This day in European football history - October 10

129 years ago today, Karlsruher FV were formed. They were winner of Germany football championship 1 time.

International football referee Gotfrīds Krūmiņš from Latvia was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (5 games in total).

Foundation day of HŠK Concordia Zagreb. They were winners of Croatia and Yugoslavia football championship 3 times.

Mieczysław Balcer scored the 50th goal of Poland in international football match in Fredrikstad against Norway.

Birthday of the Turkey football referee Talat Tokat, who was an official at 5 international games of European association football teams.

The 150th goal of Poland national team was scored by Leonard Piątek in international match vs Yugoslavia.

Former Bulgaria footballer Petar Zhekov is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1963 and earned 44 caps, scoring 25 goals.

Willy Schmieger passed away aged 63. He was a well-known international football referee from Austria. He also played for national team. Date of his birth: April 24, 1887.

William Kanerva passed away at the age of 53. He played for Finland national team in period from 1922 to 1938 (50 caps and 13 goals). Date of his birth: November 26, 1902.

International footballer Michael Klein was born 61 years ago. He played 89 matches for Romania national team and scored 5 goals. Date of his death: February 2, 1993.

Guy Hellers, former Luxembourg national football team player (55 caps and 2 goals), born this day. He was also a national team manager.

54 years ago, the England football player Tony Adams is born. He appeared for 66 matches in total and scored 5 international goals for England.

Bulgaria referee Anton Genov is born 54 years ago. He is known to have officiated 11 international matches of European teams during the period from 2001 to 2011.

Birthday of Jacek Zieliński, who played for Poland national team in period 1995-2003 (60 caps and 1 goal).

Greece footballer Marinos Ouzounidis is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1992 and earned 50 caps, scoring 4 goals.

Birthday of the international referee Laurent Duhamel from France, who refereed 22 football games of European national teams

International footballer Elvir Bolić is born 49 years ago. He played 51 matches for Bosnia & Herzegovina national team and scored 22 goals.

Eberhard Vogel scored the 200th goal of East Germany in international football match in Rotterdam against Netherlands.

Levan Tskitishvili, Georgia national football team player (58 caps and 1 goal), born this day.

International football venue Giants Stadium was inaugurated in East Rutherford. Since opening, 20 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium.

42 years ago, the Malta football player George Mallia is born. He appeared for 64 matches in total and scored 5 international goals for Malta.

Birthday of Márcio Vieira, who played for Andorra national team in period 2005-2020 (100 caps).

Azerbaijan footballer Ruslan Abışov is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2009 and earned 56 caps, scoring 4 goals.

International footballer Xherdan Shaqiri is born 29 years ago. He played 86 matches for Switzerland national team and scored 22 goals.

The 1000th goal of Switzerland national team was scored by Philippe Senderos in international match vs Luxembourg.

Suita City Football Stadium was opened in Suita. The venue hosted 2 football matches of European national teams.

The match Kazakhstan vs Cyprus in Nur-Sultan was the 200th ever international match of Kazakhstan.

Florent Hasani scored the 50th goal of Kosovo in international football match in Pristina against Gibraltar.