1963 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.
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Notable events
- Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3.
- May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia.
- May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup.
- September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
- 1963 International Soccer League
- League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate.
- Cup: Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate.
- West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition.
- Borussia Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.[1]
Winners club national championship
International tournaments
- 1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)
- Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
- African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
Births
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- January 1
- Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
- Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
- István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer[2]
- January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
- March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
- March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
- March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
- April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
- April 15
- Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
- Horacio Macedo, Mexican football manager and former player[3]
- May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
- June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender
- July 16
- Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
- Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer
- July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
- July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
- August 18 – Damir Kalapač, Croatian retired footballer[4]
- September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
- September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
- September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014)
- October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer[5]
- October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010)
- October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012)
- October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer
- November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer
- November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer
- November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager
- November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer
- December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager
- December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths
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January
- January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)
June
- June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)
References
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