| Year | Events |
| 1905 | Foundation day of ESV Admira Energie Wien. The club from Austria have won 7 domestic championship titles. |
| 1909 | Birthday of the international referee Helge Andersen from Denmark, who refereed 7 football games of European national teams The referee died on October 25, 1966. |
| 1917 | The 100th goal of Denmark national team was scored by Vilhelm Wolfhagen in international match vs Norway. |
| 1920 | International football referee Martin Macko from Czechoslovakia was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (6 games in total). Passed away on June 18, 1977. |
| 1923 | Estadio El Madrigal was opened in Villareal . The venue hosted 3 football matches of European national teams. |
| 1929 | Tomislav Crnković, former Yugoslavia national football team player (51 caps), born this day. Date of his death: January 17, 2009. |
| 1933 | Birthday of the Italy football referee Gianfranco Menegali, who was an official at 6 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on November 1, 2016. |
| 1944 | 80 years ago, the former Finland football player Matti Paatelainen is born. He appeared for 47 matches in total and scored 11 international goals for Finland. |
| 1959 | International football venue Laugardalsvöllur was inaugurated in Reykjavík. Since opening, 212 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
| 1966 | Switzerland referee Markus Nobs is born 58 years ago. He is known to have officiated 5 international matches of European teams during the period from 2001 to 2006. |
| 1972 | Birthday of Adoram Keisi, who played for Israel national team in period 1994-2006 (55 caps and 4 goals). |
| 1975 | Albania footballer Altin Haxhi is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1995 and earned 67 caps, scoring 3 goals. |
| 1984 | West Germany national team played their 500th international match in Lens against Romania. |
| 1990 | International footballer Alan Dzagoev is born 34 years ago. He played 59 matches for Russia national team and scored 9 goals. Jordan Henderson, England national football team player (81 caps and 3 goals), born this day. |
| 1995 | 29 years ago, the Hungary football player Ádám Nagy is born. He appeared for 79 matches in total and scored 2 international goals for Hungary. |
| 2002 | Former West Germany national team player Fritz Walter died on this day aged 81. He earned 61 caps and scored 33 goals in total. Born on October 31, 1920. |
| 2010 | The 500th ever game of the Greece national football team was held in Bloemfontein vs Nigeria. |
