Year | Events |
1894 | 129 years ago today, First Vienna FC Wien were formed. They were winners of Austria football championship 2 times. |
1914 | International football referee Gérard Versyp from Belgium was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (12 games in total). Passed away on August 28, 1982. |
1920 | International football venue Jules Ottenstadion was inaugurated in Gentbrugge . Since opening, 4 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
1936 | Birthday of the Rep. of Ireland football referee John Carpenter, who was an official at 6 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on May 30, 2021. Kurt Wabbel Stadion was opened in Halle. The venue hosted 5 football matches of European national teams. |
1941 | East Germany referee Klaus Scheurell was born 82 years ago. He is known to have officiated 10 international matches of European teams during the period from 1978 to 1984. Passed away on August 12, 2016. |
1960 | Birthday of the international referee Alan Howells from Wales, who refereed 5 football games of European national teams |
1964 | International football venue Estadio Luis Tróccoli was inaugurated in Montevideo. Since opening, 2 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
1965 | Ólafur Þórðarson, former Iceland national football team player (72 caps and 5 goals), born this day. |
1968 | 55 years ago, the Russia football player Aleksandr Mostovoy is born. He appeared for 65 matches in total and scored 13 international goals for Russia. |
1977 | Birthday of Heiðar Helguson, who played for Iceland national team in period 1999-2011 (55 caps and 12 goals). |
1987 | Arne Brustad passed away at the age of 75. He played for Norway national team in period from 1935 to 1946 (33 caps and 17 goals). Date of his birth: April 14, 1912. |
1988 | Russia footballer Artyom Dzyuba is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2011 and earned 55 caps, scoring 30 goals. |
1991 | Former Austria and Germany national teams player Wilhelm Hahnemann died on this day aged 77. He earned 46 caps and scored 20 goals in total. Born on April 19, 1914. |
1993 | International footballer Zach Muscat is born 30 years ago. He played 57 matches for Malta national team and scored 3 goals. |
2010 | Stjepan Bobek died at the age of 86. He appeared in 63 international football gamesand scored 38 goals for Yugoslavia team. Date of his birth: December 3, 1923. |