Year | Events |
1892 | Birthday of the Sweden football referee Artur Björklund, who was an official at 6 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on April 24, 1974. |
1899 | K Beerschot VAC Antwerpen were established on this day. The club from Belgium had won 7 domestic championship titles. |
1950 | Stadion Nieuw Monnikenhuize was opened in Arnhem. The venue hosted 2 football matches of European national teams. |
1954 | England referee David Elleray is born 69 years ago. He is known to have officiated 16 international matches of European teams during the period from 1993 to 1999. |
1955 | International football venue Estadio Ramón de Carranza was inaugurated in Cádiz. Since opening, 5 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
1970 | 53 years ago, the England football player Gareth Southgate is born. He appeared for 57 matches in total and scored 2 international goals for England. He was also a national team manager. |
1977 | Birthday of Olof Mellberg, who played for Sweden national team in period 2000-2012 (117 caps and 8 goals). |
1983 | József Takács died at the age of 79. He appeared in 32 international football gamesand scored 26 goals for Hungary team. Born on June 30, 1904. |
1984 | Luxembourg footballer Mario Mutsch is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2005 and earned 102 caps, scoring 4 goals. |
1988 | International footballer Jérôme Boateng is born 35 years ago. He played 76 matches for Germany national team and scored 1 goal. |
1989 | Gaetano Scirea passed away at the age of 36. He played for Italy national team in period from 1975 to 1986 (78 caps and 2 goals). Date of his birth: May 25, 1953. |
1991 | Thomas Delaney, Denmark national football team player (72 caps and 7 goals), born this day. |
1994 | Former England national team player Billy Wright died on this day aged 70. He earned 105 caps and scored 3 goals in total. Born on February 6, 1924. |
2005 | The 800th ever game of the Hungary national football team was held in Budapest vs Malta. |
2010 | José Augusto Torres died at the age of 71. He appeared in 33 international football gamesand scored 14 goals for Portugal team. He was also known as a national team manager. Date of his birth: September 8, 1938. The match Netherlands vs San Marino in Serravalle was the 700th ever international match of Netherlands. Scotland national team played their 700th international match in Kaunas against Lithuania. |
2020 | The 700th ever game of the Russia national football team was held in Moscow vs Serbia. The match Faroe Islands vs Malta in Tórshavn was the 200th ever international match of Faroe Islands. |
2021 | T.S.C. Arena was opened in Bačka Topola. The venue hosted 1 football match of European national teams. |