22 Interesting World Cup Facts: Most Penalties Missed, Fastest Hat-trick To Fewest Viewers

Asamoah Gyan missed a penalty in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups (Twitter @@ghanafaofficial)

JAKARTA - The biggest tournament in the biggest sport produces the biggest record. The FIFA World Cup, which began in 1930, is nothing short of an extraordinary record.

Until the 2018 edition of the tournament in Russia, here are a number of World Cup records that we managed to collect from various sources.

This time, we look at the list of World Cup records from the tournament side.

1. Most goals by individual

16 — Miroslav Klose, Germany (2002-2014)Klose has achieved more than four World Cups.

2. Most goals scored by individuals in one World Cup

13 — Just Fontaine, France (1958) Fontaine, who was born in Marrakech, scored 30 goals in 21 appearances for Les Bleus.

3. Most goals scored by a team in one World Cup

27 — Hungary (1954) The Mighty Magyars lost 3-2 to West Germany in the final after beating the same team 8-3 in the group stage. They also won 9-0 over South Korea, who have conceded the most goals (16) in a single tournament. Hungary also has the highest goal difference (+17).

4. Most clean sheets

10 — Peter Shilton, England (1982-1990), Fabien Barthez, France (1998-2006) Fabien Barthez won the World Cup while Shilton allowed a Hand of God goal to Diego Maradona.

5. Most goals scored in one game

5 — Oleg Salenko, Russia (1994) Russia won 6-1 over Cameroon in a meaningless group stage match in California.

6. Most goals conceded in one game

10 — Luis Guevara Mora, El Salvador (1982) Hungary opened the World Cup with a 10-1 win over an El Salvador team that qualified for the USA. That year, El Salvador brought 20 players to the tournament, two fewer than allowed as a cost-cutting measure.

7. Most goals scored in one game

12 — Austria 7-5 Switzerland (1954) Austria trails 3-0 before comeback to win. The 1954 tournament still holds the record for most goals per game (5.38).

8. Fastest hat-trick

8 minutes — László Kiss, Hungary (1982)Kiss scored in the 69th, 72nd and 76th minutes against El Salvador.

9. Missed the most penalties

2 — Asamoah Gyan, GhanaGyan missed a penalty in a match against the Czech Republic in 2006 and another in the quarter-finals against Uruguay in 2010.

10. Fastest goal from kick-off

10.8 seconds — Hakan Sükür, Turkey (2002) The goal came against South Korea in the match for third place while South Korea took the kick off.

11. Fastest red card

56 seconds — José Batista, Uruguay (1986) Batista fouls Scottish Gordon Strachan but La Celeste hold on to a 0-0 draw to reach the knockout stages.

12. Fastest yellow card

13 seconds — Jesús Gallardo, Mexico (2018) Gallardo jumps at the Swede and is immediately shown a yellow card.

13. Most cards

7 — Javier Mascherano, Argentina (2006-2018) Beneath Mascherano with seven yellows, there are French playmaker Zinedine Zidane, Brazilian defender Cafu and Mexican defender Rafael Márquez with six. Zidane and Cafu faced off in the 1998 final and the 2006 quarter-finals, Zidane won twice.

14. Most red cards

2 — Zinedine Zidane, France (1998, 2006); Rigobert Song, Cameroon (1994-98)Who can forget the Zidane vs Materazzi incident in the 2006 World Cup final?

15. Most yellow cards in one game (player)

3 — Josip Simunić, Croatia (2006) England referee Graham Poll will be considered the only idiot to give three yellow cards to one player. He sent off Simunić after his third yellow card in the 93rd minute.

16. Most cards in one game

16 — Portugal vs Netherlands (2006), Cameroon vs Germany (2002) Known as the Battle of Nuremberg, Portugal received a record nine cards in 2006, a number equaled by the Netherlands against Spain in the 2010 final.

17. Most champions (team)

5 — Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) Italy and Germany are second with four each.

18. Most champions (players)

3 — Pelé (1958, 1962, 1970) Pelé only played in the first two games of the 1962 tournament but won medals retroactively in 1970. Only five non-Brazilians have won two World Cups.

19. The most common battle

7 — Brazil vs. Sweden, Germany vs. Yugoslavia/Serbia, Argentina vs. Germany, Brazil and Sweden have not met at the World Cup since 1994.

20. The most common finals

3 — Germany vs. ArgentinaIncluding the 2014 final won by Die Mannschaft, Argentina and West Germany split the 1986 and 1990 World Cup finals.

21. Most viewers

199,854 — Brazil vs. Uruguay (1950) The deciding match of the 1950 World Cup broke the hearts of tens of thousands of Brazilians as Uruguay won 2-1 at the Maracana.

22. At least 300 viewers — Romania vs. Peru (1930) Official attendance is 2,459 but much lower than Group 3's opening match.