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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 following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the world association football governing body. [ 1 ] Presidents Daniel Burley Woolfall , Rodolphe Seeldrayers , and Arthur Drewry died during their term in office.
2002 World Cup Qualifying: 21 10 June 2002 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea Poland: 4–0 4–0 2002 World Cup: 22 16 October 2002 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden: 3–2 3–2 Friendly 23 11 October 2003 Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Albania: 3–2 5–3 Friendly 24 29 May 2004 Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda, Portugal
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 ...
Suppici is the youngest manager to win the World Cup, being 31 in 1930. [13] Zagallo and César Luis Menotti were also in their 30s when they won the World Cup. Zagallo was 38 years old in 1970 and Menotti was 39 years old in 1978. [14] Vicente del Bosque is the oldest coach to win the World Cup at 59 in 2010. [15]
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 after an 86-year drought. ... He was with the Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2011 before joining the Chicago Cubs as their president of baseball ...
[a] Of these, eight national teams have won the World Cup, [113] and they have added stars to their badges, with each star representing a World Cup victory. Uruguay, however, chose to display four stars on their badge , representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, which are recognized by FIFA as World Championships ...
Long before Boston Red Sox second baseman Pokey Reese threw to first base off a grounder by New York Yankees pinch hitter Ruben Sierra in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 in the 2004 ...