THE EIGHT WORLD CUP WINNING TEAMS

The 2022 world cup is almost upon us and of course the adrenaline that normally follows it would soon take over, the current holders France would try and defend the title but when you have many superstars playing for their countries it seems almost an impossible task to do.

In history only eight countries has won the Fifa world cup and some of these countries have won it more than once, here are the right countries that has won the Fifa world cup.

BRAZIL

This country needs no introduction to the footballing world because the number of superstars this country has produced is just ridiculous, they are the record holders for the most world cup trophies won by winning it on five occasions in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002 making it five. Pele and his victorious brazilian team first won it when pele was just 18 years old and since then there was no stopping him as he won it three more times.

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Ronaldo Nazario, Rivaldo, Cafu etc were part of the 1994 winning squad and they were also part of the team that won it in 2002 with the young Ronaldinho, Kaka and so many others.

ITALY

They won the Fifa world cup on four occasions in 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006, Andrea Pirlo, Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro were all part of the 2006 world cup winning squad which was controversial in so many ways and it earned Cannavaro the ballan dor' in 2006 and since then no other defender has won it since.

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Raimundo Orsi, Silvio Piola were part of the squad that won it in 1934 and 1938 and Dino Zoff, Claudio Gentile were part of the 1982 winning squad.

GERMANY

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Germany has won it four times too and the 2014 own being the most recent, who can forget that Mario Gotze late winning goal that denied Lionel Messi his only world cup title, apart from the 2014 world cup, Germany has won it in 1954, 1974 and 1990 with superstars like Helmut Rahn, Hand Scahfer part of the West Germany team that won it first, then Gerd Muller, Franz Beckenbauer and co winning it in 1974 with Gerd Muller scoring a record of ten goals in one world cup tournament which was broken by Ronaldo in 2006, Miroslav Klose who is the record holder for the highest goal scorer in the world cup was part of the 2014 squad that included Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil etc.

URUGUAY

The were the first ever world cup winners in 1930 which they also organized and Peregino Anselino, Pedro Cea etc guiding them to their first ever world cup triumph, they also won it twenty years later with the likes of Oscar Miguez, Juan Alberto and co guiding them to the 1950 world cup.

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They came very close at the 2010 world cup with the likes of Luis Suarez, Diego Forlan, Diego Godin and co and who can forget the controversial Luis Suarez handball which denied Ghana and in fact the whole of Africa thier only entry into the world cup semi finals.

ARGENTINA

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This country has produced massive talents and Lionel Messi without a doubt being the most popular, they have won the world cup twice in 1978 with the likes of Mario Kempes, Ulbaldo Fillol and their Victorious team winning their first ever trophy then in 1986 an inspired Diego Maradona guided them to their second ever trophy though they came very close to winning it in 2014 but it wasn't meant to be as a late Germany goal dashed their hopes.

FRANCE

They are the current holders of the trophy by winning it in 2018 with the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, Ngolo Kante, Antoine Griezmann producing inspired performances just like when Thierry Henry, Didier Deschamps, Patrick Viera, Lillian Thuram, Zinadine Zidane and co won it in 1998.

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France were the strong favorites to win the 2006 world cup and they delivered until a very controversial and iconic moment between Zinadine Zidane and Marco Matterazi of italy in the final occurred which changed the course of the match.

ENGLAND

They have so many golden generations but they have managed to win it only once in 1966 which was described by many as controversial and partial because they felt that they cheated their way to victory.

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Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves, Geoff Hurst and co guided england to their only trophy.

SPAIN

Last but definitely not least is spain who won it in one of the most entertaining world cup tournaments ever hosted.

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A late Andres Iniesta goal against the Netherlands sealed the deal for spain who had superstars like Xavi, Carles Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Busquest, David Villa, Gerrad Pique, Iker Casillas and so many other superstars.

With the 2022 world cup fast approaching, many countries are praying that their teams win and for superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi it may be their last world cup match so we eargely await it because it has the potential to be one of the best tournaments of all time.



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Nice post but need to be more careful as you have used some Getty Images. Football and especially World Cups are unfortunately dominated by Getty Images which we are not allowed to use.

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Do you have a recommend site where i can download images that will be allowed?
Does it mean that this post won't be curated?

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It can't be curated because of this and why you need to be so careful. No there is no site as football is 99% controlled by Getty photographers. This is the problem with doing football posts and why many don't do them. Match reports etc are a waste of time as the photos will all be Getty unless you get lucky. World Cups will mainly be Getty as well. Can take hours to find one genuine photo.

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