The following are the association football events of the year 1993 throughout the world.
Events 27 April – A Zambian Air Force aircraft carrying most of the Zambia national football team crashes off Libreville, Gabon, killing all 30 people on board. 15 May – The inauguration match of J. League, Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos is held at the National Stadium of Japan. 20 May – In France, start the "Affair OM-VA" corruption scandal by Marseille and Valenciennes. One week later, on 26 May, Marseille's squad win the UEFA Champions League defeating AC Milan 1–0 at the Olympiastadion in Munich. On 29 May, Marseille win the French league, but are stripped of the title by the French Football Federation on 22 September, with no winner assigned. In October/November the France national football team fail to qualify for the 1994 World Cup after losses to Israel and Bulgaria. 20 May – Arsenal defeats Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the replay to claim the FA Cup. 26 May – Copa Libertadores won by São Paulo FC after defeating Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on an aggregate score, 5–3. 8 August – Ajax wins the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 4–0 win over Feyenoord. 5 September – Colombia national football team pull one of the largest upsets in football by defeating Argentina national football team 5–0 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 12 December – São Paulo FC once again wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan, this time by defeating Italy's AC Milan, 3–2. The winning goal for the Brazilians is scored by Müller in the 86th minute. European Cup winners Olympique Marseille (France) were suspended due to a bribery scandal in the French Championship and were replaced by runners-up Milan.
Winners club national tournaments
Africa – Zamalek
Asia – Verdy Kawasaki – Al-Arabi – Ilhwa Chunma
Europe – Partizani Tiranë – Austria Vienna – Anderlecht – Levski Sofia – Croatia Zagreb – Omonia Nicosia – Sparta Prague – FC Copenhagen – Manchester United – FC Norma Tallinn – Jazz Pori – No title awarded (Marseille stripped of title due to a corruption scandal) – Werder Bremen – AC Milan – Feyenoord – FC Porto – Rangers – FC Barcelona – IFK Gothenburg – FC Aarau – Galatasaray – Partizan
Central America – CS Herediano
North America – Atlante / – Colorado Foxes (APSL)
South America
Clausura: Vélez Sársfield Apertura: River Plate – The Strongest – Palmeiras – Colo Colo – Atlético Junior – Club Sport Emelec – Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments Baltic Cup in Pärnu, Estonia
CONCACAF Gold Cup in Dallas, United States and Mexico City, Mexico
Copa América in Ecuador
UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia
FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan
Births
January 1 January: Jon Flanagan, English footballer 4 January: Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Ukrainian footballer 7 January: Jan Oblak, Slovenian footballer 8 January: Lina Lundqvist, Swedish footballer 14 January: Daniel Bessa, Italian-Brazilian junior international Juanjo Muko Nsue, Equatoguinean footballer 15 January: Niko Kata, Spanish-born Equatoguinean international 16 January: Pedro Oliveira, Portuguese footballer 19 January: Mike Thalassitis, English-Cypriot footballer and television personality (d. 2019) 20 January: Elin Wahlström, Swedish footballer 25 January: Kasper Larsen, Danish footballer
February 2 February: Ravel Morrison, British-born Jamaican footballer 5 February: Gerard Bieszczad, Polish footballer 7 February: Diego Laxalt, Uruguayan footballer 9 February: Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer Matthew Rowell, South African footballer 15 February: Geoffrey Kondogbia, French-Central African footballer 17 February: Nicola Leali, Italian youth international 19 February: Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer 28 February: Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian international footballer
March 1 March: Josh McEachran, English junior international 3 March: Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer 5 March: Gilbrano Plet, Dutch footballer 7 March Leonid Akulinin, Ukrainian footballer Sultan Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer Diego Chávez, Peruvian footballer Mary Earps, British footballer Vinícius Freitas, Brazilian footballer João Tiago Serrão Garcês, Portuguese footballer Gilberto, Brazilian footballer Óscar Ignacio Hernández, Chilean footballer Saad Hussain, Qatari footballer Jackson Irvine, Australian footballer Anton Kotlyar, Ukrainian footballer Santy Ngom, Senegalese footballer Mohamed Ouattara, Burkinabé footballer Shawn Parker, German footballer Robbie Thomson, Scottish footballer 9 March: Larnell Cole, English footballer 15 March – Papa Alassane Ndiaye, Senegalese footballer 19 March Mateusz Szwoch, Polish midfielder Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan and Dutch international 25 March – Anna Hjälmkvist, Swedish footballer 26 March – Sara Nordin, Swedish footballer 28 March – Fran Zafra, Spanish footballer 31 March – Connor Wickham, English footballer
April 1 April: Andy Brennan, Australian footballer 4 April: Hugo Aquino, Paraguayan footballer 11 April: Yuji Takahashi, Japanese footballer 15 April: Appolinaire Danvidé, Beninese footballer 19 April: Lia Wälti, Swiss footballer 25 April: Raphaël Varane, French footballer
May 5 May: Andrzej Sobieszczyk, Polish footballer 7 May: Lampros Tairis, Greek footballer 13 May: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer 18 May: Taulant Kadrija, Slovenian footballer 20 May Juanmi, Spanish international Marcel Mosch, German footballer 25 May: Andrés Felipe Roa, Colombian international 26 May: Juan Cifré, Spanish footballer Kendra McMullan, Northern Irish former footballer 27 May: Mikel Agu, Nigerian international
June 5 June: Juraj Maretić, Croatian footballerJuraj Maretić at Sportnet.hr 11 June: Ciara Grant, Irish footballer 13 June: Thomas Partey, Ghanaian footballer Valkenedy, Brazilian footballer
July 1 July: Mirza Jatić, Austrian footballer 5 July: Mehdi Tarfi, Belgian footballer 8 July: Shahrul Saad, Malaysian footballer 10 July: Tiago Ferreira, Portuguese footballer 13 July: Dan Bentley, English footballer 15 July: Ömer Arslan, Turkish footballer 18 July: Nabil Fekir, French footballer 22 July: Juan Manuel Solano, Colombian footballer 27 July: Omer Atzili, Israeli footballer Max Power, English footballer 28 July: Harry Kane, English footballer
August 3 August: Isaac Oliseh, Nigerian footballer 4 August Saido Berahino, English-Burundian footballer Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Italian footballer 11 August: Albin Nilsson, Swedish footballer 12 August: Sarah Bergman, Swedish footballer 20 August: Mario Jelavic, Croatian junior international 30 August: Paco Alcácer, Spanish international 31 August: Pablo Marí, Spanish club footballer
September 1 September: Mario Lemina, Gabonese–French footballer 4 September: Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer 27 September: Lisandro Magallán, Argentine footballer
October 6 October: Joe Rafferty, English-born Irish footballer 8 October: Gullithi (Rudigullithi da Silva Henrique), Brazilian footballer 8 October: Nils Gottschick, German footballer 10 October: Nuha Barrow, Gambian international footballer 11 October: Arkane Mohamed, Comorian international footballer 22 October: Martina Smilkovska, Macedonian footballer 23 October: Fabinho, Brazilian footballer 31 October: Kelvin Ebuka Nwamora, Nigerian footballer
November 7 November: Fahardine Hassani, Comorian footballer 15 November: Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer 16 November: Nelson Semedo, Portuguese footballer 23 November: Hemiliano (Hemiliano Gomes Lopes), Bissau-Guinean footballer
December 18 December: Steve Glodjinon, Beninese international footballer
Deaths
January 9 January – Mario Genta, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (80) 13 January – Edivaldo, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and active player of Clube Atlético Taquaritinga . (30; car crash)
February 11 February – Félix Ruiz (52), Spanish footballer 21 February – Felice Borel, Italian forward, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1932–33 Serie A and 1933–34 Serie A. (78)
March 15 March – Karl Mai, West-German midfielder, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (64)
April 30 April – Mario Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to play in a World Cup Final. (84)
May 6 May – Rommel Fernandez (27), Panamanian footballer 28 May – Ugo Locatelli, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (77)
October 4 October - Jim Holton (43), Scottish international footballer 14 October – Harald Hennum (65), Norwegian footballer
November 26 November - Guido Masetti, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. (86)
December 26 December – Carlos Antonio Muñoz (29), Ecuadorian footballer
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