On this day
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20 May

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51 years · 1915 - 2025
91Games
252Goals
14Tournaments
6Confederations

Recurring matchups

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

Lesotho vs Swaziland
2 2001-2015
England vs Wales
2 1972-1981
Northern Ireland vs Scotland
2 1972-1975
England vs Finland
2 1937-1956
Japan vs Republic of China
2 1925-1934

Anniversaries today

Round-number milestone years on this date

India 5 - 0 Brunei FIFA World Cup · 6 games
25 years ago 2001
Belgium 0 - 5 Scotland Friendly · 2 games
75 years ago 1951
Hungary 0 - 0 Côte d'Ivoire Friendly · 1 games
10 years ago 2016
Guadeloupe 2 - 1 Saint Lucia Friendly Tournament · 4 games
20 years ago 2006
Hungary 2 - 4 Czechoslovakia Central European International Cup · 3 games
70 years ago 1956

Year by year

Games on this date · 1915 → 2025

1915 2025
2025
1 games
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 - 3
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Friendly
2018
1 games
Sunday 20 May 2018
Jordan
3 - 0
Cyprus
Friendly
2016
1 games
Friday 20 May 2016
Hungary
0 - 0
Côte d'Ivoire
Friendly
2015
3 games
Wednesday 20 May 2015
Lesotho
0 - 2
Swaziland
N
COSAFA Cup
Madagascar
2 - 0
Tanzania
N
COSAFA Cup
Thailand
0 - 1
North Korea
Friendly
2014
3 games
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Philippines
0 - 0
Afghanistan
N
AFC Challenge Cup
Turkmenistan
5 - 1
Laos
N
AFC Challenge Cup
French Guiana
0 - 0
Suriname
Friendly
2012
2 games
Sunday 20 May 2012
Egypt
2 - 1
Cameroon
N
Friendly
Panama
2 - 0
Guyana
Friendly
2011
1 games
Friday 20 May 2011
Guyana
1 - 0
Barbados
Friendly
2010
3 games
Thursday 20 May 2010
Aruba
0 - 3
Venezuela
Friendly
Yemen
2 - 2
Burkina Faso
Friendly
Oman
0 - 0
Macedonia XI
N
Friendly Tournament
2009
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Argentina
3 - 1
Panama
Friendly
2008
2 games
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Thailand
7 - 0
Nepal
Friendly
Turkey
1 - 0
Slovakia
N
Friendly
2007
1 games
Sunday 20 May 2007
Guadeloupe
1 - 1
Dominica
Friendly
2006
4 games
Saturday 20 May 2006
Botswana
2 - 0
Madagascar
COSAFA Cup
South Africa
1 - 0
Swaziland
N
COSAFA Cup
Slovakia
1 - 1
Belgium
Friendly
Guadeloupe
2 - 1
Saint Lucia
Friendly Tournament
2004
3 games
Thursday 20 May 2004
Benin
0 - 1
Togo
Friendly
Cuba
2 - 2
Grenada
Friendly
France
0 - 0
Brazil
Friendly
2002
2 games
Monday 20 May 2002
Scotland
0 - 2
South Africa
N
Friendly Tournament
Hong Kong XI
0 - 2
Turkey
Friendly Tournament
2001
6 games
Sunday 20 May 2001
Cuba
0 - 0
Haiti
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4 - 0
Suriname
N
CFU Caribbean Cup
China PR
3 - 1
Cambodia
FIFA World Cup
India
5 - 0
Brunei
FIFA World Cup
Tunisia
1 - 1
Côte d'Ivoire
FIFA World Cup
Lesotho
1 - 0
Swaziland
Friendly
2000
1 games
Saturday 20 May 2000
Malawi
0 - 0
Angola
AET
COSAFA Cup
1999
1 games
Thursday 20 May 1999
Norway
6 - 0
Jamaica
Friendly
1998
2 games
Wednesday 20 May 1998
Norway
5 - 2
Mexico
Friendly
South Africa
1 - 1
Zambia
Friendly
1995
1 games
Saturday 20 May 1995
Lithuania
7 - 0
Estonia
N
Baltic Cup
1993
3 games
Thursday 20 May 1993
Luxembourg
1 - 1
Iceland
FIFA World Cup
Guadeloupe
0 - 3
Réunion
N
Friendly
Zambia
1 - 1
Malawi
Friendly
1992
4 games
Wednesday 20 May 1992
Romania
5 - 1
Wales
FIFA World Cup
Canada
1 - 3
Scotland
Friendly
Moldova
1 - 1
Lithuania
Friendly
United Arab Emirates
0 - 0
Syria
Friendly
1990
3 games
Sunday 20 May 1990
Guyana
1 - 1
Netherlands Antilles
CFU Caribbean Cup
Jamaica
1 - 0
Saint Martin
CFU Caribbean Cup
Wales
1 - 0
Costa Rica
Friendly
1989
1 games
Saturday 20 May 1989
East Germany
1 - 1
Austria
FIFA World Cup
1987
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 1987
Bulgaria
3 - 0
Luxembourg
UEFA European Championship
1981
3 games
Wednesday 20 May 1981
England
0 - 0
Wales
British Home Championship
Australia
2 - 0
Indonesia
FIFA World Cup
Norway
1 - 2
Hungary
FIFA World Cup
1980
2 games
Tuesday 20 May 1980
England
1 - 1
Northern Ireland
British Home Championship
Guatemala
0 - 0
Costa Rica
Friendly
1978
2 games
Saturday 20 May 1978
Scotland
0 - 1
England
British Home Championship
Austria
0 - 1
Netherlands
Friendly
1975
1 games
Tuesday 20 May 1975
Scotland
3 - 0
Northern Ireland
British Home Championship
1974
2 games
Monday 20 May 1974
Soviet Union
0 - 1
Czechoslovakia
Friendly
Burma
6 - 0
Khmer Republic
N
Friendly Tournament
1973
3 games
Sunday 20 May 1973
Ivory Coast
1 - 1
Morocco
FIFA World Cup
Japan
4 - 0
South Vietnam
N
FIFA World Cup
Morocco
1 - 1
Algeria
Friendly
1972
2 games
Saturday 20 May 1972
Scotland
2 - 0
Northern Ireland
British Home Championship
Wales
0 - 3
England
British Home Championship
1971
2 games
Thursday 20 May 1971
Luxembourg
0 - 4
Belgium
Friendly
Sweden
4 - 1
Finland
Nordic Championship
1970
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 1970
Colombia
0 - 4
England
Friendly
1969
1 games
Tuesday 20 May 1969
Mexico
0 - 1
Peru
Friendly
1964
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 1964
Soviet Union
1 - 0
Uruguay
Friendly
1962
1 games
Sunday 20 May 1962
Peru
0 - 4
England
Friendly
1961
1 games
Saturday 20 May 1961
Switzerland
2 - 1
Belgium
FIFA World Cup
1959
2 games
Wednesday 20 May 1959
West Germany
1 - 1
Poland
Friendly
Norway
0 - 1
Austria
UEFA European Nations Cup
1956
3 games
Sunday 20 May 1956
Hungary
2 - 4
Czechoslovakia
Central European International Cup
Finland
1 - 5
England
Friendly
Guadeloupe
2 - 2
Martinique
Friendly
1951
2 games
Sunday 20 May 1951
Belgium
0 - 5
Scotland
Friendly
Czechoslovakia
2 - 2
Romania
Friendly
1949
1 games
Friday 20 May 1949
Turkey
2 - 3
Italy XI
N
Mediterranean Cup
1939
1 games
Saturday 20 May 1939
France
2 - 1
Wales
Friendly
1937
1 games
Thursday 20 May 1937
Finland
0 - 8
England
Friendly
1935
1 games
Monday 20 May 1935
Dutch Guiana
0 - 1
Curaçao
Friendly
1934
1 games
Sunday 20 May 1934
Republic of China
4 - 3
Japan
N
Far Eastern Championship Games
1933
1 games
Saturday 20 May 1933
Switzerland
0 - 4
England
Friendly
1931
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 1931
Italy
3 - 0
Scotland
Friendly
1925
1 games
Wednesday 20 May 1925
Republic of China
2 - 0
Japan
N
Far Eastern Championship Games
1924
1 games
Tuesday 20 May 1924
Austria
4 - 1
Romania
Friendly
1923
1 games
Sunday 20 May 1923
Argentina
0 - 2
Paraguay
Friendly Tournament
1915
1 games
Thursday 20 May 1915
Republic of China
1 - 1
Philippines
Far Eastern Championship Games