Ten Interesting Facts About World Cup Football

      The World Cup Football tournament has seen many records that tumbles as years progress. It has also seen some of the strange and interesting happenings that are very rare. This article focuses on such kind of happenings in the football history. Here we list Ten interesting facts that Football WC history has seen.

#1. BRAZIL'S RECORD : 

           The Host of this year (2014) World Cup - Brazil, is the most consistent side in the Football history. Brazil played all the edition of the World Cup, making it the only team to do so in Football history.

#2. MOST CARDS :

           In the 2006 Germany world cup, Valentin Ivanov , broke one of the rare record by showing more number of yellow and red cards in the single match. During Netherlands vs Portugal match, the Russian referee showed around 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards. It was one of the diritest game in the Football History.

#3. HOST'S DOMINATION :

          In the 19 world cups, the host nation won the world cup six times. Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934, England in 1966, Germany in 1974, Argentina in 1978 and France in 1998.

#4. JERSEY NUMBER :

          Jersey Number was introduced in the year 1954. The Jersey Number wih most number of goals is number 9.

#5. ICONIC VENUE :

         There is only one stadium in the world which has hosted 2 World Cup Finals. That iconic venue is Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. It Hosted the Finals of 1970 and 1986 World Cup.

#6. CHOKERS :

         The Netherlands and West Germany are the only teams to lose two consecutive World Cup Finals. The Dutch lost in 1974 and 1978 and Germans lost in 1982 and 1986 World Cup Finals. 

#7. RAINING GOALS : 

        The most number of goals in a single World Cup tournament is 171 goals from 64 Matches during 1998 WC. This is the most prolific world cup in terms of goals.

#8. TOUGH GAME :

         England is the most unluckiest team in the Football History as it was eliminated from the World Cup tournaments without even losing a single game. It had happened three times in the years 1982, 1990, 2006. The elimination was due to goal difference.

#9. FINALS CLUB :

         In the history of Football only 12 nations has entered the finals. The teams are 1. Brazil, 2. Netherlands, 3. Germany. 4. Spain, 5. Uruguay, 6. England, 7. France, 8. Argentina, 9.Italy, 10. Czechosolvakia, 11. Hungary, 12. Sweden

#10. Ten to Win :

         France is the only team to win the World Cup after being reduced to 10-men in 1998 World Cup.