Friday, January 29, 2010

Pictures and Videos: Stadiums of the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands Premier League (Vodafonedeildin) is home to some of the most spectacular stadium settings in the entire world. Here are a few scenic stadium pictures and videos from the first and second divisions of the Faroese leagues.

Svangaskarð - B68 Toftir




Fløtugerði - ÍF Fuglafjørður


Gundadalur_Stadium - B36 Tórshavn and Havnar Bóltfelag


Injector Arena - KÍ Klaksvík



Inni í Dal - B71 Sandoy


Runavík Stadium - NSÍ Runavík


Sevmýri Tvøroyri - Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag



Vesturi á Eidinum Stadium - VB Vágur


Við Margáir - EB/Streymur




Vika Stadium - Argja Bóltfelag




Pics from: [HB.FO] [Lorentzen Consult] [Panoramio] [Flickr/Felix Gein] [Flickr/Pauli Leppänen] [Soccerway] [Blaabylgjan]





Thursday, January 28, 2010

Videos: Goals with 'Alternative' Body Parts

In general, soccer goals are scored with the foot or the forehead, but on occasion a chest, knee, face, top of the head, shoulder, illegal hand, etc. is used to knock it into the back of the net. Here is a small sample of 'alternative' body part goal videos (the last two are pretty funny if you haven't seen them before).


















Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Tallest Soccer Players in the World

This is a list of the tallest players currently playing professional soccer around the world.




Kristof van Hout - 2.08m - (6ft10)
Belgian Goalkeeper who plays for the Belgium Jupiler League club, Standard Liege.

Yang Changpeng - 2.05m - (6ft8½)
Chinese striker (pictured above) who currently plays for the club Three Gorges Kangtian in China. He had a one month trial with Bolton Wanderers in 2006.

Vanja Iveša - 2.05m - (6ft8½)
Croatian goalkeeper playing with Turkcell Super Lig club Eskişehirspor

Tor Hogne Aarøy - 2.04m - (6ft8)
Norwegian Striker who plays with Aalesund FK in the Norwegian Tippeligaen.

Øyvind Hoås - 2.03m - (6ft8)
The Norwegian striker plays in the second tier in Norway with Sarpsborg Sparta FK. He is also a former Norway U21 player and has been linked to Norwich City.

Kjell Petter Opheim (GK) 2.03m - (6ft8)
The Norwegian keeper currently plays for Stryn Fotball in the Norwegian 3rd division after recently playing for FC Lyn Oslo in the Tippeligaen.

Even Iversen - 2.03m - (6ft8)
The 26 year old Norwegian Defender is, as far as I can tell, currently without a club, after leaving Arctic Circle based Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Tippeligaen in June 2009.

Jan Koller - 2.02m - (6ft7½)
The Czech Striker is currently playing in the French 3rd division with AS Cannes after recent years with Krylya Sovetov Samara, 1. FC Nuremberg, AS Monaco and Borussia Dortmund.

Nikola Žigić - 2.02m - (6ft7½)
Serbian striker who is currently playing for Valencia in Spain. Many clubs have reportedly gone after the big man, including Tottenham Hotspur, Fenerbahçe, Man City, Werder Bremen, Barcelona and Juventus.

Paolo Acerbis - 2.02m - (6ft7½)
Italian Goalkeeper currently playing with Grosseto in Serie B after a short spell with Livorno in Serie A.

Zeljko Kalac - 2.02m - (6ft7½)
Australian Goalkeeper who was up until last season, with AC Milan in Serie A. He now plays for recently promoted Kavala in the Greek Super League. Kalac made three appearances in 1996 for Leicester City in England while playing for current Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill.

Stefan Maierhofer - 2.02 m (6ft7½)
Maierhofer is a striker currently with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the EPL after a successful time at Rapid Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 2007, Stefan was with Bayern Munich but he only managed two sub appearances before moving on.

Lazar Jovisić - 2.02m (6ft7½)
The 21 year old Serbian goalkeeper transferred to CD Nacional in Portugal in 2008.

Kevin Vink - 2.02m (6ft7½)
The 25 year old Dutch Striker plays for RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands

Wojciech Kaczmarek - 2.02m - (6ft7½)
Polish goalkeeper who plays for Śląsk Wrocław in the Ekstraklasa

Jurgen Wevers - 2.02m (6ft7½)
Jurgen is a Goalkeeper who also plays for RKC Waalwijk in the Netherlands

Peter Crouch - 2.01m - (6ft7)
Random Fact: The Tottenham striker and his family moved to Singapore when he was 4 and lived there for a year. Early in his career he played for IFK Hässleholm in Sweden.

Dennis Lawrence - 2.01m - (6ft7)
After many years in England at Wrexham, Swansea City, and Crewe Alexandra, Dennis has moved back to his native Trinidad to play for San Juan Jabloteh.

Rob Jones - 2.01m - (6ft7)
English born Defender who recently transferred to Championship side, Scunthorpe United, after most recently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League.

Morike Sako - 2.01m (6ft7)
Sako is with 2.Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli in Germany after short stints in the lower divisions of England at Torquay United and Rochdale.

Stefan Postma - 2.01m - (6ft7)
Dutch Goalkeeper currently with AGOVV Apeldoorn in the Dutch Second Division. He had previous stints with Aston Villa and Wolves in England.

Ben Futcher - 2.01m - (6ft7)
The 28 year old Englishman made over 100 appearances for Lincoln City before moving around to various lower league clubs. He is current playing with League Two club Bury FC.

Bertrand Bossu - 2.01m - (6ft7)
The French-born keeper has played in the lower leagues in England for many years. He signed with Scottish club Aberdeen in 2008 and has signed with Crewe Alexandra for this season.

Robert Egbeta - 2.00m - (6ft7)
U20 Nigerian Defender who is playing with Dolphins F.C. (Port Harcourt) (I Think?) in the Nigerian Premier League

Lungisani Ndlela - 2.00m - (6ft7)
Ndlela is a South African International (9 caps) who plays in the South African Premier Soccer League with Moroka Swallows.

Marcin Krzywicki - 2.00 m - (6ft7)
Krzywicki recently move to Flota Świnoujście in Polish second division.

Jakub Dziółka - 2.00m - (6ft7)
The big defender plays with Polonia Bytom in Poland's Orange Ekstraklasa.

Adrian Rolko - 2.00m - (6ft7)
The 30 year old Central Defender plays with Czech Gambrinus Liga club FK Mlada Boleslav.

Bo Antal - 2.00m - (6ft7)
Antal, a young Hungarian goalkeeper, has recently made the leap to the Watford first team after spending a couple of years in The Hornets academy.





It was tough to find a good source for this list so, once again, feel free to let me know if there are any current professional players that should be included (2.00m or taller).

Original Post: 3/30/08
UPDATE 1/01/09: Kristof van Hout added; THANKS to commenter NKANU
UPDATE 1/07/09: Krzywicki, Maierhofer, and Sako added; THANKS to commenter NKANU
UPDATE 3/10/09: Rolko, Opheim, Iversen, Ndlela, Bossu added; THANKS to commenters NKANU and ANONYMOUS
UPDATE 10/29/09: Vink, Wevers; THANKS to commenter HEGGERS, Also updated current clubs
UPDATE 1/27/10: Antal, Kaczmarek; THANKS to HEGGERS; Updated Club info



IMPORTANT UPDATE 4/12/10: I've started a new tallest player list with a minimum height requirement of 2.02m. See the new list here (LINK)

Monday, January 25, 2010

CONCACAF Players in Spain since 1980

Here is a list of CONCACAF players who, since 1980, have appeared in at least one game for their respective La Liga clubs in Spain.


CANADA
Julian de Guzman – Deportivo de La Coruña – 2005-09



COSTA RICA
Luis Gabelo Conejo – Albacete – 1991-92, 1993-94
Rónald Gómez – Sporting de Gijón – 1996-97
Paulo Wanchope – Málaga CF – 2004-05



EL SALVADOR
Norberto Huezo - Valencia CF - 1984-85
Mágico González – Cádiz CF, Real Valladolid – 1983-85, 1986-91

HONDURAS
Gilberto Yearwood – Real Valladolid – 1980-83
Julio César Arzú – Racing de Santander – 1982-83
Allan Costly – Málaga CF – 1982-83
Roberto Figueroa – Real Murcia – 1983-85
Amado Guevara – Real Valladolid – 1995-96
Carlos Pavón – Real Valladolid – 1995-96

MEXICO
Javier Aguirre – CA Osasuna – 1986-87
Manuel Negrete – Sporting de Gijón – 1986-87
Luis Flores – Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF – 1986-87, 1988-89
Francisco Javier Cruz – CD Logroñés – 1988-89
José Manuel de la Torre – Real Oviedo – 1988-89
Hugo Sánchez – Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano – 1981-92, 1993-94
Luis García – Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad – 1992-95
Germán Villa – RCD Espanyol – 1998-99
Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Real Valladolid – 2000-02
Francisco Palencia – RCD Espanyol – 2001-02
Carlos Ochoa – CA Osasuna – 2002-03
Antonio de Nigris – Villarreal CF – 2002-03
Manuel Vidrio – CA Osasuna – 2002-03
Gerardo Torrado – Sevilla FC, Racing – 2001-05
Giovani dos Santos – FC Barcelona – 2007-08
Carlos Vela – CA Osasuna – 2007-08
Omar Bravo – Deportivo de La Coruña – 2008-09
Guille Franco – Villarreal CF – 2005-09
Andrés Guardado – Deportivo de La Coruña – 2007-Current
Rafael Márquez – FC Barcelona – 2003-Current




PANAMA
Rommel Fernández – CD Tenerife, Valencia CF, Albacete – 1989-93
Julio Dely Valdés – Real Oviedo, Málaga CF – 1997-03

UNITED STATES
Tab Ramos - Real Betis - 1992-1995
Kasey Keller – Rayo Vallecano – 1999-01
Jozy Altidore – Villarreal CF – 2008-Current (on loan at Hull City)




SOURCES: WIKIPEDIA, LFP.es, Blanquivioletas, Costa Rica Pages, Mexicans Abroad - Goal.com

Cyprus First Division: Nationality Breakdown



The Cypriot Championship First Division, or officially, the Marfin Laiki League, has an amazing variety of world talent. An incredible 58 different nations are represented from nearly every corner of the globe. Costa Rican and former Chicago Fire/MLS defender Gonzalo Segares recently moved to Apollon Limassol FC in Cyprus and became the only CONCACAF player currently in the league.

The following list is a breakdown of the many International players that make up the Cypriot League.

# of Players by Nation:

1 - Afghanistan
6 - Albania
2 - Algeria
1 - Angola
8 - Argentina
2 - Armenia
1 - Austria
5 - Belgium
3 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
29 - Brazil
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Burkina Faso
2 - Cameroon
3 - Cape Verde
1 - Chile
1 - Costa Rica
1 - Croatia
129 - Cyprus
4 - Czech Republic
1 - Denmark
11 - France
3 - Georgia
5 - Germany
2 - Ghana
21 - Greece
1 - Guinea-Bissau
7 - Hungary
1 - Iran
1 - Ireland
2 - Israel
2 - Italy
1 - Ivory Coast
1 - Kosovo
2 - Latvia
9 - Macedonia
1 - Mali
1 - Mozambique
3 - Netherlands
3 - Nigeria
1 - Paraguay
1 - Peru
4 - Poland
43 - Portugal
2 - Romania
3 - Rwanda
1 - Scotland
3 - Senegal
8 - Serbia
5 - Sierra Leone
3 - Slovakia
6 - Slovenia
1 - South Africa
3 - Spain
1 - Sweden
1 - Switzerland
1 - Uruguay
3 - Venezuela
1 - Zambia
2 - Zimbabwe

Nations Represented by Region:
32 - Europe
16 - Africa
7 - South America
2 - Asia
1 - CONCACAF


Recent European Success

*Anorthosis Famagusta qualified for the Group Stages of the Champions League in 08-09 over teams like Rapid Wien and Olympiakos in the Qualifying Rounds. In the group stage, they earned an away point at Werder Bremen, Beat Panathinaikos, and earned a point at home against Inter Milan with a 3-3 draw.

In their win against Panathinaikos, Hawar Mulla Mohammed (who now plays with Persepolis in Iran), became the first player from Iraq to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League.

*In the 09/10 Champions League, APOEL reached the Group Stages and picked up 3 points with a draw at Atletico Madrid and two home draws against Chelsea and Atletico.

NOTES:

The Cypriot League is currently ranked 23rd by the UEFA League Coefficient, similar to leagues in Sweden, Israel, Austria, Serbia, Poland, Croatia, and Norway

In the last 10 years, players from Brazil, Argentina, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, and Cyprus have led the league in goals scored.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Meanings of World Football Club Initials

Ever wonder what the VfB or RCD or SK or TSG stood for in the names of soccer clubs around the world? Here's a list of a few of the most widely used initials in official club names around the world with their meanings and English translations.

1. FC - First Football Club

1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Köln
1. FC Nuremberg

AC - Associazione Calcio ("Football Association")

AC Milan
AC Siena

AIK - Allmänna Idrottsklubben ("General Sport Club")

AIK (Sweden)

AFC - Association Football Club

Leeds United AFC
Sunderland AFC

AS - Associazione Sportiva or Association Sportive ("Sport Association")

AS Roma
AS Livorno
AS Monaco
AS Saint-Etienne

AZ - Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch teams Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek merged in 1967)

AZ Alkmaar

BK - Boldklub ("Ball Club")

Aalborg BK
Halmstads BK
Rosenborg BK

CD - Club Deportivo ("Sports Club")

CD Chivas USA
CD Guadalajara
CD Aguila

CSKA - Central Army Sports Club

CSKA Sofia
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Kyiv

IF - Idrottsförening or Idrætsforening ("Sport Society")

Brøndby IF
Hammarby IF
Helsingborgs IF
Vålerenga IF

JK - Jimnastik Kulübü ("Gymnastics Club")

Beşiktaş JK

PSV - Philips Sport Vereniging ("Philips Sport Union")

PSV Eindhoven

RC - Racing Club

RC Strasbourg
RC Lens

RCD - Real Club Deportivo ("Royal Sporting Club")

RCD Mallorca
RCD Espanyol

RSC - Royal Sporting Club

RSC Anderlecht

SK - 'Sporting Club' in Various Languages

SK Brann
Lierse SK
Fenerbahçe SK
Galatasaray SK
SK Rapid Wien

SS - Società Sportiva ("Sport Society")

SS Lazio

TSG - Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft ("Gymnastics and Sport Community")

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

VfB - Verein für Bewegungsspiele ("Association for Exercise/Movement Games")

VfB Stuttgart

VfL - Verein für Leibesübungen ("Association for Physical Exercises")

VfL Bochum
VfL Wolsfburg

RANDOM NUMBERS - Year of Establishment

1860 München
Hannover 96
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Schalke 04
Mainz 05

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Videos: Clint Dempsey

A few random 'behind the scenes' videos from a few years back and a couple of goal compilation videos of 'recently-injured-but-back-in-time-for-the-world-cup' Clint Dempsey. (Get well soon!)












Credit to the blog, Climbing the Ladder, for putting this goal video together


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Chelsea FC First Team: Previous Clubs


Frank Lampard, West Ham United; Picture from [Telegraph]


These are the senior clubs that the current Chelsea first team were with before they signed with The Blues.

CLUB - PLAYER

Arsenal - (Ashley Cole)
Barcelona - (Juliano Belletti, Deco)
Bayern Munich - (Michael Ballack)
Bolton Wanderers - (Nicolas Anelka)
CSKA Moscow - (Yuri Zhirkov)
Feyenoord - (Salomon Kalou)
Lokomotiv Moscow - (Branislav Ivanović)
Lyn Oslo - (John Obi Mikel)
Lyon - (Michael Essien, Florent Malouda)
Manchester City - (Daniel Sturridge)
Marseille - (Didier Drogba)
MFK Košice - (Nemanja Matić)
Middlesbrough - (Ross Turnbull)
Nacional - (Henrique Hilário)
Porto - (José Bosingwa, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira)
Rennes - (Petr Čech)
Santos - (Alex)
West Ham United - (Joe Cole, Frank Lampard)


LOANED PLAYERS
Audax Italiano - (Franco Di Santo; Blackburn Rovers)
Bristol Rovers - (Scott Sinclair; Wigan Athletic)
FC Nitra - (Miroslav Stoch; FC Twente)
OFK Beograd - (Slobodan Rajković; FC Twente)



Senior Careers Only at Chelsea (some signed from other youth teams)
Fabio Borini, Jeffrey Bruma, Sam Hutchinson, Gaël Kakuta, Michael Mancienne (on loan at Wolves), Jacopo Sala, Jan Sebek, John Terry


Countries Signed From
7 - England
4 - France
4 - Portugal
2 - Russia
2 - Slovakia
2 - Spain
1 - Brazil
1 - Chile
1 - Germany
1 - Netherlands
1 - Norway
1 - Serbia

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Pictures: South Asian Football

The population posts from last week got me thinking about South Asian Football, an easily overlooked region of world soccer. Nearly 25% of the world's population lives in South Asia, but due to a variety of reasons (war, lack of resources, cricket, etc.), none of these nations have been able to climb up the world soccer ladder. Sleeping giants?

These photos show the national stadiums and a recent photo of the national teams from the South Asian region.


















India - Rank: 134




Maldives - Rank: 137





Nepal - Rank: 152









Sri Lanka - Rank: 151

Friday, January 15, 2010

MLS 1st Round SuperDraft Picks That Have Gone to Europe

These are the 1st Round MLS SuperDraft picks that have eventually played (or not played...) in Europe after being drafted. Note: The "SuperDraft" format began in 2000 when the College Draft and Supplemental Draft were combined to make it exceptionally 'Super'


2000
#1 - Steve Shak - Bodens BK (Sweden)
#3 - Adin Brown - Aalesunds FK (Norway)
#4 - Carlos Bocanegra - Fulham (England); Rennes (France)
#6 - Danny Califf - Aalborg BK (Denmark); Midtjylland (Denmark)
#12 - Bobby Convey - Reading (England)

2001
#4 - Ryan Nelsen - Blackburn Rovers (England)

2002
#1 - Chris Gbandi - FK Haugesund (Norway)
#6 - Luchi Gonzalez - Bodens BK (Sweden)

2003
#3 - Nate Jaqua - SC Rheindorf Altach (Austria)
#9 - Pat Noonan - Aalesunds FK (Norway)

2004
#1 - Freddy Adu - Benfica (Portugal); Monaco (France); Belenenses (Portugal); Aris Thessalonki (Greece)
#3 - Joseph Ngwenya - SK Austria Kärnten (Austria); Antalyaspor (Turkey)
#4 - Matt Taylor - TuS Koblenz (Germany); FSV Frankfurt (Germany)
#7 - Clarence Goodson - IK Start (Norway)
#8 - Clint Dempsey - Fulham (England)

2005
#2 - Brad Guzan - Aston Villa (England)
#7 - Hunter Freeman - IK Start (Norway)
#9 - Michael Parkhurst - Nordsjælland (Denmark)
#10 - Jack Stewart - Moss FK (Norway); Nybergsund IL (Norway)
#11 - Scott Sealy - Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel); Bnei Sakhnin (Israel)

2006
#4 - Yura Movsisyan - Randers (Denmark)

2007
#1 - Maurice Edu - Rangers (Scotland)
#2 - Bakary Soumare - US Boulogne (France)
#11 - Bryan Arguez - Hertha Berlin (Germany)

2008
#12 - Dominic Cervi - Celtic (Scotland)

2009
NONE

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

FIFA Rankings by Similar Population - Part 2

Here is the continuation of yesterdays post comparing the FIFA rankings of similarly populated nations. Part one included nations with more than 10 million people, while this list only includes nations with less than 10 million people.

8 to 10 Million
19 - Serbia
42 - Sweden
56 - Bolivia
59 - Benin
61 - Austria
80 - Belarus
102 - Rwanda
114 - Azerbaijan
126 - Burundi
170 - Somalia

6 to 8 Million
18 - Switzerland
26 - Israel
29 - Paraguay
30 - Bulgaria
37 - Honduras
71 - Togo
78 - El Salvador
111 - Jordan
115 - Libya
143 - Hong Kong
165 - Tajikistan
178 - Laos
203 - Papua New Guinea

5 to 6 Million
28 - Denmark
33 - Slovakia
46 - Scotland
55 - Finland
133 - Nicaragua
138 - Sierra Leone
141 - Turkmenistan
159 - Kyrgyzstan
163 - Eritrea

4 to 5 Million
10 - Croatia
32 - Norway
35 - Republic of Ireland
44 - Costa Rica
82 - New Zealand
110 - Singapore
112 - United Arab Emirates
124 - Georgia
148 - Lebanon
200 - Central African Republic

3 to 4 Million
20 - Uruguay
51 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
62 - Lithuania
70 - Panama
77 - Wales
94 - Moldova
96 - Albania
100 - Armenia
101 - Republic of the Congo
161 - Liberia
165 - Puerto Rico
169 - Mauritania
173 - Palestine

2 to 3 Million
31 - Slovenia
45 - Latvia
65 - Macedonia
79 - Oman
81 - Jamaica
104 - Kuwait
113 - Namibia
150 - Lesotho
171 - Mongolia

1 to 2 Million
40 - Northern Ireland
48 - Gabon
82 - Trinidad and Tobago
86 - Qatar
102 - Estonia
116 - Gambia
118 - Botswana
135 - Swaziland
181 - Mauritius
194 - Guinea-Bissau
200 - Timor-Leste

Top 10 - Less than 1 million
60 - Bahrain (791,000)
68 - Cyprus (801,851)
74 - Montenegro (624,000)
92 - Iceland (317,593)
97 - Cape Verde (506,000)
117 - Faroe Islands (48,483)
127 - Guyana (762,000)
128 - Luxembourg (502,207)
129 - Barbados (256,000)
130 - Antigua and Barbuda (88,000)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

FIFA Rankings by Similar Population

I came up with this post because I was curious about how nations of similar populations were FIFA ranked against each other. Countries with populations of more than 10 million were used for this post. See Part 2 HERE, which includes all the nations with populations of less than 10 million.

More than 100 million
2 - Brazil
12 - Russia
14 - United States
17 - Mexico
22 - Nigeria
43 - Japan
93 - China
120 - Indonesia
134 - India
149 - Bangladesh
156 - Pakistan


50-100 million
3 - Italy
5 - Germany
6 - France
7 - England
24 - Egypt
24 - Turkey
64 - Iran
105 - Thailand
107 - Congo DR
122 - Ethiopia
123 - Vietnam
140 - Myanmar
167 - Philippines


30-50 million
1 - Spain
8 - Argentina
22 - Ukraine
26 - Algeria
39 - Colombia
52 - South Korea
56 - Canada
58 - Poland
67 - Morocco
75 - Uganda
85 - South Africa
88 - Iraq
98 - Kenya
108 - Sudan

20-30 million
16 - Cote d'Ivoire
21 - Australia
34 - Ghana
36 - Romania
50 - Venezuela
63 - Saudi Arabia
68 - Peru
72 - Mozambique
76 - Uzbekistan
86 - North Korea
91 - Syria
130 - Yemen
151 - Sri Lanka
152 - Nepal
160 - Malaysia
162 - Chinese Taipei
193 - Afghanistan

10-20 million
3 - Netherlands
5 - Portugal
11 - Cameroon
13 - Greece
15 - Chile
25 - Czech Republic
37 - Ecuador
47 - Mali
49 - Burkina Faso
53 - Tunisia
54 - Hungary
66 - Belgium
73 - Guinea
84 - Zambia
89 - Senegal
90 - Haiti
95 - Angola
99 - Malawi
109 - Zimbabwe
119 - Cuba
121 - Guatemala
125 - Kazakhstan
145 - Chad
158 - Madagascar
163 - Niger
175 - Cambodia
190 - Dominican Republic

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Videos: Biggest World Cup Margins of Victory

These videos show the largest Margins of Victory in World Cup History. The first three are from the 1982, 1974, and 1954 World Cup Finals and have a record 9 goal margin of victory. The fourth video shows the somewhat ridiculous 31-0 Australia-American Samoa blowout from a WC qualifier in 2001. The last two videos are the biggest margins from the last two World Cups, with a 6 goal win by Argentina in 2006 and an 8 goal victory by Germany in 2002.


Hungary (10) vs El Salvador (1) - 1982 World Cup



Yugoslavia (9) vs Zaire (0) - 1974 World Cup


Hungary (9) vs Korea Republic (0) - 1954 World Cup*



Australia (31) vs American Samoa (0) - 2001 WC Qualifying Match


Argentina (6) vs Serbia and Montenegro (0) - 2006 World Cup


Germany (8) vs Saudi Arabia (0) - 2002 World Cup


*The video technically shows footage from the Turkey-Korea Republic game from 1954, but it's the only video I could find with a mention of the Hungary-Korea Republic game