1961 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1961 throughout the world.

Events [ edit ]

Copa Libertadores 1961 : Won by Penarol after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2?1.
1961 International Soccer League
- Dukla Prague beat Everton F.C. , 9?2, in the final on aggregate
September 6 – Dutch club Feyenoord from Rotterdam makes its European debut by defeating Sweden's IFK Goteborg (0?3) in the first round of the European Cup .
September 18 – The North American Football Confederation and Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean merge to form CONCACAF .

Winners club national championship [ edit ]

International tournaments [ edit ]

1961 British Home Championship (October 8, 1960 – April 15, 1961)

England

Births [ edit ]

January 12 – Andrea Carnevale , Italian international footballer
January 13 – Cesar Baena , Venezuelan international footballer
January 17 – Zhao Dayu , Chinese international footballer (died 2015)
January 18 – Peter Beardsley , English international footballer
January 20 – Patricio Yanez , Chilean international footballer
January 31 – Jonny Otten , German international footballer. ^[1]
February 13 – O?egs Karavajevs , Latvian international footballer
March 13 – Sebastiano Nela , Italian international footballer
March 21 – Lothar Matthaus , German international footballer and manager
April 4 – Karsten Hartel , former German footballer ^[2]
April 6 – Tony Paul , English former professional footballer ^[3]
April 11 – Roberto Cabanas , Paraguayan international footballer (died 2017)
April 19 – Dave Wiffill , English former professional footballer and coach ^[4]
May 3 – Daniel Sanchez , Uruguayan international footballer
May 5 – Ali Hussein Shihab , Iraqi international footballer (died 2016)
May 8 – Gert Kruys , Dutch footballer and manager
May 21 – Thomas Dooley , American international footballer and manager
June 1 – Ruben Espinoza , Chilean footballer
June 3 – Cesar Zabala , Paraguayan international footballer (died 2020)
June 29 – Victor Genes , Paraguayan footballer and football manager (died 2019)
August 1 – Danny Blind , Dutch international footballer and manager
August 10 – Chris Marustik , Welsh international footballer (died 2015)
September 9 – Justo Jacquet , Paraguayan footballer
September 20 – Erwin Koeman , Dutch international footballer and manager
October 16 – Wilfried Brookhuis , Dutch footballer
October 20 – Guillermo Munoz , Mexican footballer
November 3 – Sven Habermann , German-Canadian soccer player
November 4 – Nigel Worthington , Northern Irish international footballer and manager
November 17 – Wolfram Wuttke , German international footballer (died 2015)
November 20 – Dave Watson , English footballer and manager
December 17 – Henk van Stee , Dutch footballer and manager

Deaths [ edit ]

January [ edit ]

January 5 ? Jack Butler (66), English international footballer and manager (born 1894)

October [ edit ]

October 31 ? Alberto Chividini , Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (54)

References [ edit ]

^ "Jonny Otten - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga" . www.rsssf.org . Retrieved 2023-05-25 .
^ "Karsten Hartel" . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .
^ "Anthony Paul" . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .
^ "David Wiffill" . Barry Hugman's Footballers .

[1] "Jonny Otten - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga" . www.rsssf.org . Retrieved 2023-05-25 .

[2] "Karsten Hartel" . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .

[3] "Anthony Paul" . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .

[Hugman-4] "David Wiffill" . Barry Hugman's Footballers .

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