2023 FOOTBALL RECORDS
Picture : Cristiano Ronaldo set 4 new records in 2023 !
The records beaten in 2023
In this publication, we have collected the notable records set by players, coaches and teams in 2023. They are listed in chronological order according to the date they were established.
In the column “Zone”, W means a World record; E, SA, NA – a record within a continent (Europe, South America, North America).
The old record holders (the last column) are not mentioned if a record was shared by more than two holders before.
CL means Champions League for Europe and Copa Libertadores for South America, ICC (ECC) – International (European) Club Competitions.
The “Number” column indicates the status of a record at the end of 2023.
If a record was broken several times during the year, its last owner at the moment is indicated, and the last one at the end of 2022 in the column “Ex-record holders”.
Cristiano Ronaldo set 4 new records, including 2 most outstanding of all included in the list: NT Player with Most Games and Best National Leagues' Scorer.
Besides him, multiple records have been assigned by Ildefons Lima, Lamine Yamal, Gift Orban and Pepe.
| THE RECORDS | BEATEN IN 2023 | ||||
| New record holder | Date | Zone | Category | Number | Ex-record holders |
| Karim Benzema | 21/02/2023 | E | CL Scorer with Longest Span | 17-127 | Ryan Giggs |
| Gift Orban | 15/03/2023 | E | ECC Fastest Hat-trick | 03:25 | Mark Burchill |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 23/03/2023 | E | Euro Scorer in Most Editions (Q+F) | 6 | Jari Litmanen, Robbie Keane |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 23/03/2023 | W | NT Player with Most Games | 205 | Bader Al-Mutawa |
| Fábio | 19/04/2023 | SA | CL Most Clean-Sheets | 45 | Éver Almeida |
| Ildefons Lima | 16/06/2023 | W | NT Player with Longest Span | 26-082 | Billy Meredith |
| Ildefons Lima | 16/06/2023 | E | Euro Player in Most Editions (Q+F) | 7 | |
| Ildefons Lima | 16/06/2023 | E | Euro Oldest Player (Q+F) | 43-276 | Lee Casciaro |
| Jesús Ferreira | 02/07/2023 | NA | Gold Cup Most Hat-Tricks | 2 | |
| Costa Rica - Martinique 6-4 | 06/07/2023 | NA | Gold Cup Most Prolific Game | 10 | |
| Guilhermo Ochoa | 16/07/2023 | NA | Gold Cup Most Titles | 5 | Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 30/08/2023 | W | Best National Leagues' Scorer | 528 | Ferenc Puskás |
| Lamine Yamal | 08/09/2023 | E | Euro Youngest Scorer (Q+F) | 16-057 | Gareth Bale |
| Lamine Yamal | 04/10/2023 | E | CL Youngest Starter | 16-083 | Célestine Babayaro |
| Lionel Messi | 18/10/2023 | SA | Best Scorer in WC Qualifying | 31 | Luis Suárez |
| Pepe | 25/10/2023 | E | CL Oldest Outfielder | 40-290 | Alessandro Costacurta |
| Pepe | 07/11/2023 | E | EC&CL Oldest Scorer | 40-290 | Willy Olsen |
| Gift Orban | 09/11/2023 | E | ICC Most Hat-Tricks Annual | 3 | |
| Fábio | 02/05/2023 | SA | CL Most Wins | 57 | Rogério Ceni |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 16/11/2023 | E | Euro Qualifying Most Wins | 32 | Sergio Ramos |
| Carlo Ancelotti | 08/11/2023 | E | EC&CL Coach with Most Wins | 118 | Alex Ferguson |
| Romelu Lukaku | 19/11/2023 | E | Best Scorer in Euro Qual Edition | 14 | David Healy, Robert Lewandowski |
| France - Gibraltar 14-0 | 18/11/2023 | E | Largest Win in Euro Qualifying | 14 | San Marino - Germany 0-13 |
| Ivory Coast - Seychelles 9-0 | 17/11/2023 | Af | Largest Win in Zonal WC Qualifying | 9 | |
| Crvena Zvezda | 09/12/2023 | W | Longest Home Unbeaten League Run | 122 | Real Madrid |
| Sergio Ramos | 12/12/2023 | E | CL Highest Scoring Defender | 17 | Roberto Carlos, Gerard Piqué |