List of Bury F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

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Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

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John Lowe Flag of England.svg  England GK1894-1895260280
Sam Davies Flag of England.svg  England DF1894-1895425455
Barney Lee Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1894-189623112511
James Henderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1894-189887279732
Tom Wyllie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1895-189773158118
Tom Pangborn Flag of England.svg  England MF1896-1897231261
Fred Thompson Flag of England.svg  England GK1896-1902650750
Jimmy Settle Flag of England.svg  England FW1897-189963286628
William Brimblecombe Flag of England.svg  England MF1897-190057125912
Michael Kelly Flag of England.svg  England MF1898-1899257277
John Berry Flag of England.svg  England FW1898-1903389409
Tom Gray Flag of England.svg  England FW1902-1903255276
Hugh Monteith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1902-1906770840
Bob McEwan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1903-1904350380
Herbert Swann Flag of England.svg  England FW1903-190640114312
Percy Slater Flag of England.svg  England DF1904-1905280300
Eddie Murphy Flag of England.svg  England MF1905-1906271292
Amos Kilbourne Flag of England.svg  England FW1905-1907268288
Fred Bevan Flag of England.svg  England FW1906-190731163116
Peter Gildea Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1906-1908444495
Andy Davidson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1906-1908641691
Frank Booth Flag of England.svg  England MF1907-1909584614
Johnny McMahon Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1907-1910600630
Tommy Rae Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1907-1911721741
Harry Pearson Flag of England.svg  England MF1908-1910312353
Angus McIntosh Flag of England.svg  England FW1908-191036133917
Dick Parkin Flag of England.svg  England DF1908-1912710780
Alex Birnie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1908-1912802832
Harold Lee Flag of England.svg  England MF1909-1912504514
Len Jarvis Flag of England.svg  England MF1909-1912550590
Billy Lomas Flag of England.svg  England FW1910-1912

1919-1922

6797010
Bill Fenner Flag of England.svg  England DF1910-1913570590
John Brown Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1911-191441104310
Wally Smith Flag of England.svg  England FW1911-191474268026
Tommy Greaves Flag of England.svg  England DF1911-1920660760
Philip Prior Flag of England.svg  England MF1912-1914330350
Ted Connor Flag of England.svg  England MF1912-1915894985
George Brooks Flag of England.svg  England MF1912-1926713743
William Cameron Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1913-1914

1919

40164416
Joe Smith Flag of England.svg  England MF1913-1915531591
Jimmy Thomson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1913-1915580610
Alec Mercer Flag of England.svg  England FW1914-191529103110
Jack Lythgoe Flag of England.svg  England FW1914-191538174118
Fergie Aitken Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1919-1921755785
Jimmy Trotter Flag of England.svg  England FW1919-192248205020
Billy Ritchie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1919-192262156215
Harry Hird Flag of England.svg  England FW1919-192263196520
Tommy Cornthwaite Flag of England.svg  England GK1919-1923900930
Jimmy McCrae Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1920-192384108911
Bill Gorman Flag of England.svg  England MF1921-1923281291
John Callagher Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1921-1923601641
Jock Aitken Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1921-1923808849
Frank Ward Flag of England.svg  England DF1923-1927440440
Bill Turner Flag of England.svg  England MF1924-1927760800
Cyril Matthews Flag of England.svg  England MF1924-192867147116
Arthur Finney Flag of England.svg  England DF1924-1929701761
Arthur Gale Flag of England.svg  England MF1926-1929395427
Jimmy Chambers Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland MF1926-1930287317
Harry Dutton Flag of England.svg  England MF1927-1929371371
David Pratt Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1927-1929510570
Martin Davin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1927-1930388408
Bob Pugh Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales MF1929-193028103010
Harry Hardy Flag of England.svg  England GK1929-1931270300
Jack Hope Flag of England.svg  England FW1930-1931344375
George Grass Flag of England.svg  England FW1930-1932277347
Tommy Mills Flag of England.svg  England GK1931-1933620660
Duncan Lindsay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1931-193445174920
George Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1933-193425102610
Dan Tremelling Flag of England.svg  England GK1933-1934570610
Eddie Self Flag of England.svg  England MF1933-1936322352
Tommy Bagley Flag of England.svg  England MF1933-1937537577
Sam Earl Flag of England.svg  England FW1934-1936357389
George Raynor Flag of England.svg  England MF1934-1938544584
Jack Cope Flag of England.svg  England MF1934-1938672732
Bill Fairhurst Flag of England.svg  England GK1934-1938880950
Ernie Matthews Flag of England.svg  England FW1935-193773467648
Billy Graham Flag of England.svg  England FW1935-193981298530
Bill Gorman Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland DF1936-1938520540
Alec Ferguson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1936-1938630650
Jack Acquroff Flag of England.svg  England FW1936-193956155816
Jack Ormandy Flag of England.svg  England MF1936-193987189218
George Bargh Flag of England.svg  England FW1936-193991139514
George Davies Flag of England.svg  England FW1937-1938

1946

54356139
Bob Hulbert Flag of England.svg  England MF1937-193939153915
Eddie Quigley Flag of England.svg  England FW1946-1947

1957-1958

52215321
Jack Bickerstaffe Flag of England.svg  England DF1946-1948270280
Don Carter Flag of England.svg  England FW1946-194856275727
Jimmy Constantine Flag of England.svg  England FW1947-194832143314
Ken Grieves Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GK1947-1950590630
Fred Worthington Flag of England.svg  England FW1947-195169147114
Dave Massart Flag of England.svg  England FW1947-195185448947
Johnny Hanlon Flag of England.svg  England FW1948-1950311331
Johnny Walton Flag of England.svg  England FW1949-1953556576
Frankie Slynn Flag of England.svg  England MF1950-1952410420
Jack Hays Flag of England.svg  England MF1951-1952272282
Jimmy Kirk Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1951-1954800840
Johnny Simm Flag of England.svg  England MF1951-1955478529
Hugh Cameron Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1952-1953291291
Stewart Imlach Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1952-195471147415
Doug Fletcher Flag of England.svg  England FW1952-195667176918
Eddie Gleadall Flag of England.svg  England MF1952-195774187819
Don Wilson Flag of England.svg  England DF1952-1958621651
Peter Tilley Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland MF1953-195786129113
Doug Clarke Flag of England.svg  England MF1954-195537153715
Bill Redman Flag of England.svg  England DF1954-1955371371
Cecil Law Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe MF1954-1955445475
Chris Conway Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1954-1955440490
Henry Cockburn Flag of England.svg  England MF1954-1956360390
Norman Lawson Flag of England.svg  England MF1955-1958568578
Roy MacLaren Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1955-1958860910
Norman Lockhart Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland MF1956-1958416436
John Willie Parker Flag of England.svg  England FW1956-195982438846
Tommy Neill Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1956-1960908988
Harry Darbyshire Flag of England.svg  England FW1957-195829123212
Jim Lovie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1957-196051105511
Ian McIntosh Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1958-195929143114
Jimmy Munro Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1958-1959417497
Bob Stokoe Flag of England.svg  England DF1960-1964820920Manager of Bury 1961-1965 & 1977-1978
Frank Beaumont Flag of England.svg  England FW1961-196468128217
Derek Mayers Flag of England.svg  England MF1962-1963326366
Jack Threlfall Flag of England.svg  England DF1962-1964371441
Billy Griffin Flag of England.svg  England MF1962-196688229826
Ernie Yard Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1963-196545134713
Alec Alston Flag of England.svg  England FW1963-196585229122
Eddie Colquhoun Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1963-1967812892
John Bray Flag of England.svg  England DF1965-1966320330
Jack Maltby Flag of England.svg  England FW1965-1967578608
Paul Aimson Flag of England.svg  England FW1966-196731113411
Barry Lowes Flag of England.svg  England MF1966-1967336368
Alex Dawson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1966-196850215621
Bobby Collins Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1967-1969756866
Greg Farrell Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1967-196983159317
Paul Hince Flag of England.svg  England MF1968-1970393403
Alf Arrowsmith Flag of England.svg  England FW1968-197048115312
Ben Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1968-1970546596
Roy Hughes Flag of England.svg  England MF1968-1971492492
Ian Towers Flag of England.svg  England FW1968-1971487527
David Lyon Flag of England.svg  England DF1969-1971710740
Keith Eccleshare Flag of England.svg  England DF1969-1972830890
Tony Allen Flag of England.svg  England DF1970-1971290320
Tommy White Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1970-197148135215
Ken Hancock Flag of England.svg  England GK1971-1973350400
Gareth Williams Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales MF1971-1973394454
George Heslop Flag of England.svg  England DF1972-1973380431
Peter Swan Flag of England.svg  England DF1973-1974352392
Jimmy Nicholson Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland MF1973-1976830952
Chris Duffey Flag of England.svg  England MF1974-19752182813
Hughen Riley Flag of England.svg  England MF1974-1976513635
George Buchan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1974-1976656727
Ron Phillips Flag of England.svg  England MF1975-1977725858
Alan Woolfall Flag of England.svg  England MF1975-197857116814
Gerry Keenan Flag of England.svg  England DF1975-1978713883
Peter Farrell Flag of England.svg  England MF1976-1978549609
Alan Suddick Flag of England.svg  England MF1977-1978342352
Ian Robins Flag of England.svg  England FW1977-19784955910
Brian Stanton Flag of England.svg  England MF1977-197983139313
David Gregory Flag of England.svg  England FW1978-197952136123
John Ritson Flag of England.svg  England DF1978-1980412532
Ken Beamish Flag of England.svg  England FW1978-198049205822
Gordon Taylor Flag of England.svg  England MF1978-1980602722
Ray Lugg Flag of England.svg  England MF1978-1980712853
Alan Waldron Flag of England.svg  England MF1979-1980340440
John Waddington Flag of England.svg  England DF1979-1980470611
Carl Halford Flag of England.svg  England MF1979-1981312463
Dave Constantine Flag of England.svg  England DF1979-1982702812
Paul Cruickshank Flag of England.svg  England MF1979-1982824955
John Farley Flag of England.svg  England MF1980-1981182272
Neville Southall Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales GK1980-1981390490
Noel Bradley Flag of England.svg  England DF1980-1982271311
Mark Hilton Flag of England.svg  England MF1981-1983323414
Bruce Halliday Flag of England.svg  England DF1982-1983290290
Franny Firth Flag of England.svg  England MF1982-1983334354
Stuart Parker Flag of England.svg  England FW1982-1983349379
Eric Potts Flag of England.svg  England MF1982-1984517607
Paul Gardner Flag of England.svg  England DF1982-1984900980
Chris Cutler Flag of England.svg  England MF1982-1985233293
Gordon Coleman Flag of England.svg  England MF1983-1984290340
Frank Carrodus Flag of England.svg  England MF1983-1984341381
Nick Deacy Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales FW1983-1984310380
Martin Dobson Flag of England.svg  England MF1983-1986614704Manager of Bury 1984-1989
Gary Buckley Flag of England.svg  England MF1984-1985311362
Leighton James Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales MF1984-1985465515
John Kerr Flag of England.svg  England FW1985-1986314406
Lee Dixon Flag of England.svg  England DF1985-1986456587
Carl Harris Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales MF1985-1987384474
Brian Flynn Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales MF1986-1987190251
Andy Robinson Flag of England.svg  England MF1986-1987190290
Alan Taylor Flag of England.svg  England FW1986-198862107813
Ian Fairbrother Flag of England.svg  England MF1987-1988263273
Nigel Hart Flag of England.svg  England DF1987-1988452532
Noel Brotherston Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland MF1987-1988384546
Mark Higgins Flag of England.svg  England DF1987-1988680820
Steve Elliott Flag of England.svg  England FW1988-198931113511
Kenny Clements Flag of England.svg  England DF1988-1990811971
Chris Withe Flag of England.svg  England DF1989-1990311371
Andy Feeley Flag of England.svg  England DF1989-1991572702
Tony Cunningham Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica FW1989-199158177222
Mark Patterson Flag of England.svg  England MF1989-1991

1997-1998

73128512
John McGinlay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW1990-1991259299
Colin Greenall Flag of England.svg  England DF1990-1992715846
Ian Wilson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1991-1992231271
Darren Wilson Flag of England.svg  England DF1991-1992331382
Nigel Smith Flag of England.svg  England MF1991-1992343413
Lee Anderson Flag of England.svg  England DF1991-1994290380
Derek Ward Flag of England.svg  England DF1992-1993280350
Andy Reid Flag of England.svg  England DF1992-1993331441
Darren Lyons Flag of England.svg  England MF1992-1993367487
David Adekola Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria FW1993-199435124112
Jimmy Mulligan Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland FW1993-1995203273
Ryan Cross Flag of England.svg  England DF1993-1995420560
Tony Kelly Flag of England.svg  England MF1993-199557106813
Lee Bracey Flag of England.svg  England GK1993-1996670760
John Paskin Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa FW1994-19963884810
Trevor Matthewson Flag of England.svg  England DF1994-1996340490
Phil Stant Flag of England.svg  England FW1994-199662237427
Shaun Reid Flag of England.svg  England MF1995-1996210290
Stuart Bimson Flag of England.svg  England DF1995-1996360440
Adrian Randall Flag of England.svg  England MF1996-1998343403
Ronnie Jepson Flag of England.svg  England FW1996-19984795912
Rob Matthews Flag of England.svg  England MF1996-199864117714
Gordon Armstrong Flag of England.svg  England MF1996-1998714836
Paul Butler Flag of England.svg  England DF1996-1998844975
Andy A. Gray Flag of England.svg  England MF1997-1998211264
Peter Swan Flag of England.svg  England DF1997-1998376406
Tony Battersby Flag of England.svg  England FW1997-1998488549
Tony Ellis Flag of England.svg  England FW1997-1999388428
Matt Barrass Flag of England.svg  England DF1997-2004842942
Kemajl Avdiu Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden MF1998-1999271301
Nigel Jemson Flag of England.svg  England FW1998-1999291321
Laurent D'Jaffo Flag of Benin.svg  Benin FW1998-1999378439
Paul Williams Flag of England.svg  England DF1998-2000411461
Dean Barrick Flag of England.svg  England DF1998-2000471571
Paul Barnes Flag of England.svg  England FW1998-2001548618
Lutel James Flag of England.svg  England FW1998-2001684785
Baichung Bhutia Flag of India.svg  India FW1999-2001373463
Darren Bullock Flag of England.svg  England MF1999-2001535639
Sam Collins Flag of England.svg  England DF1999-2002822902
Ian Lawson Flag of England.svg  England FW1999-200356186921
Chris Armstrong Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF2000331371
Jason Jarrett Flag of England.svg  England MF2000–2002624705
Nicky Hill Flag of England.svg  England DF2000-2003220280
Lee Connell Flag of England.svg  England DF2000-2004589669
Colin Cramb Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW2001

2003

338358
Harpal Singh Flag of England.svg  England MF2001

2003-2004

404455
Jamie Stuart Flag of England.svg  England DF2001-2003611712
Michael Nelson Flag of England.svg  England DF2001-2003728848
Paul O'Shaughnessy Flag of England.svg  England MF2001-2004451511
George Clegg Flag of England.svg  England MF2001-20046897710
Gareth Seddon Flag of England.svg  England FW2001-200479178218
Terry Dunfield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada MF2002-2005745826
Simon Whaley Flag of England.svg  England MF2002-200673118511
Joe O'Neill Flag of England.svg  England FW2003-2004233273
Lee Duxbury Flag of England.svg  England MF2003-2004370390
Chris Porter Flag of England.svg  England FW2003-200571187820
Colin Kazim-Richards Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey FW2004-2005303323
Neil Edwards Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales GK2005-2006240260
Matthew Tipton Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales FW2005-2006243263
Jake Speight Flag of England.svg  England FW2005-2007302352
Tom Youngs Flag of England.svg  England FW2005-2007497527
John Fitzgerald Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland DF2005-2007643734
Andy Parrish Flag of England.svg  England DF2005-2008431511
Kasper Schmeichel Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark GK2006290290
Chris Brass Flag of England.svg  England DF2006-2007290310Manager of Bury 2016-2017
Marc Pugh Flag of England.svg  England MF2006-2007414475
Andy Mangan Flag of England.svg  England FW2007-2008204264
Jim Provett Flag of England.svg  England GK2007-2008320410
Steve Haslam Flag of England.svg  England DF2007-2009501611
Elliott Bennett Flag of England.svg  England DF2008-2009654714
Danny Racchi Flag of England.svg  England MF2008-2010430501
Ryan Cresswell Flag of England.svg  England DF2008-2010531591
Andy Morrell Flag of England.svg  England FW2008-201073187918
Wayne Brown Flag of England.svg  England GK2008-2010760860
Cameron Belford Flag of England.svg  England GK2008-2013780850
Danny Nardiello Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales FW2009

2013-2015

66257229
Tom Newey Flag of England.svg  England DF2009-2010320360
Kyle Bennett Flag of England.svg  England MF2010-2011322352
Damien Mozika Flag of France.svg  France MF2010-2011373413
Tom Lees Flag of England.svg  England DF2010-2011454505
Andy Haworth Flag of England.svg  England MF2010-2011463523
Nicky Ajose Flag of England.svg  England FW2010-2011

2013

2017-2018

56186521
Phil Picken Flag of England.svg  England DF2010-2012770850
Peter Sweeney Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF2010-2012825955
Lenell John-Lewis Flag of England.svg  England FW2010-2013839939
Giles Coke Flag of England.svg  England MF2011-2012306306
Andrai Jones Flag of England.svg  England DF2011-2013220260
Ashley Eastham Flag of England.svg  England DF2011-2013442462
Mark Carrington Flag of England.svg  England MF2011-2013481491
Mark Hughes Flag of England.svg  England DF2011-2013520601
Trevor Carson Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland GK2011-2013610670
Shaun Harrad Flag of England.svg  England FW2011-2014442494
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Flag of England.svg  England DF2012-2013240260
Zac Thompson Flag of England.svg  England MF2012-2013291322
Tommy Miller Flag of England.svg  England MF2013-2014280300
Anton Forrester Flag of England.svg  England FW2013-2014286317
Andy Procter Flag of England.svg  England MF2013-2014322372
Brian Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark GK2013-2014360390
Chris Sedgwick Flag of England.svg  England MF2013-2015582643
Rob Lainton Flag of England.svg  England GK2013-2017380430
Pablo Mills Flag of England.svg  England DF2014390440
Jimmy McNulty Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF2014-2015460511
Danny Rose Flag of England.svg  England FW2014-201669188019
Hallam Hope Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados FW2014-20176687911
Kelvin Etuhu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria MF2014-2017814914
Leon Clarke Flag of England.svg  England FW2015-201632153718
Danny Pugh Flag of England.svg  England DF2015-2016390480
Joe Riley Flag of England.svg  England DF2015-2016502572
Peter Clarke Flag of England.svg  England DF2015-2016

2018

632682
Reece Brown Flag of England.svg  England DF2015-2017351421
Jacob Mellis Flag of England.svg  England MF2015-2017583693
Tom Pope Flag of England.svg  England FW2015-201773108314
Leon Barnett Flag of England.svg  England DF2016-2017241261
Ben Williams Flag of England.svg  England GK2016-2017220280
James Vaughan Flag of England.svg  England FW2016-201737244024
Zeli Ismail Flag of England.svg  England MF2016-2017373414
Anthony Kay Flag of England.svg  England DF2016-2017420471
George Miller Flag of England.svg  England FW2016-201848155116
Callum Styles Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MF2016-2019410470
Neil Danns Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana MF2016-2019779889
Callum Reilly Flag of England.svg  England MF2017-2018180251
Rohan Ince Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat MF2017-2018220280
Chris Maguire Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland FW2017-2018242292
Harry Bunn Flag of England.svg  England FW2017-2018383435
Phil Edwards Flag of England.svg  England DF2017-2018370450
Ryan Cooney Flag of England.svg  England MF2017-2019210290
Eoghan O'Connell Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland DF2017-2019432523
Adam Thompson Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland DF2017-2019591702
Jay O'Shea Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland MF2017-201971198020
Joe Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland GK2017-2019790860
Caolan Lavery Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland FW2018-2019235296
Nicky Maynard Flag of England.svg  England FW2018-201937204121
Will Aimson Flag of England.svg  England MF2018-2019374434
Chris Stokes Flag of England.svg  England DF2018-2019374434
Byron Moore Flag of England.svg  England MF2018-2019365448
Dom Telford Flag of England.svg  England FW2018-20193864814
Callum McFadzean Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF2018-2019400490

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its Laws of Australian football, which are used, with variations, by other Australian football organisations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand women's national football team</span> Womens national association football team representing New Zealand

The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition. New Zealand will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside Australia, the Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UEFA Euro 2016</span> 15th edition of the association football championship

The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Spain were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2008 and 2012 tournaments, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Italy. Portugal won the tournament for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France, in the final played at the Stade de France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 FIFA World Cup</span> Association football tournament in Russia

The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the eleventh time the championships had been held in Europe, and the first time they were held in Eastern Europe. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 FIFA Women's World Cup</span> 2015 edition of the FIFA Womens World Cup

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australia women's national soccer team</span> Womens national association football team representing Australia

The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas", having been known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 FIFA Women's World Cup</span> 2019 edition of the FIFA Womens World Cup

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France was the 8th edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UEFA Euro 2020</span> 16th edition of the quadrennial football championship

The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, was the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship competition, UEFA president Michel Platini declared that the tournament would be hosted in several nations as a "romantic" one-off event, with 11 cities in 11 UEFA countries each providing venues for the tournament, making it the second tournament in the history after the 2007 AFC Asian Cup to have more than two nations co-hosting it. Defending champions Portugal, who won UEFA Euro 2016 in France, were eliminated in the round of 16 by Belgium. Italy won their second European Championship title by beating England on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time. The win came exactly on the 39th anniversary of Italy's 1982 FIFA World Cup Final win over West Germany.

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