
Oldest Player
39 - David James (England)
Oldest Outfield Player
37 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico)
Oldest Coach
71 - Otto Rehhagel (Greece)
Oldest Team (Average Age)
29 - Brazil
Youngest Player
18 - Christian Eriksen (Denmark)
Youngest Coach
45 - Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia)
Youngest Team (Average Age)
24 - Ghana
Tallest Player
6 ft 8 in - Nikola Zigic (Serbia)
Tallest Team (Average Height)
6 ft 1 in - Serbia
Shortest Player
5 ft 5 in - Aaron Lennon (England)
Shortest Team (Average Height)
5 ft 9½ in - Chile
Most Represented League
107 - English Premier League
Most Represented Club
13 - Barcelona
Most Represented Asian Club
7 - April 25 (North Korea)
Most Represented CONCACAF Club
6 - Olimpia (Honduras)
Most Represented African Club
4 - Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Most Represented South American Club
4 - Universidad de Chile
Number of different Leagues that sent Players to the World Cup
52
Most Different Clubs Represented on a Single National Team
23 - Serbia
All Domestic Based Players
England, Germany, Italy
No Domestic Based Players
Nigeria
Most Caps
136 - Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
Most International Goals
56 - Carlos Pavon (Honduras)
Most World Cup Matches
15 - Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) and Thierry Henry (France)
Most Combined Previous World Cup Matches
69 - Italy
Highest Capacity Stadium
91,141 - Soccer City, Johannesburg
Lowest Capacity Stadium
43,589 - Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Highest Elevation Stadium(s)
5,751 ft - Ellis Park Stadium and Soccer City, Johannesburg
Lowest Elevation Stadiums(s)
≈ Sea Level - Durban Stadium, Durban - Green Point Stadium, Cape Town - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Highest Average June/July Temperature
73.4 ºF High, 51.8 ºF Low - Durban (Moses Mabhida Stadium)
Lowest Average June/July Temperature
62.6 ºF high, 28.4 ºF Low - Bloemfontein (Free State Stadium)
Most Populated World Cup City
3,888,180 - City of Johannesburg (2007 estimate)
Least Populated World Cup City
300,000 - Polokwane (2007 estimate)
Most Populated World Cup Nation
307,006,550 - USA
Least Populated World Cup Nation
2,021,316 - Slovenia
Longest Player Name
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Greece)
Shortest Player Name(s)
Kaká, Juan, Doni, Duda, Beto, Xavi, Pepe, Deco
Referee from Lowest Ranked Nation
Eddy Maillet - Seychelles (178)
Oldest Referee
44 - Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Youngest Referee
32 - Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Longest Distance to Travel from One Match to the Next
France and Algeria
1,000+ miles between Cape Town and Polokwane
Biggest FIFA Rank Difference between Group Opponents
104 - Brazil and Korea DPR
Smallest FIFA Rank Difference between Group Opponents
1 - Uruguay and Mexico
English club Arsenal sent 10 players to the World Cup. Of these 10, zero are on the England National Team
Panathinaikos sent the most players from one club to one national team (8 to Greece)
Oldest team is not Brasil, is England.
ReplyDeleteAverage age in England is 28,7.
Brasil is 28,6.
http://acetobalsamico.blogspot.com/2010/06/dunya-kupas-yas-ortalamalar.html
I found a few of the numbers from this post at Fifa.com.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1223772/index.html
I just figured it, and by my calculations England became younger than Brazil when Michael Dawson (26) replaced Rio Ferdinand (31).
Brazil at 28.60
England at 28.44
Ouch Ok, after replacement, you're right dude!
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent post, thanks for doing the research!
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