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This day in European football history - November 17

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What happened on November 17
YearEvents
1891
Foundation day of Karlsruher FV. The club from Germany have won 1 domestic championship title.
1910
Birthday of the international referee Leo Helge from Denmark, who refereed 11 football games of European national teams
1928
International football referee Francesco Francescon from Italy is born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (7 games in total).
1942
Mimis Papaioannou, former Greece national football team player (61 caps and 21 goals), born this day. Date of his death: March 15, 2023.
1950
Birthday of the France football referee Joël Quiniou, who was an official at 25 international games of European association football teams.
1956
Former England football referee Harry Kingscott died this day at the age of 66. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on March 2, 1890.
1963
Cyprus referee Panayiotis Gerasimou is born 60 years ago. He is known to have officiated 5 international matches of European teams during the period from 2002 to 2008.
Peco Bauwens passed away aged 76. He was a well-known international football referee from West Germany. He also played for national team. Date of his birth: December 24, 1886.
1964
59 years ago, the former Poland football player Krzysztof Warzycha is born. He appeared for 50 matches in total and scored 9 international goals for Poland.
1971
Birthday of Tərlan Əhmədov, who played for Azerbaijan national team in period 1992-2005 (75 caps).
1973
Germany footballer Bernd Schneider is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1999 and earned 81 caps, scoring 4 goals.
1976
International footballer Ervin Skela is born 47 years ago. He played 75 matches for Albania national team and scored 13 goals.
1981
Birthday of the international referee Alexander Harkam from Austria, who refereed 10 football games of European national teams
1986
Nani, Portugal national football team player (112 caps and 24 goals), born this day.
1993
Germany national team played their 600th international match in Cologne against Brazil.
2004
The 500th ever game of the Spain national football team was held in Madrid vs England.
2006
Former Hungary and Spain national teams player Ferenc Puskás died on this day aged 79. He earned 89 caps and scored 84 goals in total. He was also known as a national team manager. Born on April 1, 1927.
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