The following are the worldwide association football events of the year 1982.
Events February 7 – The first ever Arab Club Champions Cup is completed, with Al-Shorta of Iraq winning the title with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon. March 14 – Johannes Atlason makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, when the team draws (0-0) against Kuwait. May 26 – European Cup won by Aston Villa after defeating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. June 13 – The 1982 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Spain. For the first time, 24 teams compete in the final tournament, with the competition eventually won by Italy. June 30 – Dutch club SC Amersfoort is disestablished due to financial problems. September 15 – HFC Haarlem makes a winning European debut with by defeating Belgium's AA Gent (2-1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup. The goals for the Dutch side are scored by Gerrie Kleton and Martin Haar. October 20 – 66 fans lost their life in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow. November 30 – Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol after defeating Cobreloa on an aggregate score of 1-0.
Winners club national championship
Asia – Al-Rayyan
Europe – Standard Liège – CSKA Sofia – Dukla Prague – Odense Boldklub – Berliner FC Dynamo – Liverpool – FC Kuusysi – AS Monaco – Olympiacos – Juventus – Ajax Amsterdam – Widzew Łódź – Sporting CP – Celtic – Dinamo Minsk – Real Sociedad – Grasshopper Club Zürich – Beşiktaş – Hamburger SV – Dinamo Zagreb
North America – UNAL / : New York Cosmos (NASL)
Oceania – Sydney City
South America
Metropolitano – Estudiantes Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste – Bolívar – Flamengo – América de Cali – Olimpia Asunción
International Tournaments British Home Championship (February 23 – May 29)
African Cup of Nations in Libya (March 5–19)
FIFA World Cup in Spain (June 13 – July 11)
UEFA U-16 European Championship in Italy (May 5–7)
UEFA U-18 European Championship in Finland
UEFA U-21 European Championship
National Teams
DateOpponentFinal ScoreResultCompetitionVenueMarch 232 – 1LFriendlyHampden Park, GlasgowApril 141 – 0WFriendlyPhilips Stadion, EindhovenMay 252 – 0LFriendlyWembley Stadium, LondonSeptember 11 – 1DEuro 1984 QualifierLaugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkSeptember 222 – 1WEuro 1984 QualifierDe Kuip, RotterdamNovember 101 – 2LFriendlyDe Kuip, RotterdamDecember 190 – 6WEuro 1984 QualifierTivoli, Aachen
Births
January
January 4 – Richard Logan, English club footballer January 7 – Luis Abel Peña, Paraguayan footballer January 8 – Emanuele Calaiò, Italian youth international January 13 – Olivier Fontenette, French footballer January 22 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine international footballer January 26 – Nabil Dafi, French footballer January 31 Andreas Görlitz, German international Salvatore Masiello, Italian club footballer Allan McGregor, Scottish international footballer
February February 2 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine international footballer February 5 – Alimansi Kadogo, Ugandan retired footballer February 10 – Jacek Gabrusewicz, Polish footballer February 12 – Julius Aghahowa, Nigerian footballer February 14 – Daniel Robert, Brazilian professional footballer February 16 – Vasilios Genitsaridis, Greek former professional footballer February 22 – Matt Woolley, English former professional footballer
March March 18 – Romell Brathwaite, Barbadian international footballer March 20 – Carmine Giordano, Italian footballer March 23 – Mohammed Einas, Senegalese retired footballer March 24 – Tshitenge Mukandila, Congolese footballer (died 2010)
April April 1 – Róbert Vittek, Slovak international footballer April 2 – Marco Amelia, Italian international footballer April 6 – Nelson Geingob, Namibian former footballer April 13 – James Curtis, English former footballer April 16 – Fabricio Brandão, retired Brazilian footballer April 28 – Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian international footballer
May May 5 Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish international footballer Luka Spetič, Slovenian footballerL'ultima di Spetic: 5 anni bellissimi May 17 – Dylan Macallister, Australian soccer player May 20 – Petr Čech, Czech international footballer May 23 – Anton Khromykh, professional Ukrainian former footballer May 29 – Ahmed Tangeaoui, French-Moroccan footballer
June June 4 – Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer June 15 – Katie Chapman, English footballer
July July 2 – Alvito Rodrigues, Indian footballer July 4 – Biko Brazil, Dutch former professional footballer July 5 Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer Julien Féret, French footballer Alberto Gilardino, Italian international footballer Paíto, Mozambican footballer Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer July 7 Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer Brendan McElholm, Northern Irish footballer July 8 David Kenga, Kenyan footballer Agustín Villar, Spanish footballer July 10 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer July 12 Antonio Cassano, Italian international footballer Gerardo Hernández, professional Mexican footballer July 14 – Hermán Solíz, Bolivian footballer July 15 – Cristian Dănălache, Romanian footballer July 16 – Charles Kokougan, French former professional footballer July 25 – Ivan Len, Ukrainian professional footballer
August August 2 – Susanna Hansen, Faroese footballer August 9 – Nando, Mozambican footballer (d. 2007) August 14 – Adrian Woźniczka, Polish former professional footballer August 21 – Jayson Trommel, Dutch footballer August 24 José Bosingwa, Portuguese international Kim Källström, Swedish international Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian club footballer August 28 Lee Ayres, professional English footballer Thiago Motta, Brazilian-born Italian international and managerMOTTA
September September 2 – Alan Tate, English club footballer September 12 – Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer September 13 – Andrei Makhayev,former Russian footballer September 23 – Alain Yomby, Cameroonian former professional footballer September 25 – Szymon Sawala, Polish footballerSawala już na wiosnę w GKS 1.02.2011, gks.net.pl September 26 – František Okoličáni, Slovak footballer September 28 – Ahmad Alan, Palestinian former national footballerAhmad Alan at National-Football-Teams.com
October October 6 – Igor Pešić, Serbian footballer October 7 – Jermain Defoe, English international footballer October 9 – Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonça, Angolan footballer October 10 – Sipho Mngomezulu, South African footballer October 14 – Hubert Charpentier, French professional footballer October 29 – Gerald Gansterer, Austrian footballerGerald Gansterer player profile - LASK
November November 2 – Moreno Esseboom, Dutch footballer November 5 – Juan Pablo, Spanish former footballer November 14 – Martin Eisl, Austrian professional footballer November 17 – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer
December December 1 – Lloyd Doyley, English-Jamaican footballer and manager December 3 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer December 8 Halil Altıntop, Turkish international footballer Hamit Altıntop, Turkish international footballer December 10 – Tomáš Hájovský, Slovak footballer December 18 – Stijn Francis, Belgian former footballer December 25 – Wencho Farrell, Netherlands Antilles international footballer December 27 – Dmitri Rybakin, former Russian professional footballer
Deaths
January January 3 – Fritz Laband, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (56)
August August 30 - Theodor Reimann (61), Slovak footballer (born 1921)
September September 3 - Hércules de Miranda, Brazilian forward, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (70) September 14 - Vladislao Cap (48), Argentine footballer and manager (born 1934)
November November 8 - Jimmy Dickinson, English midfielder, England Squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (57, heart attack) November 17 - Felix von Heijden (92), Dutch footballer (born 1890)
December December 2 - Giovanni Ferrari, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup and winner of the Serie A for a record 8 times as a player. (74)
References
External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats