Three thousand five hundred women in Iran were allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years.
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Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.
A stampede at a soccer match killed forty-nine people in Cairo, Egypt.
66 football fans die in the Ibrox disaster.
The Union of European Football Associations is founded.
Lionel Messi broke Pelé's record for the most goals with one soccer club.
