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European national association football teams
- Germany national football teamOn the 5th of April 1908, the Germany national football team played its first official match in Basel against Switzerland.
- France national football teamOn the 1st of May 1904, a group of French footballers stepped onto a pitch in Brussels to face Belgium. The match ended in a 3, 3 draw and marked the first…
- Sweden men's national football teamOn the 12th of July 1908, Sweden played its first international football match against Norway at Idrottsplatsen in Gothenburg.
- Italy national football teamThe Italy national football team played its first official match in Milan on the 15th of May 1910. They defeated France by a score of 6, 2, with Pietro Lana…
- Scotland national football teamOn the 30th of November 1872, eleven players from Queen's Park gathered at Hamilton Crescent in Partick. They faced an English side to play what history now…
- 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 teamThe Wales national football team played its first competitive match on the 25th of March 1876 against Scotland in Glasgow.
- Northern Ireland national football teamOn the 18th of February 1882, Ireland made their international debut against England in a friendly match played at Bloomfield in Belfast.
- Portugal national football teamThe Portugal national football team began its journey in 1921, yet the first two decades offered little glory. Their debut at the 1934 FIFA World Cup…
- Norway national football teamThe Norway national football team secured a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This achievement marked their first major international…
- Ukraine national football teamThe Ukraine national football team traces its roots back to 1924, when a Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic squad first took the field.
- 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 year 1958 marked the first time Russia entered the FIFA World Cup, appearing as part of the Soviet Union. This team reached the quarter-finals and…
- Serbia national football teamThe Football Federation of what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes founded itself in Zagreb during 1919.
- 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.