Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the all-time leading goalscorer for men's national teams. This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each men's national football team . This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list , as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer.
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of December 2024. [1] The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
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 2022 FIFA World Cup for men's soccer kicks off Sunday in Qatar. The Times-Union looks ahead to the event and its Jacksonville ties. World Cup A to Z: A closer look at the 2022 soccer ...
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.
The world's first international football match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England. [7] The first international tournament for nations, the inaugural British Home Championship , took place in 1884 and included games between England, Scotland, Wales , and Ireland . [ 8 ]
A map showing all nations that have hosted a FIFA World Cup tournament and how many times they have done so. This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. [1]
Oldest international club competition: 1897 – Challenge Cup, 1897–1911 [note 53] Competition with most clubs participated in total: +20,000 – Copa Perú [199] [note 54] Football League with less clubs: 2 – Isles of Scilly Football League [201] [202] [note 55] Football League with most clubs: +100 – Cape Verdean Football Championship ...