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This article features a list of men's professional FIFA records in association football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world, including professionals, semi-professionals, amateurs, and women's football. Friendly matches are generally not eligible for the records, unless some exceptions. These records are divided based on whether they relate to players, coaches, or clubs.
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Record | Player | Nationality | Year(s) | Details | Ref |
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Most official goals | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 907 goals in 1245 games. | [1][note 1] |
Most overall goals | Lajos Tichy (men) | Hungary | 1953–1971 | 1917 goals in 1307 games based on stats by RSSSF.[note 2] | [2] |
Silvi Jan (women) | Israel | 1995–2012 | 1010 goals goals in her career. | [3] | |
Most club goals | Josef Bican | Austria Czechoslovakia |
1931–1957 | Bican scored 780 goals in 492 games with ten different clubs. | [4][note 3] |
Most international goals | Cristiano Ronaldo (men) | Portugal | 2004– | 133 goals international goals in 216 games. | [5] |
Christine Sinclair (women) | Canada | 2000–2023 | 190 goals international goals in 331 games. | [6] | |
Most domestic league goals[note 4] | Josef Bican | Austria Czechoslovakia |
1931–1957 | Bican scored 641 league goals in 417 games. | [4] |
Most domestic national league goals | Pelé | Brazil | 1956–1977 | Pelé scored 606 league goals in 647 games. | [7][note 5] |
Most national cup goals | Eusébio | Portugal | 1961–1974 | Eusébio scored 97 cup goals in 61 games. | [10] |
Most international club goals | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | Ronaldo scored 165 international club goals in 221 games. | |
Most goals scored in a calendar year | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2012 | Messi scored 91 goals in 69 games in 2012 for Barcelona and Argentina. | [11][12][note 6] |
Most goals scored in a football season | Ernst Wilimowski | Germany | 1940–41 | Ernst Wilimowski scored 97 official goals in 42 matches in the 1940–41 season for PSV Chemnitz and Germany. | [14] |
Most club goals scored in a football season | Fred Roberts | Northern Ireland | 1930–31 | Fred Roberts scored 96 official goals in 47 matches in the 1930–31 season for Glentoran.[note 7] | [15][16][note 8][note 9] |
Most domestic league goals scored in a football season | Jaap Bulder | Netherlands | 1919–1920 | Bulder scored 67 goals in 20 matches in the 1919–20 Netherlands Football League Championship for Be Quick. | [note 10] |
Archie Stark | Scotland | 1924–1925 | Stark scored 67 goals in 44 matches in the 1924–25 American Soccer League for Bethlehem Steel. | [20] | |
Most international goals in a calendar year | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 1954 | Kocsis scored 23 goals in 14 games in 1954 for Hungary. | [21] |
Most goals scored for a single club | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2004–2021 | Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona during 17 seasons. | [22][23][note 11] |
Most goals scored in a single league | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2004–2021 | Messi scored 474 goals for Barcelona in La Liga. | |
Most goals scored in an international match | Archie Thompson | Australia | 2001 | On 11 April 2001, Thompson scored 13 goals in the Australia 31–0 American Samoa match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. | [24][25] |
Most goals scored in a top-tier league match | Passang Tshering (men) | Bhutan | 2007 | Scored 17 goals in the match RIHS 0–20 Transport United in 2007 Bhutan A-Division. | [26] |
Shokhan Salihi (women) | Iraq | 2022 | Scored 15 goals in the match Al-Hilal 18–0 Sama in 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League. | [27] | |
Most goals scored in any division-tier league match | Yanick Manzizila | Democratic Republic of the Congo Sweden |
2014 | Scored 21 goals in the match Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka in the Swedish seventh division, on 11 August 2014. | [28][29][30] |
Most goals scored in a domestic cup match | Stefan Dembicki | France | 1942 | In the preliminary round of the 1942–43 French Cup, Dembicki scored 16 goals in the Lens - Auby Asturies match (32–0). | [31] |
Most goals scored in different seasons | Kazuyoshi Miura | Japan | 1986–2022 | Miura scored in 32 different seasons in his career. | [note 12] |
Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs) |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2004– | Cristiano scored 168 penalty goals. | [32] |
Most penalty kicks with a 100% success rate | Ledio Pano | Albania | 1986–2002 | Ledio Pano had a 100% success rate in over 50 penalties during his career in Albania and Greece. | [33] |
Most free kick goals | Juninho | Brazil | 1993–2013 | Juninho scored 77 free kick goals. | [34][note 13] |
Most direct corner-kick goals | Şükrü Gülesin | Turkey | 1940–1955 | 32 goals. | [37][38] |
Most match-winning goals in club football | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | Cristiano scored 218 match-winning goals. | [39] |
Most right foot goals | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | Cristiano scored 579 goals by right foot. | |
Most left foot goals | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2004– | Messi scored 708 goals by left foot. | [40] |
Most headed goals | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | Cristiano scored 151 headed goals. | [41] |
Most bicycle kick goals | Hugo Sánchez | Mexico | 1976–1997 | Sánchez scored 35 bicycle kick goals. | [42] |
Most hat-tricks | Erwin Helmchen | Germany | 1924–1951 | Erwin Helmchen scored 141 hat-tricks. | [43][note 14] |
Most international goals for an amateur national team | Vivian Woodward | England | 1906–1914 | 57 goals in 44 games for the England national amateur football team. | [44] |
Youngest international goalscorer | Aung Kyaw Tun (men) | Myanmar | 2000 | On 6 November 2000, Aung Kyaw Tun scored for Myanmar in the 2000 AFF Championship match against Thailand (3–1 defeat) at 14 years and 93 days. | [45] |
Alina Litvinenko (women) | Kyrgyzstan | 2009 | On 27 April 2009, Alina Litvinenko scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Palestine for Kyrgyzstan in the 2010 Asian Cup's qualification at 13 years and 131 days. | [46] | |
Oldest international goalscorer | Billy Meredith | Wales | 1919 | On 11 October 1919, Billy Meredith scored for Wales in the 1919–20 British Home Championship match against England (6–1 win) at 45 years and 73 days.[note 15] | [47] |
Oldest goalscorer in a professional match | Kazuyoshi Miura | Japan | 2017 | On 12 March 2017, Kazuyoshi Miura scored for Yokohama in a J2 League match against Thespa Gunma (1–0 win) at 50 years and 14 days. | [48] |
Most goals scored by a substitute in a single game | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 2015 | On 22 September 2015, during a Bundesliga game between Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg (5-1), Lewandowski came on as a substitute in the second half and scored five goals in nine minutes. 4 of them were scored within five minutes and 42 seconds. | [49] |
Most top club competitions scored in one season with the same team | Fernando Torres | Spain | 2012–2013 | 7 competitions: Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League (for Chelsea). | [50][51] |
Most goals scored by a goalkeeper | Rogério Ceni | Brazil | 1997–2015 | Ceni scored 129 goals in 1236 games. | [1][52] |
Most goals scored by a defender | Ronald Koeman | Netherlands | 1980–1997 | Koeman scored 252 goals in 763 games during 17 seasons, having also the record for more free kick goals scored by a defender with 60. | [53] |
Record | Player | Nationality | Year(s) | Details | Ref |
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Most matches of all time | Peter Shilton | England | 1966–1997 | 1,397 games over 31 seasons. | [54] |
Most club matches of all time | Fábio | Brazil | 1997– | 1,329 games over 27 seasons. | [55] |
Most international caps | Soh Chin Ann (men) | Malaysia | 1969–1984 | 219 caps. | [56] |
Kristine Lilly (women) | United States | 1987–2010 | 354 caps. | [57] | |
Most international caps for an amateur national team | Billy Neil | Scotland | 1957–1969 | 45 caps for the Scotland national amateur football team. | |
Most years at the same club | Said Altınordu | Turkey | 1929–1956 | 27 years with Altınordu. | |
Lee Casciaro | Gibraltar | 1998–2025 (ongoing) | 27 years with Lincoln Red Imps. | ||
Most matches for one club | Rogério Ceni | Brazil | 1992–2015 | 1,197 games with São Paulo. | [58][59] |
Most seasons as captain for one club | Francesco Totti | Italy | 1998–2017 | 19 seasons: Totti captained Roma from 1998 (when he was 22) until his retirement in 2017. | |
Most matches as captain for one club | Rogério Ceni | Brazil | 2001–2015 | 982 games: captained São Paulo from 2001 until 2015. | [58][59] |
Most domestic club competition appearances in history | Fábio | Brazil | 1997– | 1,073 appearances. | [60] |
Most international club competition appearances in history | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 221 appearances: 197 in UEFA club competitions, 8 in FIFA Club World Cup, 6 in UAFA club competitions, 10 in AFC club competitions. | [61] |
Most international competition appearances (club + national team) | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 437 appearances: 221 in international club competitions and 216 with national team. | [62] |
Youngest footballer to ever play at senior level | Eric Godpower Marshall | Liberia | 2021 | On 7 April 2021, Marshall debuted for Gar'ou in their win over Haifa 4–1 in Liberia's fourth division at 10 years and 11 months. | [63][64][65][66] |
Youngest footballer to play in first division | Mauricio Baldivieso | Bolivia | 2009 | On 19 July 2009, Baldivieso aged 12, debuted as a substitute in the Bolivian first division for Aurora in their away match against La Paz. Aurora lost 1–0. | [67] |
Youngest footballer to play in a international match | Lucas Knecht (men) | Northern Mariana Islands | 2007 | On 1 April 2007, Lucas Knecht aged 14 years and 2 days, debuted with the Northern Mariana Islands national team in a 9–0 defeat against Guam. | [68][69][note 16] |
Alyssa Chin (women) | Cayman Islands | 2007 | On 24 October 2007, Alyssa Chin aged 13 years and 17 days, debuted with the Cayman Islands national team in a 0–4 defeat against Puerto Rico. | [47] | |
Oldest footballer to play in a international match | George Weah | Liberia | 2018 | On 11 September 2018, George Weah played in a friendly match with Liberia against Nigeria, aged 51 years and 345 days. | [72][73] |
Player with most years on top of the international caps record list | Billy Wright | England | 1957–1970 | 13 years: Billy Wright broke Ferenc Puskas' record in 1957 but his 105 cap record was surpassed in 1970 by Bobby Charlton. | |
Professional footballer to play in five different decades | Kazuyoshi Miura | Japan | 1986– | Kazuyoshi Miura has played professionally in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. | [74] |
Oldest professional football player | Kazuyoshi Miura | Japan | 1986– | Striker Miura continues playing football for Oliveirense (Portuguese second tier), having surpassed the age of 57. | [75][76][note 17] |
Mykola Lykhovydov | Ukraine | 2011– | Lykhovydov continues playing football for FC Real Pharma Odesa (Ukrainian third tier), having surpassed the age of 57. | [80] | |
Footballer to play more years uninterruptedly | Robert Carmona | Uruguay | 1976– | Robert Carmona has been playing football for 48 years uninterruptedly. | [81][82] |
Record | Player | Nationality | Year(s) | Details | Ref |
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Most decorated player | Lee Casciaro | Gibraltar | 2000– | 59 titles won, highlighting 21 Gibraltar Leagues | [83][note 18] |
Player to win most international club titles | Toni Kroos | Germany | 2013–2024 | 16 titles: Kroos won the UEFA Champions League (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024); the UEFA Super Cup (2013, 2014, 2017, 2022) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) | |
Luka Modrić | Croatia | 2014– | 16 titles: Modrić won the UEFA Champions League (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024); the UEFA Super Cup (2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) | ||
Dani Carvajal | Spain | 2014– | 16 titles: Carvajal won the UEFA Champions League (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024); the UEFA Super Cup (2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) | ||
Player to win most titles with his national team | Ángel Romano | Uruguay | 1916–1926 | 7 titles with Uruguay | [85] |
Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | 1917–1930 | 7 titles with Uruguay | ||
José Nasazzi | Uruguay | 1923–1935 | 7 titles with Uruguay | [86] | |
Most matches won | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 822 matches wins in his career | [87][88][89] |
Most club matches won | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 691 club matches wins in his career | [90] |
Most international matches won | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 2005–2021 | 131 international matches won in his career with Spain | [91] |
Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2003– | 131 international matches won in his career with Portugal | ||
Most unbeaten matches | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 1057 unbeaten matches in his career | [92] |
Most matches scoring | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 602 matches scoring in his career | |
Most international matches scoring | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 87 international matches scoring in his career | |
Most top-level club games scoring | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002– | 515 top-level club games scoring in his career | [93][94] |
Player to win top scorer awards in most continents | Isidro Lángara (men) | Spain | 1930–1948 | Three: with Real Club España in Mexico (CONCACAF) in 1944, 1946, Real Oviedo in Spain (UEFA) in 1934, 1935, 1936 and San Lorenzo in Argentina (CONMEBOL) in 1940. | |
Sam Kerr (women) | Australia | 2008– | Three: with Perth Glory in Australia (AFC) in 2018, 2019, Sky Blue and Chicago Red Stars in United States (CONCACAF) in 2017, 2018, 2019 and Chelsea in England (UEFA) in 2021, 2022. | ||
Player to win top-scorer awards in most first tier national leagues | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2008–2024 | Four: with Manchester United (Premier League) in 2008; with Real Madrid (La Liga) in 2011, 2014 and 2015; with Juventus (Serie A) in 2021 and with Al Nassr (Saudi Pro League) in 2024. | [95] |
Most domestic top scorer awards | Josef Bican | Austria Czechoslovakia |
1934–1952 | 14 wins: Austrian Championship in 1934; Czechoslovak First League in 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1950; Bohemian/Moravian league in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944; Czechoslovak Second League in 1949 and 1952 | |
Most consecutive domestic top scorer awards | Pelé | Brazil | 1957–1965 | 9 consecutive wins in Campeonato Paulista | |
Goalkeeper with most clean sheets | Ray Clemence | England | 1965–1988 | 537 matches without a goal | [96] |
Goalkeeper with most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal | Mazaropi | Brazil | 1977–1978 | 1816 minutes without conceding a goal with Vasco da Gama | [97] |
Goalkeeper who saved most penalties | Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | 1949–1971 | Yashin saved a world-record 150-plus penalties for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union | [98] |
Most headers scored in a single game | Dondinho | Brazil | 1939 | Dondinho scored 5 goals with headers in Yuracan's 6-2 win against Smart Futebol Clube in the 1938 regional interior Championship of Itajubá, Minas Gerais. | [99] |
Most sent-off | Gerardo Bedoya | Colombia | 1995–2015 | 46 red cards in total during his career | [100] |
Most own goals in a match[note 19] | Meikayla Moore (women) | New Zealand | 2022 | Moore scored three own goals against USA in 2022 SheBelieves Cup. | [101] |
Longest distance goal scored | Tom King | Wales | 2021 | On 21 January 2021, goalkeeper King scored from own six-yard box, a distance of 96.01 meters (105 yds) for Newport County in the 1–1 draw with Cheltenham Town, in League Two. | [102] |
Player who played for most clubs during his professional career | Carlos Frontini | Argentina | 2001–2020 | 37 clubs | [103][note 20] |
Player who played for a professional football club in each of the six recognized continental associations | Lutz Pfannenstiel | Germany | 1991–2011 | 25 clubs in 6 continental associations | [106] |
Player with biggest gap between spells at a club | Paulo da Silva | Paraguay | 1995–2024 | Paulo da Silva left Paraguayan club Atlántida in 1995 and returned in 2024, after 29 years | [107] |
Player with biggest gap between first and last game at the same club | Salvador Reyes | Mexico | 1953–2008 | Salvador Reyes played his first match with Guadalajara in 1953, and in 2008 he was part of a tribute organised by the club in his honour, playing for 50 seconds in a Clausura 2008 match. Making it a gap of 55 years between both games | [108][note 21] |
Coaches in bold are still active.
Record | Manager | Nationality | Details | Ref |
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Oldest football manager ever | Ivor Powell | Wales | He was awarded the Guinness World Record with 93 years old. | [109] |
Manager with most international games in charge | Bora Milutinovic | Serbia | 286 matches for national teams from 1983 until 2009: Mexico (104 games), USA (96), China (46), Nigeria (11), Honduras (10), Costa Rica (9), Jamaica (6) and Iraq (4). | [110][111] |
Longest-serving manager in history | Amadeu Teixeira | Brazil | Teixeira was in charge of América de Manaus for 53 years (1955–2008), and he was also one of the founders of the club in 1939. | [112] |
Coach with biggest gap between spells at a club | Ronnie McFall | Northern Ireland | Ronnie McFall left Glentoran after a poor run of results in 1984 and returned in 2018, after 34 years | [113] |
Coach with biggest gap between spells at for a national team | Mircea Lucescu | Romania | Mircea Lucescu left Romania national football team in 1986 and returned in 2024, after 38 years | [114] |
Most decorated manager | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | He won 49 titles, including 13 Premier League, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. | [115] |
Manager who won the most first-division league titles | Bill Struth | Scotland | 18 league titles: he won the Scottish first division with Rangers in 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1953. | |
Manager with most major international titles (national team) | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 9 titles: Stábile won the Copa America with Argentina (1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957), the Pan American Games (1951, 1955) and the Panamerican Championship (1960). | |
Manager who won most finals | Bill Struth | Scotland | 64 winning finals: Struth won 10 Scottish FA Cups, 2 Scottish League Cups, 23 Glasgow Cups, 20 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups, 4 Southern League Cups, 1 Emergency War Cup, 1 Victory Cup, 1 Summer Cup and also 1 Sir Archibald Sinclair Cup, and 1 British Champions' Challenge. | |
Manager with most international club titles | Carlo Ancelotti | Italy | 14 titles: Ancelotti won the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1999); the Champions League (2003, 2007, 2014, 2022, 2024); the UEFA Super Cup (2003, 2014, 2007, 2022, 2024); and the FIFA Club World Cup (2007, 2014, 2022) | [116] |
Only manager in history to win all six available titles in one calendar year | Pep Guardiola | Spain | In his first season in charge, Pep Guardiola completed a historic double treble, winning the Copa del Rey, La Liga, the Champions League, the Spanish Super Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup: six trophies out of six in the 2009 calendar year. | |
Manager with the highest fee paid for his transfer | Julian Nagelsmann | Germany | Bayern Munich paid RB Leipzig €25 million to release Nagelsmann's clause in the summer of 2021. | [117] |
Record | Club | Nationality | Year(s) | Details | Ref |
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Club that has scored the most goals in football history | Flamengo | Brazil | 1912–2024 | 13,067 (up to 6 October 2024) | [118][119][120] |
Club that has scored the most goals in history in top-level competitions | Liverpool | England | 9,219 (up to 2023) | [121] | |
Club with the most international major trophies won | Real Madrid | Spain | 1955–2024 | 34 trophies: | [122] |
Club with the most trophies won in top level competitions | Al Ahly | Egypt | 1923–2023 | 131 trophies | [123] |
Club with the most titles in the same competition | ABC | Brazil | 1920–2022 | 57 Campeonato Potiguar titles. | [124] |
Club with the most national championships won in a row | Tafea | Vanuatu | 1994 to 2008–09 | 15 Port Vila Football League consecutive titles. | [125] |
Club with the most top tier-level titles | Arsenal de Sarandí | Argentina | Arsenal de Sarandi won four Argentinian football tier levels | [126] | |
Oldest football club that is still active | Sheffield | England | Since 1848 | [127] | |
Longest winning streak in all official competitions for a first-division club | Arkadag | Turkmenistan | 2023–2024 (ongoing) | 58 consecutive wins | [128][129][130][131] |
Longest unbeaten streak in all official competitions for a first-division club | Celtic | Scotland | 1915–1917 | 62 consecutive matches[note 22] | [134] |
Longest losing streak for a club | Corintians de Casa Branca | Brazil | 1980–1984 | 62 consecutive losses at Paulista third level | [135] |
Longest streak for a club scoring at least 1 goal | River Plate | Argentina | 1936–1939 | 96 consecutive games | [136] |
Record | Name | Nationality | Year(s) | Details | Ref |
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Highest score in a single match | AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne | Madagascar | 2002 | On 31 October 2002, arch-rivals AS Adema and SO Emyrne played each other. In a pre-planned protest, SO Emyrne scored 149 own goals against the referee's decisions in their four-team playoff tournament. | |
Highest score in a single competitive match | Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord | Scotland | 1885 | On 12 September 1885, Arbroath F.C. and Bon Accord F.C. played each other in the first round of the Scottish Cup. It is the largest margin of victory in a genuinely competitive game. | [138] |
Highest score in a single match (international) | Australia 31–0 American Samoa | Australia | 2001 | On 11 April 2001, Australia beat American Samoa by 31–0 in an Oceanian qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Australia had already won 22–0 against Tonga two days before, which outcame to Australia moving from OFC to AFC due to the low level its opponents had in OFC. | [139] |
Highest score in a single match (youth international) | Vanuatu 46–0 Micronesia (U–23) | Vanuatu | 2015 | On 7 July 2015, Vanuatu beat Micronesia by 46–0 in a match in the 2015 Pacific Games. Micronesia also lost by 0–30 and 0–38 against Tahiti and Fiji, respectively. | [140] |
Highest score in a penalty shootout in history | Washington 3–3 Bedlington, (25–24 p), 54 penalties taken | England | 2022 | On 9 March 2022, at the end of the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup tie 2021/22, Washington played Bedlington in England's North-East, and the match finished in a 3–3 draw. A total of 54 penalties were taken, with Washington winning 25–24. | [141] |
Longest penalty shootout in history | Dimona 2–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv (23–22 p), 56 penalties taken | Israel | 2024 | Match played on 20 May 2024, valid for 2023–24 Liga Alef access play-off. | [142][143] |
Most red cards given in a match | Claypole – Victoriano Arenas | Argentina | 2011 | On 3 March 2011, 36 players were shown a red card by referee Damian Rubino in a match between Victoriano Arenas and Claypole, in the Argentine fifth division. All 22 players on the pitch and a combination of 14 subs and coaches received red cards. The match was eventually abandoned. | [144] |
Competition with most clubs participated in total | Copa Perú | Peru | More than 20000 at the District stage | [145] | |
Shortest National Championship | Greenlandic Football Championship | Greenland | 7 days | [146] | |
Football League with less clubs | Isles of Scilly Football League | Isles of Scilly | Only two clubs contests the league: Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners, playing each other eighteen times every season. | [147] | |
Longest football match | Stockport County 3–2 Doncaster Rovers, 3 hours and 23 minutes | England | 1946 | On, 30 March 1946. It was a Division Three North Cup replay, after the first game ended 2–2 and as it would turn out, 203 more minutes could not yield a victor. Tied once more at 2–2 after 90 minutes, the game between Stockport and Doncaster then went into extra time, but 30 more minutes were insufficient, with the two teams unable to score in that time period. The 'play to win' rule was commonplace in English football during the wartime period of the 1940s and it was a form of 'golden goal' – in essence, 'next goal wins'. Stockport thought they had clinched the winner on the 173rd minute. | [148][149] |
Team that played most games on the same day | Grêmio | Brazil | 1994 | On 11 December 1994, Grêmio played three matches on a single day during the 1994 Campeonato Gaúcho, with kick-off times of 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM, due to their extensive schedule. They won two and drew the third match, using a total of 34 different players. | [150] |
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