2010 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 2010 throughout the world.

News

In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
* Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.
* Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season:
** The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.
** Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

However, during the 2010 WPS season, another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folded, bringing WPS back to the same number of teams it had in the 2009 season. The league also lost its season champions, FC Gold Pride, and the Chicago Red Stars, although it will add an expansion team in Western New York for 2011.

Following the 2010 MLS regular season, the Kansas City Wizards announced a name change to Sporting Kansas City.

Events

Men's national teams

FIFA

*11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in
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CAF

*10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in
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AFC

*December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup in and
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Women's national teams

* 24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in
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*4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in
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Women's youth

*July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
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*5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
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*March 3 - March 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in
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Multi-sports events

Men

*August 12–25: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in
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*November 7–25: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,
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*August 12–24: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in
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*November 14–22: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,
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Club football

Women

National champions

AFC

* Australia – Sydney FC
* Bahrain – Al-Ahli (Manama)
* Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
* Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
* Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
* China PR – Shandong Luneng
* Chinese Taipei – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
* Guam – Quality Distributors
* Hong Kong – South China
* India – Dempo SC
* Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
* Iran – Sepahan
* Iraq – Dohuk FC
* Japan – Nagoya Grampus
* Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
* Kuwait – Qadsia SC
* Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
* Lebanon – Al Ahed
* Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
* Malaysia – Selangor FA
* Oman – Al-Suwaiq
* Pakistan – KRL
* Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
* Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
* Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
* Singapore – Etoile FC
* South Korea – FC Seoul
* Syria – Al-Jaish
* Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
* Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
* Turkmenistan – FC Balkan
* UAE – Al Wahda
* Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
* Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.

CAF

* Algeria – MC Alger
* Angola – Interclube
* Benin – ASPAC FC
* Botswana – Township Rollers FC
* Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
* Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
* Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
* Cape Verde – Boavista FC
* Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
* Chad – Tourbillon FC
* Comoros – Elan Club
* Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
* DR Congo – AS Vita Club
* Djibouti – AS Port
* Egypt – Al-Ahly
* Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
* Eritrea – ''unknown''
* Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
* Gabon – US Bitam
* Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
* Ghana – Aduana Stars
* Guinée Championnat National, Guinea – Fello Star
* Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
* Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division, Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
* Kenyan Premier League, Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
* Lesotho Premier League, Lesotho – Matlama FC
* Liberian Premier League, Liberia – ''unknown''
* Libyan Premier League, Libya – Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), Al Ittihad
* *THB Champions League, Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
* Malawi Premier Division, Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
* Malian Première Division, Mali – Stade Malien
* Mauritanean Premier League, Mauritania – CF Cansado
* Mauritian League, Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
* Botola, Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
* Moçambola, Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
* Namibia Premier League, Namibia – African Stars F.C.
* Niger Premier League, Niger – ASFAN
* Nigerian Premier League, Nigeria – Enyimba F.C., Enyimba
* Réunion Premier League, Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
* Rwandan Premier League, Rwanda – APR FC
* São Tomé and Príncipe Championship, São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
* Senegal Premier League, Senegal – ASC Diaraf
* Seychelles League, Seychelles – St Michel United FC
* Sierra Leone National Premier League, Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
* Somalia League, Somalia – Gayher FC
* Premier Soccer League, South Africa – Supersport United FC
* Sudan Premier League, Sudan – Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
* Swazi Premier League, Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
* Tanzanian Premier League, Tanzanian – Simba SC
* Togolese Championnat National, Togo – ''not held''
* Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
* Ugandan Super League, Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
* Zambian Premier League, Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
* Zanzibar Premier League, Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
* Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.

CONCACAF

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; ''(B)'' means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.

Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.

* Saint Kitts Premier Division, Saint Kitts: Newtown United FC, Newtown United
* Saint Lucia Premier Division, Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
* Saint-Martin Championships, Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
* NLA Premier League, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United FC, Avenues United
* Sint Maarten League, Sint Maarten: D&P Connection FC, D & P Connection
* MFL League, Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy

CONMEBOL

* Argentine Primera División, Argentina – Argentinos Juniors (C); Estudiantes de La Plata, Estudiantes (A)
* Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, Bolivia – Club Jorge Wilstermann, Jorge Wilstermann (A); Oriente Petrolero (C)
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil – Fluminense Football Club, Fluminense
* Chilean Primera División, Chile – Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica
* Categoría Primera A, Colombia – Junior Barranquilla, Junior (A); Once Caldas (C)
* Ecuadorian Serie A, Ecuador – Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito
* Paraguayan Primera División, Paraguay – Club Guaraní, Guaraní (A); Club Libertad, Libertad (C)
* Peruvian Primera División, Peru – Universidad San Martín de Porres, Universidad San Martín
* Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay – C.A. Peñarol, Peñarol
* Venezuelan Primera División, Venezuela – Caracas FC, Caracas

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.

OFC

* – ''ongoing''
*Tahiti Division Fédérale, French Polynesia – AS Tefana
*New Caledonia Division Honneur, New Caledonia – ''ongoing''
* – Waitakere United

UEFA

* Albanian Superliga, Albania: Dinamo Tirana
* Primera Divisió, Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
* Armenian Premier League, Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
* Austrian Bundesliga, Austria: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
* Azerbaijan Premier League, Azerbaijan: FC Inter Baku, Inter Baku
* Belarusian Premier League, Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
* Belgian First Division A, Belgium: R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht
* Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
* Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, Bulgaria: PFC Litex Lovech, Litex Lovech
* Prva HNL, Croatia: NK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb
* Cypriot First Division, Cyprus: AC Omonia, Omonia
* Gambrinus Liga, Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
* Danish Superliga, Denmark: F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen
* Premier League, England: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
* Meistriliiga, Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
* Faroe Islands Premier League, Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
* Veikkausliiga, Finland: Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK Helsinki
* Ligue 1, France: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
* Umaglesi Liga, Georgia: FC Olimpi Rustavi, Olimpi Rustavi
* German Bundesliga, Germany: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
* Super League Greece, Greece: Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos
* Hungarian National Championship I, Hungary: Debreceni VSC
* Úrvalsdeild, Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
* League of Ireland Premier Division, Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers F.C., Shamrock Rovers
* Israeli Premier League, Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv
* Serie A, Italy: FC Internazionale Milano, Internazionale
* Kazakhstan Premier League, Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
* Latvian Higher League, Latvia: Skonto FC, Skonto Riga
* A Lyga, Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
* Luxembourg National Division, Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
* Macedonian Prva Liga, Macedonia: FK Renova, Renova
* Maltese Premier League, Malta: Birkirkara F.C., Birkirkara
* Moldovan National Division, Moldova: FC Sheriff Tiraspol, Sheriff Tiraspol
* Montenegrin First League, Montenegro: FK Rudar Pljevlja, Rudar Pljevlja
* Eredivisie, Netherlands: FC Twente, Twente
* IFA Premiership, Northern Ireland: Linfield F.C., Linfield
* Norwegian Premier League, Norway: Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg Trondheim
* Ekstraklasa, Poland: Lech Poznań
* Portuguese Liga, Portugal: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
* Liga I, Romania: CFR Cluj, Cluj
* Russian Premier League, Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
* Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, San Marino: S.P. Tre Fiori, Tre Fiori
* Scottish Premier League, Scotland: Rangers F.C., Rangers
* Serbian Superliga, Serbia: FK Partizan, Partizan
* Slovak Superliga, Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
* Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenia: FC Koper, Koper
* La Liga, Spain: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
* Allsvenskan, Sweden: Malmö FF
* Swiss Super League, Switzerland: FC Basel, Basel
* Süper Lig, Turkey: Bursaspor
* Ukrainian Premier League, Ukraine: FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk
* Welsh Premier League, Wales: The New Saints F.C., The New Saints

Domestic cup winners

AFC

* Japan Football Association, Japan
:: 2010 Emperor's Cup Final, Emperor's Cup: Kashima Antlers

* Qatar Football Association, Qatar
:: 2010 Emir of Qatar Cup, Emir of Qatar Cup: Al Rayyan Sports Club, Al-Rayyan

* Football Association of Singapore, Singapore
:: 2010 Singapore Cup, Singapore Cup: Bangkok Glass F.C., Bangkok Glass

* Football Association of Thailand, Thailand
:: 2010 Thai FA Cup Final, Thai FA Cup: Chonburi F.C., Chonburi FC

CAF

* South African Football Association, South Africa

::2009–10 Nedbank Cup, Nedbank Cup: Bidvest Wits F.C., Bidvest Wits

CONCACAF

* Canadian Soccer Association, Canada
:: 2010 Canadian Championship, Canadian Championship: Toronto FC

* Surinaamse Voetbal Bond, Suriname

::Beker van Suriname: SV Excelsior, Excelsior

* United States Soccer Federation, United States
:: 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, U.S. Open Cup: Seattle Sounders FC

CONMEBOL

* Brazilian Football Confederation, Brazil
:: 2010 Copa do Brasil, Copa do Brasil: Santos FC, Santos

OFC

* New Zealand Football, New Zealand
:: 2010 Chatham Cup, Chatham Cup: Miramar Rangers AFC, Miramar Rangers

UEFA

* The Football Association, England

::2010 FA Cup Final, FA Cup: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
:: 2009–10 Football League Cup, League Cup: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United

* French Football Federation, France
:: 2010 Coupe de France Final, Coupe de France: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
:: 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue, Coupe de la Ligue: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
* German Football Federation, Germany
:: 2010 DFB-Pokal Final, DFB-Pokal: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
* Hellenic Football Federation, Greece
:: 2009–10 Greek Cup, Greek Cup: Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos
* Italian Football Federation, Italy
:: 2010 Coppa Italia Final, Coppa Italia: F.C. Internazionale Milano, Internazionale
* Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands
:: 2009–10 KNVB Cup, KNVB Cup: AFC Ajax, Ajax
* Portuguese Football Federation, Portugal

::2010 Taça de Portugal Final, Taça de Portugal: F.C. Porto, Porto
::2010 Taça da Liga Final, Taça da Liga: S.L. Benfica, Benfica

* Football Union of Russia, Russia
:: 2009–10 Russian Cup, Russian Cup: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit St. Petersburg
* Scottish Football Association, Scotland
:: 2010 Scottish Cup Final, Scottish Cup: Dundee United F.C., Dundee United
:: 2010 Scottish League Cup Final, Scottish League Cup: Rangers F.C., Rangers
* Football Association of Slovenia, Slovenia
:: 2009–10 Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenian Cup: NK Maribor, Maribor
* Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain
:: 2010 Copa del Rey Final, Copa del Rey: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
* Turkish Football Federation, Turkey
:: 2010 Turkish Cup Final, Turkish Cup: Trabzonspor

Deaths

January

* 1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
* 1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender (57)
* 3 January - Gus Alexander, Scottish footballer (75)
* 7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender (74)
* 9 January - Améleté Abalo, Togolese football manager (47)
* 11 January - Johnny King (footballer, born 1926), Johnny King, English footballer (83)
* 13 January - Tommy Sloan (footballer, born 1925), Tommy Sloan, Scottish footballer (84)
* 15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker (57)
* 18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender (82)
* 19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
* 19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker (70)
* 19 January - Christos Hatziskoulidis, Greek footballer (57)
* 20 January - Jack Parry, Welsh footballer (86)
* 21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
* 26 January – Lars Larsson (footballer), Lars Larsson, Swedish defender (76)

February

* 1 February - Bobby Kirk (footballer), Bobby Kirk, Scottish footballer (82)
* 3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper (88)
* 5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker (72)
* 7 February - Bobby Dougan, Scottish footballer (83)
* 8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper (88)
* 9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
* 10 February – Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho, Orlando, Brazilian defender (74)
* 11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker (69)
* 11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker (67)
* 12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
* 12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
* 12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
* 13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
* 14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
* February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
* 16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
* 18 February - Alan Gordon (Scottish footballer), Alan Gordon, Scottish footballer (65)
* 20 February - Bobby Cox (footballer), Bobby Cox, Scottish footballer (76)
* 22 February - Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1953), Bobby Smith, Scottish footballer (56)
* 23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
* 27 February - Charlie Crowe, English footballer (85)
* 28 February - Adam Blacklaw, Scottish footballer (72)

March

* 3 March - Keith Alexander (footballer), Keith Alexander, English footballer (53)
* 4 March - Tony Richards (footballer, born 1934), Tony Richards, English footballer (75)
* 6 March - Mansour Amirasefi, Iranian footballer (76)
* 6 March - Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (25)
* 9 March - Gheorghe Constantin, Romanian footballer (77)
* 11 March - Willie MacFarlane (footballer, born 1930), Wille MacFarlane, Scottish footballer (79)
* 12 March - Aleksandr Minayev (footballer, born 1958), Aleksandr Minayev, Russian footballer (51)
* 12 March - Hugh Robertson (footballer, born 1939), Hugh Robertson, Scottish footballer (70)
* 13 March - Édouard Kargu, French footballer (84)
* 13 March - Charlie Ashcroft, English footballer (83)
* 17 March - Abdellah Blinda, Moroccan footballer (58)
* 18 March - Júlio Correia da Silva, Portuguese footballer (90)
* 19 March - Bob Curtis (footballer), Bob Curtis, English footballer (60)
* 20 March - Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer (92)
* 27 March - Zbigniew Gut, Polish footballer (60)
* 28 March - Derlis Florentín, Paraguayan footballer (26)

April

* 3 April - Oleg Kopayev, Russian footballer (72)
* 6 April - Sid Storey, English footballer (90)
* 9 April - Zoltán Varga (footballer, born 1945), Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (65)
* 10 April - Manfred Reichert, German footballer (69)
* 11 April - Hans-Joachim Göring, German footballer (86)
* 11 April - Theodor Homann, German footballer (61)
* 12 April - Alper Balaban, Turkish footballer (22)
* 13 April - Jorge Bontemps, Argentine footballer (32)
* 13 April - Charlie Timmins, English footballer (87)
* 15 April - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (54)
* 17 April - Alexandru Neagu, Romanian footballer (61)
* 21 April - Sammy Baird, Scottish footballer (79)
* 21 April - Tony Ingham, English footballer (85)
* 21 April - Manfred Kallenbach, German footballer (68)
* 22 April - Emilio Álvarez (Uruguayan footballer), Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer (71)
* 22 April - Victor Nurenberg, Luxembourgian footballer (79)
* 22 April - Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (81)
* 25 April - Ian Lawther, Northern Irish footballer (70)
* 26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder (54)
* 26 April - Yuri Vshivtsev, Russian footballer (70)

May

* May - Bert Padden, Scottish football referee (born 1932)
* 3 May - Denis Obua (footballer), Denis Obua, Ugandan footballer (62)
* 6 May - Guillermo Meza (footballer), Guillermo Meza, Mexican footballer (21)
* 6 May - Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer (94)
* 7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
* 11 May
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* 13 May - Walter Klimmek, German football defender (91)
* 15 May - Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (22)
* 19 May - Harry Vos, Dutch footballer (63)
* 24 May - Kambozia Jamali, Iranian midfielder (71)
* 26 May - Leo Canjels, Dutch footballer (77)

June

* 1 June - John Hagart, Scottish footballer (72)
* 4 June - Hennadiy Popovych, Ukrainian footballer (37)
* 6 June - Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football manager (46)
* 7 June - Jorge Ginarte, Argentine footballer (70)
* 9 June - Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1971), Mohamed Sylla, Guinean footballer (39)
* 12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder (20)
* 20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender (59)
* 20 June - Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (66)
* 22 June - Amokrane Oualiken, Algerian footballer (77)
* 23 June - Jörg Berger, German footballer (65)
* 27 June - Édgar García de Dios, Mexican footballer (32)

July

* July 1 - Eddie Moussa, Swedish footballer (26)
* July 3 - Colin Gardner, British football manager
* July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time. (79)
* July 6 - Alekos Sofianidis, Greek footballer (76)
* July 8 - Guillermo León, Costa Rican footballer
* July 11 - Rudi Strittich, Austrian footballer (88)
* July 13 - Ken Barnes (English footballer), Ken Barnes, British footballer (81)
* July 17 - Shaun Mawer, English footballer (50)
* July 17 - Ioannis Stefas, Greek footballer (61)
* July 17 - Gunārs Ulmanis, Latvian footballer (71)
* July 19 - Joseph Aghoghovbia, Nigerian footballer (69)
* July 19 - Daiki Sato (footballer, born 1988), Daiki Sato, Japanese footballer (21)
* July 28 - Daniel Pettit, English footballer (95)
* July 29 - Alex Wilson (footballer, born 1933), Alex Wilson, Polish footballer (76)
* July 30 - Stanley Milburn, English footballer (83)
* July 31 - Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer (84)

August

* August 2 - José María Silvero, Argentine footballer (78)
* August 3 - Edmund Zientara, Polish footballer (81)
* August 5 - Yuri Shishlov, Russian footballer (65)
* August 8 - Ken Boyes (footballer, born 1935), Ken Boyes, English footballer (75)
* August 8 - Massamasso Tchangai, Togolese footballer (32)
* August 10 - Brian Clark (footballer, born 1943), Brian Clark, English footballer (67)
* August 10 - Adam Stansfield, English footballer (31)
* August 13 - Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (34)
* August 22 - Raúl Belén, Argentine footballer (79)
* August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
* August 22 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer (86)
* August 27 - Oscar Ntwagae, South African footballer (33)
* August 28 - Isa Bakar, Malaysian footballer (57)
* August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final, final. (100)
* August 30 - Henryk Czapczyk, Polish footballer (88)
* August 30 - Philip Tisson, Saint Lucian footballer (24)

September

* 2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
* 3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
* 10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker (41)
* 10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker (85)
* 11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
* 12 September - Nduka Anyanwu, Nigerian defender (30, collapsed on the pitch)
* 18 September - Bobby Smith (footballer born 1933), Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
* 18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
* 22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
* 23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager (90)
* 28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)

October

* 1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker (72)
* 1 October - Bobby Craig (footballer, born 1935), Bobby Craig, Scottish footballer (75)
* 1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
* 6 October - Norman Christie (footballer, born 1925), Norman Christie, Scottish footballer (85)
* 9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder (89)
* 12 October - Pepín (footballer), José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper (78)
* 13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
* 13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker (85)
* 14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
* 18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender (75)
* 18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
* 21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
* 22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
* 24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
* 26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
* 29 October - Ronnie Clayton (footballer, born 1934), Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder (76)
* 30 October - John Benson (footballer, born 1942), John Benson, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)

November

* 3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender (75)
* 8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender (84)
* 8 November - Tim Womack, English footballer (76)
* 12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
* 15 November -Ángel Cabrera (footballer), Ángel Cabrera, Uruguayan footballer (71)
* 16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
* November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (87)
* 18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
* 24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
* 26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
* 27 November - Steve Hill (footballer), Steve Hill, English footballer (70)
* 28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)

December

* 3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
* 5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender (25, car accident)
* 6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder (73)
* 6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager (82)
* 7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
* 10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
* 11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
* 12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
* 14 December - Dale Roberts (footballer born 1986), Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
* 17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder (64, stroke)
* 21 December - Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kovalenko, Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
* 21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
* 24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
* 26 December - Bill Jones (footballer born 1921), Bill Jones, English defender (89)
* 27 December - Walter Balmer (footballer), Walter Balmer, Swiss international footballer (born 1948)
* 28 December - Jeff Taylor (footballer), Jeff Taylor, English footballer (80)
* 29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder (67)
* 29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)

References

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