In the spirit of the world cup, Im gonna try and list every player who ever scored in a world cup opening game.

1930- France-Mexico and USA-Belgium simultaneous games.
first ever world cup goalscorer- Lucien Lauren -France 1- Mexico 0

Marcel Langiller- France 2- Mexico 0

Andre Maschinot- France 3- Mexico 0 and France 4- Mexico 1

Juan Carreno (Mexico) - France 3- Mexico 1

I will continue off of this opening page. Because of character limits.

USA AND BELGIUM

Barth Mcghee- USA 1- Belgium 0.

Tom Florie - USA 2- Belgium 0.

Bert Patenaude- USA 3- Belgium 0

1934 WORLD CUP ITALY

IM GOING TO SKIP IT!

in Italia 34, the tournament started immediately at knockout, and every match started at the same time.
instead i will list the earliest scorer of Italia 34.

Ernesto Belis (Argentina) - Scored the opening goal in a 3-2 loss to Sweden. Scored the very first goal of the tournament.

SAME STORY FOR SWITZERLAND 38!

Earliest scorer- Emile Veniante- Scored the first goal of the 1938 world cup for France. (in minute 1)

BRAZIL 1950-

Brazil vs Mexico

Ademir Marques - Brazil 1 - Mexico 0. And Brazil 2- Mexico 0.

Jair- Brazil 3- Mexico 0.

Baltazar- Brazil 4- Mexico 0.

Switzerland 1954-
Brazil vs Mexico (again)
and Yugoslavia vs France simultaneous matches

Brazil vs Mexico
Baltazar- Brazil 1- Mexico 0.

Didi- Brazil 2- Mexico 0.

Pinga- 3 and 4-0 for Brazil.

Julinho- Brazil 5- Mexico 0.

Yugolslavia vs France-
Milos Milutinovic- Yugoslavia 1- France 0.

SWEDEN 1958-

West Germany vs Argentina and Northern Ireland vs Czechoslovakia.

West Germany vs Argentina

Omar Oreste Corbatta - West Germany 0- Argentina 1

Helmut Rahn- 1-1 and 3-1 for West Germany

Uwe Seeler-
2-1 for West Germany.

Northern Ireland vs Czechoslovakia
Gilbur Cush-
Northern Ireland 1- Czechoslovakia 0.

CHILE 1962

Uruguay vs Colombia

Francisco Zuluaga- Uruguay 0- Colombia 1.

Luis Cubilla- Uruguay 1- Colombia 1.

Jose Sasia- Uruguay 2- Colombia 1.

1966- England

Opening match between England and Uruguay was scoreless.

Mexico 1970-
Opening match between Mexico and the Soviet Union was scoreless.

West Germany 1974-
Opening match between Brazil and Yugoslavia was scoreless.

Argentina 1978-
Opening match between West Germany and Poland was scoreless.

Spain 1982-
Argentina vs Belgium- Erwin Vandenbergh

Argentina 0- Belgium 1.

Mexico 1986-

Bulgaria vs Italy
Allesandro Altobelli- Bulgaria 0- Italy 1.

Nasko Sirakov- Bulgaria 1- Italy 1.

Italia 90-

Argentina vs Cameroon-

Francois Omam Biyk-
Argentina 0- Cameroon 1

USA 94

Germany vs Bolivia

Jurgen Klinsmann- Germany 1- Bolivia 0.

France 1998-

Brazil vs Scotland.

Cesar Sampaio
Brazil 1- Scotland 0.

John Collins - Brazil 1- Scotland 1.

Tom Boyd (Scotland) own goal. Brazil 2- Scotland 1.

KOREA/JAPAN 2002

France vs Senegal-

Papa Boupa Diop- France 0- Senegal 1.

GERMANY 2006-

Germany vs Costa Rica-

Philipp Lahm- Germany 1- Costa Rica 0.

Paolo Wanchope - Germany 1- Costa Rica 1 and Germany 3- Costa Rica 2.

Miroslav Klose- 2-1 and 3-1 for Germany.

Torsten Frings- Germany 4- Costa Rica 2.