List of world association football records

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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. These records are divided based on whether they relate to players, coaches, or clubs.
The list contains the most prominent records in the world without taking into account the classification of leagues or championships.

Contents

Players

Players in bold are still active.

As of 4 May 2024

Goals and goalscoring records

RecordPlayerNationalityYear(s)DetailsRef
Most official goals Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–Ronaldo scored 890 goals in his career. [1] [note 1]
Most overall goals Lajos Tichy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1953–19711,917 goals in 1,307 games based on stats by RSSSF. [2]
Most club goals Josef Bican Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 		1931–1957Bican scored 780 goals in 492 matches with ten different clubs during his long 27-year career. [3] [note 2]
Most international goals Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2003– 128 goals International goals in 206 games. [4]
Most goals scored in a calendar year Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2012 Messi scored 91 goals in 69 matches in 2012 for Barcelona and Argentina [5] [6]
Most club goals scored in a football season Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2011–12Messi scored 73 goals with Barcelona during the 2011–12 season. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Most international goals in a calendar year Sándor Kocsis Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 1954Kocsis scored 23 goals in 14 games in 1954 with the Hungary national football team. [11]
Most goals scored for a single club Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2004–2021 Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona during 17 seasons. [12]
Most goals scored in an international match Archie Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2001On 11 April 2001, Thompson scored 13 goals in the Australia 31–0 American Samoa match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. [13]
Most goals scored in a top-tier league match Hacène Lalmas (men)Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1962Scored 14 goals in the match Ruisseau 18–0 Birtouta in 1962–63 Algerian Championnat National. [14]
Shokhan Salihi (women)Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 2022Scored 15 goals with Al-Hilal against Sama in the 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League. [15]
Most goals scored in any division-tier league matchYanick ManzizilaFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		2014Scored 21 goals in the match Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka in the Swedish seventh division, on 11 August 2014. [16] [17] [18]
Most goals scored in a domestic cup match Stefan Dembicki Flag of France.svg  France 1942In the preliminary round of the 1942–43 French Cup, Dembicki scored 16 goals in the RC Lens - Auby Asturies match (32–0). [19]
Most penalty kick goals Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–Cristiano scored 164 penalty goals. [20]
Most penalty kicks with a 100% success rate Ledio Pano Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 		1986–2002Ledio Pano scored 50 penalties in 50 attempts during his career in Albania and Greece. [21]
Most free kick goals Juninho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1993–2013Juninho scored 77 free kick goals. [22]
Most direct corner-kick goals Şükrü Gülesin Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1940–195532 goals [23] [24]
Most international goals for an amateur national team Vivian Woodward Flag of England.svg  England 1906–191457 goals for the England national amateur football team.
Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time Rogério Ceni Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1990–2015Ceni scored 129 goals in 1,236 games. [1] [25]
Youngest international goalscorer Aung Kyaw Tun Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 2000On 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. [26]
Oldest international goalscorer Billy Meredith Flag of Wales (1807-1953).svg  Wales 1919On 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 3] [27]
Most goals scored by a substitute in a single game Robert Lewandowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2015On 24 September 2015, during a Bundesliga game between Bayern Munich and 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. [28]
Most competitions scored in one season Fernando Torres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2012–20138 competitions: Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FIFA Confederations Cup. [29]

Appearances records

RecordPlayerNationalityYear(s)DetailsRef
Most matches of all time Peter Shilton Flag of England.svg  England 1966–19971,390 games over 31 seasons [30]
Most international caps Soh Chin Ann (men)Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 1969–1984219 caps. [31]
Kristine Lilly (women)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1987–2010354 caps. [32]
Most international caps for an amateur national team Billy Neil Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1957–196945 caps for the Scotland national amateur football team.
Most matches for one club Rogério Ceni Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1992–20151,197 games with São Paulo [33] [34]
Most seasons as captain for one club Francesco Totti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1998–201719 seasons: Totti captained Roma from 1998 until his retirement in 2017
Most matches as captain for one club Rogério Ceni Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2001–2015978 games: captained São Paulo from 2001 until 2015 [33] [34]
Most international club competition appearances in history Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–220 appearances: 197 in UEFA club competitions, 8 in FIFA Club World Cup, 6 in UAFA club competitions, 9 in AFC club competitions. [35]
Youngest footballer to ever play at senior levelEric Godpower MarshallFlag of Liberia 23px.svg  Liberia 2021On 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. [36] [37] [38] [39]
Youngest footballer to play in first division Mauricio Baldivieso Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2009On 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. [40]
Oldest professional football player Kazuyoshi Miura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1986–Striker Miura continues playing football for Oliveirense, having surpassed the age of 57. [41] [42]
Mykola Lykhovydov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2011–Lykhovydov continues playing football for FC Real Pharma Odesa, having surpassed the age of 57. [43]

Other records

RecordPlayerNationalityYear(s)DetailsRef
Most decorated player Lee Casciaro Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 1998–58 titles won [44]
Most matches wins Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–807 matches wins in his career [45] [46] [47]
Most club matches wins Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–681 club matches wins in his career [48]
Most unbeaten matches Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–1034 unbeaten matches in his career [49]
Most top-level club games scoring Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2002–504 top-level club games scoring in his career [50] [51]
Players to win top-scorer awards in third, second, and first division Robert Lewandowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2005–Lewandowski won the award in the 2007 Polish third division, 2008 second division and 2010 first division, the Bundesliga in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and also the La Liga in 2023.
Dario Hübner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1987–2011Hübner was Italian third division's topscorer in 1992, won the Serie B award in 1996 and the Capocannoniere in 2002 (joint winner with David Trezeguet).
Igor Protti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1983–2005Protti won Capocannoniere in 1996 (joint winner with Giuseppe Signori), won Italian third division's topscorer in 2001 and 2002 and won the Serie B award in 2003.
Player to win top-scorer awards in most continents Isidro Lángara Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1930–1948Three: with Real Club España in Mexico (CONCACAF zone) in 1944, 1946, Real Oviedo in Spain (UEFA) in 1934, 1935, 1936 and San Lorenzo in Argentina (CONMEBOL) in 1940.
Most domestic top-scorer awards Josef Bican Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 		1931–195512 wins: Czechoslovakian league in 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950; Austrian league in 1934; Bohemian/Moravian league in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944; Czechoslovakian second division in 1949
Youngest player to score a hat trick Ntinos Pontikas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1996On 24 September 1996, Ntinos Pontikas debuted at 14 years and 198 days and scored a hat-trick for Haravgi in their away defeat to Ampelokipoi (4–3), in the fifth division of the Greek championship. [52] [53]
Fastest hat-trick in historyAlex TorrFlag of England.svg  England 2013On 4 May 2013, 20-year old Alex Torr scored a hat-trick in 70 seconds during the match between Rawson Springs and Meadowhall (7–1), in the English Sunday league of Sheffield. [54] [55]
Most consecutive hat-tricks Flag of Bohemia.svg Josef Bican 19405Josef Bican set the record after scoring 5 consecutive hat-tricks and 19 goals in total in the Bohemia and Moravia league between 17 November 1939 and 19 March 1940. [56]
Flag of Croatia.svg Stjepan Lucijanić20165Stjepan Lucijanic scored his fifth consecutive hat-trick in the NK Dračice Dakovo's 10–0 win over NK Zrinski Drenje in the Croatian seventh division on 6 November 2016, equalizing Josef Bican's record from 1940. Lucijanic had scored 20 goals in those 5 matches. [57] [58]
Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Rizwan 20185 Club Eagles' striker Ahmed Rizwan also equalized the record in October 2018, after scoring five hat-tricks in five consecutive matches of the Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League. [59] [60] [61] [62]
Goalkeepers who scored a hat-trick Ilija Pantelić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1963First goalkeeper to score a hat-trick for FK Vojvodina against NK Trešnjevka in the Yugoslav first division.
José Luis Chilavert Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1999On 28 November 1999, Chilavert scored a hat-trick of penalties for Vélez Sársfield against Ferro Carril Oeste (6–1) [63] [64]
Grigoris Athanasiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2022Grigorios Athanasiou scored a hat-trick of penalties on 12 February 2022 in the Greek fourth division. [65]
Goalkeeper with most clean sheets Gianluigi Buffon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1995–2023501 matches without a goal [66]
Goalkeeper with most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal Mazaropi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1977–19781,816 minutes without a goal [67]
Goalkeeper who saved most penalties Lev Yashin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1949–1971 Yashin saved a world-record 150-plus penalties for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union [68]
Most headers scored in a single game Dondinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1939Dondinho 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. [69]
Most sent-off Gerardo Bedoya Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1995–201546 red cards in total during his career [70]
Most own goals in a match [note 4] Meikayla Moore (women)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2022Moore scored three own goals against USA [71]
Longest distance goal scored Tom King Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2021On 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. [72]
Player who played for most clubs during his professional career Sebastián Abreu Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1993–202131 clubs [note 5] [74] [75] [76]
Player who played for a professional football club in each of the six recognized continental associations Lutz Pfannenstiel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1991–201125 clubs in 6 continental associations
Player with biggest gap between spells at a club Robert Carmona Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1985–2009Robert Carmona left Uruguayan club La Luz in 1985 and returned in 2009, after 24 years [77]

    Coaches

    Coaches in bold are still active.

    RecordManagerNationalityDetailsRef
    Manager with most international games in charge Bora Milutinovic Flag of Serbia.svg  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). [78] [79]
    Longest-serving manager in history Amadeu Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  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. [80]
    Most decorated manager Alex Ferguson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland He won 49 titles, including 13 Premier League, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. [81]
    Manager who won the most first-division league titles Bill Struth Flag of Scotland.svg  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 Flag of Argentina.svg  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 Flag of Scotland.svg  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 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12 titles: Ancelotti won the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1999), the Champions League (2003, 2007, 2014, 2022), the UEFA Super Cup (2003, 2014, 2007, 2022), and the FIFA Club World Cup (2007, 2014, 2022)
    Only manager in history to win all six available titles in one calendar year Pep Guardiola Flag of Spain.svg  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 most The Best FIFA Football Coach awards Jürgen Klopp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Klopp won the award twice, in 2019 and 2020 as a Liverpool manager.
    Manager with the highest fee paid for his transfer Julian Nagelsmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Bayern Munich paid RB Leipzig €25 million to release Nagelsmann's clause in the summer of 2021. [82]

    Clubs

    RecordClubNationalityYear(s)DetailsRef
    Club that has scored the most goals in football history Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1912–202413,012 (up to 4 May 2024) [83] [84] [85]
    Club that has scored the most goals in history in top-level competitions Liverpool Flag of England.svg  England 9,219 (up to 2023) [86]
    Club with the most international major trophies won Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32 trophies: [87]
    Club with the most trophies won in top level competitions Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 126 trophies [88]
    Club with the most titles in the same competition ABC Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57 Campeonato Potiguar titles. [89]
    Club with the most national championships won in a row Tafea Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1994 to 2008–0915 Port Vila Football League consecutive titles. [90]
    Club with the most top tier-level titles Arsenal de Sarandí Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Arsenal de Sarandi won four Argentinian football tier levels [91]
    Oldest football club that is still active Sheffield Flag of England.svg  England Since 1848 [92]
    Longest winning streak for a first-division club Barcelona (women) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2021–22 45 consecutive wins [93]
    Longest streak for a club scoring at least 1 goal River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1936–193996 consecutive games [94]
    Longest losing streak for a club Corintians de Casa Branca Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1980–198462 consecutive losses at Paulista third level [95]

    Other world records

    RecordNameNationalityYear(s)DetailsRef
    Highest score in a single match AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2002On 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.

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    Highest score in a single match (youth international) Vanuatu 46–0 Micronesia (U–23)Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2015On 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. [97]
    Highest score in a penalty shootout in history Washington 3–3 Bedlington, penalties 25–24.Flag of England.svg  England 2022On 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. [98]
    Longest penalty shootout in history Washington 3–3 Bedlington, 54 penalties taken
    Most red cards given in a match Claypole – Victoriano Arenas Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2011On 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. [99]
    Competition with most clubs participated in total Copa Perú Flag of Peru.svg  Peru More than 20,000 at the District stage [100]
    Shortest National Championship Greenlandic Football Championship Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 7 days [101]
    Football League with less clubs Isles of Scilly Football League Baner ynysek Syllan.svg Isles of Scilly Only two clubs contests the league: Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners, playing each other eighteen times every season. [102]
    Longest football match Stockport County 3–2 Doncaster Rovers, 3 hours and 23 minutesFlag of England.svg  England 1946On, 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. [103] [104]
    Team that played most games on the same day Grêmio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1994On 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. [105]

    See also

    Notes

    1. ↑ Erwin Helmchen could have scored 987 goals in his career.
    2. ↑ Erwin Helmchen could have scored 870 club goals.
    3. ↑ This match was not a full international (instead termed a "Victory international").
    4. ↑ Not include own goals that were deliberately scored by defenders, for example, as happened in the AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne.
    5. ↑ The Argentine player, Pablo Frontini, might have played for 34 clubs as suggested in the following reference, but in any case they are not all top-level clubs. [73]

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