1983 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1983 throughout the world.

Events

May 11 – Scottish club Aberdeen win the European Cup Winners' Cup by beating Real Madrid 2–1 in the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
May 14 – Dutch club Twente is relegated to the second division (Eerste Divisie) after Helmond Sport earns a point at HFC Haarlem (1–1).^{[citation needed]}
May 25 – German club Hamburger SV defeats Italian champions Juventus 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens to win the European Cup.
July 29 – Copa Libertadores 1983 won by Grêmio after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 3–2.^{[citation needed]}
September 14 – Dutch club Groningen makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) against Spain's Atlético Madrid in the first round of the UEFA Cup. On the same night, NEC makes its European club football debut with a 1–1 draw with Brann in the first round (first leg) of the Cup Winners' Cup.^{[citation needed]}
December 11 – Brazilian club Grêmio wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating West Germany's Hamburger SV 2–1 in extra-time. The winning goal is scored by Renato Gaúcho.^{[citation needed]}

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

1983 British Home Championship (February 23 – June 1, 1983)

England

Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (August 15 – August 27, 1983)
1. Uruguay
2. Guatemala
3. Brazil
Copa América (August 10 – November 4, 1983)
1. Uruguay
2. Brazil
3. Paraguay and Peru

National teams

Netherlands

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
February 16	Spain	1 – 0	L	Friendly	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville
April 27	Sweden	0 – 3	L	Friendly	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
September 7	Iceland	3 – 0	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen
September 21	Belgium	1 – 1	D	Friendly	Heysel Stadion, Brussels
October 12	Republic of Ireland	2 – 3	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	Dalymount Park, Dublin
November 16	Spain	2 – 1	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
December 17	Malta	5 – 0	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam

Births

January 1
- Shaheen Ali, Qatari footballer^[1]
- Calum Davenport, English footballer
- Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
January 3
- Bilel Gontassi, Tunisian footballer^[2]
- Mathieu Guy, French professional footballer^[3]
January 14 – Jan Ahlvik, Finnish footballer^[4]
January 15 – Jermaine Pennant, English youth international
January 21
- Victor, Brazilian international
- Ranko Despotović, Serbian international
- Billy Mwanza, Zambian international
- Moritz Volz, German footballer^[5]
January 22 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian retired footballer^[6]
January 24 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish international and manager^[7]
January 29 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
February 3 – Jakub Cieciura, Polish professional footballer^[8]
February 5 – Víctor Fagundez, Uruguayan footballer^[9]
February 11 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer
February 15 – Daniel Almaral, Mexican football manager and former player^[10]
February 18 – Jermaine Jenas, English international footballer
March 2 – Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer^[11]
March 7 – Daniel Jurč, Slovak footballer^[12]
March 11 – Adil Mezgour, Moroccan former footballer^[13]
March 15 – Mark Magennis, Northern Irish retired footballer^[14]
March 19 – Ali Rabee, Emirati footballer^[15]
March 25 – Fabio Marinho, retired Brazilian footballer^[16]
March 27 – Alan Patrick Monegat, Brazilian former footballer^[17]
March 28 – Homero Sartori, Argentine-Brazilian former professional footballer^[18]
April 1 – Mamoudou Sy, French basketball player
April 12 – Damian Krajanowski, Polish footballer^[19]
April 22
- Sebastjan Čelofiga, Slovenian retired footballer^[20]
- Douglas Silva, Brazilian footballer^[21]
May 2 – Mónica Vergara, Mexican female footballer
May 3 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian international footballer (died 2015)
May 4 – Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan international footballer
May 6
- Nicolás Gásperi, Argentine professional footballer^[22]
- Kim Seok-woo, South Korean footballer^[23]
May 16 – Edilio Cardoso, Brazilian footballer^[24]
May 17 – Albert Batsa, Togolese footballer^[25]
May 20 – Sinecio León, Paraguayan footballer
May 21 – Jason Boxhill, Barbadian footballer^[26]
May 24 – Martin Schmidt, German former footballer^[27]
June 3 – Alexis Salazar, Chilean former footballer^[28]
June 7 – Tshiabola Mapanya, retired Congolese footballer
June 25 – Robin Ganemyr, retired Swedish footballer^[29]
July 6 – María de Jesús Castillo, Mexican female footballer
July 7 – Jakub Wawrzyniak, Polish footballer
July 18 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
July 21 – Vladimir Niyonkuru, Burundian footballer^[30]
July 24 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian international footballer
July 25 – Pedro Zabála, Bolivian international footballer
July 26 – Romain Chevrier, French professional footballer^[31]
July 28 – Erivélton, Brazilian footballer^[32]
August 4 – Kang Dong-gu, South Korean footballer^[33]
August 5 – Jean-Séraphin Mbessa, Cameroonian former professional footballer^[34]
August 6 – Robin van Persie, Dutch international footballer
August 12 – Tomasz Balul, Polish former footballer^[35]
August 24 – Gabriel López, Uruguayan footballer^[36]
August 26 – Owen Kaposa, retired Zambian footballer^[37]
September 8 – Marcin Truszkowski, Polish retired footballer^[38]
September 16 – Richard Leite, Paraguayan footballer
September 28 – Richard Henyekane, South African international footballer (died 2015)
September 30 – Driss Himmes, French midfielder
October 1 – Fance Hariyanto, Indonesian former footballer^[39]
October 4 – Gwenaël Renaud, French former professional footballer^[40]
October 8 – Michael Fraser, Scottish club goalkeeper
October 16 – Steven Goaxab, Namibian footballer^[41]
October 20 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
November 9 – Denis Rustan, former Russian professional footballer^[42]
November 11 – Philipp Lahm, German international footballer
November 14 – Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer (died 2014)
November 15 – Anton Samoylov, former Russian professional footballer^[43]
November 16 – Ron Koperli, Israeli football manager
November 26 – Marine Kakhidze, Georgian footballer^[44]
December 5 – Wilfrido Vinces, Ecuadorian footballer^[45]
December 8 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
December 9 – Kennedy Omogi, Kenyan footballer^[46]
December 10
- Lewis Buxton, English club footballer
- Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian international footballer

Deaths

January

January 20 – Garrincha, Brazilian striker, winner of the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. Regarded by many as the best dribbler in football history.(49)
January 28 – Claude Papi, French footballer (33)

March

March 24 – Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paraguayan footballer and manager (83)

June

June 26 – Luis Alamos, Chilean football manager (59)

July

July 5 – Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (63)
July 29 – Manuel Ferreira, Argentine striker, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament of the 1929 South American Championship. (77)

September

September 9 – Luis Monti, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches with two different national teams. (82)
September 20 - Andy Beattie, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1913)

October

October 4 – Juan López Fontana, Uruguayan manager, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)

References

^ "Shaheen Mahmoud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Bilel Gontassi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "Mathieu Guy". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Jan Ahlvik". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ "2. Moritz Volz". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Getúlio". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ SHAUN MALONEY
^ "Jakub Cieciura". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ "Víctor Fagundez". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Daniel Almaral". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Kolawole Agodirin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "Daniel Jurc". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Adil Mezgour". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Mark Magennis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Ali Rabeea". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Fabio Marinho". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Alan Patrick". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Homero Sartori". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ "Damian Krajanowski". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Sebastjan Celofiga". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "Douglas Silva". worldfootball.net. EIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Nicolás Gásperi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Woo-seok Kim, K League 1 2022". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Edilio Cardoso". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "Albert Batsa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "Jason Boxhill". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Martin Schmidt". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "Alexis Salazar". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Robin Ganemyr". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Vladimir Niyonkuru". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "Romain Chevrier". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Erivelton". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ 내셔널리그 개막 '열정과 도전, 그 이상을 위하여'. Xportsnews (in Korean). Naver. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
^ "Jean M'Bessa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Tomasz Balul". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "Gabriel López". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Owen Kaposa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ "Marcin Truszkowski". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Fance Hariyanto". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Gwenaël Renaud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Steven Goaxab". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Denis Rustan". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Anton Samoylov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ "Marine Kakhidze". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Wilfrido Vinces". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Kennedy Omogi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

External links

(in English) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
(in Dutch) VoetbalStats

[1] "Shaheen Mahmoud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[2] "Bilel Gontassi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[3] "Mathieu Guy". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

[4] "Jan Ahlvik". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[5] "2. Moritz Volz". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[6] "Getúlio". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[7] SHAUN MALONEY

[8] "Jakub Cieciura". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 August 2024.

[9] "Víctor Fagundez". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

[10] "Daniel Almaral". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[11] "Kolawole Agodirin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

[12] "Daniel Jurc". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[13] "Adil Mezgour". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[14] "Mark Magennis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[15] "Ali Rabeea". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[16] "Fabio Marinho". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[17] "Alan Patrick". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[18] "Homero Sartori". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

[19] "Damian Krajanowski". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[20] "Sebastjan Celofiga". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[21] "Douglas Silva". worldfootball.net. EIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[22] "Nicolás Gásperi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[23] "Woo-seok Kim, K League 1 2022". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

[24] "Edilio Cardoso". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[25] "Albert Batsa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

[26] "Jason Boxhill". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[27] "Martin Schmidt". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

[28] "Alexis Salazar". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[29] "Robin Ganemyr". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[30] "Vladimir Niyonkuru". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

[31] "Romain Chevrier". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[32] "Erivelton". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

[33] 내셔널리그 개막 '열정과 도전, 그 이상을 위하여'. Xportsnews (in Korean). Naver. 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2011-03-11.

[34] "Jean M'Bessa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[35] "Tomasz Balul". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

[36] "Gabriel López". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[37] "Owen Kaposa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[38] "Marcin Truszkowski". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[39] "Fance Hariyanto". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[40] "Gwenaël Renaud". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[41] "Steven Goaxab". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[42] "Denis Rustan". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[43] Anton Samoylov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

[44] "Marine Kakhidze". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[45] "Wilfrido Vinces". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[46] "Kennedy Omogi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

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