Fun Facts About Football
Most Goals Scored By A Team
The most goals were actually scored by a country. Australia scored 31 goals in a FIFA World Cup qualification in 2002 against American Samoa. The player who scored the most goals in a match was actually from this same match, as he currently holds the world record of the most goals scored in a first class category.
The player goes by the name, Archie Thompson. In the match against American Samoa he scored 13 goals.Extra Fun Facts
- As weird as it might sound the first ever basketball game was played using a football!
- Another crazy fact is that the first man to go to moon (Neil Armstrong) wanted to take with him a football but NASA did not allow him.
- The most goals scored in a match (not first class) is 149 by Stade Olympique de L'emyrne. It was a match against Adema Of Madagascar.
