1983 in association football

Events

• May 11 – Scottish club Aberdeen win the European Cup Winners' Cup by beating Real Madrid 2–1 in the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
• May 14 – Dutch club Twente is relegated to the second division (Eerste Divisie) after Helmond Sport earns a point at HFC Haarlem (1–1).
• May 25 – German club Hamburger SV defeats Italian champions Juventus 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens to win the European Cup.
• July 29 – Copa Libertadores 1983 won by Grêmio after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 3–2.
• September 14 – Dutch club Groningen makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) against Spain's Atlético Madrid in the first round of the UEFA Cup. On the same night, NEC makes its European club football debut with a 1–1 draw with Brann in the first round (first leg) of the Cup Winners' Cup.
• December 11 – Brazilian club Grêmio wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating West Germany's Hamburger SV 2–1 in extra-time. The winning goal is scored by Renato Gaúcho.

Winners club national championship

Asia

• – Al-Arabi

Europe

• – Lyngby
• – Liverpool
• – Nantes
• – AS Roma
• • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – DS '79
• – Benfica
• – Dundee United
• – Athletic Bilbao
• – Fenerbahçe
• – Hamburger SV
• – Partizan

North America

• – Puebla
• / :
• Tulsa Roughnecks (NASL)

South America

• • Metropolitano – Independiente
  • Nacional – Estudiantes La Plata
• BOL Bolivia – Bolívar
• – Flamengo
• – América de Cali
• PAR Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

• 1983 British Home Championship (February 23 – June 1, 1983) ::

• Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (August 15 – August 27, 1983) 1. 1. 1.

• Copa América (August 10 – November 4, 1983) 1. 1.

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National teams

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Births

• January 1
  • Shaheen Ali, Qatari footballer
  • Calum Davenport, English footballer
  • Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
• January 3
  • Bilel Gontassi, Tunisian footballer
  • Mathieu Guy, French professional footballer
• January 14 – Jan Ahlvik, Finnish footballer
• January 15 – Jermaine Pennant, English youth international
• January 21
  • Victor, Brazilian international
  • Ranko Despotović, Serbian international
  • Billy Mwanza, Zambian international
  • Moritz Volz, German footballer
• January 22 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian retired footballer
• January 24 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish international and manager
• January 29 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
• February 3 – Jakub Cieciura, Polish professional footballer
• February 5 – Víctor Fagundez, Uruguayan footballer
• February 11 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer
• February 15 – Daniel Almaral, Mexican football manager and former player
• February 18 – Jermaine Jenas, English international footballer
• March 2 – Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer
• March 7 – Daniel Jurč, Slovak footballer
• March 11 – Adil Mezgour, Moroccan former footballer
• March 15 – Mark Magennis, Northern Irish retired footballer
• March 19 – Ali Rabee, Emirati footballer
• March 25 – Fabio Marinho, retired Brazilian footballer
• March 27 – Alan Patrick Monegat, Brazilian former footballer
• March 28 – Homero Sartori, Argentine-Brazilian former professional footballer
• April 1 – Mamoudou Sy, French basketball player
• April 12 – Damian Krajanowski, Polish footballer
• April 22
  • Sebastjan Čelofiga, Slovenian retired footballer
  • Douglas Silva, Brazilian footballer
• May 2 – Mónica Vergara, Mexican female footballer
• May 3 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian international footballer (died 2015)
• May 4 – Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 6
  • Nicolás Gásperi, Argentine professional footballer
  • Kim Seok-woo, South Korean footballer
• May 16 – Edilio Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
• May 17 – Albert Batsa, Togolese footballer
• May 20 – Sinecio León, Paraguayan footballer
• May 21 – Jason Boxhill, Barbadian footballer
• May 24 – Martin Schmidt, German former footballer
• June 3 – Alexis Salazar, Chilean former footballer
• June 7 – Tshiabola Mapanya, retired Congolese footballer
• June 25 – Robin Ganemyr, retired Swedish footballer
• July 6 – María de Jesús Castillo, Mexican female footballer
• July 7 – Jakub Wawrzyniak, Polish footballer
• July 18 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
• July 21 – Vladimir Niyonkuru, Burundian footballer
• July 24 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian international footballer
• July 25 – Pedro Zabála, Bolivian international footballer
• July 26 – Romain Chevrier, French professional footballer
• July 28 – Erivélton, Brazilian footballer
• August 4 – Kang Dong-gu, South Korean footballer
• August 5 – Jean-Séraphin Mbessa, Cameroonian former professional footballer
• August 6 – Robin van Persie, Dutch international footballer
• August 12 – Tomasz Balul, Polish former footballer
• August 24 – Gabriel López, Uruguayan footballer
• August 26 – Owen Kaposa, retired Zambian footballer
• September 8 – Marcin Truszkowski, Polish retired footballer
• September 16 – Richard Leite, Paraguayan footballer
• September 28 – Richard Henyekane, South African international footballer (died 2015)
• September 30 – Driss Himmes, French midfielder
• October 1 – Fance Hariyanto, Indonesian former footballer
• October 4 – Gwenaël Renaud, French former professional footballer
• October 8 – Michael Fraser, Scottish club goalkeeper
• October 16 – Steven Goaxab, Namibian footballer
• October 20 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
• November 9 – Denis Rustan, former Russian professional footballer
• November 11 – Philipp Lahm, German international footballer
• November 14 – Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer (died 2014)
• November 15 – Anton Samoylov, former Russian professional footballer
• November 16 – Ron Koperli, Israeli football manager
• November 26 – Marine Kakhidze, Georgian footballer
• December 5 – Wilfrido Vinces, Ecuadorian footballer
• December 8 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
• December 9 – Kennedy Omogi, Kenyan footballer
• December 10
  • Lewis Buxton, English club footballer
  • Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian international footballer

Deaths

January

• January 20 – Garrincha, Brazilian striker, winner of the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. Regarded by many as the best dribbler in football history.(49)
• January 28 – Claude Papi, French footballer (33)

March

• March 24 – Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paraguayan footballer and manager (83)

June

• June 26 – Luis Alamos, Chilean football manager (59)

July

• July 5 – Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (63)
• July 29 – Manuel Ferreira, Argentine striker, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament of the 1929 South American Championship. (77)

September

• September 9 – Luis Monti, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches with two different national teams. (82)
• September 20 - Andy Beattie, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1913)

October

• October 4 – Juan López Fontana, Uruguayan manager, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)

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