1996 in association football

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

Events

*Copa Libertadores Copa Libertadores 1996, 1996: Won by Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate after defeating América de Cali 2–1 on aggregate.
*UEFA Euro 1996: Germany national football team, Germany defeats the Czech Republic national football team, Czech Republic 2–1 with a golden goal from Oliver Bierhoff at Wembley Stadium (1923), Wembley Stadium.
*The UEFA Regions' Cup is founded for amateur teams in UEFA, Europe to have an international tournament.
* February 7 – Logi Ólafsson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland national football team, Iceland with a 1–7 loss against Slovenia national football team, Slovenia.
*March 3 – Dutch club N.E.C. (football 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, San Jose, 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 F.C., Manchester United wins 1–0 over Liverpool F.C., Liverpool to claim the 1996 FA Cup Final, FA Cup. United becomes the first team to win the English League and Cup Double twice.
*May 16 – PSV Eindhoven, PSV claims the 1995–96 KNVB Cup, KNVB Cup after defeating Sparta Rotterdam at De Kuip, 5–2.
*August 18 – PSV wins the 1996 Johan Cruyff Shield, Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the 1996–97 Eredivisie, Eredivisie, following a 3–0 win over AFC Ajax, Ajax.
*August 27 – Manager Alan Ball (footballer), Alan Ball is fired by Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and succeeded by Steve Coppell.
*October 9 – Manager Huub Stevens leaves Roda JC Kerkrade, 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 (footballer), Frank Clark on December 29.
*November 26 – Juventus F.C., Juventus wins the 1996 Intercontinental Cup, Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo after defeating Argentina's Club Atlético River Plate, 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 SC, Al-Ansar
* Qatar – Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi
* South Korea – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
* Iran – Persepolis

Europe

* – GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb
* – SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague
* – Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
* – AJ Auxerre, Auxerre
* – Borussia Dortmund
* –A.C. Milan
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** 1995–96 Eredivisie, Eredivisie – AFC Ajax, Ajax
** 1995–96 Eerste Divisie, Eerste Divisie – AZ Alkmaar, AZ
* – Widzew Łódź
* – FC Porto, Porto
* – Atlético Madrid
* – Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
* – FK Partizan, Partizan

North America

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**1995–96 Mexican Primera División season, 1995–96 – Club Necaxa, Necaxa
**1996–97 Mexican Primera División season, Inverno 1996 – Santos Laguna, Santos
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**Seattle Sounders (1994–2008), Seattle Sounders (1996 A-League, APSL)
**D.C. United (1996 Major League Soccer season, MLS)

South America

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**Clausura – Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, Vélez Sársfield
**Apertura – Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
* – Club Bolívar, Bolívar
* – Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio
* – Colo-Colo
* – Club Deportivo El Nacional, El Nacional
* Paraguay – Cerro Porteño
* – Sporting Cristal

International tournaments

* 1996 African Cup of Nations, African Cup of Nations in South Africa (January 13 – February 3, 1996)
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* 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA European Football Championship in England (June 8 – 30 1996)
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* Baltic Cup 1996, Baltic Cup in Narva, Estonia (July 7 – 9 1996)
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*Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States (July 20 – August 3, 1996)
**Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men's Tournament
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**Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Women's Tournament
*# United States women's national soccer team, United States
*# China women's national football team, PR China
*# Norway women's national football team, 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 (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 Fellipe Costa Pereira, 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 (footballer), 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), 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 Melo, 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 (footballer, born 1996), 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 (footballer), 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 Fernández, 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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