The following is a list of first official international association football matches for each (present or past) member of FIFA, played up to the end of 1939. The matches are listed chronologically.
Friendly 30 November 1872 [1][2] | Scotland | 0 – 0 | England | Hamilton Crescent, Partick | ||
[1] [2] | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Willy Keay (Scotland) |
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Friendly 25 March 1876[3] | Scotland | 4 – 0 | Wales | Hamilton Crescent, Partick | ||
Ferguson 40' Lang 48' MacKinnon 53' H. McNeil 70' |
[3] | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Robert W. Gardner (Scotland) |
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Friendly 18 February 1882[4] | Ireland | 0 – 13 | England | Bloomfield, Belfast | ||
[4] [5] | Vaughton 3', ?', ?', ?', ?' A. Brown 8', ?', ?', ?' J. Brown 15', ?' Cursham ?' C. Bambridge ?' |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Robert M Kennedy (Ireland) |
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Friendly 20 July 1902[5] | Uruguay | 0 – 6 | Argentina | Estadio Paso del Molino, Montevideo | ||
[6] | Dickinson 3' Arimalo 31' (o.g.) Morgan 64' Carve 66' (o.g.) Anderson 71' J. Brown 86' |
Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Roberto W. Ruud (Argentina) |
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First official international match played outside the British Isles.[7]
Friendly 12 October 1902[6][7] | Austria | 5 – 0 | Hungary | Wiener A.C. Platz, Vienna | ||
Taurer 5' Studnicka 10', ?', ?' Huber ?' |
[8] | Attendance: 500 Referee: Roland Shires (England) |
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Friendly 5 April 1903[8] | Hungary | 2 – 1 | Bohemia | Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest | ||
Borbás 16' Minder 78' |
[9] | Rezek 9' | Attendance: 750 Referee: Béla Ordódy (Hungary ) |
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Friendly 1 May 1904[9][10] | Belgium | 3 – 3 | France | Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Brussels | ||
Quéritet 7', 50' Destrebecq 65' |
[10] | Mesnier 12' Royet 13' Cypres 87' |
Attendance: 1,500 Referee: John C. Keene (England) |
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Friendly 12 February 1905[11] | France | 1 – 0 | Switzerland | Parc des Princes, Paris | ||
Cypres 60' | [11] | Attendance: 500 Referee: John Lewis (England) |
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Friendly 30 April 1905[12] | Belgium | 1 – 4 | Netherlands | Beerschot A.C. Stadion, Antwerp | ||
Stom 66' (o.g.)[12] | [13] [14] | de Neve 87', 106', 117', 119' | Attendance: 800 Referee: Frank König (Belgium) |
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Friendly 5 April 1908[13] | Switzerland | 5 – 3 | Germany | Stadion Landhof, Basel | ||
Kämpfer 21', 89' Jordan 28' (o.g.) Pfeiffer 32', 57' |
[15] | Becker 6', 69' Förderer 52' |
Attendance: 3,500 Referee: H.P Devitte (Switzerland) |
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Friendly 12 July 1908[14][15] | Sweden | 11 – 3 | Norway | Balders Hage, Gothenburg | ||
Gustafsson 14', 79' Börjesson 24', 60', 75', 86' Bergström 27', 29', 44', 89' Lindman 45' |
[16] | Bøhn 1', 66' Endrerud 45' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Charles Smith (England) |
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Olympic Games 19 October 1908[16] | Denmark | 9 – 0 | France | White City, London | ||
N. Middelboe 10', 50' Wolfhagen 15', 17', 67', 72' Bohr 25', 46' Nielsen 78' |
[17] | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Kyle (England) |
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Friendly 15 May 1910[17] | Italy | 6 – 2 | France | Arena Civica, Milan | ||
Lana 13', 59', 89' Fossati 20' Rizzi 66' Debernardi 82' |
[18] | Bellocq 49' Ducret 62' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Henry Goodley (England) |
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Friendly 27 May 1910[18] | Argentina | 3 – 1 | Chile | Belgrano, Buenos Aires | ||
Viale 38' Susán 43' Hayes 68' |
[19] | Simmons 11' | Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Arnaldo Bergalli |
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Friendly 22 October 1911[19] | Finland | 2 – 5 | Sweden | Eläintarha, Helsinki | ||
Lindbäck 3' Jerima-Jefimoff 5' |
[20] | Ericsson 40' Persson 46' Brolin 65', 86' Andersson 88' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Arve Eerikäinen (Finland) |
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Friendly 29 October 1911[20] | Luxembourg | 1 – 4 | France | Stade Racing Club, Lëtzebuerg | ||
Elter 15' | [21] | Vialmonteil 26' Mesnier 32', 80' Gravier 84' |
Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Raphael Van Praag (Belgium) |
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Olympic Games 30 June 1912[21] | Finland | 2 – 1 | Russia | Idrottsplats Traneberg, Stockholm | ||
Wiberg 30' Öhman 80' |
[22] | Butusov 71' | Attendance: 200 Referee: Per Sjöblom (Sweden) |
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Far Eastern Games 1 February 1913[22] | Philippines | 0 – 1 | Republic of China[23] | Carnival Grounds, Manila | ||
Not known ?' | ||||||
Friendly 20 September 1914[23] | Argentina | 3 – 0 | Brazil | Gimnasia, Buenos Aires | ||
Izaguirre 41', 65' Molfino 57' |
[24] | Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Leon Peyrou |
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Friendly 20 August 1916[24] | Sweden | 2 – 3 | United States | Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm | ||
Törnqvist 7', 81' | [25] [26] | Spalding Ellis Cooper |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hagbard Vestergaard (Denmark) |
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Far Eastern Games 9 May 1917[25] | Japan [27] | 0 – 5 | Republic of China[28] | Tokyo | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
Friendly 11 May 1919[26] | Paraguay | 1 – 5 | Argentina | Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción | ||
Talavera ?' | [29] | Polimeni 7' Laguna 52', 58' Ochandio 75', 87' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: German Guassone (Argentina) |
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Olympic Games 28 August 1920[27] | Denmark | 0 – 1 | Spain | La Butte, Brussels | ||
[30][31] | Patricio 54' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Willem Eymers (Netherlands) |
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Olympic Games 28 August 1920[28][29] | Czechoslovakia | 7 – 0 | Yugoslavia | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp | ||
Vanik 20', 46', 79' Janda 34', 50', 75' Sedláček 43' |
[32] [33] | Attendance: 600 Referee: Raphael Van Praag (Belgium) |
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Olympic Games 28 August 1920[30] | Italy | 2 – 1 | Egypt | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent | ||
Baloncieri 25' Brezzi 57' |
Report [34] | Osman 30' | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium) |
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Friendly 17 October 1920[31] | Finland | 6 – 0 | Estonia | Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki | ||
Öhman 5' Eklöf 10', 80' Österholm 15' Tanner 35', 70' |
[35] | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kaarlo Soinio (Finland) |
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Friendly 28 January 1921[32] | Dutch Guiana | 1 – 2 | British Guiana | Dutch Guiana | ||
Not known ?' | Not known ?', ?' | |||||
Independence Centenary Games 14 September 1921[33][34] | Costa Rica | 7 – 0 | El Salvador | Guatemala City | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
Independence Centenary Games 14 September 1921[35][36] | Guatemala | 10 – 1 | Honduras | Guatemala City | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' |
Not known ?' | |||||
Friendly 18 December 1921[37] | Hungary | 1 – 0 | Poland | Hungária Körút, Budapest | ||
Szabó 18' | [36] | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Emil Grätz (Czechoslovakia) |
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Friendly 18 December 1921[38] | Spain | 3 – 1 | Portugal | Campo de O'Donnell, Madrid | ||
Meana 20' Alcántara 23', 50' |
[37] | Augusto 75' | Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium) |
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King Alexander I Cup 8 June 1922[39] | Yugoslavia | 1 – 2 | Romania | Stadion Jugoslavija, Belgrade | ||
Šifer 35' | [38] | Rónnay 41' Guga 61' |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Heinrich Retschury (Austria) |
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Friendly 17 June 1922[40][41] | New Zealand | 3 – 1 | Australia | Carisbrook, Dunedin | ||
Cook ?', ?' Knott ?' |
[39] | Maunder ?' | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: M. Thornley |
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Friendly 1 January 1923[42] | Guatemala | 2 – 3 | Mexico | Estadio Marte, Guatemala City | ||
Minondo 65' Kinhie 72' |
[40] | Díaz 25' Horacio Ortiz 40' López 70' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José James |
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Friendly 24 September 1922[43] | Latvia | 1 – 1 | Finland | A.S.K. Stadion, Riga | ||
Bārda 2' | [41] | Üpraus 88' | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Verner Eklöf (Finland) |
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Friendly 24 June 1923[44] | Lithuania | 0 – 5 | Estonia | L.F.L.S. Stadionas, Kaunas | ||
[42] | Tell 1', 62', 79' Ellman-Eelma 40' Paal 64' |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Adolf Hahne (Latvia) |
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Friendly 26 October 1923[45] | Turkey | 2 – 2 | Romania | Taksim Stadium, İstanbul | ||
Sporel 32', 50' | [43] | Gansl 20', 53' | Attendance: 7,500 Referee: A. Cratky (Czechoslovakia) |
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Friendly 6 April 1924[46][47] | Aruba | 0 – 4 | Curaçao | Aruba | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
Friendly 21 May 1924[48] | Austria | 6 – 0 | Bulgaria | Simmeringer Sportplatz, Vienna | ||
Horvath 31', 48', 49' Grünwald 45', 49' Danis 73' |
[44] | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Theodor Kiss (Hungary) |
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Olympic Games 28 May 1924[49] | Irish Free State | 1 – 0 | Bulgaria | Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, Paris | ||
Duncan 75' | [45] | Attendance: 1,659 Referee: A. Henriot (France) |
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Friendly 7 June 1924[50][46] | Australia | 3 – 2 | Canada | Brisbane | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?' | Not known ?', ?' | |||||
Friendly 2 November 1924[51] | Netherlands | 2 – 1 | South Africa | Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam | ||
Volkers 9' de Natris 19' |
[47] | Not known ?' | Attendance: 26,000 Referee: "Peco" Bauwens (Germany) |
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Friendly 16 November 1924[52] | Soviet Union | 3 – 0 | Turkey | Stadion Imeni Vorovskogo, Moscow | ||
Butusov 14', 25' Shpakovsky 70' |
[48] | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamdi Emin Çap (Turkey) |
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Friendly 22 March 1925[53][54] | Haiti | 1 – 2 | Jamaica | Haiti | ||
Not known ?' | Not known ?', ?' | |||||
Gossage Cup 1 May 1926[55][56] | Kenya | 1 – 1 | Uganda | Nairobi | ||
Not known ?' | Not known ?' | |||||
South American Championship 12 October 1926[57] | Chile | 7 – 1 | Bolivia | Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa, Santiago | ||
Ramírez 10' Subiabre 14' Arellano 15', 41', 80', 84' Moreno 47' |
[49] | Aguilar 89' | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Norberto Luis Gallieri (Argentina) |
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South American Championship 11 November 1927[58] | Peru | 0 – 4 | Uruguay | Estadio Nacional, Lima | ||
[50] | Ulloa 49' (o.g.)[51] Sacco 52', 71' Castro 75' |
Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Consolato Nay Foino (Argentina) |
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Friendly 1928[59] | Tunisia | 2 – 3 | France "B" | Stade Municipal de Gabès, Gabès | ||
Not known ?', ?' | Not known ?', ?', ?' | |||||
Friendly 7 April 1929[60] | Greece | 1 – 4 | Italy "B" | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens | ||
Namias 60' | [52] | Volk 35', 65' Busini 68' Tanchinni 80' |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ferenc Kann (Hungary) |
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Friendly 1 May 1929[61] | El Salvador | 0 – 9 | Nicaragua | El Salvador | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known ?', ?', ?', ?' |
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Central American and Caribbean Games 16 March 1930[62] | Cuba | 3 – 1 | Jamaica | Havana | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?' | Not known ?' | |||||
Friendly 11 February 1931[63] | Barbados | 3 – 2 | Martinique | Barbados | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?' | Not known ?', ?' | |||||
World Cup qualifier 16 March 1934[64] | Egypt | 7 – 1 | Palestine/Eretz Israel | British Army Ground, Cairo | ||
El-Tetsh 11', 35', 51' Taha 21', 79' Latif 43', 87' |
[53] | Nudelmann 61' | Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Stanley Wells (England) |
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Far Eastern Games 13 May 1934[65] | Japan | 1 – 7 | Dutch East Indies | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila | ||
Not known ?' | [54] | Not known ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' | ||||
Friendly 6 August 1934[66][55] | Dutch Guiana | 3 – 3 | Trinidad & Tobago | Dutch Guiana | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?' | Not known ?', ?', ?' | |||||
Friendly 28 July 1937[67] | Panama | 2 – 2 | Mexico | Cali, Colombia | ||
Not known ?', ?' | Not known ?', ?' | |||||
Central American and Caribbean Games 10 February 1938[68] | Mexico | 3 – 1 | Colombia | Nacional, Panama City | ||
Argüelles 40' de la Fuente 78' Casarín 83' |
[56] | Mejía 3' | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Rafael Mirabal |
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Central American and Caribbean Games 12 February 1938[69] | Panama | 3 – 1 | Venezuela | Panama City | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?' | Not known ?' | |||||
Bolivarian Games 8 August 1938[70] | Bolivia | 1 – 1 | Ecuador | Bogota, Colombia | ||
Not known ?' | [57] | Not known ?' | ||||
Friendly 26 June 1939[71] | Southern Rhodesia | 0 – 4 | England XI | Ascot Stadium, Gweru | ||
Not known ?', ?', ?', ?' | ||||||
Friendly 27 August 1939[72] | Slovakia | 2 – 0 | Germany | Stadion Slovana, Bratislava | ||
Arpáš 20' Luknár 35' |
[58] | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mika Popović (Yugoslavia) |
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