The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1956 throughout the world.
Events November 3 – Dutch club Rapid JC makes its European debut with a defeat (3-4) on home soil against Yugoslavia's Red Star Belgrade in the second round of the European Cup. Foundation of Royal Thai Navy F.C.
Winners club national championship : River Plate : Manchester United : Nice : Maccabi Tel Aviv : ACF Fiorentina : León : Olimpia Asunción : Rangers : FC Spartak Moscow : Atlético Bilbao : IFK Norrköping : Borussia Dortmund
International tournaments Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia (November 24 – December 8, 1956)Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956 FIFA
1956 British Home Championship (October 22, 1955 – April 14, 1956) Shared by , , &
Births
January January 16: Martin Jol (Dutch footballer and manager) January 17: Faouzi Mansouri (Algerian footballer) (died 2022) January 31: Stefan Majewski (Polish footballer)
February February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier (Austrian footballer) February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik (German footballer) February 21: Alan Hart, English former professional footballer February 25: Davie Cooper (Scottish footballer) (died 1995) February 28: Jimmy Nicholl (Northern Irish footballer) February 29: Allan Marley (English former professional footballer)
March March 3: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish international footballer March 4: Philippe Mahut, French international footballer (died 2014) March 12: László Kiss, Hungarian footballer March 12: Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2019) March 15: Gilberto Yearwood, Honduran footballer March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek, Polish footballer March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi, Hungarian footballer March 29: Dick Jol, Dutch football referee
April April 12: František Jakubec; Czech international footballer (died 2016)
May May 3: Bernd Förster (German international footballer) May 15: Ken Ayres (English former professional footballer) May 19: Jan Fiala (Czech footballer)
June June 5: Martin Koopman (Dutch footballer) June 12: David Narey (Scottish footballer) June 22: Jean-Paul Defrang (Luxembourgian footballer) June 26: Maxime Bossis (French footballer)
July July 15: Emmanuel Kunde (Cameroonian footballer) July 20: Thomas N'Kono (Cameroonian footballer) July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori (French footballer)
August August 16: Patricio Hernández (Argentinian footballer) August 27: Jean-François Larios (French footballer) August 29: Viv Anderson (English footballer)
September September 7: Tony Mitchell, English former professional footballer September 8: Jacky Munaron (Belgian footballer) September 14 Béla Bodonyi (Hungarian footballer) Ray Wilkins (English footballer) (died 2018) September 23: Paolo Rossi (Italian footballer) (died 2020) September 30: Frank Arnesen (Danish footballer)
October October 10: Raúl Gorriti, Peruvian international footballer (died 2015) October 28: Frank Vercauteren (Belgian international footballer)
November November 4: Jan Korte (Dutch footballer and manager) November 10: José Luis Brown Argentine international footballer, (died 2019) November 16: Max Hagmayr (Austrian footballer) November 18: Noel Brotherston (Northern Irish footballer) (died 1995)
December December 6: Klaus Allofs (German footballer) December 9: Oscar Garré (Argentine footballer) December 10: Jan van Dijk (Dutch footballer and manager) December 11: Ricardo Giusti (Argentine footballer)
Deaths
August August 12 – Gianpiero Combi, 53, Italian goalkeeper, captaining winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and one of Italy's greatest goalkeepers of all-time.
October October 16 - Jules Rimet, 83, 3rd president of FIFA. October 24 - Tom Whittaker, 58, Arsenal manager, heart attack
References
External links Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956, FIFA.com RSSSF Archive