Will the 2022 World Cup (November 20-December 18) be an opportunity to break records? To give you an idea, here is a summary of the main records of the competition, both collective and individual.
Records by country
Record of titles: Brazil, 5 crowns in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002;
Participation record: Brazil, 22, participations, i.e. all editions;
Record of consecutive coronations: Italy (1934–1938) and Brazil (1958–1962), 2 coronations in a row.
Most finals played: Germany, 8 finals in 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2014;
Biggest goal difference: Hungary-South Korea (9-0) in 1954, Yugoslavia-Zaire (9-0) in 1974, and Hungary-El Salvador (10-1) in 1982;
Most goals in a game: Austria-Switzerland (7-5), quarter-final of the 1954 edition;
Record of goals on an edition: Hungary, 27 goals in 1954;
Most World Cup appearances: Germany and Brazil, 109 matches played;
Most games won in the World Cup: Brazil, 73 wins;
Most games lost in the World Cup: Mexico, 27 losses;
Unbeaten Streak: Brazil, 13 games without defeat (1958-1966);
Consecutive win record: Brazil, 11 wins (2002-2006);
Consecutive losing record: Mexico, 9 defeats (1930-1958);
Record of consecutive games without a win: Bulgaria, 17 games.
Most played poster: Brazil-Sweden (7 times).
Number of World Cups hosted: Mexico, Italy, France, Germany and Brazil (2).
Attendance record: 199,854 spectators at the Maracana for Uruguay-Brazil in 1950.
World Cup individual records
Top scorer in World Cup history: Miroslav Klose (Germany), 16 goals;
Top scorer in an edition: Just Fontaine (France), 13 goals in 1958;
Top scorer in a match: Oleg Salenko (Russia), 5 goals against Cameroon in 1994;
Record of coronations: Pelé, 3 times world champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970;
World Cup participation record: Antonio Carbajal (Mexico), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Rafael Marquez (Mexico): 5 appearances;
Player with the most matches played in the World Cup: Lothar Matthäus (Germany), 25 games;
Record of finals played: Cafu, 3 finals in 1994, 1998 and 2002;
Youngest player in World Cup history: Norman Witheside (Northern Ireland), 17 years 1 month and 10 days in 1982;
Oldest player in World Cup history: Essam El Hadary (Egypt), 45 years and 161 days in 2018;
Youngest scorer in a World Cup match: Pelé, 17 years and 239 days in 1958;
Oldest goalscorer in a World Cup match: Roger Milla (Cameroon), 42 years one month and 8 days in 1994;
Fastest goal: Hakan Sukur (Turkey), 10 seconds and 8 tenths against South Korea (3-2) in 2002;
Top scorer in the final: Geoff Hurst (England), Vava (Brazil), Pelé (Brazil), Zinédine Zidane (France), 3 goals;
Top scorer in a single final: Geoff Hurst (England), 3 goals in 1966;
Consecutive matches scoring: Just Fontaine (France) and Jairzinho (Brazil), 6 games;
Fastest hat-trick in World Cup history: László Kiss (Hungary), 8 minutes against El Salvador in 1982;
Best assist in the history of the World Cup: Pelé, 10 assists.
Longest unbeaten streak for a goalkeeper: Walter Zenga (Italy), 517 minutes in 1990;
Most World Cup clean sheets: Peter Shilton (England) and Fabien Barthez (France), 10 clean sheets;
Record of cards received: Javier Mascherano (Argentina), 7 cards;
Record of red cards: Rigobert Song (Cameroon) and Zinédine Zidane (France), 2 expulsions;
Coaches’ World Cup records
Sacred as player then coach: Mario Zagallo (Brazil), Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) and Didier Deschamps (France);
Most Sacred Coach: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy), 2 titles;
Record of participations as coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil), 6 appearances;
Most games steered: Helmut Schön (Germany), 25 games;
Best unbeaten streak for a coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil in 2002 and Portugal in 2006), 12 games;
Youngest World Cup manager: Juan Jose Tramutola (Argentina), 27 years old in 1930;
Oldest World Cup coach: Otto Rehhagel (Germany/Greece), 71 years old in 2010;
Youngest crowned coach: Alberto Suppici (Uruguay), 31 years old in 1930;
Oldest crowned coach: Vicente Del Bosque (Spain), 59 years old in 2010;
The referee who has officiated the most matches in the World Cup: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018), 11 games;
