National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup a group stage, with the final 16 progressing to knockout stages to decide the winner. As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 79 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. Brazil are the only team to have appeared in all 21 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 19, Italy in 18, Argentina in 17 and Mexico in 16. To date, eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are France. The most successful nation in the competition are currently Brazil, who have won the cup on five occasions. Five
El Salvador at the FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup on two occasions in 1970 and 1982. 16 players have been fielded three times each for El Salvador, making them record World Cup players for their country. El Salvador's only FIFA World cup goal was scored in one of the biggest-ever defeats in World Cup history, their 1-10 against Hungary in 1982. The goalscorer was Luis Ramírez Zapata. El Salvador at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of El Salvador's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to