The only nation to play in every World Cup — and the most successful.

• 5-time champions
• Pelé, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho
• Joga bonito

A tournament machine — eight finals and relentless consistency.

• 4-time champions
• 8 finals reached
• Klose: all-time WC top scorer

World champions in 2022, carried by a generational talent.

• 3-time champions
• Messi & Maradona
• Champions 2022

Champions in 1998 and 2018, finalists again in 2022.

• 2-time champions
• Zidane & Mbappé
• Back-to-back finals (2018, 2022)

Famed for tactical discipline and a famously stingy defence.

• 4-time champions
• Catenaccio
• Two-time host

Home of football, champions on home soil in 1966.

• Champions 1966
• Three Lions
• Oldest football association

Tiki-taka kings who finally got the title in 2010.

• Champions 2010
• Tiki-taka
• Golden generation

Winners of the very first World Cup in 1930.

• 2-time champions
• Won the first-ever WC
• La Celeste