Brazil is the 5th country to host a Football World Cup for the 2nd time after Italy France Mexico and Germany

Pele is the most successful FIFA World Cup player winning the title 3 different times while playing for Brazil

Hungary holds the record for scoring most goals in a FIFA Wolr Cup match when they beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982

Frenchman Just Fontaine holds the record for most World Cup goals scored when he netted 13 goals in 1958 World Cup

So far only 2 World Cup finals have been decided on penalties Brazil beat Italy in 1994; and Italy beat France in 2006

Frenchman Just Fontaine holds the record for most FIFA World Cup goals scored when he netted 13 goals in 1958 World Cup

So far only two World Cup finals have been decided on penalties Brazil beat Italy in 1994; and Italy beat France in 2006

German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was the first goalkeeper to win the Most Valuable Player award during the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Miroslav Klose became the only player to appear in 4 consecutive semi-finals when Germans beat France 1-0 at FIFA World Cup 2014

Roger Milla from Cameroon was the oldest at 42 years when he played in 1994 FIFA World Cup and he s also the oldest to score a goal

Italy s Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to lead the nation to two consecutive World Cup titles as the head coach in 1934 and 1938

Brazil have conceded 14 goals in FIFA World Cup 2014 the most by any team and lost two home games in a row for the first time in 74 years

One weird FIFA World Cup fact is that India withdrew from the competition in 1950 when they weren t allowed to play barefoot in the tournament

Turkey s Hakan Sukur took 11 seconds into the game against South Korea during the 2002 World Cup to score the Fastest Goal in World Cup history

Argentina knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup courtesy of the goal scored by Diego Maradona off his hand This goal is known as the Hand of God