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HOW IT WORKS
1966 in association football
Summary
The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1966
throughout the world.
Events
edit
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
edit
Asia
edit
Qatar
: Al-Maref
Europe
edit
Austria
:
FC Admira Wacker Mödling
Belgium
:
Anderlecht
Czechoslovakia
:
Dukla Prague
England
:
Liverpool
France
:
Nantes
Italy
:
Inter Milan
Netherlands
:
Ajax
Portugal
:
Sporting C.P.
Soviet Union
:
Dynamo Kiev
Scotland
:
Celtic
Spain
:
Atlético Madrid
Switzerland
:
FC Zürich
Turkey
:
Beşiktaş J.K.
West Germany
:
TSV 1860 München
Yugoslavia
:
FK Vojvodina
North America
edit
Mexico
:
América
South America
edit
Argentina
:
Racing Club
Brazil
:
Cruzeiro
International tournaments
edit
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
edit
PAS Giannina
(Greece)
Births
edit
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 player
[1]
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
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 footballer
[2]
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 footballer
[3]
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 player
[4]
August 13 –
Miguel Miranda
, Peruvian footballer
August 22 –
Michel van Oostrum
, Dutch footballer
August 22 –
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 cricketer
[5]
at CricketArchive
December 3 –
Flemming Povlsen
, Danish international footballer
Deaths
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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 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
edit
^
"Michelle Akers".
www.eurosport.com
. Retrieved
17 December
2022
.
^
"Nélson Bertolazzi".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
29 February
2024
.
^
"Former Amakhosi Greats Who Are Almost In Or Over The 50-Year Mark".
snl24.com
. Media24
. Retrieved
9 July
2023
.
^
Anzor Koblev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^
Michael Voss
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