document_title: How I Met Your Mother

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text: How I Met Your Mother

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series concerns the adventures of Ted Mosby (played by Josh Radnor) narrating the story of how he met the mother of his children. The story goes into a flashback and starts in 2005 with a 27-year-old Ted Mosby living in New York City and working as an architect; the narrative deals primarily with his best friends, including the long-lasting couple Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) and Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), womanizing-playboy Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), and news reporter Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders). The lives of all characters are entwined in each others. The series explores many storylines, including a "will they or won't they" relationship between Robin and each of the two single male friends, Marshall and Lily's relationship, and the ups and downs of the characters' careers.

text: The show's frame story depicts Ted (voice of Bob Saget, uncredited) verbally retelling the story to his son Luke (David Henrie) and daughter Penny (Lyndsy Fonseca) as they sit on the couch in the year 2030. This future-set frame is officially the show's "present day" and How I Met Your Mother exploits this framing device in numerous ways: to depict and re-depict events from multiple points of view; to set up jokes using quick and sometimes multiple flashbacks nested within the oral retelling; to substitute visual, verbal or aural euphemisms for activities Ted does not want to talk about with his children (sexual practices, use of illicit substances, vulgar language, etc.); and even to add some elements of humor: in the episode "How I Met Everyone Else", Ted describes his dates with a girlfriend whose name he has forgotten, leading all characters to act as though her given name were "Blah-Blah"; later in the series, Ted remembers her name as Carol.

text: While the traditional love-story structure begins when the romantic leads first encounter each other, How I Met Your Mother does not introduce Ted's wife (Cristin Milioti) until the eighth-season finale, and only announces her name (Tracy McConnell) during the series finale. The show instead focuses on Ted's prior relationships and his dissatisfaction with those women, thus setting the stage for his eventual happiness with Tracy.

text: Production[edit]

text: How I Met Your Mother was inspired by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' idea to "write about our friends and the stupid stuff we did in New York", where they previously worked as writers for Late Show with David Letterman, among others.[1] The two drew from their friendship in creating the characters. Ted is based loosely on Bays, and Marshall and Lily are based loosely on Thomas and his wife.[9][10] Thomas' wife Rebecca was initially reluctant to have a character based on her but agreed if they could get Alyson Hannigan to play her. Hannigan was looking to do more comedy work and was available.[9] Josh Radnor and Jason Segel, who were cast as Ted and Marshall, respectively, were not well known, though Segel had been a cast member on the short-lived Freaks and Geeks and a recurring guest star on Judd Apatow follow-up Undeclared. The role of Barney was initially envisioned as a "John Belushi-type character"[11] before Neil Patrick Harris won the role after being invited to an audition by the show's casting director Megan Branman.[12] Pamela Fryman invited Bob Saget to be the voiceover narrator, Future Ted, explaining to him that the show would be like The Wonder Years but "kind of into the future".[13] Saget either went to the television studio and recorded the narration while watching the episode, or did so separately and rerecorded with the episode if necessary.[14] He normally did not attend table readings but did so for the last episode.[15]

text: In various interviews Bays and Thomas have stated that "a pretty famous actress"[16] turned down the role of Robin, whom they revealed in February 2014 to have been Jennifer Love Hewitt.[17] They then cast Cobie Smulders for the role who, at the time, was fairly unknown. Bays and Thomas later said, "Thank God we did for a million reasons... when Ted's seeing her for the first time, America's seeing her for the first time — the intriguingness of that propelled the show going forward and kept the show alive".[16] Although Ted is initially smitten by Robin in the pilot, it is quickly established at the end of the episode that she is not the mother, which Thomas said was done so they would not copy or rehash the "will they or won't they" Ross and Rachel storyline from Friends.[10]

text: According to an Entertainment Weekly article, the writers adopted facets of each main actor's personality and incorporated them into their characters. This includes Neil Patrick Harris' skills with magic, Jason Segel's passion for songwriting, Alyson Hannigan's absent-mindedness while pregnant, and Josh Radnor's intellectualism.[18]

text: MacLaren's, an Irish bar in the middle of New York, in which some of the show is set, is loosely based on four favorite bars of Bays, Thomas and others from the Late Show staff. They include: McGee's, a Midtown tavern near the Ed Sullivan Theater where the Late Show is taped; McHale's, a legendary Hell's Kitchen bar which closed in 2006; Chumley's, a since-closed historic Greenwich Village pub; and Fez, another closed bar on the Upper West Side.[19] McGee's had a mural that Bays and Thomas both liked and wanted to incorporate into the show.[20] The name for the bar is from Carter Bays' assistant, Carl MacLaren; the bartender in the show is also named Carl.[21]

text: Episodes were generally shot over a three-day period in the Los Angeles-based Soundstage Studio 22[22] and featured upwards of 50 scenes with quick transitions and flashbacks. However, the "Pilot" episode was filmed at CBS Radford.[23] The laugh track was later created by recording an audience being shown the final edited episode. Thomas claimed that shooting before a live audience would have been impossible because of the structure of the show and the numerous flashforwards in each episode and because doing so "would blur the line between 'audience' and 'hostage situation'".[24] Later seasons started filming in front of an audience on occasion when smaller sets were used.

text: The theme song is a portion of "Hey Beautiful" by The Solids, of which Bays and Thomas are members. Episodes from Season 1 generally started with the opening credits. A cold opening has been used since Season 2. Viewers then occasionally see Ted's children on a couch and hear him talking to them, telling the story of how he met their mother. Alternatively, scenes from previous episodes or shots of New York City with Ted narrating over the top are shown. Thomas has stated that Future Ted is an unreliable narrator since he is trying to tell a story that happened over 20 years earlier;[25] this has been a plot point in several episodes including "The Goat", "Oh Honey", "How I Met Everyone Else" and "The Mermaid Theory". Nevertheless, Thomas has also emphasized maintaining a coherent and consistent universe and trying to avoid continuity errors, a problem he noticed in other shows.[26]

text: A scene relating to the identity of the mother, involving Ted's future children, was filmed in 2006 for the show's eventual series finale.[27] This was done because it was likely that the teenage actors portraying them would be adults by the time the final season was shot.[25]

text: During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, How I Met Your Mother shut-down production; when the strike ended, the show returned on March 17, 2008, with nine new episodes.[28] The network announced a change in the timeslot to 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT, flip-flopping from the summer schedule with The Big Bang Theory.[29] CBS renewed the show for a fourth season on May 14, 2008,[30] which premiered on September 22, 2008.[31]

text: In September 2008, Lifetime Television announced it had purchased the cable rerun rights to How I Met Your Mother at a rate of about $725,000 per episode.[32] The four-year syndication contract stipulated that the studio deliver at least 110 half-hour episodes by the year 2010, and allowed for up to eight seasons of the show. At the end of the fourth season only 88 episodes had been produced, and a further 22 episodes were required, ensuring that there would be a fifth season.[33] There also was a complication with the writing of the show due to the absence of actress Alyson Hannigan due to her pregnancy. The writers had to create episodes that did not include one of the five main characters.[34] On May 19, 2009, the fifth-season renewal was announced.[35] May 20, 2009, CBS announced that How I Met Your Mother would again be aired at 8 pm, leading into the new comedy Accidentally on Purpose. On January 12, 2010, the show aired its 100th episode and CBS announced that the series would return for a sixth season.[36] Upon learning that the series would be syndicated, Thomas said, "We're thrilled that it will live on in other forms," and they were proud of the show and it was great to see the strong demand.[37]

text: Reruns of the series began airing on local U.S. broadcast television stations and on Chicago-based cable superstation WGN America September 13, 2010. Featured in these airings are vanity cards previously unseen in the CBS and Lifetime airings due to marginalized credit sequences used by the two networks. Shown in between the closing credits and the production company credits, these vanity cards show portions of "The Bro Code", a list of rules frequently referenced by Harris' character, Barney Stinson, on how men should interact with each other, with an emphasis on activities involving pursuing members of the opposite sex. The opening theme song for the syndicated reruns is also slightly edited, running shorter and not using all the pictures seen in the opening montage that runs on DVD and the original CBS broadcasts. The episodes are also slightly edited, leaving out a few details.

text: One of the series' ongoing traditions involves giving guest roles to actors from various Joss Whedon productions, many of whom co-starred with Hannigan on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Bays attributes this to their being "huge fans" and to those casts representing "a big talent pool".[38]

text: On March 4, 2011, CBS announced that the show had been renewed for two more seasons,[39] with the seventh season premiering with back-to-back episodes on September 19, 2011.[40]

text: On July 27, 2011, the FX channel announced it had picked up the series for syndication. On September 5, 2011, FX began airing the series.[41]

text: Although cast members had previously stated that the show would not run longer than eight seasons,[42] a ninth season was secured in December 2012 amidst tense negotiations with the studios and the actors – especially Jason Segel, who had wanted to move on to other ventures after the eighth season.[43][44] During these negotiations, Bays and Thomas originally approached the eighth season as if it was the show's last year, but also had a "Plan B" if the show was renewed.[45] After producers secured a ninth and final season, they implemented plans to secretly cast the titular future mother, with Cristin Milioti eventually winning the role, besting at least two other contenders.[16] Milioti first appeared in the last scene in the season eight finale "Something New" and was a regular cast member in the show's final season.[46] This marked the first time that the show had expanded its core roster.[46][47]

text: In January 2013, How I Met Your Mother was renewed for a ninth and final season.[48] Carter Bays stated to Entertainment Weekly that season nine "will feature some of the most non-linear episodes we've ever done".[49]

text: The season nine premiere episode aired on September 23, 2013 and the one-hour series finale aired on March 31, 2014.[8]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text:
Main cast

Josh Radnor
Cristin Milioti
Neil Patrick Harris
Cobie Smulders
Alyson Hannigan
Jason Segel

Ted Mosby
Tracy McConnell
Barney Stinson
Robin Scherbatsky
Lily Aldrin
Marshall Eriksen

text:
Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby, an architect, college professor and the central character of the series. He is the main protagonist where he tells the story of his adult years from his late twenties to his early thirties and about all his obstacles he has to endure before he meets "The One" aka the Mother. This story is told by the Older Ted Mosby, and narrator of the series, Bob Saget. Ted moved to New York City with his friends Marshall and Lily after graduating from Wesleyan University. In New York, he met Barney at the urinal of MacLaren's and Robin, to whom he was immediately attracted. Ted is on a quest for happiness and "The One", the woman he will marry. Ted prefers more elegant and high-class interests than his friends have. He goes to great lengths to profess his love to the women in his life, but they all falter eventually. Despite these qualities, Ted often acts immaturely, such as partaking in wild activities with Barney. In the show’s finale, he says, that, in Tracy, he had met the love of his life (the titular Mother), but only after he was finished telling the story he realized that Robin was the love of his life.
Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen, Ted's best friend. In season 2 Marshall marries Lily, with whom he has been in love since his freshman year of college; they have a child during season 7. Marshall was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He has an interest in paranormal phenomenon, and mythical creatures, particularly Sasquatch. His dream to be an environmental lawyer conflicts with his immediate need for money, such as for his wedding and to raise his children.
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky, a news anchor who has on-again off-again relationships with both Ted and Barney. Robin emigrated from Canada to take a job in a news station and met Ted at MacLaren's; her Canadian background is a source of many jokes from her friends. She is shown to be very career-centric and rejects traditional roles, such as getting married and having kids. Robin often drinks scotch and smokes cigars, and she is an avid gun fan. She and Barney get engaged and later marry in the first part of the series finale, but divorce in the second part, three years later. Cobie's husband Taran Kilam has also appeared on 6 episodes of the show as Gary Blauman.
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson is a serial playboy, using his relative wealth and an array of outrageous strategies to seduce women with no intention of engaging in a relationship. His catchphrases include 'Suit Up' and 'Legend-wait-for-it-Dary'. He is Ted's "bro," often jealous of Marshall for having known Ted since college. Abandoned by his father at a young age, Barney has abandonment issues and clings to his friends. He marries Robin in the series finale but they divorce after three years. In 2020, a failed one-night stand gives him a daughter, Ellie. Neil's husband David Burtka has appeared on 7 episodes on the show as Scooter.
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin, a kindergarten teacher, aspiring artist, and Marshall's wife. She is terrible at keeping secrets, and can be manipulative at times. She marries Marshall in season 2 and gives birth to Marvin in season 7. Though appearing sweet and cute, Lily can be quite unexpectedly fierce. Alyson's husband Alexis Denisof has appeared on 10 episodes on the show as Sandy Rivers.
Cristin Milioti as Tracy McConnell (guest - season 8; main - season 9),[46] the future wife of Ted Mosby, The Mother. Tracy McConnell is first seen in the finale of season 8, though her name is hinted at season 1 (01x09 "Belly full of Turkey") and officially revealed in the series finale. Ted falls madly in love with her, but in 2024 she passes away.
Bob Saget as Future Ted Mosby (voice only, uncredited), Ted's future self, telling his children the story of how he met their mother, in the year 2030.

text: Season synopsis[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
22
September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)
May 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)

2
22
September 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)
May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)

3
20
September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24)
May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19)

4
24
September 22, 2008 (2008-09-22)
May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)

5
24
September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21)
May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24)

6
24
September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)
May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)

7
24
September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19)
May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)

8
24
September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)
May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13)

9
24
September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23)
March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)

text: Season 1[edit]

text: In the year 2030, Ted Mosby (voiced by Bob Saget) sits his daughter and son down to tell them the story of how he met their mother.

text: The series begins in September 2005 with Ted (Josh Radnor) as a single, 27-year-old architect living with his two best friends from his college years; Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), a law student, and Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher and an aspiring artist. Lily and Marshall have been dating for almost nine years when Marshall finally proposes. Their engagement causes Ted to think about marriage and finding his soul mate, much to the disgust of his self-appointed best friend Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), whom he met in the restroom at a bar four years earlier. Barney is a serial womanizer who concocts elaborate con games, usually involving costumes and fake identities, designed to bed women, only to lose interest in them immediately afterward.

text: Ted begins his search for his perfect soul mate and meets an ambitious young reporter from Canada, Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), with whom he quickly falls in love. Robin, however, does not want to rush into a relationship and the two decide to be friends. Future Ted reveals that Robin is not the mother after referring to her as "Aunt Robin".

text: Ted begins dating a baker, Victoria (Ashley Williams), whom he meets at Stuart and Claudia's wedding, causing Robin to become jealous, and realize she does have feelings for Ted. Victoria is offered a fellowship in pastry-making, moves to Germany and she and Ted try a long-distance relationship. Once Ted learns Robin has feelings for him, he tells her he broke up with Victoria, even though he has not. They almost have sex when Victoria calls and Robin answers, mistaking Ted's phone for her own. Ted and Victoria then break up and an angry Robin distances herself from Ted, but they eventually reconcile and decide to date.

text: Meanwhile, Lily begins to wonder if she has missed any opportunities because of her relationship with Marshall, and decides to pursue an art fellowship in San Francisco, breaking-up with Marshall in the process. The season ends with Ted returning to the apartment, the morning after spending the night with Robin for the first time, to find Marshall sitting in the rain with Lily's engagement ring, devastated by their sudden break-up.

text: Season 2[edit]

text: Ted and Robin are now a couple; meanwhile, a heartbroken Marshall tries to continue his life without Lily. After enduring numerous emotional breakdowns, Marshall's friends step in, and Barney, using sly catchphrases and pick-up lines, tries to get Marshall back in the dating game. Later, Lily, after finally realizing she is not meant to be an artist, returns to New York. They remain separated as Marshall begins to date another girl, described by the gang as having 'crazy eyes'. The date with the girl does not end well and eventually leads to Lily and Marshall becoming reunited, and their engagement eventually resumes. When Robin refuses to go to the mall or explain why, Marshall suspects she is married, and Barney suspects she has performed in adult films. They bet on it, appointing Lily as "Slap Bet Commissioner." Lily oversees the search for the truth, as they discover that Robin was a teenage pop star named "Robin Sparkles", and Marshall eventually earns the right to slap Barney five times whenever he wishes. He uses one slap immediately and another later in the season. It is revealed that Barney has a gay African American half-brother named James (Wayne Brady) and, unaware that his mother lied to him, believes that Bob Barker is his father. As a result of this he takes a trip to California to be a contestant on The Price Is Right to meet his "father". While on the show, Barney wins all the prizes and gives them to Lily and Marshall as a 'happy early wedding' present.

text: In the season finale, Ted reveals to Barney that he and Robin have been broken up for some time due to their conflicting views on marriage and children. They did not tell anyone, in order to avoid taking attention away from Lily and Marshall's wedding. The season ends with Barney's excitement at the prospect of he and Ted being single guys on the town again. Barney's final words are "this is going to be legen- wait for it...".

text: Season 3[edit]

text: Barney begins the season with the word, "-dary!" Robin returns from a trip to Argentina with her new boyfriend, Gael (Enrique Iglesias), and Ted must adjust to life as just her friend, while watching Robin and Gael fawning over each other. Marshall and Lily decide to move out on their own, falling in love with a place they cannot afford. Robin learns of Lily's bad credit rating due to her compulsive shopping for designer brands, and forces Lily to tell Marshall. Despite this, they are able to finally secure their dream apartment, only to discover it is in a bad location and more poorly constructed than they thought (the floor is tilted). Barney is slapped for the third time on Thanksgiving, which Marshall dubs "Slapsgiving."

text: Ted tells his children he met their mother through a story concerning her yellow umbrella. He finds the umbrella at a club and takes it home after attending a St. Patrick's Day party where his future wife was, although they did not meet. Ted attempts to woo Stella (Sarah Chalke), a dermatologist he sees to remove an embarrassing butterfly tattoo. This culminates in a memorable "two-minute date," which incorporates small talk, dinner, a movie, coffee, two cab rides, and a goodnight kiss, all within two minutes. Robin sleeps with Barney after he comforts her following a break-up with a past Canadian love; Ted is infuriated, and decides to stop being friends with Barney. Meanwhile, an unknown woman begins to sabotage Barney's attempts to hook up. His saboteur is revealed to be Abby (Britney Spears), Stella's receptionist, with a vendetta against him for not calling her after they had sex.

text: In the season finale, Ted gets into a car accident and ends up in hospital after breaking up with Stella. Subsequently, Barney is hit by a bus while he is on his way to visit Ted and receives treatment in the same hospital. Ted realizes Barney really cares about him and they renew their friendship. Barney's true feelings for Robin are revealed while Ted proposes to Stella in an arcade with a toy kangaroo.

text: Season 4[edit]

text: Stella says yes to Ted's proposal. Robin takes a new job in Japan, but quickly resigns and returns to New York to attend Ted's wedding, after realizing how much she misses her friends. Stella leaves Ted at the altar to get back together with Tony (Jason Jones), the father of her daughter. Barney struggles with his feelings for Robin as his company shifts him to the management team of a new acquisition, Goliath National Bank (GNB), where Marshall has accepted a position.

text: Marshall and Lily move to their new apartment and debate over whether or not they are ready to have children. Robin becomes roommates with Ted and gets a job as an anchor for a 4 AM news show after Barney submits her video resume. Ted and Robin decide to sleep together constantly so they will not fight over each other's bad co-living habits. Barney attempts to make them stop fighting to prevent this, revealing to Ted his love for Robin.

text: Ted finds out Lily has sabotaged all of his relationships with anyone she does not approve of and indirectly may have inspired his breakup with Robin. Robin and Ted end up talking about it, causing their friendship to begin moving toward a positive note. After Barney finally sleeps with his 200th woman (and rubs it in the face of the childhood bully who taunted him into pursuing it), he begins to question the purpose of the remainder of his life, leaving him more certain of his feelings for Robin.

text: Ted, while carrying the yellow umbrella, bumps into Stella and Tony. Tony later decides to visit him, sympathizing with Ted over his loss of Stella. Tony offers him a job as a professor of architecture, which Ted initially turns down.

text: In the season finale Robin finds out that Barney loves her, and initially refuses to commit to anything but a sex-only relationship; they seemingly end up together anyway. Ted decides that being an architect is leading nowhere, and finally decides instead to become a college professor. The finale ends with Ted preparing to teach his first class and Future Ted revealing to his children that one of the women in the class is their mother.

text: Season 5[edit]

text: Ted begins his job as a professor of architecture, standing in the middle of a classroom – although the mother was present, it turns out to be an economics class as he's in the wrong lecture hall. Barney and Robin have had a sexual relationship throughout the summer and Lily locks them in a room, forcing them to come to terms with their relationship. After a rough patch they decide to break up. Robin describes it instead as "two friends getting back together." Barney immediately goes back to his old ways, using the playbook to score with women. Throughout the season Barney and Robin show feelings of regret over their break-up.

text: Ted dates a graduate student named Cindy (Rachel Bilson) and it is revealed her roommate is his future wife. Robin meets Don Frank (Benjamin Koldyke), her new co-anchor on her 4 AM TV show. Though she initially dislikes him, the two start dating and eventually she moves in with him. At the end of the season they break up when Don takes a job in Chicago — a job which Robin had previously turned down to stay in New York with Don. Marshall uses his fourth slap on Barney, once again at Thanksgiving. Ted buys a house, which needs to be fixed up badly, but is later revealed to be the future home for Ted and his children.

text: Lily and Marshall are still unsure about having children. After watching four doppelgangers of their group (Lesbian Robin, Moustache Marshall, Stripper Lily and Mexican Wrestler Ted) they decide to leave the big decision to the universe's "infinite wisdom" and start trying when they have seen Barney's Doppelganger.

text: In the season finale, Barney disguises himself to have sex with a girl from every country in the world, and Lily and Marshall mistake him for the final doppelganger. When Marshall finds out, he decides not to tell Lily, fearing she will want to wait even longer to have children. Lily eventually finds out and decides to wait. In the season finale, Lily thinks she sees Barney's doppelganger as a hot dog vendor, which causes the group to realize she is seeing what she wants to see, and play along. Eventually Barney agrees having babies is not a stupid idea and Lily and Marshall should go forth. The season ends with Lily asking Marshall to "put a baby in my belly".

text: Season 6[edit]

text: In the season opening, Ted sees Cindy again with a girl who he thinks to be her roommate, but she turns out to be Cindy's girlfriend whom she later marries. After prodding by Barney, Ted is eventually hired by GNB once more as the architect of the bank's new headquarters, which was originally scrapped in Season 4. However, he encounters opposition when he meets Zoey Pierson (Jennifer Morrison), a woman who is protesting against GNB for selecting a decrepit hotel, the Arcadian, to be torn down for the headquarters. Over the season, Ted's encounters with Zoey eventually blossom into a relationship after she divorces her rich husband, the Captain (Kyle MacLachlan), but they break up as he puts his career and friends over love, leading to the Arcadian's demolition. Ted also resolves not to get back with Zoey.

text: Having agreed to conceive a baby at the end of the previous season, Lily and Marshall keep having sex, hoping she will get pregnant. Around Christmas, they have a false alarm and later seek fertility testing. The fertility specialist, Dr. Stangel, turns out to be Barney's doppelgänger, fulfilling their promise with the universe in regard to their decision to have a child. However, tragedy strikes when Marshall's father passes away, leaving him devastated and the gang comforting him. Marshall tries to get over his father's death and live again. Despite a pledge to Lily to work harder for their future, Marshall resigns from GNB and follows his dream of being an environmental lawyer. Zoey also hires him as her lawyer in what became a futile battle to save the Arcadian. At the end of the season, Lily reveals that she is pregnant.

text: Barney finally admits to the gang that Bob Barker is not his real father, especially when his mother decides to sell the house he grew up in and his brother, James, meets his own father. Loretta offers the identity of Barney's father on a sheet of paper, but Barney tears this up after realizing her efforts as a single mother. At the funeral of Marshall's father, Barney tells Loretta that he wants to see his father at last. The man, Jerry Whittaker (John Lithgow), is eventually revealed to be someone whom Barney thought was his uncle. Barney, who remembers Jerry as a fun-loving man, is disappointed after learning how Jerry has grown out of his free-wheeling ways. Although he tries to bring back Jerry's old behaviors, Barney admits that he wants to settle down someday. He is also introduced to Nora (Nazanin Boniadi), a co-worker of Robin, for whom he develops feelings. After an initial falling out, the two reconcile at the end of the season after Barney asks her for coffee.

text: Robin continues to work at her talk show, Come On, Get Up, New York!, but the presence of a new hyperactive co-host forces her to leave. She is accepted as a researcher in another network, World Wide News. The gang also discovers more of her past as the Canadian pop star Robin Sparkles. Robin also encounters a man (Michael Trucco) she has had a secret crush on since first seeing him when she and Ted were dating, and Future Ted hints that they will see more of him later.

text: Short scenes during the season premiere and finale feature a wedding set sometime in the future, where Ted will meet his future wife. In the final scene of the season, the groom is revealed to be Barney.

text: Season 7[edit]

text: Season seven opens with another flash forward, in which Ted is helping Barney get ready for his wedding to a still-unknown bride. In the present, Marshall gets a job in environmental law while Lily progresses with her pregnancy. Barney proves to Nora that he can be a good boyfriend to her, while Robin is revealed to still have feelings for Barney. Robin meets a therapist Kevin (Kal Penn) and they start to date. Meanwhile, after a period of unemployment since leaving GNB, Marshall finally manages to land his dream job at a top environmental law firm. After losing a bet, Barney is forced to wear a tie with a duck pattern on it (nicknamed the 'Ducky Tie') which he hates. Marshall allows him to take it off when meeting Nora's parents on the condition that Barney has three slaps added to the one still remaining from the Slap Bet. Marshall uses two slaps immediately, leaving two left.

text: While reminiscing about Hurricane Irene, Lily and Marshall reveal that they conceived their baby in Barney's apartment, and Barney and Robin end up sleeping together. Barney and Robin decide to break up with their partners, but Robin reneges on the deal, returning to Kevin and leaving Barney alone and heartbroken. Robin has a pregnancy scare at Thanksgiving and tells Barney the child is his, since she and Kevin had not yet slept together. However, Robin's doctor informs her that she cannot have children at all. Kevin, who wants children, proposes to Robin, who decides that they must break up. Ted comforts Robin and reveals he still loves her, but the gesture is unrequited. Eventually, she moves out to give him some space.

text: Marshall and Lily decide they want to move to Long Island, after Lily's paternal grandparents offer them their house there. Eventually, they move back to the old apartment in New York City after realizing suburban life is not for them. Ted gives them his apartment because he believes he cannot move on from Robin while living there, while he and Robin become estranged and do not speak for several weeks. Robin is eventually offered a news anchor job and subsequently achieves recognition after preventing a helicopter she is flying in from crashing.

text: Barney starts dating a stripper named Quinn, to the group's initial apprehension. The gang begins to meddle in their relationship, but Barney and Quinn outsmart their attempts and win their approval. Quinn moves in with Barney, while Ted buys Quinn's old apartment. Lily goes into labor and frantically calls Barney and Marshall, who are out at a casino. After many attempts to escape, Barney helps Marshall arrive in time for Lily's delivery and chooses the middle name for the baby, Marvin Waitforit Eriksen. Ted and Robin's friendship also recovers as a result of Marvin's birth. As the season concludes, Marshall and Lily begin their new family with their baby, Barney proposes to Quinn, and Ted contacts his old girlfriend Victoria. Unhappy with her own impending marriage, she leaves her fiancé for Ted and the pair drive off into the sunset. A final flash forward returns to the day of Barney's wedding, where Robin is revealed as the bride.

text: Season 8[edit]

text: Ted visits Robin on the day of her wedding to Barney, causing him to remember how he and Victoria ran away from her wedding to be together. The summer is spent with Ted, Barney, and Robin enjoying their current relationships; however, all subsequently break up with their partners. Victoria splits up with Ted over his friendship with Robin, Barney and Quinn break up due to their inability to trust each other, and Robin breaks up with Nick realizing his immaturity. Robin and Barney kiss but decide not to get together, despite Barney's wishes. Barney then begins dating Robin's hated co-worker Patrice (Ellen D. Williams), a relationship later exposed as a ruse to make Robin realize her true feelings for him. In a culminating scene Barney proposes to Robin, who says yes.

text: Marshall and Lily attempt to get used to being parents, which causes a brief estrangement from the gang as Baby Marvin takes up the majority of their time. Lily's father Mickey becomes Marvin's nanny, freeing the two up to spend more time with their friends. The Captain, ex-husband of Ted's old girlfriend Zoey, offers Lily a job as an art consultant after she identifies a painting that made a huge profit for him. Lily accepts, happy to finally achieve her dream of having a job in the art industry, while Marshall decides to apply to become a judge. The Captain offers Lily a year's work in Rome, which she accepts with Marshall's blessing. However, just before Barney and Robin's wedding, Marshall is informed that his application to become a judge has been granted, a development that would require them to stay in the US.

text: Ted briefly dates Jeanette (Abby Elliott), a girl who stalked him after he appeared on the cover of New York Magazine for designing GNB headquarters. He quickly realizes he's made a mistake and breaks up with her. Ted's feelings of loneliness grow, especially as he is now the only single member of the group, and he decides he is truly ready to settle down. He argues with Lily over hiring a DJ or a band for Barney and Robin's wedding, but is forced to provide a band at short notice when Lily concedes the argument. During a chance meeting on the subway, Cindy offers the services of her roommate's wedding band. This roommate is Ted's future wife.

text: As the week of the wedding approaches, Robin has doubts about marrying Barney and shares an emotional moment with Ted. Guilty, Ted realizes he cannot be around Barney and Robin after they are married and decides to move to Chicago the day after the wedding. The season concludes with everyone travelling to Barney and Robin's wedding, including the mother of Ted's children (revealed on screen for the first time and portrayed by Cristin Milioti), who is seen buying a train ticket to the venue and holding her yellow umbrella.

text: Season 9[edit]

text: With the exception of the very last episode, the entirety of season nine takes place in the 56 hours leading up to Barney and Robin's wedding.

text: Marshall, who is stuck in Minnesota, desperately tries to find a way to get to the wedding in time. Meanwhile, in Farhampton, the time is slowly counting down to the wedding, with a new problem arising in almost every episode. It is revealed that Lily is pregnant and that she and Marshall will have a daughter. It was also revealed that Ted's children are named Penny and Luke. In addition, the 200th episode detailed the Mother's eight years before meeting Ted, while later episodes gave viewers a glimpse of Ted and the Mother together in flash forward scenes. Also, Marshall uses his final two slaps from the slap bet: the first being used as an apology present for missing the rehearsal dinner, and the second when Barney begins to panic just before the beginning of the wedding ceremony.

text: In the series finale, it was revealed that after three years of marriage, Barney and Robin decide to divorce. Barney ends up fathering a child during a one-night stand. Marshall eventually becomes a judge, and he and Lily have three children. Ted's wife Tracy dies of an unknown illness in 2024, six years prior to Ted telling his children the full story of how they met. Upon finishing the story, at the urging of his kids, Ted decides to ask Robin out. Alluding to the first season, the finale ends with Robin looking out her apartment window to see Ted on the street holding the blue French horn.

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The first season was met with generally favorable reviews from critics, though some compared the series unfavorably to Friends. On Metacritic, a review aggregation site that collected 25 reviews for the series, it scored a 69 out of 100.[50] Michael Abernethy of PopMatters gave the season a negative review, writing that "The comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies."[51] Tom Shales of The Washington Post gave the season a lukewarm review, saying it's "a little better than most other sitcoms, past and present -- especially those featuring wacky urban friends in their twenties experiencing the bittersweet mysteries of life."[52] On the other hand, Melanie Macfarlane gave the season a positive review, saying the show "may not break any comedic ground, but it's the sort of comfortable, reliable hitter CBS needs on Monday nights."[53]

text: The second season received critical acclaim. Staci Krause of IGN gave the season a positive review,[54] calling it "great".[55]

text: The third season was met with mostly positive reviews.[56] Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the season a positive review, saying that "the season was fun and clever, a good, consistent flow from the first two seasons".[57]

text: The fourth season received critical acclaim and is generally considered the best season of the series. Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave Season 4 an overall rating of 8.5 out of 10, stating that "This fourth season seemed to settle down the chase for the titular mother. While Ted was busy dating Stella, the gang settled into many stand alone episodes which were every bit as entertaining as episodes devoted to Ted's love life". Zoromski went on to say: "A stellar Robin-Marshall episode, titled 'Little Minnesota', makes it clear that these two do not get enough screen time together. With Robin homesick and unemployed (and at risk of being deported), this pairing brought out the best Robin Sparkles reference of the season, when Marshall leads a rousing karaoke version of 'Let's Go to the Mall!'"[58]

text: The fifth season received mostly positive reviews. Cindy McLennan of Television Without Pity gave the season a mixed review, and at the end of the season wrote: "I'm okay with any given season not being primarily focused on mother-meeting, but this season, the characters seemed to regress -- particularly Barney and Ted. Usually, when a season ends, I have to deal with a week or two weeks' worth of letdown. Right now, all I'm feeling is relief."[59]

text: The sixth season received generally positive reviews.[60] Justin Fowler of Later Reviews gave the season a positive review, saying that the season was "a pretty good season of television" and better than the "poor" fifth season. He also said that "Seventeen out of the 24 episodes are what I would consider good".[61]

text: The seventh season received mixed reviews. Alan Sepinwall gave the season a mixed review and criticized the flash-forwards throughout the season, saying that "the show is just much, much stronger when its stories dwell on matters of the present or the past, and where the writers don't have to act like magicians trying to keep the audience from figuring out how the trick works. And the finale affirmed that belief for me. The parts that had little or nothing to do with things to come were quite good; the parts that were all about the future made me roll my eyes and ask, for the umpteenth time, 'Really? This is where you're going with this?'"[62]

text: The eighth season was widely criticized, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 40% of critics gave the show a positive review. The consensus reads: "How I Met Your Mother wears out its welcome this season, with an anticlimactic reveal and rote, less-than-fruitful humor."[63]

text: The ninth season received mixed to positive reviews by critics, though fans found it worse than prior seasons.[64] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 80% of critics gave the show a positive review, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10. Gareth Mitchell at "House of Geekery" responded negatively, mostly criticizing the structure of the season, stating that they are "struggling to come up with stories that last out the 22 minutes".[65] The finale of the show received a polarized reaction from fans. While some complained that the last few seasons had built towards an end game that was discarded within the hour-long episode, others felt that it remained true to both the initial concept of the show and to life itself.[66]

text: Tie-ins[edit]

text: Books[edit]

text:
The Bro Code, cited by Barney many times throughout the series, is a set of written rules for bros to follow, and has been published as a tie-in novel, an audiobook,[67] an iPhone Application and an Android Application. Barney alleges it was written by Barnabus Stinson, a contemporary of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Many of the rules listed in this book also appear in the show's closing vanity cards in syndication.
Bro on the Go, a companion to The Bro Code, released in 2009.[68]
Bro Code for Parents: What to Expect When You're Awesome, released in 2012.[69]
The Playbook, based on the fifth season episode of the same name, by Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn.[70]
How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy, released in 2013.[71]

text: Soundtracks[edit]

text:
A soundtrack album entitled How I Met Your Music: Original Songs from the Hit Series was released digitally to iTunes on September 24, 2012, featuring songs from the first seven seasons[72]
A second soundtrack album entitled How I Met Your Music: Deluxe was released digitally to iTunes on September 23, 2014, featuring songs from the final two seasons.[73]

text: Pineapple Incident Explained[edit]

text: After the end of the series, the officials released a short video, explaining the running mystery of the pineapple in the Pineapple Incident (season 1, episode 10). The extra footage revealed that a character revealed in the 6th season, the Captain, had put a pineapple in front of his door as a tradition and Ted took the pineapple while he was drunk.[74]

text: Proposed spin-offs[edit]

text: How I Met Your Dad[edit]

text: On November 15, 2013, it was announced that CBS and the series' producer 20th Century Fox Television would launch How I Met Your Dad, a woman-centric variation executive-produced by Bays, Thomas, and Emily Spivey.[75] The new series would possibly have featured a new bar and would not have tied into the original series.[76] The primary cast of the series was revealed to be Greta Gerwig, Drew Tarver, Nicholas D'Agosto and Andrew Santino.[77] On April 23, 2014, Meg Ryan was announced to voice future Sally.[78]

text: On May 14, 2014, CBS passed on picking up How I Met Your Dad since show creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays did not want to reshoot the pilot.[79] Nina Tassler, the entertainment president at CBS, stated that "there were elements of the pilot that didn't work out". Talks of the series being "shopped" to other networks emerged.[79][80] Netflix, FOX and NBC were named as possible candidates for picking up the show.[81]

text: Ultimately, nothing came of those talks. It was reported that the options on the cast contracts had expired and they had been released from their contracts and co-creator Carter Bays denied any rumours that the spin-off pilot will be reshot. On July 11, 2014, Bays confirmed that the spin-off project was officially dead.[82] Six days later, Nina Tassler said that CBS would "love the opportunity to take another shot" at the pilot and that she would continue to "hound" Carter Bays and Craig Thomas – even though they shot down the idea of a new version of the project stating that they had both moved on.[83]

text: How I Met Your Father (First attempt)[edit]

text: On December 14, 2016, it was reported that Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger were set to write a new version of the previous spin-off's pilot, re-titled How I Met Your Father, with Bays and Thomas serving as executive producers.[84] On March 6, 2017, it was announced that following signing new contracts with 20th Century Fox Television that would see both Aptaker and Berger being promoted to executive producers and co-showrunners on This Is Us alongside Dan Fogelman, their completed spec script for How I Met Your Father would be placed on the back burner in light of their new duties.[85] The idea was later completely abandoned.

text: How I Met Your Father (Second attempt)[edit]

text: On August 8, 2017, Fox chairman Dana Walden told Deadline that the studio was set to try a third spin-off with different writers. It was also stated that all ideas from the previous two attempts will not be carried over and the new attempt will be created from scratch.[86] On August 11, 2017, Deadline reported that Alison Bennett had been selected to write the spin-off. It was also confirmed that this incarnation would be developed under the title used for the Aptaker and Berger project, and that Bays and Thomas are once again attached as executive producers.[87]

text: Russian adaptation[edit]

text: The GoodStoryMedia, a Russian production company, made a remake of the series which was broadcast on STS and ran for two seasons.[88]

text: Nielsen ratings[edit]

text: The show's highest viewed episode was the series finale, "Last Forever", watched by 13.13 million viewers.[89] Previously, the most viewed episode was the season 1 episode "The Pineapple Incident", watched by 12.3 million viewers. The lowest-viewed episode was the season 6 episode "Landmarks", watched by 6.4 million viewers, approximately 52% of the show's series high.

text: Season nine was the highest watched season overall and among the 18-49 adults, scoring a 4.5 rating in that sector[90] up from the second-highest rating of 4.1 in season seven.[91]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)
Season premiere
Season finale
TV season
Rank
Avg. viewers
(in millions)

1
Monday 8:30 P.M.
September 19, 2005
May 15, 2006
2005–2006
54[92]
9.47[92]

2
Monday 8:30 P.M.
(Episodes 1–3)
Monday 8:00 P.M.
(Episodes 4–22)
September 18, 2006
May 14, 2007
2006–2007
61[93]
8.94[93]

3
Monday 8:00 P.M.
(Episodes 1–11)
Monday 8:30 P.M.
(Episodes 12–20)
September 24, 2007
May 19, 2008
2007–2008
70[94]
8.21[94]

4
Monday 8:30 P.M.
September 22, 2008
May 18, 2009
2008–2009
49[95]
9.42[95]

5
Monday 8:00 P.M.
September 21, 2009
May 24, 2010
2009–2010
42[96]
8.60[96]

6
September 20, 2010
May 16, 2011
2010–2011
48
8.79[97]

7
September 19, 2011
May 14, 2012
2011–2012
45[91]
9.67[91]

8
September 24, 2012
May 13, 2013
2012–2013
42
9.02[98]

9
September 23, 2013
March 31, 2014
2013–2014
28[90]
10.51[90]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Awards & nominations

Award
Won
Nominated

ALMA Awards

1
2

Art Directors Guild

0
7

Casting Society of America

0
1

Critics' Choice Television Awards

1
1

Emmy Awards

9
28

EWwy Awards

1
1

GLAAD Media Awards

0
1

Golden Globe Awards

0
2

People's Choice Awards

6
17

PRISM Awards

0
1

Satellite Awards

0
4

TCA Awards

0
2

Teen Choice Awards

0
4

Young Hollywood Awards

0
1

Total number of wins and nominations

Totals
18
72

text: The show has been nominated for 72 awards, winning 18. The show has been nominated for 28 Emmy Awards, including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Stars Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris have each received acting accolades, with both receiving People's Choice Awards, and Harris receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In 2012, seven years after its premiere, the series won the People's Choice for Favorite Network TV Comedy. The show's art direction, editing and cinematography have also been awarded.

text: DVD releases[edit]

text:
DVD season
Release dates
Episodes
Additional information

Region 1
Region 2
Region 4

Season 1
November 21, 2006
May 7, 2007
January 10, 2007
22

Includes:

commentaries on six episodes
a video yearbook
2 music videos ("First Round" and "Last Call")
a gag reel

Episodes have been cropped from the broadcast widescreen to a full frame 4:3 format

Season 2
October 2, 2007
February 8, 2010
April 8, 2008
22

Includes:

commentaries on seven episodes
How We Make Your Mother
2 music videos ("Let's Go To The Mall" and "Hey Beautiful")
3 "How It Really Happened" scenes
a gag reel
an Easter Egg.

The Legendary Season 3
October 7, 2008
May 10, 2010
February 11, 2009
20

Includes:

commentaries on 7 episodes
a series retrospective
Lily & Marshall's honeymoon videos
cast favorites
a behind the scenes of "We're Not From Here"
6 "How It Really Happened" scenes
2 music videos ("You Just Got Slapped" and "Sandcastles in the Sand")
"Ted Mosby Is A Jerk" audio track
a gag reel.

The Awesome Season 4
September 29, 2009
July 19, 2010
October 27, 2009
24

Includes:

commentaries on 4 episodes
A Night With Your Mother: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Panel Discussion
season recap
Eriksen's Fight Club
a music video ("That Guy's Awesome")
a gag reel

Also available on Blu-Ray, and is the only season to have a subsequent Blu Ray release.

The Complete Season 5. The Suited-Up Edition
September 21, 2010
November 8, 2010
October 27, 2010
24

Includes:

a gag reel
music videos for "Super Date", "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit", and "Best Night Ever"
2 behind the scenes features
making of "Super Date"
behind the scenes of the 100th episode
an extended version of the "Wedding Bride" trailer
a musical series recap.

The Complete Season 6. The New Is Always Better Edition
September 27, 2011
October 3, 2011
October 5, 2011
24

Includes:

a gag reel
making of "Subway Wars"
behind the scenes of "Glitter"
commentaries on 3 episodes
an extended performance of "Stand By Me"
a season recap[99]

The Complete Season 7. The Ducky Tie Edition
October 2, 2012
October 15, 2012
October 10, 2012
24

Includes:

a gag reel
2 behind the scenes featurettes
deleted scenes
audio commentaries on 3 episodes
a feature on Neil Patrick Harris' Hollywood Walk of Fame star.[100]

The Complete Season 8. The Yellow Umbrella Edition
October 1, 2013
September 30, 2013
November 9, 2013
24

Includes:

deleted scenes
audio commentary on "Farmhampton" and "The Final Page"
music video for "PS I Love You"
making of "PS I Love You"
Where We Make Your Mother: Set Tour
a gag reel.

The 9th and Legendary Final Season. The Rest of Your Life Edition[101]
September 23, 2014
October 13, 2014
October 22, 2014
24

Includes:

Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary on "The Locket"
Audio Commentary on "The Rehearsal Dinner"
Audio Commentary on "How Your Mother Met Me"
Last Forever Alternate Ending
How It All Ends
Cristin Milioti Audition
Behind the Scenes of "Gary Blauman"
Gag Reel[101]

The Whole Story Seasons 1–9[101]
September 23, 2014
October 13, 2014
October 22, 2014
208

Includes:

All Out of Spoilers: Looking Back at Your Mother – A Retrospective
Table Read of the Series Finale with the Entire Cast
The Secret of the Pineapple Incident Revealed
Meeting the Mother
How I Met Your Mother at Comic-Con 2013-2014
The Mosby Kids: 8 Years on the Couch
How We Filmed the Kids
Plus All the Special Features from Every Previous Season[101]

text: Seasons 1 through 9 are available to stream on Netflix in Austria, Australia, Latin America, Spain, the UK, Ireland, and Canada; season 9 was released on September 26, 2014.[102][103] Seasons 1-9 were removed from Netflix in the United States as of November 13, 2017, and are now available on Hulu.[104] Seasons 1 through 9 are available to stream on Hotstar in India.

text: Note: The whole story DVD had a different package in Region 1 as opposed to Region 2 + 4


document_title: List of FIFA World Cup winners

question_text: who's winning the world cup this year

question_tokens: who 's winning the world cup this year

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text: List of FIFA World Cup winners

text: By team[edit]

text: The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different nations. Brazil has won the most titles, five. The current champion is France, who won the title in 2018.

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text:
Nations that won the World Cup

Titles

Team

Year(s)

5

 Brazil

1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

4

 Germany[n 1]

1954, 1974, 1990, 2014

4

 Italy

1934, 1938, 1982, 2006

2

 Argentina

1978, 1986

2

 France

1998, 2018

2

 Uruguay

1930, 1950

1

 England

1966

1

 Spain

2010

tag: table

text: By year[edit]

text: Participating teams have to register squads for the World Cup, which consisted of 22 players until 1998 and of 23 players from 2002 onwards.

text: Since 1978, winners' medals are given to all members of the winning squads. Prior to that, only players who were on the pitch during the final matches received medals. FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974.[citation needed]

text:
Squads of teams that won the World Cup

Year

Team

Squad[n 2]

Coach

Ref

1930

 Uruguay

MF J. Andrade •  FW P. Anselmo •  GK E. Ballestrero •  FW J. Calvo •  GK M. Capuccini •  FW H. Castro •  FW P. Cea •  FW P. Dorado •  DF L. Fernández •  MF Á. Gestido •  FW S. Iriarte •  DF E. Mascheroni •  MF Á. Melogno •  DF J. Nasazzi •  FW P. Petrone •  MF C. Píriz •  DF E. Recoba •  MF C. Riolfo •  FW Z. Saldombide •  FW H. Scarone •  DF D. Tejera •  FW S. Urdinarán

A. Suppici

[fs 1]

1934

 Italy

DF L. Allemandi •  FW P. Arcari •  MF L. Bertolini •  FW F. Borel •  DF U. Caligaris •  MF A. Castellazzi •  GK G. Cavanna •  GK G. Combi •  FW A. Demaría •  FW G. Ferrari •  MF A. Ferraris •  FW E. Guaita •  FW A. Guarisi •  GK G. Masetti •  FW G. Meazza •  MF L. Monti •  DF E. Monzeglio •  FW R. Orsi •  MF M. Pizziolo •  DF V. Rosetta •  FW A. Schiavio •  MF M. Varglien

V. Pozzo

[fs 2]

1938

 Italy

MF M. Andreolo •  FW S. Bertoni •  FW A. Biavati •  GK C. Ceresoli •  MF B. Chizzo •  FW G. Colaussi •  MF A. Donati •  FW G. Ferrari •  FW P. Ferraris •  DF A. Foni •  MF M. Genta •  MF U. Locatelli •  GK G. Masetti •  FW G. Meazza •  DF E. Monzeglio •  GK A. Olivieri •  MF R. Olmi •  FW P. Pasinati •  MF M. Perazzolo •  FW S. Piola •  DF P. Rava •  MF P. Serantoni

V. Pozzo

[fs 3]

1950

 Uruguay

FW J. Britos •  FW J. Burgueño •  DF S. Gambetta •  FW A. Ghiggia •  DF J. González •  DF M. González •  DF W. Martínez •  GK R. Máspoli •  FW Ó. Míguez •  FW R. Morán •  MF W. Ortuño •  GK A. Paz •  FW J. Pérez •  MF R. Pini •  FW L. Rijo •  MF V. Rodríguez Andrade •  FW C. Romero •  FW J. Schiaffino •  DF E. Tejera •  MF O. Varela •  FW E. Vidal •  DF H. Vilches

J. López

[fs 4]

1954

 West Germany

1 T. Turek •  2 F. Laband •  3 W. Kohlmeyer •  4 H. Bauer •  5 H. Erhardt •  6 H. Eckel •  7 J. Posipal •  8 K. Mai •  9 P. Mebus •  10 W. Liebrich •  11 K.-H. Metzner •  12 H. Rahn •  13 M. Morlock •  14 B. Klodt •  15 O. Walter •  16 F. Walter •  17 R. Herrmann •  18 U. Biesinger •  19 A. Pfaff •  20 H. Schäfer •  21 H. Kubsch •  22 H. Kwiatkowski

S. Herberger

[fs 5]

1958

 Brazil

1 Castilho •  2 Bellini •  3 Gilmar •  4 Djalma Santos •  5 Dino Sani •  6 Didi •  7 M. Zagallo •  8 Oreco •  9 Zózimo •  10 Pelé •  11 Garrincha •  12 Nílton Santos  •  13 Moacir •  14 De Sordi •  15 Orlando •  16 Mauro •  17 Joel •  18 J. Altafini •  19 Zito •  20 Vavá •  21 Dida •  22 Pepe

V. Feola

[fs 6]

1962

 Brazil

1 Gilmar •  2 Djalma Santos •  3 Mauro •  4 Zito •  5 Zózimo •  6 Nílton Santos •  7 Garrincha •  8 Didi •  9 Coutinho •  10 Pelé •  11 Pepe •  12 Jair Marinho •  13 Bellini •  14 Jurandir •  15 Altair •  16 Zequinha •  17 Mengálvio •  18 Jair •  19 Vavá •  20 Amarildo •  21 M. Zagallo •  22 Castilho

A. Moreira

[fs 7]

1966

 England

1 G. Banks •  2 G. Cohen •  3 R. Wilson •  4 N. Stiles •  5 J. Charlton •  6 B. Moore •  7 A. Ball •  8 J. Greaves •  9 B. Charlton •  10 G. Hurst •  11 J. Connelly •  12 R. Springett •  13 P. Bonetti •  14 J. Armfield •  15 G. Byrne •  16 M. Peters •  17 R. Flowers •  18 N. Hunter •  19 T. Paine •  20 I. Callaghan •  21 R. Hunt •  22 G. Eastham

A. Ramsey

[fs 8]

1970

 Brazil

1 Félix •  2 Brito •  3 Piazza •  4 Carlos Alberto •  5 Clodoaldo •  6 Marco Antônio •  7 Jairzinho •  8 Gérson •  9 Tostão •  10 Pelé •  11 Rivellino •  12 Ado •  13 Roberto •  14 Baldocchi •  15 Fontana •  16 Everaldo •  17 Joel •  18 Paulo Cézar Caju •  19 Edu •  20 Dario •  21 Zé Maria •  22 Leão

M. Zagallo

[fs 9]

1974

 West Germany

1 S. Maier •  2 B. Vogts •  3 P. Breitner •  4 H.-G. Schwarzenbeck •  5 F. Beckenbauer •  6 H.-D. Höttges •  7 H. Wimmer •  8 B. Cullmann •  9 J. Grabowski •  10 G. Netzer •  11 J. Heynckes •  12 W. Overath •  13 G. Müller •  14 U. Hoeneß •  15 H. Flohe •  16 R. Bonhof •  17 B. Hölzenbein •  18 D. Herzog •  19 J. Kapellmann •  20 H. Kremers •  21 N. Nigbur •  22 W. Kleff

H. Schön

[fs 10]

1978

 Argentina

1 N. Alonso •  2 O. Ardiles •  3 H. Baley •  4 D. Bertoni •  5 U. Fillol •  6 A. Gallego •  7 L. Galván •  8 R. Galván •  9 R. Houseman •  10 M. Kempes •  11 D. Killer •  12 O. Larrosa •  13 R. La Volpe •  14 L. Luque •  15 J. Olguín •  16 O. Ortiz •  17 M. Oviedo •  18 R. Pagnanini •  19 D. Passarella •  20 A. Tarantini •  21 J. Valencia •  22 R. Villa

C. Menotti

[fs 11]

1982

 Italy

1 D. Zoff •  2 F. Baresi •  3 G. Bergomi •  4 A. Cabrini •  5 F. Collovati •  6 C. Gentile •  7 G. Scirea •  8 P. Vierchowod •  9 G. Antognoni •  10 G. Dossena •  11 G. Marini •  12 I. Bordon •  13 G. Oriali •  14 M. Tardelli •  15 F. Causio •  16 B. Conti •  17 D. Massaro •  18 A. Altobelli •  19 F. Graziani •  20 P. Rossi •  21 F. Selvaggi •  22 G. Galli

E. Bearzot

[fs 12]

1986

 Argentina

1 S. Almirón •  2 S. Batista •  3 R. Bochini •  4 C. Borghi •  5 J. Brown •  6 D. Passarella •  7 J. Burruchaga •  8 N. Clausen •  9 J. Cuciuffo •  10 D. Maradona •  11 J. Valdano •  12 H. Enrique •  13 O. Garré •  14 R. Giusti •  15 L. Islas •  16 J. Olarticoechea •  17 P. Pasculli •  18 N. Pumpido •  19 O. Ruggeri •  20 C. Tapia •  21 M. Trobbiani •  22 H. Zelada

C. Bilardo

[fs 13]

1990

 West Germany

1 B. Illgner •  2 S. Reuter •  3 A. Brehme •  4 J. Kohler •  5 K. Augenthaler •  6 G. Buchwald •  7 P. Littbarski •  8 T. Häßler •  9 R. Völler •  10 L. Matthäus •  11 F. Mill •  12 R. Aumann •  13 K.-H. Riedle •  14 T. Berthold •  15 U. Bein •  16 P. Steiner •  17 A. Möller •  18 J. Klinsmann •  19 H. Pflügler •  20 O. Thon •  21 G. Hermann •  22 A. Köpke

F. Beckenbauer

[fs 14]

1994

 Brazil

1 Taffarel •  2 Jorginho •  3 Ricardo Rocha •  4 Ronaldão •  5 Mauro Silva •  6 Branco •  7 Bebeto •  8 Dunga •  9 Zinho •  10 Raí •  11 Romário •  12 Zetti •  13 Aldair •  14 Cafu •  15 Márcio Santos •  16 Leonardo •  17 Mazinho •  18 Paulo Sérgio •  19 Müller •  20 Ronaldo •  21 Viola •  22 Gilmar

C. Parreira

[fs 15]

1998

 France

1 B. Lama •  2 V. Candela •  3 B. Lizarazu •  4 P. Vieira •  5 L. Blanc •  6 Y. Djorkaeff •  7 D. Deschamps •  8 M. Desailly •  9 S. Guivarc'h •  10 Z. Zidane •  11 R. Pirès •  12 T. Henry •  13 B. Diomède •  14 A. Boghossian •  15 L. Thuram •  16 F. Barthez •  17 E. Petit •  18 F. Leboeuf •  19 C. Karembeu •  20 D. Trezeguet •  21 C. Dugarry •  22 L. Charbonnier

A. Jacquet

[fs 16]

2002

 Brazil

1 Marcos •  2 Cafu •  3 Lúcio •  4 Roque Júnior •  5 Edmílson •  6 Roberto Carlos •  7 Ricardinho •  8 Gilberto Silva •  9 Ronaldo •  10 Rivaldo •  11 Ronaldinho •  12 Dida •  13 Belletti •  14 Ânderson Polga •  15 Kléberson •  16 Júnior •  17 Denílson •  18 Vampeta •  19 Juninho Paulista •  20 Edílson •  21 Luizão •  22 Rogério Ceni •  23 Kaká

L. Scolari

[fs 17]

2006

 Italy

1 G. Buffon •  2 C. Zaccardo •  3 F. Grosso •  4 D. De Rossi •  5 F. Cannavaro •  6 A. Barzagli •  7 A. Del Piero •  8 G. Gattuso •  9 L. Toni •  10 F. Totti •  11 A. Gilardino •  12 A. Peruzzi •  13 A. Nesta •  14 M. Amelia •  15 V. Iaquinta •  16 M. Camoranesi •  17 S. Barone •  18 F. Inzaghi •  19 G. Zambrotta •  20 S. Perrotta •  21 A. Pirlo •  22 M. Oddo •  23 M. Materazzi

M. Lippi

[fs 18]

2010

 Spain

1 I. Casillas •  2 R. Albiol •  3 G. Piqué •  4 C. Marchena •  5 C. Puyol •  6 A. Iniesta •  7 D. Villa •  8 Xavi •  9 F. Torres •  10 C. Fàbregas •  11 J. Capdevila •  12 V. Valdés •  13 J. Mata •  14 X. Alonso •  15 S. Ramos •  16 S. Busquets •  17 Á. Arbeloa •  18 Pedro •  19 F. Llorente •  20 J. Martínez •  21 D. Silva •  22 J. Navas •  23 P. Reina

V. del Bosque

[fs 19]

2014

 Germany

1 M. Neuer •  2 K. Großkreutz •  3 M. Ginter •  4 B. Höwedes •  5 M. Hummels •  6 S. Khedira •  7 B. Schweinsteiger •  8 M. Özil •  9 A. Schürrle •  10 L. Podolski •  11 M. Klose •  12 R.-R. Zieler •  13 T. Müller •  14 J. Draxler •  15 E. Durm •  16 P. Lahm •  17 P. Mertesacker •  18 T. Kroos •  19 M. Götze •  20 J. Boateng •  21 S. Mustafi •  22 R. Weidenfeller •  23 C. Kramer

J. Löw

[fs 20]

2018

 France

1 H. Lloris •  2 B. Pavard •  3 P. Kimpembe •  4 R. Varane •  5 S. Umtiti •  6 P. Pogba •  7 A. Griezmann •  8 T. Lemar •   9 O. Giroud •  10 K. Mbappé •  11 O. Dembélé •  12 C. Tolisso •  13 N. Kanté •  14 B. Matuidi •  15 S. Nzonzi •  16 S. Mandanda •  17 A. Rami •  18 N. Fekir •  19 D. Sidibé •  20 F. Thauvin •  21 L. Hernández •  22 B. Mendy •  23 A. Areola

D. Deschamps

[fs 21]

text: By player[edit]

text: A total of 445 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice.

text:
No player has won two World Cups both as captain. Italy's Giuseppe Meazza (1938), Brazil's Hilderaldo Bellini (1958), Mauro (1962) and Cafu (2002), and Argentina's Daniel Passarella (1978) lifted the trophy once as captain, but were not captain for the other tournament they won. Argentina's Diego Maradona (1986, 1990) and Brazil's Dunga (1994, 1998) captained their sides in two final matches, but only won on their first occasions, while West Germany's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1982, 1986) lost both final matches as captain.
Brazil's Pelé and Vavá are the only two players to score in two final matches for winning teams. West Germany's Paul Breitner (1974, 1982) and France's Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2006) also scored in two final matches, but only won on their first occasions.
Cafu is the only player to play in three final matches, 1994 (as a substitute), 1998 and 2002.
Luis Monti is the only player to play in two final matches for different national teams. He appeared in the 1930 final for Argentina, who lost, and the 1934 final for Italy, who won. Attilio Demaría was also in Argentina's 1930 squad and Italy's 1934 squad, but appeared in neither final.
Brazil's Mário Zagallo, having won in 1958 and 1962 as player, went on to win in 1970 as the head coach, becoming the first to win both as player and coach. West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer is the second, winning as both captain (1974) and coach (1990). Didier Deschamps is the third. He led the France team to win in 1998 as captain, and in 2018 as coach.
Germany's Miroslav Klose is the only player to have won four World Cup medals: 2002 (silver), 2006, 2010 (both bronze) and 2014 (gold).

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text:
Players who have won the World Cup

T

Player

Team

Year(s) won[n 3]

Other appearances

Profile

As player[n 4]

As coach[n 5]

3

Pelé

 Brazil

1958, 1962, 1970

1966

[fp 1]

2

Hilderaldo Bellini

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1966

[fp 2]

2

Cafu

 Brazil

1994, 2002

1998, 2006

[fp 3]

2

Castilho

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1950, 1954

[fp 4]

2

Didi

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1954

1970 PER

[fp 5]

2

Djalma Santos

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1954, 1966

[fp 6]

2

Giovanni Ferrari

 Italy

1934, 1938

1962 ITA

[fp 7]

2

Garrincha

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1966

[fp 8]

2

Gilmar

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1966

[fp 9]

2

Guido Masetti

 Italy

1934, 1938

[fp 10]

2

Mauro

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1954

[fp 11]

2

Giuseppe Meazza

 Italy

1934, 1938

[fp 12]

2

Eraldo Monzeglio

 Italy

1934, 1938

[fp 13]

2

Nílton Santos

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1950, 1954

[fp 14]

2

Daniel Passarella

 Argentina

1978, 1986

1982

1998 ARG

[fp 15]

2

Pepe

 Brazil

1958, 1962

[fp 16]

2

Ronaldo

 Brazil

1994, 2002

1998, 2006

[fp 17]

2

Vavá

 Brazil

1958, 1962

[fp 18]

2

Mário Zagallo

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1970 BRA, 1974 BRA, 1998 BRA

[fp 19]

2

Zito

 Brazil

1958, 1962

1966

[fp 20]

2

Zózimo

 Brazil

1958, 1962

[fp 21]

Ado

 Brazil

1970

[fp 22]

Raúl Albiol

 Spain

2010

2014

[fp 23]

Aldair

 Brazil

1994

1990, 1998

[fp 24]

Luigi Allemandi

 Italy

1934

[fp 25]

Sergio Almirón

 Argentina

1986

[fp 26]

Norberto Alonso

 Argentina

1978

[fp 27]

Xabi Alonso

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014

[fp 28]

José Altafini

 Brazil

1958

1962 ITA[n 6]

[fp 29]

Altair

 Brazil

1962

1966

[fp 30]

Alessandro Altobelli

 Italy

1982

1986

[fp 31]

Amarildo

 Brazil

1962

[fp 32]

Marco Amelia

 Italy

2006

[fp 33]

Ânderson Polga

 Brazil

2002

[fp 34]

José Andrade

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 35]

Michele Andreolo

 Italy

1938

[fp 36]

Peregrino Anselmo

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 37]

Giancarlo Antognoni

 Italy

1982

1978

[fp 38]

Álvaro Arbeloa

 Spain

2010

[fp 39]

Pietro Arcari

 Italy

1934

[fp 40]

Osvaldo Ardiles

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 41]

Alphonse Areola

 France

2018

[fp 42]

Jimmy Armfield

 England

1966

1962

[fp 43]

Klaus Augenthaler

 West Germany

1990

1986

[fp 44]

Raimond Aumann

 West Germany

1990

[fp 45]

Baldocchi

 Brazil

1970

[fp 46]

Héctor Baley

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 47]

Alan Ball

 England

1966

1970

[fp 48]

Enrique Ballestrero

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 49]

Gordon Banks

 England

1966

1970[n 7]

[fp 50]

Franco Baresi

 Italy

1982

1990, 1994

[fp 51]

Simone Barone

 Italy

2006

[fp 52]

Fabien Barthez

 France

1998

2002, 2006

[fp 53]

Andrea Barzagli

 Italy

2006

2014

[fp 54]

Sergio Batista

 Argentina

1986

1990

[fp 55]

Hans Bauer

 West Germany

1954

[fp 56]

Bebeto

 Brazil

1994

1990, 1998

[fp 57]

Franz Beckenbauer

 West Germany

1974

1966, 1970

1986 FRG, 1990 FRG

[fp 58]

Uwe Bein

 West Germany

1990

[fp 59]

Juliano Belletti

 Brazil

2002

[fp 60]

Giuseppe Bergomi

 Italy

1982

1986, 1990, 1998

[fp 61]

Thomas Berthold

 West Germany

1990

1986, 1994

[fp 62]

Luigi Bertolini

 Italy

1934

[fp 63]

Daniel Bertoni

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 64]

Sergio Bertoni

 Italy

1938

[fp 65]

Amedeo Biavati

 Italy

1938

[fp 66]

Ulrich Biesinger

 West Germany

1954

[fp 67]

Laurent Blanc

 France

1998

[fp 68]

Jérôme Boateng

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 69]

Ricardo Bochini

 Argentina

1986

[fp 70]

Alain Boghossian

 France

1998

2002

[fp 71]

Peter Bonetti

 England

1966

1970

[fp 72]

Rainer Bonhof

 West Germany

1974

1978

[fp 73]

Ivano Bordon

 Italy

1982

1978

[fp 74]

Felice Borel

 Italy

1934

[fp 75]

Claudio Borghi

 Argentina

1986

[fp 76]

Branco

 Brazil

1994

1986, 1990

[fp 77]

Andreas Brehme

 West Germany

1990

1986, 1994

[fp 78]

Paul Breitner

 West Germany

1974

1982

[fp 79]

Brito

 Brazil

1970

1966

[fp 80]

Julio César Britos

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 81]

José Luis Brown

 Argentina

1986

[fp 82]

Guido Buchwald

 West Germany

1990

1994

[fp 83]

Gianluigi Buffon

 Italy

2006

1998, 2002, 2010, 2014

[fp 84]

Juan Burgueño

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 85]

Jorge Burruchaga

 Argentina

1986

1990

[fp 86]

Sergio Busquets

 Spain

2010

2014, 2018

[fp 87]

Gerry Byrne

 England

1966

[fp 88]

Antonio Cabrini

 Italy

1982

1978, 1986

[fp 89]

Umberto Caligaris

 Italy

1934

[fp 90]

Ian Callaghan

 England

1966

[fp 91]

Juan Carlos Calvo

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 92]

Mauro Camoranesi

 Italy

2006

2010

[fp 93]

Vincent Candela

 France

1998

2002

[fp 94]

Fabio Cannavaro

 Italy

2006

1998, 2002, 2010

[fp 95]

Joan Capdevila

 Spain

2010

[fp 96]

Miguel Capuccini

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 97]

Carlos Alberto

 Brazil

1970

[fp 98]

Iker Casillas

 Spain

2010

2002, 2006, 2014

[fp 99]

Armando Castellazzi

 Italy

1934

[fp 100]

Héctor Castro

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 101]

Franco Causio

 Italy

1982

1974, 1978

[fp 102]

Giuseppe Cavanna

 Italy

1934

[fp 103]

Pedro Cea

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 104]

Carlo Ceresoli

 Italy

1938

[fp 105]

Lionel Charbonnier

 France

1998

[fp 106]

Bobby Charlton

 England

1966

1958, 1962, 1970

[fp 107]

Jack Charlton

 England

1966

1970

1990 IRL, 1994 IRL

[fp 108]

Bruno Chizzo

 Italy

1938

[fp 109]

Néstor Clausen

 Argentina

1986

[fp 110]

Clodoaldo

 Brazil

1970

[fp 111]

George Cohen

 England

1966

[fp 112]

Gino Colaussi

 Italy

1938

[fp 113]

Fulvio Collovati

 Italy

1982

1986

[fp 114]

Gianpiero Combi

 Italy

1934

[fp 115]

John Connelly

 England

1966

1962

[fp 116]

Bruno Conti

 Italy

1982

1986

[fp 117]

Coutinho

 Brazil

1962

[fp 118]

José Luis Cuciuffo

 Argentina

1986

[fp 119]

Bernhard Cullmann

 West Germany

1974

1978

[fp 120]

Dario

 Brazil

1970

[fp 121]

Daniele De Rossi

 Italy

2006

2010, 2014

[fp 122]

De Sordi

 Brazil

1958

[fp 123]

Alessandro Del Piero

 Italy

2006

1998, 2002

[fp 124]

Attilio Demaría

 Italy

1934

1930 ARG[n 6]

[fp 125]

Ousmane Dembélé

 France

2018

[fp 126]

Denílson

 Brazil

2002

1998

[fp 127]

Marcel Desailly

 France

1998

2002

[fp 128]

Didier Deschamps

 France

1998

2014 FRA, 2018 FRA

[fp 129]

Dida

 Brazil

1958

[fp 130]

Dida

 Brazil

2002

1998, 2006

[fp 131]

Dino Sani

 Brazil

1958

[fp 132]

Bernard Diomède

 France

1998

[fp 133]

Youri Djorkaeff

 France

1998

2002

[fp 134]

Aldo Donati

 Italy

1938

[fp 135]

Pablo Dorado

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 136]

Giuseppe Dossena

 Italy

1982

[fp 137]

Julian Draxler

 Germany

2014

2018

[fp 138]

Christophe Dugarry

 France

1998

2002

[fp 139]

Dunga

 Brazil

1994

1990, 1998

2010 BRA

[fp 140]

Erik Durm

 Germany

2014

[fp 141]

George Eastham

 England

1966

1962

[fp 142]

Horst Eckel

 West Germany

1954

1958

[fp 143]

Edílson

 Brazil

2002

[fp 144]

Edmílson

 Brazil

2002

[fp 145]

Edu

 Brazil

1970

1966, 1974

[fp 146]

Héctor Enrique

 Argentina

1986

[fp 147]

Herbert Erhardt

 West Germany

1954

1958, 1962

[fp 148]

Everaldo

 Brazil

1970

[fp 149]

Cesc Fàbregas

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014

[fp 150]

Nabil Fekir

 France

2018

[fp 151]

Félix

 Brazil

1970

[fp 152]

Lorenzo Fernández

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 153]

Attilio Ferraris

 Italy

1934

[fp 154]

Pietro Ferraris

 Italy

1938

[fp 155]

Ubaldo Fillol

 Argentina

1978

1974, 1982

[fp 156]

Heinz Flohe

 West Germany

1974

1978

[fp 157]

Ron Flowers

 England

1966

1962

[fp 158]

Alfredo Foni

 Italy

1938

1966 SUI

[fp 159]

Fontana

 Brazil

1970

[fp 160]

Américo Gallego

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 161]

Giovanni Galli

 Italy

1982

1986

[fp 162]

Luis Galván

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 163]

Rubén Galván

 Argentina

1978

[fp 164]

Schubert Gambetta

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 165]

Oscar Garré

 Argentina

1986

[fp 166]

Gennaro Gattuso

 Italy

2006

2002, 2010

[fp 167]

Mario Genta

 Italy

1938

[fp 168]

Claudio Gentile

 Italy

1982

1978

[fp 169]

Gérson

 Brazil

1970

1966

[fp 170]

Álvaro Gestido

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 171]

Alcides Ghiggia

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 172]

Alberto Gilardino

 Italy

2006

2010

[fp 173]

Gilberto Silva

 Brazil

2002

2006, 2010

[fp 174]

Gilmar Rinaldi

 Brazil

1994

[fp 175]

Matthias Ginter

 Germany

2014

2018

[fp 176]

Olivier Giroud

 France

2018

2014

[fp 177]

Ricardo Giusti

 Argentina

1986

1990

[fp 178]

Juan Carlos González

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 179]

Matías González

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 180]

Mario Götze

 Germany

2014

[fp 181]

Jürgen Grabowski

 West Germany

1974

1966, 1970

[fp 182]

Francesco Graziani

 Italy

1982

1978

[fp 183]

Jimmy Greaves

 England

1966

1962

[fp 184]

Antoine Griezmann

 France

2018

2014

[fp 185]

Kevin Großkreutz

 Germany

2014

[fp 186]

Fabio Grosso

 Italy

2006

[fp 187]

Enrique Guaita

 Italy

1934

[fp 188]

Anfilogino Guarisi

 Italy

1934

[fp 189]

Stéphane Guivarc'h

 France

1998

[fp 190]

Thomas Häßler

 West Germany

1990

1994, 1998

[fp 191]

Thierry Henry

 France

1998

2002, 2006, 2010

[fp 192]

Günter Hermann

 West Germany

1990

[fp 193]

Lucas Hernández

 France

2018

[fp 194]

Richard Herrmann

 West Germany

1954

[fp 195]

Dieter Herzog

 West Germany

1974

[fp 196]

Jupp Heynckes

 West Germany

1974

[fp 197]

Uli Hoeneß

 West Germany

1974

[fp 198]

Bernd Hölzenbein

 West Germany

1974

1978

[fp 199]

Horst-Dieter Höttges

 West Germany

1974

1966, 1970

[fp 200]

René Houseman

 Argentina

1978

1974

[fp 201]

Benedikt Höwedes

 Germany

2014

[fp 202]

Mats Hummels

 Germany

2014

2018

[fp 203]

Roger Hunt

 England

1966

1962

[fp 204]

Norman Hunter

 England

1966

1970

[fp 205]

Geoff Hurst

 England

1966

1970

[fp 206]

Vincenzo Iaquinta

 Italy

2006

2010

[fp 207]

Bodo Illgner

 West Germany

1990

1994

[fp 208]

Andrés Iniesta

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014, 2018

[fp 209]

Filippo Inzaghi

 Italy

2006

1998, 2002

[fp 210]

Santos Iriarte

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 211]

Luis Islas

 Argentina

1986

1994

[fp 212]

Jair

 Brazil

1962

[fp 213]

Jair Marinho

 Brazil

1962

[fp 214]

Jairzinho

 Brazil

1970

1966, 1974

[fp 215]

Joel

 Brazil

1958

[fp 216]

Joel Camargo

 Brazil

1970

[fp 217]

Jorginho

 Brazil

1994

1990

[fp 218]

Juninho Paulista

 Brazil

2002

[fp 219]

Júnior

 Brazil

2002

[fp 220]

Jurandir

 Brazil

1962

[fp 221]

Kaká

 Brazil

2002

2006, 2010

[fp 222]

N'Golo Kanté

 France

2018

[fp 223]

Jupp Kapellmann

 West Germany

1974

[fp 224]

Christian Karembeu

 France

1998

[fp 225]

Mario Kempes

 Argentina

1978

1974, 1982

[fp 226]

Sami Khedira

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 227]

Daniel Killer

 Argentina

1978

[fp 228]

Presnel Kimpembe

 France

2018

[fp 229]

Kléberson

 Brazil

2002

2010

[fp 230]

Wolfgang Kleff

 West Germany

1974

[fp 231]

Jürgen Klinsmann

 West Germany

1990

1994, 1998

2006 GER, 2014 USA

[fp 232]

Bernhard Klodt

 West Germany

1954

1958

[fp 233]

Miroslav Klose

 Germany

2014

2002, 2006, 2010

[fp 234]

Jürgen Kohler

 West Germany

1990

1994, 1998

[fp 235]

Werner Kohlmeyer

 West Germany

1954

[fp 236]

Andreas Köpke

 West Germany

1990

1994, 1998

[fp 237]

Christoph Kramer

 Germany

2014

[fp 238]

Helmut Kremers

 West Germany

1974

[fp 239]

Toni Kroos

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 240]

Heinz Kubsch

 West Germany

1954

[fp 241]

Heinz Kwiatkowski

 West Germany

1954

1958

[fp 242]

Ricardo La Volpe

 Argentina

1978

2006 MEX

[fp 243]

Fritz Laband

 West Germany

1954

[fp 244]

Philipp Lahm

 Germany

2014

2006, 2010

[fp 245]

Bernard Lama

 France

1998

[fp 246]

Omar Larrosa

 Argentina

1978

[fp 247]

Leão

 Brazil

1970

1974, 1978, 1986

[fp 248]

Frank Leboeuf

 France

1998

2002

[fp 249]

Thomas Lemar

 France

2018

[fp 250]

Leonardo

 Brazil

1994

1998

[fp 251]

Werner Liebrich

 West Germany

1954

[fp 252]

Pierre Littbarski

 West Germany

1990

1982, 1986

[fp 253]

Bixente Lizarazu

 France

1998

2002

[fp 254]

Fernando Llorente

 Spain

2010

[fp 255]

Hugo Lloris

 France

2018

2010, 2014

[fp 256]

Ugo Locatelli

 Italy

1938

[fp 257]

Lúcio

 Brazil

2002

2006, 2010

[fp 258]

Luizão

 Brazil

2002

[fp 259]

Leopoldo Luque

 Argentina

1978

[fp 260]

Karl Mai

 West Germany

1954

[fp 261]

Sepp Maier

 West Germany

1974

1966, 1970, 1978

[fp 262]

Steve Mandanda

 France

2018

2010

[fp 263]

Diego Maradona

 Argentina

1986

1982, 1990, 1994

2010 ARG

[fp 264]

Carlos Marchena

 Spain

2010

2006

[fp 265]

Márcio Santos

 Brazil

1994

[fp 266]

Marco Antônio

 Brazil

1970

1974

[fp 267]

Marcos

 Brazil

2002

[fp 268]

Gianpiero Marini

 Italy

1982

[fp 269]

Javi Martínez

 Spain

2010

2014

[fp 270]

William Martínez

 Uruguay

1950

1954, 1962

[fp 271]

Ernesto Mascheroni

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 272]

Roque Máspoli

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 273]

Daniele Massaro

 Italy

1982

1994

[fp 274]

Juan Mata

 Spain

2010

2014

[fp 275]

Marco Materazzi

 Italy

2006

2002

[fp 276]

Lothar Matthäus

 West Germany

1990

1982, 1986, 1994, 1998

[fp 277]

Blaise Matuidi

 France

2018

2014

[fp 278]

Mauro Silva

 Brazil

1994

[fp 279]

Mazinho

 Brazil

1994

1990

[fp 280]

Kylian Mbappé

 France

2018

[fp 281]

Paul Mebus

 West Germany

1954

[fp 282]

Ángel Melogno

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 283]

Benjamin Mendy

 France

2018

[fp 284]

Mengálvio

 Brazil

1962

[fp 285]

Per Mertesacker

 Germany

2014

2006, 2010

[fp 286]

Karl-Heinz Metzner

 West Germany

1954

[fp 287]

Óscar Míguez

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 288]

Frank Mill

 West Germany

1990

[fp 289]

Moacir

 Brazil

1958

[fp 290]

Andreas Möller

 West Germany

1990

1994, 1998

[fp 291]

Luis Monti

 Italy

1934

1930 ARG[n 6]

[fp 292]

Bobby Moore

 England

1966

1962, 1970

[fp 293]

Rubén Morán

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 294]

Max Morlock

 West Germany

1954

[fp 295]

Müller

 Brazil

1994

1986, 1990

[fp 296]

Gerd Müller

 West Germany

1974

1970

[fp 297]

Thomas Müller

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 298]

Shkodran Mustafi

 Germany

2014

[fp 299]

José Nasazzi

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 300]

Jesús Navas

 Spain

2010

[fp 301]

Alessandro Nesta

 Italy

2006

1998, 2002

[fp 302]

Günter Netzer

 West Germany

1974

[fp 303]

Manuel Neuer

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 304]

Norbert Nigbur

 West Germany

1974

[fp 305]

Steven Nzonzi

 France

2018

[fp 306]

Massimo Oddo

 Italy

2006

[fp 307]

Julio Olarticoechea

 Argentina

1986

1982, 1990

[fp 308]

Jorge Olguín

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 309]

Aldo Olivieri

 Italy

1938

[fp 310]

Renato Olmi

 Italy

1938

[fp 311]

Oreco

 Brazil

1958

[fp 312]

Gabriele Oriali

 Italy

1982

[fp 313]

Orlando

 Brazil

1958

1966

[fp 314]

Raimundo Orsi

 Italy

1934

[fp 315]

Oscar Ortiz

 Argentina

1978

[fp 316]

Washington Ortuño

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 317]

Wolfgang Overath

 West Germany

1974

1966, 1970

[fp 318]

Miguel Oviedo

 Argentina

1978

[fp 319]

Mesut Özil

 Germany

2014

2010, 2018

[fp 320]

Rubén Pagnanini

 Argentina

1978

[fp 321]

Terry Paine

 England

1966

[fp 322]

Pedro Pasculli

 Argentina

1986

[fp 323]

Pietro Pasinati

 Italy

1938

[fp 324]

Paulo Cézar Caju

 Brazil

1970

1974

[fp 325]

Paulo Sérgio

 Brazil

1994

[fp 326]

Benjamin Pavard

 France

2018

[fp 327]

Aníbal Paz

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 328]

Pedro

 Spain

2010

2014

[fp 329]

Mario Perazzolo

 Italy

1938

[fp 330]

Julio Pérez

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 331]

Simone Perrotta

 Italy

2006

[fp 332]

Angelo Peruzzi

 Italy

2006

[fp 333]

Martin Peters

 England

1966

1970

[fp 334]

Emmanuel Petit

 France

1998

2002

[fp 335]

Pedro Petrone

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 336]

Alfred Pfaff

 West Germany

1954

[fp 337]

Hans Pflügler

 West Germany

1990

[fp 338]

Rodolfo Pini

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 339]

Silvio Piola

 Italy

1938

[fp 340]

Gerard Piqué

 Spain

2010

2014, 2018

[fp 341]

Robert Pirès

 France

1998

[fp 342]

Conduelo Píriz

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 343]

Andrea Pirlo

 Italy

2006

2010, 2014

[fp 344]

Mario Pizziolo

 Italy

1934

[fp 345]

Lukas Podolski

 Germany

2014

2006, 2010

[fp 346]

Paul Pogba

 France

2018

2014

[fp 347]

Josef Posipal

 West Germany

1954

[fp 348]

Nery Pumpido

 Argentina

1986

1982, 1990

[fp 349]

Carles Puyol

 Spain

2010

2002, 2006

[fp 350]

Helmut Rahn

 West Germany

1954

1958

[fp 351]

Raí

 Brazil

1994

[fp 352]

Adil Rami

 France

2018

[fp 353]

Sergio Ramos

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014, 2018

[fp 354]

Pietro Rava

 Italy

1938

[fp 355]

Emilio Recoba

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 356]

Pepe Reina

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014, 2018

[fp 357]

Stefan Reuter

 West Germany

1990

1998

[fp 358]

Ricardinho

 Brazil

2002

2006

[fp 359]

Ricardo Rocha

 Brazil

1994

1990

[fp 360]

Karl-Heinz Riedle

 West Germany

1990

1994

[fp 361]

Luis Rijo

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 362]

Carlos Riolfo

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 363]

Rivaldo

 Brazil

2002

1998

[fp 364]

Rivellino

 Brazil

1970

1974, 1978

[fp 365]

Roberto

 Brazil

1970

[fp 366]

Roberto Carlos

 Brazil

2002

1998, 2006

[fp 367]

Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 368]

Rogério Ceni

 Brazil

2002

2006

[fp 369]

Romário

 Brazil

1994

1990

[fp 370]

Carlos Romero

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 371]

Ronaldão

 Brazil

1994

[fp 372]

Ronaldinho

 Brazil

2002

2006

[fp 373]

Roque Júnior

 Brazil

2002

[fp 374]

Virginio Rosetta

 Italy

1934

[fp 375]

Paolo Rossi

 Italy

1982

1978, 1986

[fp 376]

Oscar Ruggeri

 Argentina

1986

1990, 1994

[fp 377]

Zoilo Saldombide

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 378]

Héctor Scarone

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 379]

Hans Schäfer

 West Germany

1954

1958, 1962

[fp 380]

Juan Alberto Schiaffino

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 381]

Angelo Schiavio

 Italy

1934

[fp 382]

André Schürrle

 Germany

2014

[fp 383]

Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck

 West Germany

1974

1978

[fp 384]

Bastian Schweinsteiger

 Germany

2014

2006, 2010

[fp 385]

Gaetano Scirea

 Italy

1982

1978, 1986

[fp 386]

Franco Selvaggi

 Italy

1982

[fp 387]

Pietro Serantoni

 Italy

1938

[fp 388]

Djibril Sidibé

 France

2018

[fp 389]

David Silva

 Spain

2010

2014, 2018

[fp 390]

Ron Springett

 England

1966

1962

[fp 391]

Paul Steiner

 West Germany

1990

[fp 392]

Nobby Stiles

 England

1966

1970

[fp 393]

Cláudio Taffarel

 Brazil

1994

1990, 1998

[fp 394]

Carlos Tapia

 Argentina

1986

[fp 395]

Alberto Tarantini

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 396]

Marco Tardelli

 Italy

1982

1978, 1986

[fp 397]

Domingo Tejera

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 398]

Eusebio Tejera

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 399]

Florian Thauvin

 France

2018

[fp 400]

Olaf Thon

 West Germany

1990

1986, 1998

[fp 401]

Lilian Thuram

 France

1998

2002, 2006

[fp 402]

Corentin Tolisso

 France

2018

[fp 403]

Luca Toni

 Italy

2006

[fp 404]

Fernando Torres

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014

[fp 405]

Tostão

 Brazil

1970

1966

[fp 406]

Francesco Totti

 Italy

2006

2002

[fp 407]

David Trezeguet

 France

1998

2002, 2006

[fp 408]

Marcelo Trobbiani

 Argentina

1986

[fp 409]

Toni Turek

 West Germany

1954

[fp 410]

Samuel Umtiti

 France

2018

[fp 411]

Santos Urdinarán

 Uruguay

1930

[fp 412]

Jorge Valdano

 Argentina

1986

1982

[fp 413]

Víctor Valdés

 Spain

2010

[fp 414]

José Daniel Valencia

 Argentina

1978

1982

[fp 415]

Vampeta

 Brazil

2002

[fp 416]

Raphaël Varane

 France

2018

2014

[fp 417]

Obdulio Varela

 Uruguay

1950

1954

[fp 418]

Mario Varglien

 Italy

1934

[fp 419]

Ernesto Vidal

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 420]

Patrick Vieira

 France

1998

2002, 2006

[fp 421]

Pietro Vierchowod

 Italy

1982

1986, 1990

[fp 422]

Héctor Vilches

 Uruguay

1950

[fp 423]

David Villa

 Spain

2010

2006, 2014

[fp 424]

Ricardo Villa

 Argentina

1978

[fp 425]

Viola

 Brazil

1994

[fp 426]

Berti Vogts

 West Germany

1974

1970, 1978

1994 GER, 1998 GER

[fp 427]

Rudi Völler

 West Germany

1990

1986, 1994

2002 GER

[fp 428]

Fritz Walter

 West Germany

1954

1958

[fp 429]

Ottmar Walter

 West Germany

1954

[fp 430]

Roman Weidenfeller

 Germany

2014

[fp 431]

Wilson Piazza

 Brazil

1970

1974

[fp 432]

Ray Wilson

 England

1966

1962

[fp 433]

Herbert Wimmer

 West Germany

1974

[fp 434]

Xavi

 Spain

2010

2002, 2006, 2014

[fp 435]

Cristian Zaccardo

 Italy

2006

[fp 436]

Gianluca Zambrotta

 Italy

2006

2002, 2010

[fp 437]

Zé Maria

 Brazil

1970

1974

[fp 438]

Héctor Zelada

 Argentina

1986

[fp 439]

Zequinha

 Brazil

1962

[fp 440]

Zetti

 Brazil

1994

[fp 441]

Zinedine Zidane

 France

1998

2002, 2006

[fp 442]

Ron-Robert Zieler

 Germany

2014

[fp 443]

Zinho

 Brazil

1994

[fp 444]

Dino Zoff

 Italy

1982

1970, 1974, 1978

[fp 445]

text: By coach[edit]

text: 20 different coaches have won the World Cup, Italy's Vittorio Pozzo being the only one to win twice.

text: Four other coaches finished as winners once and runners-up once: West Germany's Helmut Schön (winner in 1974, runner-up in 1966) and Franz Beckenbauer (winner in 1990, runner-up in 1986), Argentina's Carlos Bilardo (winner in 1986, runner-up in 1990), and Brazil's Mário Zagallo (winner in 1970, runner-up in 1998).

text: Zagallo (twice), Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps also won the title as players.

text: Every edition of the tournament has been won by a coach leading the team of his own country.

text:
Coaches who have won the World Cup

T

Coach

Country

Year(s) won

Other appearances

As coach

As player[n 5]

2

Vittorio Pozzo

 Italy

1934 ITA, 1938 ITA

Enzo Bearzot

 Italy

1982 ITA

1978 ITA, 1986 ITA

Franz Beckenbauer

 West Germany

1990 FRG

1986 FRG

1966, 1970, 1974

Carlos Bilardo

 Argentina

1986 ARG

1990 ARG

Vicente del Bosque

 Spain

2010 ESP

2014 ESP

Didier Deschamps

 France

2018 FRA

2014 FRA

1998

Vicente Feola

 Brazil

1958 BRA

1966 BRA

Sepp Herberger

 West Germany

1954 FRG

1938 GER, 1958 FRG, 1962 FRG

Aimé Jacquet

 France

1998 FRA

Marcello Lippi

 Italy

2006 ITA

2010 ITA

Juan López

 Uruguay

1950 URU

1954 URU

Joachim Löw

 Germany

2014 GER

2010 GER, 2018 GER

César Luis Menotti

 Argentina

1978 ARG

1982 ARG

Aymoré Moreira

 Brazil

1962 BRA

Carlos Alberto Parreira

 Brazil

1994 BRA

1982 KUW, 1990 UAE, 1998 KSA, 2006 BRA, 2010 RSA

Alf Ramsey

 England

1966 ENG

1970 ENG

1950

Helmut Schön

 West Germany

1974 FRG

1966 FRG, 1970 FRG, 1978 FRG

Luiz Felipe Scolari

 Brazil

2002 BRA

2006 POR, 2014 BRA

Alberto Suppici

 Uruguay

1930 URU

Mário Zagallo

 Brazil

1970 BRA

1974 BRA, 1998 BRA

1958, 1962

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Germany is considered the inheritor of the records of the former  West Germany team, which won the 1954, 1974 and 1990 titles.

Jump up ^ Players in bold appeared in the tournament's final match (or, in the case of 1950, in the decisive match of the final stage), while players in italics did not play in the tournament.

Jump up ^ Years in bold indicate that the player appeared in the final match, while years in italics indicate that the player did not play in the tournament.

Jump up ^ Years in italics indicate that the player did not play in the tournament.

^ Jump up to: a b A golden background indicates that the player won the tournament.

^ Jump up to: a b c Attilio Demaría and Luis Monti were in the title-winning Italian squad in 1934 and also in the Argentinian one in 1930, while José Altafini was in the title-winning Brazilian squad in 1958 and also in the Italian one in 1962. They are among the few players to have represented different nations in the World Cup.

Jump up ^ FIFA's website indicates that Banks also was part of the 1962 English squad, while another source states that he was not part of the squad, having been omitted from it after initially being meant to be a stay-at-home reserve.[1]

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