| Year | Events |
| 1896 | International football referee George Reader from England was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (16 games in total). Passed away on July 13, 1978. |
| 1906 | Jørgen Juve, former Norway national football team player (45 caps and 33 goals), born this day. Died on April 12, 1983, aged 76 years. |
| 1913 | Birthday of the Soviet Union football referee Nikolay Latyshev, who was an official at 25 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on February 18, 1999. |
| 1950 | The 1st ever international game of the Saar national team was held in Saarbrücken vs Switzerland*. |
| 1956 | 66 years ago, the former Portugal football player Fernando Gomes was born. He appeared for 48 matches in total and scored 13 international goals for Portugal. Date of his death: November 26, 2022. |
| 1958 | Birthday of Matthias Liebers, who played for East Germany national team in period 1980-1988 (59 caps and 3 goals). |
| 1959 | Malta referee Lorry Sammut is born 63 years ago. He is known to have officiated 9 international matches of European teams during the period from 1994 to 2004. |
| 1971 | Israel footballer Alon Mizrahi is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1992 and earned 37 caps, scoring 17 goals. International footballer Allan Mørkøre is born 51 years ago. He played 54 matches for Faroe Islands national team and scored 1 goal. Birthday of the international referee Stefan Johannesson from Sweden, who refereed 16 football games of European national teams |
| 1976 | Torsten Frings, Germany national football team player (79 caps and 10 goals), born this day. |
| 1987 | 35 years ago, the Belgium football player Marouane Fellaini is born. He appeared for 87 matches in total and scored 18 international goals for Belgium. |
| 1989 | Birthday of Gabriel Torje, who played for Romania national team in period 2010-2017 (57 caps and 12 goals). |
| 1992 | International football venue Estadio Municipal Bahía Sur was inaugurated in San Fernando. Since opening, 4 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
| 2021 | Lusail Iconic Stadium was opened in Al Daayen. The venue hosted 6 football matches of European national teams. |
