2010 FIFA World Cup statistics
The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which took place in South Africa.
Goalscorers
The winner of the Golden Boot was Thomas Müller. Of all players to have scored five goals during the tournament, Müller had the most assists (three); the other three players had one assist each.[1] In total, 145 goals were scored by 98 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Martín Demichelis Gabriel Heinze Martín Palermo Tim Cahill Juan Maicon Jean Beausejour Mark González Rodrigo Millar Nicklas Bendtner Dennis Rommedahl Jon Dahl Tomasson Jermain Defoe Steven Gerrard Matthew Upson Florent Malouda Cacau Arne Friedrich Marcell Jansen Sami Khedira Mesut Özil Kevin-Prince Boateng Sulley Muntari Dimitris Salpingidis Vasilis Torosidis Daniele De Rossi Antonio Di Natale Vincenzo Iaquinta Fabio Quagliarella Didier Drogba Salomon Kalou Romaric Yaya Touré Yasuhito Endō Shinji Okazaki Cuauhtémoc Blanco Rafael Márquez Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Kuyt Giovanni van Bronckhorst Robin van Persie Winston Reid Shane Smeltz Yakubu Ji Yun-nam Antolín Alcaraz Cristian Riveros Enrique Vera Hugo Almeida Cristiano Ronaldo Liédson Raul Meireles Simão Milan Jovanović Marko Pantelić Kamil Kopúnek Valter Birsa Robert Koren Zlatan Ljubijankić Bongani Khumalo Katlego Mphela Siphiwe Tshabalala Park Chu-young Park Ji-sung Carles Puyol Gelson Fernandes Michael Bradley Clint Dempsey Edinson Cavani Álvaro Pereira Maxi Pereira
- Own goals
Daniel Agger (against the Netherlands) Park Chu-young (against Argentina)
Assists
Kaká won the assists table with three assists in 337 minutes (fewest minutes).
- 3 assists
- 2 assists
- 1 assist
Sergio Agüero Nicolás Burdisso Lionel Messi Juan Sebastián Verón Luke Wilkshire Elano Maicon Felipe Melo Ramires Robinho Mauricio Isla Esteban Paredes Alexis Sánchez Nicklas Bendtner Dennis Rommedahl Steven Gerrard Emile Heskey James Milner Franck Ribéry Jérôme Boateng Philipp Lahm Manuel Neuer André Ayew Daniele De Rossi Simone Pepe Yaya Touré Keisuke Honda Daisuke Matsui Andrés Guardado Rafael Márquez Gerardo Torrado Demy de Zeeuw Eljero Elia Arjen Robben Wesley Sneijder Rafael van der Vaart Shane Smeltz Chidi Odiah Jong Tae-se Lucas Barrios Paulo da Silva Aureliano Torres Fábio Coentrão Cristiano Ronaldo Duda Liédson Raul Meireles Tiago Miguel Veloso Nikola Žigić Erik Jendrišek Marek Hamšík Juraj Kucka Stanislav Šesták Valter Birsa Milivoje Novaković Aleksandar Radosavljević Kagisho Dikgacoi Tsepo Masilela Siphiwe Tshabalala Cesc Fàbregas Jesús Navas David Villa Jozy Altidore Steve Cherundolo Egidio Arévalo Edinson Cavani Diego Forlán Nicolás Lodeiro
Source: FIFA[2]
Rank | Name | Assists | Minutes played |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 337' | |
2 | 3 | 473' | |
3 | 3 | 586' | |
4 | 3 | 587' | |
5 | 3 | 621' |
Scoring
- Overall
- Total number of goals scored: 145
- Average goals per match: 2.27
- Total number of braces: 10
Luís Fabiano, Diego Forlán, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller, Wesley Sneijder, Luis Suárez, Carlos Tevez, Tiago, David Villa, Róbert Vittek - Total number of hat-tricks: 1
Gonzalo Higuaín - Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 15
- Total number of penalty kicks scored: 9
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Landon Donovan, Samuel Eto'o, Diego Forlán, Asamoah Gyan (2), Vincenzo Iaquinta, Róbert Vittek, Yakubu - Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 6
Xabi Alonso, Óscar Cardozo, Asamoah Gyan, Lukas Podolski, Jon Dahl Tomasson, David Villa - Penalty kick success rate: 60%
- Own goals scored: 2
Daniel Agger, Park Chu-Young
- Timing
- First goal of the tournament: Siphiwe Tshabalala for South Africa against Mexico
- First brace of the tournament: Diego Forlán for Uruguay against South Africa
- First hat-trick of the tournament: Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina against South Korea
- Last goal of the tournament: Andrés Iniesta for Spain against Netherlands
- Last brace of the tournament: Miroslav Klose for Germany against Argentina
- Last hat-trick of the tournament: Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina against South Korea
- Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 3rd minute (2:38)
Thomas Müller for Germany against Argentina - Fastest goal in a match after coming on as a substitute: 2 minutes
Cacau for Germany against Australia, Rodrigo Millar for Chile against Spain, Kamil Kopúnek for Slovakia against Italy - Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+5th minute
Álvaro Pereira for Uruguay against South Africa - Latest goal in a match with extra time: 116th minute
Andrés Iniesta for Spain against Netherlands - Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+1st minute
Landon Donovan for United States against Algeria - Latest winning goal in a match with extra time: 116th minute
Andrés Iniesta for Spain against Netherlands - Shortest time difference between two goals scored by the same team in a match: 2 minutes (1:29)
Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiago for Portugal against North Korea
- Teams
- Most goals scored by a team: 16
Germany - Fewest goals scored by a team: 0
Algeria, Honduras - Most goals conceded by a team: 12
North Korea - Fewest goals conceded by a team: 1
Portugal, Switzerland - Best goal difference: +11
Germany - Worst goal difference: -11
North Korea - Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 7
Portugal 7–0 North Korea - Most goals scored in a match by one team: 7
Portugal against North Korea - Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2
Italy against Slovakia, Uruguay against Netherlands, Uruguay against Germany - Biggest margin of victory: 7 goals
Portugal 7–0 North Korea - Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 5
Spain - Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
Australia, Cameroon, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Nigeria, North Korea, Slovakia, South Africa - Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3
Algeria, Honduras, Paraguay, Portugal - Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0
Italy, South Korea, United States - Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 4
Spain - Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3
Algeria, Honduras, Paraguay
- Individual
- Most goals scored by an individual: 5
Diego Forlán, Thomas Müller, Wesley Sneijder, David Villa - Most assists provided by an individual: 3
Kaká, Dirk Kuyt, Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Bastian Schweinsteiger - Most goals and assists produced by an individual: 8
Thomas Müller (5 goals, 3 assists) - Most clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 5
Iker Casillas - Fewest clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 0
Gianluigi Buffon, Hans-Jörg Butt, Faouzi Chaouchi, Vincent Enyeama, Robert Green, Souleymanou Hamidou, Moeneeb Josephs, Itumeleng Khune, Federico Marchetti, Ján Mucha, Ri Myong-Guk, Mark Schwarzer, Thomas Sørensen, Alexandros Tzorvas - Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 4
Iker Casillas - Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3
Gonzalo Higuaín for Argentina against South Korea - Oldest goal scorer: 37 years, 151 days
Cuauhtémoc Blanco for Mexico against France - Youngest goal scorer: 20 years, 273 days
Thomas Müller for Germany against Australia
Wins and losses
- Most wins: 6 – Netherlands, Spain
- Fewest wins: 0 – Algeria, Cameroon, France, Honduras, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea
- Most losses: 3 – Cameroon, North Korea
- Fewest losses: 0 – New Zealand
- Most draws: 3 – New Zealand, Paraguay
- Fewest draws: 0 – Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, North Korea, Serbia, Spain
- Most points in the group stage: 9 – Argentina, Netherlands
- Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Cameroon, North Korea
Match awards
Man of the Match
Wesley Sneijder received four Man of the Match awards, more than any other player.[3]
Clean sheets
Discipline
28 players were suspended after being shown two consecutive yellow cards (13 players), a single red card (8 players), or a yellow card followed by a red card (7 players).
Multiple World Cups
- Scoring at three World Cups
Name | Total goals | ||||||||
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Goals | Against | Goals | Against | Goals | Against | Goals | Against | ||
N/A | 1 | POR | 1 | FRA | 1 | GRE | 3 | ||
N/A | 5 | KSA (3), IRL, CMR | 5 | CRC (2), ECU (2), ARG | 4 | AUS, ENG, ARG (2) | 14 | ||
1 | BEL | 1 | CRO | N/A | 1 | FRA | 3 |
- Blanco was not called up for the 2006 Mexico squad.
- Klose went on to score at a fourth World Cup, in 2014.
- Appearing in four World Cups
Name | Total appearances | ||||||||||
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Apps | Against | Apps | Against | Apps | Against | Apps | Against | Apps | Against | ||
N/A | 6 | RSA, KSA, DEN, PAR, ITA, CRO | 2 | SEN, URU | 7 | SUI, KOR, TOG, ESP, BRA, POR, ITA | 2 | URU, RSA | 17 | ||
N/A | 5 | CHI, CMR, AUT, NOR, FRA | 3 | ECU, CRO, MEX | 7 | GHA, USA, CZE, AUS, UKR, GER, FRA | 3 | PAR, NZL, SVK | 18 | ||
N/A | 4 | BUL, ESP, NGA, FRA | 4 | RSA, ESP, SVN, GER | 3 | ENG, SWE, TRI | 1 | NZL | 12 | ||
2 | SWE, BRA | 3 | AUT, ITA, CHI | 3 | IRL, KSA, GER | N/A | 1 | NED | 9 |
- Song's Cameroon failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Overall results
Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.
By team
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | APts | GF | AGF | GA | AGA | GD | AGD | CS | ACS | YC | AYC | RC | ARC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.67 | -2 | −0.67 | 1 | 0.33 | 8 | 2.67 | 2 | 0.67 | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.40 | 10 | 2.00 | 6 | 1.20 | +4 | 0.80 | 2 | 0.40 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 6 | 2.00 | -3 | −1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 2.33 | 2 | 0.67 | |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2.00 | 9 | 1.80 | 4 | 0.80 | +5 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.40 | 9 | 1.80 | 2 | 0.40 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 5 | 1.67 | -3 | −1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1.50 | 3 | 0.75 | 5 | 1.25 | -2 | −0.50 | 2 | 0.50 | 11 | 2.75 | 1 | 0.25 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 6 | 2.00 | -3 | −1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.25 | 3 | 0.75 | 5 | 1.25 | -2 | −0.50 | 2 | 0.50 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 4 | 1.33 | -3 | −1.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 6 | 2.00 | 1 | 0.33 | |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2.14 | 16 | 2.29 | 5 | 0.71 | +11 | 1.57 | 3 | 0.43 | 10 | 1.43 | 1 | 0.14 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1.60 | 5 | 1.00 | 4 | 0.80 | +1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.20 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 5 | 1.67 | -3 | −1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.00 | -3 | −1.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 4 | 1.33 | 5 | 1.67 | -1 | −0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 4 | 1.33 | 3 | 1.00 | +1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.67 | 5 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1.75 | 4 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.50 | +2 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.00 | 4 | 1.00 | 5 | 1.25 | -1 | −0.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 | 0.00 | |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2.57 | 12 | 1.71 | 6 | 0.86 | +6 | 0.86 | 2 | 0.29 | 23 | 3.29 | 1 | 0.14 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 5 | 1.67 | -2 | −0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 1.67 | 1 | 0.33 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 12 | 4.00 | -11 | −3.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.20 | 3 | 0.60 | 2 | 0.40 | +1 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.60 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 0.00 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.25 | 7 | 1.75 | 1 | 0.25 | +6 | 1.50 | 3 | 0.75 | 8 | 2.00 | 1 | 0.25 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 3 | 1.00 | -1 | −0.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 8 | 2.67 | 1 | 0.33 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.00 | 5 | 1.25 | 7 | 1.75 | -2 | −0.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.33 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 3 | 1.00 | 5 | 1.67 | -2 | −0.67 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.33 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.00 | 6 | 1.50 | 8 | 2.00 | -2 | −0.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.00 | |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2.57 | 8 | 1.14 | 2 | 0.29 | +6 | 0.86 | 5 | 0.71 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 0.00 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.67 | 7 | 2.33 | 1 | 0.33 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.25 | 5 | 1.25 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.25 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1.57 | 11 | 1.57 | 8 | 1.14 | +3 | 0.43 | 3 | 0.43 | 13 | 1.86 | 2 | 0.29 | |
Total | 64(1) | 48 | 16(2) | 48 | 176 | 1.38 | 145 | 1.13 | 145 | 1.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | 0.34 | 241 | 1.88 | 17 | 0.13 |
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
By confederation
Confederation | T | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | APts | Pts/T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AFC | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1.07 | 3.75 |
CAF | 6 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 0.90 | 3.00 |
CONCACAF | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0.91 | 3.33 |
CONMEBOL | 5 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 1.73 | 9.00 |
OFC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
UEFA | 13 | 54 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 85 | 1.57 | 6.54 |
Total | 32 | 64(1) | 48 | 16(2) | 48 | 176 | 1.38 | 5.50 |
Host nation(s) are situated in the region(s) rendered in italics.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Stadiums
Stadium | City | Capacity | Elevation[4] | Matches played |
Overall attendance |
Average attendance per match |
Average attendance as % of capacity |
Overall goals scored |
Average goals scored per match |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape Town Stadium | Cape Town | 64,100[5] | 0 (sea level) | 8 | 507,340 | 63,418 | 98.94% | 22 | 2.75 |
Ellis Park Stadium | Johannesburg | 55,686[6] | 1753 m | 7 | 372,843 | 53,263 | 95.65% | 19 | 2.71 |
Free State Stadium | Bloemfontein | 40,911[7] | 1400 m | 6 | 196,823 | 32,804 | 80.18% | 14 | 2.33 |
Loftus Versfield Stadium | Pretoria | 42,858[8] | 1214 m | 6 | 234,092 | 39,015 | 91.03% | 11 | 1.83 |
Mbombela Stadium | Nelspruit | 40,929[9] | 660 m | 4 | 143,492 | 35,873 | 87.65% | 9 | 2.25 |
Moses Mabhida Stadium | Durban | 62,760[10] | 0 (sea level) | 7 | 434,631 | 62,090 | 98.93% | 14 | 2.00 |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Port Elizabeth | 42,486[11] | 0 (sea level) | 8 | 285,643 | 35,705 | 84.04% | 16 | 2.00 |
Peter Mokaba Stadium | Polokwane | 41,733[12] | 1310 m | 4 | 139,436 | 34,859 | 83.53% | 5 | 1.25 |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Rustenburg | 38,646[13] | 1500 m | 6 | 193,697 | 32,283 | 83.54% | 14 | 2.33 |
Soccer City | Johannesburg | 84,490[14] | 1753 m | 8 | 670,809 | 83,851 | 99.24% | 21 | 2.63 |
Total | 3,422,868 | 64 | 3,178,856 | 49,670 | 92.87% | 145 | 2.27 |
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