The following are the association football events of the year 1983 throughout the world.
Events May 11 – Scottish club Aberdeen win the European Cup Winners' Cup by beating Real Madrid 2–1 in the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg. 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 – Ajax – Benfica – Dundee United – Athletic Bilbao – Fenerbahçe – Hamburger SV – Partizan
North America – Puebla / : Tulsa Roughnecks (NASL)
South America
Metropolitano – Independiente Nacional – Estudiantes La Plata – Bolívar – Flamengo – América de Cali – Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments 1983 British Home Championship (February 23 – June 1, 1983)
Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (August 15 – August 27, 1983)
Copa América (August 10 – November 4, 1983)
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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 managerSHAUN MALONEY 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 6 – Kimbell Ward, Saint Kitts and Nevis football referee 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 footballerAnton Samoylov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) 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)
References
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