1957 in association football

none September 2023 1957 association football sports The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world. Events February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan. October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow. November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup. Winners club national championship : River Plate : R. Antwerp F.C. ECU 1900: Emelec : Manchester United : AS Saint-Etienne : Vasas SC : Hapoel Tel Aviv : A.C. Milan : Ajax Amsterdam PAR 1954: Olimpia Asunción : Rangers : FC Dynamo Moscow ESP 1945: Real Madrid : IFK Norrköping : Borussia Dortmund International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957) Egypt 1922 Ethiopia 1897 Sudan 1956 1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957) ARG BRA 1889 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957) England Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957) BRA 1889 ARG Births January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager January 19 – Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss footballerFabrizio Casanova https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe537176/fabrizio-casanova/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 26 September 2023 February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer May 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer May 22 – Jan Endeman, Dutch retired footballerJan Endeman https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe407000/jan-endeman/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 20 August 2024 en May 26 – Caryne Selbonne, French footballer July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer September 11 Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer September 19 – Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired footballZvonko Kalezić https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe277705/zvonko-kalezic/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 1 July 2024 en September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager November 17 – Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer14926 Bob Oldridge 27 February 2024 December 13 – Abdellah Liegeon, Algerian footballer (d. 2025) December 17 – Robbie Gaffney, Irish footballer Deaths January January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49) October October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis) References Category:Association football by year