The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2013 throughout the world.
Events
Men's national teams
Senior
* 5 – 18 January:
21st Arabian Gulf Cup
The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the twenty-first edition of the biennial football competition. It took place in Bahrain in January 2013. The competition was originally scheduled to be hosted in the city of ...
in
** (2nd title)
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** 4th:
* 18 – 27 January:
2013 Copa Centroamericana
The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and took place in ...
in
** (7th title)
**
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** 4th:
* 19 January – 10 February:
2013 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
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** 4th:
* 15 – 30 June:
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tourna ...
in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 6 – 20 July:
2013 COSAFA Cup
The 2013 COSAFA Cup, sponsored by South African Breweries and officially named the 2013 COSAFA Castle Cup, was the 14th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council o ...
in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 7 – 28 July:
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the ...
in the
** (5th title)
**
* 20 – 28 July:
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012. Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF co ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 20 September – 2 October:
2013 SAFF Championship
The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took ...
in
** (1st title)
**
* 26 October – 2 November:
2013 UEMOA Tournament
The 2013 UEMOA Tournament was the sixth edition of the UEMOA Tournament. It was held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 27 October to 2 November 2013. The competition is used as a way of developing players in the West African region.
Participants
...
in
** (1st title)
**
* 27 November – 12 December:
2013 CECAFA Cup
The 2013 CECAFA Cup (known as the GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East a ...
in
** (6th title)
**
**
** 4th:
Youth
* 9 January – 3 February:
2013 South American Youth Championship
The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, ''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ''Juventud de América'' Argentina 2013'', italic=unset, pt, ''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 ''Juventude da América'' Argentina 2013'', italic=unset, re ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 18 February – 3 March:
2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place between February 18 and March 3, 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Wo ...
in
** (12th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 7 – 15 March:
2013 Central American Games
The 2013 Central American Games, the X edition of the Central American Games, were celebrated in San José, Costa Rica from 3 to 17 March 2013. It was largest multi-sport event organized in Costa Rica.
The games were officially opened by Costa ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 16 – 30 March:
2013 African U-20 Championship
The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, African U-20 Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran ...
in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 17 – 30 March:
2013 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2013 OFC U-20 Championship was the 19th edition of the OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania ( OFC). The competition was held at two venues in Fiji, from the 21 to 29 March, with the winner qualifyi ...
in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 6 – 19 April:
2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
The 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship was a North American international association football tournament that determined the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup participants from the CONCACAF region. The 2013 edition of the competition was held in Panama.
Qu ...
in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 2 – 26 April:
2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship
The 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, link=no, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Argentina 2013) was the 15th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina.
This tournament gave four b ...
in
**
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**4th:
* 13 – 27 April:
2013 African U-17 Championship
The 2013 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Morocco from 13 to 27 April. The top four teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Quali ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
**4th:
* 17–25 April:
OFC Under 17 Championship in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 5 – 17 May:
2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
The 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the twelfth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship since the re-organising of age group competitions in 2002. Slovakia were hosts of the tournament with games taking place at four ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
* 28 May – 8 June:
2013 U-21 Toulon Tournament in
** (7th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 5 – 18 June:
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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* 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14
* One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013
Music
* 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band
Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
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* 21 June – 13 July:
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 20 July – 1 August:
2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
The 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, since its reclassification from an under-18 tournament in 2002, and the 62nd since the tournament was created in 1948. It was hosted in L ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 17 October – 8 November:
2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, cla ...
in the
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** 4th:
* 7 December – 21 December:
2013 Southeast Asian Games
The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...
in
**
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** 4th:
* 1: 2nd title for Russia since the
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in 1991. UEFA records treat Russia and the Soviet Union as the same.
Women's national teams
* 6 – 13 March:
2013 Algarve Cup
The 2013 Algarve Cup was the twentieth edition of the Algarve Cup, an annual invitational women's football tournament hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF).
Teams
The following teams were taking part. There were no debutantes, as al ...
in
** (9th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 25 – 28 June:
2013 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship
The 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the sixth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. The first matches were played on 3 September 2012.
With the return of Slovakia, who haven't played since the inaugural edition, and U-17 n ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 10 – 28 July:
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for List of women's national association football teams#UEFA, women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament ...
in
** (8th title)
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** 4th:
* 20 – 27 July:
2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup was the fourth edition of EAFF Women's East Asian Cup. There were three competition rounds. The final round was won by North Korea. In August 2012, Australia accepted an invitation to take part.
Rounds
Preli ...
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** (1st title)
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**
** 4th:
* 19 – 31 August:
2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship
The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2013 Final Tournament was held in Wales between 19 and 31 August 2013. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to participate in this competition.
It was the first time Wales played in the final tourname ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
** ,
* 26 September – 6 October:
2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. The tournament was held from 26 September to 6 October 2013.
The tournament was played in Nanjing, China, just as the 2011 edition. The top three teams qualify for the ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 11 – 20 October:
2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2013 is the seventh edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was played from 11 to 20 October 2013. The top three teams (South Korea, North Korea, and China PR) qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's Wor ...
in
** (2nd title)
**
**
** 4th:
News
* June 20 –
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's natio ...
becomes the all-time leading international goal scorer for either men or women. Her four goals for the
USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
in a friendly against
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
in
Harrison, New Jersey
Harrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey, and is located from New York City.
As of the 202 ...
bring her career total to 160, surpassing the 158 of fellow American
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra (; born March 17, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the U ...
.
Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).
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* 6 February
* 23–27 March
* 8–12 June
* 21 August
* 7–11 September
* 12–16 October
* 16–20 November
Club continental champions
Men
Women
Domestic leagues
CONCACAF nations
Men
Women
CONMEBOL nations
Men
Women
AFC nations
Men
Women
UEFA nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
OFC nations
Domestic cups
UEFA nations
AFC nations
CONCACAF nations
CONMEBOL nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
Deaths
January
* 1 January – Lucio Dell'Angelo
Lucio Dell'Angelo (18 April 1938 — 1 January 2013) was an Italian professional football player and coach.
Dell'Angelo was born in Lucinico, Gorizia, Italy.
After his prolonged illness, Dell'Angelo died on 1 January 2013, in the Versilia hos ...
, Italian footballer (born 1938)
* 2 January – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Iglesias (; 14 February 1945 – 2 January 2013) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Mazurkiewicz helped the Uruguay national team qualify for the semifinals of the 1970 World Cup, where the ''ch ...
, Uruguayan footballer (born 1945)
* 2 January – Rudolf Szanwald, Austrian footballer (born 1931)
* 4 January – Lassaâd Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (born 1980)
* 6 January – Jon Ander López
Jon Ander López Maquiera (6 September 1976 – 6 January 2013), known as Jon Ander in his playing days, was a Spanish Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Barakaldo, ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1976)
* 8 January – Bernard Delcampe, French footballer (born 1932)
* 8 January – Cornel Pavlovici
Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1942 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker.
Death
Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013.
Career statistics
*Total matches played in Romanian First League: 134 matches – 57 goals.
*Topsco ...
, Romanian footballer (born 1942)
* 12 January – Harry Fearnley, English footballer (born 1935)
* 12 January – Roy Sinclair
Roy Sinclair (10 December 1944 – 12 January 2013) was an English professional football midfielder. He spent eleven seasons in the lower English divisions before moving to the United States where he played in the North American Soccer League ( ...
, English footballer (born 1944)
* 13 January – Geoff Thomas Geoff or Geoffrey Thomas may refer to:
* Geoffrey Thomas (academic) (born 1941), president of Kellogg College, Oxford
* Geoffrey Thomas (businessman) (born 1959), Australian businessman
* Geoff Thomas (footballer, born 1948) (1948–2013), Welsh fo ...
, English footballer (born 1948)
* 15 January – Zurab Popkhadze
Zurab Popkhadze ( ka, ზურაბ ფოფხაძე; 2 June 197215 January 2013) was a Georgian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Meore Liga in 1990 for FC Hereti Lagodekhi. He also won four caps for the Ge ...
, Georgian footballer (born 1972)
* 18 January – Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer (born 1970)
* 18 January – Ken Jones, English footballer (born 1936)
* 18 January – Alfons Lemmens, Dutch footballer (born 1919)
* 19 January – Ian Wells, English footballer (born 1964)
* 22 January – , English footballer (born 1926)
* 23 January – Jacques Grimonpon
Jacques Grimonpon (30 July 1925 – 23 January 2013) was a French football defender.
He was called up for 1954 FIFA World Cup but never played for France.
He played for Lille OSC, Le Havre AC, Lyon OU/Olympique Lyonnais, FC Girondins de Bord ...
, French footballer (born 1925)
* 24 January – Dave Harper, English footballer (born 1938)
* 24 January – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer (born 1959)
* 28 January – Ladislav Pavlovič
Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals.
He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and score ...
, Slovak footballer (born 1926)
* 29 January – Reg Jenkins
Reginald Jenkins (7 October 1938 – 29 January 2013) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League between the 1950s and 1970s.
Jenkins was born in Millbrook, Cornwall. After short spells with Plymouth Argyl ...
, English footballer (born 1938)
February
* 3 February – Wolfgang Abraham
Wolfgang Abraham (23 January 1942 – 3 February 2013) was a German footballer who played for Turbine Magdeburg and Lok Stendal, but is best known for his time with 1. FC Magdeburg.
Playing career
After beginning his football education with l ...
, German footballer (born 1942)
* 3 February – Zlatko Papec
Zlatko Papec (17 January 1934 – 3 February 2013) was a Croatian footballer.
Club career
He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb's Lokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of the Yugoslav First League, and wa ...
, Croatian footballer (born 1934)
* 8 February – Ron Hansell
Ron Hansell (3 October 1930 – 8 February 2013) was a footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Norwich City and Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on ...
, English footballer (born 1930)
* 8 February – Kjell Hjertsson
Kjell Hjertsson (1 August 1922 – 8 February 2013) was a Swedish footballer who played his entire career at Malmö FF as a midfielder.
His brothers Arne Hjertsson and Sven Hjertsson
Sven Hjertsson (7 March 1924 – 12 November 1999) was a Swe ...
, Swedish footballer (born 1922)
* 8 February – Ian Lister, Scottish footballer (born 1946)
* 11 February – Teodor Lucuță, Romanian footballer (born 1955)
* 11 February – Alfred Zijai, Albanian footballer (born 1961)
* 12 February – Jimmy Mulroy
James Mulroy (1 August 1940 – 12 February 2013) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, manager and politician. He played as a right wing-forward for the Louth senior team.
Mulroy made his first appearance for the team during the 1959 championship a ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer (born 1940)
* 12 February – Frank Seator, Liberian striker (born 1975)
* 14 February – Luis Cruzado
Luis Fernando Cruzado Sánchez (6 July 1941 – 14 February 2013) was a Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder for Peru in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Cruzado started his career in 1959 with Universitario de Deportes and playe ...
, Peruvian football midfielder (born 1941)
* 14 February – Zdeněk Zikán
Zdeněk Zikán (10 November 1937 – 14 February 2013) was a Czech football player.
During his club career he played for several clubs, including Dukla Pardubice and Dukla Prague. During his time with Spartak Hradec Králové, he played in th ...
, Czech footballer (born 1937)
* 18 February – Okey Isima, Nigerian footballer (born 1956)
* 19 February – John Downie
John Dennis Downie (19 July 1925 – 19 February 2013) was a Scottish association football, footballer. He was born in Lanark,1925 Births in the District of Lanark in the County of Lanark page 35 no 104 and played as an inside forward. Downie p ...
, Scottish footballer (born 1925)
* 20 February – Emma McDougall
Emma McDougall (born Emma Burnley; 6 March 1991 – 20 February 2013) was an English female football winger who played for Blackburn Rovers Ladies. Her married name was Emma Mincher, but she used her maiden name in her playing career. She was b ...
, English footballer (born 1991)
* 20 February – Antonio Roma
Antonio Roma (13 July 1932 – 20 February 2013) was an Argentine football goalkeeper.
Nicknamed ''Tarzan'' for the way of throwing himself for the ball, he started his professional career with Ferrocarril Oeste in 1955, where he played unti ...
, Argentine footballer (born 1932)
* 20 February – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (born 1986)
* 21 February – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer (born 1943)
* 21 February – Hasse Jeppson
Hans Olof "Hasse" Jeppson (10 May 1925 – 21 February 2013) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, and represented Örgryte IS, Djurgårdens IF, Cha ...
, English footballer (born 1925)
* 21 February – Dick Neal Jr.
Richard Marshall Neal (1 October 1933 – 21 February 2013) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a wing half. He made more than 350 appearances in the Football League, played for Birmingham City F.C., Birming ...
, English footballer (born 1933)
* 24 February – Seamus O'Connell, English footballer (born 1930)
* 26 February – Dobrivoje Trivić
Dobrivoje Trivić ( sr-cyrl, Добривоје Тривић; 26 October 1943 – 26 February 2013) was a Serbian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simpl ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1943)
* 27 February – Terry Twell, English footballer (born 1947)
* 28 February – Theo Bos
Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional road and track cyclist. An Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion, he is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos.
On 29 November 2021, he announced hi ...
, Dutch footballer (born 1965)
* 28 February – Jean Van Steen, Belgian footballer (born 1929)
March
* March 1 – Ludwig Zausinger, German footballer (84)
* March 2 – Jimmy Jackson, Scottish footballer (81)
* March 3 – Luis Cubilla
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (28 March 1940 – 3 March 2013) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American ...
, Uruguayan footballer (72)
* March 4 – Seki Matsunaga, Japanese footballer (84)
* March 4 – George Petherbridge
George Ernest Petherbridge (19 May 1927 – 4 March 2013) was a professional footballer, who played for Bristol Rovers for seventeen years, between 1945 and 1962.
Early life
Petherbridge was born in Devonport, Devon in 1927 and was the only ch ...
, English footballer (85)
* March 6 – Dave Bewley
David G. Bewley (22 September 1920 – 6 March 2013) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for several teams in the Football League. He was born in Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bourne ...
, English footballer (92)
* March 7 – Dick Graham
Richard D. Graham (6 May 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an English footballer and football manager who played and coached in the Football League. He played as a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, making over 150 league appearances.
He went on to manage ...
, English footballer (91)
* March 7 – Stan Keery, English footballer (81)
* March 7 – Willie McCulloch
Willie McCulloch (born 2 April 1973 in Baillieston, Glasgow) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a ...
, Scottish footballer (85)
* March 7 – Jan Zwartkruis
Johannes Hermanus Hendrikus "Jan" Zwartkruis () (18 February 1926 – 7 March 2013) was the manager of the Netherlands national football team for two periods (1976–77, 1978–81), coaching the team in 28 matches, including the 1980 UEFA European ...
, Dutch footballer (87)
* March 8 – Kai Pahlman, Finnish footballer (77)
* March 12 – Gordon Pembery, Welsh footballer (86)
* March 14 – Harry Thomson, Scottish footballer (72)
* March 15 – Felipe Zetter
Felipe Zetter Zetter (3 July 1923 – 15 March 2013) was a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Career
Zetter played as a defender for Club Atlas
Atlas Fútbol Club () is a Mexican profe ...
, Mexican footballer (89)
* March 17 – François Sermon, Belgian footballer (89)
* March 20 – Vasile Ianul
Vasile Ianul (1 November 1945 – 20 March 2013) was a Romanian association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He died on 20 March 2013.
Career
Vasile Ianul played as a Defender (association football), ...
, Romanian footballer (67)
* March 21 – Angus Carmichael, Scottish footballer (87)
* March 21 – Aníbal Paz, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...
. (95)
* March 22 – Fred Jones, English footballer (75)
* March 24 – Derek Leaver
Derek Leaver (13 November 1930 – 24 March 2013) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward.
Leaver played for Blackburn Rovers, AFC Bournemouth and Crewe Alexandra.
He signed for Mossley from Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield ...
, English footballer (82)
* March 24 – Paolo Ponzo
Paolo Ponzo (11 March 1972 – 24 March 2013) was an Italian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Liguria club Imperia.
Career
Early career
Born in Cairo Montenotte, Liguria, Ponzo started his senior career with Serie D club Vado. In ...
, Italian footballer (41)
* March 26 – Jerzy Wyrobek
Jerzy Jan Wyrobek (17 December 1949 – 26 March 2013) was a Polish professional football and manager.
Career
Playing career
Jerzy Wyrobek played for Stadion Śląski Chorzów, Zagłębie Wałbrzych, Ruch Chorzów and TuS Schloß Neuhaus. He w ...
, Polish footballer (63)
* March 31 – Ray Drake, English footballer (78)
April
* 29 April: Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is an American keyboardist, composer, and founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock superg ...
, English footballer (born 1958)
May
* 22 May: Brian Greenhoff
Brian Greenhoff (28 April 1953 – 22 May 2013) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Rochdale. He was capped 18 times for England.
Career
Manchester United
Greenhoff was born in ...
, English international footballer (born 1953)
* 24 May: Ron Davies, Welsh international footballer (born 1942)
June
* 15 June: Heinz Flohe
Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013) was a German footballer and manager.
Career
Flohe played for 1. FC Köln (1966–1979), winning the Bundesliga title in 1978, and the DFB-Pokal in 1968, 1977 and 1978. He also played fo ...
, German international footballer (born 1948)
* 16 June: Ottmar Walter
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter (6 March 1924 – 16 June 2013) was a German footballer who played as a striker.
He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the Germany nation ...
, German international footballer (born 1924)
* 27 June: Stefano Borgonovo
Stefano Borgonovo (; 17 March 1964 – 27 June 2013) was an Italian footballer and manager, who played as a striker. An opportunistic striker, Borgonovo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and came to prominence while playin ...
, Italian international footballer (born 1964)
* 30 June: Ingvar Rydell, Swedish international footballer (born 1922)
July
* 1 July: Bent Schmidt-Hansen
Bent Schmidt-Hansen (27 November 1946 – 1 July 2013) was a Danish professional football winger who played for PSV Eindhoven during an injury-shortened career.
Club career
Schmidt-Hansen played for Horsens fS before joining Dutch side PSV ...
, Danish footballer (born 1946)
* 1 July: Ján Zlocha
Ján Zlocha (24 March 1942 in Bratislava – 1 July 2013) was a Slovakia, Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia, for which he played 4 matches.
He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, ...
, Slovak footballer (born 1942)
* 4 July: Jack Crompton
John Crompton (18 December 1921 – 4 July 2013) was an English professional association football, footballer. Born in Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, he was a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Manchester United F.C., Manchester Un ...
, English footballer (born 1921)
* 8 July: Albert Dehert
Albert Dehert (18 November 1921 – 8 July 2013) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Throughout his whole career, "Bert" Dehert played for Berchem Sport, the club of his hometown. In the 1942-43 season, he became top score ...
, Belgian footballer (born 1921)
* 8 July: Dave Hickson
David Hickson (30 October 1929 – 8 July 2013) was an English professional footballer who played for Everton, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, Cambridge City, Bury and Tranmere Rovers
Club career
Hickson started his football ca ...
, English footballer (born 1929)
* 9 July: Andrzej Czyżniewski, Polish footballer (born 1953)
* 14 July: George Smith, English footballer (born 1921)
* 17 July: Luis Ubiña
Luis Ignacio Ubiña Olivera (7 June 1940 – 17 July 2013) was a Uruguayan football defender, who played for the Uruguay national team between 1965 and 1973. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1966 and 1970
Events
January
* Ja ...
, Uruguayan footballer (born 1940)
* 18 July: Anatoly Budayev, Belarusian footballer (born 1969)
* 19 July: Bert Trautmann
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann EK OBE BVO (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964.
In August 1933, (aged 9), he joined the Jungvolk, the junio ...
, German footballer (born 1923)
* 19 July: Phil Woosnam
Phillip Abraham Woosnam (22 December 1932 – 19 July 2013) was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for five clubs in England and one in the United States. He played internatio ...
, Welsh footballer (born 1932)
* 20 July: André Grobéty
André Grobéty (22 June 1933 – 20 July 2013) was a Swiss footballer who played as a right-back.
Career
During his career, Grobéty played at the club level for Servette FC, Lausanne Sports, and FC Meyrin.
In the Swiss Cup final on 15 May 19 ...
, Swiss footballer (born 1933)
* 22 July: Lawrie Reilly
Lawrance Reilly (28 October 1928 – 22 July 2013) was a Scottish footballer. He was one of the " Famous Five", the Hibernian forward line during the late 1940s and early 1950s, along with Bobby Johnstone, Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, and W ...
, Scottish international footballer (born 1928)
* 23 July: Luis Mendez, Belizean footballer (born 1990)
* 23 July: Djalma Santos
Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos known simply as Djalma Santos (; also spelled Dejalma Santos), (27 February 192923 July 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who started for the Brazil national team in four World Cups, winning two, in 1958 and 196 ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1929)
* 27 July: Sékou Camara, Malian footballer (born 1985)
* 29 July: Christian Benítez
Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt (1 May 1986 – 29 July 2013), also known as Chucho, was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a striker.
He began his career with El Nacional in Ecuador and then joined Santos Laguna, with ...
, Ecuadorian international footballer (born 1986)
* 30 July: Antoni Ramallets
Antoni Ramallets Simón (1 July 1924 – 30 July 2013) was a Spanish football goalkeeper and manager.
He spent most of his career at FC Barcelona, during the 1950s and early 1960s, winning the Ricardo Zamora Trophy as the best goalkeeper in ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1924)
August
* 1 August: Collin McAdam, Scottish footballer (born 1951)
* 1 August: Ritham Madubun
Ritham Madubun (1 April 1971 – 1 August 2013) is an Indonesian former footballer who plays as a defender. He played for Indonesia in the 1996 Asian Cup. He also played for Persipura Jayapura, PSM Makassar, Persikota Tangerang, Persija Jakarta, ...
, Indonesian footballer (born 1971)
* 2 August: Kurt Ehrmann, German international footballer (born 1922)
* 3 August: Jack Hynes, Scottish footballer (born 1920)
* 4 August: Wilf Carter, English footballer (born 1933)
* 5 August: Malcolm Barrass
Malcolm Williamson Barrass (15 December 1924 – 4 August 2013) was an English professional association football, footballer.
His father, Matt Barrass (footballer born 1899), Matthew, was also a professional footballer. Malcolm W. Barrass was ...
, English footballer (born 1924)
* 6 August: Steve Aizlewood
Steven Aizlewood (9 October 1952 – 6 August 2013) was a Welsh professional footballer and a Wales Under-23 international defender.
Career
Aizlewood was born in Newport and began his career at his local team Newport County, signing a youth ...
, Welsh footballer (born 1952)
* 6 August: Dave Wagstaffe
David Wagstaffe (5 April 1943 – 6 August 2013) was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger. Wagstaffe made over 500 league appearances throughout his career, which saw him represent Manchester City, Wolves, Blackburn an ...
, English footballer (born 1943)
* 6 August: Selçuk Yula
Selçuk Yula (November 8, 1959 – August 6, 2013) was a Turkish football player and topscorer.
Professional career
Yula started his career in the Ankara club Şekerspor. His transfer to Fenerbahçe at the age of 19, had been a milestone in hi ...
, Turkish footballer (born 1959)
* 7 August: Keith Skillen, English footballer (born 1948)
* 8 August: Chikondi Banda Malawian footballer (born 1979)
* 8 August: Johnny Hamilton, Scottish footballer (born 1935)
* 11 August: Bob Bignall
Robert Francis "Choc" Bignall (14 March 1922 – 11 August 2013), commonly referred to as Bob Bignall, was an Australian soccer player who was the Australia captain at the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia. Bignall started his car ...
, Australian footballer (born 1922)
* 13 August: Alfonso Lara, Chilean footballer (born 1946)
* 13 August: Jean Vincent
Jean Vincent (29 November 1930 – 13 August 2013) was a French international footballer and manager.
Playing career
Playing primarily at outside-left, Vincent enjoyed a highly successful career at club and international level, winning numero ...
, French footballer (born 1930)
* 16 August: John Ryden, Scottish footballer (born 1931)
* 16 August: Francesco Scaratti, Italian footballer (born 1939)
* 19 August: Reha Eken
Mehmet Reha Eken (1 January 1925 – 19 August 2013) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a forward. He was strongly associated with Galatasaray Istanbul because of his long career at the club. On fan club pages he is regarded as o ...
, Turkish footballer (born 1925)
* 20 August: Costică Ștefănescu
Costică Ștefănescu (26 March 1951 – 20 August 2013) was a Romanian football player and coach who last managed Qatari side Al Shamal. He spent the majority of his career at CS Universitatea Craiova, where he made a club record 378 appear ...
, Romanian footballer (born 1951)
* 20 August: Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (born 1929)
* 22 August: Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (born 1984)
* 24 August: Newton de Sordi
Newton most commonly refers to:
* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist
* Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
Newton may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film
* Newton ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1931)
* 25 August: Gylmar dos Santos Neves
Gylmar dos Santos Neves (; 22 August 1930 – 25 August 2013), known simply as Gilmar, was a Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups. He was elect ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1930)
* 27 August: Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (born 1986)
* 27 August: Héctor Sanabria, Argentine footballer (born 1985)
* 28 August: László Gyetvai
László Gyetvai (11 December 1918 – 28 August 2013) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a forward for Ferencváros
Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary.
Name
The so ...
, Hungarian footballer (born 1918)
* 28 August: Francis Kajiya
Francis Kajiya (1954 – 28 August 2013) was a Zambian association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger.
Career
Kajiya played club football for Green Buffaloes F.C., Green Buffaloes and Ndola United, as well as the ...
, Zambian footballer (born 1954)
* 28 August: Barry Stobart, English footballer (born 1938)
* 29 August: Artan Bushati
Artan Bushati (4 October 1963 – 29 August 2013) was an Albanian football coach who is most noted for leading the Albania U21 national team between 2005 and 2011.
Managerial career
He has also managed KF Elbasani as well as his hometown club ...
, Albanian football coach (born 1963)
September
* 1 September: Pál Csernai
Pál Csernai (21 October 1932 – 1 September 2013) was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Born in Pilis, Kingdom of Hungary, Csernai played club football in Hungary, Germany and Switzerland for Budapesti Postás ...
, Hungarian footballer and international coach (born 1932)
* 1 September: Ignacio Eizaguirre
Ignacio Eizaguirre Arregui (7 November 1920 – 1 September 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played 381 La Liga games during 19 seasons, representing Real Sociedad, Valencia and Osasuna. He was a Spanish internat ...
, Spanish international footballer (born 1920)
* 4 September: Ferdinand Biwersi
Ferdinand Biwersi (24 June 1934 – 4 September 2013) was a German football referee.
Biwersi was a referee for the German Football Association between 1965 and 1978. He refereed 121 games in the Fußball-Bundesliga, and 27 games in the 2. Fu ...
, German referee (born 1934)
* 7 September: Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player.
Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. For ...
, German footballer and manager (born 1951)
* 7 September: Marek Špilár
Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic a ...
, Slovakian international footballer (born 1975)
* 11 September: Fernand Boone
Fernand Boone (1 August 1934 – 11 September 2013) was a Belgian football goalkeeper who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1967 while at Club Brugge. He played 8 times for the national team between 1967 and 1968, starting in a 1-0 friendly win ag ...
, Belgian international footballer (born 1934)
* 19 September: Gerrie Mühren
Gerardus ("Gerrie") Dominicus Hyacinthus Maria Mühren (2 February 1946 – 19 September 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the older brother of Arnold Mühren, who likewise played for the Netherlands national team. ...
, Dutch international footballer (born 1946)
* 23 September: Vlatko Marković
Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (; 1 January 1937 – 23 September 2013) was a Croatian professional football manager and player who served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 1998 to 2012.
Playing career Club
He played for: ...
, Yugoslavian international footballer (born 1937)
October
* 1 October: Peter Broadbent, English international footballer (born 1933)
* 14 October: Bruno Metsu
Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu (28 January 1954 – 15 October 2013) was a French footballer and football manager. During his senior playing career from 1973 to 1987, he played for seven different clubs in his native France. From 1988 until his death, ...
, French footballer (born 1954)
November
* 3 November: Ryszard Kraus
Ryszard Kraus (30 June 1964 – 3 November 2013) was a Polish professional football striker who played for the Poland national football team.
Club career
Kraus played 5 years for Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze, scoring 16 goals for them in ...
Polish international footballer (born 1964)
* 5 November: Stuart Williams Welsh international footballer (born 1930)
* 12 November: Erik Dyreborg, Danish footballer (born 1940)
* 14 November: Bennett Masinga
Bennett Masinga (13 January 1965 – 14 November 2013) was a South African footballer who played as a striker.
He was the cousin of former footballer Phil Masinga.
Masinga died on 14 November 2013 at the age of 48.
International career
He w ...
, South African international footballer (born 1965)
* 16 November: Arne Pedersen
Arne Knut Pedersen (1 November 1931 – 16 November 2013) was a Norwegian footballer. He was a deep-lying inside forward, or offensive midfielder by today's terminology, who spent his entire playing career at his hometown club Fredrikstad FK, w ...
, Norwegian international footballer (born 1931)
* 24 November: Amedeo Amadei
Amedeo Amadei (; 26 July 1921 – 24 November 2013) was a professional Italian football player and manager, who played as a striker. Following his death in 2013, he was one of eleven members to be inducted into the A.S. Roma Hall of Fame. A fas ...
, Italian international footballer and manager (born 1921)
* 25 November: Bill Foulkes
William Anthony Foulkes ( or ; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester U ...
, English international footballer and manager (born 1932)
* 27 November: Nílton Santos
Nílton dos Santos (; 16 May 1925 – 27 November 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who primarily played as a wingback. At international level, he was a member of the Brazil squads that won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups.
Regarded as one of th ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1925)
December
* 2 December: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer (born 1942)
* 18 December: Büyük Jeddikar
Boyuk Jeddikar ( fa, بیوک جدیکار; 3 February 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an Iranian footballer.
He is known for being the first footballer in Iranian football history to be transferred from an Iranian club to a foreign club.
C ...
, Iranian international footballer (born 1929)
* 24 December: Serghei Stroenco
Serghei Stroenco (22 February 1967 – 24 December 2013) was a Moldovan professional footballer and manager. Serghei Stroenco has played a record number of 445 games in Moldovan National Division. He died in Vladimirovca at the age of 46 on 24 D ...
, Moldovan international footballer (born 1967)
* 29 December: Ilya Tsymbalar
Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar (Илья́ Влади́мирович Цымбала́рь; 17 June 1969 – 28 December 2013) was a Ukrainian-Russian professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he represented both Ukraine and Russia o ...
, Ukrainian and Russian international footballer (born 1969)
* 30 December: Akeem Adams
Akeem Elijah Adams (13 April 1991 – 30 December 2013) was a Trinidadian international footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Early career
Adams spent his early career in Trinidad with W Connection, T&TEC SC, United Petrotrin and Cen ...
, Trinidadian international footballer (born 1991)
References
External links
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – FIFA.com
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