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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The uprising was carried out by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Army , which was defeated by a popular resistance led by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists .
The league was cancelled between 1936 and 1939 because of the Spanish Civil War. [3] Real Madrid are the most successful club with 36 titles. Barcelona has won the Spanish version of the double the most times, having won the league and cup in the same year eight times in history, three more than Athletic Bilbao's five. [4]
FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals América: 4–0 Final Internacional: 0–1 2009: FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Atlante: 3–1 Final Estudiantes: 2–1 2011: FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Al Sadd: 4–0 Final Santos: 4–0 2015: FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Guangzhou Evergrande: 3–0 Final River Plate: 3–0
Spain's World Cup record; First match Spain 3–1 Brazil (27 May 1934; Genoa, Italy) Biggest win Spain 6–1 Bulgaria (24 June 1998; Lens, France) Biggest defeat Brazil 6–1 Spain (13 July 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Best result Champions in 2010: Worst result Group stage in 1962, 1966, 1978, 1998, 2014
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Most FIFA World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 3 – Johan Cruyff won in 1974, Romário in 1994, and Lionel Messi in 2014. Most FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls won by the players from a single club: 4 – Deco (won in 2006), Lionel Messi (won in 2009 and 2011), and Luis Suárez (won in 2015).