The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.
Notable events Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3. May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia. May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup. September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup. 1963 International Soccer League League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate. Cup: Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate. West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition. Borussia Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.
Winners club national championship : Independiente : Santos : SC Motor Jena : Everton : AS Monaco : KR : Inter Milan : Oro : PSV Eindhoven : Brann : Rangers : Real Madrid : IFK Norrköping : Galatasaray : Borussia Dortmund
International tournaments 1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)
Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
Births
January 1 Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer April 15 Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer Horacio Macedo, Mexican football manager and former player May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender July 16 Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer August 18 – Damir Kalapač, Croatian retired footballer September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014) October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010) October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012) October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths
January January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)
June June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)
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