List of world association football records

This article features a list with world association football records including professionals, semi-professionals, amateurs, juniors or women's football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world. These records are divided based on whether they relate to players, coaches, clubs, or world competitions.

As of 23 December 2022

Players

Players in bold are still active.

Goals and goalscoring records
Record Player Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
Highest goal-scoring player of all time Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 2002–present 834 goals in 1,194 games
Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time Rogério Ceni  Brazil 1990–2015 131 goals in 1,266 games [1]
Highest goal-scoring defender of all time Ronald Koeman  Netherlands 1980–1997 239 goals [2]
Player with 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. [3]
Player with most goals scored in a league match Yanick Manzizila  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2014 Scored 21 goals in the match Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka valid for the Swedish seventh level. [4][5][6]
Player with 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 RC Lens - Auby Asturies match (32–0). [7]
Player with the most goals scored in a football season Lionel Messi  Argentina 2011–2012 73 goals in the 2011-2012 season, surpassing the 67 goals margin scored in the 1927-1928 and 1972-1973 seasons of Dixie Dean and Gerd Muller's.
Player with the most goals scored in a calendar year Lionel Messi  Argentina 2012 Messi scored 91 goals in year in 2012, breaking Gerd Muller's record set in 1972.
Player with the most goals scored for a single club Lionel Messi  Argentina 2004–2021 Messi scored 672 goals for barcelona during 17 seasons, including 73 during the 11/12 season, an all time record.
Player who scored the most penalty kicks Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 2002–present 151 penalties: Cristiano Ronaldo converted 151 out of 180 penalties. [8]
Player with most international goals Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 2003–2023 122 International goals

Appearances records
Record Player Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
Player with most matches as captain for one club Rogério Ceni  Brazil 2001–2015 978 games: captained São Paulo from 2001 until 2015 [9][10]
Player who played the most games for one club Rogério Ceni  Brazil 1992–2015 1,237 games with São Paulo [9][10]
Player with most international club competition appearances in history Iker Casillas  Spain 1999–2019 192 appearances: 188 in UEFA club competitions, 2 in Intercontinental Cup, 2 in FIFA Club World Cup. [11]
Player with most international caps in history Kristine Lilly  United States 1987–2010 354 caps. [12]
Youngest footballer to ever play at senior level Eric Godpower Marshall  Liberia 2021 On 7 April 2021, Marshall debuted for Gar'ou FC in their win over FC Haifa (4–1) in Liberia's fourth division, at 10 years and 11 months. [13][14][15] [16]
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 Club Aurora in their away match against La Paz F.C. (Aurora lost 1–0). [17]
Oldest professional football player Kazuyoshi Miura  Japan 1986–present Striker Miura continues playing football for Oliveirense having surpassed the age of 56. [18]
Oldest footballer according to Guinness World Records Ezzeldin Bahader  Egypt 2020 On 6 October 2020, 74-year old Bahader featured in his team's match against El Ayat Sports in the Egyptian third division. [19]

Other records
Record Player Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
Most decorated player Lee Casciaro  Gibraltar 1998–present 57 titles won [20]
Goalkeeper who saved most penalties Lev Yashin  Soviet Union 1950–1970 Yashin saved a world-record 150-plus penalties for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union. [21]
Most clean sheets Lev Yashin  Soviet Union 1949–1971 270 matches without a goal [22]
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal Mazaropi  Brazil 1977–1978 1,816 minutes without a goal [23]
Player most sent-off during his career Gerardo Bedoya  Colombia 1995–2015 46 red cards in total [24]
Players with most own goals in a match Stan van den Buys  Belgium 1995 Van den Buys scored three for Germinal Ekeren against Anderlecht in a 3–2 loss in the 1994–95 Belgian first division [25]
Meikayla Moore  New Zealand 2022 Moore scored three own goals against USA [26]
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. [27]
Player who played for most clubs during his professional career Sebastián Abreu  Uruguay 1993–2021 31 clubs [28]
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    Coaches

    Coaches in bold are still active.

    Record Manager Nationality Details Ref
    Manager with most international games in charge Bora Milutinovic  Serbia 287 matches for national teams from 1983 until 2009: Mexico (104 games), USA (96), China (46), Nigeria (11), Honduras (10), Costa Rica (9), Jamaica (7) and Iraq (4). [32]
    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. [33]
    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. [34]
    Manager with the highest fee paid for his transfer Julian Nagelsmann  Germany Bayern Munich paid RB Leipzig €25million to release Nagelsmann's clause in the summer of 2021. [35]

    Clubs
    See also: List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season
    Record Club Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
    Club that has scored the most goals in history in top level competitions Liverpool  England 9,219 (up to 2023) [36]
    Club with most international major trophies won Real Madrid  Spain 32 trophies: [37]
    Club with most trophies won in top level competitions Rangers  Scotland 118 trophies
    Club with most titles in the same competition ABC  Brazil 57 Campeonato Potiguar titles. [38]
    Club with most national championships won in a row Tafea  Vanuatu 1994 to 2008–09 15 Port Vila Football League consecutive titles. [39]
    Club with more tier level titles Arsenal de Sarandí  Argentina Arsenal de Sarandi won four Argentinian football tier levels [40]
    Oldest football club that is still active Sheffield F.C.  England Since 1848 [41]
    Longest winning streak for a first division club FC Barcelona Femení  Spain 2021–22 45 consecutive wins [42]
    Longest streak for a club scoring at least 1 goal River Plate  Argentina 1936–1939 96 consecutive games [43]
    Longest losing streak for a club Corintians de Casa Branca  Brazil 1980–1984 62 consecutive losses at Paulista third level [44]


    World Competitions

    FIFA World Cup

    Players and coaches in bold are still active at club level, though not necessarily internationally.

    Main articles: FIFA World Cup records and statistics and FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics

    Olympic Games

    Players in bold are still active.

    See also: Football at the Summer Olympics
    Record Name Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
    Most goals in an Olympic tournament Ferenc Bene  Hungary 1964 12 goals [45]

    FIFA Club World Cup
    Main article: FIFA Club World Cup records and statistics
    See also: List of world champion football clubs

    Other world records
    Record Name Nationality Year(s) Details Ref
    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 referees decisions in their four-team playoff tournament.

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    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. [47][48]
    Highest score in a penalty shootout in history Washington 3–3 Bedlington, penalties 25–24.  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. [49]
    Longest penalty shootout in history Washington 3–3 Bedlington, 54 penalties taken
    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. [50]
    Competition with most clubs participated in total Copa Perú  Peru More than 20,000 at the District stage [51]
    Shortest National Championship Greenlandic Football Championship  Greenland 7 days [52]
    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. [53]
    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. [54][55]
    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. [56]

    See also

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