Channel 5 won the terrestrial UK rights for the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001, 2003 and 2005, showing a selection of matches including each final.
For the 2007–08 season, Channel 5 won the rights to broadcast a live Serie A game on Sunday afternoons, presented by Radio 1 DJ Mark Chapman and Laura Esposto.
Games were also shown on sister channel Fiver and a highlights show was broadcast on Saturday afterwards, named Football Italiano.
Chapman maintained a relationship with Channel 5 when he hosted a UEFA Cup match in 2008 between Portsmouth and Milan and deputised for Colin Murray whenever he was unavailable.
Two games from Liverpool's pre season tour were shown in July 2008 with Channel 5's UEFA Europa League at the helm.
They showed The Carlberg Belfast Challenge in 1998, which Liverpool were in, The Gelderland Tournament the same year with Chelsea and Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial and anything else they could grab in the early days.
They showed Aston Villa and Rangers a lot in the early days but would only cover the tournament to a point as BBC or ITV would usually have the rights from the quarter-finals onwards.
Usually Channel 5 showed matches on an ad hoc basis covering sometimes three games in a day from early afternoon to late evening if there were many British clubs playing.
Channel 5's last live Europa League Match was the final between Atletico Madrid and Atletico Bilbao in May 2012 and their last live match was in July 2012 when they had pre-season friendly coverage between Southampton and Ajax on 28 July (Jim Rosenthal presented alongside Ken Monkou, with Dave Woods and Stewart Robson commentating and Dave Beckett reporting).
The promise of a mid-evening broadcast slot was believed to have been the tide turner, also in the contract were the highlights of the Football League Trophy.
BBC Radio 1 DJ and football enthusiast Colin Murray took over the reins as he already appeared on Channel 5 hosting live NFL.
In 2007, his Radio 1 colleague Mark Chapman joined Channel 5 to cover Italian football alongside Laura Esposto.
Kelly Cates has worked for ESPN UK, ITV Sport, Talksport and BBC Radio 5 Live covering football from Premier League to the World Cup.
Channel 5's first main commentator was Capital Gold and BBC Radio 5 Live man Jonathan Pearce.
John Helm was then the main commentator and filled the role left by Pearce, with other commentaries coming from Gary Bloom, Tony Jones and Jon Champion.
Channel 5's regular pundits consisted of Pat Nevin who, from 2009, moved to pitchside before games and in the OB truck at half and full-time; Phil Thompson, who commentated on the first ever Football on 5 match between Poland and England with Jonathan Pearce; Stan Collymore who replaced John Barnes from 2010 to 2012 and was in the studio alongside Jim Rosenthal, and Graham Taylor who is the principal co-commentator.
Channel 5 has also used other pundits and commentators when needed, such as Ray Houghton, Terry Butcher, Joe Royle, Phil Babb, Stewart Robson and John Scales.
He also appeared as a pitchside analyst speaking to resident reporter Dave Beckett, giving his thoughts on the action during the match, at half time and at full-time, and conducting post-match interviews.
Oliver Wilson, Will Cope, Dan O'Hagan, Alex Gordon-Martin, Faye Carruthers, Chris Maughan, Mick Conway, Jonathan Beck, Steve Lee, Andy Hodgson, Jonathan Legard, Simon Watts, Callum Williams, Chris Wise and Tony Colliver have all appeared during the 2016/17 season.