Year | Events |
1926 | Birthday of the Spain football referee José María Ortiz de Mendíbil, who was an official at 8 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on September 15, 2015. |
1956 | Central Stadium Pakhtakor was opened in Tashkent. The venue hosted 7 football matches of European national teams. |
1965 | International footballer Gunnar Halle is born 57 years ago. He played 64 matches for Norway national team and scored 5 goals. |
1978 | Estonia referee Hannes Kaasik is born 44 years ago. He is known to have officiated 10 international matches of European teams during the period from 2002 to 2013. |
1988 | Stefano Bensi, Luxembourg national football team player (55 caps and 5 goals), born this day. |
1992 | 30 years ago, the Faroe Islands football player Gilli Rólantsson is born. He appeared for 61 matches in total and scored 1 international goal for Faroe Islands. |
2006 | International football venue Şəhər Stadionu was inaugurated in Lankaran. Since opening, 1 game of European national football teams was played on the stadium. |
2010 | Stadion Stožice was opened in Ljubljana. The venue hosted 42 football matches of European national teams. |
2014 | Former Yugoslavia national team player Vladimir Beara died on this day aged 85. He earned 59 caps in total. Born on August 26, 1928. |
2015 | Harald Nielsen died at the age of 73. He appeared in 14 international football gamesand scored 15 goals for Denmark team. Date of his birth: October 26, 1941. |
2022 | József Tóth passed away at the age of 70. He played for Hungary national team in period from 1974 to 1983 (56 caps and 1 goal). Born on December 2, 1951. |