the last time a south american team won the world cup was 2002.
the last time a south american team won the world cup was 2002.
when was the last time a south american team won the world cup?
2002
the title marked brazil's fifth world cup championship, which is more than any other team has achieved. they also became the first team to win all seven matches in the current 32-team format (brazil had previously achieved a similar feat in the 16-team 1970 tournament with six wins), and the first to win all their knockout matches without any extra time or penalty shoot-out (later equaled by france in 2018). brazil also became the first team to win the world cup outside europe and the americas. germany lost the world cup final for its fourth time, another tournament record. they were attempting to equal brazil for most world cup wins, as they already had three. to date, it is the latest world cup won by a south american team.
2002 fifa world cup final
el salvador were the first central american team to qualify for a fifa world cup, in 1970, and the first central american team to qualify twice which they achieved with entry into the 1982 world cup. they were the first central american team to ever score a goal in a fifa world cup on june 15, 1982. they were the first central american country to qualify their football team to the olympic games (mexico 1968). they were the first central american team to sign up for a world cup qualifier (france 1938). they were the first central american team to be champions of the central american and caribbean games (mexico 1954). they were also the first central american team to organize the central american and caribbean games (1935) and the first ever concacaf championship (1963). el salvador were also the first central american team to beat mexico in mexico city; by a score of 3–2 at the 1954 central american and caribbean games. scorers of that game are as follows: mario montoya 16' (0–1), antonio jasso 27' (1–1), mario montoya 36' (1–2), ricardo valencia 37' (1–3), rafael gutierrez 64' (2–3). the 1st goal in a world cup qualifier was scored by joel estada on 12 december 1968 against dutch guiana. the 50th goal in a world cup qualifier was scored by ever hernández in a 1–0 victory—on 2 december 1981—against mexico. the 100th goal in a world cup qualifier was scored by jorge "mágico" gonzález on 2 may 1993 against canada. the 150th goal in a world cup qualifier was scored by víctor velásquez in a 2–1 victory—on 13 june 2004—against bermuda. the 200th goal in a world cup qualifier was scored by defender xavier garcía in a 4–1 victory—on 6 september 2011—against the cayman islands.
el salvador national football team