Fun facts to know about FIFA all these years

  1. The principal World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and was the brainchild of Jules Rimet, at that point leader of FIFA. He even named the trophy after himself yet the first Jules Rimet trophy was stolen. It was anyway recuperated four months before the 1966 version. The plan we see today was presented in 1974 and called the ‘FIFA World Cup Trophy’.
  2. Germany have been the most noteworthy objective scorers in each of the three past versions of the World Cup. They scored 18 objectives in their World Cup winning effort of 2014, 16 objectives in 2010 and 14 objectives in 2006.
  3. Brazil are the group with the most number of World Cup trophies, having won the opposition on five events. Brazil were delegated World Champions in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
  4. Germany’s Miroslav Klose is the unequaled most elevated objective scorer in the competition with 16 objectives from 24 matches. Klose was a piece of Germany’s squad in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.
  5. Notwithstanding winning the World Cup on four distinct events, Germany have likewise lost the most number of finals. They completed sprinters up in 1966, 1982, 1986 and 2002.
  6. Brazilian legend Pele is the main player who has won the World Cup trophy thrice. He was a piece of Brazil’s triumphant groups in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He additionally holds the refinement of being the most youthful objective scorer and victor of the competition at only 17-years of age.
  7. Roger Milla turned into the most established objective scorer in the competition when he scored Cameroon’s just objective in their 1-6 thrashing to Russia in 1994. Milla was 42 around then and was picked for the national group following an intercession from the nation’s President.
  8. Shirt swapping was prohibited in 1986 as FIFA did not need players to exposed their chest after the last shriek. Be that as it may, England global Steve Hodge still figured out how to trade shirts with Argentinean legend Maradona in the passage following the amusement where he scored the scandalous ‘Hand of God’ objective.
  9. The official match ball for the 2018 World Cup, ‘Telstar 18’ is rethought and named after the main Adidas coordinate ball utilized as a part of Mexico in 1970. In those days, the Telstar was the primary ball to be utilized as a part of the World glass which was composed with 32 highly contrasting boards in order to make it more unmistakable on the high contrast TVs of the 70’s.

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