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2010 FIFA World Cup statistics

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The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which took place in South Africa[1] from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The statistics include a list of players who were successful in scoring at least one goal during the tournament, players who assisted in scoring goals, overall team statistics, the most significant information regarding winning and losing teams, match awards, disciplinary measures, overall results and stadiums involved in the tournament.

The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial tournament of men's national football teams. All teams compete in groups of four, and play a round robin tournament at the end of which, the top two teams from each group enter the knockout round of 16. The winners of the 2010 World Cup were Spain, defeating the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time in the final to claim their first title.[2]

Goalscorers[edit]

The winner of the Golden Boot was Germany's Thomas Müller.[3] 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.[4] In total, 145 goals were scored by 97 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.[1] There Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". {{{goals}}} Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". scored in {{{matches}}} Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., for an average of Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Assists[edit]

Brazil's Kaká finished first in the assists table with three in 337 minutes played, fewer than any of the other four players with three assists.[5]

3 assists
2 assists
1 assist

Source: FIFA[6]

Rank Player Assists Minutes played
1 Brazil Kaká 3 337
2 Germany Thomas Müller 473
3 Germany Mesut Özil 586
4 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt 587
5 Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger 621

Scoring[edit]

Overall
Timing
Teams
Individual

Wins and losses[edit]

Match awards[edit]

Man of the Match[edit]

Wesley Sneijder received four Man of the Match awards, more than any other player.[7]

Rank Name Team Opponent Awards
1 Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands Denmark (GS), Japan (GS), Brazil (QF), Uruguay (SF) 4
2 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Ivory Coast (GS), North Korea (GS), Brazil (GS) 3
Diego Forlán  Uruguay France (GS), South Africa (GS), Ghana (QF)
Keisuke Honda  Japan Cameroon (GS), Denmark (GS), Paraguay (R16)
Andrés Iniesta  Spain Chile (GS), Paraguay (QF), Netherlands (FI)
6 Landon Donovan  United States Slovenia (GS), Algeria (GS) 2
Vincent Enyeama  Nigeria Argentina (GS), Greece (GS)
Asamoah Gyan  Ghana Serbia (GS), Australia (GS)
Thomas Müller  Germany England (R16), Uruguay (TP)
Park Ji-Sung  South Korea Greece (GS), Nigeria (GS)
Luis Suárez  Uruguay Mexico (GS), South Korea (R16)
Róbert Vittek  Slovakia New Zealand (GS), Italy (GS)
Xavi  Spain Portugal (R16), Germany (SF)
14 Daniel Agger  Denmark Cameroon (GS) 1
Antolín Alcaraz  Paraguay Italy (GS)
André Ayew  Ghana United States (R16)
Jean Beausejour  Chile Honduras (GS)
Tim Cahill  Australia Serbia (GS)
Ashley Cole  England Algeria (GS)
Daniele De Rossi  Italy New Zealand (GS)
Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast North Korea (GS)
Gelson Fernandes   Switzerland Spain (GS)
Mark González  Chile Switzerland (GS)
Javier Hernández  Mexico France (GS)
Gonzalo Higuaín  Argentina South Korea (GS)
Tim Howard  United States England (GS)
Robert Koren  Slovenia Algeria (GS)
Luís Fabiano  Brazil Ivory Coast (GS)
Maicon  Brazil North Korea (GS)
Lionel Messi  Argentina Greece (GS)
James Milner  England Slovenia (GS)
Katlego Mphela  South Africa France (GS)
Mesut Özil  Germany Ghana (GS)
Lukas Podolski  Germany Australia (GS)
Arjen Robben  Netherlands Slovakia (R16)
Robinho  Brazil Chile (R16)
Bastian Schweinsteiger  Germany Argentina (QF)
Vladimir Stojković  Serbia Germany (GS)
Carlos Tevez  Argentina Mexico (R16)
Siphiwe Tshabalala  South Africa Mexico (GS)
Noel Valladares  Honduras Switzerland (GS)
Robin van Persie  Netherlands Cameroon (GS)
Enrique Vera  Paraguay Slovakia (GS)
Roque Santa Cruz  Paraguay New Zealand (GS)
David Villa  Spain Honduras (GS)

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Name Team Opponent Awards
1 Iker Casillas  Spain Honduras (GS), Portugal (R16), Paraguay (QF), Germany (SF), Netherlands (FI) 5
2 Eduardo  Portugal Ivory Coast (GS), North Korea (GS), Brazil (GS) 3
Fernando Muslera  Uruguay France (GS), South Africa (GS), Mexico (GS)
Manuel Neuer  Germany Australia (GS), Ghana (GS), Argentina (QF)
Justo Villar  Paraguay Slovakia (GS), New Zealand (GS), Japan (R16)
6 Boubacar Barry  Ivory Coast Portugal (GS), North Korea (GS) 2
Diego Benaglio   Switzerland Spain (GS), Honduras (GS)
Claudio Bravo  Chile Honduras (GS), Switzerland (GS)
David James  England Algeria (GS), Slovenia (GS)
Júlio César  Brazil Portugal (GS), Chile (R16)
Eiji Kawashima  Japan Cameroon (GS), Japan (R16)
Sergio Romero  Argentina Nigeria (GS), Greece (GS)
Maarten Stekelenburg  Netherlands Denmark (GS), Japan (GS)
14 Samir Handanović  Slovenia Algeria (GS) 1
Tim Howard  United States Algeria (GS)
Jung Sung-Ryong  South Korea Greece (GS)
Richard Kingson  Ghana Serbia (GS)
Hugo Lloris  France Uruguay (GS)
Raïs M'Bolhi  Algeria England (GS)
Mark Paston  New Zealand Paraguay (GS)
Óscar Pérez  Mexico France (GS)
Vladimir Stojković  Serbia Germany (GS)
Noel Valladares  Honduras Switzerland (GS)

Discipline[edit]

2010 FIFA World Cup

Multiple World Cups[edit]

Scoring at three World Cups[edit]

Player France 1998 South KoreaJapan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Total goals
Goals Against Goals Against Goals Against Goals Against
South Korea Park Ji-sung N/A 1 POR 1 FRA 1 GRE 3
Germany Miroslav Klose N/A 5 KSA (3), IRL, CMR 5 CRC (2), ECU (2), ARG 4 AUS, ENG, ARG (2) 14
Mexico Cuauhtémoc Blanco 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[edit]

Player United States 1994 France 1998 South KoreaJapan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Total appearances
Apps Against Apps Against Apps Against Apps Against Apps Against
France Thierry Henry N/A 6 RSA, KSA, DEN, PAR, ITA, CRO 2 SEN, URU 7 SUI, KOR, TOG, ESP, BRA, POR, ITA 2 URU, RSA 17
Italy Fabio Cannavaro 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
Paraguay Denis Caniza N/A 4 BUL, ESP, NGA, FRA 4 RSA, ESP, SVN, GER 3 ENG, SWE, TRI 1 NZL 12
Cameroon Rigobert Song 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[edit]

Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

By team[edit]

Team Pld W D L Pts APts GF AGF GA AGA GD AGD CS ACS YC AYC RC ARC
 Algeria 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
 Argentina 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
 Australia 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
 Brazil 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
 Cameroon 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
 Chile 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
 Denmark 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
 England 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
 France 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
 Germany 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
 Ghana 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
 Greece 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
 Honduras 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
 Italy 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
 Ivory Coast 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
 Japan 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
 Mexico 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
 Netherlands 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
 New Zealand 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
 Nigeria 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
 North Korea 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
 Paraguay 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
 Portugal 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
 Serbia 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
 Slovakia 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
 Slovenia 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
 South Africa 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
 South Korea 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
 Spain 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
  Switzerland 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
 United States 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
 Uruguay 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[edit]

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[edit]

Stadium City Capacity Elevation[8] 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[9] 0 (sea level) 8 507,340 63,418 98.94% 22 2.75
Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg 55,686[10] 1753 m 7 372,843 53,263 95.65% 19 2.71
Free State Stadium Bloemfontein 40,911[11] 1400 m 6 196,823 32,804 80.18% 14 2.33
Loftus Versfield Stadium Pretoria 42,858[12] 1214 m 6 234,092 39,015 91.03% 11 1.83
Mbombela Stadium Nelspruit 40,929[13] 660 m 4 143,492 35,873 87.65% 9 2.25
Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban 62,760[14] 0 (sea level) 7 434,631 62,090 98.93% 14 2.00
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth 42,486[15] 0 (sea level) 8 285,643 35,705 84.04% 16 2.00
Peter Mokaba Stadium Polokwane 41,733[16] 1310 m 4 139,436 34,859 83.53% 5 1.25
Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg 38,646[17] 1500 m 6 193,697 32,283 83.54% 14 2.33
Soccer City Johannesburg 84,490[18] 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

References[edit]

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  12. "Loftus Versfeld Stadium – Pretoria". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. "Mbombela Stadium – Nelspruit". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  15. "Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium – Port Elizabeth". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  18. "Soccer City Stadium – Johannesburg". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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