World Cup: Every goal from the group stage in one 8 minute video
By Mike Dyce
The 2014 World Cup group stage has come to an end, and that means that 16 of the original 32 teams are headed home, and the remaining 16 are headed to the knockout round. The United States falls into the latter category fortunately, despite losing their final game to Germany.
During the group stage we saw some brilliant goals from some of the world’s best players, some we had heard of and some maybe you hadn’t heard of, like Belgian teenager Divock Origi.
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The leading scorers were Thomas MĂĽller of Germany, Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi and his Brazilian Barcelona teammate Neymar, each with four goals. The Dutch duo of Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben each had three goals.
For the United States, Clint Dempsey led the way with two goals, Jermaine Jones and John Brooks each had a goal for the Americans as well.
The Netherlands were also the highest scoring team in the group stage with 10 goals. The Colombia team had nine goals and France had eight to round out the top three scoring teams. Germany and Brazil each had seven goals, as did Switzerland. Argentina had six goals, four of which came from Messi. Neymar and Müller each had more than half their teams goals with four out of their respective team’s seven goals.
Croatia scored six goals, more than most of the tournament and were eliminated. They’re the highest scoring team to not make the knockout round.
Every goal from the 2014 World Cup’s group stage has been compiled into one eight minute long video, featuring a trio of World Cup theme songs, which you can watch below.
World Cup 2014: Every goal from the group stage from GIF Maker 1 on Vimeo.
Here is a break down of every goal during the 2014 World Cup by player, from FIFA.com:
| PLAYERS | MATCHES PLAYED | TOTAL GOALS SCORED | PENALTIES SCORED | GOALS SCORED WITH THE LEFT FOOT | GOALS SCORED WITH THE RIGHT FOOT | HEADED GOALS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas MUELLER | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lionel MESSI | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NEYMAR | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James RODRIGUEZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Karim BENZEMA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arjen ROBBEN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robin VAN PERSIE | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Xherdan SHAQIRI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enner VALENCIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Memphis DEPAY | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Islam SLIMANI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ivan PERISIC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GERVINHO | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Asamoah GYAN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackson MARTINEZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim CAHILL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wilfried BONY | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Luis SUAREZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mario MANDZUKIC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ahmed MUSA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Andre AYEW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clint DEMPSEY | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan CUADRADO | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| OSCAR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Olivier GIROUD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| LEE Keunho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yacine BRAHIMI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Abdelmoumene DJABOU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mathieu VALBUENA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Teofilo GUTIERREZ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne ROONEY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oribe PERALTA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel CAMPBELL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles ARANGUIZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eduardo VARGAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edinson CAVANI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alexis SANCHEZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keisuke HONDA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael MARQUEZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| CRISTIANO RONALDO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sofiane FEGHOULI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Georgios SAMARAS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Miralem PJANIC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leroy FER | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan MATA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FERNANDINHO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John BROOKS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Blerim DZEMAILI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marcos URENA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| VARELA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David VILLA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Javier HERNANDEZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Miroslav KLOSE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jean BEAUSEJOUR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andreas SAMARIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan QUINTERO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Avdija VRSAJEVIC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge VALDIVIA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Divock ORIGI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aleksandr KERZHAKOV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Haris SEFEROVIC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vedad IBISEVIC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando TORRES | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mario GOETZE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dries MERTENS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joel MATIP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Xabi ALONSO | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter ODEMWINGIE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marouane FELLAINI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mario BALOTELLI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Moussa SISSOKO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Claudio MARCHISIO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carlo COSTLY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Admir MEHMEDI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ivica OLIC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pablo ARMERO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jan VERTONGHEN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andres GUARDADO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SON Heungmin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blaise MATUIDI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FRED | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shinji OKAZAKI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mats HUMMELS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bryan RUIZ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Granit XHAKA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stefan DE VRIJ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel STURRIDGE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edin DZEKO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KOO Jacheol | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafik HALLICHE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oscar DUARTE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marcos ROJO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alexander KOKORIN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jermaine JONES | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mile JEDINAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NANI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diego GODIN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |