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STATISTICS
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[GOALS]
Lots of records
concerning goals and goalscorers. |
[APPEARANCES]
Most appearances
for players, teams and more. |
[DISCIPLINE]
Red cards
for players and teams. |
[PENALTIES]
Different
records in penalty shoot-outs. |
[MISCELLANEOUS]
A good mix
of everything in records and statistics. |
[CONTINENTS]
The different continents
measured up against eachother. |
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DISCIPLINE
MOST RED CARDS PER COUNTRY 1930-2006
10 - Argentina
9 - Brazil
7 - Cameroon, Italy
6 - Uruguay, (West) Germany, Netherlands, Mexico
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
5 - Hungary, France
4 - Portugal, Yugoslavia/Serbia, United States
3 - Soviet Union, Denmark, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Sweden, England
2 - Chile, Bolivia, Belgium, Paraguay, Turkey,
South Korea, Australia
1 - Romania, Austria, Spain, Peru,
United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Northern
Ireland, Canada, Iraq, Scotland, South
Africa, Saudi Arabia, China, Senegal,
Slovenia, Jamaica, Zaïre, Ghana, Tunisia,
Ukraine, Angola, Poland, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago,
Côte d'Ivoire
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RED
CARDS/EXPULSIONS PER TOURNAMENT
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1930 - Uruguay
1934 - Italy
1938 - France
1950 - Brazil
1954 - Switzerland
1958 - Sweden
1962 - Chile
1966 - England
1970 - Mexico
1974 - West Germany
1978 - Argentina
1982 - Spain
1986 - Mexico
1990 - Italy
1994 - United States
1998 - France
2002 - Korea/Japan
2006 - Germany |
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1
4
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3
3
6
5
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5
3
5
8
16
15
22
17
28 |
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MOST
RED CARDS IN ONE MATCH
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(4) 2006: Portugal
vs Netherlands
Sent off:
Costinha, Boulahrouz, Deco and Van Bronckhorst.
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MOST
RED CARDS PER TEAM IN ONE TOURNAMENT
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Argentina
(1990) - Giusti, Monzon and Dezotti.
France
(1998) - Zidane, Blanc and Desailly.
Cameroon
(1998) - Kalla, Song and Etame. |
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VARIOUS
DISCIPLINE RECORDS
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| The fastest
red card was given to the Uruguayan player Sergio Batista after just
56 seconds in their first round match against Scotland in 1986.
The fastest yellow card was given to Sergei Gorlukovic of Russia
within the first minute against Sweden in 1994.
A total of 142 red cards (including expulsions before red cards were
introduced in 1970) have been given in World Cup history. Rigobert Song of
Cameroon and Zinedine Zidane of France are the only players to have been sent off more than once. Song received
marching orders against Brazil in 1994 and against Chile in 1998, Zidane against Saudi Arabia in 1998 and against
Italy in 2006.
First player ever to be sent off in a World Cup match was Peru's Mario de Las Casas
against Romania in 1930.
First goalkeeper ever to be sent off was Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy against
Norway in 1994.
First player to be sent off in a World Cup final was Pedro Monzon of Argentina
against West Germany in 1990. His teammate Gustavo Dezotti also received a red card later
in that match. Marcel Desailly of France is the only other player to have been sent off in a
final when he got expelled against Brazil in 1998.
The record of most red cards given by one referee belongs to Arturo Brizio Carter
of Mexico. He sent off 7 players in the 6 games he was in charge of between 1994-1998.
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