The (Joshua C. Fjelstul) is a comprehensive, open-source dataset on GitHub containing every match, player, goal, card, and substitution from every FIFA World Cup (men’s) from 1930 to 2022.
Dramatic? Yes. But the database was colder than that. No mention of Mario Götze’s 113th-minute chest trap, no Messi walking past the trophy. Just integers.
Still not enough.
The top result was — the "Game of the Century."
Minute 120+ — Extra time, knockout stage. Row 4,103: minute = 120+2 , player_name = "Francesco Totti" , penalty = TRUE , tournament = 2006 . Italy vs Australia. Dramatic? The database said yes, silently. worldcup database jfjelstul csv
She started filtering.
Then she found it.
She smiled, closed the laptop, and whispered: "Most dramatic match? All of them. Every row." If you'd like a of the actual worldcup.csv schema (tables: matches, goals, cards, players, tournaments), or a code example in R/Python for analyzing it, let me know.