Year | Events |
1890 | Birthday of the international referee Sam Thompson from Northern Ireland, who refereed 8 football games of European national teams The referee died on April 28, 1992. |
1911 | The 1st ever international game of the Luxembourg national team was held in Luxembourg City vs France. The first international goal of Luxembourg was scored by Albert Elter in football match vs France. |
1917 | Birthday of Henry Karlsson, who played for Sweden national team in period 1941-1949 (26 caps and 17 goals). Date of his death: May 28, 1999. |
1926 | Foundation day of GÍ Gøta. The club from Faroe Islands had won 6 domestic championship titles. |
1945 | International football referee Emilio Soriano from Spain is born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (16 games in total). |
1960 | Birthday of the Bulgaria football referee Ivan Dobrinov, who was an official at 5 international games of European association football teams. |
1962 | Former Norway national team player Einar Gundersen died on this day aged 66. He earned 33 caps and scored 26 goals in total. He was also known as a national team manager. Born on September 20, 1896. |
1967 | Stadionul Central was opened in Craiova. The venue hosted 7 football matches of European national teams. |
1970 | Netherlands footballer Phillip Cocu is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1996 and earned 101 caps, scoring 10 goals. International footballer Edwin van der Sar is born 54 years ago. He played 130 matches for Netherlands national team. |
1973 | Robert Pirès, France national football team player (79 caps and 14 goals), born this day. |
1976 | 48 years ago, the Northern Ireland football player Stephen Craigan is born. He appeared for 54 matches in total for Northern Ireland. |
1979 | Birthday of Igor Duljaj, who played for Serbia national team in period 2000-2007 (52 caps and 2 goals). Don Givens scored the 250th goal of Rep. of Ireland in international football match in Dublin against United States. |
1981 | Ukraine footballer Ruslan Rotan is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2003 and earned 100 caps, scoring 8 goals. He was also a national team manager. |
1985 | Netherlands referee Serdar Gözübüyük is born 39 years ago. He is known to have officiated 18 international matches of European teams during the period from 2013 to 2023. |
1988 | International footballer Andy King is born 36 years ago. He played 50 matches for Wales national team and scored 2 goals. |
2011 | International football venue Arena Lviv was inaugurated in Lviv. Since opening, 17 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
2014 | Klas Ingesson died at the age of 46. He appeared in 57 international football gamesand scored 13 goals for Sweden team. Date of his birth: August 20, 1968. |
2020 | Slaven Zambata passed away at the age of 80. He played for Yugoslavia national team in period from 1962 to 1968 (31 caps and 21 goals). Born on September 24, 1940. |