European nations at the FIFA World Cup

Association football is the most popular sport in nearly every European country and 32 of the current members of UEFA have competed at the men's FIFA World Cup.

Overview

1930
Uruguay
(13)
1934
Italy
(16)
1938
France
(15)
1950
Brazil
(13)
1954
Switzerland
(16)
1958
Sweden
(16)
1962
Chile
(16)
1966
England
(16)
1970
Mexico
(16)
1974
West Germany
(16)
1978
Argentina
(16)
1982
Spain
(24)
1986
Mexico
(24)
1990
Italy
(24)
1994
United States
(24)
1998
France
(32)
2002
South Korea
Japan
(32)
2006
Germany
(32)
2010
South Africa
(32)
2014
Brazil
(32)
2018
Russia
(32)
Total
Teams 4 12 12 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 TBC 231
Top 16 10 10 10 10 9 10 6 6 TBC71
Top 12 10 TBC10
Top 8 8 6 6 7 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 3 4 TBC94
Top 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 TBC56
Top 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 TBC26
1st Italy Italy West Germany England West Germany Italy West Germany France Italy Spain Germany 11
2nd Czechoslovakia Hungary Hungary Sweden Czechoslovakia West Germany Italy Netherlands Netherlands West Germany West Germany Italy Germany France Netherlands 15
3rd Germany Sweden Austria France Portugal West Germany Poland Poland France Italy Sweden Croatia Turkey Germany Germany Netherlands 16
4th Kingdom of Yugoslavia Austria Sweden Spain West Germany Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Soviet Union Italy France Belgium England Bulgaria Netherlands Portugal 14

Results

Most finishes in the top four

Team # Top-four finishes
 Germany 13 1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
 Italy 8 1934, 1938, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2006
 France
 Netherlands
5 1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006
1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014
 Sweden 4 1938, 1950, 1958, 1994

Team results by tournament

Legend

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.[1] The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament. In recent tournaments, FIFA has used the rankings for seedings for the final tournament draw.[2]

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1930
Uruguay
(13)
1934
Italy
(16)
1938
France
(15)
1950
Brazil
(13)
1954
Switzerland
(16)
1958
Sweden
(16)
1962
Chile
(16)
1966
England
(16)
1970
Mexico
(16)
1974
West Germany
(16)
1978
Argentina
(16)
1982
Spain
(24)
1986
Mexico
(24)
1990
Italy
(24)
1994
United States
(24)
1998
France
(32)
2002
South Korea
Japan
(32)
2006
Germany
(32)
2010
South Africa
(32)
2014
Brazil
(32)
Total
 Austria ×4th ••[3]×3rd R1
15th
× R2
7th
R2
8th
R1
T-18th
R1
23rd
7
 Belgium R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
13th
× R1
12th
R1
T-10th
R2
10th
4th R2
11th
R2
11th
R1
19th
R2
14th
QF
6th
12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina[4] Part of Yugoslavia × R1
20th
1
 Bulgaria ×× R1
15th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
12th
R2
15th
4th R1
29th
7
 Croatia[4] Part of Yugoslavia ×3rd R1
23rd
R1
22nd
R1
19th
4
 Czechoslovakia[5] see Czech Republic (1930–1994)
 Czech Republic[5] × 2nd QF
5th
× R1
14th
R1
9th
2nd R1
15th
R1
19th
QF
6th
R1
20th
9
 Denmark ×××××× R2
9th
QF
8th
R2
10th
R1
24th
4
 East Germany[6] Part of Germany ×× R2
6th
Part of Germany 1
 England ××× R1
8th
QF
6th
R1
11th
QF
8th
1st QF
8th
R2
6th
QF
8th
4th R2
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
R2
13th
R1
26th
14
 France R1
7th
R1
T-9th
QF
6th
•• R1
11th
3rd R1
T-13th
R1
12th
4th 3rd 1st R1
28th
2nd R1
29th
QF
7th
14
 Germany[6] × 3rd R1
10th
× 1st 4th QF
7th
2nd 3rd 1st R2
6th
2nd 2nd 1st QF
5th
QF
7th
2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 18
 Greece ×× R1
24th
R1
25th
R2
13th
3
 Hungary × QF
6th
2nd × 2nd R1
10th
QF
5th
QF
6th
R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
18th
9
 Israel[7] × R1
12th
1
member of AFC member of OFC
 Italy × 1st 1st R1
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
R1
9th
2nd R1
10th
4th 1st R2
12th
3rd 2nd QF
5th
R2
15th
1st R1
26th
R1
22nd
18
 Netherlands × R1
T-9th
R1
14th
××2nd 2nd R2
15th
QF
7th
4th R2
11th
2nd 3rd 10
 Northern Ireland ××× QF
8th
R2
9th
R1
21st
3
 Norway ×× R1
12th
× R1
17th
R2
15th
3
 Poland × R1
11th
×× 3rd R2
5th
3rd R2
14th
R1
25th
R1
21st
7
 Portugal × 3rd R1
17th
R1
21st
4th R2
11th
R1
18th
6
 Republic of Ireland[8] × QF
8th
R2
16th
R2
12th
3
 Romania R1
8th
R1
12th
R1
9th
× R1
T-10th
R2
12th
QF
6th
R2
11th
7
 Russia[9] ××××× QF
7th
QF
6th
4th QF
5th
R2
7th
R2
10th
R1
17th
R1
18th
R1
22nd
R1
24th
10
 Scotland ××ו• R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
9th
R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
19th
R1
T-18th
R1
27th
8
 Serbia[4] 4th[10] R1
5th
QF
7th
QF
5th
4th R2
7th
R1
16th
QF
5th
× R2
10th
R1
32nd
R1
23rd
11
 Serbia and Montenegro[4] see Serbia (2006)
 Slovakia[5] Part of Czechoslovakia R2
16th
1
 Slovenia[4] Part of Yugoslavia × R1
30th
R1
18th
2
 Soviet Union[9] see Russia (1930–1990)
 Spain × QF
5th
× 4th R1
12th
R1
10th
R1
10th
R2
12th
QF
7th
R2
10th
QF
8th
R1
17th
QF
5th
R2
9th
1st R1
23rd
14
 Sweden × QF
8th
4th 3rd 2nd R1
9th
R2
5th
R1
13th
R1
21st
3rd R2
13th
R2
14th
11
  Switzerland × QF
7th
QF
7th
R1
6th
QF
8th
R1
16th
R1
16th
R2
15th
R2
10th
R1
19th
R2
11th
10
 Turkey ××ו• R1
9th
× 3rd 2
 Ukraine[9] Part of Soviet Union × QF
8th
1
 Wales ××× QF
6th
1
 West Germany[6] see Germany (1950–1990)
 Yugoslavia[4] see Serbia (1930 for Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 1950-1990 for SFR Yugoslavia; 1994–2002 for FR Yugoslavia)

Tournament standings

Team Champions Finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals
 Germany 4 8 13 17
 Italy 4 6 8 9
 France 1 2 5 7
 England 1 1 2 8
 Spain 1 1 2 6
 Netherlands 0 3 5 6
 Hungary 0 2 2 5
 Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 4
 Sweden 0 1 4 6
 Yugoslavia 0 0 2 6
 Austria 0 0 2 3
 Poland 0 0 2 3
 Portugal 0 0 2 2
 Belgium 0 0 1 2
 Soviet Union 0 0 1 4
 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
 Croatia 0 0 1 1
 Turkey 0 0 1 1
  Switzerland 0 0 0 3
 Denmark 0 0 0 1
 East Germany 0 0 0 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 1
 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 1
 Romania 0 0 0 1
 Ukraine 0 0 0 1
 Wales 0 0 0 1

Overall team records

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. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.

After World Cup 2014

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points Topscorers
 Germany (since 1994)
 West Germany (1950–1990)
 Germany (1934–1938)
106662020224121+103218M. Klose 16
G. Müller 14
J. Klinsmann 11
T. Müller 10
H. Rahn 10
 Italy 8345211712877+51156C. Vieri 9
R. Baggio 9
P. Rossi 9
 Spain 592912189266+2699D. Villa 9
 England 622620167956+2398G. Lineker 10
 France 5928121910671+3596J. Fontaine 13
T. Henry 6
 Netherlands 502712118648+3893J. Rep 7
 Sweden 461613177469+561H. Larsson 5
K. Andersson 5
 Russia (since 1994)
 Soviet Union (1930–1990)
40178156647+1959O. Salenko 6
V. Ivanov 5
 Serbia (since 2010)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006)
 Yugoslavia (1994–2002)
 Yugoslavia (1930–1990)
43178186459+559D. Jerković 4
 Belgium 41149185266-1451M. Wilmots 5
 Poland 31155114440+450G. Lato 10
 Hungary 32153148757+3048S. Kocsis 11
 Portugal 2613494329+1443Eusébio 9
 Czech Republic (since 1998)
 Czechoslovakia (1930–1994)
33125164749-241O. Nejedlý 7
 Austria 29124134347-440E. Probst 6
  Switzerland 33116164559-1439S. Huegi 6
 Romania 218583032-229F. Răducioiu 4
 Denmark 168262724+326J. Tomasson 5
 Croatia 167272117+423D. Šuker 6
 Scotland 2347122541-1619J. Jordan 4
 Bulgaria 2638152253-3117H. Stoichkov 6
 Turkey 105142017+316S. Mamat 3
B. Sargun 3
İ. Mansız 3
 Republic of Ireland 132831010014R. Keane 3
 Northern Ireland 133551323-1014P. McParland 5
 Norway 823378-19K. Rekdal 2
 East Germany 62225508J. Streich 2
 Greece 10226520-158S. Papastathopoulos 1
D. Salpingidis 1
G. Samaras 1
A. Samaris 1
V. Torosidis 1
 Ukraine 521257-27A. Shevchenko 2
 Wales 51314406I. Allchurch 2
 Slovakia 411257-24R. Vittek 4
 Slovenia 6114510-54M. Ačimovič 1
V. Birsa 1
S. Cimirotič 1
R. Koren 1
Z. Ljubijankić 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31024403E. Džeko 1
V. Ibišević 1
M. Pjanić 1
A. Vršajević 1
 Israel 302113-22M. Spiegler 1
Breakdown of successor teams
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Czechoslovakia (1930–1994) 30115144445-138
 Czech Republic (since 1998) 310234-13
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Germany (1930–1938) 63121413+110
 West Germany (1950–1990) 6236141213177+54122
 Germany (since 1994) 3827567931+4886
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Soviet Union (1930–1990) 31156105334+1951
 Russia (since 1994) 9225131308
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1930–1938) 32017706
 Yugoslavia (1950–1990) 30127114835+1343
 Yugoslavia (1994–2002) 421154+17
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 3003210-80
 Serbia (since 2010) 310223-13

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result (* = hosts)
 Germany[6] 18 16 16 1934 2014 Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)
 Italy 18 14 14 1934 2014 Champions (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)
 England 14 6 5 1950 2014 Champions (1966*)
 France 14 5 5 1930 2014 Champions (1998*)
 Spain 14 10 10 1934 2014 Champions (2010)
 Belgium 12 6 1 1930 2014 Fourth place (1986)
 Serbia[4] 11 4 0 1930 2010 Fourth place (1930,[10] 1962)
 Sweden 11 3 0 1934 2006 Runners-up (1958*)
 Netherlands 10 3 3 1934 2014 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
 Russia[9] 10 4 1 1958 2014 Fourth place (1966)
  Switzerland 10 4 3 1934 2014 Quarterfinals (1934, 1938, 1954*)
 Czech Republic[5] 9 3 0 1934 2006 Runners-up (1934, 1962)
 Hungary 9 4 0 1934 1986 Runners-up (1938, 1954)
 Scotland 8 5 0 1954 1998 Round 1
 Austria 7 2 0 1934 1998 Third place (1954)
 Bulgaria 7 4 0 1962 1998 Fourth place (1994)
 Poland 7 4 0 1938 2006 Third place (1974, 1982)
 Romania 7 3 0 1930 1998 Quarterfinals (1994)
 Portugal 6 4 4 1966 2014 Third place (1966)
 Croatia[4] 4 3 1 1998 2014 Third place (1998)
 Denmark 4 2 0 1986 2010 Quarterfinals (1998)
 Greece 3 2 2 1994 2014 Round 1
 Northern Ireland 3 2 0 1958 1986 Quarterfinals (1958)
 Norway 3 2 0 1938 1998 Round 2 (1998)
 Republic of Ireland 3 2 0 1990 2002 Quarterfinals (1990)
 Slovenia[4] 2 1 0 2002 2010 Round 1
 Turkey 2 1 0 1954 2002 Third place (2002)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 1 2014 2014 Round 1
 East Germany[6] 1 1 0 1974 1974 Round 2 (top 8) (1974)
 Israel 1 1 0 1970 1970 Round 1
 Slovakia[5] 1 1 0 2010 2010 Round 2 (2010)
 Ukraine[9] 1 1 0 2006 2006 Quarterfinals (2006)
 Wales 1 1 0 1958 1958 Quarterfinals (1958)
Breakdown of successor teams
Team # of appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Czechoslovakia (1930–1994) 8 3 0 1934 1990 Runners-up (1934, 1962)
 Czech Republic (since 1998) 1 1 0 2006 2006 Round 1 (2006)
Team # of appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Soviet Union (1930–1990) 7 4 0 1958 1990 Fourth place (1966)
 Russia (since 1994) 3 1 1 1994 2014 Round 1
Team # of appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result (* = hosts)
 Germany (1930–1938) 2 2 0 1934 1938 Third place (1934)
 West Germany (1930–1990) 10 10 0 1954 1990 Champions (1954, 1974*, 1990)
 Germany (since 1994) 6 6 6 1994 2014 Champions (2014)
Team # of appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent Best result
 Yugoslavia (1930–1990) 8 4 0 1930 1990 Fourth place (1930,[10] 1962)
 Yugoslavia (1994–2002) 1 1 0 1998 1998 Third place (1998)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 1 1 0 2006 2006 Round 1
 Serbia (since 2010) 1 1 0 2010 2010 Round 1

Team debuts

Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.

Year Debutants Total
1930  Belgium,  France,  Romania,  Yugoslavia[4] 4
1934  Austria,  Czechoslovakia,[5]  Germany,[6]  Hungary,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Spain,  Sweden,   Switzerland 9
1938  Norway,  Poland 2
1950  England 1
1954  Scotland,  Turkey, ( West Germany[6]) 2 (+1*)
1958  Northern Ireland,  Soviet Union,[9]  Wales 3
1962  Bulgaria 1
1966  Portugal 1
1970  Israel# 1
1974  East Germany,[6] 1
1978 0
1982 0
1986  Denmark 1
1990  Republic of Ireland 1
1994  Greece, ( Russia[9]) 1 (+1*)
1998  Croatia,[4] ( Yugoslavia[4]) 1 (+1*)
2002  Slovenia[4] 1
2006 ( Czech Republic[5]), ( Serbia and Montenegro[4]),  Ukraine[9] 1 (+2*)
2010 ( Serbia[4]),  Slovakia[5] 1 (+1*)
2014  Bosnia and Herzegovina[4] 1
Total 33 (+6*)
*This total number of UEFA teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2014 is 33, using FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team, whereas the Ukraine is a newer separate entity).
#Israel represented OFC in the 1970 tournament.

Not qualified

21 of the 53 active FIFA and UEFA members have never qualified for the final tournament.

Country Number of
Qualifying
attempts
1930
Uruguay
1934
Italy
1938
France
1950
Brazil
1954
Switzerland
1958
Sweden
1962
Chile
1966
England
1970
Mexico
1974
West Germany
1978
Argentina
1982
Spain
1986
Mexico
1990
Italy
1994
United States
1998
France
2002
South Korea
Japan
2006
Germany
2010
South Africa
2014
Brazil
 Luxembourg 19
 Finland 18
 Cyprus 14
 Iceland 12
 Albania 11
 Malta 11
 Estonia 8 part of USSR
 Lithuania 8 part of USSR
 Latvia 7 part of USSR
 Faroe Islands 6
 San Marino 6
 Armenia 5 part of USSR
 Azerbaijan 5 part of USSR
 Belarus 5 part of USSR
 Georgia 5 part of USSR
 Kazakhstan 5 part of USSR
member of AFC
 Liechtenstein 5
 Macedonia 5 part of Yugoslavia
 Moldova 5 part of USSR
 Andorra 4
 Montenegro 2 part of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro

Notes

  1. "FIFA World Cup Statistical Overview (page 4)" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2006.
  2. Seeding of national teams (PDF). Accessed 8 June 2006.
  3. Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (19501990) qualified eight times from 19301990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified once in 1998 under the name Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro qualified once in 2006 after a name change in 2003. All these teams are considered the predecessor of the current Serbia team by FIFA. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 19301990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006. In 2010, Serbia debuted at the FIFA World Cup with their own national team.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. The Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)). After World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was only re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 WC, while Saar (until 1956) and East Germany (until 1990) fielded teams of their own before (re-)joining (West) Germany and the DFB in the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954-1990, when the team was often called West Germany.
  7. Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
  8. Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  10. 1 2 3 There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

See also

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