FIFA World Cup facts

* Every match at the inaugural 1930 World Cup in Uruguay was played in one city: Montevideo.

* Sweden’s Jan Olsson, wearing No. 2, was the defender that Dutch star Johan Cruyff famously bamboozled with his inventive “Cruyff Turn” at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.

* Brazil’s Pele is the only player to win three World Cups: in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

* The number of players who recorded two hat tricks at the World Cup: Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis (both in 1954), France’s Just Fontaine (1958), West Germany’s Gerd Muller (1970) and Gabriel Batistuta (one in 1994 and one in 1998).

* Russia’s Oleg Salenko scored a tournament-record five goals in one game during a 6-1 win over Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

* Paolo Rossi was the top scorer at the 1982 World Cup in Spain with six goals, leading Italy to its third title.

* The number of days the World Cup trophy went missing when it was stolen prior to the 1966 Cup in England. A dog named Pickles, being taken out for a walk by his owner in South London, discovered the trophy wrapped in some newspapers at the bottom of some bushes a week after it was taken.

* Scotland has qualified for the World Cup on eight occasions. All eight times it failed to advance beyond the first round.

* Mexico lost a record nine straight games at the World Cup (1930, 1950-58).

* The number of minutes left in extra time of the 2006 World Cup final when France’s Zinedine Zidane head-butted Italian defender Marco Materazzi.

* Turkey’s Hakan Sukur scored 11 seconds into the game against South Korea in 2002, the quickest goal in World Cup history.

* Austria and Switzerland teamed up for the highest-scoring game in World Cup history in 1954 when they combined for 12 goals. Austria won 7-5.

* The number of teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930 in Uruguay.

* German star Gerd Muller, regarded as one of the top strikers in the history of soccer, scored 14 career goals at the World Cup.

* The number of goals Brazil’s Ronaldo scored at three World Cups (1998, 2002 and 2006), a tournament record.

* Russian referee Valentin Ivanov brandished 16 yellow cards (tying a tournament record) in a second-round match at the 2006 World Cup in Germany between Portugal and the Netherlands.

* The age of Brazil’s Pele when he became the youngest player ever to score at the World Cup, in 1958 in Sweden.

* England’s Geoff Hurst is the only player in World Cup history to net a hat trick in the final, the first of his three goals against West Germany in 1966 coming in the 18th minute.

Most appearances: Brazil all 18
Most wins: Brazil- 5
Most winners-up: Germany -4
Most final appearances: Brazil and Germany - 7 each
Most winners’ medals: Pele Brazil-3
Most goals scored: Ronaldo (Brazil 1998-2006) 15
Most goals in a tournament: Just Fontaine 13 (France, 1958)
Most goals in a match: Oleg Slanko (Russia vs Cameroon, 1994) - 5
Most wins as a coach: Vittorio Pozzo (Italy 1934 and 1938)-2
Highest attended match 199 854 Uruguay vs Brazil, July 16, 1950 Maracana Stadium