2015 FIFA Women's World Cup statistics explained

The following article outlines the statistics for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, which took place in Canada from 6 June to 5 July.

Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Goalscorers

Assists

Scoring

Overall

Overall

Timing

• First goal of the tournament: Christine Sinclair (penalty) for Canada against China
• First brace of the tournament: Isabell Herlovsen for Norway against Thailand
• First hat-trick of the tournament: Célia Šašić for Germany against Ivory Coast
• Latest goal in a match: 108 minutes
  Fara Williams (penalty) for England against Germany

Teams

• Most goals scored by a team: 20
  Germany
• Fewest goals scored by a team: 1
  Ecuador
• Best goal difference: +14
  Germany
• Worst goal difference: -16
  Ecuador
• Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 11
  Switzerland 10–1 Ecuador
• Most goals scored in a match by one team: 10
  Germany against Ivory Coast, Switzerland against Ecuador
• Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2
  Ivory Coast against Thailand, Japan against United States
• Biggest margin of victory: 10 goals
  Germany 10–0 Ivory Coast
• Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 5
  United States
• Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
  Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand
• Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
  China, Ecuador, Germany, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand
• Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0
  Japan, Norway
• Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 5
  United States
• Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
  Germany, New Zealand, Nigeria

Individual

• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3
  Ramona Bachmann for Switzerland against Ecuador, Gaëlle Enganamouit for Cameroon against Ecuador, Fabienne Humm for Switzerland against Ecuador, Carli Lloyd for United States against Japan, Anja Mittag for Germany against Ivory Coast, Célia Šašić for Germany against Ivory Coast
• Oldest goal scorer: 37 years, 3 months and 6 days
  Formiga for Brazil against South Korea
• Youngest goal scorer: 18 years, 8 months and 3 days
  Melissa Herrera for Costa Rica against South Korea

Match awards

Player of the Match

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent
1				4
2				3
3				2
			Mexico (GS), South Korea (R16)
			Sweden (GS), Brazil (R16)
			Ivory Coast (GS), Sweden (R16)

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Team	Opponent
1				5
2				3
			South Korea (GS), Spain (GS), Costa Rica (GS)
			China PR (GS), New Zealand (GS), Switzerland (R16)
5				2
			Netherlands (GS), Cameroon (R16)
			Nigeria (GS), Brazil (R16)

Discipline

• Total number of yellow cards: 110
• Average number of yellow cards per match: 2.12
• Total number of red cards: 3
• Average number of red cards per match: 0.06
• First yellow card of the tournament: Desiree Scott – Canada against China PR
• First red card of the tournament: Ligia Moreira – Ecuador against Cameroon
• Fastest dismissal from kick off: 47 minutes – Catalina Pérez – Colombia against United States
• Latest dismissal in a match: 69 minutes – Sarah Nnodim – Nigeria against United States
• Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 31 minutes – Sarah Nnodim – Nigeria against United States
• Most yellow cards (team): 9 – Colombia
• Most red cards (team): 1 – Colombia, Ecuador, Nigeria
• Fewest yellow cards (team): 0 – Australia, Costa Rica
• Most yellow cards (player): 2 – Hwang Bo-Ram, Fatou Coulibaly, Sarah Nnodim, Josephine Chukwunonye,
• Most red cards (player): 1 – Ligia Moreira, Sarah Nnodim, Catalina Pérez
• Most red cards (match): 1 – Cameroon vs Ecuador, Nigeria vs United States, United States vs Colombia

Multiple World Cups

Scoring at three or more World Cups

Name	2003		2007		2011		2015
	Goals	Against	Goals	Against	Goals	Against	Goals	Against
	4	GHA (2), NOR, BRA	1	EQG	2	USA, SWE	7
	1	BRA	1	NGA	1	CIV	3
	3	KOR, NOR, SWE	7	NZL (2), CHN (2), AUS, USA (2)	4	NOR (2), USA (2)	1	KOR	15
	0		2	ENG (2)	2	NZL, USA	2	SUI, ENG	6
	1	ARG	1	NZL	2	ECU, USA	4
	3	GER, JPN, USA	3	GHA (2), AUS	1	GER	2	CHN, ENG	9
	3	NGA, PRK, NOR	6	PRK, SWE (2), ENG, NOR (2)	4	SWE, BRA, FRA, JPN	1	NGA	14
	1	ARG	1	MEX	3	COL, JPN, GER	5

Appearing in four or more World Cups

Name	1995		1999		2003		2007		2011		2015
		Against		Against		Against		Against		Against		Against
	1	NOR	2	ENG, ARG	6	NZL, MEX, ENG, GER, SWE, USA	1	SUI	10
	1	GHA	4	GHA, NOR, CAN, BRA	3	BRA, NOR, SWE	1	USA	9
	6	SWE, NGA, PRK, NOR, GER, CAN	5	PRK, SWE, NGA, ENG, BRA	5	PRK, SWE, BRA, FRA, JPN	1	NGA	17
	4	KOR, NOR, FRA, SWE	6	NZL, CHN, DEN, AUS, USA, GER	4	AUS, NOR, EQG, USA	3	KOR, ESP, AUS	17
	3	PRK, USA, SWE	2	SWE, PRK	3	FRA, GER, CAN	3	SWE, AUS, USA	11
	2	JPN, GER	6	MEX, ITA, GER, NGA, USA, NOR	3	KOR, NOR, SWE	6	NZL, CHN, DEN, AUS, USA, GER	4	AUS, NOR, EQG, USA	3	KOR, ESP, AUS	24
	5	CAN, JPN, SWE, CHN, BRA	4	FRA, BRA, KOR, USA	6	CAN, AUS, GHA, CHN, GER, USA	4	THA, GER, IVC, ENG	19
	4	KOR, NOR, FRA, SWE	6	NZL, CHN, DEN, AUS, USA, GER	4	AUS, NOR, EQG, USA	3	KOR, ESP, AUS	17
	1	CAN	3	ENG, ARG, GER	6	NZL, MEX, ENG, GER, SWE, USA	7	SUI, CMR, ECU, NED, AUS, ENG, USA	17
	3	PRK, USA, SWE	3	SWE, PRK, USA	3	FRA, GER, CAN	1	AUS	10
	1	PRK	4	SWE, PRK, NOR, CAN	6	PRK, SWE, NGA, ENG, BRA, NOR	6	PRK, COL, SWE, BRA, FRA, JPN	2	NGA, JPN	19
	4	FRA, BRA, KOR, USA	4	CAN, AUS, CHN, GER	3	EQG, BRA, AUS	2	THA, ENG	13
	3	SWE, BRA, GER	3	CAN, RUS, NOR	3	ARG, GER, CAN	3	ENG, ARG, GER	6	NZL, MEX, ENG, GER, SWE, USA	6	SUI, CMR, ECU, NED, AUS, USA	24
	6	GER, ARG, JPN, CHN, SWE, USA	3	NOR, GHA, AUS	3	GER, FRA, NGA	5	CHN, NZL, NED, SUI, ENG	17
	5	USA, NGA, BRA, CAN, GER	3	NGA, USA, PRK	6	COL, PRK, USA, AUS, JPN, FRA	4	NGA, USA, AUS, GER	18
	6	SWE, NGA, PRK, NOR, GER, CAN	6	PRK, SWE, NGA, ENG, BRA, NOR	6	PRK, COL, SWE, BRA, FRA, JPN	7	AUS, SWE, NGA, COL, CHN, GER, JPN	25
	6	GER, ARG, JPN, CHN, SWE, USA	3	NOR, GHA, AUS	3	GER, FRA, NGA	3	NED, SUI, ENG	15

Overall results

Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

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