Iceland’s first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.
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South Africa played host to the first FIFA World Cup in Africa.
Argentina managed to snatch victory away from France at the last second in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.
The International Federation of Association Football was founded in Paris.
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.
The world's first international soccer match took place.
