Year | Events |
1899 | Foundation day of FC Barcelona. The club from Spain have won 26 domestic championship titles. Also they where winners of UEFA Champions League in 2005/06, 2008/09, 2010/11 and 2014/15; European Cup in 1991/92; UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1978/79, 1981/82, 1988/89 and 1996/97. |
1909 | Birthday of Đorđe Vujadinović, who played for Yugoslavia national team in period 1929-1940 (44 caps and 18 goals). Date of his death: October 5, 1990. |
1917 | HPS Helsinki were established on this day. They were winners of Finland football championship 10 times. |
1925 | Former Austria footballer Ernst Happel was born today. He made his debut for national team in 1947 and earned 51 caps, scoring 5 goals. He was also a national team manager. Died on November 14, 1992, aged 66 years. |
1930 | International footballer Jean Vincent was born 93 years ago. He played 46 matches for France national team and scored 22 goals. Date of his death: August 13, 2013. |
1932 | Tonny van der Linden, former Netherlands national football team player (24 caps and 17 goals), born this day. Died on June 23, 2017, aged 84 years. |
1950 | Former Sweden national team player August Ekroth died on this day aged 58. He earned 18 caps and scored 11 goals in total. Born on February 26, 1892. |
1968 | 55 years ago, the Wales football player Andy Melville is born. He appeared for 65 matches in total and scored 3 international goals for Wales. |
1969 | Birthday of Tomas Brolin, who played for Sweden national team in period 1990-1995 (47 caps and 26 goals). Netherlands footballer Pierre van Hooijdonk is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1994 and earned 46 caps, scoring 14 goals. |
1970 | International footballer Mark Pembridge is born 53 years ago. He played 54 matches for Wales national team and scored 6 goals. |
1973 | Ryan Giggs, Wales national football team player (64 caps and 12 goals), born this day. He was also a national team manager. |
1978 | 45 years ago, the Ukraine football player Andriy Vorobey is born. He appeared for 68 matches in total and scored 9 international goals for Ukraine. |
1986 | Jānis Lidmanis died at the age of 76. He appeared in 55 international football gamesand scored 2 goals for Latvia team. Date of his birth: January 18, 1910. |
2007 | Stadium:mk (Denbigh Stadium) was opened in Milton Keynes. The venue hosted 1 football match of European national teams. |