2002 in association football

2002 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2002 around the world.

Events

January

• January 8: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion withdraw from the MLS. They are both dissolved on the same day.
• January 19: The opening match of the 2002 African Cup of Nations is played. Mali draw 1-1 against Liberia the Stade du 26 Mars in Bamako, Mali.

February

• February 10: The 2002 African Cup of Nations Final is played. Cameroon beat Senegal 3-2 on penalties.
• February 13: Dick Advocaat replaces Louis van Gaal as the manager of the Netherlands. His first game as Netherlands manager was 1-1 draw against England in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• February 19: Roberto Di Matteo (31) retires. He most famously played for Lazio, Chelsea, and Italy.

April

• April 5: The 2002 Asian Club Championship Final was played. Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Anyang LG Cheetahs 4-2 on penalties.

May

• May 8: Feyenoord beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the 2002 UEFA Cup Final. The match was played at the Stadion Feijenoord, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• May 10: Lee Dixon (38) retires. He most famously played for Arsenal and England.
• May 15: Real Madrid C.F. beat Bayer Leverkusun in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final. The match was played at Hampden Park, Scotland.
• May 28: The 53rd FIFA Congress is held. This is when the 2002 FIFA Presidential Election happened. Joseph "Sepp" Blatter beats Issa Hayatou in the election
• May 30: A.F.C. Wimbledon is founded in England. It is founded by Wimbledon F.C. fans who were annoyed that the club was allowed to move to Milton Keynes.
• May 31: The opening match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup is played. In that game, Senegal beat 1998 World Cup winners France 1-0 at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea.

June

• June 17: 1954 FIFA World Cup winner Fritz Walter passes away.
• June 21: Wacker Innsbruck is founded in Austria.
• June 30: The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final is played. Brazil beats Germany 2-0 at the International Stadium of Yokohama, Japan.

July

• July 31: The 2nd leg of the 2002 Copa Libertadores Final is played. Club Olimpia beat São Caetano 2-1 (2-2 on aggregate). Club Olympia would win 4-2 on penalties.

August

• August 11: Tony Adams (35) retires. He played for Arsenal and England.
• August 17: Wayne Rooney makes his professional debut for Everton. The match was a 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.
• August 27: The 2nd leg of the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were played. Stuttgart beat Lille 2-0 (Stuttgart won 2-1 on agg.), Fulham beat Bologna 3-1 (Fulham won 5-3 on agg.), and Málaga drew 1-1 against Villarreal (Málaga won 2-1 on agg.).
• August 30: The 2002 UEFA Super Cup is played. Real Madrid beats Feyenoord 3-1 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.
• August 31: Real Madrid sign Ronaldo from Inter Milan for €45 million.
• Date Unknown: Gerard van der Lem replaces Martin Koopman as the manager of Saudi Arabia.

September

• September 17: 1958 FIFA World Cup winner Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa passes away. He dies due to cancer.
• September 18: The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final was played. Pachuca beat Monarcas Morelia 1-0.
• September 22: 1950 FIFA World Cup winner Julio Pérez passes away.

October

• October 31: A match between AS Adema and SO l'Emyrne ended at 149-0. This is due to SO l'Emyrne scoring 149 own goals in protest. It was later discovered that the match was fixed.

November

• November 9: 1950 FIFA World Cup winner Eusebio Tejera passes away.
• November 13: 1950 FIFA World Cup winner Juan Alberto Schiaffino passes away.

December

• December 3: Real Madrid beat Club Olimpia in the 2002 Intercontinental Cup

Date Unknown

• Tirol Innsburck went bankrupt after winning their 3rd Austrian Bundesliga title.
• The 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year is held. Ronaldo wins the Men's award, while Mia Hamm wins the Woman's award.
• The English Football Hall of Fame is opened.
• Athletic Club Femenino is founded. It is the woman's team of Athletic Bilbao

Tournament Winners

International

Tournament	Confederation	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
2002 African Cup of Nations	CAF (Africa)	Mali	Cameroon	Senegal	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako
2002 FIFA World Cup	FIFA	South Korea Japan	Brazil	Germany	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Youth International

Tournament	Confederation	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	UEFA (Europe)	Denmark	Switzerland	France	Farum Park, Farum
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship		Norway	Spain	Germany	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship		Switzerland	Czech Republic	France	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Continental

Confederation	Tournament	Previous Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
AFC (Asia)	2001–02 Asian Club Championship	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2000-01)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Anyang LG Cheetahs	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
CAF (Africa)	2002 CAF Champions League	Al Ahly (2001)	Zamalek SC	Raja Casablanca	2-Legged Final
CONCACAF (North America)	2002 CONCACAF Cup	Los Angeles Galaxy (2000)	Pachuca	Monarcas Morelia	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
CONMEBOL (South America)	2002 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors (2001)	Club Olimpia	A.D. São Caetano	2-Legged Final
	2002 Copa Sudamericana	First Season	San Lorenzo	Atlético Nacional	2-Legged Final
UEFA (Europe)	2001–02 UEFA Champions League	Bayern Munich (2000-01)	Real Madrid	Bayer Leverkusen	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	2001–02 UEFA Cup	Liverpool (2000-01)	Feyenoord	Borussia Dortmund	De Kuip, Rotterdam
	2002 UEFA Super Cup	Liverpool (2001)	Real Madrid	Feyenoord	Stade Louis II, Monaco
	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup	Aston Villa Paris Saint-Germain (2001) Troyes	Málaga Fulham VfB Stuttgart	Villarreal Bologna Lille	2-Legged Final

National

UEFA

Nation	League	Champion	Relegated	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up	Supercup	Winner	Runner-Up
Albania	2001–02 Albanian National Championship	Dinamo Tirana	KF Luftëtari (13th), KF Tomori (14th)	2001-02 Albanian Cup	KF Tirana	Dinamo Tirana	2002 Albanian Supercup	KF Tirana	Dinamo Tirana
Andorra	2020–21 Primera Divisió	Encamp	None	2021 Copa Constitució	Lusitanos	Inter Club d'Escaldes	No Supercup
Armenia	2002 Armenian Premier League	Pyunik	Lori Vanadzor (12th), Malatia	2020–21 Armenian Cup	Pyunik	Zvartnots-AAL	2021 Armenian Supercup	Pyunik	Mika
Austria	2020–21 Austrian Football Bundesliga	Tirol Innsbruck	Tirol Innsbruck (Failed to obtain a license, and folded)	2020–21 Austrian Cup	Grazer AK	Sturm Graz	2002 Austrian Supercup	Grazer AK	Sturm Graz
Azerbaijan	2001-02 Azerbaijan Premier League	Not Finished due to conflict between the clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan		2001-02 Azerbaijan Cup	Neftçi Baku	Shamkir	No Supercup
Belarus	2002 Belarusian Premier League	BATE Borisov	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk (14th)	2001–02 Belarusian Cup	Gomel	BATE Borisov	No Supercup
Belgium	2001–02 Belgian First Division	Genk	R.W.D. Molenbeek (10th), Eendracht Aalst (17th)	2020–21 Belgian Cup	Club Brugge	Mouscron	2002 Belgian Super Cup	Club Brugge	Genk
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2001–02 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Željezničar	FK Olimpik (13th), Troglav (14th), HNK Grude (15th), Iskra Bugojno (16th)	2001-02 Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup	FK Sarajevo	Željezničar	No Supercup
Bulgaria	2001–02 A Group	Levski Sofia	Spartak Pleven (12th), Belasitsa Petrich (13th), Beroe Stara Zagora (14th)	2001-02 Bulgarian Cup	Levski Sofia	CSKA Sofia	No Supercup
Croatia	2001–02 Croatian First Football League	NK Zagreb	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (13th), Čakovec (14th), Marsonia (15th), TŠK Topolovac (16th)	2001-02 Croatian Football Cup	Dinamo Zagreb	NK Varaždin	2002 Croatian Football Super Cup	Dinamo Zagreb	NK Zagreb
Cyprus	2001-02 Cypriot First Division	APOEL FC	Ethnikos Assia (12th), Doxa Katokopias (13th), Ermis Aradippou (14th)	2020–21 Cypriot Cup	Anorthosis Famagusta	Ethnikos Achna	2002 Cyprus FA Shield	APOEL FC	Anorthosis Famagusta
Czech Republic	2001-02 Czech First League	Slovan Liberec	Drnovice (15th), Opava (16th)	2001-02 Czech Cup	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	No Supercup
Denmark	2001–02 Danish Superliga	Brøndby IF	Vejle BK (11th), Lyngby BK (12th)	2001-02 Danish Cup	Odense BK	Copenhagen	2002 Danish Supercup	Brøndby IF	Odense BK
England	2001–02 FA Premier League	Arsenal	Ipswich Town (18th), Derby County (19th), Leicester City (20th)	2001-02 FA Cup	Arsenal	Chelsea	2002 FA Community Shield	Arsenal	Liverpool
				2001–02 Football League Cup	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham Hotspur
Estonia	2002 Meistriliiga	Flora	Lootus (9th), Levadia Pärnu (10th)	2001-02 Estonian Cup	Levadia Tallinn	Levadia Tallinn	2002 Estonian Supercup	Flora	Levadia II
Finland	2002 Veikkausliiga	HJK Helsinki	VPS Vaasa (7th, Relegation Group)	2002 Finnish Cup	FC Haka	FC Lahti	No Supercup
France	2001–02 French Division 1	Olympique Lyonnais	Metz (17th), Lorient (18th)	2020–21 Coupe de France	Lorient	Bastia	2021 Trophée des Champions	Olympique Lyonnais	Lorient
				2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue	Girondins de Bordeaux	Lorient
Georgia	2001–02 Umaglesi Liga	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	Samgurali Tskhaltubo (11th), Guria Lanchkhuti (12th)	2001–02 Georgian Cup	Locomotive Tbilisi	Torpedo Kutaisi	No Supercup
Germany	2001-02 Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	SC Freiburg (16th), Köln (17th), St. Pauli(18th)	2001-02 DFB-Pokal	Schalke 04	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	No Supercup
Greece	2001–02 Alpha Ethniki	Olympiacos	Ethnikos Asteras (14th)	2001–02 Greek Football Cup	AEK Athens	Olympiacos	No Supercup
Hungary	2001–02 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Zalaegerszegi	Szombathelyi Haladás (11th), Vasas (12th)	2020–21 Magyar Kupa	Újpest	Szombathelyi Haladás	2002 Szuperkupa	Újpest	Zalaegerszegi
Iceland	2002 Úrvalsdeild	KR	Keflavík (9th), Þór (10th)	2002 Icelandic Cup	Fylkir	Fram	No Supercup
				2002 Deildabikar	FH	Fylkir
Ireland	2001–02 League of Ireland Premier Division	Shelbourne	Dundalk (10th), Galway United (11th), Monaghan United (12th)	2001-02 FAI Cup	Dundalk	Bohemians	No Supercup
				2002 FAI Cup	Derry City	Shamrock Rovers
				2001-02 League of Ireland Cup	Limerick	Derry City
Israel	2001-02 Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Haifa (11th), Maccabi Kiryat Gat (12th)	2001-02 Israel State Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Maccabi Haifa	No Supercup
				2001–02 Toto Cup Al	Hapoel Tel Aviv	FC Ashdod
				2001–02 Toto Cup Artzit	Hapoel Ashkelon	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Italy	2001-02 Serie A	Juventus	Hellas Verona (15th), Lecce (16th), Fiorentina (17th), Venezia	2001–02 Coppa Italia	Parma	Juventus	2002 Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus	Parma
Latvia	2002 Latvian Higher League	Skonto	PFK Daugava (6th)	2002 Latvian Football Cup	Skonto	FHK Liepājas Metalurgs	No Supercup
Liechtenstein	No League			2001–02 Liechtenstein Cup	Vaduz	USV Eschen/Mauren	No Supercup
Lithuania	2002 A Lyga	FBK Kaunas	Inkaras Kaunas (5th), Geležinis Vilkas (7th), Nevėžis (8th)	2001-02 Lithuanian Football Cup	FBK Kaunas	FK Sūduva	No Supercup
Luxembourg	2001–02 Luxembourg National Division	F91 Dudelange	CS Hobscheid (Relegation stage, 4th in Group 1), Etzella Ettelbruck (Relegation stage, 4th in Group 2)	2020–21 Luxembourg Cup	Avenir Beggen	F91 Dudelange	No Supercup
Macedonia	2001–02 Macedonian First Football League	Vardar	Makedonija GP (11th), FK Osogovo (12th)	2001–02 Macedonian Football Cup	Pobeda	Cementarnica 55	No Supercup
Malta	2001–02 Maltese Premier League	Hibernians	Naxxar Lions (9th), Lija Athletic (10th)	2001-02 Maltese FA Trophy	Birkirkara	Sliema Wanderers	2021 Maltese Super Cup	Birkirkara	Hibernians
Moldova	2001–02 Moldovan National Division	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol (7th), Happy End Camenca (8th)	2001-02 Moldovan Cup	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nistru Otaci	No Supercup
Netherlands	2001-02 Eredivisie	Ajax	Den Bosch (16th), Sparta Rotterdam (17th), Fortuna Sittard (18th)	2001–02 KNVB Cup	Ajax	Utrecht	2002 Johan Cruyff Shield	Ajax	PSV Eindhoven
Northern Ireland	2001–02 Irish League	Portadown	None	2001–02 Irish Cup	Linfield	Portadown	No Supercup
				2001–02 Irish League Cup	Linfield	Glentoran
Norway	2002 Tippeligaen	Rosenborg	Moss FK (13th), IK Start (14th)	2002 Norwegian Football Cup	Vålerenga	Odd Grenland	No Supercup
Poland	2001–02 Ekstraklasa	Legia Warsaw	RKS Radomsko (14th), Śląsk Wrocław (15th), OKS Stomil Olsztyn (16th)	2001-02 Polish Cup	Wisła Kraków	Amica Wronki	No Supercup
Portugal	2001–02 Primeira Liga	Sporting CP	Salgueiros (16th), Farense (17th), Alverca (18th)	2020–21 Taça de Portugal	Sporting CP	Leixões	2002 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	Sporting CP	Leixões
Romania	2001–02 Divizia A	Dinamo București	Petrolul Ploiești (15th), UM Timișoara	2001-02 Cupa României	Rapid București	Dinamo București	2002 Supercupa României	Rapid București	Dinamo București
Russia	2002 Russian Premier League	Lokomotiv Moscow	Anzhi Makhachkala (15th), Sokol Saratov	2001-02 Russian Cup	CSKA Moscow	Zenit Saint Petersburg	No Supercup
San Marino	2001–02 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio	FC Domagnano	None	2001-02 Coppa Titano	FC Domagnano	SP Cailungo	No Supercup
Scotland	2001–02 Scottish Premier League	Celtic	St. Johnstone	2001–02 Scottish Cup	Rangers	Celtic	No Supercup
				2001–02 Scottish League Cup	Rangers	Ayr United
Slovakia	2001–02 Slovak Superliga	Žilina	Tatran Prešov (10th)	2001–02 Slovak Cup	Koba Senec	Matador Púchov	No Supercup
Slovenia	2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga	Maribor	Triglav Kranj (11th), Domžale (12th)	2020–21 Slovenian Cup	Gorica	Aluminij	No Supercup
Spain	2001–02 La Liga	Valencia	Las Palmas (18th), CD Tenerife (19th), Real Zaragoza (20th)	2001-02 Copa del Rey	Deportivo de La Coruña	Real Madrid	2002 Supercopa de España	Deportivo de La Coruña	Valencia
Sweden	2002 Allsvenskan	Djurgårdens	IFK Norrköping (13th), Kalmar FF (14th)	2002 Svenska Cupen	Djurgårdens	AIK	No Supercup
Switzerland	2001–02 Nationalliga A	FC Basel	FC Lugano (Champion playoffs, 3rd), FC Sion (Champion playoffs, 8th),FC Lausanne-Sport (Nationalliga A/B Playoffs, 2nd)	2001-02 Swiss Cup	FC Basel	Grasshopper Club Zürich	No Supercup
Turkey	2001–02 Süper Lig	Galatasaray	Caykur Rizespor (16th), Antalyaspor (17th), Yimpaş Yozgatspor (18th)	2001-02 Turkish Cup	Kocaelispor	Beşiktaş	No Supercup
FR Yugoslavia	2001–02 First League of FR Yugoslavia	Partizan	Mladost Lučani (15th), Zvezdara (16th), Mladost Apatin (17th), Radnički Kragujevac (18th)	2001–02 FR Yugoslavia Cup	Red Star Belgrade	Sartid	No Supercup
Ukraine	2001–02 Vyshcha Liha	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (14th)	2001-02 Ukrainian Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	No Supercup
Wales	2020–21 Cymru Premier	Barry Town	Rhayader Town (18th)	2001-02 Welsh Cup	Barry Town	Bangor City	No Supercup
				2001-02 Welsh League Cup	Caersws	Cwmbrân Town

CONCACAF

Country	League Winners	Cup Winners
Canada	Ottawa Wizards (CPSL)	Montreal Impact
Mexico	Club América (Verano 2002) Toluca (Apertura 2002)	-
United States	Los Angeles Galaxy (Supporters' Shield)	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS Cup) Columbus Crew (U.S. Open Cup)

AFC

Country	League Winners	Cup Winners	Supercup Winners
Australia	Perth Glory (NSL regular season) Olympic Sharks (NSL Finals)	-	-
China	Dalian Shide	Qingdao Hademen	Dalian Shide
India	Mohun Bagan	-	-
Iran	Persepolis	Esteghlal	-
Japan	Júbilo Iwata	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Shimizu S-Pulse
Qatar	Al-Ittihad	Al-Ittihad	Al-Khor SC (Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup) Qatar SC (Qatar Cup)
South Korea	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
United Arab Emirates	Al-Ain	Al Ahli	-

Births & Deaths

Births

January

• January 18: Karim Adeyemi, footballer (Red Bull Salzburg)
• January 18: Ki-Jana Hoever, footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
• January 19: Reinier, footballer (Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund)
• January 23: Josko Gvardiol, footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, RB Leipzig)
• January 29: Andri Guðjohnsen, footballer, and son of Eiður Guðjohnsen
• January 31: Giovanni, footballer (Jong Ajax)

Febuary

• February 1: Brian Brobbey, footballer (Ajax, RB Leipzig)
• Febuary 12: Mohamed Ihattaren, footballer (PSV Eindhoven)

March

• March 16: Nathanaël Mbuku, footballer (Stade de Reims)

May

• May 16: Ryan Gravenberch, footballer (Ajax, Netherlands)
• May 27: Jérémy Doku, footballer (Anderlecht, Stade Rennais, Belgium
• May 28: Gianluca Busio, footballer (Sporting Kansas City)

June

• June 7: Tanguy Nianzou, footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich)
• June 19: Efraín Álvarez, footballer (LA Galaxy, Mexico)
• June 19: Nuno Mendes, footballer (Sporting CP)

July

• July 2: Sebastiano Esposito, footballer (Inter Milan)
• July 11: Amad Diallo, footballer (Atalanta, Manchester United, Ivory Coast)
• July 19: Fábio Silva, footballer (Porto, Wolverhampton Wanderers)
• July 25: Adam Hložek, footballer (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic)

September

• September 25: Filip Stevanović, footballer (Partizan, Manchester City)

October

• October 31: Ansu Fati, footballer (Barcelona, Spain)

November

• November 10: Eduardo Camavinga, footballer (Stade Rennais, France)
• November 13: Giovanni Reyna, footballer (Borussia Dortmund, United States)
• November 25: Pedri, footballer (Las Palmas, Barcelona, Spain)
• November 29: Yunus Musah, footballer (Valencia, United States)

Deaths

January

• January 4: Georg Ericson, footballer (IFK Norrköping) and manager (IFK Norrköping, Sweden)
• January 15: Jean Dockx, footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht, Belgium) and manager (Royal Antwerp, R.S.C. Anderlecht)
• January 19: Jeff Astle, footballer (Notts County, West Bromwich Albion, England)

February

• February 4: Bert Head, footballer (Torquay United) and manager (Bury, Crystal Palace)
• February 12: John Eriksen, footballer (Feyenoord, Luzern, Denmark}
• February 13: George Bray, footballer (Burnley)
• February 13: Ramón Grosso, footballer (Real Madrid, Spain) and manager (Real Madrid B)
• February 14: Nándor Hidegkuti, footballer (MTK Hungária, Hungary) and manager (MTK Hungária, Fiorentina, Al Ahly)
• February 16: Sir Walter Winterbottom, footballer (Manchester United) and manager (England, Great Britain)
• Febuary 20: Branko Stanković, footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia) and manager (Yugoslavia, A.E.K. Athens, FC Porto, PAOK, Red Star Belgrade, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş)

March

• March 4: Velibor Vasović, footballer (Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Ajax, Yugoslavia) and manager (F.K. Partizan, Angers, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star Belgrade)
• March 26: Eugen Meier, footballer (BSC Young Boys, Switzerland)

April

• April 2: Ike Clarke, footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth) and player-manager (Yeovil Town)
• April 3: Ernst Stojaspal, footballer (Austria Wien, Strasbourg, AS Monaco, Metz, Austria)
• April 9: Roy Dwight, footballer (Fulham, Nottingham Forest)
• April 29: Sune Andersson, footballer (AIK, Roma, Kalmar FF, Sweden) and manager (Kalmar FF, IFK Eskilstuna)

May

• May 13: Valeriy Lobanovskyi, footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk) and manager (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait)
• May 21: Roy Paul, footballer (Swansea Town, Manchester City. Wales)
• May 29: Stan Bentham, footballer (Everton)
• May 30: Sándor Mátrai, footballer (Ferencvaros, Hungary)

June

• June 17: Fritz Walter, footballer (Kaiserslautern, West Germany)

July

• July 3: Billy Liddell, footballer (Liverpool
• July 7: Ray Wood, footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, England) and manager (Cyprus, APOEL). Survivor of the Munich air disaster
• July 20: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer (Olympiacos, Greece)
• July 22: Giuseppe Corradi, footballer (Modena, Juventus, Genoa, Italy) and manager (Pisa, Spezia Calcio)
• July 23: Hermann Lindemann, footballer (FSV Frankfurt, VfB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt) and manager (FSV Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Bochum, Borussia Dortmund)
• July 25: Hans Dorjee, footballer (DHC, XerxesDZB) and manager (NAC, Excelsior, Vitesse, PSV (assistant manager), AA Gent, Netherlands U-21)
• July 27: Anatoli Bashashkin, footballer (CDSA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union)

August

• August 8: Reiner Geye, footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, West Germany)
• August 17: John Charles, footballer (West Ham United)

September

• September 17: Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, footballer (Flamengo, Portuguesa de Desportos, Atlético Junior, Brazil)
• September 18: Mauro Ramos, footballer (São Paulo, Santos) and manager (Coritiba, Santos)
• September 22: Julio Pérez, footballer (Racing Montevideo, River Plate Montevideo, Nacional, Internacional, Sud América, Uruguay)

October

• October 10: Erling Sørensen, footballer (Frem, Udinese, Denmark) and manager (Frem)
• October 11: Ron Gray, footballer (Sheffield United, Notts County, Watford), manager (Watford, Millwall, Lincoln City), and scout (Ipswich Town)
• October 14: Arturo Silvestri, footballer (Modena, Milan) and manager (Cagliari, Milan, Brescia, Genoa)

November

• November 1: Lester Morgan, footballer (Costa Rica)
• November 6: Gianluca Signorini, footballer (Livorno, Parma, Genoa)
• November 9: Eusebio Tejera, footballer (River Plate Montevideo, Nacional, Uruguay)
• November 12: Raoul Diagne, footballer (RC Paris, Toulouse, France), and manager (Senegal)
• November 13: Juan Alberto Schiaffino, footballer (Peñarol, Milan, Roma, Uruguay, Italy) and manager (Peñarol, Uruguay)
• November 18: Pasquale Vivolo, footballer (Juventus, Lazio, Italy)
• November 30: Alan Ashman, English footballer (Carlisle United) and manager (Carlisle United, West Bromwich Albion, Olympiacos)

December

• December 19: Arthur Rowley, footballer (Leicester City), player-manager (Shrewsbury Town), and manager (Sheffield United)
• December 21: Jeu van Bun, footballer (MVV, Netherlands)
• December 28: Albert Stubbins, English footballer (Newcastle United, Liverpool)
• December 31: Billy Morris, footballer (Burnley, Wales) and manager (Wrexham)