Curated playlist
European national association football teams
- Germany national football teamIn the 2014 World Cup semi-final, Germany scored four goals against Brazil in under seven minutes. They won 7-1.
- France national football teamLucien Laurent scored the first goal in World Cup history for France in 1930.
- Sweden men's national football teamSweden's football team lost 1-12 to Great Britain in 1908. Fifty years later it reached the World Cup final.
- Italy national football teamItaly's football team held the World Cup trophy for twelve years because of a war.
- Scotland national football teamArchie Gemmill's brilliant 1978 goal against the Netherlands still left Scotland out of the World Cup.
- Switzerland national football teamSwitzerland came back from 1-3 down to beat reigning World Cup holders France in a shootout.
- Wales national football teamWales reached the 1958 World Cup without winning a qualifying group. A lucky draw put them in a play-off against Israel.
- Northern Ireland national football teamNorthern Ireland's first international ended in a 13-0 loss to England in 1882. It is still the team's heaviest defeat.
- Portugal national football teamPortugal came back from 3-0 down against North Korea at the 1966 World Cup. Eusébio scored four in a 5-3 win.
- Norway national football teamNorway has played Brazil four times and never lost. The national football team has two wins and two draws.
- Ukraine national football teamUkraine's best World Cup run ended against the eventual champions, Italy. The team reached the 2006 quarter-finals.
- Romania national football teamRomania beat Argentina 3-2 at the 1994 World Cup. Ilie Dumitrescu scored twice in the first twenty minutes.
- Russia national football teamRussia entered the 2018 World Cup ranked 70th, the lowest of any team there. They opened by beating Saudi Arabia 5-0.
- Serbia national football teamSerbia's football team was banned from play just after it qualified for a European Championship.
- Slovakia national football teamSlovakia beat reigning champions Italy 3-2 at the 2010 World Cup. Italy finished last in their group.
- Turkey national football teamHakan Şükür scored for Turkey 10.8 seconds after kick-off. It was the fastest goal in World Cup history, in 2002.