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1991 in association football 
Summary
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1991 throughout the world.
Events edit
- UEFA Champions League 1991: Red Star Belgrade wins 5–3 on penalties over Olympique de Marseille after 0–0 draw.
- FIFA Women's World Cup – United States wins 2–1 over Norway
- For the first time since the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, English clubs are allowed to participate in competitions sponsored by UEFA, for the 1991–1992 season.
- 6 March – Feyenoord Rotterdam's coaching staff, led by Gunder Bengtsson and Pim Verbeek, is fired and replaced by former player Wim Jansen.
- 29 March – Diego Maradona is banned for fifteen months in the Italian Serie A after failing a drug test on cocaine.
- 18 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins 2–1 (after extra-time) over Nottingham Forest to claim the FA Cup.
- 2 June – Feyenoord Rotterdam claims the KNVB Cup by defeating FC Den Bosch in its own stadium, De Kuip. The only goal is scored by Rob Witschge in the 8th minute. The last seven minutes of the second half are cancelled due to hooligans invading the pitch.
- 5 June – Copa Libertadores is won by Colo-Colo after defeating Olimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 3–0.
- 19 June – Slovenia plays its first ever international match, losing 1–0 to neighbouring Croatia in Murska Sobota.
- 25 September – Asgeir Eliasson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland with a 2–0 win over Spain.
- 4 December – Peter Bosz makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team, replacing striker Wim Kieft after 85 minutes in the game against Greece.
- 8 December – Red Star Belgrade wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Chile's Colo-Colo 3–0. Vladimir Jugović scores twice for the Yugoslavs.
Winner club national championships edit
Asia edit
AFC Champions League edit
- 1990-91 Winner:
Iran - Esteghlal Runners Up:
China - Liaoning F.C. - 1991 Winner:
Saudi Arabia - AlHilal Runners Up: Iran - Esteghlal
Europe edit
England – Arsenal
France – Olympique de Marseille
Italy – Sampdoria
Netherlands
Portugal – S.L. Benfica
Scotland: For full coverage, see 1990-91 in Scottish football.
Soviet Union – CSKA Moscow
Spain – Barcelona
Turkey – Beşiktaş
West Germany – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
North American edit
South America edit
Argentina
- 1990/1991 – Newell's Old Boys
- Apertura 1991 – River Plate
Bolivia – Bolívar
Brazil – São Paulo
Paraguay – Sol de América
International tournaments edit
- Baltic Cup in Klaipėda, Lithuania
- CONCACAF Gold Cup in Los Angeles and Pasadena, United States
- Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba
- FIFA U-17 World Championship in Italy
- Copa América in Chile
- UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica
- FIFA Women's World Cup in China
National team results edit
Europe edit
Estonia
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Netherlands
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Sweden
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South America edit
Bolivia
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Chile
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Ecuador
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Births edit
January edit
- 1 January:
- Michael Lucky Kelechuckwu, Nigerian footballer
- Stéphane Okou, Ivorian footballer[1]
- 2 January
- Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer
- Sergei Petrov, Russian football player
- Davide Santon, Italian footballer
- 5 January:
- Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
- Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
- Rahel Kiwic, Swiss footballer
- Dani Pacheco, Spanish footballer
- 7 January:
- Eden Hazard, Belgian football player
- Adaon Kalalla, Belgian footballer[2]
- Alen Stevanović, Swiss-Serbian footballer
- 8 January:
- Jorge Enríquez, Mexican international
- Emiliano Tabone, Argentinian footballer
- 9 January: Nicola Hatefi, Belgian-Iranian footballer[3]
- 21 January:
- Mohammad Ghadir, Arab-Israeli footballer
- Alfredo Ortuño, Spanish footballer
- Luis Alfonso Rodríguez, Mexican international
- 24 January: Ali Kireş, Turkish footballer
- 26 January: Milad Fayyazbakhsh, Iranian footballer[4]
February edit
- 3 February: Peter Pawlett, English footballer
- 8 February:
- Nicholas Killas, South African footballer[5]
- Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer
- Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer
- 14 February:
- Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer[6]
- Chris Rowney, English club footballer
- 16 February: Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
- 20 February:
- Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
- Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
- Christopher Tvrdy, Austrian footballer
- 25 February: Marco Muraccini, former San Marino international footballer[7]
March edit
- 5 March
- Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer
- Rogelio Funes Mori, Argentine footballer
- 7 March: Ivan Bobylev, former Russian professional footballer[8]
- 14 March: Mladen Ličina, Serbian footballer[9]
- 23 March: Jorge Iván Bocanegra, Colombian footballer
- 27 March: Jesse-Juho Kuusisto, Finnish footballer
- 29 March: Zakaria Amrani, Dutch footballer[10]
April edit
- 10 April: Michael La Rosa, Belgian former professional footballer[11]
- 11 April: Niall Canavan, English-born Irish footballer
- 12 April: Deivison (Deivison William Borges), Brazilian footballer[12]
- 20 April:
- Dariusz Góral, Polish former professional footballer[13]
- Ondřej Kraják, Czech footballer
May edit
- 1 May
- Abdisalam Ibrahim, Norwegian footballer
- Bartosz Salamon, Polish footballer
- 11 May: Milton Raphael, Brazilian professional footballer[14]
- 17 May: Aybars Garhan, Turkish footballer[15]
- 20 May: Brandon Saldaña, American-born footballer[16]
- 25 May: Yasin Öztop, Turkish footballer[17]
- 27 May: Filip Starzyński, Polish international footballer
June edit
- 3 June: Łukasz Teodorczyk, Polish international
- 13 June: Irvin Museng, Indonesian former footballer[18]
- 21 June:
- Gaël Kakuta, Congolese professional footballer
- César Taján, Colombian club footballer
- 23 June: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Tunisian international striker
- 25 June: Luca Flavio Artaria, Italian professional footballer[19]
- 28 June: Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian international
July edit
- 1 July: Lucas Vázquez, Spanish footballer
- 7 July: Jennie Wecksell, Swedish footballer[20]
- 10 July: Antonio Franco, Paraguayan footballer[21]
- 13 July: Khairu Azrin Khazali, Malaysian footballer
- 15 July: Dale Lee, Montserratian international footballer[22]
- 16 July: Andros Townsend, English international[23]
- 21 July: Tuan Muhamad Faim, Malaysian footballer
- 23 July: Dedi Kusnandar, Indonesian footballer
- 24 July: Riku Matsuda, Japanese club footballer
August edit
- 3 August: Malin Ahlberg, Swedish footballer[24]
- 10 August: Mohamed Aleem, Sri Lankan international footballer[25]
- 12 August: Erik Fabbri, Italian footballer
- 13 August: Juan Carlos Lueiza, Chilean footballer[26]
- 15 August: Filip Mladenović, Serbian football player
- 20 August:
- Arseny Logashov, Russian international
- Luke O'Neill, English youth international
- Mario Tičinović, Croatian youth international
- 25 August: Gershon Koffie, Ghanaian youth international
September edit
- 7 September: Matteo Lignani, Italian professional footballer[27]
- 11 September: Jordan Ayew, French-born Ghanaian footballer[28]
October edit
- 10 October:
- Manuel Giandonato, Italian footballer
- Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
- 24 October: Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian striker
- 25 October: Manuel Schönhuber, German goalkeeper
November edit
- 5 November: Stefan Ninčić, Serbian footballer[29]
- 9 November: João Filipe Poceiro, Swiss footballer[30]
- 25 November: Luca Tremolada, Italian youth international
December edit
- 5 December: Breno Matosinhos, Brazilian professional footballer[31]
- 6 December: Arnold Mampori, Botswana footballer[32]
- 7 December: Jermaine van Pijkeren, Dutch footballer[33]
Deaths edit
February edit
- 24 February
- Georges Capdeville (91), French football referee
- Héctor Rial (62), Spanish footballer
March edit
- 9 March – Ely do Amparo, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (69)
May edit
- 31 May – Rubens Josué da Costa, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (62)
July edit
- 27 July – Gino Colaussi, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the final. (77)
August edit
- 9 August – Schubert Gambetta, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (71)
- 30 August – Adão Nunes Dornelles, Brazilian striker, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (68)
October edit
- 11 October – Pietro Ferraris, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (79)
November edit
- 15 November – Sylvio Hoffmann, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (83)
References edit
- ^ "Stephane Okou". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Adaon Kalala". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Nicola Hatefi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Milad Fayyazbakhsh". fbref.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Nicholas Killas". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Daniela Mona Lambin". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "Marco Muraccini". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Ivan Bobylev". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Mladen Ličina". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Zakaria Amrani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Michael La Rosa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Deivison". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Dariusz Góral". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Botafogo vs. Boavista - 23 April 2011 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Atilla Aybars". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Brandon Saldana". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Yasin Öztop". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Irvin Museng". liga-indonesia.co.id. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "L. ARTARIA". us.soccerway.com. Perform Media Services Limited. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Jennie Wecksell". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Antonio Franco". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Dale Lee". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Andros Townsend". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Malin Ahlberg". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Aleem Lathiff". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Juan Lueiza". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Matteo Lignani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Jordan Ayew
- ^ "Stefan Ninčić". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Filipe Poceiro". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Breno Matosinhos". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Arnold Mampori". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Jermaine van Pijkeren". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
External links edit
- (in English) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- (in Dutch) VoetbalStats
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