This is a list of the football (soccer) events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
Events
*March 3 –
Portugal wins its first
FIFA World Youth Championship
*April 15 –
Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the ...
, that occurred at
Hillsborough
Hillsborough may refer to:
Australia
*Hillsborough, New South Wales, a suburb of Lake Macquarie
Canada
*Hillsborough, New Brunswick
*Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
* Hillsborough, Nova Scotia, in Inverness County
*Hillsborough (electoral d ...
, before the FA Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest.
*May 20 –
Liverpool wins the
FA Cup, beating
Everton 3–2 AET, thanks to two goals from
Ian Rush.
*May 24 –
A.C. Milan defeats
Steaua București, 4–0, to win their third
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
final.
*May 26 –
Arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
beat
Liverpool F.C. 2–0 at Anfield to dramatically win the English
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
, thanks to an injury time goal from
Michael Thomas Michael or Mike Thomas may refer to:
Entertainment
* Michael M. Thomas (born 1936), American novelist of financial thrillers
* Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), American conductor, pianist, and composer
* Michael Thomas (actor) (1952–2019), Bri ...
.
*May 31 –
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
is won by
Atlético Nacional after defeating
Olimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most su ...
5–4 on penalties after a final aggregate score of 2–2.
*June 24 – In the final of the
FIFA U-16 World Championship,
Saudi Arabia became surprising winners during the penalty shoot-out to
Scotland in
Glasgow.
*December 17 – Italy's Milan wins the
Intercontinental Cup in
Tokyo, Japan by defeating
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
's
Atlético Nacional in extra-time 1–0. The only goal is scored by
Alberigo Evani.
Winners club national championships
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
International Tournaments
*
Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
in Brazil (July 1–16, 1989)
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National Teams
Births
January
* January 6:
Jasmin Pllana, Austrian club footballer
* January 7:
**
Emiliano Insúa (Argentinian defender)
**
Miles Addison (English defender)
**
Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Malaysian footballer
* January 14:
**
Adam Clayton (English youth international)
**
Mattia Marchi (Italian club footballer)
**
Liu Xiaodong
Liu Xiaodong (; born 1963 in Liaoning, China) is a contemporary Chinese artist.
Education
Liu was born in 1963 in the small industrial village of Jincheng, a pulp and paper-producing center on the outskirts of Jinzhou in Liaoning province. A ...
(Chinese footballer)
* January 20:
Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian club footballer
* January 29:
Dirceu (Brazilian footballer)
* January 30:
Tomás Mejías
Tomás Mejías Osorio (born 30 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AD Ceuta FC.
Club career Real Madrid
Mejías was born in Madrid. In 2001, aged 12, he joined local Real Madrid's youth academy from ...
(Spanish youth international)
February
* February 1:
Oleksandr Protsyuk (Ukrainian footballer)
* February 14:
Jocenir "Jocenir Alves da Silva" (Brazilian footballer)
* February 21:
Luca Borrelli (Italian professional footballer)
March
* March 1:
Carlos Vela (Mexican forward)
* March 7:
Mario Villanueva
Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid, sometimes known as "El Chueco",''Chueco'' is a Spanish adjective meaning "crooked"; it was originally a reference to Villanueva's facial features which are affected by some sort of facial paralysisUNESCO./ref> ...
(Belizean defender)
* March 13:
Marko Marin (German international midfielder)
* March 15:
Ondřej Mazuch (Czech defender)
* March 16:
Theo Walcott (English international forward)
* March 29:
Arnold Peralta Honduran international footballer (died 2015)
* March 31:
Pablo Piatti
Pablo Daniel Piatti (born 31 March 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Estudiantes de La Plata. He operates mainly as a left winger, but can also play as a forward.
He spent the vast majority of his career in Spain after ...
(Argentinian forward)
April
* April 20:
Michał Pytkowski, Polish footballer
* April 22:
Jasper Cillessen, Dutch international goalkeeper
May
* May 6:
Chukwuma Akabueze (Nigerian midfielder)
* May 11:
Giovani dos Santos (Mexican forward)
* May 31:
**
Bas Dost
Bas Dost (; born 31 May 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht.
Having begun his career at FC Emmen in the Eerste Divisie, Dost later played in the Eredivisie for Heracles Almelo and SC ...
(Dutch footballer)
**
Marco Reus (German footballer)
June
* June 2:
Freddy Adu (American forward)
* June 25:
Jack Cork
Jack Frank Porteous Cork (born 25 June 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Burnley and the English national team. He played for the Great Britain Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Cork star ...
(English footballer)
July
* July 16:
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Wales national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wingers of his generation ...
(Welsh international forward)
August
* August 3:
Nick Viergever (Dutch defender)
* August 10:
Ben Sahar (Israeli forward)
* August 12:
Vladimir Castellón
Vladimir Castellón Colque (born August 12, 1989 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football Striker (association football), striker currently playing for Club Jorge Wilstermann, Wilstermann in the Bolivian Primera División.
Castellón was singled ...
(Bolivian forward)
* August 17:
David Abdul (Dutch Antillean forward)
September
* September 1:
**
Jefferson Montero
Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (; born 1 September 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ecuadorian Serie A club S.D. Aucas. He has represented the Ecuador national team at senior international level.
Clu ...
, Ecuadorian international
**
Daniel Sturridge (English forward)
* September 2:
Alexandre Pato (Brazilian forward)
* September 25:
Krisztián Brunczvik (Slovak footballer, midfielder)
October
* October 3:
Natalia Saratovtseva, former Russian footballer
* October 4:
Benjamin Stebbings, English cricketer
* October 6:
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika (6 October 1989 – 23 August 2014) was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
Career
Bodjongo played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two, ...
, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
* October 24:
**
Armin Bačinović, Slovenian midfielder
**
Jack Colback, English footballer
**
Cristian Gamboa
Cristian Esteban Gamboa Luna (born 24 October 1989), commonly known as Cristian Gamboa, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Costa Rica national team.
Gamboa is an internati ...
, Costa Rican international
**
Igor Pisanjuk, Serbian footballer
November
* November 5:
**
Andrew Boyce
Andrew Boyce (born 5 November 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for side Scunthorpe United.
Having come through the youth academy at Doncaster Rovers, Boyce has played professionally for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United, ...
, English club footballer
**
Mabiala Brandon, French footballer
* November 6:
Josmer Altidore (American forward)
* November 22:
José Carlos Prieto, Chilean footballer
December
* December 3:
Kristjan Lipovac
Kristian Lipovac (born 3 December 1989) is a Slovenian footballer who is a goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player cha ...
, Slovenian footballer
* December 22:
Daniel Goldschmitt, German footballer
Deaths
February
* February 5 –
André Cheuva (80), French footballer
April
* April 24 –
Franz Binder (77), Austrian footballer
May
* May 19 –
Samuel Okwaraji
Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji (19 May 1964 – 12 August 1989) was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria. He was also a qualified lawyer who had a masters in international law from the Pontifical Lateran University of Ro ...
, (25) Nigerian footballer, squad
Nigeria national football team at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
July
* July 20 –
José Augusto Brandão
José Augusto Brandão (April 21, 1911 – July 20, 1989) was an association football midfielder. He was born in Taubate, São Paulo State.
In his career (1927–1946) he played for Barra Funda, Juventude, Portuguesa and Corinthians. H ...
, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...
. (79)
September
* September 1 –
Kazimierz Deyna (41), Polish footballer
November
* November 9 –
Leen Vente (78), Dutch footballer
References
External links
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Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation*
VoetbalStats
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