1966 in association football
Overview of the events of 1966 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4–2.
- Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2–1.
- November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.
Winners club national championship
Asia
- Qatar: Al-Maref
Europe
- Austria: FC Admira Wacker Mödling
- Belgium: Anderlecht
- Czechoslovakia: Dukla Prague
- England: Liverpool
- France: Nantes
- Italy: Inter Milan
- Netherlands: Ajax
- Portugal: Sporting C.P.
- Soviet Union: Dynamo Kiev
- Scotland: Celtic
- Spain: Atlético Madrid
- Switzerland: FC Zürich
- Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.
- West Germany: TSV 1860 München
- Yugoslavia: FK Vojvodina
North America
South America
International tournaments
- 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)
- FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)
Clubs Founded
- PAS Giannina (Greece)
Births
- January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer
- January 15 – Rommel Fernández, Panamanian striker (d. 1993)
- January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
- February 1 – Michelle Akers, American women's soccer player[1]
- February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager
- February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
- March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
- April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
- April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
- May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
- May 24 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
- May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer
- June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
- June 12
- Nélson Bertolazzi, Brazilian former footballer[2]
- Albeiro Usuriaga (died 2004), Colombian footballer
- June 14 – Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer
- June 14 – Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
- June 26 – Abel Shongwe, retired Swazi footballer[3]
- June 29 – Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer
- July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
- July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer
- July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
- July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
- August 2 – Anzor Koblev, Russian professional football coach and former player[4]
- August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
- August 22
- Laurent Cadu, French former professional footballer[5]
- Luca Lurati, retired Swiss footballer[6]
- Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
- Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer
- October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer (died 2015)
- October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German international footballer
- October 19 – José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee
- November 10 – Michael Voss, former cricketer[7] at CricketArchive
- December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer
Deaths
- March 27 – Hermann Garrn, German forward, capped 2 times for the Germany national football team (78)
- April 29 – Sílvio Lagreca, Brazilian manager, first ever manager of the Brazil national football team (70)
- May 2 – Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup (64)
- September 17 – Mário Filho, Brazilian legendary football journalist who revolutionized football coverage in Brazil. The Maracanã Stadium was named after him after his death (58)
- December 26 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentine striker, runner-up and top scorer of the 1930 FIFA World Cup (61)
References
- ^ "Michelle Akers". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Nélson Bertolazzi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Former Amakhosi Greats Who Are Almost In Or Over The 50-Year Mark". snl24.com. Media24. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Anzor Koblev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- ^ "Laurent Cadu". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Luca Lurati". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Michael Voss
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