| Year | Events |
| 1878 | Netherlands referee Herbert Willing was born 145 years ago. He is known to have officiated 15 international matches of European teams during the period from 1906 to 1914. Passed away on September 15, 1943. |
| 1912 | International footballer Georg Siimenson was born 111 years ago. He played 42 matches for Estonia national team and scored 14 goals. Died on January 12, 1984, aged 71 years. |
| 1920 | 103 years ago today, KF Tirana were formed. They were winners of Albania football championship 26 times. |
| 1929 | Helmut Rahn, former West Germany national football team player (40 caps and 21 goals), born this day. Date of his death: August 14, 2003. |
| 1957 | 66 years ago, the former Norway football player Terje Kojedal is born. He appeared for 66 matches in total and scored 1 international goal for Norway. |
| 1968 | Birthday of Slaviša Jokanović, who played for Yugoslavia national team in period 1991-2002 (64 caps and 10 goals). Birthday of the international referee Stanislav Sukhina from Russia, who refereed 6 football games of European national teams |
| 1975 | Finland footballer Jonatan Johansson is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1996 and earned 105 caps, scoring 22 goals. International footballer Imants Bleidelis is born 48 years ago. He played 106 matches for Latvia national team and scored 10 goals. |
| 1977 | International football referee Pavel Královec from Czech Republic is born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (35 games in total). |
| 1980 | Birthday of the Malta football referee Alan Sant, who was an official at 7 international games of European association football teams. |
| 1984 | Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonia national football team player (150 caps and 26 goals), born this day. |
| 1985 | Géza Toldi passed away at the age of 76. He played for Hungary national team in period from 1929 to 1940 (46 caps and 25 goals). He was also known as a national team manager. Date of his birth: February 11, 1909. |
| 1987 | International football venue Joe Robbie Stadium was inaugurated in Miami Gardens. Since opening, 8 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
| 1989 | 34 years ago, the France football player Moussa Sissoko is born. He appeared for 71 matches in total and scored 2 international goals for France. |
| 2006 | The match Belarus vs Andorra in Minsk was the 100th ever international match of Belarus. |
