1966 in association football

none October 2022 1966 association football sports 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 : Al-Maref Europe : FC Admira Wacker Mödling : Anderlecht : Dukla Prague : Liverpool : Nantes : Inter Milan : Ajax : Sporting C.P. : Celtic : Dynamo Kiev ESP 1945: Atlético Madrid : FC Zürich : Beşiktaş J.K. : TSV 1860 München YUG 1945: FK Vojvodina North America MEX 1934: América South America : Racing Club BRA 1960: Cruzeiro International tournaments 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966) England FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966) England West Germany Portugal Clubs Founded PAS Giannina (Greece) Births October 2022 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 playerMichelle Akers https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/michelle-akers_prs408567/person.shtml www.eurosport.com 17 December 2022 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 April 14 – Suzana Cavalheiro, Brazilian footballer 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 footballerNélson Bertolazzi https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe252791/nelson-bertolazzi/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 29 February 2024 en 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 footballerFormer Amakhosi Greats Who Are Almost In Or Over The 50-Year Mark https://www.snl24.com/soccerladuma/local/supporters-club/former-amakhosi-greats-who-are-almost-in-or-over-the-50-year-mark-20170601 snl24.com Media24 9 July 2023 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 playerAnzor Koblev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer August 22 Laurent Cadu, French former professional footballerLaurent Cadu https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe388672/laurent-cadu/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 8 June 2024 en Luca Lurati, retired Swiss footballerLuca Lurati https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe95337/luca-lurati/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 2 July 2024 en 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 cricketerMichael Voss at CricketArchive December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer Unknown date Ibrahim Chaibou, Nigerien football refereeRedacción Fuerte sanción de la FIFA al árbitro Ibrahim Chaibou https://www.actualidadarbitral.com/2019/01/fuerte-sancion-de-la-fifa-al-arbitro.html 2026-09-22 Noticias y análisis de árbitros de fútbol Reglas, jugadas polémicas y opinión arbitral Deaths August 2022 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 3 - John Nicholson, English footballer, started career at Liverpool (29) 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 Category:Association football by year