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51 years · 1923 - 2025
124Games
324Goals
14Tournaments
7Confederations

Recurring matchups

4 pairs of teams that met more than once on this date

Haiti vs Jamaica
2 1962-2009
England vs Scotland
2 1981-1987
Northern Ireland vs Wales
2 1975-1980
Argentina vs Uruguay
2 1957-1973

Anniversaries today

Round-number milestone years on this date

Costa Rica 4 - 0 Belize UNCAF Nations Cup · 4 games
25 years ago 2001
Cyprus 1 - 5 Denmark FIFA World Cup · 2 games
50 years ago 1976
Peru 4 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago Friendly · 1 games
10 years ago 2016
Austria 1 - 4 Croatia Friendly · 3 games
20 years ago 2006
Kuwait 3 - 1 Syria Friendly · 3 games
30 years ago 1996
Highlight · Friendly Sunday 23 May 1954
HUN Hungary
7–1
ENG England

Puskás-inspired Hungary humiliate England 7-1 in Budapest in the famous 1954 “Match of the Century” rout.

Year by year

Games on this date · 1923 → 2025

1923 2025
2025
1 games
Friday 23 May 2025
Saint Martin
2 - 1
Anguilla
Friendly Tournament
2021
1 games
Sunday 23 May 2021
Ukraine
1 - 1
Bahrain
Friendly
2016
1 games
Monday 23 May 2016
Peru
4 - 0
Trinidad & Tobago
Friendly
2014
5 games
Friday 23 May 2014
Kyrgyzstan
1 - 0
Myanmar
N
AFC Challenge Cup
Maldives
0 - 0
Palestine
AFC Challenge Cup
Bulgaria
1 - 1
Canada
N
Friendly
Slovakia
2 - 0
Montenegro
Friendly
Morocco
4 - 0
Mozambique
N
Friendly
2012
7 games
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Botswana
3 - 0
Lesotho
Friendly
El Salvador
2 - 2
New Zealand
N
Friendly
Iraq
1 - 0
Sierra Leone
N
Friendly
Libya
2 - 0
Rwanda
N
Friendly
Peru
1 - 0
Nigeria
Friendly
Venezuela
4 - 0
Moldova
Friendly
Japan
2 - 0
Azerbaijan
Friendly Tournament
2010
4 games
Sunday 23 May 2010
South Africa
1 - 0
Zambia
African Nations Championship
Gabon
3 - 0
Congo
African Nations Championship
Tunisia
1 - 1
Morocco
African Nations Championship
Croatia
2 - 0
Wales
Friendly
2009
2 games
Saturday 23 May 2009
Jamaica
2 - 2
Haiti
N
Friendly
Malawi
1 - 0
Lesotho
Friendly
2008
5 games
Friday 23 May 2008
Australia
1 - 0
Ghana
Friendly
Honduras
2 - 0
Belize
Friendly
Qatar
1 - 1
Kuwait
Friendly
Russia
6 - 0
Kazakhstan
Friendly
Swaziland
1 - 1
Lesotho
Friendly
2007
2 games
Wednesday 23 May 2007
Ecuador
1 - 1
Republic of Ireland
N
Friendly
Haiti
0 - 0
Chile
Friendly
2006
3 games
Tuesday 23 May 2006
Austria
1 - 4
Croatia
Friendly
South Korea
1 - 1
Senegal
Friendly
United States of America
0 - 1
Morocco
Friendly
2005
1 games
Monday 23 May 2005
Sudan
4 - 1
Chad
Friendly
2004
4 games
Sunday 23 May 2004
Congo Democratic Republic
1 - 3
Angola
Friendly
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 - 2
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Friendly
Togo
1 - 1
Benin
Friendly
Trinidad & Tobago
2 - 0
Iraq
N
Friendly
2002
3 games
Thursday 23 May 2002
Ecuador
0 - 1
Senegal
N
Friendly
Turkey
0 - 2
South Africa
N
Friendly Tournament
Hong Kong XI
0 - 4
Scotland
Friendly Tournament
2001
4 games
Wednesday 23 May 2001
Macao
4 - 0
Mongolia
N
Friendly Tournament
Costa Rica
4 - 0
Belize
N
UNCAF Nations Cup
El Salvador
3 - 0
Nicaragua
N
UNCAF Nations Cup
Honduras
1 - 2
Panama
UNCAF Nations Cup
2000
3 games
Tuesday 23 May 2000
Wales
0 - 3
Brazil
Friendly
Jordan
2 - 0
Kyrgyzstan
WAFF Championship
Lebanon
1 - 2
Iraq
N
WAFF Championship
1998
3 games
Saturday 23 May 1998
England
0 - 0
Saudi Arabia
Friendly
Republic of Ireland
0 - 0
Mexico
Friendly
Colombia
2 - 2
Scotland
N
Friendly
1997
1 games
Friday 23 May 1997
Pakistan
2 - 6
Iraq
FIFA World Cup
1996
3 games
Thursday 23 May 1996
China PR
0 - 3
England
Friendly
Kuwait
3 - 1
Syria
Friendly
Mexico
0 - 0
FR Yugoslavia
N
Friendly Tournament
1995
2 games
Tuesday 23 May 1995
Cuba
3 - 0
Netherlands Antilles
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Dominican Republic
3 - 1
Puerto Rico
CFU Caribbean Cup
1994
2 games
Monday 23 May 1994
Estonia
1 - 2
Wales
Friendly
Fiji
2 - 2
Tahiti
Friendly
1993
6 games
Sunday 23 May 1993
Jamaica
2 - 0
Sint Maarten
CFU Caribbean Cup
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 - 0
Puerto Rico
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Trinidad & Tobago
1 - 1
Saint Lucia
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Martinique
3 - 0
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Russia
1 - 1
Greece
FIFA World Cup
United States of America
0 - 0
Bolivia
Friendly
1992
1 games
Saturday 23 May 1992
Jamaica
2 - 1
Puerto Rico
FIFA World Cup
1991
4 games
Thursday 23 May 1991
Trinidad & Tobago
7 - 0
Dominican Republic
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Saint Lucia
0 - 0
Martinique
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Norway
1 - 0
Romania
Friendly
Soviet Union
1 - 1
Argentina
N
Friendly Tournament
1990
1 games
Wednesday 23 May 1990
French Guiana
2 - 2
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
CFU Caribbean Cup
1989
4 games
Tuesday 23 May 1989
South Korea
3 - 0
Singapore
FIFA World Cup
Malaysia
2 - 0
Nepal
N
FIFA World Cup
Ecuador
1 - 1
Uruguay
Friendly
England
0 - 0
Chile
Friendly Tournament
1988
1 games
Monday 23 May 1988
Greece
1 - 0
Chile
N
Friendly Tournament
1987
2 games
Saturday 23 May 1987
Republic of Ireland
1 - 0
Brazil
Friendly
Scotland
0 - 0
England
Friendly Tournament
1984
3 games
Wednesday 23 May 1984
Sweden
4 - 0
Malta
FIFA World Cup
Hungary
0 - 0
Norway
Friendly
Republic of Ireland
0 - 0
Poland
Friendly
1983
1 games
Monday 23 May 1983
Kenya
1 - 2
Madagascar
Friendly
1981
2 games
Saturday 23 May 1981
Scotland
1 - 0
England
British Home Championship
New Zealand
5 - 0
Indonesia
FIFA World Cup
1980
2 games
Friday 23 May 1980
Wales
0 - 1
Northern Ireland
British Home Championship
Soviet Union
1 - 0
France
Friendly
1979
1 games
Wednesday 23 May 1979
England
0 - 0
Wales
British Home Championship
1978
1 games
Tuesday 23 May 1978
Japan
3 - 0
Thailand
Friendly Tournament
1976
2 games
Sunday 23 May 1976
Cyprus
1 - 5
Denmark
FIFA World Cup
England
0 - 1
Brazil
N
Friendly Tournament
1975
2 games
Friday 23 May 1975
Northern Ireland
1 - 0
Wales
British Home Championship
China PR
6 - 2
Equatorial Guinea
Friendly
1974
1 games
Thursday 23 May 1974
East Germany
1 - 0
Norway
Friendly
1973
4 games
Wednesday 23 May 1973
South Korea
0 - 0
Israel
FIFA World Cup
Sweden
3 - 2
Austria
FIFA World Cup
Malaysia
2 - 0
Thailand
N
FIFA World Cup
Uruguay
1 - 1
Argentina
Friendly Tournament
1972
2 games
Tuesday 23 May 1972
England
0 - 1
Northern Ireland
British Home Championship
Spain
2 - 0
Uruguay
Friendly
1971
1 games
Sunday 23 May 1971
Soviet Union
7 - 0
Algeria
Friendly
1965
5 games
Sunday 23 May 1965
Mali
2 - 1
Guinea
Africa Cup of Nations
East Germany
1 - 1
Hungary
FIFA World Cup
Poland
1 - 1
Scotland
FIFA World Cup
Soviet Union
3 - 1
Greece
FIFA World Cup
Uruguay
5 - 0
Venezuela
FIFA World Cup
1964
1 games
Saturday 23 May 1964
Hungary
2 - 1
France
UEFA European Nations Cup
1962
3 games
Wednesday 23 May 1962
East Germany
4 - 1
Denmark
Friendly
Jamaica
2 - 5
Haiti
Friendly
Poland
2 - 0
Belgium
Friendly
1957
1 games
Thursday 23 May 1957
Uruguay
0 - 0
Argentina
Friendly Tournament
1956
1 games
Wednesday 23 May 1956
Soviet Union
5 - 1
Denmark
Friendly
1954
3 games
Sunday 23 May 1954
Hungary
7 - 1
England
Friendly
Switzerland
3 - 3
Uruguay
Friendly
Southern Rhodesia
1 - 0
Northern Rhodesia
Friendly Tournament
1948
4 games
Sunday 23 May 1948
Albania
0 - 0
Hungary
Balkan Cup
Hungary
2 - 1
Czechoslovakia
Central European International Cup
France
3 - 0
Scotland
Friendly
Portugal
2 - 0
Éire
Friendly
1939
1 games
Tuesday 23 May 1939
German Reich
1 - 1
Éire
Friendly
1937
3 games
Sunday 23 May 1937
Czechoslovakia
0 - 1
Italy
Central European International Cup
France
0 - 2
Irish Free State
Friendly
Hungary
2 - 2
Austria
Friendly
1934
1 games
Wednesday 23 May 1934
Sweden
4 - 2
Poland
Friendly
1925
2 games
Saturday 23 May 1925
Czechoslovakia
2 - 1
Poland
Friendly
British Guiana
0 - 0
Dutch Guiana
Friendly Tournament
1923
1 games
Wednesday 23 May 1923
Japan
1 - 2
Philippines
Far Eastern Championship Games