FIFA names coach Mai Duc Chung in the list of new records at the 2023 World Cup

According to the FIFA homepage, coach Mai Duc Chung of the Vietnamese women's team will become the oldest coach in World Cup history.

FIFA điểm tên HLV Mai Đức Chung trong danh sách các kỷ lục mới ở World Cup 2023

Coach Mai Duc Chung will set the record for the oldest coach at the World Cup (both male and female).

73: Vietnam women's coach Mai Duc Chung, who turned 73 last month, will become the oldest coach in World Cup history (both men's and women's). He will break the previous record for oldest coach held by Otto Rehhagel, who was 71 years and 317 days old when he led Greece against Lionel Messi and Argentina in South Africa 2010.

40: According to FIFA statistics, there has never been a match between players in their 40s at the World Cup. But that will be different when Nigerian midfielder Onome Ebi and Canadian striker Christine Sinclair - both 40 - face off in Melbourne, Australia at the 2023 World Cup.

22: The 22 years and 65 days age gap between Brazilian teammates Formiga and Meg when they played together at Sweden 1995 - the largest age gap between teammates in Women's World Cup history.

But this record will be broken by not one but two duos from two teams at the 2023 World Cup. That is the gap of 22 years and 86 days between Argentina's Lara Esponda and Vanina Correa, and 22 years and 256 days between South Korea's Casey Phair and Kim Jungmi.

19: Lionel Messi is the men's player with the record 19 appearances as captain at the World Cup, while China's Sun Wen holds the record with 16 appearances as captain. But Christine Sinclair has made 15 appearances as Canada's captain at the World Cup and stands a chance of breaking Sun Wen's record, and even Messi's, if Canada go deep in this year's tournament.

Christine Sinclair is set to break the record for the most captaincy-wearing women's team. (Source: FIFA)

16: Casey Phair, who will be 16 years and 26 days old when South Korea begin their campaign against Colombia, will become the youngest player in World Cup history if she features in either of the hosts' opening two games.

The record currently belongs to Ifeanyi Chiejine, who was 16 years and 34 days old when she played for Nigeria against North Korea in 1999. If Phair, a striker, scores at any point at the 2023 World Cup, she will surpass Elena Danilova, who scored for Russia at 16 years and 107 days in 2003, and become the youngest ever World Cup scorer.

15: Norway scored in 15 consecutive Women's World Cup games between 1991 and 1999. That record could be broken as England and the USA have scored in their last 13 and 12 games respectively.

13: This is a record number of goals scored in a match. The US women's team defeated Thailand 13-0 in 2019. This is also the biggest win in the history of the tournament.

12: Pele is the only player to win the World Cup 12 years apart. Saki Kumagai, who scored the winning penalty in Germany's 2011 final shootout, could rival the 'King of Football' for that record at Stadium Australia.

11: Germany midfielder Bettina Wiegmann has scored 11 goals at the tournament - a record for a non-striker. That record is expected to be broken by American winger Megan Rapinoe, who has nine goals, at the 2023 World Cup.

10: Ten players will start their 2023 Women's World Cup campaign in Australia and New Zealand as champions: Saki Kumagai (Japan 2011), Julie Ertz, Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher, Kelley O'Hara, Megan Rapinoe (USA 2015 and 2019), and Crystal Dunn, Lindsey Horan, Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett (USA 2019).

6: Marta, Cristiano Ronaldo and Christine Sinclair are the only players to have scored at five World Cups. The Brazilian and Canadian will have the chance to surpass Ronaldo as the first player to score in six World Cups.

3: The great Pele is the only player to win three World Cups. Now Julie Ertz, Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher, Kelley O'Hara and Megan Rapinoe (all champions at Canada 2015 and France 2019) will compete with the "King of Soccer" if the United States wins. Morgan and Rapinoe could also become the first players to appear in four World Cup finals.

2: No player has scored multiple hat-tricks at the Women's World Cup. Ramona Bachmann, Cristiana Girelli, Fabienne Humm, Sam Kerr and Alex Morgan will all go into Australia & New Zealand 2023 with two hat-tricks each.

2: Lionel Messi is the only player to have won the Ballon d'Or twice at the World Cup finals. Marta and Megan Rapinoe, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2007 and 2019 respectively, will be able to replicate Messi's feat if they shine at this year's tournament.

0: No foreign coach has won any of the 30 men's or women's World Cups. Tony Gustavsson, Bev Priestman, Pia Sundhage and Sarina Wiegman, who will take charge of Australia, Canada, Brazil and England respectively, appear to have the best chance of rewriting that part of history.

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