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1961 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1961 throughout the world.

Events

  • Copa Libertadores 1961: Won by Peñarol after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2–1.
  • 1961 International Soccer League
    • Dukla Prague beat Everton F.C., 9–2, in the final on aggregate
  • September 6 – Dutch club Feyenoord from Rotterdam makes its European debut by defeating Sweden's IFK Göteborg (0–3) in the first round of the European Cup.
  • September 18 – The North American Football Confederation and Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean merge to form CONCACAF.

Winners club national championship

  • : Racing Club
  • : Santos
  • : Tottenham Hotspur
  • : AS Monaco
  • : KR
  • : Juventus
  • : Chivas Guadalajara
  • : Feyenoord
  • : Cerro Porteño
  • : Steaua București
  • : FC Dynamo Kyiv
  • : Real Madrid
  • : Fenerbahçe

International tournaments

Births

  • January 12 – Andrea Carnevale, Italian international footballer
  • January 13 – César Baena, Venezuelan international footballer
  • January 17 – Zhao Dayu, Chinese international footballer (died 2015)
  • January 18 – Peter Beardsley, English international footballer
  • January 20 – Patricio Yáñez, Chilean international footballer
  • January 31 – Jonny Otten, German international footballer.
  • February 13 – Oļegs Karavajevs, Latvian international footballer
  • March 13 – Sebastiano Nela, Italian international footballer
  • March 21 – Lothar Matthäus, German international footballer and manager
  • April 4 – Karsten Härtel, former German footballer
  • April 6 – Tony Paul, English former professional footballer
  • April 11 – Roberto Cabañas, Paraguayan international footballer (died 2017)
  • April 19 – Dave Wiffill, English former professional footballer and coach
  • May 3 – Daniel Sánchez, Uruguayan international footballer
  • May 5 – Ali Hussein Shihab, Iraqi international footballer (died 2016)
  • May 8 – Gert Kruys, Dutch footballer and manager
  • May 21 – Thomas Dooley, American international footballer and manager
  • June 1 – Rubén Espinoza, Chilean footballer
  • June 3 – César Zabala, Paraguayan international footballer (died 2020)
  • June 27 – Pat McQuillan, Northern Irish former footballer
  • June 29 – Víctor Genés, Paraguayan footballer and football manager (died 2019)
  • August 1 – Danny Blind, Dutch international footballer and manager
  • August 10 – Chris Marustik, Welsh international footballer (died 2015)
  • August 24 – Nick Hencher, Welsh former professional footballer
  • September 9 – Justo Jacquet, Paraguayan footballer
  • September 20 – Erwin Koeman, Dutch international footballer and manager
  • October 16 – Wilfried Brookhuis, Dutch footballer
  • October 20 – Guillermo Muñoz, Mexican footballer
  • November 3 – Sven Habermann, German-Canadian soccer player
  • November 4 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish international footballer and manager
  • November 17 – Wolfram Wuttke, German international footballer (died 2015)
  • November 20 – Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
  • December 17 – Henk van Stee, Dutch footballer and manager

Deaths

January

  • January 5 – Jack Butler (66), English international footballer and manager (born 1894)

October

  • October 31 – Alberto Chividini, Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (54)

References

References

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  2. "Karsten Härtel". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
  3. "Anthony Paul". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
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