The 2026 World Cup final will also put several historical records at stake for Lionel Scaloni and Luis de la Fuente. Both coaches will seek to win the most important title of their careers at MetLife Stadium.
Scaloni has already made history by becoming the fifth coach to coach two consecutive World Cup finals with the same team. Now you will have the opportunity to join an even more exclusive group.
If Argentina defeats Spain, the coach will equal the Italian Vittorio Pozzo as the only two-time world champion coach. Furthermore, he would be the first Argentine and the first South American to achieve that feat.
The Argentine coach could also close a perfect World Cup with eight wins in eight games, an unprecedented record favored by the new 48-team format, which added one more round to the tournament.
Scaloni’s records if Argentina wins
- Second two-time world champion coach equaling Vittorio Pozzo
- First South American coach to win two World Cups
- First Argentine coach to win two world titles
- First coach to complete a World Cup with eight victories
- Fifth title with Argentina in six official competitions
- Only coach with two Copa América and two World Cups
De la Fuente’s records if Spain wins
- Oldest champion coach in World Cup history at 65 years and 28 days, surpassing Vicente del Bosque
- Third coach to win the European Championship and the World Cup after Helmut Schön and Vicente del Bosque
- First to win the Nations League, the Euro Cup and the World Cup
- Second world champion coach with Spain maintaining the perfect effectiveness of Spanish coaches in finals
- First to win the World Cup with Spain after having directed its youth categories
