The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.

Events

*16 May – Italian giants Juventus F.C. claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

2–1. *23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London. *27 July –

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 ...

won by Independiente after defeating Grêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0. *19 September – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark's BK Copenhagen in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup. *9 December – Argentina's Independiente wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating England's Liverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored by

José Alberto Percudani José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

in the 6th minute.

National Club Champions

Asia

* – Al-Rayyan

Europe

* –

K.S.K. Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (''Royal Sporting Club of Beveren'') is a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. KSK Beveren was particularly successful during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which it wo ...

* –

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

* **

League League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ...

–

BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...

– SG Dynamo Dresden * **

– Liverpool **

– Everton * – FC Kuusysi * –

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The ...

* –

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

* –

Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after it ...

* –

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

* – Benfica * – Aberdeen * –

FC Zenit Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

* –

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

* – IFK Göteborg * – Trabzonspor * – VfB Stuttgart

North America

* –

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

* / : ** Chicago Sting ( NASL)

South America

* **Metropolitano – Argentinos Juniors **Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste * –

Blooming Bloom or blooming may refer to: Science and technology Biology * Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant * Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system * Jellyfish bloom, a collective ...

* – Fluminense * –

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

* Paraguay – Guaraní

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

(4–18 March 1984) *# *# *# *

1984 British Home Championship Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

(13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984) :: * UEFA European Football Championship in France (12–27 June 1984) *# *# *# — * Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984) *# *# *#

National Teams

Births

January

* 1 January ** Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer ** Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer **

Rubens Sambueza Rubens Oscar Sambueza (born 1 January 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. In October 2013, he became a naturalized Mexican citizen. His younger brother Fabián is also a professional footballer ...

, Argentinian footballer * 5 January – Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer * 7 January **

Diego Balbinot Diego Douglas Balbinot (born 7 January 1984) is a retired Brazilian footballer with Italian Passport. He played as a defender. Honours Club ;JK Nõmme Kalju * Estonian Cup: Runners Up: 2008–09 ; 3 de Febrero 3 (three) is a number, n ...

, Italian-Brazilian footballer ** Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer * 16 January –

Craig Beattie Craig Beattie (born 16 January 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career with Celtic before moving on to West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City, where he had loan spells with several Fo ...

, Scottish footballer * 17 January – Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer * 18 January – Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer * 21 January **

Leonardo Burián Leonardo Fabián Burián Castro (born 21 January 1984) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División side Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, ...

, Uruguayan youth international ** Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer ** Wes Morgan, Jamaican international * 23 January – Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer * 24 January – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international * 25 January –

Stefan Kießling Stefan Kießling (born 25 January 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a striker for Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Nürnberg. Born in Lichtenfels, West Germany, Kießling began playing football at a young age in the youth setup at 1. ...

, German international footballer * 29 January **

Nuno Morais Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais (born 29 January 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also appear as a central defender. He was signed by Chelsea in 2004, but stayed only two years with the c ...

, Portuguese footballer ** Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

February

* 5 February – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer * 6 February – Darren Bent, English footballer * 19 February – Devon Roberts, Grenadian international footballer * 21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer * 29 February ** Darren Ambrose, English footballer **

Giedrius Tomkevičius Giedrius Tomkevičius (born 29 February 1984) is a Lithuanian Midfielder (football), football midfielder currently playing for Bjørnevatn IL in Norsk Tipping Ligaen avd. 2 in Norway. Tomkevičius made one appearance for the Lithuania national ...

, Lithuanian footballer **

Hélio Pinto Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto (born 29 February 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. A youth product of Benfica, he spent most of his career with APOEL in Cyprus, appearing in 276 competitive ma ...

, Portuguese footballer ** Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer **

Ernest Bong Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

, Vanuatuan footballer ** Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer

March

* 1 March –

Patrick Helmes Patrick Helmes (born 1 March 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He most recently worked as the manager of Alemannia Aachen. Helmes retired from professional football at the age of 31. Club career Early c ...

, German international footballer * 4 March –

Tamir Cohen Tamir Cohen ( he, תמיר כהן; born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen. Club career Early career Cohen was born in ...

, Israeli footballer * 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer * 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer

April

* 4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer * 13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer * 29 April –

Phạm Văn Quyến Phạm Văn Quyến (born April 29, 1984) is a retired Vietnamese footballer. Since his days as a Vietnamese U-16 international, Quyến was considered one of the most promising young players in Vietnam and a worthy successor to the legendary L� ...

, Vietnamese footballer

May

* 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer * 14 May –

Michael Rensing Michael Rensing (born 14 May 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has played for Bayern Munich, 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Club career Early career Born to a German father and a Serbian ...

, German youth international

June

* 1 June **

Jean Beausejour Jean André Emanuel Beausejour Coliqueo (; born 1 June 1984) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a left-sided wing-back. He played in Chile, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium, Mexico and England, where he won the League Cup wi ...

, Chilean footballer **

Jean-Claude Bozga Jean-Claude Adrimer Bozga (born 1 June 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Bozga moved to Vestsjælland in February 2013 after a successful trial. He won promotion to the Danish Superliga in ...

, Romanian footballer * 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international * 9 June – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer * 11 June –

Vagner Love Vagner or Vágner is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is a version of the Germanic surname Wagner. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Alexandru Vagner (born 1989), Romanian footballer * Ivan Vagner (born 1985), Russian engi ...

, Brazilian footballer * 29 June –

Ambesager Yosief Ambesager Yosief (born 29 June 1984) is an Eritrean footballer who plays for Adelaide Raiders. Club career On 26 August 2011 he signed with A-League club Gold Coast United from FFSA Super League club Western Strikers. On 30 November 2011 he mad ...

, Eritrean footballer * 30 June ** Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016) ** Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer

July

* 4 July – Miguel Soares, Timorese footballer * 7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer * 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer * 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer * 18 July –

Lee Barnard Lee James Barnard (born 18 July 1984) is a retired English footballer who played as a striker. Early life Born in Romford, London Borough of Havering in 1984, he attended Billericay's Mayflower County High School. Playing career Barnard play ...

, English club footballer * 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer * 27 July – Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer

August

* 1 August – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer * 6 August –

Marco Airosa Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa (born 6 August 1984) is an Angolan footballer who most recently played as a right back for Loures. Club career Airosa was born in Luanda. During his Portuguese career he represented G.D.P. Costa de Caparica, F.C. A ...

, Angolan footballer * 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer * 23 August ** Glen Johnson, English footballer ** Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer

September

* 7 September ** Miranda, Brazilian footballer **

Mark Veldmate Mark Veldmate (born 7 September 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career He started his career with FC Groningen, but making three Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2005, he moved to FC Emmen, where h ...

, Dutch footballer

October

* 3 October –

Anthony Le Tallec Anthony Le Tallec (born 3 October 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Liverpool, Sochaux, and Annecy FC. Club career Liverpool Born in Hennebont, Le Tallec was signed from Le H ...

, French youth international * 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer * 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer

November

* 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer * 10 November ** Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer **

Jarno Mattila Jarno Mattila (born 10 November 1984) is a Finnish former professional footballer. He usually played on the left side as a defender or a midfielder, originally he has mostly played at striker. He won the Finnish Cup with his side FC Haka ...

, Finnish club footballer * 11 November **

Stephen Hunt Stephen Hunt or Steven Hunt may refer to: Football *Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981), Republic of Ireland footballer *Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1984), English footballer *Steve Hunt (footballer, born 1956), England, Coventry, Aston Villa ...

, English club footballer ** Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international * 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

December

* 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer * 20 December – Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

* 8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

with

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...

. (79) * 8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee * 11 May –

Toni Turek Anton Turek (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Duisburg, Turek started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon switched to TuS Duisburg 48/99. He first came to the at ...

, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

. (65) * 12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, 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 ...

. (58)

June

* 23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)

July

* 3 July –

Ernesto Mascheroni Ernesto Alberto Mascheroni Castiglioni (; 21 November 1907 – 3 July 1984) was a footballer from Uruguay. Born in Montevideo, Ernesto was a defender. He played as a left-back. He played 13 times for the Uruguay between 1929 and 1939, includin ...

, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...

. (76) * 7 July –

Elba de Padua Lima Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname ''Tim'', was a Brazilian footballer and coach. Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilia ...

, Brazilian footballer and manager

September

* 19 September –

Álvaro Lopes Cançado Álvaro Lopes Cançado - nickname Nariz, meaning "nose" (Uberaba, February 8, 1912 – September 19, 1984) was a Brazilian footballer ( defender) playing for Brazil national football team in FIFA World Cup 1938 . He played only in one game in tha ...

, Brazilian defender, 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 ...

. (71)

December

* 19 December –

Puck van Heel Gerardus Henricus "Puck" van Heel (21 January 1904 – 19 December 1984) was a Dutch footballer. He earned 64 caps for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He also represented the Netherlands at th ...

(80), Dutch footballer

References

External links

*
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
*
VoetbalStats
{{commons category, 1984 in association football Association football by year