Coaching
- Most matches coached
- 25, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
- Most matches won
- 16, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978).
- Most championships
- 2, Vittorio Pozzo ( Italy, 1934–1938).
- Most tournaments
- 6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990–1998, 2006, 2010).
- Most nations coached
- 5, Bora Milutinović ( Mexico, 1986; Costa Rica, 1990; United States, 1994; Nigeria, 1998; China PR, 2002).
- Most consecutive tournaments with same team
- 4, Walter Winterbottom ( England, 1950–1962); Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978) (note that Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments, (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned).
- Most consecutive wins
- 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 wins; Portugal, 2006, 4 wins – Portugal "won" its next match, the quarterfinal against England, by penalty kicks, which technically counts as a draw).
- Most consecutive matches without a loss
- 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 matches; Portugal, 2006, 5 matches).
- Youngest coach
- 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola ( Argentina, 1930)
- Oldest coach
- 71 years and 317 days, Otto Rehhagel ( Greece, 2010)
- Quickest substitution made
- 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta ( Italy, vs Austria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch for Michael Owen ( England, vs Sweden, 2006).
- Most championship wins as player and head coach
- 3, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)
- Most final appearances as player and head coach
- 5, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970, 1974 & 1998 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1966–1974 as player, 1986 & 1990 as coach); Berti Vogts, West Germany (1970–1978 as player, 1994 & 1998 as coach)
- Won tournaments as both player and head coach
- Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as player, 1990 as coach)
- Won tournaments as both captain and head coach
- Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as captain, 1990 as coach)
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