# List of international sports matches held at Old Trafford

Old Trafford is the home stadium of Manchester United F.C. and the venue of the annual Super League Grand Final. The stadium has also hosted various international matches in association football, rugby league, and rugby union.

## Association football

Old Trafford has hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, 2012 Summer Olympics Football Tournament, and UEFA Women's Euro 2022. It has also infrequently hosted home matches of the England national football team however it became a regular home stadium during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium between 2000 and 2007.

### Men's

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Event | Attendance |
| 17 April 1926 | England | 0–1 | Scotland | 1925–26 British Home Championship | Unknown |
| 18 November 1938 | England | 7–0 | Ireland | 1938–39 British Home Championship | ~40,000 |
| 13 July 1966 | Portugal | 3–1 | Hungary | 1966 FIFA World Cup group stage | 29,886 |
| 16 July 1966 | Portugal | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 1966 FIFA World Cup group stage | 25,438 |
| 20 July 1966 | Hungary | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 1966 FIFA World Cup group stage | 24,129 |
| 9 June 1996 | Germany | 2–0 | Czech Republic | UEFA Euro 1996 group stage | 37,300 |
| 16 June 1996 | Russia | 0–3 | Germany | UEFA Euro 1996 group stage | 50,760 |
| 19 June 1996 | Italy | 0–0 | Germany | UEFA Euro 1996 group stage | 53,740 |
| 23 June 1996 | Germany | 2–1 | Croatia | UEFA Euro 1996 quarter-final | 43,412 |
| 26 June 1996 | France | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–6p | Czech Republic | UEFA Euro 1996 semi-final | 43,877 |
| 24 May 1997 | England | 2–1 | South Africa | Friendly | 52,676 |
| 6 October 2001 | England | 2–2 | Greece | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | ~66,000 |
| 10 September 2003 | England | 2–0 | Liechtenstein | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | 64,931 |
| 16 November 2003 | England | 2–3 | Denmark | Friendly | 64,159 |
| 9 October 2004 | England | 2–0 | Wales | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 65,224 |
| 26 March 2005 | England | 4–0 | Northern Ireland | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 62,239 |
| 8 October 2005 | England | 1–0 | Austria | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 64,822 |
| 12 October 2005 | England | 2–1 | Poland | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | 65,467 |
| 20 May 2006 | England | 3–1 | Hungary | Friendly | 56,323 |
| 3 June 2006 | England | 6–0 | Jamaica | Friendly | 70,373 |
| 16 August 2006 | England | 4–0 | Greece | Friendly | 45,864 |
| 2 September 2006 | England | 5–0 | Andorra | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | 56,290 |
| 7 October 2007 | England | 0–0 | Macedonia | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | 72,062 |
| 7 February 2007 | England | 0–1 | Spain | Friendly | 58,247 |
| 26 July 2012 | United Arab Emirates | 1–2 | Uruguay | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 51,745 |
| 26 July 2012 | Great Britain | 1–1 | Senegal | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 72,176 |
| 29 July 2012 | Egypt | 1–1 | New Zealand | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 50,050 |
| 29 July 2012 | Brazil | 3–1 | Belarus | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 66,212 |
| 1 August 2012 | Spain | 0–0 | Morocco | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 35,973 |
| 4 August 2012 | Japan | 3–0 | Egypt | 2012 Summer Olympics quarter-final | 70,772 |
| 7 August 2012 | South Korea | 0–3 | Brazil | 2012 Summer Olympics semi-final | 69,389 |
| 18 November 2014 | Argentina | 0–1 | Portugal | Friendly | 41,233 |
| 19 June 2023 | England | 7–0 | North Macedonia | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | 70,708 |

### Women's

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Event | Attendance |
| 2 September 1990 | England | 0–0 | Norway | UEFA Euro 1991 qualifying | 435 |
| 31 July 2012 | United States | 1–0 | North Korea | 2012 Summer Olympics group stage | 29,522 |
| 6 August 2012 | Canada | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | United States | 2012 Summer Olympics semi-final | 26,630 |
| 6 July 2022 | England | 1–0 | Austria | UEFA Euro 2022 Opening Match | 68,871 |

## Rugby league

Old Trafford has hosted four Rugby League World Cup finals (three men's and one women's) and one semi-final, it has also hosted Ashes games on four occasions.

### Men's

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Event | Attendance |
| 25 October 1986 | Great Britain | 16–38 | Australia | 1986 Kangaroo tour | 50,583 |
| 21 October 1989 | Great Britain | 16–24 | New Zealand | 1989 Kiwi tour | 18,273 |
| 10 November 1990 | Great Britain | 10–14 | Australia | 1990 Kangaroo tour | 46,615 |
| 5 November 1994 | Great Britain | 8–38 | Australia | 1994 Kangaroo tour | 43,930 |
| 22 November 1995 | England | 25–10 | Wales | 1995 Rugby League World Cup semi-final | 30,042 |
| 8 November 1997 | Great Britain | 20–12 | Australia | Super League Test series | 40,324 |
| 25 November 2000 | Australia | 40–12 | New Zealand | 2000 Rugby League World Cup final | 44,329 |
| 30 November 2013 | New Zealand | 2–34 | Australia | 2013 Rugby League World Cup final | 74,468 |
| 19 November 2022 | Australia | 30–10 | Samoa | 2021 Rugby League World Cup final | 67,502 |

### Women's

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Event | Attendance | Ref. |
| 19 November 2022 | Australia | 54–4 | New Zealand | 2021 Rugby League World Cup final | 67,502 | |

## Rugby union

Old Trafford does not regularly host rugby union but has seen two England test matches been played at the stadium, in addition to one Lancashire match.
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Event | Attendance |
| 20 October 1924 | Lancashire | 0–23 | New Zealand | Tour match | Unknown |
| 22 November 1997 | England | 8–25 | New Zealand | Test match | 55,243 |
| 6 June 2009 | England | 37–15 | Argentina | Test match | 40,521 |

## Club matches

Outside of Manchester United's Champions League, Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup matches, Old Trafford has hosted the 1989 World Club Challenge and 2003 UEFA Champions League final.

### 1989 World Club Challenge

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Attendance | Ref. |
| 4 October 1989 | Widnes Vikings | 30–18 | Canberra Raiders | 30,786 | |

### 2003 UEFA Champions League final

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Attendance | Ref. |
| 28 May 2003 | Juventus | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 2–3p | Milan | 62,315 | |

## Individual sports

In July 1927, Old Trafford hosted a tennis exhibition match between French Olympic champion and Grand Slam winner Suzanne Lenglen and British Ceylonese player Evelyn Dewhurst. Lenglan defeated Dewhurst 6–0, 6–2 in front of over 15,000 spectators.
In October 1993, a WBC–WBO Super-Middleweight unification fight was held at the ground, with around 42,000 people paying to watch WBO champion Chris Eubank fight WBC champion Nigel Benn.