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Several association football games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of an team's lore or rivalries as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, for hooliganism that occurred during or after the game, or for other reasons that make the game notable.

The following is a list of games that have been given names that are widely used or recalled in reference to the game or as part of a particular team's lore. This list does not include games named only after being a cup game unless they have a nickname besides their official yearly name.

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FIFA World Cup

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Battle of Bordeaux 12 June 1938
Miracle of Belo Horizonte 29 June 1950
Maracanaço 16 July 1950
Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne 26 June 1954
Battle of Berne 27 June 1954
Miracle of Bern 4 July 1954
Disaster of Sweden 15 June 1958
Battle of Santiago 2 June 1962
Game of the Century 17 June 1970
The Miracle of Córdoba 21 June 1978
The 6 to 0 at Peru 21 June 1978
Disgrace of Gijón 25 June 1982
Sarrià Tragedy 5 July 1982
Night of Seville 8 July 1982
19 May Incident 19 May 1985
Goal of the Century 22 June 1986
El Maracanazo 3 September 1989
Shot heard 'round the world 19 November 1989
Agony of Doha 28 October 1993
One team in Tallinn 9 October 1996
The most politically charged game 21 June 1998
The last game at the old Wembley 7 October 2000
31-0 11 April 2001
Aztecazo 16 June 2001
Battle of Nuremberg 25 June 2006
The Zidane Headbutt 9 July 2006
Hand of Frog 18 November 2009
Battle of Johannesburg 11 July 2010
Snow Clasico 22 March 2013
Haztecazo 6 September 2013
7–1 / Mineiraço 8 July 2014
Agony of Couva October 10, 2017
Battle of the "Iceteca" 16 November 2021
Battle of Lusail 9 December 2022

Other FIFA matches

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Miracle of Dammam 25 February 1989

AFC/AFF

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Blockade Derby 26 November 2005
Disaster of Hanoi 8 July 2007
Miracle of Hanoi 5 December 2010
Miracle of Manila 27 March 2018

Brazilian football

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Batalha dos Aflitos 26 November 2005

England Football League

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Game of three halves 1 September 1894
White Horse Final 28 April 1923
Matthews Final 2 May 1953
De Mistwedstrijd
Cockney Cup Final 20 May 1967
Game of the Century 30 December 1978
Five-minute Final 12 May 1979
Luton riot 13 March 1985
The Battle of Highbury 9 January 1988
It's Up For Grabs Now 26 May 1989
Old Trafford Brawl 20 October 1990
Match of the Decade 3 April 1996
The Epic 14 April 1999
Battle of Bramall Lane 16 March 2002
Battle of Old Trafford 21 September 2003
Battle of the Buffet 24 October 2004
The Gerrard Final 13 May 2006
Upton Park riot 25 August 2009
The Six One 23 October 2011
93:20 13 May 2012
The Greatest FA Cup Upset 24 January 2015
Miracle of Hillsborough 18 May 2023

Copa del Rey

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
El Centenariazo 6 March 2002

Germany

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Shame penalty of Leipzig 22 March 1986

North America

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Miracle in Montreal 18 June 2009

Scotland

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Snow Final 2 February 1889
Hampden in the Sun 19 October 1957
Family Final 18 May 1991
Shock of Gibraltar 12 July 2016

UEFA

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
Auxerre tragedy 6 September 1995
Miracle of Istanbul 25 May 2005
Alcorconazo 27 October 2009
La Remontada 8 March 2017

International football

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Name Date Away team Score Home team Notes
The first International 30 November 1872
First South American International 20 July 1902
Copa Roberto Chery 1 July 1919
The First Game 18 December 1921
Battle of Highbury 14 November 1934
Battle of Breslau 16 May 1937
The Last Game 27 August 1939
Match of the Century 25 November 1953
The Miracle on Grass 23 May 1954
The Day Yugoslav Soccer Died 3 June 1990
Lansdowne Road riot 15 February 1995
The Other Final 30 June 2002