| Year | Events |
| 1897 | Birthday of the international referee Ernest Fabris from Yugoslavia, who refereed 13 football games of European national teams The referee died on December 5, 1958. |
| 1926 | The 1st ever international game of the Irish Free State national team was held in Turin vs Italy. |
| 1935 | International footballer Lajos Tichy was born 89 years ago. He played 72 matches for Hungary national team and scored 51 goals. Date of his death: January 6, 1999. |
| 1943 | International football referee Luigi Agnolin from Italy was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (20 games in total). Passed away on September 29, 2018. |
| 1948 | Birthday of the Wales football referee Keith Cooper, who was an official at 7 international games of European association football teams. |
| 1949 | BSG Chemie Leipzig were established on this day. The club from East Germany had won 2 domestic championship titles. |
| 1956 | Per Kaufeldt died at the age of 53. He appeared in 33 international football gamesand scored 23 goals for Sweden team. Born on August 1, 1902. |
| 1961 | Lothar Matthäus, Germany national football team player (150 caps and 23 goals), born this day. He was also a national team manager. |
| 1963 | 61 years ago, the former Netherlands football player Ronald Koeman is born. He appeared for 78 matches in total and scored 14 international goals for Netherlands. He was also a national team manager. |
| 1969 | Birthday of Viktor Alonen, who played for Estonia national team in period 1992-2001 (71 caps). Germany referee Michael Weiner is born 55 years ago. He is known to have officiated 15 international matches of European teams during the period from 2003 to 2012. |
| 1987 | San Marino footballer Mirko Palazzi is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2005 and earned 73 caps, scoring 1 goal. |
| 1988 | International footballer Marc García is born 36 years ago. He played 59 matches for Andorra national team. Birthday of the international referee Donatas Rumšas from Lithuania, who refereed 10 football games of European national teams |
| 1989 | Jordi Alba, Spain national football team player (91 caps and 9 goals), born this day. |
| 1991 | 33 years ago, the France football player Antoine Griezmann is born. He appeared for 119 matches in total and scored 43 international goals for France. |
| 2011 | Ladislav Novák passed away at the age of 79. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in period from 1952 to 1966 (75 caps and 1 goal). He was also known as a national team manager. Date of his birth: December 5, 1931. |
