Manchester City became the first English Premier League soccer team to win four consecutive seasons.
Argentina managed to snatch victory away from France at the last second in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.
Legendary soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men's record for the most international goals.
Argentinian soccer legend Lionel Messi officially announced his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.
Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
Lionel Messi broke Pelé's record for the most goals with one soccer club.
Three thousand five hundred women in Iran were allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years.
France defeated Croatia 4-2 to win their second FIFA World Cup.
The Women's International Soccer team played at a world record altitude of 18,999 ft at Kilimanjaro.
The Serbia v Albania qualifying match for the UEFA Euro soccer cup was canceled mid-game.
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.
Lionel Messi scored his 300th goal for Barcelona's soccer team.
FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brazilian soccer athlete Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. started his professional career at just 17 years old.
Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
A stampede of 47,000 football fans killed 84 people and injured 180 more in Guatemala City.
The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
Argentina won West Germany at the FIFA World Cup Final held in Mexico City.
Diego Maradona coins the phrase 'Hand of God'.
Sixty-six people die in a crush of fans leaving a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, of the Netherlands, at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
A stampede at a soccer match killed forty-nine people in Cairo, Egypt.
66 football fans die in the Ibrox disaster.
Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.
Football War ends.
Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup.
England won the FIFA World Cup Final in London against Germany with a score of 4-2.
Chile and Italy played one of the most violent soccer games in history.
Camp Nou, a stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans.
The Union of European Football Associations is founded.
The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.
Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
The International Federation of Association Football was founded in Paris.
FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.
The Football League meets for the first time.
Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.
The world's first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.
The world's first international soccer match took place.
The Football Association is formed.
The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.
