Year | Events |
1900 | 123 years ago today, 1 FC Nürnberg were formed. They were winners of West Germany football championship 9 times. |
1904 | Foundation day of FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04. The club from West Germany have won 7 domestic championship titles. Also they where winner of UEFA Cup in 1996/97. |
1943 | Birthday of Georgi Asparukhov, who played for Bulgaria national team in period 1962-1970 (49 caps and 18 goals). Died on June 30, 1971, aged 28 years. |
1950 | Former Romania footballer Anghel Iordănescu is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1971 and earned 57 caps, scoring 21 goals. He was also a national team manager. |
1984 | Germany referee Daniel Siebert is born 39 years ago. He is known to have officiated 19 international matches of European teams during the period from 2015 to 2023. |
1987 | International footballer Cesc Fàbregas is born 36 years ago. He played 110 matches for Spain national team and scored 15 goals. |
1991 | Nicolas Hasler, Liechtenstein national football team player (93 caps and 5 goals), born this day. |
1993 | 30 years ago, the Ukraine football player Ruslan Malinovskyi is born. He appeared for 52 matches in total and scored 7 international goals for Ukraine. |
2005 | Ignace van Swieten passed away aged 62. He was a well-known international football referee from Netherlands. Date of his birth: January 5, 1943. |
2013 | Jacques Stockman passed away at the age of 74. He played for Belgium national team in period from 1958 to 1967 (32 caps and 13 goals). Date of his birth: October 8, 1938. |
2016 | Former Portugal football referee Paulo Paraty died this day at the age of 53. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on December 17, 1962. |