Year | Events |
1920 | International football referee Gyula Gere from Hungary was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (9 games in total). Passed away on October 25, 1993. |
1938 | Birthday of the Soviet Union football referee Anatoliy Milchenko, who was an official at 7 international games of European association football teams. |
1951 | International footballer Costică Ştefănescu was born 71 years ago. He played 64 matches for Romania national team. Died on August 20, 2013, aged 62 years. |
1952 | Sweden national team played their 300th international match in Paris against France. |
1960 | Sándor Sallai, former Hungary national football team player (55 caps and 1 goal), born this day. |
1967 | 55 years ago, the Austria football player Peter Schöttel is born. He appeared for 63 matches in total for Austria. |
1976 | Birthday of Óscar Sonejee, who played for Andorra national team in period 1997-2015 (106 caps and 4 goals). |
1977 | International football venue Estadio Príncipe Felipe was inaugurated in Cáceres. Since opening, 1 game of European national football teams was played on the stadium. |
1989 | Denmark footballer Simon Kjær is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2009 and earned 119 caps, scoring 5 goals. |
1995 | Kenneth Dagnall passed away aged 74. He was a well-known international football referee from England. Date of his birth: January 30, 1921. |
2000 | Former Scotland football referee John Gordon died this day at the age of 70. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on February 10, 1930. |
2005 | The 100th ever game of the Georgia national football team was held in Tbilisi vs Greece. |
2008 | The match Germany vs Switzerland in Basel was the 800th ever international match of Germany. |
2011 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica was opened in San José. The venue hosted 1 football match of European national teams. |
2016 | Albania national team played their 300th international match in Vienna against Austria. |