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Football Records

Records of Goals and Goalscoring

COUNTRY	PLAYER	RECORDS	YEAR	DETAILS
Austria Czechoslovakia	Josef Bican	Most club goals	1931–1957	Bican scored 780 goals in 492 games with ten different clubs.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most official goals	2002–	906 goals in 1244 games.
Israel	Silvi Jan (women)	Most overall goals	1995–2012	1010 goals in her career.
Hungary	Lajos Tichy (men)	Most overall goals	1953–1971	1917 goals in 1307 games based on stats by RSSSF.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo (men)	Most international goals	2004–	2004–133 international goals in 216 games.
Portugal	Eusébio	Most national cup goals	1961–1974	Eusébio scored 97 cup goals in 61 games.
Brazil	Pelé	Most domestic national league goals	1956–1977	Pelé scored 606 league goals in 647 games.
Canada	Christine Sinclair (women)	Most international goals	2000–2023	190 international goals in 331 games.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most international club goals	2002–	Ronaldo scored 165 international club goals.
Austria Czechoslovakia	Josef Bican	Most domestic league goals	1931–1957	Bican scored 641 league goals in 417 games.
Argentina	Lionel Messi	Most goals scored in a calendar year	2012	Messi scored 91 goals in 69 games in 2012 for Barcelona and Argentina.
Scotland	Archie Stark	Most domestic league goals scored in a football season	1924–1925	Stark scored 67 goals in 44 matches in the 1924–25 American Soccer League for Bethlehem Steel.
Netherlands	Jaap Bulder	Most domestic league goals scored in a football season	1919–1920	Bulder scored 67 goals in 20 matches in the 1919–20 Netherlands Football League Championship for Be Quick.
Germany	Ernst Wilimowski	Most goals scored in a football season	1940–41	Ernst Wilimowski scored 97 official goals in 42 matches in the 1940–41 season for PSV Chemnitz and Germany.
Northern Ireland	Fred Roberts	Most club goals scored in a football season	1930–31	Fred Roberts scored 96 official goals in 47 matches in the 1930–31 season for Glentoran.
Hungary	Sándor Kocsis	Most international goals in a calendar year	1954	Kocsis scored 23 goals in 14 games in 1954 for Hungary.
Australia	Archie Thompson	Most goals scored in an international match	2001	On 11 April 2001, Thompson scored 13 goals in the Australia 31–0 American Samoa match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Argentina	Lionel Messi	Most goals scored for a single club	2004–2021	Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona during 17 seasons.
Bhutan	Passang Tshering (men)	Most goals scored in a top-tier league match	2007	Scored 17 goals in the match RIHS 0–20 Transport United in 2007 Bhutan A-Division.

Iraq	Shokhan Salihi (women)	Most goals scored in a top-tier league match	2022	Scored 15 goals in the match Al-Hilal 18–0 Sama in 2022–23 Saudi Women’s Premier League.
Argentina	Lionel Messi	Most goals scored in a single league	2004–2021	Messi scored 474 goals for Barcelona in La Liga.
Albania	Ledio Pano	Most penalty kicks with a 100% success rate	1986–2002	Ledio Pano had a 100% success rate in over 50 penalties during his career in Albania and Greece.
France	Stefan Dembicki	Most goals scored in a domestic cup match	1942	In the preliminary round of the 1942–43 French Cup, Dembicki scored 16 goals in the Lens – Auby Asturies match (32–0).
Japan	Kazuyoshi Miura	Most goals scored in different seasons	1986–2022	Miura scored in 32 different seasons in his career.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most penalty kick goals(excluding shoot-outs)	2004–	Cristiano scored 167 penalty goals.
Brazil	Juninho	Most free kick goals	1993–2013	Juninho scored 77 free kick goals.
Turkey	Şükrü Gülesin	Most direct corner-kick goals	1940–1955	32 goals.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most headed goals	2002–	Cristiano scored 151 headed goals.
Argentina	Lionel Messi	Most left foot goals	2004–	Messi scored 708 goals by left foot.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most match-winning goals in club football	2002–	Cristiano scored 217 match-winning goals.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most right foot goals	2002–	Cristiano scored 578 goals by right foot.
Mexico	Hugo Sánchez	Most bicycle kick goals	1976–1997	Sánchez scored 35 bicycle kick goals.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most headed goals	2002–	Cristiano scored 151 headed goals
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Hat-tricks in different competitions	2008–2024	Cristiano scored hat-tricks in 11 different competitions.
Germany	Erwin Helmchen	Most hat-tricks	1924–1951	Erwin Helmchen scored 141 hat-tricks.
England	Vivian Woodward	Most international goals for an amateur national team	1906–1914	57 goals in 44 games for the England national amateur football team.
Netherlands	Ronald Koeman	Most goals scored by a defender	1980–1997	Koeman scored 252 goals in 763 games during 17 seasons, also the record for most free kick goals scored by a defender with 60.
Brazil	Rogério Ceni	Most goals scored by a goalkeeper	1997–2015	Ceni scored 129 goals in 1236 games.
Myanmar	Aung Kyaw Tun (men)	Youngest international goalscorer	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.

Kyrgyzstan	Alina Litvinenko (women)	Youngest international goalscorer	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
Wales	Billy Meredith	Oldest international goalscorer	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.
England	Dickie Borthwick	Oldest veteran football player	1957–2019	85-year old Dickie Borthwick made 1,600 appearances over the course of a 72-year career, scoring over 400 goals, and previously played for Ross County and Invergordon Town in the Scottish highlands before moving to Dorset, where he played for 11 non-league clubs.
Spain	Fernando Torres	Most top club competitions scored in one season with the same team	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).
Japan	Kazuyoshi Miura	Oldest goalscorer in a professional match	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.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Sweden	Yanick Manzizila	Most goals scored in any division-tier league match	2014	Scored 21 goals in the match Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka in the Swedish seventh division, on 11 August 2014.

Appearance Records

COUNTRY	PLAYER	RECORDS	YEAR	DETAILS
United States	Kristine Lilly (women)	Most international caps	1987–2010	354 caps.
England	Peter Shilton	Most matches of all time	1966–1997	1,397 games over 31 seasons.
Brazil	Fábio	Most club matches of all time	1997–	1,329 games over 27 seasons.
Malaysia	Soh Chin Ann (men)	Most international caps	1969–1984	219 caps.
Turkey	Said Altınordu	Most years at the same club	1929–1956	27 years with Altınordu.
Gibraltar	Lee Casciaro	Most years at the same club	1998–2025 (ongoing)	27 years with Lincoln Red Imps.
Italy	Francesco Totti	Most seasons as captain for one club	1998–2017	19 seasons: Totti captained Roma from 1998 (when he was 22) until his retirement in 2017
Brazil	Rogério Ceni	Most matches for one club	1992–2015	1,197 games with São Paulo.
Brazil	Rogério Ceni	Most matches as captain for one club	2001–2015	982 games: captained São Paulo from 2001 until 2015.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most international club competition appearances in history	2002–	221 appearances: 197 in UEFA club competitions, 8 in FIFA Club World Cup, 6 in UAFA club competitions, 10 in AFC club competitions.
Brazil	Fábio	Most domestic club competition appearances in history	1997–	1,073 appearances.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most international competition appearances (club + national team)	2002–	437 appearances: 221 in international club competitions and 216 with the national team.
Bolivia	Mauricio Baldivieso	Youngest footballer to play in first division	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.
Northern Mariana Islands	Lucas Knecht (men)	Youngest footballer to play in a international match	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.
Liberia	Eric Godpower Marshall	Youngest footballer to ever play at senior level	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.
Cayman Islands	Alyssa Chin (women)	Youngest footballer to play in a international match	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.
Japan	Kazuyoshi Miura	Professional footballer to play in five different decades	1986–	Kazuyoshi Miura has played professionally in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
England	Billy Wright	Player with most years on top of the international caps record list	1957–1970	13 years: Billy Wright broke Ferenc Puskas’ record in 1957 but his 105 cap record was surpassed in 1970 by Bobby Charlton.
Liberia	George Weah	Oldest footballer to play in a international match	2018	On 11 September 2018, George Weah played in a friendly match with Liberia against Nigeria, aged 51 years and 345 days.

Ukraine	Mykola Lykhovydov	Oldest professional football player	2011–	Lykhovydov continues playing football for FC Real Pharma Odesa (Ukrainian third tier), having surpassed the age of 57.
Japan	Kazuyoshi Miura	Oldest professional football player	1986–	Striker Miura continues playing football for Atletico Suzuka in the Japan Football League (4th tier), having surpassed the age of 57.
Uruguay	Robert Carmona	Footballer to play more years uninterruptedly	1976–	Robert Carmona has been playing football for 48 years uninterruptedly.
Japan	Kazuyoshi Miura	Professional footballer to play in five different decades	1986–	Kazuyoshi Miura played professionally in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.

Other Records

COUNTRY	PLAYER	RECORD	YEAR	DETAILS
Croatia	Luka Modrić	Player to win most international club titles	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)
Germany	Toni Kroos	Player to win most international club titles	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)
Spain	Dani Carvajal	Player to win most international club titles	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)
Gibraltar	Lee Casciaro	Most decorated player	2000–	59 titles won, highlighting 21 Gibraltar Leagues
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most matches won	2002–	821 matches wins in his career
Uruguay	Ángel Romano	Player to win most titles with his national team	1916–1926	7 titles with Uruguay
Uruguay	Héctor Scarone	Player to win most titles with his national team	1917–1930	7 titles with Uruguay
Uruguay	José Nasazzi	Player to win most titles with his national team	1923–1935	7 titles with Uruguay
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most club matches won	2002–	690 club matches wins in his career
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most international matches won	2003–	131 international matches won in his career with Portugal
Spain	Sergio Ramos	Most international matches won	2005–2021	131 international matches won in his career with Spain
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most unbeaten matches	2002–	1056 unbeaten matches in his career
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most top-level club games scoring	2002–	514 top-level club games scoring in his career
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most matches scoring	2002–	601 matches scoring in his career
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Most international matches scoring	2002–	87 international matches scoring in his career
Australia	Sam Kerr (women)	Player to win top scorer awards in most continents	2008–	Three: with Perth Glory in Australia (AFC) in 2018, 2019, Sky Blue and Chicago Red Stars in the United States (CONCACAF) in 2017, 2018, 2019 and Chelsea in England (UEFA) in 2021, 2022.
Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Player to win top-scorer awards in most first tier national leagues	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.
Spain	Isidro Lángara (men)	Player to win top scorer awards in most continents	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.
Austria Czechoslovakia	Josef Bican	Most domestic top scorer awards	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

Brazil	Dondinho	Most headers scored in a single game	1977–1978	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.
Brazil	Pelé	Most consecutive domestic top scorer awards	1957–1965	9 consecutive wins in Campeonato Paulista
Brazil	Mazaropi	Goalkeeper with most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal	1939	1816 minutes without conceding a goal with Vasco da Gama
Soviet Union	Lev Yashin	Goalkeeper who saved most penalties	1949–1971	record 150-plus penalties for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union
England	Ray Clemence	Goalkeeper with most clean sheets	1965–1988	537 matches without a goal
Colombia	Gerardo Bedoya	Most sent-off	1995–2015	46 red cards in total during his career
Wales	Tom King	Longest distance goal scored	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.
Paraguay	Paulo da Silva	Player with biggest gap between spells at a club	1995–2024	Paulo da Silva left Paraguayan club Atlántida in 1995 and returned in 2024, after 29 years
Argentina	Carlos Frontini	Player who played for most clubs during his professional career	2001–2020	37 clubs
Mexico	Salvador Reyes	Player with biggest gap between first and last game at the same club	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

Coaches

COUNTRY	MANAGER	RECORDS	DETAILS
Romania	Mircea Lucescu	Coach with biggest gap between spells at for a national team	Mircea Lucescu left Romania national football team in 1986 and returned in 2024, after 38 years
Wales	Ivor Powell	Oldest football manager ever	He was awarded the Guinness World Record with 93 years old.
Brazil	Amadeu Teixeira	Longest-serving manager in history	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.
Serbia	Bora Milutinovic	Manager with most international games in charge	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).
Northern Ireland	Ronnie McFall	Coach with biggest gap between spells at a club	Ronnie McFall left Glentoran after a poor run of results in 1984 and returned in 2018, after 34 years
Argentina	Guillermo Stábile	Manager with most major international titles (national team)	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).
Scotland	Bill Struth	Manager who won the most first-division league titles	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.
Scotland	Bill Struth	Manager who won most finals	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.
Scotland	Alex Ferguson	Most decorated manager	He won 49 titles, including 13 Premier League, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup.
Spain	Pep Guardiola	Only manager in history to win all six available titles in one calendar year	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.
Germany	Julian Nagelsmann	Manager with the highest fee paid for his transfer	Bayern Munich paid RB Leipzig €25 million to release Nagelsmann’s clause in the summer of 2021.
Italy	Carlo Ancelotti	Manager with most international club titles	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)

Clubs Records

COUNTRY	CLUB	RECORD	YEAR	DETAIL
Spain	Real Madrid	Club with the most international major trophies won	1955–2024	34 trophies:15 UEFA Champions League2 UEFA Cup6 UEFA Super Cup3 Intercontinental Cup5 FIFA Club World Cup2 Latin Cup1 Ibero-American Cup
Brazil	Flamengo	Club that has scored the most goals in football history	1912–2024	13,067 (up to 6 October 2024)
England	Liverpool	Club that has scored the most goals in history in top-level competitions		9,219 (up to 2023)
Turkmenistan	Arkadag	Longest winning streak in all official competitions for a first-division club	2023–2024 (ongoing)	58 consecutive wins
Vanuatu	Tafea	Club with the most national championship won in a row	1994 to 2008–09	1994 to 2008–09
Egypt	Al Ahly	Club with the most trophies won in top level competitions	1923–2023	131 trophies
Argentina	Arsenal de Sarandí	Club with the most top tier-level titles		Arsenal de Sarandi won four Argentinian football tier levels
Brazil	ABC	Club with the most titles in the same competition	1920–2022	57 Campeonato Potiguar titles.
England	Sheffield	Oldest football club that is still active		Since 1848
Argentina	River Plate	Longest streak for a club scoring at least 1 goal	1936–1939	96 consecutive games
Brazil	Corintians de Casa Branca	Longest losing streak for a club	1980–1984	62 consecutive losses at Paulista third level
Scotland	Celtic	Longest unbeaten streak in all official competitions for a first-division club	1915–1917	62 consecutive matches

Other World Records

COUNTRY	PLAYER	RECORD	YEAR	DETAILS
Australia	Australia 31–0 American Samoa	Highest score in a single match (international)	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.
Scotland	Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord	Highest score in a single competitive match	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.
England	Washington 3–3 Bedlington, (25–24 p), 54 penalties taken	Highest score in a penalty shootout in history	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.
Madagascar	AS Adema 149–0 SO l’Emyrne	Highest score in a single match	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.
Isles of Scilly	Isles of Scilly Football League	Football League with less clubs		Only two clubs contested the league: Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners, playing each other eighteen times every season.
Greenland	Greenlandic Football Championship	Shortest National Championship		7 days
Peru	Copa Perú	Competition with most clubs participated in total		More than 20000 at the District stage
England	Stockport County 3–2 Doncaster Rovers, 3 hours and 23 minutes	Longest football match	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 victory. 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.
Argentina	Claypole – Victoriano Arenas	Most red cards given in a match	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
Vanuatu	Vanuatu 46–0 Micronesia (U–23)	Highest score in a single match (youth international)	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.
Israel	Dimona 2–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv (23–22 p), 56 penalties taken	Longest penalty shootout in history	2024	Match played on 20 May 2024, valid for 2023–24 Liga Alef access play-off.

Brazil

Grêmio

Team that played most games on the same day

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.

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