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This page indexes the individual year inassociation football pages. Each year is annotated with one or more significant events as a reference point.
Order imposed onfolk football.Public schools start devising versions of football.The Foot Ball Club of Edinburgh was founded as the first club to play any type of organized football.
The Cambridge Rules are created in 1848. Officialreferees appear for the first time in a football match at a match held inCheltenham in 1849.
Sheffield F.C., the oldest surviving independent football club in the world, is founded in 1857. In 1858 it created its first set of rules, which would become known as theSheffield Rules.
British railway builders introduce football to Argentina.The Football Association is founded in 1863 (the first football association in the world), and it ratifies the original 14 rules of the game. In 1860, the first non-British team in Europe,Lausanne Football and Cricket Club of Switzerland, is formed. In 1862,Notts County F.C. is founded. In 1865Buenos Aires FC was formed by British residents. In 1866, the Football Association introduces a 'cross tape' between goalposts as a precedent to the 'crossbar'. The first ever football tournament, theYoudan Cup, is played by twelve Sheffield clubs in 1867; theCromwell Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, takes place in 1868 with Sheffield Rules. Goal kicks are introduced in 1869 and Scottish club Kilmarnock F.C founded.
First "goalkeepers", and the transition from "dribbling game" to "passing game" is seen in club matches in Sheffield and London. Thefirst international match arranged by the Football Association betweenEngland andScotland on 5 March 1870 finishes in a 0–0 draw at theKennington Oval in London.Combination Game developed byRoyal Engineers AFC.
Charles William Alcock creates theFootball Association Challenge Cup, the oldest cup tournament still extant.
Scotland andEngland draw 0–0 in thefirst FIFA-recognized international football match, played at theWest of Scotland Cricket Club.Wanderers beatRoyal Engineers in the first FA Cup final. Kick corner and ball fixture is introduced by The Football Association. The first Welsh football club,Wrexham A.F.C., is founded. Football introduced in France by English sailors, andLe Havre is founded.Rangers F.C. is founded in Scotland.
TheScottish Football Association is founded. Theoffside law is changed so that an offside position is determined when the ball is played by a teammate, rather than when it is received. The corner kick is defined.
The FA authorizes referees to send players off for certain offences and makes a rule requiring teams to change ends at halftime. The first shin pads are introduced.Aston Villa F.C. andBolton Wanderers F.C are founded.
The crossbar is introduced, replacing tape as the means of marking the top of thegoal.Oxford University tour Germany and a number of German universities take up the game (one of first countries to play under FA rules outside of Britain).Blackburn Rovers F.C. is founded.
Carlton Cricket Club (Canada) form football section and subsequently tours Britain.Middlesbrough F.C. were founded.
The length of a match is set at 90 minutes.Wolverhampton Wanderers were founded.
Referees begin to use whistles.West Bromwich Albion,Manchester United (as Newton Heath L&YR F.C.) andEverton (as St. Domingo's FC) are founded.[1] The first football match to be staged under electric floodlighting takes place atBramall Lane, Sheffield, between two local representative teams.
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub introduces itself as the first sports club incontinental Europe.Sunderland A.F.C. andDoncaster Rovers F.C. are founded.
Irish Football Association founded. Clubs charge for admission. Players paid lost wages and expenses (players still part-time).Manchester City are founded as St. Marks.
Queens Park Rangers FC,Tottenham Hotspur F.C., andBurnley F.C. are founded. The first club inUruguay formed by an English professor atMontevideo University; another club later formed by British railway engineers. Two-handedthrow-in introduced.
Coventry City FC is founded.
Played for the first time theBritish Home Championship, the oldest tournament for national teams: theScotland national team emerges as winner.Derby County are founded along withLeicester City, who are founded as Leicester Fosse.
The Football Association legalises professionalism. The first non-European international was contested on 28 November 1885, atNewark, New Jersey, between theUnited States andCanada, the Canadians winning 1–0.Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0 in theScottish Cup, a record which stands to this day.
The FAs of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland form theInternational Football Association Board. The referee and the captain player for each team are introduced.Arsenal F.C. is founded.
The first football team in South America is founded,Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, Argentina. British introduce football to Russia.Hamburger SV is founded.Hibernian F.C. wins theFootball World Championship againstPreston North End, 2–1 inEdinburgh.
The Football League, the world's first national football league competition, is founded in England byAston Villa directorWilliam McGregor.Celtic F.C. is founded.Renton F.C. wins theFootball World Championship againstWest Bromwich Albion, 4–1 in Glasgow.
TheRoyal Dutch Football Association and theDanish Football Association are founded. The Danish association is the first non-British European football association. TheFootball Alliance is formed as a rival toThe Football League. The first football association not admitted to FIFA is formed: theCornwall County Football Association.Rosario Central, andMohun Bagan, the oldest football club inIndia, is founded.RC Recreativo de Huelva, the first club in Spain, is founded.
The IFA Premiership (Irish League) is formed (NIFL Premiership). TheScottish Football League is formed.Goal nets used for the first time.
Thepenalty kick is introduced. Liverpool engineerJohn Alexander Brodie invents the football net.[2][3] Assistant referees are first introduced as linesmen. The first Oceanian football association is formed: theNew Zealand Soccer Association. The first ever championship outside of Britain takes place in Argentina: AAF Championship.C.A. Peñarol is founded.
The Football League introduces a second division.Liverpool F.C. andNewcastle United F.C. are founded. The first Asian football association is formed: theFootball Association of Singapore. Argentina is the first country outside of Britain to have a national championship.
Argentine Football Association is founded, the first South American football association.Genoa Cricket and Football Club, the first Italian club football team, andF.C. Porto are founded.
Referee in complete control of game.
Floriana FC of Malta is founded.
TheFederación de Fútbol de Chile, theBelgian Football Association and theGibraltar Football Association are founded.Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is founded.Sunderland A.F.C. wins theFootball World Championship againstHeart of Midlothian F.C., 5–3 in Edinburgh.
Italy's first national championship is organised by the Italian Federation of Gymnastics. Football played at the firstSummer Olympics in Athens asdemonstration sport. The match length is set to 90 minutes.
The Football League introduces automatic promotion and relegation between its two divisions.Juventus FC is founded asSport Club Juventus.
TheItalian Football Federation is formed.CR Vasco da Gama,Standard Liège andPortsmouth FC are founded.CS Constantine of Algeria is founded.
FC Barcelona,Club Nacional de Football, Ferencvárosi TC andA.C. Milan are founded. The number of a football team is defined to be 11 players.
Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol andGerman Football Association were founded.FC Bayern Munich,AFC Ajax,RCD Espanyol,Borussia Mönchengladbach andS.S. Lazio (asSocietà Podistica Lazio) are founded. The first clubs dedicated to football still active in Brazil,Sport Club Rio Grande andAssociação Atlética Ponte Preta are founded. TheMalta Football Association is founded.[4]
Czechoslovak Football Association andHungarian Football Federation are founded. The match betweenTottenham Hotspur F.C. andHeart of Midlothian F.C. for theFootball World Championship finishes 0–0, in London. Hibernian win Scottish Cup on 23 April.Club Atlético River Plate is founded in Argentina,C.F. Pachuca is founded,Alianza Lima is founded in Peru.
The first international match between South American national teams is played betweenUruguay 0–6Argentina, andthe first international match between non-British European national teams:Austria 5–0Hungary. 26 people die and over 500 are injured when a section of the terracing collapses after a Scotland-England British Home Championship match atIbrox Park. Five Spanish clubs compete for the1902 Copa de la Coronación, which was unofficially the firstCopa del Rey. The first Brazilian football league,Campeonato Paulista, is won bySão Paulo Athletic Club. The first North American football association (geographically South American but affiliated toCONCACAF) is formed: theGuyana Football Federation. The penalty area is defined.Real Madrid,Olimpia Asunción andFluminense Football Club are founded.Heart of Midlothian F.C. won theFootball World Championship againstTottenham Hotspur F.C., 3–1 in Edinburgh.
Beşiktaş J.K.,Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense,Racing Club de Avellaneda andAtlético Madrid are founded.
FIFA is founded in Paris on 21 May. The first football association geographically in North America is formed: theFédération Haïtienne de Football.Swedish Football Association is founded.S.L. Benfica,Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas andArgentinos Juniors are founded.Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) formed.
TheMuratti Vase, the oldest tournament for FAs not admitted to FIFA, played for the first time, won byGuernsey.Galatasaray,Chelsea F.C.,Club Atlético Boca Juniors,Estudiantes de La Plata,Club Atlético Independiente andSport Club do Recife are founded.
England joins FIFA.Club Deportivo Guadalajara andSporting Clube de Portugal is founded.
Fenerbahçe S.K.,Al-Ahly andBradford Park Avenue A.F.C. are founded.
For the first time, officially, a football tournament is played at theSummer Olympics in London, which was won byGreat Britain.FC Internazionale,San Lorenzo de Almagro,Clube Atlético Mineiro,Feyenoord andPanathinaikos F.C. are founded. Organized in Italy theTorneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, the first international football tournament for clubs, but not officially.
R.S.C. Anderlecht,Sport Club Internacional andBorussia Dortmund are founded. The first official national football tournament was organized in 1909 by the recently founded Romanian Football Federation, then called the Association of Athletic Societies in Romania. Played for the first time in Italy theSir Thomas Lipton Trophy, considered the first official international football tournament for clubs.
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield,Sport Club Corinthians Paulista,MKE Ankaragücü andFC St. Pauli are founded. TheCopa Centenario Revolución de Mayo 1910, played in and won by Argentina, is the first South American competition with more than two national teams, and is considered unofficially the first Copa América.
FK Austria Vienna,El Zamalek andAnorthosis Famagusta are founded.
Goalkeepers banned from handling the ball outside their own penalty area.Santos FC andKarşıyaka S.K. are founded.
Opposing players forced to stand at least ten yards away from a free kick.Royal Spanish Football Federation andUnited States Soccer Federation are founded.
The oldest surviving club trophy soccer competition in the Americas,Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, is founded in theUnited States as National Challenge Cup and the Brooklyn Field Club (1898–1924) are crowned champions.Glentoran from Belfast wins first ever European competition, theVienna Cup.Brazilian Football Confederation is founded.Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras,Levski Sofia andAltay S.K. are founded.
CONMEBOL is founded.Uruguay wins the firstCopa América, held inArgentina.Club América is founded.
LDU Quito are founded under the name Club Universitario.
Congolese Association Football Federation, the first African football association,French Football Federation andPolish Football Association are founded.Leeds United,Liga Deportiva Alajuelense,Valencia CF,Dacia Unirea Braila,U.S. Salernitana,Espérance Sportive de Tunis are founded.
For the first time an African national team plays an international match, which is also the first intercontinental national team match betweenItaly andEgypt, which ends 2–1, at theSummer Olympics in Belgium.
Egyptian Football Association is founded.Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is founded. The IFA Premiership (Irish League) is now the national league of Northern Ireland, following partition.
Bolton Wanderers defeatWest Ham United in the first EnglishFA Cup final played atWembley Stadium, remembered as theWhite Horse Final.Rapid București,Gençlerbirliği S.K. andTurkish Football Federation are founded.
Players allowed toscore directly from a corner kick. For the first time a South American national team and a European national team play each other:Uruguay-Yugoslavia 7–0, at theSummer Olympics in France. Uruguay wins the gold medal. For the first time an Oceanian national team plays an international match:Australia-Canada 3–2.Chinese Football Association is founded. Following their Italian league victory in 1923–24,Genoa C.F.C. becomes the first team ever to add ascudetto patch to their shirt.
Theoffside rule is changed: a player is now onside if a minimum of two (instead of three) opposing players are between him and the goal line.Étoile Sportive du Sahel,Colo-Colo andOlympiacos F.C. are founded.
Huddersfield Town become the first team to win the Football League in three consecutive seasons.ACF FiorentinaPAOK andAPOEL FC are founded.
AC Sparta Prague wins the inauguralMitropa Cup, the first international major European cup for clubs, the predecessor to theChampions League.Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación is founded.FC Dynamo Kyiv andCruz Azul are founded. First League match broadcast on radio.
La Liga is formed. Uruguay wins the gold medal for the second time in a row.
Lega Calcio Serie A is formed. Goalkeepers have to stand still on their lines for penalty kicks.
Thirteen teams enter thefirst World Cup, held inUruguay. The hosts beatArgentina 4–2 in the final. Contested between the top national teams of continental Europe,Dr. Gerö Cup' first edition is won byItaly.São Paulo is founded.
Football is excluded from the1932 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles due to the low popularity of the sport in the United States at the time.Bologna becomes the first Italian club to win a major international competition following theirMitropa Cup conquest.
HostsItaly become thesecond World Cup winners and the first European team to do so, beatingCzechoslovakia 2–1 in the final. For the first time a qualification stage occurs and an Asian national team plays an international match:Egypt-Palestine 7–1. Egypt becomes the first African team to compete.
Deportivo Saprissa is founded.
Juventus becomes the first team inItalian football history to win 5national titles in a row.
Italy wins gold at the Olympics in Berlin and joins Uruguay to become Olympic and World champion.
The largest football crowd was recorded, 149,415 people turned up atHampden Park,Glasgow, to seeScotland playEngland[5]
In the1938 World Cup held in France, Italy beatsHungary 4–2 in the final and becomes the first team to successfully defend the title and the first to win on foreign soil.Vittorio Pozzo becomes the first coach and only at present to guide his team to two World Cup victories. PolishErnest Willimowski becomes the first player to score four goals in a World Cup game duringPoland's 6–5 loss against Brazil. Following theAnschluss with Germany, Austria withdraws and some Austrian players joins the German squad. Argentina and Uruguay boycott the tournament as it is held in Europe for the second successive time. First live TV transmission ofFA Cup Final.
Shirt numbering is made compulsory.
CCCF Championship Is organized for the first time byCCCF, won and hosted by Costa Rica.
Red Star Belgrade is founded.
TheBurnden Park Disaster kills 33Bolton Wanderers fans. ThePFC is formed.JS Kabylie is founded.
NAFC Championship is organized for the first time byNorth American Football Confederation inCuba, and won byMexico.Atlético Nacional andFC Steaua București are founded.
CSKA Sofia andDinamo București are founded.
FC Barcelona win the inauguralLatin Cup, one of the forerunners of theEuropean Cup. TheSuperga air disaster kills 31 people, including 18Grande Torino players, the backbone of theItaly national football team.Raja Casablanca is founded.
Uruguay win the1950 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, when they beatthe hosts 2–1 in the final group match of the tournament, also known as theMaracanazo, the highest attendance at any sporting match at 200,000.[6] Earlier in the same tournament, one of the biggest upsets in football history occurs, when theUnited States shockEngland1–0.
Use of white ball permitted.Copa Rio, the first world tournament for clubs, is played for the first time in Brazil, and won bySociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.
Hungary's revolutionary tactics help theGolden Team to win the football at the1952 Summer Olympics. ThePanamerican Championship is played for the first time in Chile, won byBrazil.
England lose a home match for the first time,6–3 toHungary.
UEFA is founded inBasel, Switzerland,Asian Football Confederation is formed.West Germany win the1954 FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland (it was the first World Cup with a sponsor), coming back from 0–2 to win the final game 3–2 against Hungary, a match known asThe Miracle of Bern.Pumas UNAM is founded.
FirstEuropean Cup starts. TheInter-Cities Fairs Cup, considered the precursor of theUEFA Cup, is played for the first time and won by Barcelona.
Real Madrid beatStade de Reims-Champagne 4–3 in the firstEuropean Cup final. FirstRAI TV's transmission of football matchSerie A happens in Italy in a match betweenFiorentina andNapoli. The firstAsian Cup is played in Hong Kong, won byKorea Republic.Saudi Arabia Football Federation is founded. Floodlighting used for first time at League match (Portsmouth). TheBallon d'Or is assigned for the first time toStanley Matthews.
CAF is founded; only three teams enter the firstAfrican Cup of Nations in Sudan, won byEgypt.Al-Hilal is founded.
Pelé andGarrincha star asBrazil win their firstWorld Cup in Sweden, beatingthe hosts 5–2 in the final. 23 people, including eightManchester United players, are killed in theMunich air disaster.Just Fontaine becomes the first and to this day only player to score 13 goals in a single World Cup.Juventus becomes the first team in history to adopt agolden star above their crest to represent their tenthSerie A title, a national record then.[7]
The first season of theBrazilian National Championship takes place and is won byEsporte Clube Bahia.Once Caldas is founded.
The firstEuropean Championship is played in France, won byUSSR. TheCopa Libertadores is played for the first time and won byC.A. Peñarol, and theIntercontinental Cup is played for the first time, won by Real Madrid. FirstEuropean Cup Winners' Cup.
CONCACAF is founded with the fusion of CCCF and NAFC.Benfica become the second team to win the European Cup, beatingFC Barcelona 3–2 in the final.ACF Fiorentina wins the first edition ofUEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and becomes the first Italian team to win an UEFA competition.Football Federation Australia is founded.
Brazil retain the1962 World Cup, beatingCzechoslovakia 3–1 in the final. TheCONCACAF Champions League is organized for the first time, and won byClub Deportivo Guadalajara. FIFA reaches 100 members.
The West German national leagueBundesliga is formed.Lev Yashin becomes the first goalkeeper to winEuropean Footballer of the Year. The firstCONCACAF Championship is played in El Salvador, won by Costa Rica.Tottenham Hotspur become the first British club to win a European football competition,European Cup Winner's Cup beatingAtlético Madrid 5–1 in the final.
Internazionale wins the European Cup for the first time joining city rivals AC Milan as European champions.Milano becomes the first city and only at present to have won the Champions League with two different clubs.CAF Champions League organized for the first time and won byOryx Douala.
FC Twente is founded.
England win the1966 World Cup as hosts, beatingWest Germany 4–2 in the final asGeoff Hurst becomes the first player to score ahat-trick in the final. TheOFC is founded.
Celtic become the first British club to win theEuropean Cup, beatingInternazionale 2–1 in the final.Flórián Albert became the first Hungarian player who win the European Golden Boot. TheAFC Champions League is played for the first time, won byHapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
Manchester United win theEuropean Cup ten years after theMunich air disaster killed eight of their players.Eusébio wins the inauguralGolden Boot award as the continent's top club scorer.
2000 people die whenEl Salvador andHonduras declarewar on each other following aWorld Cup qualifying match.
Brazil becomes the first national side to win a thirdWorld Cup in Mexico, the first ever held outside Europe and South America, beatingItaly 4–1 in the final as their captain Pelé becomes the first player to win three World Cup medals. Earlier in the tournament,The Game of the Century occurs, Italy beats Germany 4–3 in the semifinal after five goals scored in extra time. Yellow and red cards for sendings off and admonitions appear.Paris was founded.
66 die in the secondIbrox disaster. FirstUEFA Cup. The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is abolished. The first FIFA-recognised women's international match is played:France 4Netherlands 0.
Rangers F.C. wins theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup.Tottenham Hotspur wins the firstUEFA Cup.AFC Ajax wins the first edition of theUEFA Super Cup.
Ajax win the European Cup for the third consecutive season. The firstOFC Nations Cup is organized and won by New Zealand.
HostsWest Germany win the1974 World Cup, beating theNetherlands 2–1 in the final.
TheAFC Women's Asian Cup is organized for the first time in Hong Kong, won byNew Zealand.
Bayern Munich win theEuropean Cup for the third consecutive season.Iran national team win its third consecutiveAsian Cup, a record.
Juventus become the first Italian and South European club to win theUEFA Cup. The firstFIFA U-20 World Cup is organized in Tunisia, and won by USSR.
HostsArgentina win the1978 World Cup, beating theNetherlands 3–1 in the final;Johann Cruyff refuses to play in the tournament.
Nottingham Forest lift their firstEuropean Cup inMunich, defeatingMalmö 1–0 in the final.
West Germany defeatsBelgium 2–1 in the final at theStadio Olimpico inRome to take theEuropean Football Championship.
The Football League begins awarding three points for a win instead of two. In Uruguay, to celebrate the 50 years of the World Cup, the1980 Mundialito is organize; won by the hosts.
The1982 FIFA World Cup is played inSpain, the first with 24 teams, the tournament was won byItaly, after defeatingWest Germany 3–1 in the final in the Spanish capital of Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup win and first since1938. The holdersArgentina were eliminated in the second group round. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals. for the first time all continents were represented in the competition.Aston Villa win theEuropean Cup, beatingBayern Munich 1–0 in the final.
Aberdeen beatReal Madrid to win their first European Trophy, theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup soon followed by defeatingHamburg to win the European Super Cup. TheOFC Women's Championship is played for the first time in New Caledonia, won by New Zealand.
Michel Platini leads Juventus to theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup, beatingF.C. Porto in the final and the hostsFrance to theEuropean Football Championship, beatingSpain in the final. France also wins thegold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games, beatingBrazil in the final at theRose Bowl. TheUEFA Women's Championship is organized for the first time, won bySweden.
On 29 May, theHeysel Stadium disaster takes place inBrussels prior theEuropean Cup final betweenLiverpool andJuventus, leading to English clubs being banned from European club competition for five years. Juventus becomes thefirst club in the history of European football to have won all three majorconfederation competitions after defeating Liverpool 1–0 inthat match, as well as the first in association football history to have won all possible international competitions[8][9][10] after defeatingArgentinos Juniors 6–4 (2–2a.e.t.) in theIntercontinental Cup final at Tokyo'sNational Stadium on 8 December.[11] TheBradford City stadium fire occurs atValley Parade, taking the lives of 56 people and injuring another 200 duringBradford City's fixture withLincoln City. For the first time, an African squad wins a FIFA tournament, theWorld Championship Under 16, as Nigeria surprisingly defeat favourites West Germany 2–0 in China. TheArtemio Franchi Trophy is organized for the first time, won and hosted by France.Michel Platini wins for the third consecutive time theBallon d'Or, a record then.
The1986 World Cup finals are played for the second time in Mexico, withArgentina defeatingWest Germany 3–2 for their second title at theAzteca Stadium in Mexico City; the tournament sees the dominance of Argentinian playerDiego Maradona, scoring the infamousHand of God goal, before his "Goal of the Century" solo dribble second goal, both in the quarterfinal againstEngland.Alex Ferguson, the most decorated manager inEnglish Football history, is appointed to be manager of Manchester United.
F.C. Porto wins theEuropean Cup for the first time after defeatingBayern Munich 2–1 in the final. In the secondWorld Championship FIFA Under 16, theSoviet Union defeatsNigeria on penalties. TheOFC Champions League is played for the first time and won byAdelaide City.
TheNetherlands, led by captainRuud Gullit and top goal scorerMarco van Basten, defeat theSoviet Union 2–0 to win theEuro 1988 championship. Competing inSerie B,Atalanta reaches theCup Winners' Cup semifinal, the best ever performance by a non-first division club in a major UEFA competition to this day. Start of the FIFA Fair Play campaign.
TheHillsborough disaster occurs inSheffield, England, before theFA Cup semi-final betweenLiverpool andNottingham Forest, resulting in the loss of 96 lives. A football tournament is played for the first time at theIsland Games, by FAs not admitted to FIFA, hosted and won byFaroe Islands. Saudi Arabia win theFIFA U-17 World Cup, the first time an Asian team wins a FIFA World Cup.
For the first time three clubs from the same country, Italy's Juventus, Sampdoria and A.C. Milan wins all four UEFA club competitions in the same season, a feat no more possible since the Cup Winner's Cup no longer exists.West Germany wins the1990 FIFA World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending championArgentina 1–0 in the final. In their first appearance in the tournament,Republic of Ireland reaches the quarter-finals without winning a single game, the furthest a team has ever advanced without winning. "Waterloo Day" for Austrian football inEuro 92 qualifying atLandskrona, Sweden, where theFaroe Islands defeatAustria 1–0 in the former's first ever international match.
In the inauguralWomen's World Cup held in China, the USA win 2–1 over Norway (for the first time a Northern American team win a World Cup). After being banned for six years, English clubs are again allowed to participate in competitions sponsored byUEFA.Diego Maradona is banned for 15 months in Italy'sSerie A after testing positive forcocaine in adrug test. TheCAF Women's Championship is played for the first time won by Nigeria. TheCONCACAF Women's Championship is played for the first time in Haiti, won by USA. TheSudamericano Femenino, CONMEBOL's main women's tournament, is played for the first time, hosted and won by Brazil. TheFIFA World Player of the Year is assigned for the first time.
The back-pass rule is applied, whereby a goalkeeper is no longer permitted to pick up or catch a ball played directly by a fellow team member's foot. In the final ofEuro 92,Denmark surprisingly win 2–0 over Germany.Stadium Furiani disaster takes place inBastia,Corsica.FA Premier League created as the top flight in English Football. The firstFIFA Confederations Cup is organized in Saudi Arabia, and won by Argentina.Capello's Milan wins Serie A unbeaten.
Olympique de Marseille becomes the first French club to win theEuropean Cup, newly renamed as theUEFA Champions League, defeatingAC Milan 1–0 at theOlympiastadion in Munich. Marseille also winLigue 1, but are stripped of the title due to a corruption scandal. 18 members of theZambia national teamdie in a plane crash. Manchester United win the firstFA Premier League title.Brian Clough retires from his coaching role inNottingham Forest after 18 years as coach.
The1994 World Cup held in the United States was the first to be decided onpenalties, with Brazil edging outItaly in the final at theRose Bowl to claim their fourth title.Russia's Oleg Salenko becomes the first player and only to this day to score five goals in a single World Cup game in his country's 6–1 win overCameroon. In the same match, 42-year-oldRoger Milla of Cameroon, becomes the oldest player ever to score in a World Cup match.
The secondFIFA Confederations Cup is organized in Saudi Arabia, and won by Denmark. TheBosman ruling allows all footballers playing in theEuropean Union and not under contract to freely change clubs, and also abolishes foreign player quotas with respect to EU nationals.Norway win the secondFIFA Women's World Cup.Suwon Samsung Bluewings is founded.
Bayern Munich becomes the third club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions after winning theUEFA Cup. In theEuro 96 final,Germany defeat theCzech Republic 2–1 with agolden goal fromOliver Bierhoff;Nigeria become the firstAfrican team to win theOlympic Tournament. A football women's tournament is played for the first time at theSummer Olympics in Atlanta, won by theUnited States.
Helenio Herrera, legendary coach ofInter in the 1960s, dies.
In the1998 FIFA World Cup final,France win 3–0 overBrazil atStade de France to claim their first World Cup.Palestinian Football Federation is admitted to FIFA. The first openly gay footballer,Justin Fashanu commits suicide.
TheUSA, the hosting nation, defeatChina in apenalty shootout to win theWomen's World Cup in front of the largest crowd ever to witness a women's sporting event. Organized in Italy byUEFA the first continental tournament for regions: theUEFA Regions' Cup, won byVeneto. Mexico win theConfederations Cup: for the first time a male national team form Northern America win a FIFA tournament. The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup is abolished.
France wins their secondEuropean Championship title after beatingItaly 2–1, with agolden goal in extra time. FirstFIFA Club World Cup, won bySport Club Corinthians Paulista.FIFA Player of the Century, a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, is awarded toPelé andDiego Maradona, shared: both men are officially considered winners of the award.
Real Madrid sign playmakerZinedine Zidane ofJuventus in a world record transfer fee of 72 million euros. Colombia wins the 40th edition ofCopa América,as hosts.Australia beatsAmerican Samoa31–0 in 2002 World Cup qualification, the world record in an international match.
Brazil sets up a record fifth title inWorld Cup competition, the first ever to be played in Asia (also the first outside Europe and the Americas), defeatingGermany 2–0 in the2002 FIFA World Cup final. The firstFIFA U-19 Women's World Championship is held in Canada, with theUSA defeatingthe hosts in the final 1–0 on agolden goal in extra time.
Founded theNF-Board, the first international organization for FAs not admitted to FIFA.Paolo Maldini makes history by captaining AC Milan to achampions league victory, a feat his fatherCesare did with the same club exactly 40 years before.Latvia is the first football team from theBaltic states to make an appearance in a major football competition,UEFA Euro 2004.
Greece produce one of the shocks in football history and become surprise winners of theEuro 2004 football tournament, defeating hostsPortugal 1–0 in the final.Waitakere United is founded.Arsenal wins the2003–04 FA Premier Leagueunbeaten, the second time an English club goes undefeated for an entire season.
TheChampions League final inIstanbul seesLiverpool come back from a 0–3 half-time score to defeatA.C. Milan 3–2 in apenalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw. Also,a match-fixing scandal rocks German football, though it does not directly affect theBundesliga. The AustralianA-League is launched in replacement of the NSL to improve the quality of the game in the country.
The2006 World Cup is held in Germany and won by Italy on a penalty kick shootout over France, andZinedine Zidane plays his last professional game in the final captaining France only to be sent off in extra time. Amajor match-fixing scandal erupts in Italy, with fiveSerie A teams implicated.Egypt record victory for the fifth time in theAfrican Cup of Nations.
Brazil wins the 42nd edition ofCopa América, held inVenezuela.Iraq produce one of international football's greatest fairytale victories as the fractured, war-torn nation were crowned champions of the2007 AFC Asian Cup.FIFA Women's World Cup is held in China and won by Germany. On 9 NovemberÉtoile Sportive du Sahel became the first African squad to have won all official club competitions recognized byCAF,[12] after defeatingAl-Ahly 3–1 in theCAF Champions League final inSusa.
Spain win their secondEuropean Championship title after beating Germany 1–0. Italy andA.C. Milan becomes the first national and club side to wear on their jerseys the FIFA badge of World champions.[13][14]CONCACAF Champions Cup is replaced by theCONCACAF Champions League, modelled after theUEFA Champions League expand his participant teams from 8 to 24. TheFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is played for the first time in New Zealand, won by Korea DPR. TheWomen's Viva World Cup, the first World Cup for women's national teams not affiliated to FIFA, is played for the first time, hosted and won by Sapmi.
TheFIFA Confederations Cup is won by Brazil and is held in South Africa (for the first time a FIFA tournament for senior national teams is held in Africa).Spain achieves two world records: most consecutive wins (15) and most matches without a loss (35, with Brazil).Barcelona achieves a sextuple:La Liga,Copa del Rey,Supercopa de España,UEFA Champions League,UEFA Super Cup andFIFA Club World Cup.RB was founded.
Argentina,
Barcelona wins the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or andCarli Lloyd (
United States,Houston Dash) wins 2015 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.
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