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World Cup 1978 : Results, rankings and all statistics
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World Cup1978

Season
Tier : 1
Type of clubs : A
Country : International
Venue : Argentina
GamesGames played : 38
Goals forGoals scored : 102 (2.68 goals per match )
Yellow cardsYellow cards : 53
Red cardsRed cards : 3

13%
Home victories

24%
Draws

50%
Neutral ground victories

13%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.78 years
Number of players participating : 276

World Cup 1978's fixtures and results

Final

June 25, 1978
Argentina3 1a.e.t.Netherlands
  • 38'Mario Kempes
  • 105'Mario Kempes
  • 116'Daniel Bertoni
  • 82'Dick Nanninga
  • The best XI according to FBDB Index

    photo  Leão
    Leão
    Brazil
    B.date11/07/1949
    Age75 years
    H1m79  
    photo Jorge Olguin
    Jorge Olguin
    Argentina
    B.date17/05/1952
    Age72 years
    H1m75  
    photo Daniel Passarella
    Daniel Passarella
    Argentina
    B.date25/05/1953
    Age71 years
    H1m77  
    photo João Justino Amaral
    João Justino Amaral
    Brazil
    B.date25/12/1954
    Age70 years
    H1m79  
    photo Alberto Tarantini
    Alberto Tarantini
    Argentina
    B.date03/12/1955
    Age69 years
    H1m79  
    photo Franco Causio
    Franco Causio
    Italy
    B.date01/02/1949
    Age75 years
    H1m72  
    photo Teofilo Cubillas
    Teofilo Cubillas
    Peru
    B.date08/03/1949
    Age75 years
    H1m73  
    photo João Batista
    João Batista
    Brazil
    B.date08/03/1955
    Age69 years
    photo Paolo Rossi
    Paolo Rossi
    Italy
    B.date23/09/1956
    Age68 years
    H1m77  
    photo Leopoldo Luque
    Leopoldo Luque
    Argentina
    B.date03/05/1949
    Age75 years
    H1m78  
    photo Mario Kempes
    Mario Kempes
    Argentina
    B.date15/07/1954
    Age70 years
    H1m82  

    Your best XI

    One match scorers

    Robby Rensenbrinkhas scored 3 goals during the match Netherlands 3-0 Iran (03/06/1978)
    Teofilo Cubillashas scored 3 goals during the match Peru 4-1 Iran (11/06/1978)

    Individual rankingsLast updated on 15/04/2024 at 23:07

    Player Goals pen. eff. Min.p. M.p. Start 1H 2H Team % Last goal
    Mario Kempes 6 0 110 660 7 7 3 2 40% 25/06/1978
    Teofilo Cubillas 5 2 108 540 6 6 2 3 71% 11/06/1978
    Robby Rensenbrink 5 4 132 660 7 7 3 2 33% 14/06/1978
    Leopoldo Luque 4 0 120 480 5 5 1 3 27% 21/06/1978
    Hans Krankl 4 1 135 540 6 6 1 3 67% 21/06/1978
    Johnny Rep 3 0 176 528 7 6 1 2 20% 14/06/1978
    Paolo Rossi 3 0 210 630 7 7 3 0 38% 18/06/1978
    Roberto Dinamite 3 0 150 450 5 5 1 2 30% 21/06/1978
    K.-H. Rummenigge 3 0 150 450 5 5 2 1 30% 21/06/1978
    Dirceu 3 0 183 550 7 6 2 1 30% 24/06/1978
    Heinz Flohe 2 0 169 337 4 4 1 1 20% 06/06/1978
    Roberto Bettega 2 0 301 602 7 7 1 1 25% 10/06/1978
    Zbigniew Boniek 2 0 191 382 6 4 1 1 33% 10/06/1978
    Archie Gemmill 2 1 101 201 3 2 0 2 50% 11/06/1978
    Dieter Müller 2 0 165 330 4 4 1 1 20% 18/06/1978

    Rankings

    1 BrazilD 0-0 Spain07/06/1978V 1-0 Austria11/06/1978V 3-0 Peru14/06/1978D 0-0 Argentina18/06/1978VPoland 1-3 21/06/1978V 2-1 Italy24/06/1978
    2 ArgentinaVFrance 1-2 06/06/1978L 0-1 Italy10/06/1978V 2-0 Poland14/06/1978DBrazil 0-0 18/06/1978V 6-0 Peru21/06/1978V 3-1 Netherlands25/06/1978
    3 PolandD 0-0 West Germany01/06/1978V 1-0 Tunisia06/06/1978VMexico 1-3 10/06/1978LArgentina 2-0 14/06/1978VPeru 0-1 18/06/1978L 1-3 Brazil21/06/1978
    4 ItalyVHungary 1-3 06/06/1978VArgentina 0-1 10/06/1978D 0-0 West Germany14/06/1978V 1-0 Austria18/06/1978LNetherlands 2-1 21/06/1978LBrazil 2-1 24/06/1978
    5 AustriaV 2-1 Spain03/06/1978V 1-0 Sweden07/06/1978LBrazil 1-0 11/06/1978LNetherlands 5-1 14/06/1978LItaly 1-0 18/06/1978V 3-2 West Germany21/06/1978
    6 NetherlandsD 0-0 Peru07/06/1978LScotland 3-2 11/06/1978V 5-1 Austria14/06/1978DWest Germany 2-2 18/06/1978V 2-1 Italy21/06/1978LArgentina 3-1 25/06/1978
    7 West GermanyDPoland 0-0 01/06/1978V 6-0 Mexico06/06/1978DTunisia 0-0 10/06/1978DItaly 0-0 14/06/1978D 2-2 Netherlands18/06/1978LAustria 3-2 21/06/1978
    8 PeruV 3-1 Scotland03/06/1978DNetherlands 0-0 07/06/1978V 4-1 Iran11/06/1978LBrazil 3-0 14/06/1978L 0-1 Poland18/06/1978LArgentina 6-0 21/06/1978
    9 SpainLAustria 2-1 03/06/1978DBrazil 0-0 07/06/1978V 1-0 Sweden11/06/1978
    - ScotlandLPeru 3-1 03/06/1978DIran 1-1 07/06/1978V 3-2 Netherlands11/06/1978
    11 TunisiaV 3-1 Mexico02/06/1978LPoland 1-0 06/06/1978D 0-0 West Germany10/06/1978
    12 FranceLItaly 2-1 02/06/1978L 1-2 Argentina06/06/1978V 3-1 Hungary10/06/1978
    13 IranLNetherlands 3-0 03/06/1978D 1-1 Scotland07/06/1978LPeru 4-1 11/06/1978
    14 SwedenD 1-1 Brazil03/06/1978LAustria 1-0 07/06/1978LSpain 1-0 11/06/1978
    15 HungaryLArgentina 2-1 02/06/1978L 1-3 Italy06/06/1978LFrance 3-1 10/06/1978
    - MexicoLTunisia 3-1 02/06/1978LWest Germany 6-0 06/06/1978L 1-3 Poland10/06/1978

    Goals per quarterLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 23:32

    MinutesGoals
    0 - 1512
    16 - 3010
    Best scorer : Mario Kempes - 2 Goals
    31 - 45+29
    Best scorer : Robby Rensenbrink - 3 Goals
    46 - 6014
    61 - 7519
    Best scorer : Leopoldo Luque - 2 Goals
    76 - 90+16
    Best scorer : Hans Krankl - 2 Goals

    Most frequent scoresLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 23:32

    Score Frequence
    0 - 0 6 times
    1 - 0 7 times
    1 - 1 2 times
    2 - 0 1 times
    2 - 1 6 times
    2 - 2 1 times
    Score Frequence
    3 - 0 2 times
    3 - 1 7 times
    3 - 2 2 times
    4 - 1 1 times
    5 - 1 1 times
    6 - 0 2 times

    General statistics by teamLast updated on 15/04/2024 at 23:07

    Team Participants Different First XI Different Scorers Best scorer
    France 22 3 5 Bernard Lacombe (1 goals)
    Netherlands 19 6 7 Robby Rensenbrink (5 goals)
    Mexico 19 3 2 Arturo Vazquez Ayala (1 goals)
    Spain 19 3 2 Dani (1 goals)
    Hungary 18 3 3 Sandor Zombori (1 goals)
    Scotland 18 3 3 Archie Gemmill (2 goals)
    Argentina 17 5 6 Mario Kempes (6 goals)
    Poland 17 6 4 Zbigniew Boniek (2 goals)
    Austria 17 3 3 Hans Krankl (4 goals)
    Italy 17 4 5 Paolo Rossi (3 goals)
    Brazil 17 6 5 Dirceu (3 goals)
    Peru 16 3 3 Teofilo Cubillas (5 goals)
    West Germany 16 4 6 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (3 goals)
    Sweden 15 2 1 Thomas Sjöberg (1 goals)
    Iran 15 3 2 Hassan Roshawn (1 goals)
    Tunisia 14 2 3 Mokhtar Dhouib (1 goals)

    Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/04/2024 at 15:51

    Team Average age Oldest player Youngest player
    Mexico 24.3 Arturo Vazquez Ayala (28 years) Hugo Sánchez (19 years)
    Argentina 25.4 Omar Larrosa (30 years) Alberto Tarantini (22 years)
    Tunisia 25.5 Lahzami Témime Ben Addallah (28 years) Amor Jebali (21 years)
    France 25.7 Jean-Marc Guillou (32 years) Patrick Battiston (20 years)
    Brazil 25.8 Roberto Rivellino (32 years) Reinaldo (20 years)
    Iran 26.2 Hossein Kazerani (30 years) Hossein Faraki (20 years)
    Italy 26.7 Dino Zoff (35 years) Antonio Cabrini (20 years)
    Spain 26.8 Pirri (32 years) Isidoro San José (22 years)
    Austria 27 Hans Pirkner (31 years) Walter Schachner (20 years)
    Hungary 27.1 Laszlo Pusztai (31 years) Andras Töröcsik (22 years)
    Poland 27.3 Henryk Kasperczak (31 years) Andrzej Iwan (18 years)
    Peru 27.5 Hector Chumpitaz (33 years) Raul Gorriti (21 years)
    Sweden 27.7 Bjorn Nordqvist (35 years) Ingemar Erlandsson (20 years)
    West Germany 27.7 Sepp Maier (33 years) Hansi Müller (20 years)
    Scotland 28 Jimmy Johnstone (33 years) Stuart Kennedy (24 years)
    Netherlands 28.2 Jan Jongbloed (37 years) Piet Wildschut (20 years)

    Countries statisticsLast updated on 11/04/2024 at 16:08

    Country Number of games played Number of players Number of goals scored
    Brazil 91 17 10
    Argentina 90 17 15
    Netherlands 89 19 15
    Italy 88 17 8
    Poland 76 17 6
    Peru 74 16 7
    Austria 73 17 6
    Germany 70 16 10
    France 38 22 5
    Spain 38 19 2
    Iran 38 15 2
    Sweden 38 15 1
    Hungary 37 18 3
    Mexico 37 19 2
    Scotland 37 18 4
    Tunisia 36 14 3

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