The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.
Events February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan. October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow. November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup.
Winners club national championship : River Plate : R. Antwerp F.C. : Emelec : Manchester United : AS Saint-Etienne : Vasas SC : Hapoel Tel Aviv : A.C. Milan : Ajax Amsterdam : Olimpia Asunción : Rangers : FC Dynamo Moscow : Real Madrid : IFK Norrköping : Borussia Dortmund
International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957)
1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957)
1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)
Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957)
Births January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager January 19 – Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss footballer February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer May 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer May 22 – Jan Endeman, Dutch retired footballer May 26 – Caryne Selbonne, French footballer July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer September 11 Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer September 19 – Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired football September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager November 17 – Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer December 13 – Abdellah Liegeon, Algerian footballer (d. 2025) December 17 – Robbie Gaffney, Irish footballer
Deaths
January January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)
October October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis)
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