World football annual : the ultimate book of soccer stats & records

180 Pages·2016·20.12 MB·English

by  Radnedge

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Welcome to
WORLD
FOOTBALL
ANNUAL
The world of international football is i lled with drama. From heroic
team performances to displays of individual brilliance, and unlikely
underdogs to all-conquering juggernauts, the game has provided
more than a century of incredible sporting stories.
In this new edition of World Football Annual, we revisit the most
iconic football moments from across the globe. You’ll read up on the
greatest World Cup performances, including Pele’s Brazil, Maradona’s
Argentina, and Germany’s 7-1 thrashing of Brazil in 2014. We’ll tour the
world and break down the legendary players and seminal victories
from each nation, as well as counting down their top scorers and
appearance record holders.
Finally, we’ll cover the two biggest regional football tournaments –
the European Championship and the Copa America – and highlight
some of the most amazing facts and i gures behind the dramatic
triumphs of Portugal and Chile.

WORLD
FOOTBALL
ANNUAL
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World Football Annual Third Edition © 2016 Imagine Publishing Ltd
ISBN 978 1785 464 577
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3

PART 1: FIFA WORLD CUP 8

FIFA World Cup: Qualifi ers 10
FIFA World Cup: Team Records 12
FIFA World Cup: Goalscoring 16
FIFA World Cup: Appearances 20
FIFA World Cup: Goalkeeping 24
FIFA World Cup: Managers 26
“The FIFA World Cup off ers
players, managers and teams
the chance to write their
names in history”
PART 2: THE COUNTRIES 28

Europe 30 England 32
France 36 Germany 40
Italy 44 Netherlands 48
Spain 52 Belgium 56
Bulgaria 60 Croatia 62
Czech Republic 64 Denmark 66
Greece 68 Hungary 70
Northern Ireland 72 Norway 74
Poland 76 Portugal 78
Republic of Ireland 80 Romania 82
Russia 84 Scotland 86
Serbia 88 Slovakia 90
Sweden 92 Switzerland 94
Turkey 96 Ukraine 98
Wales 100 Other Teams Europe 102
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South America 108

Argentina 110 Brazil 114
Chile 118 Uruguay 120
Other Teams South America 122
Africa 126
North Africa: FIFA World Cup Records 128
North Africa: National Records 130
Sub-Saharan Africa: FIFA World Cup Records 132
Sub-Saharan Africa: National Records 134
Asia & Oceania 136
Australia 138 Japan 140 South Korea 142
Other Teams Asia 144 Oceania 150
CONCACAF 152
Mexico 154 United States 156
CONCACAF Other Teams 158
PART 3:
UEFA EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIP 160
UEFA European Championship:
Team Records 162
UEFA European Championship:
Player Records 164
UEFA European Championship:
Other Records 168
PART 4:

COPA AMERICA 170
Copa America:
Team Records 172
Copa America:
Player Records 174
Copa America:
Other Records 176
CONTENTS 7
PART 1: FIFA WORLD CUP
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GERMANY, IN BRAZIL, became the third country to win
the FIFA World Cup at least four times, the same
as Italy. However, Brazil remain the record-holders,
with fi ve victories, inspired by superstars from
Pele and Garrincha to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.
Argentina and Uruguay (two each) are the
other South American winners, with past
champions from Europe being
England, France and Spain (one
apiece). Germany’s 2014 glory
in Brazil was their fi rst
FIFA World Cup as
Germany, their fi rst
three coming as
West Germany.
Four-star joy for Germany as their players show off the FIFA World Cup a(cid:3) er winning the 2014 Final in Brazil.
The win earned them the right to have four stars on their shirts – one for each World Cup won by the nation.

QUALIFIERS
FIFA
WORLD CUP
BALLON D(cid:146)ORIBE
Mexico booked the fi nal spot at the 2014 FIFA
World Cup by beating Oceania representatives
New Zealand 9-3 on aggregate in a two-
legged November 2013 play-off . Caretaker
manager Miguel Herrera – Mexico’s
fourth boss of the year – earned himself
the job permanently by masterminding
wins by 5-1 at home and 4-2 away. His squad
relied purely on domestic-based players,
meaning there were no European-based
stars such as Villarreal’s Giovani dos Santos
or Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez.
The goalscoring hero was Oribe Peralta, T&T AT FULL STRETCH
who scored fi ve goals in the two games –
Trinidad and Tobago share the record for the most games
including the fi rst three of the 4-2 victory
played to qualify for a FIFA World Cup fi nals. They played
in Wellington’s Westpac Stadium.
20 in reaching the 2006 fi nals, beginning with 2-0 away
and 4-0 home wins over the Dominican Republic in the
preliminaries. T&T then fi nished second behind Mexico at
UAE IN A SQUEEZE
the four-team fi rst group stage to reach the six-team fi nal
The United Arab Emirates reached the fi nals in 1990 by group. A(cid:2) er fi nishing fourth, they had to play off against
recording just one win and scoring only four goals in the Asian Bahrain and won 2-1 on aggregate. Uruguay matched that
fi nal round. They drew four of their fi ve matches, but beat China fi gure in 2010, with 18 South America group matches and a
2-1 to qualify in second place behind South Korea. two-legged play-off .
BIG BOS MAN
Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only fi rst-time qualifi ers among the 32 nations
at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A(cid:2) er losing to Portugal in play-off s for both the 2010
FIFA World Cup and the 2012 UEFA European Championship, they secured a place
at the 2014 tournament by topping their qualifi cation group ahead of Greece on goal
diff erence. Their coach since 2009 was Bosnian-born former Yugoslavia and Paris
Saint-Germain midfi elder Safet Susic.
FIFA OPENS WORLD CUP TO THE WORLD
FIFA has enlarged the World Cup fi nals twice since 1978, to take account of the
rising football nations of Africa and Asia. The rise in interest is refl ected in
the massive number of sides entering the competition – 204 for the 2014 event.
Brazilian João Havelange, FIFA president from 1974 to 1998, enlarged the
organization both to take advantage of commercial
opportunities and to give smaller nations a
chance. The number of teams in the fi nals
was fi rst increased from 16 to 24 for
the 1982 fi nals in Spain, with an extra
place given for Africa and Asia and
a chance for a nation from Oceania
to reach the fi nals. The number of
fi nalists was further increased to 32
for the 1998 tournament in France.
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