TOKYO, May 30: Following is a compilation of leading statistics from the World Cup:

Most appearances: 25 Lothar Matthaeus (Germany) 1982-98

Most competitions: 5 Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) 1950-66, Lothar Matthaeus (Germany) 1982-98

Youngest player: Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland) 17 years 42 days against Yugoslavia in 1982

Oldest player: Roger Milla (Cameroon) 42 years 39 days against Russia in 1994

Youngest goalscorer: Pele (Brazil) 17 years 239 days against Wales in 1958

Oldest goalscorer: Roger Milla (Cameroon) 42 years 39 days against Russia in 1994

Youngest referee: Francisco Matteucci (Uruguay) 27 years 62 days in 1930

Oldest referee: George Reader (England) 53 years 236 days in 1950

Fastest goal: Vaclav Masek (Chechoslovakia) 15 seconds against Mexico in 1962

Most goals in a match: 5 Oleg Salenko of Russia against Cameroon in 1994

Most goals in a tournament: 13 Just Fontaine (France) 1958

Most goals in total: 14 Gerd Muller (West Germany) 1970/74

Fastest substitution: Alessandro Nesta (Italy) four minutes against Austria in 1998

Fastest caution: Sergei Gorlukovich (Russia) one minute against Sweden in 1994

Fastest sending off: Jose Batista (Uruguay) 56 seconds against Scotland in 1986

Biggest win: Hungary 10-1 El Salvador 1982

Highest scoring match: Austria 7-5 Switzerland 1954

Most matches as coach: 25 Helmut Schon (West Germany) 1966-78

Most World Cups attended: 16 Brazil

Most goals overall: 173 Brazil

Most goals in one tournament: 27 Hungary 1954

Smallest crowd: 300 Romania v Peru 1930

Lowest attendance at a final: 45,124 Italy v Hungary 1938—Reuters