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Soccer

  • 19 May 2024

    Manchester City became the first English Premier League soccer team to win four consecutive seasons.

  • 29 Jan 2014

    Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.

  • 16 Feb 2013

    Lionel Messi scored his 300th goal for Barcelona's soccer team.

  • 7 Mar 2009

    Brazilian soccer athlete Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. started his professional career at just 17 years old.

  • 4 Jul 2004

    Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.

  • 9 May 2001

    A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.

  • 16 Oct 1996

    A stampede of 47,000 football fans killed 84 people and injured 180 more in Guatemala City.

  • 1 Aug 1996

    The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.

  • 15 Apr 1989

    The Hillsborough disaster occurred.

  • 29 Nov 1986

    Argentina won West Germany at the FIFA World Cup Final held in Mexico City.

  • 22 Jun 1986

    Diego Maradona coins the phrase 'Hand of God'.

  • 20 Oct 1982

    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.

  • 17 Feb 1974

    A stampede at a soccer match killed forty-nine people in Cairo, Egypt.

  • 2 Jan 1971

    66 football fans die in the Ibrox disaster.

  • 19 Nov 1969

    Pelé, the legendary Brazilian soccer star, scored his 1,000th goal.

  • 20 Jul 1969

    Football War ends.

  • 29 May 1968

    Manchester United became the first English football team to win the European Cup.

  • 30 Jul 1966

    England won the FIFA World Cup Final in London against Germany with a score of 4-2.

  • 2 Jun 1962

    Chile and Italy played one of the most violent soccer games in history.

  • 24 Sep 1957

    Camp Nou, a stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans.

  • 15 Jun 1954

    The Union of European Football Associations is founded.

  • 30 Sep 1939

    The NBC broadcasted the first live American football game.

  • 30 Jul 1930

    Host nation Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo to win the first FIFA World Cup.

  • 9 Mar 1908

    The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.

  • 21 May 1904

    The International Federation of Association Football was founded in Paris.

  • 29 Nov 1899

    FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.

  • 16 Feb 1899

    Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.

  • 23 Mar 1888

    The Football League meets for the first time.

  • 22 Mar 1888

    Aston Villa's director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League.

  • 12 Mar 1881

    The world's first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.

  • 30 Nov 1872

    The world's first international soccer match took place.

  • 26 Oct 1863

    The Football Association is formed.

  • 24 Oct 1857

    The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.