Events

• November 3 – Dutch club Rapid JC makes its Europe
  Europe
  Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
  
  an debut with a defeat (3-4) on home soil against Yugoslavia's Red Star Belgrade
  Red Star Belgrade
  Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
  
   in the second round of the European Cup
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
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Winners club national championship

• Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
  : River Plate
  Club Atlético River Plate
  Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
  
  
• England: Manchester United
• Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  : ACF Fiorentina
  ACF Fiorentina
  ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
  
  
• Paraguay
  Paraguay
  Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
  
  : Olimpia Asunción
  Olimpia Asunción
  Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....
  
  
• Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  : IFK Norrköping
  IFK Norrköping
  IFK Norrköping is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 29 May 1897, is currently playing in the first division of Swedish football, Allsvenskan...
  
  
• West-Germany: Borussia Dortmund
  Borussia Dortmund
  Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
  
  

International tournaments

• Olympic Games
  Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  The 1956 Olympic Games football tournament with just 11 competing nations suffered from cancellations. It was an undistinguished tournament that featured mis-matches and walkovers.-Background:...
  
   in Melbourne, Australia (November 24 – December 8, 1956)

• 1956 British Home Championship
  1956 British Home Championship
  The 1956 British Home Championship was a football tournament played during the 1955–56 season between the British Home Nations. It was the only occasion during the hundred year run of the Home Championship in which all four teams finished level on points...
  
   (October 22, 1955 – April 14, 1956)

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January

• January 16: Martin Jol
  Martin Jol
  Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...
  
   (Dutch footballer and manager)
• January 17: Faouzi Mansouri
  Faouzi Mansouri
  Faouzi Mansouri is a former Algerian football player in defender role.He played mostly in France with Montpellier....
  
   (Algerian footballer)
• January 31: Stefan Majewski
  Stefan Majewski
  Stefan Majewski is a retired Polish soccer player and subsequently a football manager who recently was the interim manager of the Polish national team.-Career:...
  
   (Polish footballer)

February

• February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier
  Reinhold Hintermaier
  Reinhold Hintermaier is a former Austrian footballer.-Club career:Hintermaier started his professional career with SK VÖEST Linz and won the Austrian Football Bundesliga title in his first season. After six years he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Nuremberg with whom he lost the German Cup...
  
   (Austrian footballer)
• February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik
  Rüdiger Abramczik
  Rüdiger Abramczik is a former German football player and coach, best known for his ability to cross the ball ....
  
   (German footballer)
• February 28: Jimmy Nicholl
  Jimmy Nicholl
  James Michael "Jimmy" Nicholl is a Canadian-born former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Manchester United.He was mainly a right-back but could also play in other defensive roles...
  
   (Northern Irish footballer)

March

• March 3: Zbigniew Boniek
  Zbigniew Boniek
  Zbigniew "Zibì" Kazimierz Boniek is a former Polish footballer and coach. He first played at Zawisza Bydgoszcz and later at Widzew Łódź. Boniek was named by Pelé as one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers and by FIFA as one of the 100 best-ever players. On 12 October 2009 he received a Golden...
  
   (Polish footballer)
• March 12: László Kiss
  László Kiss (footballer)
  László Kiss is a Hungarian football coach and former forward.Kiss was born at Taszár. He played for the Hungary national team in the 1982 World Cup, where he gained notability after becoming the first substitute player to score three goals in a World Cup match.-External links:...
  
   (Hungarian footballer)
• March 12: Pim Verbeek (Dutch footballer and manager)
• March 15: Gilberto Yearwood
  Gilberto Yearwood
  Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood is a retired Honduran football player. He is by many regarded as one of Honduras' best players of all time. Currently, he is coach of Guatemalan side, Xinabajul.- Club career :...
  
   (Hondurian footballer)
• March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek (Polish footballer)
• March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi
  Ferenc Csongrádi
  Ferenc Csongrádi is a Hungarian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Apácatorna, Csongrádi played club football for Videoton....
  
   (Hungarian footballer)
• March 29: Dick Jol
  Dick Jol
  Dick Jol is a football referee from the Netherlands, best known for supervising three matches during the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship held in Belgium and the Netherlands. He also was the referee of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship final between Corinthians and Vasco da Gama...
  
   (Dutch football referee)

June

• June 5: Martin Koopman
  Martin Koopman
  Martin Koopman is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, FC Twente and Cambuur Leeuwarden. He later on became a football manager.-References:...
  
   (Dutch footballer)
• June 12: David Narey
  David Narey
  David 'Sash' Alan Narey, MBE is a former Scottish international footballer, who spent 21 years with Dundee United, coinciding with United's most successful era, under the management of Jim McLean. Many considered Narey to be the most naturally talented member of the side during these years...
  
   (Scottish footballer)
• June 26: Maxime Bossis
  Maxime Bossis
  Maxime Bossis is a retired football defender from France, who obtained 76 caps for the French national team. He is mostly remembered for missing the last penalty in 1982 World Cup semifinal between Germany and France...
  
   (French footballer)

July

• July 15: Emmanuel Kunde
  Emmanuel Kundé
  Emmanuel Jerome Kundé is a Cameroonian former professional football defender. He spent the majority of his professional career playing for Canon Yaoundé...
  
   (Cameroonian footballer)
• July 20: Thomas N'Kono
  Thomas N'Kono
  Thomas 'Tommy' Nkono is a retired Cameroonian footballer.Arguably the greatest goalkeeper Africa has ever produced, he is mainly associated to Espanyol, whom he represented for almost a decade appearing in more than 300 official games.Nkono appeared for the Cameroonian national team in three World...
  
   (Cameroonian footballer)
• July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori
  Jean-Luc Ettori
  Jean-Luc Ettori is a retired French footballer who played goalkeeper from France, who spent his entire career with AS Monaco. He earned nine caps for the France national football team in the early 1980s including starting six out of seven games in the 1982 World Cup. He has played the most games...
  
   (French footballer)

August

• August 16: Patricio Hernández
  Patricio Hernández
  Patricio Hernández is an Argentine football coach and former player.Hernández started his career in 1974 at Estudiantes de La Plata, a club that he would later manage. He soon earned a reputation as a skillful attacking midfielder, with a very precise shot. He was transferred to Italian team...
  
   (Argentinian footballer)
• August 27: Jean-François Larios
  Jean-François Larios
  Jean-François Larios, nicknamed "Turbo" is a retired football midfielder from France. He arned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s....
  
   (French footballer)
• August 29: Viv Anderson
  Viv Anderson
  Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson MBE is an English football player and coach, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday in the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   (English footballer)

September

• September 8: Jacky Munaron (Belgian footballer)
• September 14: Béla Bödönyi
  Béla Bodonyi
  Béla Bodonyi is a Hungarian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Career:...
  
   (Hungarian footballer)
• September 14: Ray Wilkins
  Ray Wilkins
  Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...
  
   (English footballer)
• September 23: Paolo Rossi
  Paolo Rossi
  Paolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...
  
   (Italian footballer)
• September 30: Frank Arnesen
  Frank Arnesen
  Frank Arnesen is a former Danish football player and currently sporting director at Hamburger SV. Arnesen was Director of Football at English football clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea....
  
   (Danish footballer)

November

• November 4: Jan Korte
  Jan Korte
  Jan Korte is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played for BV Veendam, and later on became a football manager. He coached BV Veendam for three years .-References:...
  
   (Dutch footballer and manager)
• November 16: Max Hagmayr
  Max Hagmayr
  Maximilian "Max" Hagmayr is a retired football striker from Austria.During his club career, Hagmayr played for VÖEST Linz, Karlsruher, Rapid Wien and LASK Linz.-External links:* *...
  
   (Austrian footballer)
• November 18: Noel Brotherston
  Noel Brotherston
  Noel Brotherston was a footballer.A winger, he played in the Football League for Tottenham, Blackburn Rovers, Bury, and Scarborough, and won 27 international caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 3 goals...
  
   (Northern Irish footballer)

December

• December 6: Klaus Allofs
  Klaus Allofs
  Klaus Allofs is a retired German footballer, who played as a striker.A prolific goalscorer for club and country , his younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer – and a striker.-Club career:Allofs began playing...
  
   (German footballer)
• December 9: Oscar Garré
  Oscar Garré
  Oscar Alfredo Garré is a former Argentine football defender.He played most of his career as a defender for Ferro Carril Oeste, and was part of the team that won the Nacional championships of 1982 and 1984...
  
   (Argentine footballer)
• December 10: Jan van Dijk (Dutch footballer and manager)
• December 11: Ricardo Giusti
  Ricardo Giusti
  Ricardo Omar Giusti is a former Argentine footballer. A solid midfield player, he played most of his career at Independiente....
  
   (Argentine footballer)

Deaths

• August 12 - Giampiero Combi
  Giampiero Combi
  Gianpiero Combi was one of Italian football's greatest goalkeepers of all-time. He spent his entire career at Juventus FC and won the 1934 World Cup with the Italian national team...
  
  , Italian footballer.
• October 24 - Tom Whittaker
  Tom Whittaker (footballer)
  Thomas James "Tom" Whittaker MBE was an English football player, trainer and manager, chiefly associated with Arsenal Football Club...
  
  , 58, Arsenal
  Arsenal F.C.
  Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
  
  manager, heart attack