The first recorded women's soccer game took place on March 23, 1895.
The current World Cup trophy will be retired in 2038 when there is no more room for the champion's name.
Bora Milutinovic is the only man to coach five World Cups with five different teams: Mexico, Costa Rica, United States, Nigeria and China.
Just Fontaine scored 13 goals for France in the 1958 World Cup, the most for an individual in a single tournament.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.