates, the passion and drama of England’s
Paul Gascoigne and the superboots of Italy’s Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci. There were outstanding
goals galore too, including a surging run and knockout shot from Germany’s Lothar Matthäus,
an over-the-shoulder volley from England’s David Platt and virtuoso brilliance by Italy’s one-and-
only Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail) – Roberto Baggio.

ROBERTO BAGGIO – Italy vs Czechoslovakia

8
15

7
6
4
Roberto Baggio on his way to scoring Italy’s second goal.
15 Italy won 2–0 against Czechoslovakia, 19 June 1990.
13
5

15 1. Take on Schillaci
2. Tackle Hašek
1
3. Pass Giannini
3 19 4. Pass Baggio
13 4 5. Pass Giannini
2 6. Take on Baggio
7. Challenge Hašek
8. Goal Baggio

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

80
 1990 World Cup Goals

CLAUDIO CANIGGIA – Argentina vs Brazil LOTHAR MATTHÄUS – Germany vs Yugoslavia

1. Pass Ruggeri 1. Challenge Brehme

2. Challenge Alemão 2. Pass Stojković
3. Take on Maradona 3. Ball recovery Buchwald
4. Take on Maradona 4. Pass Buchwald
5. Challenge Dunga 5. Pass Augenthaler
9
6. Through ball Maradona 6. Take on Matthäus
7. Challenge Taffarel 7. Challenge Jozić
1 8 8 8. Take on Caniggia 8. Goal Matthäus
7 9. Goal Caniggia

6 8
10
10
6
7

3 1
5
4 4
10 6
3
10
10
2 5 2

3 6
4

10 5
1
5
19

ROGER MILLA – Cameroon vs Romania ENZO SCIFO – Belgium vs Uruguay

1. Dispossesed Timofte 1. Pass (chipped) Ostolaza

2. Tackle Pagal 2. Clearance De Wolf
3. Launch (long ball) Onana 3. Ball recovery Gerets
4. Aerial Andone 4. Pass Gerets
5. Aerial Milla 5. Pass Van der Elst
6. Error Andone 6. Pass Scifo
7. Goal Milla 7. Keeper pick-up
Preud’homme
7 9 8. Keeper kick from
hands (long ball)
Preud’homme
4 6 9 9. Clearance de León
13 15
9 10. Pass Ceulemans
5 4 14
5
10
3 9
11. Pass Scifo
8 12. Pass Ceulemans
11 10 13. Pass Versavel
12 11 14. Pass Van der Elst
11 15. Goal Scifo
10

8
1

8 5

13 10
4 6
2
16
1 2
3
16 2
3
3

7 1

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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STAYING POWER
Promotion to the top league presents a wonderful opportunity to establish a club in the top
light. The lucky ones such as TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga or AC Monaco in Ligue
1 thrive, usually helped by big money backers. Some, like US Pistoiese 1921 (Serie A, 1980–
81) or Barnsley (Premier League, 1998–99), are immediately relegated and never seen again.
More often they are “yo-yo” teams like FC Nürnberg, Middlesbrough, Real Betis or
FC Bari 1908, doomed to eternally oscillate between promotion and relegation.

Up

5
Down

Up

4
Down

Up

3
Down

Up

2
Down

Up
1
Down

Up
0
Down

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09

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 Staying Power

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Source: Opta (May 2017)

ITALIAN SERIE A
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
FRENCH LIGUE 1
This anomaly in the data highlights
the May 2006 Italian football scandal, SPANISH LA LIGA
where Italian police implicated many
Serie A teams’ managers and league Against all predictions, there is not one occasion
referees for their creation of a highly in this time period when all promoted teams are
organized match-ixing network. immediately relegated the following season.

Up

5
Down

Up

4
Down

Up

3
Down

Up

2
Down

Up
1
Down

Up
0
Down

2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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 UEFA CUP/EUROPA LEAGUE
RECORDS BY NATION
The Europa League is UEFA’s tournament for the continent’s top teams who have failed to qualify for the Champions
League, who have won their domestic cup or who have been eliminated in the early stages of the Champions League.
It originated as the UEFA Cup in 1971–72 but, since 2009–10, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa
League. It now invites 177 different teams from 54 nations who enter the tournament at different stages. A team
reaching the inal from the irst qualifying round would play a total of 23 matches. Atlético Madrid (2012) and Sevilla
(2014) have both won the competition having began their journey in the third qualifying round.

IFK Göteborg

Valencia

1
2 2
Sweden Feyenoord
Atlético
Sevilla
Madrid 2
2 5
Ajax 1

4
Holland

1
10 PSV Eindhoven

Spain

Borussia
2 Schalke 04 1 Mönchengladbach

Real Madrid 2
Bayern
Munich

1
2 6
Portugal Germany
Porto 2
Bayer Lev-
erkusen 1 1 Eintracht Frankfurt

84
 Zenit St Petersburg CSKA
1 Moscow

Manchester United
1

1 2
Chelsea Russia
1
3 Liverpool

1
7
Ipswich
England
Town

Tottenham
Hotspur 2
Galatasaray 1 1
Turkey
1 Napoli

Parma 3 Juventus
Anderlecht
2
1

1
Belgium

9
Italy

1 1
3
Shakhtar
Internazionale Ukraine
Donetsk

Source: [Link] (May 2017)

85
 MLS GOALS PER CLUB Landon Donovan stands alone in MLS
history. He is not only the clear all-time
Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane and Didier Drogba have all scored freely in the leading scorer but is also at the head
States, but the record books are topped by home-grown heroes like Landon of the all-time assists list. In 2009
Donovan, Jeff Cunningham and Chris Wondolowski. The goals recorded he won the league’s MVP award and
here include such gems as the 50-yard run by Metrostars’ Clint Mathis to in 2015 they named the award after
score the 2001 MLS Goal of the Year, the magniicent lick and volley from him. Outside of short periods with
the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Eric Hassli in 2011 and David Villa’s exquisite Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern München
chip from the halfway line for New York City FC in 2017. and Everton, Donovan has spent his
whole career in the MLS; four seasons
Source: [Link] (October 2016)
Player data: Colour relates to the team for which with San Jose Earthquakes (32 goals)
the player scored the highest number of goals.
and 11 seasons with LA Galaxy (113
goals). Donovan has won the MLS Cup
a record six times – twice with the
Earthquakes and a further four times
with the Galaxy.
1083

1081

1048

1036

1023

981

971

931

903

861

540
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

SPORTING KANSAS CITY
NEW YORK RED BULLS

COLORADO RAPIDS
COLUMBUS CREW

REAL SALT LAKE

CHICAGO FIRE
D.C. UNITED

FC DALLAS
LA GALAXY

86
 MLS Goals Per Club

LANDON DONOVAN JEFF CUNNINGHAM JAIME MORENO CHRIS WONDOLOWKSI

145 134 133 126
ANTE RAZOV JASON KREIS DWAYNE DE ROSARIO TAYLOR TWELLMAN
114 108 104 101
EDSON BUDDLE KEI KAMARA CARLOS RUIZ ROY LASSITER
100 89 89 88
ROBBIE KEANE BRIAN CHING RAÚL DÍAZ ARCE BRIAN MCBRIDE
83 82 82 80
JOSH WOLFF PREDRAG RADOSAVLJEVIĆ STEVE RALSTON KENNY COOPER
80 79 76 75
BRADLEY WRIGHT-PHILLIPS ÁLVARO SABORÍO JUAN PABLO ÁNGEL RONALD CERRITOS
74 73 72 71
CONOR CASEY EDDIE JOHNSON COBI JONES MIKE MAGEE
71 71 70 70
FABIÁN ESPÍNDOLA CHRIS ROLFE CLINT DEMPSEY DOMINIC ODURO
64 64 63 63
MARK CHUNG CLINT MATHIS SÉBASTIEN LE TOUX CHAD BARRETT
61 61 59 58
BRAD DAVIS DIEGO SERNA DOM DWYER WILL BRUIN
57 57 57 53
ALEJANDRO MORENO DANTE WASHINGTON ALAN GORDON PAUL BRAVO
52 52 52 52
CHRIS HENDERSON THIERRY HENRY EDDIE GAVEN FREDY MONTERO
51 51 51 51
WOLDE HARRIS GIOVANNI SAVARESE JAVIER MORALES DAVY ARNAUD
51 51 50 50
503

257
407

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
401

357

348

205
324

305

296

111
MIAMI FUSION

101
NEW YORK CITY FC

ORLANDO CITY SC
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

PHILADELPHIA UNION

PORTLAND TIMBERS
TAMPA BAY MUTINY
MONTREAL IMPACT
HOUSTON DYNAMO

TORONTO FC

CHIVAS USA

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 RONALDO VS MESSI
Future generations might well consider us blessed to have seen the two greatest players in the history of the
game. Between them they have been named as FIFA’s best two players in the world every year since 2008
(except 2010 when Iniesta was runner-up to Messi). Both players have scored in two UEFA Champions League
inals, have regularly scored more than 50 goals in a single season, and struck their 500th goals for their
club in 2017. But who wouldn’t doubt the Argentinian would trade a fair few of them to match the European
Championship winner’s medal, won by Ronaldo in 2016?

CRISTIANO RONALDO
Club Record
Matches
won 469
Goals
scored 529
Games
717
IMAGE OF RONALDO played
0 800

International Record
Matches
won 84
Goals
scored 75
Games
played
142
0 800

League Championships “ Messi is outstanding

National Cups
National League Cups in certain attributes
Comm Shield/Super Cup but Ronaldo is such an
Champions League
all-round player.”
UEFA Super Cup England international Michael Owen
Club World Cup

European Championship

Total 21

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 Ronaldo Vs Messi

“ Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world,

I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet.”
Turkey international Arda Turan
Source: Opta (June 2017)

LIONEL MESSI
Club Record
Matches
413 won
Goals
507 scored
Games
583 played
800 0

International Record
Matches
73 won
Goals
58 scored
Games
118 played
800 0

League Championships
National Cups
National League Cups
Comm Shield/Super Cup

Champions League
UEFA Super Cup
Club World Cup

Olympic Gold Medal

30 Total

89
 1994 WORLD CUP GOALS
Despite America’s lack of a national top-level league, the 1994 World Cup is remembered for breaking
average attendance records with almost 70,000 fans per game – a feat that still stands today. Played
in nine cities across the US, this World Cup saw Italy lose 3–2 to Brazil in a penalty shoot-out – the
irst ever World Cup inal to be decided by penalties. Roberto Baggio’s wild penalty miss will long
be remembered. The lick, spin and volley by Germany’s Jürgen Klinsmann, the 65-yard run to score
by Saudi Arabia’s Saeed Al-Owairan and the diving header by Bulgaria’s Yordan Letchkov were all
wonderful goals, but it’s Hagi’s strike against Colombia that we’ll never forget...

GHEORGHE HAGI – Romania vs Colombia

10
1

3
6 6 9
19
4 2
7 5 2 2 Romania’s Gheorghe Hagi celebrates after scoring his unfor-
gettable leftfoot lob over the top of Colombian keeper Óscar
Córdoba, 18 June 1994.

1. Tackle Râducioiu
2. Ball recovery Petrescu
3. Dispossesed Rincón
4. Pass Petrescu
5. Pass Popescu
6. Pass Munteanu
7. Goal Hagi

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

90
 1994 World Cup Goals

PHILIPPE ALBERT – Belgium vs Germany DANIEL AMOKACHI – Nigeria vs Greece

1. Goal kick (long ball) 1. Pass Amokachi

Illgner 2. Interception Adepoju
2. Aerial Emmers 3. Ball recovery Emenalo
3. Aerial Buchwald 4. Pass Emenalo
4. Head pass Emmers 5. Take on Amokachi
1
1 5. Head pass Boffin 6. Challenge Nioplias
6. Pass Albert 7. Goal Amokachi
4
14 7. Ball recovery Albert
17 8. Lay-off (chipped) Weber
13 9. Pass Albert
4 7
11 10. Challenge Wagner
7 4 11. Pass Van der Elst 14
10 12 6
12. Challenge Kohler
17 8 13. Take on Albert
9 8
14. Goal Albert
14
5
4

4 21
7 1
6 4 19 2
3

4 15 16
5
3 6 15
2

YORDAN LETCHKOV – Bulgaria vs Germany HRISTO STOICHKOV – Bulgaria vs Mexico

1. Throw in Kiriakov 1. Pass García

2. Pass Kostadinov 2. Ball recovery Yordanov
3. Pass Kiriakov 3. Pass Yordanov
4. Take on Yankov 4. Goal Stoichkov
5. Challenge Berthold
6. Pass (cross, chipped)
Yankov
1 7. Goal (head) Letchkov
4
7 16
9
7
2 16

6 3 8
6

6
5 14 4

10 1

13
2

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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THE FLAIR LEAGUE
We all love a wow moment; those demonstrations of skill that are worth the ticket price alone. When
it comes to individuals, EA Sports FIFA 17 listed its best dribblers as Messi (Barcelona) and Neymar
(Barcelona). Real Madrid’s Ronaldo tops their most powerful shot list, but the top 10 also includes
Hull City’s Tom Huddlestone, Schalke’s Naldo and Piti from Rayo Vallecano. Take a look at these
comparison charts and see where Europe’s mazy masters and hot shot kings ply their trade.

Chelsea’s often unstoppable Eden Hazard

boosted the Premier League’s stats by
attempting more than 150 dribbles in the
2016–17 season.

49,079

45,781

34,545 12.9
42,072
41,395
12.0 Per Game

Per Game
11.3
11.1
10.9
Per Game
Per Game
Per Game

Premier League Bundesliga La Liga Serie A Ligue 1

LONG SHOTS
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 The Flair League
142,820
Source: Opta (August 2007–May 2017)

131,998
128,490
125,945
124,217

42.0

Per Game

37.6

Per Game 34.7

33.1 Per Game 32.7
Per Game
Per Game

Premier League Bundesliga La Liga Serie A Ligue 1

DRIBBLES
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PREMIER LEAGUE
PLAYER APPEARANCES
With only 38 Premier League games played a season, a player needs a long career at the highest
level to get anywhere near this list. It helps, of course to start young (you’ll need at least 12 seasons
in the irst team), stay injury free and play into your 30s. Even then, it’s tough. The youngest to play
was Fulham’s Matthew Brigg, 16 and 65 days when he made his debut in 2007, he amassed a total
of 30 appearances. No wonder only around 100 players have notched up over 300 appearances.

KEY:

NUMBER OF GAMES NUMBER OF GAMES

SUBBED ON SUBBED OFF NUMBER OF FULL GAMES PLAYED

NUMBER OF GAMES STARTED

TOTAL NUMBER OF APPEARANCES MADE

* Active up to and including season 2016–17

Source: Opta (May 2017)

NEVER SUBBED OFF

JUSSI JÄÄSKELÄINEN

MOST APPEARANCES / MOST GAMES SUBBED OFF

RYAN GIGGS · 632 / 134

MOST GAMES STARTED

GARETH BARRY · 596

MOST FULL GAMES PLAYED

DAVID JAMES · 567

600 550 500 450 400 350 300

94
 Premier League Player Appearances
MANCHESTER CITY 316 SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS 227 89
SOUTHAMPTON 316 WAYNE BRIDGE 284 32
LIVERPOOL 318 SAMI HYYPIÄ 310 8
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 318 PETER ATHERTON 317 1
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 319 DARREN ANDERTON 282 37
COVENTRY CITY 319 PAUL TELFER 289 30
CHELSEA 320 GARY CAHILL* 307 13
LIVERPOOL 321 JOHN ARNE RIISE 277 44
CHELSEA 321 WILLIAM GALLAS 305 16
ASTON VILLA 322 GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR 288 34
STOKE CITY 322 ROBERT HUTH 292 30
ARSENAL 323 MARTIN KEOWN 295 28
PORTSMOUTH 325 MATTHEW TAYLOR 241 84
EVERTON 325 KEVIN KILBANE 275 50
ARSENAL 325 KEVIN CAMPBELL 276 49
LEEDS UNITED 325 GARY MCALLISTER 299 26
ARSENAL 325 GAËL CLICHY* 305 20
LEEDS UNITED 325 GARY KELLY 316 9
LIVERPOOL 326 MICHAEL OWEN 257 69
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 327 AARON LENNON* 255 72
CHELSEA 327 GRAEME LE SAUX 313 14
MANCHESTER UNITED 328 DENIS IRWIN 314 14
EVERTON 328 PHIL JAGIELKA* 316 12
SOUTHAMPTON 329 JASON DODD 308 21
SOUTHAMPTON 331 JAMES BEATTIE 245 86
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 332 HERMANN HREIDARSSON 319 13
WIMBLEDON 335 KENNY CUNNINGHAM 334 1
FULHAM 336 STEED MALBRANQUE 301 35
BLACKBURN ROVERS 341 TIM SHERWOOD 320 21
NEVER SUBBED ON EVERTON 343 NICK BARMBY 287 56
DAVID SEAMAN ARSENAL 344 DAVID SEAMAN 344 0
GARETH SOUTHGATE BIRMINGHAM CITY 346 ROBBIE SAVAGE 332 14
FULHAM 347 PAUL KONCHESKY 289 58
BRAD FRIEDEL TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 349 ROBBIE KEANE 274 75
SHAY GIVEN LIVERPOOL 349 GLEN JOHNSON* 332 17
MARK SCHWARZER TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 351 LES FERDINAND 306 45
NEWCASTLE UNITED 351 STEVE WATSON 306 45
EVERTON 352 LEON OSMAN 295 57
ARSENAL 352 NIGEL WINTERBURN 338 14
ARSENAL 353 KOLO TOURÉ 304 49
ASTON VILLA 355 UGO EHIOGU 341 14
STOKE CITY 359 RORY DELAP 327 32
WEST HAM UNITED 361 TREVOR SINCLAIR 339 22
WIMBLEDON 363 CHRIS PERRY 339 24
CHELSEA 364 NICOLAS ANELKA 318 46
EVERTON 364 DAVID UNSWORTH 329 35
SUNDERLAND 364 THOMAS SØRENSEN 363 1
MANCHESTER UNITED 366 ROY KEANE 349 17
WEST HAM UNITED 368 SCOTT PARKER 336 32
CRYSTAL PALACE 372 NIGEL MARTYN 371 1
ASTON VILLA 375 DWIGHT YORKE 307 68
BLACKBURN ROVERS 375 PAUL ROBINSON 373 2
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 377 STEPHEN CARR 371 6
CHELSEA 378 JOE COLE 255 123
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 378 LUKE YOUNG 355 23
LIVERPOOL 379 ROBBIE FOWLER 313 66
ARSENAL 379 RAY PARLOUR 323 56
MIDDLESBROUGH 384 GEORGE BOATENG 363 21
EVERTON 384 LEIGHTON BAINES 366 18
CHELSEA 385 ASHLEY COLE 372 13
FULHAM 392 DAMIEN DUFF 327 65
LEEDS UNITED 397 LEE BOWYER 359 38
EVERTON 399 TIM HOWARD 398 1
MANCHESTER UNITED 400 GARY NEVILLE 380 20
MOST GAMES SUBBED ON BOLTON WANDERERS 401 KEVIN NOLAN 360 41
PETER CROUCH · 135 CHELSEA 402 PETR CECH* 401 1
MIDDLESBROUGH 408 STEWART DOWNING 361 47
MANCHESTER UNITED 411 NICKY BUTT 343 68
MANCHESTER UNITED 414 ANDREW COLE 350 64
LIVERPOOL 417 DANNY MURPHY 336 81
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 418 TEDDY SHERINGHAM 350 68
ASTON VILLA 426 GARETH SOUTHGATE 426 0
STOKE CITY 431 PETER CROUCH* 296 135
MANCHESTER CITY 431 RICHARD DUNNE 419 12
BOLTON WANDERERS 436 JUSSI JÄÄSKELÄINEN 435 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED 441 ALAN SHEARER 427 14
BOLTON WANDERERS 444 KEVIN DAVIES 390 54
MANCHESTER UNITED 445 JOHN O’SHEA 370 75
BLACKBURN ROVERS 450 BRAD FRIEDEL 450 0
NEWCASTLE UNITED 451 SHAY GIVEN 451 0
MANCHESTER CITY 453 JAMES MILNER* 348 105
NEWCASTLE UNITED 455 AARON HUGHES 434 21
MANCHESTER UNITED 460 WAYNE ROONEY* 394 66
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 468 JERMAIN DEFOE* 336 132
MANCHESTER CITY 469 SYLVAIN DISTIN 451 18
MANCHESTER UNITED 479 MICHAEL CARRICK 420 59
CHELSEA 492 JOHN TERRY* 473 19
MANCHESTER UNITED 499 PAUL SCHOLES 404 95
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 503 SOL CAMPBELL 488 15
LIVERPOOL 504 STEVEN GERRARD 466 38
MANCHESTER UNITED 504 RIO FERDINAND 492 12
MANCHESTER UNITED 505 PHIL NEVILLE 446 59
LIVERPOOL 508 JAMIE CARRAGHER 484 24
MIDDLESBROUGH 514 MARK SCHWARZER 514 0
LIVERPOOL 516 EMILE HESKEY 445 71
NEWCASTLE UNITED 535 GARY SPEED 521 14
LIVERPOOL 572 DAVID JAMES 571 1
CHELSEA 609 FRANK LAMPARD 546 63
ASTON VILLA 628 GARETH BARRY* 596 32
MANCHESTER UNITED 632 RYAN GIGGS 522 110
250 200 150 100 50

95
 PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS PER CLUB
The elite list of Premier League goalscorers changes very slowly – very few of the 100 goal club are
still playing. But there are some exceptions. Jermain Defoe moved into the top 10 with his Indian
summer at Sunderland, Peter Crouch hit his 100th goal in February 2017 and Sergio Agüero surged
up the list with 44 goals in two seasons (2015–16 to 2016–17). Who might be next to join them? The
smart money is on Romelu Lukaku (85), Harry Kane (78) or Christian Benteke (66).
1856

“ Alan Shearer is the greatest English

centre-forward there has ever been
without a shadow of a doubt; he’s a
1698

very, very special player. He makes

1645
1601

average balls into great balls. He’s the

scorer of every type of goal going.”
Graeme Souness
1406
1259
1173
1168
1117
964
927
855
648
641
612
575
570
516
444
409
387
384
365
WEST BROMWICH ALBION

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
MANCHESTER UNITED

BOLTON WANDERERS
BLACKBURN ROVERS
NEWCASTLE UNITED

WEST HAM UNITED

MANCHESTER CITY

MIDDLESBROUGH

LEICESTER CITY

COVENTRY CITY
SOUTHAMPTON

NORWICH CITY
LEEDS UNITED

SUNDERLAND
ASTON VILLA

WIMBLEDON
LIVERPOOL

EVERTON
ARSENAL

CHELSEA

FULHAM

96
 Premier League Goals Per club

ALAN SHEARER WAYNE ROONEY ANDREW COLE FRANK LAMPARD

260 198 187 177
THIERRY HENRY ROBBIE FOWLER JERMAIN DEFOE MICHAEL OWEN
175 163 158 150
JIMMY FLOYD
LES FERDINAND TEDDY SHERINGHAM ROBIN VAN PERSIE HASSELBAINK
149 146 144 127
ROBBIE KEANE NICOLAS ANELKA DWIGHT YORKE SERGIO AGÜERO
126 125 123 122
STEVEN GERRARD IAN WRIGHT DION DUBLIN EMILE HESKEY
120 113 111 110
RYAN GIGGS PAUL SCHOLES DARREN BENT DIDIER DROGBA
109 107 106 104
PETER CROUCH MATTHEW LE TISSIER EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR YAKUBU
103 100 97 95
RUUD VAN NISTELROOY DIMITAR BERBATOV MARK VIDUKA KEVIN PHILLIPS
95 94 92 92
OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER JAMES BEATTIE KEVIN DAVIES DENNIS BERGKAMP
91 91 88 87
FERNANDO TORRES LOUIS SAHA ROMELU LUKAKU CARLOS TEVEZ
85 85 85 84
CRISTIANO RONALDO KEVIN CAMPBELL CHRIS SUTTON CRAIG BELLAMY
84 83 83 81
GARY SPEED TONY COTTEE HARRY KANE GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR
80 78 78 74

Colour relates to the team the player scored the highest number of goals for.
339
342

156
QUEENS PARK RANGERS
363

316

229
273
CHARLTON ATHLETIC

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
292

271
STOKE CITY

WIGAN ATHLETIC

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

219
BIRMINGHAM CITY

128
PORTSMOUTH

DERBY COUNTY

105
181

100
IPSWICH TOWN

68
144

SHEFFIELD UNITED

47
136

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
109

32
55
HULL CITY

BOURNEMOUTH

BRADFORD CITY

37
SWINDON TOWN
WATFORD

READING

CARDIFF CITY
BLACKPOOL
BURNLEY

BARNSLEY

97
COPA AMÉRICA
TROPHIES AND GOALS
TOURNAMENTS WON
MATCHES WON
GOALS SCORED
The South American international tournament, Copa América is one of the most intensely fought
competitions in world football. There have been 44 (often intermittent) tournaments in the Copa
América’s 100 years, in which all but Ecuador and Venezuela have been victors. Bolivia’s sole victory
came on high-altitude home soil in 1963, while Chile contested the most tournaments without a win
until 2015, then won again in the centenary competition in 2016. Interestingly, both Pelé and Maradona
– and their World Cup-winning teams – failed to secure a Copa América triumph.

ArgentinA

BrAzil

437 398
115 98
14 8
UrUgUAy

Chile

395 270
107 60
98
15 2
 Copa América Trophies and Goals
PArAgUAy PerU
Source: Opta (June 2016)

COlOMBiA

257
63 209 126
51 39
2
eCUAdOr BOliviA
2 1
MexiCO

123 102
60
15 20
17
venezUelA
1
COstA riCA UsA hOndUrAs
43 14 11 7
5 4 2 3
JAPAn JAMAiCA
3 0 “ I tried my hardest, it’s been four finals and I was not
able to win. I tried everything possible, it hurts me more
than anyone but it is evident that this is not for me.”
Lionel Messi defeated in the finals of three Copa América
VÍCTOR AGUSTÍN

tournaments, as well as a World Cup showdown

hOrMAzáBAl,

JUAN BAUTISTA
hernández,
UgArte,
17

17

igUArán,
ARNOLDO

CARLOS ALBERTO
gOnzález,
ENRIQUE

villAlBA,
15

15

AURELIO

dOlgettA,

WAnChOPe,
JOSÉ LUIS
LUIS

NEY RAÚL

WynAldA,
gUevArA,
Avilés,

rAffO,

WAGNER
fernández,

11

AMADO

lOPes,
PAULO
10

10
NORBERTO

SEVERINO
TEODORO

ERIC
Méndez,

9
vArelA,
zizinhO

3
6

2
5

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 WORLD CUP GOALKEEPERS
The Golden Glove Award, introduced in 1994 (and named the Yashin Award until 2010), is
awarded to the best goalkeeper of the World Cup inals. Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, and
Manuel Neuer are recent winners in 2006, 2010 and 2014 respectively. At the 2002 FIFA World
Cup, German keeper Oliver Kahn became the irst and so far only goalkeeper in the tournament’s
history to win the Golden Ball, the award given to the player voted as the most outstanding at the
FIFA World Cup inals.

ARGENTINA AUSTRIA BRAZIL

Ubaldo Fillol Friedrich Koncilia Leão

1 FRANCE
53 59 51
Joël Bats
1

USA
Brad Friedel
2
SWEDEN PARAGUAY USA
Justo Villar 1
Ronnie Hellström Tony Meola
52 1 42

SPAIN

Andoni Zubizarreta
GERMANY
62 SPAIN 2
Iker Casillas
Sepp Maier 40
61

SAUDI ARABIA
USSR
Mohammed
SERBIA JAPAN Al-Deayea Rinat Dasayev
Vladimir Stojković Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 54 41
1 1

100
 World Cup Goalkeepers

SAveS

Source: Opta (October 2015)

All data from 1966–2014.
PenAlTY SAveS

USA
NIGERIA
COLOMBIA Tim Howard
GHANA Vincent Enyeama René Higuita 41
POLAND 46
Richard Kingson 1
Jan Tomaszewski
42 2

SWEDEN
ITALY Magnus Hedman
SWEDEN 1
SWITZERLAND Thomas Ravelli Dino Zoff
Diego Benaglio 67
42
1

JAPAN
Eiji Kawashima
1
ITALY

Gianluigi Buffon 1 POLAND

48 URUGUAY
Józef Młynarczyk
48 Ladislao
Mazurkiewicz
51

PERU
ENGLAND

Ramón Quiroga GERMANY

Peter Shilton 44
60 1
55 Manuel Neuer
44

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 BUNDESLIGA GAME WINS
Although there is no doubting the dominance of Bayern München over their Bundesliga rivals, this
infographic illustrates the competitive nature of the league. A total of 53 clubs have competed in
the Bundesliga over the 30 plus years, with more than 10 teams earning a win ratio of over 40%.
Bayern hold the record for the most wins in a season, reaching 29 in both 2012–13 and 2013–14,
clocking up a run of 19 games in the latter season. The last two seasons have seen Bayern extend
their lead in this category with two emphatic Bundesliga titles, while only Borussia Dortmund,
Lokomotive Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen have recorded better than a 50% win ratio.

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN
EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG 242
DSC ARMINIA BIELEFELD 159
SV WALDHOF MANNHEIM 71

TSG 1899 HOFFENHEIM 103

FORTUNA DÜSSELDORF 245

VFL BOCHUM 1848

TSV 1860 MÜNCHEN 238
FC HANSA ROSTOCK 124

1. FC NÜRNBERG
KFC UERDINGEN 05 138
OFC KICKERS 1901 77
ROT-WEISS ESSEN 61

VFL WOLFSBURG 261

KARLSRUHER SC 241
1. FSV MAINZ 05 127

MSV DUISBERG 296

HANNOVER 96 293

HERTHA BSC
SC FREIBURG 180
FC AUGSBURG 64

341

356

421

550

575

592

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 Bundesliga Game Wins

Source: Opta (May 2017)

Under 60 Wins
FC ST PAULI 58 1. FC SAARBRÜCKEN 32 STUTTGARTER KICKERS 20 SC PADERBORN 07 7
FC ENERGIE COTTBUS 56 SV DARMSTADT 98 28 RB LEIPZIG 20 SC PREUSSEN MÜNSTER 7
ALEMANNIA AACHEN 43 SC BORUSSIA NEUNKIRCHEN 25 FC INGOLSTADT 18 SPVGG GREUTHER FÜRTH 4
ROT-WEISS OBERHAUSEN 36 WUPPERTALER SV 25 TENNIS BORUSSIA BERLIN 11 BLAU-WEISS 1890 BERLIN 3
SG WATTENSCHEID 09 34 FC 08 HOMBURG 21 SSV ULM 1846 9 VFB LEIPZIG 3
SG DYNAMO DRESDEN 33 SPVGG UNTERHACHING 20 SC FORTUNA KÖLN 8 TASMANIA 1900 BERLIN 2

VFB STUTTGART
MÖNCHENGLADBACH

HAMBURGER SV
FC SCHALKE 04

SV WERDER
DORTMUND

MÜNCHEN
BORUSSIA

BREMEN
1. FC KÖLN

BAYERN
BORUSSIA

1043
718

738

746

761
624

655

672

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1998 WORLD CUP GOALS
Host nation France lit up their own World Cup in 1998, and inished the tournament with the
greatest triumph of all – defeating Ronaldo’s Brazil in the inal. England met Argentina in
Saint-Étienne, unarguably the match of the tournament, while ive goals secured the Golden Boot
for Davor Šuker of Croatia. Rivaldo hit the winner as Brazil and Denmark shared ive goals in a
riveting quarter-inal, while goals such as Michael Owen’s run-and-shoot, and Dennis Bergkamp’s
control-and-inish for the Netherlands – both against Argentina – highlighted that world-class
football at its best can transcend any country’s border.

DENNIS BERGKAMP – Netherlands vs Argentina

8
8
2 5
7
6 4

Dennis Bergkamp clips it beautifully past Argentinian goal-

keeper Carlos Roa, 4 July 1998.

1. Pass (cross, long ball, chipped) López

2. Ball recovery de Boer
3. Pass (long ball, chipped) de Boer
3
4. Take on Bergkamp
5. Challenge Ayala
6. Good skill Bergkamp
7. Good skill Bergkamp
8. Goal Bergkamp

4 1 KEY
7 Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

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 1998 World Cup Goals

MICHAEL OWEN – England vs Argentina EMMANUEL PETIT – France vs Brazil

1. Take on López 1. Ball recovery

2. Tackle Ince Dugarry
3. Ball recovery Ince 2. Head pass
4. Pass Ince Júnior Baiano
5. Pass Beckham 3. Pass Dugarry
6. Good skill Owen 4. Through ball Vieira
7. Take on Owen 5. Goal Petit
8. Challenge Chamot 5
10
9. Take on Owen 17
9 20 10. Goal Owen

3 8
4
7
20
6 21
3

5 7

1 7 4 4
2 3

2 1
21 4

RONALDO – Brazil vs Morocco BOUDEWIJN ZENDEN – Netherlands vs Croatia

1. Pass (chipped) Bassir 1. Goal kick (long ball)

2. Head pass Cafu Ladić
3. Ball recovery Sampaio 2. Head pass de Boer
4. Pass Sampaio 3. Pass Stanić
5. Launch Aldair 4. Interception Cocu
6. Head pass Rossi 1 5. Pass Cocu
7. Pass Dunga 1 6. Pass Numan
12 8. Lay-off Rivaldo 7. Pass (long ball) Jonk
9. Pass Dunga 8. Goal Zenden
9
10. Pass Bebeto
11. Through ball (chipped)
Rivaldo 8
12. Goal Ronaldo 12

11 20
10 12
10

10
8 4
6
9
8
3 4
7
13 11
8 5
5
4 2
3 7
5 4 5 6
6
3 2
14 2
1

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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 LONGEST UNBEATEN RUNS

58 Games
AC Milan
Run started on 26 May 1991
0–0 vs Parma FC

53 Games
Bayern
München
Run started on 3 November 2012
3–0 vs Hamburger SV

49 Games
Arsenal
Run started on 7 May 2003
6–1 vs Southampton

38 Games
Real
Sociedad
Run started on 29 April 1979
1–0 vs Valencia CF

32 Games
FC Nantes
Run started on 29 July 1994
1–1 vs Olympique Lyonnais

106
 Longest Unbeaten Runs

“The Invincibles” was a nickname irst given to the 1880s Preston North End team when they won
the irst “Double”, completing the season unbeaten with just four draws. Arsenal would inherit the
title in their unbeaten (12-draw) Premier League-winning season of 2003–04. In Europe, Juventus, Source: Opta (May 2017)
AC Milan, S.L. Benica, FC Porto, AFC Ajax and others have all completed an unbeaten campaign,
and in 2017, Celtic’s now famous “Infrangibles” became the irst Scottish team to manage the feat
since the nineteenth century. However, no Ligue 1, Bundesliga or modern-era La Liga club have yet
run the course of the season without defeat.

Run ended on 14 March 1993

0–1 vs Parma FC

Run ended on 29 March 2014

0–1 vs FC Augsburg

Run ended on 16 October 2004

0–2 vs Manchester United

“ It’s not impossible [to go through the

season unbeaten] as AC Milan once did
Run ended on 4 May 1980
1–2 vs Sevilla FC
it but I can’t see why it’s so shocking to
say it. Do you think Manchester United,
Liverpool or Chelsea don’t dream that
as well? They just don’t say it because
they’re scared to look ridiculous, but
Run ended on 8 April 1995
nobody is ridiculous in this job as we
0–2 vs RC Strasbourg Alsace know anything can happen.”
Arsène Wenger in 2002, a whole year
before Arsenal’s “invincible” season

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 ASIAN CUP RECORDS BY NATION
The Asian Cup is contested by the nations of the Asian Football Confederation, which stretches
from the Middle East to Japan and Australia (who joined the AFC in 2006). It was held every four
years from the inaugural 1956 tournament until 2004, then from 2007 (switching to avoid conlicting
with the Olympics and European Championship). The number of nations competing in the inals
increased from an original four to 12 in 1996, to 16 in 2004 and will increase to 24 in 2019.

Uzbekistan
Iran

Kuwait

Syria
Iraq

Lebanon
Turkmenistan
Israel

Palestine

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

United Arab Emirates

Qatar
Australia

Oman

QUALIFICATION NOTES
*South Vietnam played in 1956 and 1960,
and became one country in 1976.

Australia joined the Asian

Football Confederation in 2006.

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 Asian Cup Records by Nation

Winner Qualiied

Host 0 7

1 8

2 9

3 10

4 11

5 12

6 13

DPR Korea

Japan
China

Korea Republic

Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong, China

Bangladesh

Vietnam*

Malaysia
India Cambodia
Myanmar

Thailand

Indonesia

Singapore
Source: FIFA (October 2015)

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 La Liga top Goalscorers 1998–2017

Lionel Messi and Cristiano ronaldo tower over La Liga goalscoring records. their lead is
considerable, but they also score around a goal a game – almost twice the rate of others in the
chart. the only player in the league’s history whose record stands the equal of these modern
superstars is the great telma Zarra. He played at athletic Bilbao for 15 seasons, scoring at nearly a
goal a game and helping Bilbao to a league title in 1943. His name now lives on in the award given
to La Liga’s top Spanish goalscorer each season.

In the 2010–11 season Cristiano Ronaldo became

Ed
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 EUROPEAN CUP WINS BY NATION
The recent Champions League successes of Barcelona and Real Madrid have secured Spain’s claim
to be most successful European nation. Real Madrid’s consecutive triumphs in the European Cup’s
irst ive competitions help Spain top the list, although England have had more successful clubs and
Italy have had more inalists. In later years, the concentration of inancial might in Europe’s major
leagues has increased the dominance of those nations. The era of the Champions League (beginning
in 1992) has seen Spain register 10 wins, followed by Italy (ive), England (four) and Germany (three).

2 Juventus
Internazionale
Milano
1 Steaua București

3
1
Marseille
1
1 Romania
France

12
Italy 12 Real Madrid

7 AC Milan

Feyenoord
PSV
1 1 Eindhoven

17
6 Spain

The Netherlands

4 Ajax

Barcelona 5
112
 European Cup Wins by Nation

1 Chelsea
Nottingham
Forest 1 Aston Viilla

12
3 England

Manchester
United 5 Liverpool

Hamburger SV
1 Borussia Dortmund

1 Celtic
1
1
Scotland
7
Germany

5 Bayern München

Porto 2

1 Red Star Belgrade

4
Portugal

1 2 Benica

Yugoslavia
Source: Opta (June 2017)

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 SERIE A GAME WINS
There are 65 teams who have participated in the 84 Serie A championships to have taken place
to date, with only Internazionale having competed in every season. Apart from the largely pre-
war success of Torino and Bologna, Serie A has been dominated by Le Sette Sorelle (The Seven
Sisters): Juventus, Roma, Milan, Inter, Fiorentina, Lazio – and Parma, who have more recently
been replaced by Napoli. The Italian league is usually secured by a team amassing a total of
around 25 victories in the season, although Juventus won 33 and 29 out of 38 respectively in their
title-winning seasons of 2013–14 and 2015–16.

SAMPDORIA 682
TRIESTINA 253

ATALANTA 554

BOLOGNA 840
PALERMO 307

CAGLIARI 371
VICENZA 296

UDINESE 498
VERONA 227

TORINO 884
ALESSANDRIA 136

PARMA 327

GENOA 543
PRO PATRIA 118

BARI 258
MODENA 130

LIVORNO 171
PERUGIA 126

BRESCIA 188
CATANIA 162
NOVARA 133

PADOVA 182
EMPOLI 108

CHIEVO 174
ASCOLI 110
LECCE 114
COMO 109

SPAL 151

114
 Serie A Game Wins
Source: Opta (May 2017)

Under 100 Wins

FOGGIA 95 PRO VERCELLI 65 PESCARA 36 CARPI 9
VENEZIA 94 SASSUOLO 50 VARESE 36 CROTONE 9
REGGINA 83 MANTOVA 48 CASALE 33 ANCONA 8
SIENA 83 LIGURIA 44 SAMPIERDARENESE 24 FROSINONE 8
CESENA 80 CREMONESE 43 SALERNITANA 23 TERNANA 7
LUCCHESE 80 PISA 42 LECCO 19 PISTOIESE 6
AVELLINO 79 MESSINA 39 LEGNANO 16 TREVISO 3
PIACENZA 65 CATANZARO 38 REGGIANA 16

INTERNAZIONALE
MILANO 1404
FIORENTINA

JUVENTUS
AC MILAN
NAPOLI 911

LAZIO 935

ROMA
1054

1170

1340

1525

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2002 WORLD CUP GOALS
Japan and South Korea co-hosted Asia’s irst World Cup in 2002 and it is a tournament remembered
for being full of surprises. Reigning champions France and fancied favourites Argentina went home
after the group stage and South Korea beat Spain, Italy and Portugal on their way to the semi-inals.
Few fans were shocked, however, by Brazil’s clear run to victory, powered by a player at the top of
his game – Ronaldo. The chest and volley by Uruguay’s Diego Forlán, Matt Holland’s superstrike for
Ireland and the overhead kick by Brazil’s Edmílson are goals also still regularly voted in World Cup
Greatest Goals lists, along with these ones too...

JARED BORGETTI – Mexico vs Italy

20
9

11 18

12

17 Mexico’s Jared Borgetti scored the irst goal against Italy with a
19 10 knockout strike past goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, 13 June 2002.
10 13 21
7 10 11
9 10
18
6 1. Clearance Vidrio 12. Pass Arellano
16 14 2. Tackle Carmona 13. Pass Blanco
3. Take on Inzaghi 14. Pass Torrado
15 5 4. Ball recovery Tor- 15. Pass Vidrio
6 rado 16. Pass (long ball) Tor-
7
8 5. Pass Torrado rado
4 6. Pass Márquez 17. Pass Morales
16 7. Pass Luna 18. Pass Luna
11
14 8. Pass Márquez 19. Pass (chipped)
6
9. Pass Carmona Blanco
10. Pass Rodríguez 20. Goal Borgetti
11. Pass Blanco

3
4 5
1
4 6 9
5
16
2
KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

116
 2002 World Cup Goals

SALIF DIAO – Senegal vs Denmark EDMÍLSON – Brazil vs Costa Rica

1. Take on Jørgenson 1. Pass Wanchope

2. Tackle Camara 2. Interception Silva
3. Ball recovery Camara 3. Pass Cafu
4. Pass Camara 4. Ball recovery Cafu
5. Pass Diouf 5. Pass Cafu
6. Pass (long ball) Diao 14 6. Pass Juninho
5
7. Through ball Fadiga 7. Pass Cafu
8. Goal Diao 13 8. Pass Edmílson
15 8
16
9. Pass Silva
10. Pass Edmílson
12
11. Pass Rivaldo
5 20
12. Pass Edmílson
8 13. Pass (cross, chipped)
7
Júnior
14. Goal Edmílson
10 11 7
2
9
10 10 6
8
5

19

6 2
5 4
11
15

2
8 1
9

3 4
2
7
10
1

RONALDINHO – Brazil vs England CHRISTIAN VIERI – Italy vs Ecuador

1. Goal (free kick) 1. Throw in Panucci

Ronaldinho 2. Pass Totti
3. Head pass Di Biagio
4. Pass Tommasi
10 5. Through ball Totti
12
6. Attempt saved Vieri
13 7. Save (parried danger)
3 1
8 7 21 Cevallos
8. Clearance Hurtado
9. Head pass Cannavaro
10. Pass (long ball, chipped)
6 21
Tommasi
10 11. Pass (long ball, chipped)
5 Panucci
12. Pull back Totti
10
1 13. Goal Vieri
1 2
4 2
11
17 3

14

5 17
9
10

11

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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 WORLD CUP GOALSCORERS
BY COUNTRY

GERMANY ITALY
Jürgen Klinsmann Thomas Müller Helmut Rahn Salvatore
Roberto Baggio Paolo Rossi
11 10 10 Schillaci
9 9 6
Miroslav Klose
16

Max Morlock Helmut Haller Christian Vieri

Alessandro
Uwe Seeler Rudi Völler 9 Silvio Piola
6 6 Altobelli
9 8 5 5

Lukas Podolski
5 ARGENTINA Mario
Gerd Müller Lothar Diego
14 Karl-Heinz Matthäus Alberto
Maradona
Rummenigge Hans Schäfer Gabriel Batistuta Kempes
8 6
7 6 Franz 10
9 Beckenbauer
5

Guillermo Stábile Gonzalo

Lionel Messi
Rivaldo Ademir Higuaín
BRAZIL Vavá 8 5
8 8 5
9
Ronaldo
15
Robin
NETHERLANDS Wesley Sneijder
van Persie
Bebeto Garrincha
6 6
Jairzinho Careca
Johnny Rep
7 6 5
9 7

Pelé Arjen Rob Johan

Dennis Robben Rensenbrink Neeskens
12 Leônidas da Silva Rivellino Zico Romário Bergkamp 6 6 5
8 6 5 5 6

118
 World Cup Goalscorers by Country

It was Lucien Laurent, for France, who scored the irst World Cup inals goal at the 1930 competition. Since then
over 2,300 goals have been scored by 80 different countries in 20 inals tournaments. Germany and Brazil have
both been tournament top scorers on four occasions, Hungary have the highest strike rate at 2.72 goals scored per
match (helped by their record 27 goals in 1954), while Canada, China, Dutch East Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and
Zaire all have reached the inals but failed to register a single goal – a notable achievement in itself.
Source: Opta (August 2015)

Fernando
Fernando Hierro
Morientes
5 Just Fontaine Thierry Henry Sándor Kocsis Lajos Tichy
5
David Villa 13 6 11 7
9

Emilio
Raúl
Butragueño Gyula
Basora 5 Michel Platini Zinedine Zidane György Sárosi
5 Zsengellér
5 5 5 6 5

URUGUAY ENGLAND CZECHOSLOVAKIA AUSTRIA

Diego Geoff Tomáš Hans
Forlán Hurst Skuhravý Krankl
Óscar Míguez Gary Lineker Oldřich Erich
6 5 Nejedlý 5 Probst 5
8 10
7 6

PERU BULGARIA COLOMBIA CROATIA

Juan Alberto Luis Pedro
Schiaffino Suárez Cea Teófilo Cubillas Hristo Stoichkov 6 James Rodríguez 6 Davor Šuker 6
5 5 5 10

GHANA AUSTRALIA BELGIUM CAMEROON

Asamoah Gyan Tim Cahill Marc Wilmots Roger

Kennet
6 Milla
Andersson
5 5
Henrik 5
Andrzej Larsson 5
Szarmach 5 RUSSIA
Grzegorz Lato DENMARK USA
7
10 Oleg Salenko 6
Jon Dahl Tomasson 5 Landon Donovan 5

PORTUGAL SWITZERLAND NORTHERN

USSR
IRELAND
Zbigniew Boniek 6 Eusébio 9 Josef Hügi 6
Peter McParland 5 Valentin Ivanov 5

119
 LA LIGA GAME WINS PER CLUB
It was Lucien Laurent, for France, who scored the irst World Cup inals goal at the 1930 competition. Since then
over 2,300 goals have been scored by 80 different countries in 20 inals tournaments. Germany and Brazil have
both been tournament top scorers on four occasions, Hungary have the highest strike rate at 2.72 goals scored per
match (helped by their record 27 goals in 1954), while Canada, China, Dutch East Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and
Zaire all have reached the inals but failed to register a single goal – a notable achievement in itself.

REAL VALLADOLID 120

RAYO VALLECANO 111

REAL ZARAGOZA 156

REAL SOCIEDAD 217

CELTA DE VIGO 187
SANTANDER 141

REAL BETIS 178

MALLORCA 210
SPORTING DE GIJÓN 61

ESPANYOL 242
OSASUNA 172

MÁLAGA 204
ALMERÍA 62

LEVANTE 95

GETAFE 147
ALAVÉS 90
REAL OVIEDO 33

GRANADA CF 56

RACING DE
RECREATIVO 42
NUMANCIA 37

LAS PALMAS 44
TENERIFE 26
ELCHE 20

EIBAR 35

120
 La Liga Game Wins Per Club

“ You want to win games, break records

Under 20 Wins
but I don’t do it just for the records. I
ALBACETE 19 LEGANÉS 8
do it because I want to improve and REAL MURCIA 12 XEREZ 8
see my players improve.” HÉRCULES 9 SALAMANCA 7
CF EXTREMADURA 9 GIMNÀSTIC DE TARRAGON 7
Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach CÁDIZ 8 CÓRDOBA 3

Source: Opta (May 2017)

REAL MADRID
DEPORTIVO DE LA

MADRID 300
ATHLETIC BILBAO

VALENCIA CF
VILLARREAL 266

BARCELONA
CORUÑA 247

ATLÉTICO
SEVILLA

475
285

339

467
273

121
 FOOTBALL STADIUMS BY SIZE
The footballing world may still mourn the loss of iconic grounds such as Arsenal’s Highbury stadium, Benica’s
Estádio da Luz and Athletic Bilbao’s La Catedral at San Mamés, but the stadiums that replaced them and
other new venues such as the Allianz Arena in Munich, Juventus’ stadium in Turin and Atlético Madrid’s Wanda
Metropolitano look set to join Camp Nou, Old Trafford and La Bombonera on the list of the world’s most hallowed
grounds. This infographic illustrates the world’s biggest football stadiums (on this page) and the homes of leading
football clubs and major national teams (facing) – and, for comparison, includes two of the smallest.

Source: Google (May 2017)

RUNGRADO MAY DAY STADIUM CAMP NOU FNB STADIUM (SOCCER CITY)
Pyongyang, North Korea Barcelona, Spain Johannesburg, South Africa
DPR KOREA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM BARCELONA SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL TEAM,
150,000 99,354 KAIZER CHIEFS, 2010 WORLD CUP
94,736

WEMBLEY STADIUM ESTADIO AZTECA BORG EL ARAB STADIUM SALT LAKE STADIUM
London, England Mexico City, Mexico Alexandria, Egypt Kolkata, India
ENGLAND NATIONAL MEXICO NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, EGYPT NATIONAL INDIA NATIONAL
FOOTBALL TEAM CLUB AMÉRICA FOOTBALL TEAM FOOTBALL TEAM
90,000 87,000 86,000 85,000
122
 Football Stadiums by Size

SIGNAL IDUNA PARK STADE DE FRANCE SANTIAGO BERNABÉU STADIUM LUZHNIKI STADIUM
(WESTFALENSTADION) Saint-Denis, France Madrid, Spain Moscow, Russia
Dortmund, Germany FRANCE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM REAL MADRID RUSSIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM,
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 81,338 81,044 2018 WORLD CUP FINAL
81,359 81,000

STADIO GIUSEPPE MEAZZA MARACANÃ STADIUM OLD TRAFFORD ALLIANZ ARENA

(SAN SIRO) Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Manchester, England Munich, Germany
Milan, Italy BRAZIL NATIONAL TEAM, MANCHESTER UNITED F.C. BAYERN MÜNCHEN,
INTERNAZIONALE MILANO, AC MILAN CR FLAMENGO, FLUMINENSE FC, 75,643 TSV 1860 MUNICH
BOTAFOGO FR 75,024
80,018
78,383

PRINCIPALITY (MILLENNIUM) STADIO OLIMPICO OLYMPIC STADIUM ATHENS ESTÁDIO DA LUZ CELTIC PARK
STADIUM Rome, Italy (SPIROS LOUIS) Lisbon, Portugal Glasgow, Scotland
Cardiff, Wales A.S. ROMA, S.S. LAZIO Athens, Greece S.L. BENFICA, UEFA EURO 2004 FINAL, CELTIC FC
WALES NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM 72,630 GREECE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, 2014 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 60,832
74,500 AEK ATHENS, PANATHINAIKOS FC 65,647
69,618

EMIRATES STADIUM AMSTERDAM ARENA STADE LOUIS II VICTORIA STADIUM ESTADI COMUNAL
London, England Amsterdam, Netherlands Monaco Gibraltar D’ANDORRA LA VELLA
ARSENAL AJAX, NETHERLANDS NATIONAL AS MONACO GIBRALTAR NATIONAL TEAM La Vella, Andorra
60,432 FOOTBALL TEAM 18,500 5,000 ANDORRA NATIONAL TEAM
54,033 1,300
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 2006 WORLD CUP GOALS
The 2006 World Cup, hosted by Germany, will forever be dominated by one image: the world’s greatest
footballer, Zinedine Zidane, playing his last game ever, headbutting Italy’s Marco Materazzi in the chest. In a
low-scoring tournament, ive goals were enough to reward Germany’s Miroslav Klose the Golden Boot, while
Philipp Lahm’s wonderstrike in the opening game, Bakari Koné’s solo effort for the Ivory Coast and Argentina’s
Cambiasso inishing an exquisite 24-pass movement stood out as the tournament’s best goals.

ESTEBAN CAMBIASSO – Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro

28

29 9
5

27
26
18
7
7 5
3 Esteban Cambiasso celebrates in style after scoring the
24 25 second goal against Serbia & Montenegro, 16 June 2006.
10 5
3 20 5
15
23
10 21 1. Dispossesed Kežman 15. Pass Cambiasso
17 2. Challenge Mascher- 16. Pass Mascherano
18
19 ano 17. Pass Rodríguez
18 16 3. Tackle Rodríguez 18. Pass Sorín
22
8 4. Ball recovery Heinze 19. Pass Rodríguez
10 8
12
5. Pass Heinze 20. Pass Cambiasso
13 6. Pass Mascherano 21. Pass Riquelme
18 10 6
8 7. Pass Riquelme 22. Pass Mascherano
11 3 8 10 7
8. Pass Rodríguez 23. Pass Mascherano
3 9. Pass Sorín 24. Pass Saviola
9 2 2 10. Pass Rodríguez 25. Pass Riquelme
14
8 11. Pass Sorín 26. Pass Saviola
8
18 8 18 12. Pass Mascherano 27. Pass Cambiasso
3
1 13. Pass Riquelme 28. Pass Crespo
5 6 4 14. Pass Ayala 29. Goal Cambiasso

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

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JOE COLE – England vs Sweden DECO – Portugal vs Iran

1. Clearance 1. Launch Nosrati

Alexandersson 2. Head pass Meira
2. Good skill Cole 3. Head pass Maniche
3. Goal Cole 4. Ball recovery Carvalho
7 5. Pass Carvalho
1
6. Pass Maniche
7. Pass Ronaldo
8. Pass (long ball) Deco
9. Pass Figo
10. Goal Deco
7 9 10 20
1
20

3
17 7
11
2
20
8 6

18
3 18

5
2

4
16

MAXI RODRÍGUEZ – Argentina vs Mexico FERNANDO TORRES – Spain vs Ukraine

1. Pass Pineda 1. Pass Shelayev

2. Pass Ayala 2. Interception Puyol
3. Pass Aimar 3. Take on Puyol
4. Pass Scaloni 4. Pass Puyol
5. Pass Messi 5. Challenge Tymoshchuk
6. Pass Riquelme 6. Pass Torres
7. Pass (long ball) Messi 7. Pass Fàbregas
8. Pass (chipped, long ball) 8. Flick-on Puyol
Sorín 9 9 9. Goal Torres
18 8
9. Goal Rodríguez
5
9

8 7 19 9
7
3 10 5 9
6 8 18
4 6
1 5

4
2 5 3
19

4
13 16
3
14 2
1 2

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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EREDIVISIE GOALS PER CLUB
Of course, the “big three” Netherlands’ teams dominate the goal-scoring tables – Ajax even managed 122 in one
season in 1966–67 and PSV’s Coen Dillen, nicknamed “Het Kanon”, struck 43 times in 1956–57. The modern
Dutch goal masters – Cruyff, van Basten, Bergkamp, Van Nistelrooy – all igure as season’s top scorers, but the
lesser known Ruud Geels was the leading striker on ive occasions (four times for Ajax, once for Sparta) between
1974 and 1981. More recently the minor teams strikers have topped the charts on several occasions, including
Wilfrid Bony for Vitesse (2012–13), Alfreð Finnbogason of Heerenveen (2013–14) and AZ’s Vincent Janssen
(2015–16).
5178
4727

“ Players today can only shoot with

4389

their laces. I could shoot with the

inside, laces, and outside of both
feet. In other words, I was six
times better than today’s players.”
Johan Cruyff
2769
2642
2267
2218
2199
2169
2069
1919
1836
1624

749
1565

756
1527

735
1434

790
1399

739
HERACLES ALMELO
FORTUNA SITTARD

743

DE GRAAFSCHAP
DOS UTRECHT
1014

PEC ZWOLLE
EXCELSIOR
994
886
SPARTA ROTTERDAM

RODA JC KERKRADE

GO AHEAD EAGLES
MVV MAASTRICHT

SC HEERENVEEN
ADO DEN HAAG

FC GRONINGEN

RKC WAALWIJK

FC VOLENDAM
FC UTRECHT
FEYENOORD

NAC BREDA
FC TWENTE

VVV-VENLO
WILLEM II

VITESSE

N.E.C.
AJAX

PSV

AZ

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WILLY VAN DER KUIJLEN RUUD GEELS JOHAN CRUYFF KEES KIST
311 265 215 212
TONNY VAN DER LINDEN HENK GROOT PETER HOUTMAN SJAAK SWART
206 195 180 175
LEO VAN VEEN COR VAN DER GIJP WIM KIEFT DIRK KUYT
174 162 158 153
HALLVAR THORESEN HENK “CHARLY” BOSVELD JOHN BOSMAN PIET KEIZER
152 152 146 146
JAN VENNEGOOR OF
LEX SCHOENMAKER WILLY BROKAMP HESSELINK CEES VAN KOOTEN
145 145 134 134
PIET KRUIVER OVE KINDVALL MARTIN VAN GEEL MARCO VAN BASTEN
133 129 127 127
RONALD KOEMAN PIET KEUR THEO DE JONG WILLEM VAN HANEGEM
126 126 126 126
PIERRE VAN HOOIJDONK GERALD VANENBURG COEN DILLEN KLAAS NUNINGA
125 124 120 120
DICK NANNINGA RENÉ VAN DE KERKHOF MATTHEW AMOAH BLAISE NKUFO
118 118 116 114
LEO CANJELS HENK WERY JON DAHL TOMASSON HENNIE MEIJER
114 113 112 111
LUC NILIS KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR JACQUES VISSCHERS DICK VAN DIJK
110 109 109 109
ANDRÉ HOEKSTRA MATEJA KEZ̆MAN CHRIS COENEN KENNETH PEREZ
106 105 105 105
JOHN VAN LOEN CAROL SCHUURMAN
104 104

Source: Opta (May 2017)

Colour relates to the team for which the player
scored the highest number of goals.
635
FORTUNA ’54 GELEEN

565
695

491

307

263
530

164
SC ENSCHEDE

208
588

334
HAARLEM

258
FC DEN BOSCH

103
533

RAPID JC HEERLEN

99
306

93
107
FC AMSTERDAM
TELSTAR

RBC ROOSENDAAL

148
FC DORDRECHT

72
DWS

BLAUW-WIT

DE VOLEWIJCKERS
SC CAMBUUR

92
BVC AMSTERDAM
GVAV

HELMOND SPORT
187
ELINKWIJK

74
FC EINDHOVEN
168

39
WAGENINGEN
126
SITTARDIA

XERXESDZB

VEENDAM

62
NOAD

ALKMAAR
SHS

BVV

SVV

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COPA LIBERTADORES WINS BY NATION
Copa Libertadores de América is the most prestigious club tournament in South America. It is broadcast in over
130 countries and watched by more than a billion viewers. Played annually from February through qualifying,
group stages and then a home and away knock-out stage, the tournament is now contested by 38 teams from
eleven countries (including Mexican teams since 2000). At least three clubs from each country compete in the
tournament with Argentina and Brazil each entitled to enter ive teams.
The 2016 inal between Colombia’s Atletico Nacional and Independiente del Valle of Ecuador was the irst
between teams from countries on South America’s Paciic coast and also the irst in 25 years not to feature
Argentinian or Brazilian sides.

1 Atlético Mineiro

Corinthians 1 3 São Paolo

Vasco da Gama 1

3 Santos
Flamengo 1

Palmeiras 1
17
Brazil
Internacional 2

2 Grêmio 2 Cruzeiro

Colo-Colo

1 5 Peñarol

1 Nacional

3
Chile
8
Uruguay

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 Copa Libertadores Wins by Nation

1 Once Caldas

2
Atlético
3 LDU Quito

1 1
Nacional Colombia
Ecuador
San Lorenzo
Racing Club
de Avellaneda 1 1 Vélez Sársield
1
1 Argentinos Juniors

Independiente 7

4 Estudiantes

24
Argentina

3 River Plate
Boca Juniors 6

Olimpia

3
3 Source: Opta (July 2016)

Paraguay
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 LIGUE 1 TITLE WINNERS
Ligue 1 has been graced by 69 teams in its history, with a third of them making a serious impression on league
records. The sixth-ranked league in Europe, it has seen one of the most evident shifts between traditional clubs
and those beneitting from wealthy benefactors and investors. Those familiar with the recent success of PSG
might ind it surprising to view their win record still lagging some way behind the league’s long-standing clubs,
including Sochaux, now a Ligue 2 side and still living off their glories of the 1930s and 1960s.

10

0
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975

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 Ligue 1 Title Winners

Key (anticlockwise from top-right)

AS SAINT-ÉTIENNE 10 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 6 OLYMPIQUE LILLOIS 1
OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE 9 OGC NICE 4 MONTPELLIER HÉRRAULT SC 1
FC NANTES 8 LILLE LOSC 3 RC LENS 1
AS MONACO FC 8 FC SÈTE 34 2 RCF PARIS 1
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 7 FC SOCHAUX-MONTBÉLIARD 2 CO ROUBAIX-TOURCOING 1
GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX 6 AJ AUXERRE 1 RC STRASBOURG ALSACE 1
STADE DE REIMS 6

Source: Opta (May 2017)

AS SAINT-ÉTIENNE 10

OLYMPIQUE DE
MARSEILLE 9

FC NANTES,
AS MONACO FC 8

OLYMPIQUE
LYONNAIS 7

STADE DE REIMS,
G/D BORDEAUX
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 6

OGC NICE 4

LILLE LOSC 3

SOCHAUX-M/B,
FC SÈTE 2

OLYMPIQUE LILLOIS,
RCF PARIS,
ROUBAIX-TOURCOING,
STRASBOURG,
AJ AUXERRE,
RC LENS,
MONTPELLIER 1
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

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 AFC ASIAN CUP
TROPHIES AND GOALS
The most recent AFC Asian Cup in 2015 crowned host nation Australia the Champions of Asia after defeating the
Republic of Korea 2–1 after extra time. The next tournament in 2019, which is to be hosted by the United Arab
Emirates, will see the possible number of national teams expand from 16 to 24. The Asian Cup is the world’s
second oldest continental football championship, after Copa América, and the cup’s most consistent side to
date is Japan, who have triumphantly held the trophy aloft in four out of seven tournaments since 1992.

IRAN KOREA REPUBLIC

119 100
37 32
3 2

CHINA PR JAPAN

80
86
24
21 4
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 AFC Asian Cup Trophies and Goals

SAUDI ARABIA KUWAIT IRAQ UZBEKISTAN

38 35
47 13 11
63 15
19
1 1
3
AUSTRALIA UNITED ARAB QATAR ISRAEL
EMIRATES
34 28
10 33 33 9
12 6
1 1
BAHRAIN SYRIA THAILAND DPR JORDAN
KOREA
26 17 15 14 13
4 7 1 3 4

INDONESIA HONG INDIA KHMER SOUTH

KONG REPUBLIC VIETNAM
8
10 9 8 8
2 2 1

MALAYSIA OMAN MYANMAR TURKMENISTAN

7 6 5 4
1 2 2
VIETNAM LEBANON SINGAPORE BANGLADESH
4 3 3 2
1 1
PALESTINE
TOURNAMENTS WON
1 MATCHES WON
Source: Opta (October 2015) GOALS SCORED

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 100 INTERNATIONAL CAPS
At Wembley Stadium, on 11 April 1959, England captain Billy Wright became the irst footballer to make 100
appearances for his country, but since then this feat has been repeated by many players around the world. The
modern game’s proliferation of matches (major nations play more games a year than their pre-1990s counterparts)
and multiple substitution rules give today’s players a better chance of becoming Centurions and also accounts for the
absence in the list of such greats as Pelé (92 appearances), Diego Maradona (91), Eusébio (64) and Johan Cruyff (48).

Ahmed Hassan 184 Hossam Hassan 178 Claudio Suárez 177 Mohamed 172 Iván Hurtado 168 GianluIgi Buffon 168 Iker Casillas 167 Vitalijs Astafjevs 165 Cobi Jones 164
Egypt Egypt Mexico Al-Deayea Ecuador Italy Spain Latvia United States
Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Al- 163 Adnan Al-Talyani 161 Bader Al-Mutawa 158 Landon Donovan 157 Sami Al-Jaber 156 Martin Reim 156 Essam El-Hadary 153 Yasuhito Endo 152 Lothar Matthäus 150
Khilaiwi United Arab Kuwait United States Saudi Arabia Estonia Egypt Japan West Germany /
Saudi Arabia Emirates Germany

Salman Isa 149 Ali Daei 149 Javad Nekounam 148 Younis Mahmoud 148 Robbie Keane 146 Mohammed 145 Pável Pardo 145 Paulo da Silva 144 Anatoliy 144
Bahrain Iran Iran Iraq Republic of Ireland Husain Mexico Paraguay Tymoshchuk
Bahrain Ukraine

Javier Zanetti 143 Gerado Torrado 143 Fawzi Doorbeen 143 Thomas Ravelli 143 Anders Svensson 143 Cafu 142 Marko Kristal 142 Lilan Thuram 142 Sergio Ramos 142
Argentina Mexico Oman Sweden Sweden Brazil Estonia France Spain

Abdullah 141 Ahmed Mubarek 140 Giorgos 139 Cristiano Ronaldo 138 Rigobert Song 137 Jari Litmanen 137 Miroslav Klose 137 Amado Guevara 137 Hussein Saeed 137
Zubromawi Oman Karagounis Portugal Cameroon Finland Germany Honduras Iraq
Saudi Arabia Greece

Rafael Márquez 137 Javier 136 Maynor Figueroa 136 Fabio Cannavaro 136 Hong Myung-Bo 136 Walter Centeno 135 Noel Valladares 135 Amer Shafi 135 Waleed Ali Jumah 135
Mexico Mascherano Honduras Italy South Korea Costa Rica Honduras Jordan Kuwait
Argentina

Andrés Guardado 135 Daniel Bennett 135 Darijo Srna 134 Shay Given 134 Dorinel Munteanu 134 Hussein 134 Shahril Bin Ishak 134 Jeff Agoos 134 Andres Oper 133
Mexico Singapore Croatia Republic of Ireland Romania Sulaimani Singapore United States Estonia
Saudi Arabia

Carlos Ruiz 133 Bashar Abdullah 133 Saud Kariri 133 Xavi 133 Andreas Isaksson 133 Clint Dempsey 132 Gabriel Gómez 131 Kim Källström 131 Lee Woon-Jae 131
Guatemala Kuwait Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden United States Panama Sweden South Korea

Kiatisuk 131 Sargis Hovseyan 130 Lukas Podolski 130 Edwin van 130 Baihakki Bin 130 Michael Bradley 130 Jorge Campos 129 Roberto Palacios 128 Juan Arango 128
Senamuang Armenia Germany der Sar Khaizan United States Mexico Peru Venezuela
Thailand Netherlands Singapore

Dennis 127 Ali Karimi 127 Linval Dixon 127 Luís Figo 127 Lee Young-Pyo 127 Marcelo Balboa 127 Luís Marin 126 Paolo Maldini 126 Wesley Sneijder 126
Rommedahl Iran Jamaica Portugal South Korea United States Costa Rica Italy Netherlands
Denmark

Ali Al-Habsi 126 Andoni 126 Roberto Carlos 125 Ibrahim Hassan 125 Peter Shilton 125 Musaed Neda 125 Mario Fick 125 Peter Jehle 125 Petr Cech 124
Oman Zubizarreta Brazil Egypt England Kuwait Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Czech Republic
Spain

Hany Ramzy 124 Ian Goodison 124 Jaime Penedo 124 Gheorghe Hagi 124 DaMarcus 124 Thierry Henry 123 Didier Zokora 123 Michael Mifsud 123 Server Djeparov 123
Egypt Jamaica Panama Romania Beasley France Ivory Coast Malta Uzbekistan
United States

Masami Ihara 122 Carlos Salcido 122 Amad Al-Hosni 122 Ismail Matar 122 Peter Schmeichel 121 Walter Ayoví 121 Enar Jääger 121 Bastian 121 Mohamed Abd 121
Japan Mexico Oman United Arab Emirates Denmark Ecuador Estonia Schweinsteiger Al-Jawad
Germany Saudi Arabia

Osama 121 Aide Iskandar 121 Ahmed Fathi 120 Mart Poom 120 Sergei 120 Yoo Sang-Chul 120 Rüstü Reçber 120 Subait Khater 120 Wayne Rooney 119
Al-Hawsawi Singapore Egypt Estonia Ignashevich South Korea Turkey Al-Junaibi England
Saudi Arabia Russia United Arab Emirates

Theodoros 119 Boniek García 119 David Carabott 119 Gilbert Agius 119 Ramón Ramirez 119 Cuauhtémoc 119 Pat Jennings 119 Justo Villar 119 Cha-Bum-Kun 119
Zagorakis Honduras Malta Malta Mexico Blanco Northern Ireland Paraguay South Korea
Greece Mexico

Timur Kapadze 119 Heinz Hermann 118 Geremi 118 Samuel Eto’o 118 Karel Poborský 118 Kolo Touré 118 Maxi Pereira 118 Lionel Messi 117 Amer Khalil 117
Uzbekistan Switzerland Cameroon Cameroon Czech Republic Ivory Coast Uruguay Argentina Jordan

Sebastián Soria 117 Mohammed Al- 117 Olof Mellberg 117 Ragnar Klavan 116 Marcel Desailly 116 Kostas 116 Andrea Pirlo 116 Theodore 116 Yoshikatsu 116
Qatar Shalhoub Sweden Estonia France Katsouranis Italy Whitmore Kawaguchi
Saudi Arabia Greece Jamaica Japan

John O’Shea 116 Majed Abdullah 116 Ahmed Madani 116 Taisir Al-Jassim 116 Andrés Iniesta 116 Roland Nilsson 116 Zlatan 116 Roberto Ayala 115 David Beckham 115
Republic of Ireland Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden Ibrahimovic Argentina England
Sweden

Noureddine 115 Gheorghe 115 Khairul Amri 115 Shunmugham 115 Abdulraheem 115 Stipe Pletikosa 114 Steven Gerrard 114 Kristen Viikmäe 114 Raio Piiroja 114
Naybet Popescu Singapore Subramani Jumaa Croatia England Estonia Estonia
Morocco Romania Singapore United Arab Emirates

Source: Google (June 2017)

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 100 International Caps
Nawaf Al-Khaldi 114 Khaled 114 Indra Sahdan 114 Björn Nordqvist 114 Abdulla Al- 113 Viktor Onopko 113 Philipp Lahm 113 Ali Hussein 113 Andrejs Rubins 113
Kuwait Al-Muwallid Daud Sweden Mazooqi CIS/Russia Germany Rehema Latvia
Saudi Arabia Singapore Bahrain Iraq

Martin Stocklasa 113 Ahmad 113 Xabi Alonso 113 Angus Eve 113 Tim Howard 113 Alain Geiger 112 Li Weifeng 112 Yénier Márquez 112 Jon Dahl 112
Liechtenstein Al-Dossari Spain Trinidad & Tobago United States Switzerland PR China Cuba Tomasson
Saudi Arabia Denmark

Édison Méndez 112 Abdel-Zaher 112 Daniele De Rossi 112 Dino Zoff 112 Juris Laizans 112 Frank de Boer 112 Roque Santa Cruz 112 Claudio Bravo 112 Wesam 112
Ecuador El-Saqua Italy Italy Latvia Netherlands Paraguay Spain Abdulmajid
Egypt Qatar

Yasser Al-Qahtani 112 Hakan Sükür 112 Zuhair Bakheet 112 Diego Forlán 112 Carlos 112 Hussain Ali Baba 111 Rolando Fonseca 111 Odelín Molina 111 Wael Gomaa 111
Saudi Arabia Turkey United Arab Uruguay Valderrama Bahrain Costa Rica Cuba Egypt
Emirates Colombia

Nashat Akram 111 Jarah Al-Ataiqi 111 Blas Pérez 111 Cesc Fàbregas 111 David Silva 111 Andriy 111 Abdulsalam 111 Claudio Reyna 111 Kennedy Mweene 111
Iraq Kuwait Panama Spain Spain Shevchenko Jumaa United States Zambia
Ukraine United Arab Emirates

Mehdi 110 Yuli Nakazawa 110 Carmel Busuttil 110 John Arne Riise 110 Carlos Gamarra 110 Fernando Couto 110 Kevin Kilbane 110 Fernando Torres 110 Paul Caligiuri 110
Mahdavikia Japan Malta Norway Paraguay Portugal Republic of Ireland Spain United States
Iran

Mark Schwarzer 109 Sayed Mohammed 109 Mauricio Solís 109 Hawar Mulla 109 Rafael van der 109 Niclas 109 Totchtawan 109 José Rey 109 Alexis Sanchez 108
Australia Jaffer Costa Rica Mohammed Vaart Alexandersson Sripan Venezuala Chile
Bahrain Iraq Netherlands Sweden Thailand

Álvaro Saborío 108 Thomas Helveg 108 Álex Aguinaga 108 Zinedine Zidane 108 Gábor Király 108 Nohayr Al-Mutairi 108 Alberto García 108 Bilal Mohammed 108 Răzvan Raț 108
Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador France Hungary Kuwait Aspe Qatar Romania
Mexico

Stern John 108 Diego Godin 108 Carlos Bocanegra 108 Jürgen Klinsmann 108 Ahmed El-Kass 107 Bobby Moore 107 Ashley Cole 107 Joel Lindpere 107 Patrick Vieira 107
Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay United States West Germany/ Egypt England England Estonia France
Germany

Jalal Hosseini 107 Jamal Mubarak 107 Miroslav Karhan 107 Aaron Mokoena 107 Henrik Larsson 107 Diego Simeone 106 Rashad Sadygov 106 Ismail Abdul-Latif 106 Fan Zhiyi 106
Iran Kuwait Slovakia South Africa Sweden Argentina Azerbaijan Bahrain PR China

Hao Haidong 106 Frank Lampard 106 Dmitri Kruglov 106 Guillermo 106 Shinji Okazaki 106 Francisco Javier 106 Giovanni van 106 Nani 106 Muhsin Musabah 106
PR China England Estonia Ramírez Japan Rodríguez Bronckhorst Portugal United Arab Emirates
Guatemala Mexico Netherlands

Eric Wynalda 106 Joseph Musonda 106 Ildefons Lima 105 Óscar Sonejee 105 Lúcio 105 Stiliyan Petrov 105 Tomáš Rosický 105 Bobby Charlton 105 Jonatan 105
United States Zambia Andorra Andorra Brazil Bulgaria Czech Republic England Johansson
Finland

Sami Hyypiä 105 Imants Bleidelis 105 Franz Burgmeier 105 Khamis Al-Dosari 105 Radhi Jaïdi 105 Jürgen Kohler 105 Josip Šimunic 104 Nader El-Sayed 104 Billy Wright 104
Finland Latvia Liechtenstein Saudi Arabia Tunisia West Germany / Croatia Egypt England
Germany

Per Mertesacker 104 Gustavo Cabrera 104 Didier Drogba 104 Makoto Hasebe 104 Mihails 104 Dirk Kuyt 104 Aaron Hughes 104 Héctor Chumpitaz 104 Kim Tae-Young 104
Germany Guatemala Ivory Coast Japan Zem inskis Netherlands Northern Ireland Peru South Korea
Latvia

Stéphane 103 Andreas Herzog 103 Faouzi Aaish 103 Ioannis Okkas 103 Michael Laudrup 103 Indrek Zelinski 103 Didier Deschamps 103 Mahdi Kareem 103 Máris 103
Chapuisat Austria Bahrain Cyprus Denmark Estonia France Iraq Verpakovskis
Switzerland Latvia

Mohammed Al- 103 Hwang Sun-Hong 103 Lee Dong-Gook 103 Franz 103 Mario Yepes 102 Ivica Olic 102 Martin Jørgensen 102 Aleksandr 102 Joseph Kamwendo 102
Jahani South Korea South Korea Beckenbauer Colombia Croatia Denmark Dmitrijev Malawi
Saudi Arabia West Germany Estonia

Hani Al-Dhabit 102 Román Torres 102 Michał Žewłakow 102 Steve Staunton 102 Kenny Dalglish 102 Raúl 102 Bülent Korkmaz 102 Mohamed Omar 102 Jozy Altidore 102
Oman Panama Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain Turkey United Arab Emirates USA

Savo Miloševic 102 Dejan Stankovic 102 Christopher 102 Husain Ahmed 101 Alyaksandr 101 Taffarel 101 Gonzalo Jara 101 Leonel Álvarez 101 Thomas Häßler 101
Fr Yugoslavia/Serbia & Fr Yugoslavia/Serbia & Katongo Bahrain Kulchy Brazil Chile Colombia West Germany /
Montenegro/Serbia Montenegro/Serbia Zambia Belarus Germany

Ulises De La Cruz 101 Ahmed Shobair 101 József Bozsik 101 Andranik 101 Joe Brincat 101 Phillip Cocu 101 Robin van Persie 101 Vincent Enyeama 101 Joseph Yobo 101
Ecuador Egypt Hungary Teymourian Malta Netherlands Netherlands Nigeria Nigeria
Iran

Thorbjørn 101 Luis Tejada 101 László Bölöni 101 Vasiliy 101 Oleg Blokhin 101 Kasey Keller 101 Thomas Sørenson 101 Elijah Tana 101 Lakhdar Belloumi 100
Svensson Peru Romania Berezutskiy Soviet Union United States Denmark Zambia Algeria
Norway Russia

Dani Alves 100 Robinho 100 Dario Šimic 100 Hans-Jurgen 100 Ulf Kirsten 100 Luis Capurro 100 Mohamed 100 Ari Hjelm 100 Didier Ovono 100
Brazil Brazil Croatia Dörner East Germany / Ecuador Aboutrika Finland Gabon
East Germany Germany Egypt

Levan Kobiashvili 100 Angelos Basinas 100 Carlos Pavón 100 Rúnar Kristinsson 100 Emad Mohammed 100 Siaka Tiéné 100 Yaya Toure 100 Donovan Rcketts 100 Fahad Awadh 100
Georgia Greece Honduras Iceland Iraq Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Jamaica Kuwait

Igors Stepanovs 100 Goce Sedloski 100 Henning Berg 100 Román Torres 100 Roberto Acuña 100 Denis Caniza 100 Jorge Soto 100 Grzegorz Lato 100 Damien Duff 100
Latvia Macedonia Norway Panama Paraguay Paraguay Peru Poland Republic of Ireland

Nazri Bin Nasir 100 Park Ji-Sung 100 Carles Puyol 100 Piyapong Pue-on 100 Joe-Max Moore 100 Earnie Stewart 100 Tony Meola 100
Singapore South Korea Spain Thailand United States United States United States

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 LIGUE 1 GAME WINS
Ligue 1 began in 1932, switching to its current name in 2002. Although many view it as one of the weaker of the
major European leagues, it is one of the most evenly contested. Until Monaco’s 2017 triumph, PSG have recently
held sway, but in modern times AS Saint-Etienne (League 1’s most successful club), Olympique Lyon (winner of
a record seven consecutive titles between 2002 and 2008) and Olympique de Marseille (most seasons and wins
in top light) have all dominated the league.

VALENCIENNES 375
MONTPELLIER 315
TOULOUSE FC 269

STRASBOURG 690
TOULOUSE 345
SO MONTPELLIER 104

STADE FRANÇAIS 143

LE HAVRE 257

RC PARIS 426

AUXERRE 483
CANNES 246

ANGERS 310

RENNES 738
BASTIA 434
ROUEN 233

NANCY 375
SEDAN 291
CO ROUBAIX 130

NIMES 482

REIMS 523

METZ 709
GUINGAMP 133

FC NANCY 181
RED STAR 168
AJACCIO 131

LORIENT 146
TOULON 134

TROYES 151
BREST 140

LAVAL 157

CAEN 183

SÈTE 198

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 Ligue 1 Game Wins
Source: Opta (May 2017)

Under 100 Wins

OLYMPIQUE LILLOIS 98 ALÈS 42 CA PARIS 13 AVIGNON 7
FIVES 77 LIMOGES 37 COLMAR 12 BOULOGNE-SUR-MER 7
EXCELSIOR 75 PARIS FC 31 LYON OU 11 AIX 6
ANTIBES 65 ANGOULÊME 30 NIORT 11 ISTRES 6
LE MANS 65 GRENOBLE 30 BÉZIERS 9 CLUB FRANCAIS 5
MULHOUSE 51 MARTIGUES 27 CHÂTEAUROUX 8 HYÈRES 4
ÉVIAN TG 45 RC ROUBAIX 26 GUEUGNON 8 ARLES-AVIGNON 3
TOURS 44 DIJON 17 GFC AJACCIO 8
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 747

SAINT-ÉTIENNE
OLYMPIQUE
SOCHAUX 859

MARSEILLE
BORDEAUX
RC LENS 770

NANTES 788

LYONNAIS

MONACO
LILLE 794
NICE 780

1001

1021

1058
908

955

137
8

13

12
13
17

4
 2010 World Cup Goals

MAICON – Brazil vs DPR Korea MESUT ÖZIL – Germany vs Ghana

1. Throw in Silva 1. Pass Lahm

2. Pass (long ball, chipped) 2. Pass Müller
Melo 3. Pass Lahm
3. Pass Elano 4. Pass Müller
2 4. Goal Maicon 5. Goal Özil
4

13
3
5 16
3 8 4 2
1
7
8

5
13
2 16
1

FABIO QUAGLIARELLA – Italy vs Slovakia GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST – Netherlands vs Uruguay

1. Launch (long ball) Škrtel 1. Pass (long ball) Kuyt

2. Ball recovery Chiellini 2. Pass de Zeeuw
3. Pass Chiellini 3. Pass Sneijder
4. Pass Marchetti 4. Pass de Zeeuw
5. Lay-off Cannavaro 5. Goal Van Bronckhorst
6. Pass Chiellini
7. Pass Pirlo
8. Lay-off Quagliarella
9. Pass (chipped, long ball)
Pirlo
5 10. Pass Maggio
16 11 11. Clearance Zabavnik
20 1 7
14 6 15 12. Pass Pirlo
13 18 13. Blocked De Rossi 5 3
1
14. Block Kopúnek 10
3 10
2
15. Pass De Rossi 5 4 14
8 6
2 16. Goal Quagliarella
9 12 14
18 21
21

7
21

5 5

4
2
4
4
3 12

Source: Opta (October 2015)

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 MOST SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN
MANAGERS SINCE 1960

1 Bob Paisley

2 Carlo Ancelotti

3 Alex Ferguson

4 Helenio Herrera

5 José Mourinho

6 Nereo Rocco

7 José Villalonga

8 Luis Carniglia

9 Ottmar Hitzfeld

10 Miguel Muñoz
Source: Google (June 2017)
Super cups and careers outside Europe not included.

140
 Most Successful European Managers Since 1960

No matter how wealthy the club, it is a magniicent feat to guide a club to a league title. It is something else to
take them to European success. Repeating the achievement takes a coach to legendary status. Separating
the greatest from the great, however, is a tougher call. How do we rank Bob Paisley’s European and League
titles against Helenio Herrera’s record? And, how much greater an achievement are the against-the-odds
European triumphs of José Mourinho’s Porto or Jock Stein’s Celtic?

11 Ernst Happel 21 Johan Cruyff 31 Matt Busby

12 Josep Guardiola 22 Raymond Goethals 32 Marcello Lippi

13 Béla Guttmann 23 Rafael Benítez 33 Ljupko Petrović

14 Ștefan Kovács 24 Udo Lattek 34 Artur Jorge

15 Vicente del Bosque 25 Rinus Michels 35 Frank Rijkaard

16 Brian Clough 26 Louis van Gaal 36 Joe Fagan

17 Arrigo Sacchi 27 Jock Stein 37 Roberto Di Matteo

18 Zinedine Zidane 28 Fabio Capello 38 Tony Barton

19 Dettmar Cramer 29 Guus Hiddink

KEY

Champions League / Domestic League

European Cup Titles

20 Giovanni Trapattoni 30 Emerich Jenei Other European Domestic Cups

(UEFA Cup, UEFA League, (premier tournament in
Intertoto Cup, Fairs Cup, nation only e.g. FA Cup,
Cup-Winners Cup) Copa Del Rey, DFB Pokal)

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 LIGUE 1 GOALS PER CLUB
Seen by many of the world’s richest clubs as a nursery for emerging young players, Ligue 1 has given
renowned forwards such as Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba, Karim Benzema and Eden Hazard their irst
team breaks. Zlatan Ibrahimović, a rare star import to the league, hit 113 goals in just 122 Ligue 1 games,
but left France long before catching record holder Delio Onnis (an Argentinian nicknamed “The Italian”!)
who netted 299 goals in 449 appearances between 1972 and 1986.
3845
3641
3536
3386
3218
3148
2972
2967
2944
2890
2793
2741
2573
2468

“I came like a king, left like a legend.” So claimed Zlatan Ibrahimovic (above),
who was Ligue 1’s top scorer for three of his four seasons at PSG.
2080
1920
1919
1542
1526
1460
1433
1315
1242
1154
1110
1003
988
865
859
827
794
662
654
613
564
563
550
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS

STADE FRANÇAIS
SAINT-ÉTIENNE

VALENCIENNES

MONTPELLIER
STRASBOURG

CO ROUBAIX
MARSEILLE

BORDEAUX

TOULOUSE

FC NANCY
RED STAR
SOCHAUX

LE HAVRE
AUXERRE
RC PARIS
MONACO

LORIENT
RENNES

NANTES

CANNES
ANGERS

TROYES
BASTIA

ROUEN
NANCY

SEDAN
NIMES
REIMS

LAVAL
METZ

CAEN
LILLE
LENS

SÈTE
NICE

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 Ligue 1 Goals Per club

DELIO ONNIS BERNARD LACOMBE HERVÉ REVELLI ROGER COURTOIS

299 255 216 210
THADÉE CISOWSKI ROGER PIANTONI JOSEPH UJLAKI FLEURY DI NALLO
206 203 190 187
CARLOS BIANCHI GUNNAR ANDERSSON HASSAN AKESBI JEAN BARATTE
179 179 173 169
JUST FONTAINE ALAIN GIRESSE ANDRÉ GUY DÉSIRÉ KORANYI
164 163 159 157
JEAN-PIERRE PAPIN JACKY VERGNES JOSIP SKOBLAR LUCIEN COSSOU
156 153 151 149
DOMINIQUE ROCHETEAU RACHID MEKHLOUFI PAULETA YVON DOUIS
145 143 141 140
MICHEL PLATINI STÉPHANE BRUEY SONNY ANDERSON SALIF KEÏTA
139 139 138 135
HENRI HILTL HÉCTOR DE BOURGOING LILIAN LASLANDES BAFÉTIMBI GOMIS
134 133 126 122
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ ALAIN CAVEGLIA ANDRÉ-PIERRE GIGNAC ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE
113 104 102 100
MAMADOU NIANG
100

If ever there was a born goalscorer it was Papin. As Marseille’s

“ I think that goalscoring is striker he was Ligue 1’s top scorer in five consecutive seasons
something that is born in a between 1988 and 1992. On returning to France from sojourns
at Milan and Bayern, he carried on scoring at Bordeaux, taking
person – it’s in the blood.” his league tally to 156 goals in 270 appearances – the greatest
Jean-Pierre Papin goalscorer in modern French football.

Source: Opta (May 2017)

Seasons 1992–93 to 2016–17
Colour relates to the team for which the player scored the highest
507

number of goals.
362
SO MONTPELLIER
AJACCIO 513

GUINGAMP 433

OLYMPIQUE LILLOIS
EXCELSIOR 404
533

454

MULHOUSE 291
296

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER 31
BREST

348
TOULON

LE MANS 238

ANGOULÊME 122
RC ROUBAIX 120
ÉVIAN TG 180

GRENOBLE 138
TOURS 217

CLUB FRANÇAIS 43
MARTIGUES 105
ALÈS 251

PARIS FC 150
LIMOGES 149

ARLES-AVIGNON 21
CHÂTEAUROUX 31
ANTIBES
FIVES

GFC AJACCIO 37
CA PARIS 93

GUEUGNON 27
COLMAR 61
LYON OU 52
DIJON 84

AVIGNON 30
BÉZIERS 38

HYÈRES 22
ISTRES 25
NIORT 34
AIX 48

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 WORLD CUP FOULS AND CARDS
Behind these igures lie some of the most controversial and downright disgraceful moments in World Cup
history. They include the South Africa vs Denmark tie in 1998, which resulted in seven yellow and three
red cards, plus the three yellows in one match collected by Josip Šimunić for Croatia against Australia in
2006. If you thought that was bad, let’s not forget the inal itself, which saw two Argentinians sent off in
1990 and Zinedine Zidane seeing red after a confrontation with Marco Materazzi in 2006.

ARGENTINA 112 GERMANY 110 BRAZIL 95 ITALY 89 NETHERLANDS 89 MEXICO 67

SPAIN 65 URUGUAY 61 KOREA REPUBLIC 60 FRANCE 56 ENGLAND 50 USA 48

CAMEROON 45 CHILE 43 POLAND 40 PORTUGAL 40 PARAGUAY 39 SWEDEN 38

BELGIUM 37 GHANA 33 CROATIA 33 BULGARIA 33 ROMANIA 32 DENMARK 31

JAPAN 31 SWITZERLAND 31 COSTA RICA 30 TUNISIA 28 YUGOSLAVIA 27 NIGERIA 27

AUSTRIA 24 ECUADOR 23 AUSTRALIA 23 COLOMBIA 22 SAUDI ARABIA 22 USSR 21

SOUTH AFRICA 20 GREECE 19 SLOVENIA 19 MOROCCO 19 IVORY COAST 19 RUSSIA 19

IRAN 18 SERBIA 18 TURKEY 17 SCOTLAND 17 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 17 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 16

ALGERIA 14 SENEGAL 14 HONDURAS 13 NORWAY 13 UKRAINE 12 SLOVAKIA 11

PERU 10 EAST GERMANY 10 ANGOLA 9 NORTHERN IRELAND 9 EL SALVADOR 9 TOGO 8

IRAQ 8 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 8 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6 BOLIVIA 6 NEW ZEALAND 6 CHINA PR 5

CZECH REPUBLIC 5 JAMAICA 4 EGYPT 4 HUNGARY 4 ISRAEL 4 HAITI 3

KUWAIT 3 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 3 DPR KOREA 2 ZAIRE 2 CANADA 1

144
 World Cup Fouls and Cards

ARGENTINA 10 CAMEROON 8 URUGUAY 8 NETHERLANDS 7 ITALY 6 PORTUGAL 6

BRAZIL 6 MEXICO 6 FRANCE 6 GERMANY 5 CROATIA 4 USA 4

AUSTRALIA 4 ENGLAND 3 DENMARK 3 BELGIUM 3 BULGARIA 3 SWEDEN 3

SERBIA 3 ALGERIA 2 CHILE 2 TURKEY 2 KOREA REPUBLIC 2 BOLIVIA 2

PARAGUAY 2 HUNGARY 2 USSR 2 HONDURAS 2 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 SOUTH AFRICA 2

CZECH REPUBLIC 2 TUNISIA 1 CANADA 1 POLAND 1 JAMAICA 1 GREECE 1

SLOVENIA 1 TOGO 1 ANGOLA 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 COSTA RICA 1 UKRAINE 1

IVORY COAST 1 SENEGAL 1 GHANA 1 IRAQ 1 YUGOSLAVIA 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1

ZAIRE 1 SAUDI ARABIA 1 RUSSIA 1 ECUADOR 1 SCOTLAND 1 ROMANIA 1

SWITZERLAND 1 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 CHINA PR 1 AUSTRIA 1 NIGERIA 1 SPAIN 1

Total Fouls 1966–2014

GERMANY 1339 SWEDEN 467 SWITZERLAND 291 ALGERIA 205 TURKEY 117 TOGO 56
BRAZIL 1212 CAMEROON 438 COLOMBIA 284 MOROCCO 202 EL SALVADOR 109 EGYPT 52
ARGENTINA 1153 USSR 421 AUSTRIA 277 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 197 UKRAINE 108 CZECH REPUBLIC 52
ITALY 1147 PORTUGAL 399 ROMANIA 270 SAUDI ARABIA 184 SLOVENIA 103 ZAIRE 51
NETHERLANDS 996 USA 396 DENMARK 269 ECUADOR 184 SENEGAL 100 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 50
FRANCE 781 BULGARIA 383 COSTA RICA 252 SOUTH AFRICA 157 SERBIA 89 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 48
ENGLAND 773 CHILE 357 AUSTRALIA 249 IVORY COAST 151 NEW ZEALAND 88 CANADA 45
SPAIN 735 PARAGUAY 348 IRAN 246 GREECE 150 DPR KOREA 86 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 41
MEXICO 683 YUGOSLAVIA 343 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 238 NORTHERN IRELAND 150 ANGOLA 73 BOLIVIA 40
URUGUAY 652 JAPAN 319 TUNISIA 237 RUSSIA 141 SLOVAKIA 69 CHINA PR 40
BELGIUM 592 SCOTLAND 312 GHANA 233 HONDURAS 135 ISRAEL 68 HAITI 34
POLAND 574 NIGERIA 296 PERU 215 NORWAY 126 IRAQ 61 KUWAIT 32
KOREA REPUBLIC 516 CROATIA 291 HUNGARY 206 EAST GERMANY 119 JAMAICA 56

Source: Opta (August 2015)

145
 BUNDESLIGA GOALS PER CLUB
The German Bundesliga is the go-to league for goals with the highest goals per game ratio in Europe at
3853

2.94 a game. As in all Bundesliga records, it’s hard to ignore Bayern München. They are the only team to
net 100 goals in a season (101 in 1971–72) and in Gerd Müller, seven-time leading goalscorer, they have
arguably the game’s greatest ever goal poacher. Among recent heroes stand Robert Lewandowski with his
incredible ive goals in nine minutes against VfL Wolfsburg in September 2015 and Borussia Dortmund’s
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang whose 31 strikes in 2016–17 made him the irst player to score over 30 goals
in a season for 40 years.
3037
2987
2908
2901
2844
2582
2542
2454
2348
2164

Now in his 30s, Mario Gómez still lives up to his nickname “Mr Zuverlässig” (“Mr
Reliable”), scoring at nearly a goal every two games for Wolfsburg.
1627
1602
1402
1310
1291
1160
1093
1029
1022
937
724
686
644
BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH

EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG

494
492
DSC ARMINIA BIELEFELD
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT

FORTUNA DÜSSELDORF
1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN

SPORT-CLUB FREIBURG
BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN

464
BORUSSIA DORTMUND
SV WERDER BREMEN

TSV 1860 MÜNCHEN

KFC UERDINGEN 05
VFL BOCHUM 1848
BAYERN MÜNCHEN

1. FC NÜRNBERG

VFL WOLFSBURG
KARLSRUHER SC

1. FSV MAINZ 05
VFB STUTTGART
HAMBURGER SV

FC SCHALKE 04

MSV DUISBURG
HANNOVER 96

HOFFENHEIM
HERTHA BSC
1. FC KÖLN

FC HANSA

TSG 1899
ROSTOCK

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 Bundesliga Goals Per club
GERD MÜLLER KLAUS FISCHER JUPP HEYNCKES MANFRED BURGSMÜLLER
365 268 220 213
CLAUDIO PIZARRO ULF KIRSTEN STEFAN KUNTZ KLAUS ALLOFS
191 182 179 177
DIETER MÜLLER JOHANNES LÖHR KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE BERND HÖLZENBEIN
177 166 162 160
FRITZ WALTER MARIO GÓMEZ ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI THOMAS ALLOFS
157 154 151 148
BERND NICKEL STEFAN KIESSLING UWE SEELER HORST HRUBESCH
141 141 137 136
GIOVANE ÉLBER RUDI VÖLLER MICHAEL ZORC KARL ALLGÖWER
133 132 131 129
DIETER HOENESS MARTIN MAX GEORG VOLKERT FRANK MILL
127 126 125 123
MIROSLAV KLOSE HERBERT LAUMEN LOTHAR MATTHÄUS ROLAND WOHLFARTH
121 121 121 120
RONALD WORM BERND RUPP PIERRE LITTBARSKI LOTHAR EMMERICH
119 119 116 115
REINER GEYE KEVIN KURÁNYI ANDREAS MÖLLER JÜRGEN KLINSMANN
113 111 110 110
JÜRGEN GRABOWSKI FREDI BOBIC KLAUS TOPPMÖLLER UWE RAHN

109 108 108 107

AÍLTON STÉPHANE CHAPUISAT CHRISTIAN SCHREIER VEDAD IBIS̆EVIĆ

106 106 106 104

BRUNO LABBADIA MARCO BODE THOMAS VON HEESEN
103 101 101

Source: Opta (May 2017)

Colour relates to the team for which the player
scored the highest number of goals.
299
368
346

182
SV WALDHOF MANNHEIM

211

186

109
202
186
OFC KICKERS 1901

132

85
ROT-WEISS ESSEN

ROT-WEISS OBERHAUSEN
296

94
152
236
FC ENERGIE COTTBUS

26
75
136

34
SG WATTENSCHEID 09

BORUSSIA NEUNKIRCHEN

36
1. FC SAARBRÜCKEN

15
TENNIS BORUSSIA BERLIN
ALEMANNIA AACHEN

SG DYNAMO DRESDEN

103
STUTTGARTER KICKERS

69
FC ST. PAULI

SPVGG GREUTHER FÜRTH

SV DARMSTADT 98

SPVGG UNTERHACHING

31
SC PREUSSEN MÜNSTER
FC AUGSBURG

BLAU-WEISS 90 BERLIN
WUPPERTALER SV

TASMANIA 1900 BERLIN

46
FC INGOLSTADT 04

36
FC 08 HOMBURG

SC PADERBORN 07
66

32
FORTUNA KÖLN

SSV ULM 1846

RB LEIPZIG

VFB LEIPZIG

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 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
GOALSCORERS
Source: Opta (August 2015)

BRAZIL GERMANY CHINA

Sun Wen
11

Marta
Birgit Prinz
15 14

NORWAY

Ann Kristin Aarønes

10
USA
SWEDEN

Victoria Svensson
6

Abby Wambach
CANADA
14

Christine Sinclair

Lena Videkull
9
6

148
 Women’s World Cup Goalscorers

Since Chinese defender Ma Li scored the irst goal in Women’s World Cup history, 770 goals have been
scored in the inals. Among these are memorable strikes such as the stunning volley by Germany’s Birgit
Prinz in 2003 and Brazilian Marta’s unstoppable lick and inish in 2007. The 2015 World Cup competition was
graced by fabulous long-range shots from England’s Lucy Bronze and France’s Amandine Henry, but will surely
be remembered most for the hat-trick by the USA’s Carli Lloyd in the inal, capped by a sensational right foot
strike (and lob) from the halfway line. The goal was was awarded Goal of the Tournament.

KOREA
REP.
JAPAN RUSSIA NIGERIA Cho So-hyun Jeon Ga-eul
1 1
Elena Fomina Olga Letyushova Rita Nwadike Nkiru Okosieme
3 3 3 3
Ji Kim Kim
Homare Sawa So-yun Jin-hee Soo-yun
8 1 1 1

COSTA RICA

FRANCE DPR KOREA DENMARK Raquel Rod- Melissa Her-

ríguez rera

Marie-Laure Delie Jin Pyol-hui Gitte Krogh 1 1

5 3 3 Karla Villalobos

AUSTRALIA
1

CAMEROON NEW ZEALAND NETHERLANDS MEXICO

Lisa De Vanna
Kirsten Van de Ven Maribel
Hannah Wilkinson
7 Domínguez
ENGLAND Gaëlle Enganamouit 2 2
2
3
Fara Williams
5
IVORY COAST EQUATORIAL COLOMBIA
GUINEA
THAILAND
Ange N’Guessan Genoveva Añonma Lady Andrade
SWITZERLAND
2 2 2
Orathai Srimanee
Fabienne Humm 2
CHINESE
3 TAIPEI
ARGENTINA
GHANA
ITALY
Lim Meei-chun Yanina Eva Nadia
SPAIN
1 Gaitán González
Carolina Morace 1 1
Ramona Bachmann Alberta Sackey
4 Verónica Vicky
3 2 Chou Tai-ying
Boquete Losada ECUADOR
1 1 1 Angie Ponce 1

149
 MLS GAME WINS PER CLUB
The forerunner to the MLS was the ill-fated North American Soccer League (NASL), a division that relied too
heavily on imported celebrity players such as Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer to have home success. The MLS
too once enlisted the assistance of foreign stars to boost its appeal, including David Beckham, Cuauhtémoc
Blanco, Andrea Pirlo and David Villa, but in recent years it has established itself as a sustainable league
attracting an average of 18,600 fans a game, global TV interest and is dedicated to nurturing home-grown
talent. Today, the MLS is the world’s fastest-growing sport.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 98

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 134

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 68

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS 175

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 94
PHILADELPHIA UNION 72

HOUSTON DYNAMO 142

COLORADO RAPIDS 248

PORTLAND TIMBERS 77
TAMPA BAY MUTINY 75
MONTREAL IMPACT 64

REAL SALT LAKE 150

MIAMI FUSION 49

TORONTO FC 95
CHIVAS USA 93

SAN JOSE 122

NEW YORK CITY FC 25
ORLANDO CITY SC 21

150
 MLS Game Wins Per Club

As the most recent major league in world football, the MLS is still 2005: Real Salt Lake, Chivas USA
developing. This table needs to be read in relation to the number of 2006: Houston Dynamo
seasons the team has been playing in the MLS. Although some clubs have 2007: Toronto FC
changed their name, no teams have been relegated from the league. 2009: Seattle Sounders
1996: The original ten teams comprise: Colorado Rapids, Columbus 2010: Philadelphia Union
Crew, D.C. United, Dallas Burn (later FC Dallas) , Kansas City Wizards, LA 2011: Portland Timbers, Vancouver Whitecaps
Galaxy, New England Revolution, NY/NJ Metro Stars (later New York Red 2012: Montreal Impact
Bulls) , San Jose Clash (later Earthquakes) and Tampa Bay Mutiny. 2015: New York City FC, Orlando City
1998: Chicago Fire, Miami Fusion 2017: Minnesota United, Atlanta United

Source: Opta (October 2016)

D.C. UNITED 279

FC DALLAS 275
RED BULLS 268

LA GALAXY 330
CREW SC 273
CHICAGO FIRE 251
REVOLUTION 250

COLUMBUS
NEW ENGLAND

NEW YORK

151
 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
RECORDS BY NATION
The biennial African Cup of Nations tournament, contested by the nations of the
Confederation of African Football, has been played since 1957. Just Egypt, Sudan
and Ethiopia played the irst two tournaments before it was enlarged to include four
(1962), six (1963), eight (1968), 12 (1992) and then 16 teams (1996). Because of its
apartheid policy South Africa was excluded from the competition until 1996. The
tournament moved to odd-numbered years from 2013 to avoid conlict with the
World Cup; this meant there were tournaments in consecutive years.
Senegal

Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone

Liberia

Qualiied
Cape Verde
0 12

1 13

2 14

3 15

4 16

5 17

6 18

7 19

8 20

9 21

10 22 Winner

11 23 Host
Cameroon celebrate winning the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after the Indomitable Lions
came from behind to beat Egypt 2–1 in Libreville, Gabon to seal a ifth tournament victory.

152
 Africa Cup of Nations Records by Nation
Morocco
Tunisia

Western Algeria
Sahara Egypt

Libya

Mauritania

Mali Chad
Niger

Sudan
Eritrea
Cameroon
Burkina Faso

Nigeria
Central African
Republic Ethiopia
South Sudan

Somalia
Uganda
Ivory Coast Benin Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
DR Congo
Rwanda
Togo
Tanzania

Ghana Malawi

Angola
Congo

Mauritius Zambia
Gabon

Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Botswana

Namibia

Madagascar

South Africa
Source: FIFA (February 2017)

153
 2014 WORLD CUP GOALS
There were too many unforgettable stories in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup: reigning champions Spain
crashing out in the group stage; the attacking zest displayed by Mexico, Costa Rica, USA and
Colombia; Brazil’s semi-inal capitulation; and the superb football played by worthy winners
Germany. Miroslav Klose was crowned the competition’s top scorer, Colombia’s James Rodríguez
scored from a top-class chest, swivel and volley smash, Robin van Persie perfected a diving
header and Mario Götze hit a volley worthy of winning a World Cup inal.

ROBIN VAN PERSIE – Netherlands vs Spain

9 4

5
4 The Netherlands’ Robin van Persie scores with his head to
1
equalize in the match against Spain, 13 June 2014.

2
1. Throw in Martins Indi
2. Pass De Jong
3. Through ball (chipped, long ball) Blind
4. Goal (head) Van Persie

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

154
 2014 World Cup Goals
MARIO GÖTZE – Germany vs Argentina LIONEL MESSI – Argentina vs Bosnia

1. Free kick taken Lahm 1. Free kick taken

2. Pass Schweinsteiger Fernández
3. Pass Boateng 2. Pass Mascherano
4. Pass Hummels 3. Pass Di María
5. Pass Kroos 4. Pass Mascherano
8 19 9 6. Pass Schürrle 5. Pass Gago
7. Pass Kroos 6. Lay-off Higuaín
8. Pass (cross, chipped) 7. Pass Messi
Schürrle 8. Lay-off Higuaín
9. Goal Götze 11 10 9. Take on Messi
3
10 10. Challenge Bičakčić
11. Goal Messi
9 9
8
10
9 9

6
7
9 6

18 10
7
5
5
3 5
18 7 16 7
2 14 4
1

14 17
5 1
20 2
4 3

JAMES RODRÍGUEZ – Colombia vs Uruguay DAVID VILLA – Spain vs Australia

1. Pass Armero 1. Throw In (long ball)

2. Launch (long ball) McGowan
Ospina 2. Interception Alonso
3. Head pass González 5
3. Ball recovery Iniesta
11 4. Pass (chipped, long ball) 18 17 4. Pass Iniesta
10 Armero 5. Pass Torres
15 14 7
5. Head pass Godín 6. Pass Alonso
6. Pass (chipped) 7. Pass (long ball) Cazorla
13 Gutiérrez 8. Pass Juanfran
7. Pass Aguilar 9. Pass Iniesta
13
8. Pass Gutiérrez 7 10. Pass Koke
7 21 9. Pass Cuadrado 14
11. Pass Alonso
12 11 10. Pass Zúñiga 20 12. Pass Cazorla
5
11. Pass Gutiérrez 13. Pass Villa
5 3 9 15
12. Pass Martínez 12 20 14. Pass (chipped, long ball)
6 10 18 13. Pass (cross, chipped) 6 Cazorla
9
9 Armero 16
15. Pass Juanfran
8 14. Head pass Cuadrado 16. Pass Iniesta
20 11 15. Goal Rodríguez 17. Pass Juanfran
3 9
8 7 18. Goal Villa

7 4 11
7 17 5
10 9 6
1 14 8
9 5
20
4
14 6
6
3
19
2 1
1 14
2

Source: Opta (October 2015)

155
 UEFA EURO 2016 GOALS
Despite a record 108 goals being scored in the 2016 European Championship, the matches were
not a feast of goals. With a ratio of just 2.12 a game, Euro 2016 was the lowest-scoring European
Championship for 20 years. However, there certainly was drama: 18 goals (seven winners and
three equalizers) were scored in the last ive minutes or later, including Dimitri Payet’s majestic
89th-minute winner against Romania in the opening game and Northern Ireland’s Niall McGinn
setting the record for latest goal ever in a European Championship at 96 minutes.

XHERDAN SHAQIRI – Switzerland vs Poland

1
23

2 1

2 14 15

15 23
13
3
Many believed Xherdan Shaqiri’s acrobatic strike for Swit-
2
12 13 4 zerland in their last-16 match against Poland to be the Goal
11
16 of the Tournament.
13 13
10
9
1. Corner kick Shaqiri
2. Punch Fabianski
16 3. Blocked shot Rodriguez
23
4. Defensive block Glik
5 5. Pass Fernandes
6. Pass Lichtsteiner
7. Pass Sommer
8. Pass Xhaka
8 9. Pass Shaqiri
10. Unsuccessful pass Rodriguez
11. Blocked pass Blaszczykowski
10 12. Pass Rodriguez
2
7 13. Unsuccessful pass Lichtsteiner
6 14. Clearance Pazdan
15. Goal Shaqiri

KEY
Ball movement

Shot

Player with ball

Player without ball

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 UEFA Euro 2016 Goals

HAL ROBSON-KANU – Wales vs Belgium ANTOINE GRIEZMANN – France vs Iceland

1. Pass Chester 1. Pass Pogba

2. Pass Gunter 2. Pass Matuidi
3. Pass Bale 3. Lay-off Payet
4. Pass Ramsey 4. Pass Umtiti
5. Take on Robson-Kanu 5. Pass Koscielny
6. Unsuccessful challenge 6. Pass Pogba
7
Meunier 7. Lay-off Griezmann
4 7. Goal Robson-Kanu 14 8. Pass Pogba
6 16 9 9. Pass Sagna
5 10 10. Pass Koscielny
11. Pass Umtiti
12. Pass Pogba
13. Pass Giroud
14. Goal Griezmann
7

13
3

11
2 8 12 7
2 7
1 8
14 6 19
2 15 15
1 11 15
15
3 5 9
5 22 10
21
22 21
21
4

CRISTIANO RONALDO – Portugal vs Hungary ROMELU LUKAKU – Belgium vs Republic of Ireland

1. Pass Patricio 1. Pass Lukaku

2. Pass Carvalho 2. Take on De Bruyne
3. Pass Ronaldo 3. Unsuccessful challenge
4. Pass Eliseu McCarthy
5. Pass Carvalho 4. Pass De Bruyne
6. Pass Pepe 5. Goal Lukaku
14
7. Pass Carvalho
7 8. Pass Patricio
9. Pass Pepe 5
13
10. Pass Vierinha
10 11. Pass Mario
12 12. Pass Nani 9 4
13. Pass Mario
17 14. Goal Ronaldo
11

10 7
3 8

7 7 2
3
2
19 10 1
9

4 14
6
3
9 11
6

6 5 3
8
7

1
1

Source: Opta (July 2016)

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 FIFA FOOTBALL NATIONS
FIFA’s six confederations represent different regions of the world: UEFA (Europe), CAF (Africa),
CONCACAF (North and Central America), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (New Zealand
and South Paciic island nations) and AFC (Asia). FIFA was founded on 21 May 1904 in Paris by
delegates from Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
It now has more member countries than the United Nations – 208 to the UN’s 193. The British
nations, acting in unison, had a chequered relationship with the world body in its early years,
joining on 1906 but leaving on two occasions before re-joining permanently in 1946.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: UEFA CONMEBOL

OFC CONCACAF
YEAR FOUNDED AFC CAF

1863 England 1921 Republic of Ireland 1946 Uzbekistan 1967 Bahamas

1873 Scotland 1922 Afghanistan 1947 Iceland 1968 Samoa
1876 Wales 1922 Lithuania 1947 Myanmar 1968 Swaziland
1880 Northern Ireland 1922 Peru 1948 Burundi 1970 Botswana
1889 Denmark 1923 Bulgaria 1948 FYR Macedonia 1970 Dominica
1889 Netherlands 1923 Turkey 1948 Iraq 1971 Cook Islands
1891 New Zealand 1924 China PR 1948 Pakistan 1971 United Arab
1892 Singapore 1924 Colombia 1949 Jordan Emirates
1893 Argentina 1924 Cuba 1951 Laos 1972 Bangladesh
1895 Belgium 1924 Grenada 1951 Nepal 1972 Rwanda
1895 Chile 1924 Uganda 1951 Somalia 1974 British Virgin
1895 Gibraltar 1925 Bolivia 1952 Gambia Islands
1895 Switzerland 1925 Ecuador 1952 Kuwait 1974 Guinea-Bissau
1898 Italy 1926 Greece 1952 Mauritius 1975 Guam
1900 Germany 1926 Venezuela 1953 Dominican 1975 São Tomé e
1900 Malta 1927 Mexico Republic Príncipe
1900 Uruguay 1928 Antigua and 1955 Morocco 1976 Mozambique
1901 Czech Republic Barbuda 1956 Saudi Arabia 1978 Oman
1901 Hungary 1928 Bermuda 1957 Bahrain 1978 Solomon Islands
1902 Guyana 1928 Israel 1957 Equatorial Guinea 1979 Angola
1902 Norway 1928 New Caledonia 1957 Ghana 1979 Comoros
1904 Austria 1929 Zambia 1957 Tunisia 1979 Djibouti
1904 Haiti 1930 Albania 1959 Brunei Darussalam 1979 Faroe Islands
1904 Sweden 1930 Indonesia 1959 Cameroon 1979 Seychelles
1906 Paraguay 1930 Tanzania 1959 Mongolia 1979 St. Lucia
1907 Finland 1931 Montenegro 1960 Burkino Faso 1979 St. Vincent and
1907 Phillipines 1931 Nicaragua 2 0 10 1960 Côte D’ivoire the Grenadines
1908 Luxembourg 1931 San Marino 2000 1960 Guinea 1980 Belize
1908 Trinidad and 1932 Aruba 19 9 0 1960 Kenya 1982 Cape Verde
Tobago 1932 Lesotho 19 8 0 1960 Mali Islands
1909 Romania 1932 St. Kitts and 19 7 0
1960 Qatar 1982 Maldives
1910 Barbados Nevis 1960 Senegal 1983 Bhutan
1910 Jamaica 1933 Cambodia 19 6 0 1960 Sierra Leone 1984 American Samoa
1912 Canada 1933 Korea Republic 19 5 0 1960 Togo 1989 Belarus
1912 Croatia 1933 Lebanon 1961 Australia 1989 Tahiti
1912 Russia 1933 Malaysia 19 4 0 1961 Central African 1990 Anguilla
1913 Spain 1934 Cyprus Republic 1990 Georgia
1913 USA 1934 Liechtenstein 19 3 0 1961 Madagascar 1990 Moldova
1914 Brazil 1934 Vanuatu 1961 Mauritania 1990 Namibia
1914 Hong Kong 1935 El Salvador 19 2 0 1961 Niger 1991 South Africa
1914 Kazakhstan 1935 Honduras 1962 DR Congo 1991 Ukraine
1914 Portugal 1936 Chinese Tapei 19 10 1962 Algeria 1992 Armenia
1916 Thailand 1936 Liberia 1962 Benin 1992 Azerbaijan
1919 Belgian Congo 1936 Sudan 1962 Chad 1992 Bosnia and
1919 France 1936 Syria 19 0 0 1962 Gabon Herzegovina
1919 Guatemala 1936 Tajikistan 1962 Libya 1992 Kyrgystan
1919 Poland 1937 India 1962 Palestine 1992 Turkmenistan
1919 Serbia 1937 Panama 18 9 0 1962 Papua New 1992 US Virgin Islands
1920 Iran 1938 Fiji Guinea 1994 Andorra
1920 Slovenia 1938 Slovakia 1962 Vietnam 1994 Montserrat
1920 Suriname 1939 Macau 18 8 0 1962 Yemen 1996 Eritrea
1921 Costa Rica 1939 Sri Lanka 1965 Tonga 1996 Turks and
1921 Curaçao 1940 Puerto Rico 1965 Zimbabwe Caicos Islands
1921
1921
Egypt
Estonia
1943
1945
Ethiopia
Korea DPR
18 7 0 1966
1966
Cayman Islands
Malawi
2002
2011
Timor-Leste
South Sudan
1921 Japan 1945 Nigeria
1921 Latvia 1946 Kosovo
18 6 0

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 FIFA Football Nations

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
YEAR AFFILIATED WITH FIFA WORLD CUP

1904 1910

Denmark England Czech Norway Scotland Northern Argentina Chile USA

Netherlands Italy Republic Finland Wales Ireland Russia Canada
Belgium Austria Hungary Luxembourg
Switzerland
Germany
Sweden
Spain
France
1920

Japan

1934 Curaçao China PR 1930 Suriname Costa Rica Bolivia Paraguay Peru Uruguay Romania
Haiti Albania Phillipines Cuba Greece Ecuador Thailand Bulgaria Brazil Estonia
Mexico Egypt Latvia
Colombia Israel Portugal Republic of Ireland
Lebanon Poland Lithuania
Serbia Turkey
Syria
Venezuela
El Salvador Ethiopia
Panama
1938 Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Singapore
1940 Laos

Guatemala Iceland Cyprus Iran 1950

Jamaica Honduras Sudan India
Bermuda Nicaragua
New Zealand Myanmar
Somalia Iraq
Korea Republic Pakistan
Cameroon Afghanistan
Guinea
Hong Kong
1954 Cambodia
Malaysia
Australia
Chinese Tapei

1962
1960

Bahrain 1966 Zimbabwe Fiji Lesotho Mali Niger Malta Morocco 1958 Jordan
Barbados Gabon Kuwait Liberia Senegal 84 Congo Puerto Rico Tunisia Saudi Arabia
Korea DPR
Guyana Bahamas Papua New Vietnam Mauritius Togo Algeria Uganda Kenya Ghana
Mauritania 1970 Gambia Guinea Trinidad and Burkino Faso Central African Benin Nigeria Sierra Leone Dominican Republic
Malawi Tobago Côte D’ivoire Republic Chad
Congo DR
Zambia
Madagascar Libya Lorem ipsu
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Tanzania São Tomé e Príncipe
Seychelles
Cape Verde Islands
1978 Samoa
Maldives
Antigua and Barbuda 1980 Belize
Burundi
Nepal
Brunei Darussalam 1974 Liechtenstein Macau St. Lucia Yemen 1982 1986
Qatar United Arab Bangladesh Swaziland St. Vincent and Oman
Emirates Botswana the Grenadines Angola
Rwanda Mozambique
Grenada

Vanuatu
1994 Solomon Islands
Aruba
2000 San Marino
Faroe Islands
2002 1998 1990
Bhutan British Virgin Islands Dominica Kyrgystan St. Kitts and Nevis Slovenia
American Samoa Montserrat Tonga Slovakia Cayman Islands Belarus Tahiti
Eritrea Anguilla Cook Islands FYR Macedonia Namibia Georgia
New Caledonia US Virgin Islands Guam Djibouti Moldova South Africa Ukraine
Turks and Caicos Islands Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Croatia Armenia
Mongolia Andorra Tajikistan Kazakhstan
Palestine Uzbekistan
2006

Comoros
Timor-Leste

Montenegro 2010 South Sudan 2014 Gibraltar

Kosovo

Source: Opta (June 2017)

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 THE FOREIGN LEGION KEY:
UEFA Total number
of players
The quest to build the best team in Europe now involves searching the globe for the best OFC
AFC
players. While cultural links still explain many of the sources – England picking the best
CONMEBOL
Welsh, Scottish and Irish players, Germany looking to Switzerland and Austria, with Italy CONCACAF
and Spain seeking out South American talent – all major clubs are now prepared to look CAF Average number

further aield. Brazil is the leading provider of expatriates to Europe, with French players
of appearances

being most in demand across their own continent.

Source: Opta (August 2016–May 2017)

SPAIN
FRANCE
BELGIUM NETHERLANDS
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
177 ENGLISH PL AYERS

18.8 AVER AGE APPE AR ANCES IN SE ASON • 3333 TOTAL APPE AR ANCES

36 30 21 20
347 FOREIGN PL AYERS 22.4 18.0 26.3 20.0
807 540 553 399
232 53 44 8 5 5

FRENCH LIGUE 1
303 FRENCH PL AYERS

18.7 AVER AGE APPE AR ANCES IN SE ASON • 5652 TOTAL APPE AR ANCES

256 FOREIGN PL AYERS

126 79 42 6 3

SWITZERLAND
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA AUSTRIA BRAZIL SPAIN

216 GERMAN PL AYERS

17.3 AVER AGE APPE AR ANCES IN SE ASON • 3730 TOTAL APPE AR ANCES

253 FOREIGN PL AYERS 23

16.8
18
23.0
16
17.2
14
17.6
387 414 275 246
182 30 21 13 10 1

BRAZIL

ITALIAN SERIE A
240 ITALIAN PL AYERS

17.9 AVER AGE APPE AR ANCES IN SE ASON • 4301 TOTAL APPE AR ANCES

37
320 FOREIGN PL AYERS 16.0
593
175 99 38 4 3 1

SPANISH LA LIGA
301 SPANISH PL AYERS

19.6 AVER AGE APPE AR ANCES IN SE ASON • 5904 TOTAL APPE AR ANCES

240 FOREIGN PL AYERS

106 93 27 10 3 1
160
 The Foreign Legion

CAMEROON 2 • 30.5 • 61 CZECH REPUBLIC 2 • 25.0 • 50 CAMEROON 2 • 28.0 • 56 BULGARIA 2 • 21.5 • 43 ROMANIA 2 • 27.0 • 54
CHILE 2 • 30.0 • 60 DENMARK 2 • 23.5 • 47 CÔTE D’IVOIRE 2 • 25.5 • 51 JAPAN 2 • 12.0 • 24 TURKEY 2 • 25.5 • 51
ICELAND 2 • 29.0 • 58 NORWAY 2 • 21.5 • 43 PARAGUAY 2 • 25.5 • 51 ENGLAND 1 • 36.0 • 36 SLOVENIA 2 • 21.0 • 42
JAPAN 2 • 26.5 • 53 COLOMBIA 2 • 21.0 • 42 ALBANIA 2 • 25.0 • 50 LIBYA 1 • 33.0 • 33 NIGERIA 2 • 17.0 • 34
MOROCCO 2 • 26.5 • 53 JAPAN 2 • 20.0 • 40 MEXICO 2 • 25.0 • 50 EGYPT 1 • 31.0 • 31 JAPAN 2 • 16.0 • 32
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 • 18.0 • 36 NIGERIA 2 • 19.0 • 38 GUINEA 2 • 22.5 • 45 NORWAY 1 • 31.0 • 31 ECUADOR 2 • 14.5 • 29
JAMAICA 2 • 17.0 • 34 SLOVENIA 2 • 15.5 • 31 ISRAEL 2 • 22.5 • 45 ICELAND 1 • 28.0 • 28 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 • 9.5 • 19
TUNISIA 2 • 16.0 • 32 VENEZUELA 2 • 12.5 • 25 COLOMBIA 2 • 18.0 • 36 FINLAND 1 • 23.0 • 23 GREECE 2 • 9.0 • 18
VENEZUELA 1 • 38.0 • 38 SOUTH AFRICA 2 • 10.0 • 20 CONGO DR 2 • 18.0 • 36 COSTA RICA 1 • 21.0 • 21 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 • 28.0 • 28
KENYA 1 • 36.0 • 36 HAITI 2 • 9.0 • 18 JAMAICA 2 • 15.0 • 30 GABON 1 • 19.0 • 19 CONGO DR 1 • 26.0 • 26
GREECE 1 • 33.0 • 33 LUXEMBOURG 2 • 6.0 • 12 SENEGAL 2 • 14.5 • 29 GUINEA 1 • 18.0 • 18 SWEDEN 1 • 23.0 • 23
CANADA 1 • 31.0 • 31 GABON 2 • 2.5 • 5 TUNISIA 2 • 11.5 • 23 MEXICO 1 • 18.0 • 18 MARTINIQUE 1 • 22.0 • 22
GABON 1 • 31.0 • 31 MARTINIQUE 1 • 31.0 • 31 GHANA 2 • 7.5 • 15 MOLDOVA 1 • 18.0 • 18 WALES 1 • 19.0 • 19
NEW ZEALAND 1 • 30.0 • 30 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 • 25.0 • 25 GAMBIA 2 • 6.0 • 12 GEORGIA 1 • 15.0 • 15 ICELAND 1 • 17.0 • 17
CROATIA 1 • 29.0 • 29 MAURITANIA 1 • 24.0 • 24 ALGERIA 1 • 32.0 • 32 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 • 15.0 • 15 POLAND 1 • 13.0 • 13
ARMENIA 1 • 24.0 • 24 TURKEY 1 • 24.0 • 24 GABON 1 • 32.0 • 32 TOGO 1 • 15.0 • 15 TUNISIA 1 • 13.0 • 13
ESTONIA 1 • 20.0 • 20 MONTENEGRO 1 • 23.0 • 23 AUSTRALIA 1 • 30.0 • 30 IRAQ 1 • 14.0 • 14 MALI 1 • 11.0 • 11
GAMBIA 1 • 18.0 • 18 MOZAMBIQUE 1 • 23.0 • 23 SCOTLAND 1 • 25.0 • 25 GUINEA-BISSAU 1 • 12.0 • 12 RUSSIA 1 • 11.0 • 11
BENIN 1 • 16.0 • 16 HUNGARY 1 • 19.0 • 19 PERU 1 • 19.0 • 19 ANGOLA 1 • 11.0 • 11 ISRAEL 1 • 9.0 • 9
COSTA RICA 1 • 16.0 • 16 GREECE 1 • 18.0 • 18 LATVIA 1 • 18.0 • 18 CYPRUS 1 • 8.0 • 8 QATAR 1 • 9.0 • 9
SOUTH AFRICA 1 • 15.0 • 15 BELARUS 1 • 17.0 • 17 ICELAND 1 • 13.0 • 13 MALI 1 • 6.0 • 6 BURKINA FASO 1 • 7.0 • 7
CURAÇAO 1 • 9.0 • 9 SLOVAKIA 1 • 13.0 • 13 KOSOVO 1 • 9.0 • 9 DPR KOREA 1 • 5.0 • 5 AUSTRALIA 1 • 2.0 • 2
MALI 1 • 7.0 • 7 PARAGUAY 1 • 12.0 • 12 URUGUAY 1 • 7.0 • 7 MONTENEGRO 1 • 5.0 • 5
TURKEY 1 • 5.0 • 5 CHAD 1 • 9.0 • 9 ECUADOR 1 • 4.0 • 4 GAMBIA 1 • 2.0 • 2
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1 • 4.0 • 4 KOREA REPUBLIC 1 • 8.0 • 8 MALI 1 • 2.0 • 2 AUSTRALIA 1 • 1.0 • 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 • 2.0 • 2 ZAMBIA 1 • 4.0 • 4 AUSTRIA 1 • 1.0 • 1
ROMANIA 1 • 2.0 • 2 ALBANIA 1 • 2.0 • 2 ECUADOR 1 • 1.0 • 1
SLOVAKIA 1 • 1.0 • 1 ICELAND 1 • 2.0 • 2 USA 1 • 1.0 • 1

KOREA REPUBLIC
GERMANY

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

SWITZERLAND
SENEGAL
REPUBLIC
NIGERIA
WALES

AUSTRALIA
OF IRELAND SCOTLAND ARGENTINA BRAZIL

NORTHERN

PORTUGAL

COLOMBIA
CONGO DR
DENMARK
ITALY

ECUADOR
URUGUAY
IRELAND

AUSTRIA

ALGERIA
NORWAY
SWEDEN

POLAND
SERBIA

GHANA

EGYPT

USA
19 18 16 14 12 11 9 9 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
21.1 20.5 18.6 22.6 24.3 17.2 19.6 19.4 20.3 25.7 26.8 19.8 16.8 24.3 2.8 21.7 21.3 13.3
400 369 298 317 292 189 176 175 142 154 134 99 99 97 11 65 64 40
8 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
15.6 20.1 12.2 26.0 19.4 25.3 22.0 24.0 21.3 19.0 11.3
125 141 73 130 97 101 88 72 64 57 34

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

PORTUGAL

ARGENTINA

CAMEROON

FRENCH GUIANA
MOROCCO

BURKINA FASO
NETHERLANDS
SWITZERLAND
ALGERIA

CÔTE
BRAZIL
CONGO DR

GERMANY
SENEGAL D’IVOIRE

URUGUAY
MALI

BELGIUM

CROATIA
SWEDEN

POLAND
TUNISIA
GUINEA

SERBIA

GHANA
CONGO
BENIN

SPAIN
ITALY

21 19 15 15 12 11 10 10 9 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
25.2 21.0 19.3 19.3 19.8 19.4 21.1 14.4 21.7 22.0 7.9 21.2 19.2 10.6 24.5 12.3 29.3 22.0 16.7
529 399 289 289 237 213 211 144 195 154 55 127 96 53 98 49 88 66 50
7 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
13.0 25.3 20.3 18.2 25.0 12.8 11.8 27.3 19.3 16.0
91 152 122 91 100 51 47 82 58 48
KOREA REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
NETHERLANDS
DENMARK
FRANCE

HERZEGOVINA
BOSNIA AND
TURKEY

ARGENTINA
SERBIA

PORTUGAL
JAPAN

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA
HUNGARY

BELGIUM
UKRAINE
FINLAND
CROATIA

NORWAY
SWEDEN

POLAND

NIGERIA
GREECE
USA

CHILE
ITALY

14 10 9 9 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
16.8 19.0 20.1 19.8 24.6 19.6 19.8 20.2 15.6 23.0 18.0 11.8 24.7 19.3 14.7
235 190 181 178 197 7 137 7 119 5 101 5 78 4 92 4 72 4 47 4 74 3 59 3 44 3
23.9 17.7 22.8 16.8 24.3 20.5 17.3 10.0 19.7 17.7 7.0
167 124 114 84 97 82 69 40 59 53 21
CZECH REPUBLIC

ARGENTINA
NETHERLANDS
HERZEGOVINA
COLOMBIA

SWITZERLAND

CÔTE D’IVOIRE
BOSNIA AND
SERBIA

BELGIUM

MACEDONIA
SLOVENIA
POLAND

VENEZUELA
SPAIN

PARAGUAY
PORTUGAL
SENEGAL

CROATIA
MOROCCO
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA

HUNGARY
ROMANIA
URUGUAY
ALBANIA

ALGERIA
GHANA

SWEDEN

NIGERIA

FRANCE
GREECE

CHILE

33 21 16 14 13 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 3 3
24.7 16.2 14.4 20.4 23.5 22.7 19.2 24.3 24.3 20.6 14.9 20.5 17.0 21.6 27.7 23.2 19.7 28.3 3 22.7 20.7 18.7 13.7
814 341 231 286 306 227 192 219 219 185 134 164 136 151 166 139 118 113 32.7
7 6 6 5 4 98 3 68 3 62 3 56 3 41
17.6 23.8 20.3 25.8 14.3 23.7 21.0 19.7 15.3
123 143 122 129 57 63 59 46
71
ARGENTINA
NETHERLANDS

CÔTE D’IVOIRE
MONTENEGRO

BRAZIL FRANCE
URUGUAY

COSTA RICA
VENEZUELA

CAMEROON

PARAGUAY
COLOMBIA
SERBIA

MOROCCO
DENMARK

GERMANY

SENEGAL
BELGIUM

UKRAINE
CROATIA

ALGERIA
ITALY

PORTUGAL
MEXICO

GHANA
CHILE

33 29 27 16 10 8 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3
21.2 21.5 20.4 17.2 18.4 24.0 15.8 24.6 16.3 19.6 18.0 14.5 25.3 22.0 18.3 13.7 7.7
701 623 550 275 184 192 126 172 7 98 5 98 5 90 4 58 4 76 3 66 3 55 3 41 3 23
21.0 22.4 18.4 35.3 9.8 22.3 21.0 14.0 11.7
147 112 92 141 39 67 63 42 35 161
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