Stats: Records created by Germany in World Cup

Germany celebrating their win over Argentina in WC final

It wasn’t the most thrilling of wins but with Mario Gotze scoring in extra time,Germany became the first European nation to win a world cup in south america.

After claiming the world cup trophy they surpassed a few records too.

Germany’s four world cup titles – the second most by any team at world cup after Brazil

After the world cup win over Argentina, Germany has tied with Italy for four world cup wins in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014.

Moreover, they stopped Brazil from claiming their sixth world cup title (Brazil won in 1958,1962,1970,1994 and 2002) and are one title away from equalling the record of five WC wins.

Miroslav Klose 16 goals - Most goals by a player in a World cup

Klose broke this record in the semi –finals against Brazil which was held previously by Brazilian striker Ronaldo.

He has tally of 16 goals in four world cup appearances (2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014)

Though he didn’t score in the final against Argentina, but his count of 16 goals is considerably above his nearest competitors with Thomas Muller (Germany) with 10 goals and David Villa (Spain) with 9 goals.

Germany’s 224 goals - Most number of goals by any team in World Cup

With the help of record-setting match against Brazil in semi-finals, scoring seven goals, Germany broke the record for the most number of goals by any team in WC history surpassing Brazil’s score of 220 goals.

Five players in Germany have touched the double digit mark in their World cup careers for Germany.

Gerd Muller (14 goals), Jurgen Klinsmann (11 goals), Thomas Muller (10 goals) and Helmut Rann (10 goals).

Germany winning run against Argentina Continues

Germany has won five games out the seven times they have met Argentina in the world cup, with one loss and a draw.

Last seven encounters between Germany and Argentina

1958 World Cup in Brazil (Group Stage) - Germany def. Argentina, 3-11966 World Cup in England (Group Stage) - Germany vs. Argentina, 0-01986 World Cup in Mexico (Final) - Argentina def. Germany, 3-21990 World Cup in Italy (Final) - Germany def. Argentina, 1-02006 World Cup in Germany (Quarterfinals) - Germany def. Argentina (1-1, 4-2 PEN)2010 World Cup in South Africa (Quarterfinals) - Germany def. Argentina, 4-02014 World Cup in Brazil (Final) - Germany def. Argentina, 1-0

Incidentally, it’s the fourth consecutive time Germany has stopped Argentina from winning the WC-twice in final and two times in quarterfinals.

Germany becomes the first European nation to win in an American continent. And,it is also the first time in World cup that a European team has won in an American nation. Germany’s 1-0 final win over Argentina meant the South American counterpart’s were toppled by the Euro nation.

European team Dominion in recent World Cup

With Germany’s win, it’s the third consecutive world cup win for a European nation- Italy won the 2006 World cup (Germany), Spain won the 2010 World cup(South Africa) and now Germany in 2014 (Brazil).

And it’s also the first time a continent has won three consecutive world cups. Europe leads the count 11-9 in all previous matches in WC over the South American counterparts.

All in all, it took Germany eight WC finals to win four world cup trophy. They also have the most number of goals scored by a team and also by an individual to their name which proves the recent dominance of European nations over their South American counterparts.