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- Shirt swapping was once officially prohibited in 1986 because FIFA did not want players to 'bare their chests' on the field.
- Five teams have been unbeaten but not the champions in the same finals. Those unbeaten teams are: Scotland in 1974 (1 win, 2 draws), Brazil in 1978 (4 wins, 3 draws), England in 1982 (3 wins, 2 draws), Cameroon in 1982 (3 draws), Belgium in 1998 (3 draws).
- The most common surname of World Cup players is Gonzalez or Gonzales.
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