Football On 16th October 1968
The European/South American Cup, more commonly known as the Intercontinental Cup and from 1980 to 2004 known as the Toyota European/South American Cup (abbreviated as Toyota Cup) for sponsorship reasons, was an international competition endorsed by UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America). It was contested between representative clubs from these confederations (representatives of most developed continents in the football world), usually the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores. It ran from 1960 to 2004, when it was succeeded by the FIFA Club World Championship although they both ran concurrently in 2000.
From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was as a two-legged tie, with a play-off if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. During the 1970s, European participation in the Intercontinental Cup became a running question due to controversial events in the 1969 match and some European Cup-winning teams withdrew From 1980, the competition was rebranded and contested as a single match played in Japan, regarded neutral territory for both contestants, and sponsored by Toyota which offered a secondary trophy, the Toyota Cup. At that point, the Japan FA was involved at a logistical level as host, though it continued to be endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL.
| Most successful club(s) |  Boca Juniors Milan Nacional Peñarol Real Madrid(3 titles each) |
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The first attempt by an English side to win the Intercontinental Cup ended the same way as Celtic's, the previous season - in a bad-tempered defeat by the champions of South America. After losing 1-0 in the first leg in Argentina - Nobby Stiles was sent off - European champions Manchester United met Estudiantes in the second leg in front of 63,500 at Old Trafford on this day in 1968. Juan Ramón Verón - the father of future United player Juan Sebastián Verón - scored for the visitors in the opening minutes, George Best was sent off and Willie Morgan equalised in the closing seconds so Estudiantes won the trophy 2-1 on aggregate.
A gaffe from England’s David Seaman, on this day, brought more criticism for the Arsenal ‘keeper when he allowed Macedonia’s Artim Šakiri to score direct from a corner kick. The 2-2 draw with Macedonia in a Euro qualifier at St Mary’s in Southampton proved to be David Seaman’s 75th and final appearance for his country.
The National team was represented within the Federal team since 1919. Between 1945 and 1992, SR Macedonia was ineligible to play as a team for official matches. The team had mostly played exhibition matches against teams from other republics of SFA Yugoslavia and was represented by Macedonian players under the traditional red, yellow and white colours. As an independent team, it started to compete on international level after the split of the federation in 1991.
Early years (1993–96).
In 1994, the Republic of Macedonia became a single member of FIFA and UEFA after the independence and split of Yugoslavia. They recorded their first match as a 4–1 victory against Slovenia in a friendly on 13 October 1993.
Past results for England:
v North Macedonia 
| Games won: | 3 |
| Games drawn: | 2 |
| Games lost: | 0 |
| Date | Match | Result | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2002 | England v North Macedonia | D | 2-2 | UEFA European Championship |
| 06 Sep 2003 | North Macedonia v England | W | 1-2 | UEFA European Championship |
| 06 Sep 2006 | North Macedonia v England | W | 0-1 | UEFA European Championship |
| 07 Oct 2006 | England v North Macedonia | D | 0-0 | UEFA European Championship |
| 19 Jun 2023 | England v North Macedonia | W | 7-0 | UEFA European Championship |
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