The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.
Events 16 May – Italian giants Juventus FC claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists FC Porto 2–1. 23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating R.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London. 27 July – Copa Libertadores won by Independiente after defeating Grêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0. 19 September – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark's BK Copenhagen in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup. 9 December – Argentina's Independiente wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating England's Liverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored by José Alberto Percudani in the 6th minute.
National Club Champions
Africa : Zamalek
Asia – Al-Rayyan
Europe – K.S.K. Beveren – Vejle BK
League – BFC Dynamo Cup – SG Dynamo Dresden
League – Liverpool Cup – Everton – FC Kuusysi – Girondins de Bordeaux – Juventus – Feyenoord Rotterdam – Vålerenga – Benfica – Aberdeen – FC Zenit – Athletic Bilbao – IFK Göteborg – Trabzonspor – VfB Stuttgart
North America – Club América / : Chicago Sting (NASL)
South America
Metropolitano – Argentinos Juniors Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste – Blooming – Fluminense – América de Cali – Guaraní
International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast (4–18 March 1984)
1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984)
UEFA European Football Championship in France (12–27 June 1984)
— Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984)
Births
January 1 January Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer Mourad N'Zif, French former professional footballer Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer 3 January – Andrei Bovtalo, former Russian footballer 5 January – Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer 7 January Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer 14 January – Abdoulahy Sangaré, Mauritanian international footballer 16 January – Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer 17 January – Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer 18 January – Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer 21 January Leonardo Burián, Uruguayan youth international Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer Wes Morgan, Jamaican international 23 January Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer Nikolay Yevgenyevich Yefimov, Russian footballer 24 January – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German international footballer 29 January Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
February 4 February – Waskito Sujarwoko, Indonesian footballer 5 February – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer 6 February Darren Bent, English footballer Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer 8 February – Antonino Daì, Italian footballer 21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer 27 February – Steve Warne, English footballer 29 February Darren Ambrose, English footballer Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer
March 1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer 4 March – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer 10 March Derick Amadi, Nigerian professional footballer Matt Lock, English footballer 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer 30 March – Gennaro Fragiello, Italian footballerGennaro Fragiello at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
April 4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballerSultan Khuranov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) 18 April – Raphael Ntimane, Swaziland international footballer 13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer 29 April Jones Leandro, Brazilian footballer Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
May 3 May – Martin Kováč, Slovak footballer 4 May Orkhonsaikhany Bayarjavkhlan, Mongolian international footballer Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer 10 May – Jonathan Rosario, Dominican Republic international footballer 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer 12 May – Yohan Congio, French footballer 14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international 17 May – Yannick Macoa, Mauritian international footballer 23 May - Reinaldo Román, Paraguayan footballer 24 May Begli Annageldiyev, Turkmen professional footballer Christoph Holste, German footballer
June 1 June Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international 9 June Davinson Monsalve, Colombian professional footballer Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer 16 June – Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer 18 June – Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballerJukka Veltheim at Guardian Football 29 June – Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer 30 June Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016) Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer
July 7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer 9 July Panda (footballer) (Márcio Gama Moreira), Brazilian footballer 13 July Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer Nicola Iannotti, Italian professional footballer 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer 15 July – Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballerRoman Markelov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) 18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer 27 July Florian Bague, French former professional footballer Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer 31 July Marko Balažic, Slovenian retired footballer Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer
August 1 August Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer 6 August Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer 10 August – Luca Carretto, Italian footballer 11 August – Georgi Aslanidi, Russian former professional footballer 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer 23 August Glen Johnson, English footballer Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer
September 3 September – Renat Sokolov, Russian former professional footballer 7 September Miranda, Brazilian footballer Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer 25 September Franck Nkela, Congolese footballer Mario Ruyales, Spanish footballer
October 1 October – Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer 3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer 31 October – Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer
November 3 November – Matthias Hummel, German former footballer, now assistant manager 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer 10 November Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer 11 November Stephen Hunt, English club footballer Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international 21 November – Bianca Weech, German footballer 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
December 9 December – Winder Mendoza, Venezuelan professional footballer 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer 20 December Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May 8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79) 8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee 11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (65) 12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)
June 23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)
July 3 July – Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76) 7 July – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager
September 19 September – Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (71)
October 1 October: Blagoje Marjanović, Serbian striker, semi-finalist at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
December 19 December – Puck van Heel (80), Dutch footballer
References
External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats