Year | Events |
1889 | Birthday of Anthon Olsen, who played for Denmark national team in period 1912-1927 (16 caps and 14 goals). Died on March 17, 1972, aged 82 years. |
1899 | International football referee Arthur Barton from England was born on this day. He refereed matches of European national football teams (6 games in total). Passed away on August 24, 1976. |
1909 | Foundation day of B 1909 Odense. They were winners of Denmark football championship 2 times. |
1929 | Birthday of the Switzerland football referee Anton Bucheli, who was an official at 14 international games of European association football teams. The referee died on June 8, 2020. |
1954 | Former Luxembourg footballer Gilbert Dresch is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1975 and earned 64 caps, scoring 1 goal. |
1956 | International footballer Ray Wilkins was born 67 years ago. He played 84 matches for England national team and scored 3 goals. Died on April 4, 2018, aged 61 years. |
1967 | Alon Hazan, Israel national football team player (72 caps and 5 goals), born this day. He was also a national team manager. |
1979 | 44 years ago, the Croatia football player Ivica Olić is born. He appeared for 104 matches in total and scored 20 international goals for Croatia. |
1982 | Johan Alho passed away aged 75. He was a well-known international football referee from Finland. Date of his birth: February 9, 1907. |
1986 | Birthday of Steven Naismith, who played for Scotland national team in period 2007-2019 (51 caps and 10 goals). |
1996 | International football venue Bank of America Stadium was inaugurated in Charlotte. Since opening, 1 game of European national football teams was played on the stadium. |
1997 | FedExField was opened in Landover. The venue hosted 1 football match of European national teams. |
2008 | International football venue Dnipro-Arena was inaugurated in Dnipropetrovsk . Since opening, 4 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium. |
2012 | Bakcell Arena (8-ci km stadionu) was opened in Baku. The venue hosted 14 football matches of European national teams. |