1996 In Football (soccer)

The following are the association football events of the year 1996 throughout the world.

Events

*Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali 2–1 on aggregate.
* UEFA Euro 1996: Germany defeats the Czech Republic 2–1 with a golden goal from Oliver Bierhoff at Wembley Stadium.
*The UEFA Regions' Cup is founded for amateur teams in Europe to have an international tournament.
* February 7 – Logi Ólafsson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland with a 1–7 loss against Slovenia.
*March 3 – Dutch club NEC fires Wim Koevermans and appoints former coach Leen Looyen as his successor.
*April 6 – Major League Soccer kicks-off: an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first match. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scored the league's first goal in a 1–0 victory over D.C. United.
*May 11 – Manchester United wins 1–0 over Liverpool to claim the FA Cup. United becomes the first team to win the English League and Cup Double twice.
*May 16 – PSV claims the KNVB Cup after defeating Sparta Rotterdam at De Kuip, 5–2.
*August 18 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, following a 3–0 win over Ajax.
*August 27 – Manager Alan Ball is fired by Manchester City and succeeded by Steve Coppell.
*October 9 – Manager Huub Stevens leaves Roda JC. He is replaced by interim-coach Eddy Achterberg, and later by Martin Jol.
*November 8 – Phil Neal replaces Manchester City manager Steve Coppell as caretaker, to be succeeded by Frank Clark on December 29.
*November 26 – Juventus wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo after defeating Argentina's River Plate 1–0. The match's only goal is scored by Alessandro del Piero in the 81st minute.

;Undated:
* Heidelberg Ball School is founded in Germany.

Winner club national championships

Asia

* Japan – Kashima Antlers
* Lebanon – Al-Ansar
* Qatar – Al-Arabi
* South Korea – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
* Iran – Persepolis

Europe

* – Dinamo Zagreb
* – Slavia Prague
* – Manchester United
* – Auxerre
* – Borussia Dortmund
* – A.C. Milan
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** Eredivisie – Ajax
** Eerste Divisie – AZ
* – Widzew Łódź
* – Porto
* – Atlético Madrid
* – Fenerbahçe
* – Partizan

North America

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** 1995–96 – Necaxa
** Inverno 1996 – Santos
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** Seattle Sounders ( APSL)
** D.C. United ( MLS)

South America

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**Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
**Apertura – River Plate
* – Bolívar
* – Grêmio
* – Colo-Colo
* – El Nacional
* Paraguay – Cerro Porteño
* – Sporting Cristal

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in South Africa (January 13 – February 3, 1996)
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* UEFA European Football Championship in England (June 8 – 30 1996)
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* Baltic Cup in Narva, Estonia (July 7 – 9 1996)
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* Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States (July 20 – August 3, 1996)
** Men's Tournament
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** Women's Tournament
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*# PR China
*# Norway

National team results

Europe

Births

January

* 1 January:
** Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer
** Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
** Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer
* 7 January: Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer
* 11 January: Leroy Sané, German footballer
* 21 January
** Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
** Aldo Kalulu, French youth international
** Cristian Pavón, Argentine international
* 23 January: Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer
* 24 January: Patrik Schick, Czech footballer
* 26 January: Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer

February

* 2 February: Harry Winks, English footballer
* 11 February:
** Jonathan Tah, German footballer
** Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
* 14 February:
** Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
** Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
* 28 February: Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

March

* 4 March:
** Timo Baumgartl, German footballer
** Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
* 6 March: Timo Werner, German footballer
* 15 March: Levin Öztunalı, German footballer
* 24 March: Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer
* 28 March: Benjamin Pavard, French footballer

April

* 9 April: Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer
* 10 April: Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer
* 11 April: Dele Alli, English footballer
* 29 April: Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer

May

* 2 May: Julian Brandt, German footballer
* 3 May: Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
* 5 May: Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer
* 11 May: Andrés Cubas, Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer
* 17 May: Youcef Atal, Algerian footballer
* 26 May: Lukáš Haraslín, Slovak footballer
* 30 May: Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer

June

* 11 June: Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer
* 12 June: Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
* 13 June: Kingsley Coman, French footballer
* 17 June: Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer
* 18 June: Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
* 22 June:
** Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer
** Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
* 28 June: Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer
* 29 June: Bart Ramselaar, Dutch international footballer

July

* 3 July: Kumaahran Sathasivam, Malaysian footballer
* 5 July: Ajdin Hrustic, Australian footballer
* 7 July: Ivan Ljubic, Austrian footballer
* 11 July: Andrija Živković, Serbian footballer
* 12 July: Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
* 18 July:
** Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer
** Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer
* 22 July: Indy Groothuizen, Dutch footballer

August

* 7 August: Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
* 12 August: Arthur, Brazilian footballer
* 14 August: Neal Maupay, French footballer
* 19 August: Almoez Ali, Sudanese-Qatari footballer
* 21 August: Sofyan Amrabat, Dutch-born Moroccan footballer
* 27 August: Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer
* 30 August: Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

September

* 5 September: Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
* 16 September: Alexis Blin, French footballer
* 17 September: Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer
* 20 September: Jerome Sinclair, English footballer
* 25 September: Max Christiansen, German footballer
* 27 September: Maxwel Cornet, French-Ivorian footballer

October

* 3 October: Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian footballer
* 12 October: Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
* 13 October: Terens Puhiri, Indonesian footballer
* 15 October: Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
* 27 October: Nadiem Amiri, German footballer

November

* 23 November: James Maddison, English footballer
* 29 November: Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer

December

* 4 December: Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer
* 8 December: Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer
* 15 December: Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
* 16 December:
** Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
** Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer

Deaths

January

*January 2 – Karl Rappan (90), Austrian footballer and manager

February

*February 23 – Helmut Schön (80), German footballer and manager

May

* May 11 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian striker, top scorer at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (73)
* May 16 – Danilo Alvim, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)

August

* August 2 – Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan midfielder, winner as captain of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, commonly regarded as one of the greatest classic holding midfielders. (78)

September

*September 17 – Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez (84), Peruvian footballer

October

* October 4 – Silvio Piola, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the final. Highest goalscorer in Italian first league history. (83)
* October 30 – Roberto Belangero, Brazilian midfielder, runner-up at the 1957 South American Championship. (68)

November

*November 7 – Hans Klodt (82), German international footballer
*November 26 – Guido Gratton (64), Italian footballer

References

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