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1953 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1953 throughout the world.

Events

April 19 – The Netherlands plays its 200th official match in history, losing 0–2 in a friendly against neighbouring Belgium.
May 2 – Blackpool win the FA Cup Final, their only major championship title to date, beating Bolton Wanderers 4–3, despite the score being 1–3 with a few minutes remaining.
November 25 – England v Hungary (1953). It was the first time England had lost at Wembley Stadium home venue to a nation outside the British Isles.
Dynamo Dresden was founded.

Winners club national championship

Argentina: River Plate
Belgium: R.F.C. Liégeois
Colombia: Millonarios FC
Denmark: KB
East Germany: Dynamo Dresden
England: Arsenal F.C.
France: Stade de Reims
Greece: Panathinaikos
Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
Ireland: Shelbourne F.C.
Mexico: Tampico
Netherlands: RCH
Northern Ireland: Glentoran F.C.
Poland: Ruch Chorzów
Portugal: Sporting
Romania: CCA București
Scotland: Rangers F.C.
Spain: FC Barcelona
Sweden: Malmö FF
West Germany: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
USSR: FC Spartak Moscow

International tournaments

1953 British Home Championship (October 4, 1952 – April 18, 1953)

- [1953 Small Club World Cup](1953-small-club-world-cup-1st-tournament) (February 11, 1953 – February 21, 1953) ::Millonarios FC - [1953 Small Club World Cup](1953-small-club-world-cup-2nd-tournament) (July 11, 1953 – August 2, 1953) ::Corinthians - [South American Championship](1953-south-american-championship) in Peru (February 22 – April 1, 1953) 1. 1. 1. ## Births - January 1 – Peter John Taylor, English footballer and manager - January 4 – Norberto Alonso, Argentinean footballer - January 6 – Manfred Kaltz, German footballer - January 28 – Paul Crampton, English former footballer - March 1 – Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese manager - March 3 – Zico, Brazilian footballer and manager - March 11 – László Bölöni, Romanian footballer and manager - April 1 – Pavol Biroš, Czech footballer (died 2020) - April 1 – Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian manager - April 10 – Søren Busk, Danish footballer - April 21 – Hans Verèl, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2019) - April 28 – Brian Greenhoff, English footballer (died 2013) - May 6 – Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager - May 22 – Paul Mariner, English footballer (died 2021) - May 25 – Daniel Passarella, Argentinean footballer and manager - May 25 – Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (died 1989) - June 19 – Jan van Deinsen, Dutch footballer - July 20 – Ladislav Jurkemik, Slovak footballer - July 22 – René Vandereycken, Belgian footballer and manager - July 26 – Felix Magath, German footballer and manager - August 31 – Roger Mostyn, Welsh former professional footballer - September 15 – Gerrie Kleton, Dutch footballer (died 2006) - September 24 – Ray Fulton, English former professional footballer - September 27 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer - October 14 – Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (died 2012) - October 16 – Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager - October 26 – Stuart Senior, English former footballer - November 29 – Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and manager - December 4 – Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer ## Deaths *Main article: Deaths in 1953* ## References ## References 1. [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/teammgr/mgr_taylorp.html England Caretaker Manager – Peter Taylor]. Englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016. 2. {{Hugman. 4289. Paul Crampton 3. {{Hugman. 14115. Roger Mostyn 4. {{Hugman. 6903. Ray Fulton 5. {{Hugman ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_in_association_football) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_in_association_football?action=history). ::

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