The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
FIFA is made of of six confederations: AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, OFC and UEFA.
American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history in a 3-0 victory over Paraguay in 1930.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.