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ALL-TIME TOPSCORERS 1930-98
Gerd Müller (GER) Juste Fontaine (FRA) Pelé (BRA) Sandor Kocsis (HUN) Jürgen Klinsmann (GER) Helmut Rahn (GER) Teofilio Cubillas (PER) Gary Lineker (ENG) Grzegorz Lato (POL) Gabriel Batistuta (ARG) Roberto Baggio (ITA) Paolo Rossi (ITA) Uwe Seeler (GER) Jairzinho (BRA) Eusebio (POR) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER) Vava (BRA) Ademir (BRA)	14 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

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Oleg Salenko (RUS) vs Cameroon in 1994.
Emilio Butragueño (SPA) vs Denmark in 1986.
Eusebio (POR) vs North Korea in 1966.
Juste Fontaine (FRA) vs West Germany in 1958.
Sandor Kocsis (HUN) vs West Germany in 1954.
Ademir (BRA) vs Sweden in 1950.
Juan Schiaffino (URU) vs Bolivia in 1950.
Leonidas (BRA) vs Poland in 1938.
Ernst Willimowski (POL) vs Brazil in 1938.
Gustav Wetterström (SWE) vs Cuba in 1938.

VARIOUS GOAL RECORDS

Fastest goal in a World Cup match was scored by Czechoslovakia's Vaclav Masek after only 16 seconds against Mexico in 1962.

Latest goal was scored by David Platt of England, in their second round match against Belgium in 1990 after 119 minutes.

Fastest hat-trick was made by Hungary's Laszlo Kiss against El Salvador in 1982, when he scored after 70, 74 and 77 minutes. He is infact also the only substitute to have scored a hat-trick.

Oldest player to have scored a goal is Roger Milla of Cameroon when he scored against Russia in 1994. He was then 42 years and 39 days old.

Youngest player to have scored a goal is Pelé of Brazil when he scored against Wales in 1958. He was then only 17 years and 239 days old.

MISCELLANEOUS

BIGGEST VICTORY
1982 - Hungary vs El Salvador 1954 - Hungary vs South Korea 1974 - Yugoslavia vs Zaïre	10-1 9-0 9-0

MOST GOALS IN ONE MATCH
12 Goals - Austria vs Switzerland (1954) 11 Goals - Brazil vs Poland (1938) 11 Goals - Hungary vs West Germany (1954) 11 Goals - Hungary vs El Salvador (1982) 10 Goals - France vs Paraguay (1958)	7-5 6-5 8-3 10-1 7-3

Most successive wins:
7 wins - Italy in 1934-38

Most successive defeats:
9 defeats - Mexico 1930 & 1950-1958

Most successive draws:
4 draws - Ireland in 1990

Most games undefeated:
13 - Brazil 1958 - 1966 (won 11, drew 2)

Most games without a win:
16 - Bulgaria 1962 - 1974 & 1986

ATTENDANCE RECORD
	Matches	Spectators	Average
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 Total:	18 17 18 22 26 35 32 32 32 38 38 52 52 52 52 64 580	434,500 395,000 483,000 1,337,000 943,000 868,000 776,000 1,614,677 1,673,975 1,774,022 1,610,215 1,842,250 2,184,522 2,515,168 3,587,538 2,775,400 24,814,267	24,139 23,235 26,833 60,773 36,269 24,800 24,250 50,459 52,312 46,685 42,374 35,428 42,010 48,369 68,991 43,366 42,783

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