The German team scored another historic score in World Cups this Sunday (14) in their debut in the competition against Curaçao, who are playing in the World Cup for the first time. Repeating the 7-1 score against Brazil in the semi-final in the 2014 edition, the Germans overtook the Brazilian team and now they have the highest number of goals in World Cup history.
Before the start of the competition, Brazil had 237 goals in the World Cup, Germany, 232. By finding the net seven times in this Sunday’s game, the European team takes the position with 239, as Brazil scored 238 with the only goal against Morocco on Saturday (13).
This is the four-time champion’s 21st participation in the tournament. In total, the Germans played 113 World Cup matches and averaged 2.07 goals per game. The four world titles were won in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.
Brazil, which is the only country to participate in all 23 editions of the World Cup, has 115 matches and averages 2.08 goals per game. Despite Germany surpassing the team in goals, the Brazilian team also remains the greatest champion in history, with five titles won in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
In addition to Germany and Brazil, in the historical ranking of goals scored in world cups, Argentina, France and Italy come next and complete the five teams that scored the most goals in the competition. Direct competition between 1st and 2nd place continues and should change by the end of this editionor until Brazil and Germany are eliminated from the tournament.
