The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2014 throughout the world.
Events
Men's national teams
AFC
* 25 December 2013 – 7 January:
2014 WAFF Championship
The 2013 West Asian Football Federation Championship (marketed as Qatar 2013) was the 8th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament was hosted by Qatar from 25 December ...
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* 19 – 30 May:
2014 AFC Challenge Cup
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup was the fifth and the final edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the now d ...
in
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* 22 November – 20 December: 2014 AFF Cup in and
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CAF
* 11 January – 1 February:
2014 African Nations Championship
The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 January and 1 February ...
in
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CONCACAF
* 3 – 13 September:
2014 Copa Centroamericana
The 2014 Copa Centroamericana (also known as the Central American Cup Tigo 2014 USA for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was o ...
in the
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* 10 – 18 November:
2014 Caribbean Cup
The 2014 Caribbean Cup was the 18th edition of the Caribbean Cup, an international Association football, football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region.
The fin ...
in
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UEFA
* 29 – 31 May:
2014 Baltic Cup
The 2014 Baltic Cup was a football competition, held between 29 and 31 May 2014, hosted by Latvia.
Format
For the second time in a row Finland joined Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, thus the knock-out tournament format established in the previou ...
in
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FIFA
* 12 June – 13 July:
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for list of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from ...
2013 AFC U-22 Championship
The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship (also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup) was the first edition of the AFC U-22 Championship. The hosting rights for the tournament was awarded to Oman. It was set to take place between 23 June and 7 July 2013 but ...
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* 6 – 20 September:
2014 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 ...
in
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* 9 – 23 October:
2014 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 ...
in
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Women's national teams
AFC
* 15 – 19 April:
2014 WAFF Women's Championship
The 2014 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship tournament was held from 15 to 19 April 2014 in Amman, Jordan. It was the fifth edition of the West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship.
The tournament was won by Jordan, w ...
in
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Women's youth
FIFA
* 15 March – 5 April:
2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.
The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Ja ...
in .
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* 5 – 24 August:
2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. I ...
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Multi-sports events
Men's
* 14 – 27 August:
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...
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Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...
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* 14 September – 2 October:
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
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Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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Women's
* 14 – 27 August:
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...
in
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...
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* 14 September – 1 October:
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
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Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
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Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per the
FIFA International Match Calendar
The FIFA International Match Calendar (sometimes abbreviated as the FIFA Calendar or FIFA Days) is an outline agreement between FIFA, the six continental football confederations, the European Club Association, and FIFPro, which sets out which ...
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*17–25 March
*1–9 September
*6–14 October
*10–18 November
Club continental champions
Men
Women
Domestic leagues
CONCACAF nations
Men
Women
CONMEBOL nations
AFC nations
Men
Women
UEFA nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
OFC nations
Domestic cups
UEFA nations
Men
Women
AFC nations
CONCACAF nations
CONMEBOL nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
Deaths
January
* 1 January:
Josep Seguer
Josep Seguer Sans (6 May 1923 – 1 January 2014) was a Spanish football defender and manager.
Playing career
Born in Parets del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Seguer played 14 La Liga seasons with FC Barcelona, becoming a senior in 1942 and b ...
, Spanish international footballer and manager (born 1923)
* 5 January:
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
, Portuguese international footballer (born 1942)
* January 5– Mustapha Zitouni, Algerian-French defender, capped for the
France national football team
The France national football team (french: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is ...
, the
FLN football team
The FLN football team (in ar, فريق جبهة التحرير الوطني لكرة القدم, in french: Équipe du FLN de football), also known as ''Le onze de l'indépendance'' ( en, The eleven of the Independence) was a team made ...
and the
Algeria national football team
The Algeria national football team ( ar, منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Sta ...
. (85)
* 13 January: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer (born 1931)
* 15 January: Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (born 1937)
* 19 January: Bert Williams, English international goalkeeper (born 1920)
* 25 January: Milan Ružić, Yugoslavian international footballer (born 1955)
February
* 1 February:
Luis Aragonés
Luis Aragonés Suárez (; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager.
Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the succe ...
, Spanish international football player and manager (born 1938)
* 1 February:
Stefan Bozhkov
Stefan Bozhilov Stefanov ( bg, Стефан Божилов Стефанов; 20 September 1923 – 1 February 2014) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. He usually played the position of midfielder.
Career
Born in Sofia, Bozhkov first star ...
, Bulgarian international footballer (born 1923)
* 8 February:
Philippe Mahut
Philippe Mahut (; 4 March 1956 – 8 February 2014) was a French professional footballer who played as a defender.
From 1974 to 1993, Mahut played for seven football clubs – all of them in his native France – and scored 30 goals in 654 com ...
, French international footballer (born 1956)
* 10 February: Gordon Harris, English international footballer (born 1940)
* 12 February: Josef Röhrig, German international footballer (born 1925)
* 13 February: Jimmy Jones, Northern Irish international footballer (born 1928)
* 13 February:
Richard Møller Nielsen
Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of ...
, Danish international footballer and manager (born 1937)
* 14 February:
Tom Finney
Sir Thomas Finney (5 April 1922 – 14 February 2014) was an English international footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as a winger or centre forward for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of the spo ...
, English international footballer (born 1922)
* 19 February: Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer (born 1951)
* 19 February:
Kresten Bjerre
Kresten Bjerre (22 February 1946 – 19 February 2014) was a Danish footballer, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek.
Nicknamed "Generalen" (the General),Kurt ...
, Danish international footballer and coach (born 1946)
* 25 February: Mário Coluna, Portuguese international footballer and manager (born 1935)
* 26 February: Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer (born 1939)
* 28 February: Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer (born 1983)
March
* 4 March: László Fekete, Hungarian international footballer (born 1954)
* 6 March:
Luis Rentería
Luis Gabriel Rentería (September 13, 1988 – March 6, 2014) was a Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Matagatos'' (Catkiller), Ren ...
, Panamanian international footballer (born 1988)
* 12 March: René Llense, French international footballer (born 1913)
* 13 March: Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (born 1973)
* 15 March: Jürgen Kurbjuhn, German international footballer (born 1940)
* 20 March: Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian international footballer (born 1930)
* 27 March:
Augustin Deleanu
Augustin Pax "Coco" Deleanu (23 August 1944 – 27 March 2014) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a left back.
Club career
Augustin Pax Deleanu, nicknamed "Coco" was born on 23 August 1944 in Măgurele, Romania and started to play footbal ...
, Romanian international footballer (born 1944)
* 30 March:
Fred Stansfield
Fred Stansfield (12 December 1917 – 30 March 2014) was a Welsh international footballer.
Career
Stansfield, a centre-half, had been playing for Grange Athletic when he joined Cardiff City in 1942 as a part-time professional. He was immediat ...
, Welsh international footballer (born 1917)
April
* 8 April: Herbert Schoen, East German international footballer (born 1929)
* 15 April: Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (born 1963)
* 16 April: Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish international footballer (born 1929)
* 24 April:
Sandy Jardine
William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine (31 December 1948 – 24 April 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland. He played over 1000 professional games and twice won the Scottish Football Wri ...
, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1948)
* 25 April: Francesc Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)
* 27 April:
Vujadin Boškov
Vujadin Boškov ( sr-cyr, Вујадин Бошков, ; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian footballer and manager.
A midfielder, he played 57 matches for the Yugoslav national team. He experienced his greatest success as a coach in 1 ...
, Yugoslav international football player and coach (born 1931)
* 29 April:
Tahar Chaïbi
Tahar Chaïbi (17 February 1946 – 29 April 2014) was a Tunisian footballer who played as a midfielder for Club Africain and the national team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that repres ...
, Tunisian international footballer (born 1946)
May
* 1 May: Georg Stollenwerk, German international footballer and trainer (born 1930)
* 8 May: Henning Elting, Danish international footballer (born 1925)
* 21 May: Duncan Cole, New Zealand international footballer (born 1958)
* 23 May:
Joel Camargo
Joel Camargo (18 September 1946 – 23 May 2014) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Joel played for Portuguese Santista, Santos, Paris Saint-Germain, and Saad during his 10-year career. He played ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1946)
* 25 May: Washington César Santos, Brazilian international footballer (born 1960)
* 31 May:
Marinho Chagas
Francisco das Chagas Marinho (8 February 1952 – 31 May 2014), generally known as Marinho Chagas or Francisco Marinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer. One of the best left-backs of his era, he is best known for his flowing curly blon ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1952)
June
* 2 June:
Gennadi Gusarov
Gennadi Aleksandrovich Gusarov (russian: Геннадий Александрович Гусаров) (11 March 1937 – 2 June 2014) was a Soviet Russian football player.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1960, 1963.
* Soviet Top League runne ...
, Soviet international footballer (born 1937)
* 2 June: Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang, Vietnamese international footballer and coach (born 1942)
* 13 June: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager (born 1926)
July
* 3 July:
Volkmar Groß
Volkmar Groß (31 January 1948 – 3 July 2014) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent seven seasons in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC, Tennis Borussia Berlin and FC Schalke 04. He represented Germany once i ...
, German international footballer (born 1948)
* 7 July:
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name.
People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fil ...
, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach (born 1926)
* 14 July:
Vasile Zavoda
Vasile Zavoda, known as Zavoda II or Tigrul Akbar (26 July 1929 – 14 July 2014), was a Romanian football defender and manager. Between 1951 and 1962 he played 20 matches for Romania, including one at the 1952 Olympics. Domestically he competed ...
, Romanian international footballer (born 1929)
* 19 July: Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer (born 1950)
August
* 1 August:
Valyantsin Byalkevich
Valyantsin Byalkevich ( be, Валянцін Бялькевіч; 27 January 1973 – 1 August 2014), also referred to as Valiantsin Bialkevich, was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his ca ...
, Belaurusian football player (born 1973)
* 3 August: Wimper Guerrero, Ecuadorian football midfielder (born 1982)
* 3 August: Helmut Faeder, German footballer (born 1935)
* 4 August: Rodolfo Motta, Argentine footballer and coach (born 1944)
* 4 August: Rodrigo Osorio, Salvadoran footballer
* 6 August: Jimmy Walsh, English footballer (born 1930)
* 7 August: Alberto Pérez Zabala, Spanish footballer (born 1925)
* 8 August: Viktor Kopyl, Ukrainian footballer (born 1960)
* 9 August:
Andriy Bal
Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal ( uk, Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager.
Club career
Born in Rozdil, U ...
, Ukrainian football midfielder and coach (born 1958)
* 9 August: Dae Llyoyd, American football player (born 1936)
* 11 August:
Vladimir Beara
Vladimir Beara (; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. He played the vast majority of his professional club career for Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade in the Yugoslav Federal League and for the Yu ...
, Yugoslav football player (born 1928)
* 11 August:
Djalma Cavalcante
Djalma Cavalcante (born 1957 in Brazil) was a Brazilian football player and coach.
Cavalcante died of a heart attack on August 11, 2014.
Coaching career
During his coaching career, Djalma Cavalcante has managed one of the top South African club ...
, Brazilian football player (born 1957)
* 11 August: Stelio Nardin, Italian footballer (born 1939)
* 12 August:
Kazimierz Trampisz
Kazimierz Trampisz (10 January 1929 – 12 August 2014) was a Polish footballer ( striker) played most of the time in Polonia Bytom during golden era of this club. Trampisz played 10 times in Poland national football team scoring three goals. He ...
, Polish footballer (born 1929)
* 13 August:
Kurt Tschenscher
Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (5 October 1928 – 13 August 2014) was a German football referee.
Born in Schimischow, Weimar Germany (today Szymiszów, Poland), Tschenscher took up refereeing in 1948 and by 1953 he was part of the German Football A ...
, German football referee (born 1928)
* 13 August: Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer (born 1926)
* 14 August: Géza Gulyás, Hungarian footballer (born 1931)
* 14 August:
Javier Guzmán
Javier Guzmán Colin (January 9, 1945 – August 14, 2014) was a Mexican football defender, who played for the Mexico national team between 1970 and 1977. He was part of the Mexico squad for the 1970 World Cup on home soil.
At club level, Gu ...
, Mexican football defender (born 1945)
* 15 August: Bruno Petroni, Italian footballer (born 1941)
* 15 August: Ferdinando Riva, Swiss footballer (born 1930)
* 17 August: Sammy Conn, Scottish footballer (born 1961)
* 18 August:
Jean Nicolay
Jean Nicolay (27 December 1937 – 18 August 2014) was a Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He earned the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1963 while at Standard Liège. He made 39 caps for the national team between 1959 and 1967, his debut bei ...
, Belgian football goalkeeper (born 1937)
* 19 August: Carlos Arango, Colombian footballer (born 1928)
* 20 August: Eric Barber, Irish footballer (born 1942)
* 20 August: José Luis Saldívar, Mexican footballer
* 21 August: Don Clark, English footballer (born 1917)
* 22 August:
Pete Ladygo
Peter Glenn Ladygo (June 23, 1928 – August 22, 2014) was an American football player. He played as a guard and linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1954, and as a guard for the Ottawa Rough ...
, American football player (born 1928)
* 23 August:
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika (6 October 1989 – 23 August 2014) was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
Career
Bodjongo played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two ...
, Cameroonian international footballer (born 1989)
* 27 August:
Jean-François Beltramini
Jean-François Beltramini (5 February 1948 – 27 August 2014) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Beltramini played for Division 2 sides CA Mantes, Reims, Laval and Paris FC with whom he first played in the ...
, French footballer (born 1948)
* 27 August: Bobby Kinloch, Scottish footballer (born 1935)
* 28 August:
Carlos Alberto Etcheverry
Carlos Alberto "Tito" Etcheverry D'Angelo (June 29, 1933 in Buenos Aires – August 28, 2014) was an Argentine former soccer player and coach, who is most known in Mexico for being the first top-scorer of the Pumas de la UNAM.
Biography
Etche ...
, Argentine football player (born 1933)
* 28 August: Fernando Zunzunegui, Spanish footballer (born 1943)
September
* 4 September: Willie Finlay, Scottish footballer (born 1926)
* 6 September: Arne Amundsen, Norwegian football goalkeeper (born 1952)
* 7 September: Nikolay Adamets, Belarusian footballer (born 1982)
* 9 September: David Whyte, English footballer (born 1971)
* 10 September:
Károly Sándor
Károly Sándor (26 November 1928 – 10 September 2014) was a Hungarian international footballer who earned 75 caps between 1949 and 1964, scoring 27 goals. Sándor also participated in the World Cups in 1958 and 1962. Sándor, who played as a ...
, Hungarian international footballer (born 1928)
* 10 September:
Joakim Vislavski
Joakim "Kime" Vislavski (; 7 December 1940 – 10 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.
Playing career
Vislavski started playing at his hometown club Radnik Vrbas, aged 15. He later moved to Partizan, helping ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1940)
* 12 September: Harold Williams, Welsh international footballer (born 1924)
* 13 September:
Milan Galić
Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
During ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1938)
* 16 September:
Dinis Vital
Dinis Martins Vital (2 July 1932 – 16 September 2014) was a Portuguese footballer who played as goalkeeper.
Vital gained 1 cap for Portugal against Switzerland 16 May 1959 in Geneva, in a 3-4 defeat.
He is the 4th player with most games playe ...
, Portuguese footballer (born 1932)
* 17 September:
Andriy Husin
Andriy Leonidovych Husin ( ua, Андрій Леонідович Гусін; 11 December 1972 – 17 September 2014) was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most ...
, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (born 1972)
* 22 September: Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese international footballer and manager (born 1923)
* 22 September: Billy Neil, Scottish footballer (born 1939)
* 23 September: John Divers, Scottish footballer (born 1940)
* 25 September: Vladimir Dolbonosov, Russian footballer (born 1949)
* 28 September: Tim Rawlings, English footballer (born 1932)
* 29 September: Hugh Doherty, Irish footballer (born 1921)
* 29 September: Len Stephenson, English footballer (born 1930)
October
* 3 October:
Jean-Jacques Marcel
Jean-Jacques Marcel (13 June 1931 – 3 October 2014) was a French international footballer who played midfielder. He was an integral part of the French national teams of the 1950s.
Playing career
The south Frenchman was signed in 1949 by the ...
, French international footballer (born 1931)
* 3 October: Lori Sandri, Brazilian football manager (born 1949)
* 4 October: Fyodor Cherenkov, Soviet and Russian international footballer and manager (born 1959)
* 6 October: Feridun Buğeker, Turkish international footballer (born 1933)
* 6 October: Mikhail Potylchak, Russian footballer (born 1972)
* 6 October: Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer (born 1976)
* 7 October: Amos Mkhari, South African footballer
* 7 October: Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)
* 9 October: Henning Bjerregaard, Danish footballer (born 1927)
* 10 October: Roy Law, English footballer (born 1937)
* 11 October:
Carmelo Simeone
Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, (22 September 1934 – 11 October 2014) was an Argentine football defender who won three league championships with Boca Juniors and played for the Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energeti ...
, Argentine international footballer (born 1933)
* 12 October: Roberto Telch, Argentine international footballer (born 1943)
* 13 October: Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (born 1981)
* 16 October:
Shalom Schwarz
Shalom Schwarz (8 March 1951 - 16 October 2014) was an Israeli footballer who played most of his career for Hapoel Hadera and also won 11 caps for the Israel national football team.
Honours
* Israeli Second Division
**Winners (3): 1969-70, ...
, Israeli footballer (born 1951)
* 17 October:
Daisuke Oku
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Oku was born in Amagasaki on February 7, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1994. He debuted in 1996. He became a regular player fro ...
, Japanese international footballer (born 1976)
* 17 October: Gero Bisanz, German footballer (born 1935)
* 17 October: Vladimír Hrivnák, Slovak footballer (born 1945)
* 18 October: Danny Light, English footballer (born 1948)
* 19 October:
Arnold Mitchell
Arnold Mitchell (February 18, 1918 – July 17, 1985) was a social scientist and consumer futurist who worked for SRI International and created a noted psychographic methodology, Values, Attitudes and Lifestyles (VALS).
Early life and educa ...
, English footballer (born 1929)
* 19 October:
Don Ratcliffe
Donald Ratcliffe (13 November 1934 – 19 October 2014) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Stoke City.
Career
Ratcliffe was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and joined Sto ...
, English footballer (born 1934)
* 19 October: Jim Sharkey, English footballer (born 1934)
* 21 October: Jim Barrett, Jr., English footballer (born 1930)
* 22 October: Anatoly Chertkov, Russian footballer (born 1936)
* 22 October: George Francis, English footballer (born 1934)
* 23 October:
André Piters
André Piters (18 January 1931 – 23 October 2014) was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Piters played club football for Herve, Standard Liège, Olympic de Charleroi and Fortuna 54.
He earned a total of 23 caps for Belgi ...
, Belgian international footballer (born 1931)
* 24 October: Martin Garratt, English footballer (born 1980)
* 24 October: Malcolm Thompson, English footballer (born 1946)
* 26 October:
Senzo Meyiwa
Senzo Robert Meyiwa (24 January 1984 – 26 October 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and captain for both Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League, and the South Africa national team. He was shot ...
, South African footballer (born 1984)
* 27 October: Leif Skiöld, Swedish international footballer and ice hockey player (born 1935)
* 27 October: Reidar Sundby, Norwegian footballer (born 1926)
* 29 October: Klas Ingesson, Swedish international footballer and manager (born 1968)
* 29 October: Rainer Hasler, Liechtenstein footballer (born 1958)
* 30 October: Joe Brown, English footballer (born 1929)
* 31 October: Armando Cavazzuti, Italian footballer (born 1929)
* 31 October:
Pat Partridge
Patrick Partridge BEM (30 June 1933 – 31 October 2014) was an English football referee, and former President of the Association of Football League Referees and Linesmen. His occupation outside football was as a farmer.Gustau Biosca, Spanish international footballer and manager (born 1928)
* 1 November: Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, Brazilian footballer (born 1986)
* 1 November: Ivor Seemley, English footballer (born 1929)
* 1 November:
Abednigo Ngcobo
Abednigo Valdez "Shaka" Ngcobo (10 May 1950 – 1 November 2014)Mark Gleeson″Kaizer Chiefs legend Shaka Ngcobo dies.″In: Business Day (South Africa), 3 November 2014. was a South African association football player who played in South Af ...
, South African footballer (born 1950)
* 2 November:
Vladimir Suchilin
Vladimir Viktorovich Suchilin (russian: Владимир Викторович Сучилин; 22 January 1950 – 2 November 2014) was a Soviet football player from Kolchugino.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (autumn).
International c ...
, Soviet footballer (born 1950)
* 3 November:
Geoff Cox
Geoff Cox (born 13 March 1951) is an Australian musician and media personality. He is often referred to as "Coxy".
Cox is most notable for having played drums with Brian Cadd, and with the bands Cycle, The Bootleg Family Band and Avalanche. ...
, English footballer (born 1934)
* 4 November: Derek Hogg, English footballer (born 1930)
* 4 November: Eddie Stuart, South African footballer (born 1931)
* 5 November: Mario Pietruzzi, Italian footballer (born 1918)
* 5 November: Roy Hartle, English footballer (born 1931)
* 7 November:
Juan Taverna
Juan Taverna (13 April 1948 – 7 November 2014) was an Argentine former footballer.
Career
Born in Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Taverna played most of his club football in Argentina, with brief spells at Real Murcia (Spain) and C.D. Verac ...
, Argentine footballer (born 1948)
* 8 November: Giovan Battista Pirovano, Italian footballer (born 1937)
* 8 November: Sammy Wilson, Scottish footballer (born 1937)
* 9 November: Sammy Reid, Scottish footballer (born 1939)
* 11 November:
Jim Storrie
James Storrie (31 March 1940 – 11 November 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager, best known as a centre forward who helped Leeds United gain promotion in 1964 to the First Division.
Playing career
Born in Kirkintilloch ...
Peter Rajah
Peter Rajah (1951 – 14 November 2014) was a Malaysian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sabah and the national team.
Rajah was a member of the Malaysian team who qualified for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which Malaysia did not particip ...
, Malaysian footballer
* 15 November:
Valéry Mézague
Valéry Mézague (8 December 198315 November 2014) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
A French-born player, Mézague represented Cameroon at international level. His most notable moment with the ''Lions Indom ...
, Cameroonian international footballer (born 1983)
* 17 November:
Ilija Pantelić
Ilija Pantelić (; 2 August 1942 – 17 November 2014) was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, primarily for Serbian side Vojvodina and French sides Bastia and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the Yugoslavia national team.
Club care ...
, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer (born 1942)
* 18 November:
Iain Hesford
Iain Hesford (4 March 1960 – 18 November 2014) was an English professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for teams including Blackpool, Eastern, Sunderland and South China.
Early career
Hesford began his career at Blackpool, wher ...
, English footballer (born 1960)
* 19 November:
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi ( fa, غلامحسین مظلومی; 13 January 1950 – 19 November 2014), nicknamed ''Sar Talaei'' ("Golden Head"), was an Iranian football player, coach and football administrator.
He played for three clubs includi ...
, Iranian international footballer and manager (born 1950)
* 22 November: Sar Sophea, Cambodian international footballer (born 1992)
* 23 November: John Neal, English footballer (born 1932)
* 24 November:
Reg Foulkes
Reginald Ernest Foulkes (23 February 1923 – 24 November 2014) was a footballer and a member of the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.
Foulkes made 238 appearances for Norwich City as a centre-half between 1950 and 1956, scoring eight times.
Pr ...
, English footballer (born 1923)
* 25 November:
Aurelio Milani
Aurelio Milani (; 14 May 1934 – 25 November 2014) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. Milani played for several different Italian clubs in Serie A and Serie B, winning the top scorer award in both divisions. In total, he collect ...
, Italian footballer (born 1934)
* 26 November: Malcolm Finlayson, Scottish footballer (born 1930)
* 26 November: Ángel Tulio Zof, Argentine footballer (born 1928)
* 26 November:
Fikret Kırcan
Fikret Kırcan (December 25, 1919 – November 26, 2014) was a Turkish footballer.
Biography
Born in Istanbul, he took up football at the age of ten and joined Fenerbahçe S.K. in 1934 as a member of their junior team, remaining there th ...
, Turkish footballer (born 1919)
* 27 November: August Gottschalk, German footballer (born 1921)
* 28 November:
Lucidio Sentimenti
Lucidio Sentimenti (; 1 July 1920 – 28 November 2014), also known as Sentimenti IV, was an Italian footballer from Bomporto in the Province of Modena, who played as a goalkeeper. His nickname, Sentimenti IV, comes from the fact that he is the fo ...
, Italian footballer (born 1920)
* 29 November: Ahmad Wartam, Singapore international footballer (born 1935)
December
* 1 December: Jimmy Duncan, Scottish footballer (born 1930)
* 4 December: Sitamadji Allarassem, Chadian footballer (born 1988)
* 6 December: Juan Antonio Merlos, Salvadoran football player (born 1941)
* 7 December: Tommy Todd, Scottish footballer (born 1926)
* 7 December:
Jerzy Wilim
Jerzy Antoni Wilim (14 August 1941 – 7 December 2014) was a Polish association football, footballer (Striker (association football), striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes, Renn ...
, Polish footballer (born 1941)
* 9 December:
Blagoje Paunović
Blagoje Paunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Благоје Пауновић; 4 June 1947 – 9 December 2014) was a Serbian football defender and manager.
Playing career
Born in Pusto Šilovo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he started his ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1947)
* 11 December: Benigno De Grandi, Italia footballer (born 1924)
* 12 December: John Baxter, Scottish footballer (born 1936)
* 12 December: José María Lorant, Argentine footballer (born 1955)
* 15 December:
Nicolae Manea
Nicolae Manea (11 March 1954 – 15 December 2014) was a Romanian football player and manager.
Life and career
Manea was born in Bucharest. He joined Rapid București at the age of 12 and played there professionally from 1973 to 1980 and again ...
, Romanian footballer (born 1954)
* 16 December: Reidar Dørum, Norwegian footballer (born 1925)
* 18 December: Ante Žanetić, Croatian footballer (born 1936)
* 19 December: Pat Holton, Scottish footballer (born 1935)
* 20 December:
Seriki Audu
Seriki "Sarki" Audu (30 August 1991 – 20 December 2014) was a Nigerian footballer. He played for Gombe United and Lobi Stars in the Nigeria Premier League
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigeri ...
, Scottish footballer (born 1991)
* 20 December: Sam Morris, English footballer (born 1930)
* 21 December: Åke Johansson, Swedish international footballer (born 1928)
* 22 December: Moses Otolorin, Nigerian footballer
* 23 December: Luis Condomi, Argentine footballer (born 1948)
* 24 December:
Rubén Amorín
Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos (6 November 1927 – 24 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He was born in Rocha.
Playing career
Amorín arrived in 1952 in Guatemala to play for Guatemala FC.
Coaching career
He has spent th ...
, Uruguayan footballer (born 1927)
* 25 December:
Ihor Nadein
Ihor Nadein ( uk, Ігор Олександрович Надєїн; 3 March 1948 – 24 December 2014) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrai ...
, Ukrainian footballer (born 1948)
* 27 December: Ron Henry, English international footballer (born 1934)
* 27 December: Erich Retter; German international footballer (born 1925)
* 28 December:
Javier Fragoso
Javier Gonzalo Fragoso Rodríguez (19 April 1942 – 28 December 2014) was a Mexican football player and manager.
Club career
Born in Mexico City in 1942, he was a forward for Club América, for whom he made his debut in 1962.
International ...
, Mexican international footballer (born 1942)
* 29 December: Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (born 1945)
* 29 December: Samuel Sentini, Honduran international footballer (born c. 1948)
* 30 December:
Igor Kiselyov
Igor Vladimirovich Kiselyov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Киселёв; 19 August 1979 – 30 December 2014) was a Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Russian Premier League in 199 ...
, Russian footballer (born 1979)
* 30 December: Walter Roque, Uruguayan footballer (born 1937)
* 31 December: Jimmy Dunn, Scottish footballer (born 1923)
* 31 December: Romanus Orjinta, Nigerian footballer (born 1981)
* 31 December:
Luis Oruezábal
Luis Oruezábal López (13 May 1952 – 31 December 2014) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.
Football career
Born in Buenos Aires to Spanish parents that emigrated from Burgos in the 1940s, Oruezábal played for Club Atlétic ...