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European national association football teams
- Germany national football teamOn the 5th of April 1908, Germany played its first official international football match against Switzerland in Basel, and lost 5-3.
- France national football teamOn the 1st of May 1904, France played their very first official international football match against Belgium in Brussels, and the result was a 3-3 draw.
- Sweden men's national football teamSweden played its first international football match on the 12th of July 1908, winning 11-3 against Norway at Idrottsplatsen in Gothenburg.
- Italy national football teamItaly's national football team played its first official match on the 15th of May 1910, defeating France 6-2 in Milan. Pietro Lana scored the very first…
- Scotland national football teamScotland's national football team shares with England the title of oldest national side in football. That joint distinction traces back to the 30th of…
- Switzerland national football teamThe Switzerland national football team earned a silver medal at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris. They lost to Uruguay in the final with a score of 3, 0.
- Wales national football teamWales national football team played its first competitive match on the 25th of March 1876, a 4-0 loss to Scotland in Glasgow.
- Northern Ireland national football teamThe Northern Ireland national football team made its international debut on the 18th of February 1882, losing 13-0 to England at Bloomfield in Belfast.
- Portugal national football teamPortugal's national football team has carried a single nickname since the beginning: the Seleção das Quinas, a name drawn directly from the quinas on the…
- Norway national football teamThe Norway national football team holds a record that has baffled football statisticians for decades. Norway has faced Brazil four times in international…
- Ukraine national football teamThe Ukraine national football team played its very first match on the 29th of April 1992, losing 3-1 to Hungary in the small city of Uzhhorod.
- Romania national football teamThe Romanian Football Federation took root in Bucharest during October 1909. This organization would eventually guide the national team known as Tricolorii.
- Russia national football teamThe Russia national football team carries within it the memory of one of the greatest dynasties in European football, the Soviet Union, yet has spent most of…
- Serbia national football teamSerbia's national football team carries a history fractured by wars, political upheaval, and the collapse of an entire country.
- Slovakia national football teamThe first official match of the Slovak Republic took place in Bratislava on the 27th of August 1939. Germany defeated Slovakia by a score of 2, 0 that day.
- Turkey national football teamThe Turkish national football team played its first official international match on the 26th of October 1923 at Taksim Stadium in Istanbul.