The following are the association football events of the year 2012 throughout the world.

Events

Men

Senior

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

in London, ** ** ** ** 4th * January 21 – February 12: 2012 African Cup of Nations in and ** ** ** ** 4th * March 8 – March 19:

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th * June 1 – June 3:

2012 Baltic Cup The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia. Format For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format was changed to knock-out tournament, as ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th * June 3 – June 11:

2012 OFC Nations Cup 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th * June 8 – July 1:

UEFA Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

in and ** ** ** and *22 June – 6 July 2012:

2012 Arab Nations Cup The 2012 Arab Cup ( ar, كأس العرب 2012) was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup for national football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 22 June and 6 Ju ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th * September 25 – September 29:

2012 Philippine Peace Cup The 2012 Philippine Peace Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament, four-nation international football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It was originally slated for October 12–16 but the PFF moved it to ...

in the ** ** ** ** 4th * September 22 – October 2:

2012 Nehru Cup The 2012 Nehru Cup was the 15th edition of the Nehru Cup and 3rd Nehru Cup since it was revived in 2007. It was held from 22 August to 2 September. The tournament was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 5 teams participated in the tournament ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th *November 24 – December 8:

2012 CECAFA Cup The 2012 CECAFA Cup (known as the CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council for East and ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th * November 24 – December 22:

2012 AFF Suzuki Cup The 2012 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 9th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted for group stage by Malaysia and Thailand a ...

in and ** ** *December 7 – December 16:

2012 Caribbean Cup The 2012 Caribbean Cup was the 17th edition of the Caribbean Cup, an international football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. The final stage was hosted by ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th *December 8 – December 20:

2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship The 2012 WAFF Championship was the 7th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. It was hosted by Kuwait from 8 to 20 December 2012. The defending champions were Kuwait. However, the ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th

Youth

*3 July – 15 July:

2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July. Spain are the title hol ...

in ** ** *22 September – 6 October:

2012 AFC U-16 Championship The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011.

in ** ** *3 November – 17 November:

2012 AFC U-19 Championship The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.

in the ** **

Women

* Women's Tournament at the

in London, ** ** ** ** 4th: * 20 January – 5 February:

2012 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship The 2012 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 5th edition of the South American Under-20 Women Championship. It was held from 20 January to 5 February in Brazil. The winners, and the runners-up, were qualified for the 201 ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th: * 29 February – 7 March:

2012 Algarve Cup The 2012 Algarve Cup was the nineteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It began on 29 February and ended on 7 March 2012. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th: * August 18 – September 9 —

2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, with sixteen national football soccer teams and mark the first hosting of a FIFA women's football tourna ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th: * September 22 – October 13 —

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions So ...

in ** ** ** ** 4th:

News

* In 2012,

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

in the United States and Canada added its 19th team, confirmed in 2010 as the Montreal Impact. *

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

changes the format of its club continental cup in the

2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League The 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 48th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of Nor ...

, taking out the preliminary round and putting the 24 teams in 8 groups of 3 teams each. * January 30 –

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

in the U.S. announced that it would cancel its 2012 season, with hopes of returning in 2013. The cancellation was the latest fallout from conflict with team owner

Dan Borislow Daniel Marc Borislow (September 21, 1961 – July 21, 2014) was an American entrepreneur, sports team owner, inventor, and thoroughbred horse breeder. Borislow was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Widener Universi ...

that consumed much of the 2011 season and extended into the offseason. * May 18 – Women's Professional Soccer folded. * November 21 – The

United States Soccer Federation The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is ...

(U.S. Soccer) announced that it would launch a new women's professional league in 2013. The league, as yet unnamed, will have eight teams at launch, four of which have ties to former WPS teams. U.S. Soccer, the

Canadian Soccer Association The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides ...

, and the

Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, dire ...

will pay the league salaries for many of their respective national team players, and U.S. Soccer will also house the league offices. * December 9 – After scoring twice in a

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Banco Santander, Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaL ...

match against

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito ...

Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the g ...

establishes the new world record for most goals scored in a single

calendar year Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days. A year can also be measured by starting on any ...

, with 91 – surpassing

Gerd Müller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscor ...

's 85 in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

. * December 15 – U.S. Soccer officially announces that its top-level women's league to be launched in 2013 will be known as the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federati ...

2011–12 Egyptian Premier League

The 2011–2012 season, the league increased from 16 to 19 teams due to no relegation in the

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

season as a result of the

2011 Egyptian revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

. Three teams were promoted from the

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

. Following the Port Said Stadium disaster on 1 February 2012, the season was suspended. At that time, teams had played between 14 and 17 games out of 30. Haras El-Hodood was in first place with a 12–1–1 record. This result was considered a significant surprise by ''

Al Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after ''Vekayi-i Misriye, al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 18 ...

''. On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season.

Fixed dates for national team matches

Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s). *29 February *22 August *8-12 September *13-17 October *14 November

Continental champions

Men

Women

Domestic Champions

AFC nations

UEFA nations

CAF nations

CONCACAF nations

CONMEBOL nations

OFC nations

Deaths

January

* January 1 - Gary Ablett, English footballer (born 1965) * January 2 - Ioan Drăgan, Romanian footballer (born 1965) * January 2 - Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian footballer (born 1986) * January 3 -

Juan Escudero Juan Escudero Bueno (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2012) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Aviación de Madrid, winning the La Liga in 1940 and 1941 Events Below, the events of World War II ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1920) * January 3 - Willi Entenmann, German footballer (born 1943) * January 6 - Harry Fearnley, English footballer (born 1923) * January 8 - Graham Rathbone, Welsh footballer (born 1942) * January 9 - Bill Dickie, Scottish footballer administrator (born 1929) * January 10 - Cliff Portwood, English footballer (born 1937) * January 10 –

Alfred Pyka Alfred Pyka (28 June 1934 – 10 January 2012) was a German international footballer who played for Westfalia Herne, TSV 1860 München and Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 ...

, German international footballer (born 1934) * January 13 -

Lefter Küçükandonyadis , ''Lefteris Antoniadis''; 22 December 1925 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fenerbahçe and Turkey. Having won ...

, Turkish Olympic footballer (born 1925) * January 14 -

Zelemkhan Zangiyev Zelemkhan Magomedovich Zangiyev (russian: Зелимхан Магомедович Зангиев; 27 May 1974 – 14 January 2012, Vladikavkaz, Russia) was a Russian professional football player. Club career He made his Russian Football Natio ...

, Russian footballer (born 1974) * January 16 -

Juan Carlos Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1945) * January 20 -

Walter Whitehurst Walter Whitehurst (7 June 1934 – 20 January 2012) was an English footballer. His regular position was at wing half. He was born in Manchester. He played for Manchester United and Chesterfield. He died in Blackpool Victoria Hospital Black ...

, English footballer (born 1934) * January 21 - Ernie Gregory, English footballer (born 1921) * January 21 - Jeffrey Ntuka, South African footballer (born 1985) * January 24 - Pierre Sinibaldi, French footballer (born 1924) * January 27 - Juan Sarrachini, Argentine footballer (born 1946) * January 31 - Stefano Angeleri, Italian footballer (born 1926) * January 31 - Sid Ottewell, English footballer (born 1919)

February

* February 1 –

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder. He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of app ...

, Slovak football player and manager (born 1947). * February 4 -

Pongphan Wongsuwan Pongphan Wongsuwan (10 January 1951 - 4 February 2012) nicknamed Kok, was a manager of Thailand Premier League side TOT FC. He led the side to the Thailand Division 1 League title in 2003 and the Thailand Provincial League title in 2006. In the ...

, Thai football manager (born 1951) * February 6 -

Juan Vicente Lezcano Juan Vicente Lezcano López (5 April 1937 – 6 February 2012); was a Paraguayan football defender. Career Lezcano was born in the neighbourhood of Santísima Trinidad in Asunción, Paraguay, and started his career at Olimpia of Asunción in ...

, Paraguayan football defender (born 1937) * February 8 - Enrique Moreno Bellver, Spanish footballer (born 1963) * February 12 -

Malcolm Devitt Bernard Malcolm Devitt (26 January 1937 – 12 February 2012) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Career Born in Bradford, Devitt began his career at Bradford Rovers, before turning professional in 1958 with ...

, English footballer (born 1937) * February 13 - Eamonn Deacy, Irish footballer (born 1958) * February 13 - Sansón, Spanish footballer (born 1924) * February 14 - Tom McAnearney, Scottish footballer (born 1933) * February 14 - Alfredo Vega, Paraguayan footballer (born 1935) * February 16 - John Ritchie, English footballer (born 1944) * February 17 - Jordan da Costa, Brazilian footballer (born 1932) * February 18 -

Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He h ...

, Serbian footballer (born 1939) * February 22 - Thabang Lebese, South African footballer (born 1973) * February 23 - Peter King, English footballer (born 1964) * February 26 - Árpád Fekete, Hungarian footballer (born 1921) * February 27 -

Armand Penverne Armand Penverne (26 November 1926 – 27 February 2012) was a French football defender and coach. He played the majority of his professional career for Stade de Reims winning four French championships and appearing in one European Cup final. He ...

, French footballer (born 1926) * February 28 - Jaime Graça, Portuguese footballer (born 1942) * February 29 - Karl Kodat, Austrian footballer (born 1943)

March

* March 1 -

Henryk Bałuszyński Henryk Bałuszyński (15 July 1972 – 1 March 2012) was a Polish international football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore mo ...

, Polish footballer (born 1972) * March 1 - Altamir Heitor Martins, Brazilian footballer (born 1980) * March 2 -

Gerry Bridgwood Gerald "Gerry" Bridgwood (17 October 1944 – 2 March 2012) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. Bridgwood spent eight years at Stoke, in which time he was used as backup and was used sparin ...

, English footballer (born 1944) * March 6 -

Marcos Alonso Imaz Marcos Alonso Imaz (16 April 1933 – 6 March 2012), nicknamed Marquitos, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his participation in Real Madrid's five European Cup conquests, mainly in the 1950s. Club care ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1933) * March 7 -

Marcel Mouchel Marcel Mouchel (13 February 1927, in Équeurdreville-Hainneville (Manche) – 7 March 2012) was a French footballer and manager. He played as attacker for AS Cherbourg from 1945 to 1958, with one season at SM Caen (1952–53). At Cherbourg, Mo ...

, French footballer (born 1927) * March 7 -

Włodzimierz Smolarek Włodzimierz Wojciech Smolarek (16 July 1957 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He played most of his 20-year professional career with Widzew Łódź and Utrecht, appearing in more than ...

, Polish footballer (born 1957) * March 7 - Ramaz Urushadze, Georgian footballer (born 1939) * March 8 -

Jens Petersen Jens Petersen (22 December 1941 – 8 March 2012) was a Danish football player and manager. He was born in Esbjerg. During his playing career he played as a defender for Esbjerg fB and Varde IF in Denmark, Aberdeen in Scotland, SK Rapid Wien i ...

, Danish footballer (born 1941) * March 9 -

Brian Bromley Brian Bromley (20 March 1946 – 9 March 2012) was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Brighton and Hove Albion, Reading and Darlington in the Football League and Wigan Athletic in the Northern Premier League. Car ...

, English footballer (born 1946) * March 12 -

Timo Konietzka Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German professional football player and manager who played as a striker. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshen ...

, German footballer ''(first Bundesliga goal)'' (born 1938) * March 13 - Amusa Shittu, Nigerian footballer (born 1937) * March 14 -

Ray Barlow Raymond John Barlow (17 August 1926 – 14 March 2012) was an England international footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League, most of which were for West Bromwich Albion. Playing career West Bromwich Albion Barlow ...

, English footballer (born 1926) * March 16 -

Estanislau Basora Estanislau Basora Brunet (also Estanislao; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a winger or striker. Most of his 15-year career was spent at FC Barcelona for which he appeared in more than 300 official ga ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1926) * March 19 - Karl-Heinz Spickenagel, German footballer (born 1932) * March 23 -

Péter Pázmándy Péter Pázmándy (7 June 1938 – 23 March 2012) was a Hungarian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, Kick (football), kicking a Football (ball), ball to score a Goal (sport), goal. Unqualified ...

, Hungarian footballer (born 1938) * March 28 - Brian Philips, English footballer (born 1931) * March 30 - Kees Guyt, Dutch footballer (born 1953) * March 30 - Francesco Mancini, Italian footballer (born 1968)

April

* April 1 –

Giorgio Chinaglia Giorgio Chinaglia (; 24 January 1947 – 1 April 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales, and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. He later returned to Italy to ...

, Italian football player and manager (born 1947). * April 3 - Airton Pavilhão, Brazilian footballer (born 1934) * April 3 - José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer (born 1930) * April 4 -

Dubravko Pavličić Dubravko Pavličić (28 November 1967 – 4 April 2012) was a Croatian footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Pavličić started playing ...

, Croatian footballer (born 1967) * April 5 - Jimmy Lawlor, Irish footballer (born 1933) * April 6 - Larry Canning, English footballer (born 1925) * April 6 -

Dermot Hannafin (Snr) Dermot Hannafin (born in Fenit, County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in pa ...

, Gaelic footballer * April 8 - John Egan, Gaelic footballer (born 1952) * April 10 - Erdoğan Arıca, Turkish footballer (born 1954) * April 12 - Kellon Baptiste, Grenadian footballer (born 1973) * April 12 - Manfred Orzessek, German footballer (born 1933) * April 14 - Lee Kyung-hwan, South Korean footballer (born 1988) * April 14 -

Eddie May Edwin Charles May (19 May 1943 – 14 April 2012) was an English football player and manager. May was born in Epping, and played for Dagenham, Southend United, Wrexham and Swansea City. The burly, affable May loomed large in the modern hist ...

, English footballer (born 1943) * April 14 –

Piermario Morosini Piermario Morosini (5 July 1986 – 14 April 2012) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. On 14 April 2012, during a match between Pescara and Livorno, Morosini suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on the pitch. Early life ...

, Italian football player (born 1986). * April 15 -

Samir Said Samir Said (5 November 1963 – 15 April 2012) was a professional Kuwaiti football goalkeeper who played for Kuwait in the 1984 Asian Cup. Death On April 15, 2012 he died in a car accident. Honours *Asian Cup: :Third Place : 1984 ...

, Kuwaiti footballer (born 1963) * April 18 -

Arthur Bottom Arthur Edwin Bottom (28 February 1930 – 18 April 2012) was an English footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He played as a centre forward, and had a tremendously high goals to game ratio during his career, playing at several clubs; most notably Y ...

, English footballer (born 1930) * April 20 -

Alfie Biggs Alfred George 'Alfie' Biggs (8 February 1936 – 20 April 2012) was an English professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Bristol Rovers. Biggs grew up as one of eight children in the Knowle West area of Bristol where ...

, English footballer (born 1936) * April 21 -

Brian Heward Brian Heward (17 July 1935 – 21 April 2012) was an English professional footballer who made 234 appearances in the Football League playing for Scunthorpe United and Lincoln City. He played as a centre half. Life and career Heward was born in ...

, English footballer (born 1935) * April 28 - Dudley Peake, Welsh footballer (born 1934) * April 30 - Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)

June

* June 21 –

Ramaz Shengelia Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet football player. Club career Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi in 1968. He sp ...

, Soviet Georgian player, played in the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 ...

(born 1957).

July

* July 19 – Hans Nowak, German footballer (born 1937). * July 31 – Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at 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. Switzer ...

. (87)

August

* August 1 - Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (58) * August 2 - Bernd Meier, German footballer (40) * August 6 -

Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager. Personal life Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, a ...

, Russian footballer (79) * August 6 - Godfried van den Boer, Belgian footballer (78) * August 8 -

Surya Lesmana Liem Soei Liang (), also known as Surya Lesmana (20 May 1944 – 8 August 2012) was an Indonesian association football player and manager. Lesmana played midfielder for Persija Jakarta Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jakarta ( 'Indonesian F ...

, Indonesian footballer (68) * August 9 - Erol Togay, Turkish footballer (62) * August 12 -

Jackie Watters John Watters (c. 1920 – 12 August 2012) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Airdrieonians and later went on to become physio at Sunderland. He served as a medic in the Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingd ...

, Scottish footballer * August 15 -

Elson Iazegi Beyruth Elson Iazegi Beyruth (20 October 1941 - 15 August 2012) was a Brazilian footballer. He played for clubs in Brazil and Chile. TeamsMagazines Estadio y Gol y Gol (Chile) * Flamengo 1959-1961 * Corinthians 1961-1962 * Flamengo 1963-1964 * Colo-Co ...

, Brazilian footballer (70) * August 17 - Panos Markovic, Greek footballer (87) * August 20 -

Len Quested Wilfred Leonard "Len" Quested (9 January 1925 – 20 August 2012) was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. He played two unofficial ...

, English footballer (87) * August 22 - Houcine Anafal, Moroccan footballer (59) * August 24 -

Krum Yanev Krum Ivanov Yanev ( bg, Крум Иванов Янев) (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward. Career Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv. ...

, Bulgarian footballer (83) * August 24 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian goalkeeper, winner of the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside ...

. (74) * August 25 -

Florencio Amarilla Florencio Amarilla Lacasa (3 January 1935 – 25 August 2012) was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor. He played as a striker. Amarilla was born in Bogado, Paraguay. He started his career in with Club Nacional in Paraguay before bei ...

, Paraguayan footballer (77) * August 25 - Emilio Pacione, Scottish footballer * August 26 - Alan Steen, English footballer (90) * August 27 - Antoine Redin, French footballer (77) * August 27 -

Ivica Horvat Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian professional football player and manager who capped for Yugoslavia. In 2004 he received the Croatian Olympic Committee's Matija Ljubek Award. Playing career Club Horvat played ...

, Croatian footballer (86)

September

* September 4 - Milan Vukelić, Serbian footballer (born 1936) * September 5 - Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish footballer (born 1986) * September 6 - Oscar Rossi, Argentine footballer (born 1930) * September 7 -

Abdul Ghafoor ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to t ...

, Pakistani footballer (born 1938) * September 8 -

Adolf Bechtold Adolf Bechtold (20 February 1926 – 8 September 2012) was a German football player who spent his entire career with Eintracht Frankfurt. Initially training as an instrument mechanic, he joined the club's youth academy in 1938 and played there ...

, German footballer (born 1926) * September 9 -

Ron Tindall Ronald Albert Ernest Tindall (23 September 1935 – 9 September 2012) was an English footballer who played as a striker. He was also an accomplished cricketer, playing for Surrey. Football career Tindall played youth football for Camberley Wa ...

, English footballer (born 1935) * September 11 - Rolf Bjørn Backe, Norwegian footballer (born 1934) * September 11 -

Sergio Livingstone Serjio Robert Livingstone Pohlhammer (26 March 1920 – 11 September 2012), later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typica ...

, Chilean footballer (born 1920) * September 12 -

Jimmy Andrews James Patrick Andrews (1 February 1927 – 12 September 2012) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger. Biography Andrews was born on 1 February 1927 in Invergordon, Scotland. He was signed by English club West Ham United from ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1927) * September 14 - Frank Dudley, English footballer (born 1925) * September 15 - Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (born 1964) * September 15 - Jean-Louis Heinrich, French footballer (born 1943) * September 17 -

Bafo Biyela Bafo Biyela (11 January 1981 – 17 September 2012) was a South African association football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...

, South African footballer (born 1981) * September 18 -

Jorge Manicera Jorge Carlos Manicera Fuentes (4 November 1938 – 18 September 2012) was a Uruguayan football defender. Manicera made 22 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1962 to 1967, and played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He died on ...

, Uruguayan footballer (born 1938) * September 18 - Olinto Sampaio Rubini, Mexican footballer (born 1934) * September 19 - Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (born 1926) * September 20 -

Michel Pech Michel Pech (4 June 1946 – 20 September 2012) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder. Pech played for Joinville, Malakoff, Nantes, Avignon and Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coas ...

, French footballer (born 1946) * September 21 - Len Weare, Welsh footballer (born 1934) * September 25 - John Bond, English footballer (born 1932) * September 26 - Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese footballer * September 28 - Juan Baena, Spanish footballer (born 1950)

October

* October 1 -

Abdelkader Fréha Abdelkader Benfréha ( ar, عبد القادر فريحة; 28 October 1942 – 1 October 2012), known more commonly as Abdelkader Fréha, was an Algerian footballer who played nine times for the Algerian national team. He was nicknamed Béka or ...

, Algerian international footballer (born 1942) * October 3 - Jean-Louis Lagadec, French footballer (born 1933) * October 3 -

Albie Roles Albert James "Albie" Roles (29 September 1921 – 3 October 2012) was an English footballer who played as a full back for Southampton. His career was interrupted by the Second World War and, as a result, he only made one Football League an ...

, English footballer (born 1921) * October 4 - Rudolf Oslansky, Austrian footballer (born 1931) * October 7 - Georges Casolari, French footballer (born 1941) * October 8 -

Rafael Lesmes Rafael Lesmes Bobed (9 November 1926 – 8 October 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. Club career Lesmes was born in Ceuta. Over 12 La Liga seasons, he played for Real Valladolid (two spells) and Real Madrid, appearing ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1926) * October 11 –

Helmut Haller Helmut Haller (; 21 July 1939 – 11 October 2012) was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian l ...

, German international footballer (born 1939). * October 12 - Henry Moyo, Malawian footballer (born 1946) * October 13 - Jim Rollo, Scottish footballer (born 1937) * October 15 -

Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Čonč (13 January 1928 – 15 October 2012) was a Croatian footballer. Club career He played for several clubs from Zagreb, including Građanski, NK Poštar and Lokomotiva, but is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dina ...

, Croatian footballer (born 1928) * October 15 - Trevor Kemp, Scottish footballer * October 15 -

Alberto Reif Alberto Reif (October 14, 1946 – October 15, 2012) was an Italian professional football player. He was born in Spinea. Honours * Serie A champion: 1970/71. References 1946 births 2012 deaths Italian footballers Serie A players S.P. ...

, Italian footballer (born 1946) * October 17 -

Milija Aleksic Milija Anthony Aleksic (14 April 1951 – 17 October 2012) was an English football goalkeeper who made 138 league appearances in the Football League. Released by Port Vale in 1969, he played for Eastwood before lifting the FA Trophy with Sta ...

, English footballer (born 1951) * October 17 - Bandya Kakade, Indian footballer * October 17 - Pépito Pavon, Serbian footballer (born 1941) * October 19 - Raúl Valencia, Spanish footballer (born 1976) * October 19 - Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (born 1984) * October 23 - Philippe Di Santo, Belgian footballer (born 1950) * October 23 - Hughie Hay, Scottish footballer * October 23 -

Jozef Mannaerts Jozef Mannaerts (31 May 1923 – 23 October 2012) was a Belgian international footballer. Honours Club Mechelen *Belgian First Division A runner-up: 1951–52 *Belgian Cup runner-up: 1953–54 Individual *Belgian First Division A The Bel ...

, Belgian footballer (born 1923) * October 24 - Peter Wright, English footballer (born 1934) * October 25 - John Connely, English footballer (born 1938) * October 30 - Georges Van Straelen, French footballer (born 1956)

November

* November 1 -

Jan Louwers Jan Louwers (3 July 1930 – 1 November 2012) was a Dutch professional footballer and millionaire businessman. Career Louwers played football for FC Eindhoven, PSV and Roda JC. The Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use sta ...

, Dutch footballer (82) * November 4 - Reg Pickett, English footballer (85) * November 5 - Keih Ripley, English footballer (77) * November 5 - Jimmy Stephen, Scottish footballer (90) * November 6 -

Ivor Powell Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales. A wing half, he began his professional career with Queens Park Rangers in September 1937. His career was in ...

, Welsh footballer (96) * November 6 - Bohdan Tsap, Ukrainian footballer (71) * November 7 - Heinz-Jürgen Blome, German footballer (65) * November 8 - Bobby Gilfillan, Scottish footballer (74) * November 10 -

Eric Day Eric Charles Day (6 November 1921 – 10 November 2012) was an English footballer who played his entire career of nearly 400 Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clu ...

, English footballer (91) * November 12 -

Arthur Bialas Arthur Bialas (21 November 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a German footballer. He scored 79 goals in the East German top division for SC Empor Rostock. Arthur Bialas won his only cap in a World Cup qualifier against Hungary Hun ...

, German footballer (81) * November 12 - Harry McShane, Scottish footballer (92) * November 14 -

Alexandro Alves do Nascimento Alexandro Alves do Nascimento (30 December 1974 – 14 November 2012) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in Brazil for Vitória, Palmeiras, Juventude (RS), Portuguesa (SP), Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineir ...

, Brazilian footballer (37) * November 14 - Paddy Meegan, Irish Gaelic footballer (90) * November 15 -

Théophile Abega Théophile Abega Mbida (9 July 1954 – 15 November 2012), nicknamed Doctor, was a Cameroonian football player and politician. Playing as a midfielder he was part of the Cameroon national football team, playing all three matches at the 1982 ...

, Cameroonian footballer (58) * November 17 - Henryk Grzybowski, Polish footballer (78) * November 18 -

Kenny Morgans Kenneth Godfrey Morgans (16 March 1939 – 18 November 2012) was a Welsh footballer. Born in Swansea, he signed for Manchester United on leaving school in the summer of 1955 and played on the youth team's outside-right position. He turned profess ...

, Welsh footballer (73) * November 20 – Mike Ryan, Irish-born American coach, first head coach of the United States women's national team. (77) * November 20 - Gary Ingham, English footballer (48) * November 21 - Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer (69) * November 22 - Mario Murillo, Costa Rican footballer (85) * November 22 -

Raimund Krauth Raimund Krauth (27 December 1952 – 22 November 2012) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Krauth played for Eintracht Frankfurt, FK Pirmasens and Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football ...

, German footballer (59) * November 23 -

Alfonso Montemayor Alfonso Montemayor Crespo (28 April 1922 – 23 November 2012) was a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Goffredo Stabellini Goffredo Stabellini (born 8 July 1925 in Formignana, died 23 November 2012) was an Italian professional football player. He played for one season (1946/47, 4 games) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly ref ...

, Italian footballer (87) * November 25 -

Bert Linnecor Albert Roy Linnecor (30 November 1933 – 25 November 2012) was an English professional footballer who made 281 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Lincoln City. He played as a wing half or inside forward. Car ...

, English footballer (78) * November 25 -

Dave Sexton David James Sexton (6 April 1930 – 25 November 2012) was an English football manager and player. He was notable for managing Chelsea to their first ever major European trophy. Playing career Son of former professional boxer Archie Sex ...

, English football manager (82) * November 27 - Herbert Oberhofer, Austrian footballer (57) * November 27 - Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (33) * November 27 -

Lennart Samuelsson Torsten Lennart Samuelsson (7 July 1924 – 27 November 2012) was a Swedish association footballer who played as a defender and won bronze medals at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics. Between 1950 and 1955 Samuelsson capped 36 ...

, Swedish footballer (88) * November 28 - Cosimo Nocera, Italian footballer (74) * November 28 – José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in th ...

. (68) * November 30 - Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (74)

December

* December 1: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (born 1985). * December 1: Steve Fox, English footballer (born 1958). * December 1: Phil Taylor, English footballer (born 1917). * December 2: Azumir Veríssimo, Brazilian footballer (born 1935). * December 3:

Tommy Berggren Stig Arne Tommy "Baloo" Berggren (20 April 1950 – 3 December 2012) was a Swedish footballer. Berggren played 13 seasons (291 games), and scored 55 goals for Djurgårdens IF. In 1978, Berggren was the top scorer in Allsvenskan, with a total of ...

, Swedish footballer (born 1950). * December 3: Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (born 1980). * December 4:

Miguel Calero Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez (14 April 1971 – 4 December 2012) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007. While playing in Colombia, Calero ...

, Colombian goalkeeper (born 1971). * December 5: Doug Smith, Scottish footballer (born 1937). * December 7:

Denis Houf Denis Houf (16 February 1932 – 7 December 2012) was a Belgian international footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Fléron, Houf played club football for Standard Liège. He earned a total of 26 caps for Belgium between 195 ...

, Belgian footballer (born 1932). * December 13: Ian Black, Scottish footballer (born 1924). * December 13: T. Shanmugham, Indian footballer (born 1920). * December 16:

Adam Ndlovu Adam Ndlovu (26 June 1970 – 16 December 2012) was a footballer, who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Highlanders, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Zürich, Moroka Swallows, Dynamos and Free State Stars, and was also a ...

, Zimbabwean footballer (born 1970). * December 16: Jim Patterson, Scottish footballer. * December 17:

Charlie Adam Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Adam started his senior career with Rangers. He spent much of his early senior career on loan to Ross County and St Mirren. ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1962). * December 18: George Showell, English footballer (born 1934). * December 20:

Stan Charlton Stanley Charlton (28 June 1929 – 20 December 2012) was an English footballer and manager. Charlton featured as a right back with clubs Bromley, Leyton Orient and Arsenal. As a manager he was one of the longest serving at Weymouth. Career Bro ...

, English footballer (born 1929). * December 20: Dennis Stevens, English footballer (born 1933). * December 21: George Hazlett, Scottish footballer (born 1923) * December 22:

Wattie Dick Peter Watt Dick (20 August 1927 – 22 December 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward and a wing half in the Scottish and English football leagues. He was born in Newmains Newmains is a village and forme ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1927). * December 23: Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (born 1982). * December 27: Ken Jones, English footballer (born 1944). * December 28: Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (born 1980). * December 29: Salvador Reyes, Mexican forward (born 1936).

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