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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.

List

FIFA World Cup

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

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

AFC/AFF

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

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

England Football League

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

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

Germany

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

North America

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

Scotland

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

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

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