The following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2017 throughout the world.

Events

Men's national teams

*17 June – 2 July:

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 10th and final edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the 20 ...

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

AFC

*9 – 16 December:

2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 7th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in Japan in December 2017. Through the agreement between EAFF and ASEAN Football Federation (AF ...

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

CAF

*14 January – 5 February:

2017 Africa Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champions ...

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

CONCACAF

*13 – 22 January:

2017 Copa Centroamericana The 2017 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2017 Central American Cup) was the 14th and last edition of the Copa Centroamericana, the biennial international men's football championship of the Central American region organized by the Central American Foot ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *7 – 26 July:

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship ove ...

in the ** : ** :

Youth

*18 January – 11 February:

2017 South American Youth Football Championship The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship es, ''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ''Juventud de América'' Ecuador 2017'', italic=unset, pt, ''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 ''Juventude da América'' Equador 2017'', italic=unset, region=B ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *11 – 24 February:

2017 OFC U-17 Championship The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship was the 17th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in ...

in ** : ** : *17 February – 5 March:

2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2017 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (26th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Costa Rica between ...

in ** : ** : *23 February – 19 March:

2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Chile 2017) was the 17th edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a association fo ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *26 February – 12 March:

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial internationa ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *21 April – 7 May:

2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship The 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship (18th edition if all eras included), the men's under-17 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted in Panama between 21 ...

in ** : ** : *3 May – 19 May:

2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (35th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champi ...

in ** : ** : *14 – 28 May:

2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-17 Africa Cup Of Nations, Gabon 2017, was the 12th edition of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations (17th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international ...

in **: **: **: ** 4th: *20 May – 11 June:

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *16 – 30 June:

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2017) was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 na ...

in ** : ** : *2 – 15 July:

2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (66th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth footbal ...

in ** : ** : *18 – 27 September:

2017 SAFF U-18 Championship The 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship was the 2nd edition of the SAFF U-18 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-18 national teams organized by SAFF. But since most teams use to send their U-18 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *6 – 28 October:

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams. Organised by FIFA, the tournament took place in India between 6 and 28 October 2017, after the ...

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

Women's

*16 July – 6 August:

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national team ...

in the ** : ** : *8 – 16 December:

2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship will be the 6th edition of the women's tournament in EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the women's football championship of East Asia. It was held in Japan in 2017. Team allocation Based on FIFA Women's world ...

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

Women's youth

*2 – 14 May:

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2017) was the tenth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's unde ...

in the ** : ** : *8 – 20 August:

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2017) was the 16th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (20th edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football champ ...

in ** : ** : *10 – 23 September:

2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams o ...

in ** : ** : ** : ** 4th: *14 – 28 October:

2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of ...

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

Multi-sport events

Men's

* 14–29 August:

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

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

Women's

* 15–24 August:

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

News

* February 3 –

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rejected the request for provisional measures made by

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...

in relation to the club's entry into the

2017 AFC Champions League The 2017 AFC Champions League was the 36th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 15th under the current AFC Champions League title. Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal ...

Fixed dates for national team matches

Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s). *20–28 March *5–13 June *28 August – 5 September *2–10 October *6–14 November

Club continental champions

Men

;Notes

Women

Domestic leagues

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AFC

CAF

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 ( ; typese ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

OFC

Domestic cups

In all tables below, the "title" and "last honor" refer to each cup winner's record ''in that specific cup competition''.

AFC

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CAF

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 ( ; typese ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

Women's leagues

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

;Notes * England is not holding an official women's championship in 2017.

The FA The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and ...

is returning top-flight women's football to the autumn-to-spring season that had prevailed prior to the establishment of the WSL, which started play in 2011 under a spring-to-autumn format. To that effect, a one-off FA WSL Spring Series will be held in spring 2017.

AFC

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 ( ; typese ...

Women's cups

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Detailed results

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

* May 20 – June 11:

in ** defeated , 1–0, to win their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title. took third place. * June 17 – July 2:

in ** defeated , 1–0, to win their first FIFA Confederations Cup title. took third place. * October 6 – 28:

in ** defeated , 5–2, to win their first FIFA U-17 World Cup title. took third place. * December 6 – 16:

2017 FIFA Club World Cup The 2017 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwee ...

in the **

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

defeated Grêmio, 1–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIFA Club World Cup title. **

Pachuca Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...

took third place.

Europe (
UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
)

Nations

Men's events: * May 3 – 19:

in ** defeated , 4–1 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their ninth UEFA European Under-17 Championship title. * June 16 – 30:

in ** defeated , 1–0, to win their second UEFA European Under-21 Championship title. * July 2 – 15:

in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their tenth UEFA European Under-19 Championship title. Women's events: * May 2 – 14:

in the ** defeated , 3–1 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship title. * July 16 – August 6:

in the ** The defeated , 4–2, to win their first UEFA Women's Euro title. * August 8 – 20:

in ** defeated , 3–2, to win their second UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title. University event: * July 23 – 30: 2017 European Universities Football Championships in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

** Men:

Kuban State University The Kuban State University (russian: Кубанский государственный университет KubSU) is a university in Krasnodar, in the Kuban area of southern Russia. It was founded on September 19, 1920, and since then it ...

defeated

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...

, 2–1, in the final. ***

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...

took third place. ** Women:

University of Montpellier The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public university, public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest univ ...

defeated

University of Valencia The University of Valencia ( ca-valencia, Universitat de València ; also known as UV) is a public research university located in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is one of the oldest surviving universities in Spain, and the oldest in the Vale ...

, 7–1, in the final. ***

Paul Sabatier University Paul Sabatier University (''Université Paul Sabatier'', UPS, also known as Toulouse III) is a French public university, in the Academy of Toulouse. It is one of the several successor universities of the University of Toulouse. Toulouse III was ...

took third place.

Clubs

Men's events: * September 13, 2016 – June 3, 2017:

2016–17 UEFA Champions League The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was the 62nd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 25th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was pla ...

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final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

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) **

Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...

defeated

Juventus F.C. )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

, 4–1, to win their second consecutive and 12th overall UEFA Champions League title and the first football team to do this since the new updated form of the UEFA Champions League. ** Note: ''Real Madrid would represent

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

at the

.'' * September 15, 2016 – May 24, 2017:

2016–17 UEFA Europa League The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2017 UEFA Eu ...

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Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

) **

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, ...

defeated

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

, 2–0, to win their first UEFA Europa League title. * July 1 – 9:

2017 UEFA Regions' Cup The 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup was the 10th edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup, a football competition for amateur teams in Europe organized by UEFA. Zagreb, which lost to Leinster/Munster (Eastern Region) in the previous edition's final, defeated Muns ...

Final Tournament in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

** Nogometno središte Zagreb defeated

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

, 1–0, to win their first UEFA Regions' Cup title. * July 18 – 30:

2017 International Champions Cup The 2017 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was the fifth edition of a series of friendly association football matches, organized to simulate a tournament. It began on 18 July and ended on 30 July 2017. Teams Matches China ---- ---- ...

in , , and the ** Singapore -> Champions:

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

; Second:

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...

; Third:

Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. Th ...

* August 8:

2017 UEFA Super Cup The 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League ...

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

defeated

, 2–1, to win their fourth UEFA Super Cup title. Women's events: * October 5, 2016 – June 1, 2017:

2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 16th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 8th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. The final was held at the Cardi ...

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) **

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

defeated fellow French team

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

in the final 7–6 on penalties, following a 0–0 score at the end of extra time. Lyon won their second consecutive and fourth overall UEFA Women's Champions League title. Youth events: * September 13, 2016 – April 24, 2017:

2016–17 UEFA Youth League The 2016–17 UEFA Youth League was the fourth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. Chelsea were the title holders after winning the previous two editions. However, since the UEFA Youth Le ...

(final in

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FC Red Bull Salzburg FC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions, ...

defeated Benfica, 2–1, to win their first UEFA Youth League title.

North, Central America & Caribbean (
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 ( ; typese ...
)

* August 2, 2016 – April 26, 2017:

2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League The 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2016–17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 52nd edition of the prem ...

C.F. Pachuca Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional football team based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, that competes in Liga MX. Founded by Cornish miners from Camborne and Redruth in 1901, it is one of the oldest football clubs in the Americas, and was on ...

defeated fellow Mexican team,

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

, 2–1 on aggregate, to win their fifth CONCACAF Champions League title. ** Note: ''Pachuca would represent

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 ( ; typese ...

at the

.'' * January 13 – 22:

in ** won the round-robin competition with four wins and one draw, in order to win their fourth Copa Centroamericana title. ** Note: ''Along with Honduras, , , and all qualified to compete at the

.'' * February 17 – March 5:

in ** defeated , 5–3 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their first CONCACAF U-20 Championship title. ** Note: ''Along with the two teams mentioned here, , and all qualified to compete at the

.'' * April 21 – May 7:

in ** defeated the , 5–4 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their seventh CONCACAF U-17 Championship title. ** Note: ''Along with the two teams mentioned here, and all qualified to compete at the

.'' * June 22 & 25:

2017 Caribbean Cup The 2017 Caribbean Cup was the 19th and final edition of the Caribbean Cup, the biennial international men's association football, football championship of the Caribbean region organized by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The top four teams ...

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

** defeated , 2–1, to win their first Caribbean Cup title. ** took third place. * July 7 – 26:

in the ** The defeated , 2–1, to win their sixth CONCACAF Gold Cup title.

South America (
CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
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* January 18 – February 11:

in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Note: ''All the teams mentioned above all qualify to compete in the

.'' * January 23 – November 29:

2017 Copa Libertadores The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (officially the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the 58th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier cl ...

** Grêmio defeated

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, 3–1 on aggregate, to win their third Copa Libertadores title. ** Note: ''Grêmio would represent CONMEBOL at the

.'' * February 23 – March 19:

in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Note: ''All the teams mentioned above all qualify to compete in the

.'' * February 28 – December 13:

2017 Copa Sudamericana The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 16th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Argent ...

** Independiente defeated

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

, 3–2 on aggregate, to win their second Copa Sudamericana title. * April 4 & May 10:

2017 Recopa Sudamericana The 2017 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 25th edition of the Recopa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the ''Recopa Sudamericana'', or pt, Recopa Sul-Americana), the association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL betwee ...

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

defeated Chapecoense, 5–3 on aggregate, to win their first Recopa Sudamericana title. * August 15:

2017 Suruga Bank Championship The 2017 Suruga Bank Championship ( ja, スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017; es, Copa Suruga Bank 2017) was the tenth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the ''J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Fina ...

in Saitama **

Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

defeated Chapecoense, 1–0, to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title. * October 7 – 21:

2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the ninth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores Femenina''), South America's premier women's club association football ...

in **

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

– Audax defeated

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...

, 5–4 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title. ** River Plate took third place. * November 4 – 19:

2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship The 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams ...

in ** defeated , 3–2, to win their first South American Under-15 Football Championship title.

Africa ( CAF)

* January 14 – February 5:

in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title. took third place. ** Note: ''Cameroon has qualified to compete at the

.'' * February 10 – November 4:

2017 CAF Champions League The 2017 CAF Champions League (officially the 2017 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 21st edit ...

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

defeated

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, to win their second CAF Champions League title. ** Note: ''Wydad Casablanca would represent the CAF at the

.'' * February 10 – November 25:

2017 CAF Confederation Cup The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African F ...

TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...

defeated

SuperSport United F.C. SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

, 2–1 on aggregate, to win their second consecutive CAF Confederation Cup title. * February 18:

2017 CAF Super Cup The 2017 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous s ...

Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of So ...

defeated

, 1–0, to win their first CAF Super Cup title. * February 26 – March 12:

in ** defeated , 2–0, to win their first Africa U-20 Cup of Nations title. took third place. ** Note: ''Along with the three teams mentioned above, have qualified to compete at the

.'' * May 14 – 28:

in ** defeated , 1–0, to win their second consecutive Africa U-17 Cup of Nations title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Along with the three teams mentioned above and , all four of them qualified to compete at the

.'' * June 25 – July 9:

2017 COSAFA Cup The 2017 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup South Africa 2017 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Souther ...

Moruleng Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng) is a village at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg. It was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers. It was established when Henr ...

and

Phokeng Phokeng is a town in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as ''Magatostad'' among white South Africans. Etymology Phokeng gained its name from the Sesoth ...

** defeated , 3–1, to win their fifth COSAFA Cup title. ** took third place. * September 9 – 24:

2017 WAFU Cup of Nations The 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations (also referred to as Ghana 2017) was an association football tournament that took place in September 2017 in Ghana. Sixteen teams from West Africa participated. The tournament was the first featuring national teams to ...

in ** defeated , 4–1, to win their second consecutive WAFU Cup of Nations title. ** took third place. * December 3 – 17:

2017 CECAFA Cup The 2017 CECAFA Cup was the 39th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in ...

in ** defeated , 3–2 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their seventh CECAFA Cup title. ** took third place. * December 6 – 16:

2017 COSAFA U-20 Cup The Mopani Copper Mines COSAFA Under-20 Championship will be the 24th edition of the COSAFA U20 Cup, an international youth competition open to national associations of the COSAFA region. The competition is open to players born on or before 1 J ...

in ** defeated , 2–1, to win their seventh COSAFA U-20 Cup title. ** took third place. * July 21, 2017 – January 28, 2018:

2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament The 2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 9th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Footbal ...

Asia ( AFC)

* January 24 – November 4:

2017 AFC Cup The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931 ...

defeated Istiklol, 1–0, to win their second consecutive AFC Cup title. * January 24 – November 25:

defeated

Al-Hilal FC Al Hilal Saudi Football Club ( ar, نادي الهلال السعودي), simply known as Al Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their football team competes in the Saudi Professional League. They are the mo ...

, 2–1 on aggregate, to win their second AFC Champions League title. ** Note: ''Urawa Red Diamonds would represent the AFC at the

.'' * July 9 – 22: 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship in ** defeated , 4–2 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their third AFF U-15 Youth Championship title. ** took third place. * September 4 – 17:

2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship The 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Myanmar during September 2017. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football ...

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

** defeated , 2–0, to win their fifth AFF U-19 Youth Championship title. ** took third place. * September 9 – 23:

in ** defeated , 2–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall AFC U-16 Women's Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All three teams here have qualified to compete at the

2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inc ...

.'' * October 14 – 28:

in ** defeated , 1–0, to win their second consecutive and fifth overall AFC U-19 Women's Championship title. ** took third place. * December 8 – 16:

for Men and

Women A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ...

in ** Men: defeated , 4–1, to win their fourth men's EAFF E-1 Football Championship title. *** took third place. ** Women: defeated , 2–0, to win their third consecutive women's EAFF E-1 Football Championship title. *** took third place. * December 22, 2017 – January 8, 2018:

23rd Arabian Gulf Cup The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي‎) was the 23rd edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. It took place in Kuwait from 22 December 2017 until ...

Oceania ( OFC)

* February 11 – 24:

in ** defeated , 7–0, to win their sixth consecutive and seventh overall OFC U-17 Championship title. ** Note: ''The two teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the

.'' * February 25 – May 7:

2017 OFC Champions League The 2017 OFC Champions League was the 16th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 11th season under the current OFC Champions League name ...

Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League (New Zealand), Northern League. Auckland City have established the ...

defeated fellow New Zealand team,

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

, 5–0 on aggregate, to win their seventh consecutive and ninth overall OFC Champions League title. ** Note: ''Auckland City would represent the OFC at the

.'' * July 11 – 24:

2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the OFC U-19 Women's Championship, OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by the Oceania Football Co ...

in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Note: ''New Zealand has qualified to compete at the

2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...

.'' * August 4 – 18:

2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 ...

Apia Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa, as well as the nation's only city. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō ...

** defeated , 6–0, to win their fourth consecutive OFC U-16 Women's Championship title. ** Note: ''New Zealand has qualified to compete at the

.''

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

AFC

* May 16 – 26:

2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship The 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's youth national teams of Asia. The to ...

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** In the final, defeated , 2–0, to win their 1st AFC U-20 Futsal Championship. took third place. * July 3 – 9:

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** In the final, Thai Port defeated Sanna Khanh Hoa, 4–0, to win their 3rd title.

Melaka United Melaka United Football Club () was a defunct Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They were owned by Kenteam Sdn Bhd which is one of nitrile glove producer in Malaysia. Previously, th ...

took third place. * July 20 – 30:

2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from ...

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** In the final, Chonburi Bluewave defeated Giti Pasand Isfahan, 3–2, to win their 2nd title. Thái Sơn Nam took third place. * October 23 – November 3: 2017 AFF Futsal Championship in

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 ( ; typese ...

* August 21 – 26: 2017 CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

** In the final, Grupo Line Futsal defeated Elite Futsal, 5–4, to win their 1st CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship. Soyapango F.C. took third place.

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

* April 5 – 12:

2017 Copa América de Futsal The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 12th edition of the Copa América de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the men's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in S ...

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** In the final, defeated , 4–2, after , to win their 10th Copa América de Futsal. took third place. * May 22 – 28: 2017 Copa Libertadores de Futsal in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

** In the final,

Carlos Barbosa Carlos Barbosa is a town in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and w ...

defeated

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

, 2–1, to win their 5th Copa Libertadores de Futsal. Bello Real Antioquia took third place. * July 15 – 22: 3rd CONMEBOL Women Futsal Club Championships in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

** In the final, Associação Unochapecó/Female Futsal defeated Club Sport Colonial, 4–2, to win their 2nd CONMEBOL Women Futsal Club Championships.

Trujillanos FC Trujillanos Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana. It is based in Valera. Their home stadium is Estadio Luis Loreto Lira. At the end of the 2006–2007 season Trujillanos finis ...

took third place. * August 16 – 20: 2017 Liga Sudamericana de Futsal (South zone) in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

** U19: Round Robin: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: , 4th: , 5th: ** Seniors: Round Robin: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: , 4th: , 5th:

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

* April 28 – 30:

2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup The 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 31st edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament. This was the 16th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA. In the final, Inter FS defeated Sporting CP to win their fourth t ...

(final four) in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

** In the final,

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defeated

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, 7–0, to win their 4th UEFA Futsal Cup.

AFC Kairat AFC Kairat ( kk, Қайрат Алматы футзал клубы, ''Qaırat Almaty fýtzal klýby'') is a professional futsal club based in Almaty, the biggest city of Kazakhstan. The club was founded in 1995. Since 2012 the club has been one ...

took third place.

EUSA

* July 10 – 17: 11th European Universities Futsal Championship in

Çorum Çorum () (Medieval Greek: Ευχάνεια, romanized: Euchaneia) is a northern Anatolian city that is the capital of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from ...

** Men's:

University of Beira Interior The University of Beira Interior (UBI; Portuguese: ) is a public university located in the city of Covilhã, Portugal. It was created in 1979, and has about 6,879 students distributed across a multiplicity of graduation courses, awarding all ac ...

defeated

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

, 5–4. University of Porto took third place. ** Women's: League system: 1st.:

Moscow Polytechnic University Moscow Polytechnic University (russian: Московский политехнический университет, Moskovski politekhnicheski universitet) or Moscow Polytech is a university in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Rus ...

, 2nd:

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

, 3rd:

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

Beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

International beach soccer events

* January 9 – 15:

2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer The 2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the first edition of the ''Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer'' (known natively in Spanish as the ''Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa''), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested be ...

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(debut event) **

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...

defeated

Club Atlético Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

, 8–1, in the final. **

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

took third place. * February 5 – 12:

2017 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The 2017 CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, (natively in Spanish: ''Eliminatorias CONMEBOL al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa Asunción 2017'') was the seventh edition of the Beach Soccer World Cup qualification champions ...

** defeated , 7–5, in the final. took third place. ** Note: ''All these teams mentioned above all qualify to compete at the ''

2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 19t ...

.'' * February 13 – 16: Thailand 5s Beach Soccer Championship 2017 in

** defeated , 6–3, in the final. took third place. * February 14 – 16: Persian Beach Soccer Cup 2017 in

Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antioc ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * February 20 – 26:

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** defeated , 4–2, in the final. took third place. * March 4 – 11:

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** defeated , 7–2, in the final. took third place. * March 27 – 29: Eurasia Beach Soccer Cup 2017 in

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** Champions: Moghaevmate Golsapoosh; Second:

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

; Third:

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

* April 13 – 15: Copa Pílsener Fútbol Playa El Salvador 2017 at the Salvadoran Costa del Sol ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * April 21 – 23: 2017 Tulip Festival Beach Soccer Tournament in

(debut event) ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * April 27 – May 7:

in Nassau ** defeated , 6–0, to win their 14th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title. ** took third place. * May 19 – 21: Sal Beach Soccer Cup 2017 in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * May 19 – 21: Beach Soccer USA Cup 2017 in

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** Champions:

Fortaleza Esporte Clube Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará, Brazil. ...

; Runner-Up: Botafogo * May 29 – June 4: Euro Winners Cup 2017 for Men and Women in

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** Men:

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defeated Artur Music, 8–5, in the final.

took third place. ** Women: BSC Havana Shots Aargau defeated Portsmouth Ladies BSC, 4–3, in the final. Higicontrol Melilla took third place. * June 9 – 11: NASSC - US Open 2017 in

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defeated Gobeachsoccer, 6–1, in the final. Great Lakes BSC took third place. * June 16 – 18: Talent Beach Soccer Tournament

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2017 in ** defeated , 13–4, in the final. took third place. * June 30 – July 2: Friendship Cup 2017 in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * July 14 – 16: Morocco Beach Soccer Cup 2017 in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * July 15 & 16: Nations Cup 2017 - Linz in ** defeated , 6–2, in the final. The took third place. * July 19 – 22: Commonwealth Youth Games - Beach Soccer in

Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. ...

** Men: ; ; ** Women: ; ; * July 21 – 23: BSWW Mundialito Cascais 2017 in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * September 12 – 23: Liga Sudamericana Fútbol Playa CONMEBOL 2017 in

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(debut event) ** Group winners: (North) and (South) ** U20 winners: (North) and (South) * October 20 – 22: BSWW Tour - Visit Puerto Vallarta Cup 2017 in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * October 31 – November 4: Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2017 in the ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * November 4: Beach Soccer Stars 2017 in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

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* November 11 – 19:

2017 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer The 2017 CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the second edition of the ''Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer'' (known natively in Spanish as the ''Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa''), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contes ...

Lambaré Lambaré () is a city in Central Department, Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. With a population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants, it is the List of cities in Paraguay by population, sixth-most populous city in the countr ...

defeated

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, 8–5, in the final. ** Universidad Autónoma de Asunción took third place. * December 3 – 10: 2017 CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa in ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * December 8 – 10: BSWW Tour - Copa Lagos 2017 in ** Division A Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Division B Champions: Arsenal BSC; Second: Kebbi BSC; Third: Gidi Sharks; Fourth: Pepsi Football Academy * December 14 – 17: Mundialito de Clubes 2017 in

Vargem Grande Paulista Vargem Grande Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-p ...

BSC Lokomotiv Moscow BSC Lokomotiv Moscow (russian: ПФК «Локомотив» Москва) is a professional beach soccer team associated with the soccer club FC Lokomotiv Moscow based in Moscow, Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow is a four-times Russian champion, four ...

defeated Pars Jonoubi, 5–4, in the final. **

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took third place.

2017 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was the 20th edition of the annual, premier European competition in beach soccer contested between men's national teams, in a league and play-off format. This season teams continued to take part in two div ...

* June 23 – 25: EBSL #1 in

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** Division "A" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Division "B" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * July 7 – 9: EBSL #2 in Nazaré ** Men's Division A Champions: (Group 1); (Group 2) ** Women's Champions: defeated , 4–3, in the final. The took third place. * July 28 – 30: EBSL #3 in

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** Division "A" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Division "B" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * August 11 – 13: EBSL #4 in

** Division "A" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Division "B" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * August 25 – 27: EBSL #5 in

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** Division "A" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ** Division "B" Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * September 14 – 17: 2017 EBSL Superfinal and Promotion Final in

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** Superfinal: defeated , 3–1, to win their fifth Euro Beach Soccer League title. *** took third place. ** Promotional final: defeated , 4–2, to be promoted to the EBSL's Division A. *** took third place.

Deaths

January

* 1 January –

Moruca Manuel Fernández Mora (10 October 1932 – 1 January 2017), known as Moruca, was a Spanish professional football forward and manager. Playing career Born in Vargas, Cantabria, Moruca started playing with Rayo Cantabria who acted as farm team ...

, Spanish footballer (b. 1932) * 2 January –

Viktor Tsaryov Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Царёв; 2 June 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a Russian footballer. Career During his career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow (1954–1966). He earned 12 caps for the USS ...

, Russian footballer (b. 1931) * 3 January –

Enzo Benedetti Enzo Benedetti (11 June 1931 – 3 January 2017) was an Italian football midfielder and manager. References 1931 births 2017 deaths Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Spezia Calcio players Latina Calcio 1932 p ...

, Italian footballer (b. 1931) * 4 January **

Ezio Pascutti Ezio Pascutti (; 1 June 1937 – 4 January 2017) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward, either as a striker or as a winger. He spent his entire club career with Bologna, and represented Italy at two FIFA World Cup ...

, Italian international footballer (b. 1937) **

Paul Went Paul Went (12 October 1949 – 4 January 2017) was an English footballer who played professionally for five clubs over a fifteen-year period. He was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras, beginning his career as a ...

, English footballer (b. 1949) * 5 January **

Graham Atkinson Graham Atkinson (17 May 1943 – 5 January 2017) was an English footballer. He was a stalwart at Oxford United in their initial years in the Football League (1962–1974). His brother is Ron Atkinson. Playing career Graham Atkinson joined Ast ...

, English footballer (b. 1943) ** Harry Taylor, English footballer (b. 1935) * 6 January – Yaron Ben-Dov, Israeli footballer (b. 1970) * 7 January – Laurie Topp, English international footballer (b. 1923) * 8 January –

Zacharie Noah Zacharie Noah (2 February 1937 – 8 January 2017) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who won the Coupe de France in 1961 with Sedan-Torcy. Noah, who played as a defender, had previously played for Stade Saint-Germain. He was the fathe ...

, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1937) * 9 January –

Roberto Cabañas Roberto Cabañas González (11 April 1961 – 9 January 2017) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward. Career During his career, Cabañas played for Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, Stade Brestois and Olympique Lyonnais of France, the ...

, Paraguayan international footballer (b. 1961) * 10 January – Achmad Kurniawan, Indonesian footballer (b. 1979) * 11 January –

François Van der Elst François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

, Belgian international footballer (b. 1954) * 12 January –

Graham Taylor Graham Taylor (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln C ...

, English footballer (b. 1944) * 15 January –

Kozo Kinomoto was a former Japanese football player. He played for Furukawa Electric from 1972 to 1975 and forced to retire due to kidney problem. Post playing career he became a sports executive and served as director in the Japan Football League The al ...

, Japanese footballer (b. 1949) * 16 January – Amin Nasir, Singaporean footballer * 19 January ** Ger van Mourik, Dutch footballer (b. 1931) ** Giovanni Vastola, Italian footballer (born 1938) * 21 January **

Marc Baecke Marc Baecke (24 July 1956 – 21 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer who played as a left back. Club career During his career he played for Beveren, with whom he won two league titles and two Belgian Cups, only to finish his career with two s ...

, Belgian footballer (born 1956) **

Dave Shipperley David John Shipperley (12 April 1952 – 21 January 2017) was an English professional footballer. His clubs included Charlton Athletic, Plymouth Argyle, and Gillingham, where he made over 140 Football League appearances. At Gillingham he was na ...

, English footballer (born 1952) * 24 January ** Fred André, Dutch footballer (born 1941) **

Carlos Verdejo Carlos Verdejo (2 October 1934 – 24 January 2017) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward. Honours Club ;Deportes La Serena * Segunda División: 1957 * Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chil ...

, Chilean footballer (born 1934) * 25 January – Ivan Pritargov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1952) * 26 January **

Lindy Delapenha Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha (5 May 1927 – 26 January 2017) was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England. Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmou ...

, Jamaican footballer (born 1927) **

Miikka Toivola Miikka Toivola (11 July 1949 – 26 January 2017) was a Finnish footballer. Football career He earned 62 caps at international level between 1967 and 1980, scoring 4 goals. At club level Toivola played for PTU, TPS and HJK. Honours *Finnish ...

, Finnish footballer (born 1949) ** Michael Tönnies, German footballer (born 1959) * 27 January ** Wim Anderiesen Jr., Dutch footballer (born 1931) ** Tatiana Repeikina, Russian footballer (born 1973). ** Billy Simpson, Northern Irish footballer (born 1929) * 29 January **

Ruslan Barburoș Ruslan Barburoș (15 November 1978 – 29 January 2017) was a Moldovan footballer who played as a forward. He was the coach of the futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors ...

, Moldovan footballer (born 1978) **

Pat Corr Patrick Malachy Corr (31 March 1927 – 29 January 2017) was a Northern Irish football centre forward, best remembered for his time in the Irish League with Glenavon. He made one appearance in the Football League for Burnley. Career statis ...

, Northern Irish footballer (born 1927) ** Willy Fossli, Norwegian footballer (born 1931)

February

* 1 February **

Constantin Dinulescu Constantin Dinulescu (19 April 1931 – 1 February 2017) was a Romanian football forward who played for Romania in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. After he ended his playing career he became a referee who arbitrated 113 Divizia A matches during t ...

, Romanian footballer (born 1931) **

Cor van der Hoeven Cornelis "Cor" van der Hoeven (12 May 1921 – 1 February 2017) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a midfielder for DWS and Ajax. He also made three appearances with the national team. He was born in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ...

, Dutch footballer (born 1921) * 2 February **

Shunichiro Okano was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan's national team. Biography Okano coached the Japan national team from 1961 to 1971, becoming the manager for the 1970-1971 season. From 1998 ...

, Japanese international footballer, coach, and President of

Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. History The organisat ...

(born 1931) **

Miltos Papapostolou Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou ( el, Μιλτιάδης "Μίλτος" Παπαποστόλου, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager. Club career Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvri ...

, Greek footballer (born 1936) * 4 February –

Hans van der Hoek Johannes Willem "Hans" van der Hoek (5 May 1933, Rotterdam, Netherlands – 4 February 2017) was a Dutch footballer who was under contract at Feyenoord, SC Enschede, and ADO. Statistics Club band Netherlands National Football Team S ...

, Dutch international footballer (born 1933) * 8 February –

Viktor Chanov Viktor Viktorovych Chanov ( uk, Віктор Вікторович Чанов; 21 July 1959 – 8 February 2017) was a Ukrainian football goalkeeper. Throughout the 1980s in the former USSR, Chanov played mainly for FC Dynamo Kyiv. Club career ...

, Ukrainian footballer (born 1959) * 9 February –

Piet Keizer Petrus Johannes "Piet" Keizer (14 June 1943 – 10 February 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger. As part of the " Total Football" Ajax Amsterdam team of the 1960s and 1970s, Keizer was particularly notable duri ...

, Dutch international footballer (born 1943) * 11 February –

Juan Ulloa Juan Ulloa Ramírez (February 5, 1935 – February 11, 2017) was a Costa Rican football player, who used to play as a striker. Club career Ulloa started his career in 1948 at Third Division side El Carmen de Alajuela and played the majority of ...

, Costa Rican footballer (born 1935) * 12 February **

Sam Arday Sam Arday (2 November 1945 – 12 February 2017) was a Ghanaian association football, football coach who has managed the Ghana national football team, Ghana national side on two occasions – from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004. He retired from t ...

, Ghanaian football manager (born 1945) **

Bobby Murdoch Robert White Murdoch (17 August 1944 – 15 May 2001) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland. Murdoch was one of the Lisbon Lions, the Celtic team who won the European Cup in 1967. He later man ...

, English footballer (born 1936) * 14 February –

Ríkharður Jónsson Ríkharður Jónsson (12 November 1929 – 14 February 2017) was an Icelandic football player and manager. He made his debut for the Icelandic national team in 1947, and got 33 caps and 17 goals until 1965. This made him top goalscorer of th ...

, Icelandic international footballer (born 1929) * 15 February ** Manfred Kaiser, East-German international footballer (born 1929) **

Roy Proverbs Roy John Proverbs (8 July 1932 – 15 February 2017) was an English professional footballer. His clubs included Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, Englan ...

, English footballer (born 1932) * 16 February –

Bengt Gustavsson Bengt Olov Emanuel "Julle" Gustavsson (13 January 1928 – 16 February 2017) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. As player he participated in the final of the World Cup 1958 and won national championships with IFK Norrköping. As ...

, Swedish international footballer and manager (born 1928) * 18 February **

Roger Hynd John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 194218 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half. He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before mov ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1942) ** Henk Nienhuis, Dutch footballer (born 1941) * 19 February **

Shibaji Banerjee Shibaji Banerjee (died 19 February 2017) was an Indian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Mohun Bagan and the India national team. Playing career He was mainly known as the goalkeeper for Mohun Bagan when the club took on the New York ...

, Indian footballer **

Paul McCarthy Paul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Life McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1945. He studied art at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, and later continued ...

, Irish footballer (born 1971) ** Roman Zhuravskyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1948) * 25 February –

Bobby Lumley Robert Lumley (6 January 1933 – 25 February 2017) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League. He was born in Consett, County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General A ...

, English footballer (born 1933) * 27 February **

Marcel De Corte Marcel De Corte (25 November 1929 – 27 February 2017) was a Belgian footballer who played as an inside forward and winger. Career Born in Sint-Truiden, De Corte played club football for RC Gand, Anderlecht, CS Léopoldville, ARA La Gantoi ...

, Belgian footballer (born 1929) **

Zvjezdan Cvetković Zvjezdan Cvetković (18 April 1960 – 27 February 2017) was a Croatian football manager and player. International career He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1982 European Championship qualification match away against Bulgaria, comi ...

, Yugoslavian international footballer und Croatian Serb manager (born 1960) ** Alex Young, Scottish international footballer (born 1937)

March

* 2 March **

Tarcisio Catanese Tarcisio Catanese (6 September 1967 – 2 March 2017) was an Italian professional football midfielder who was later involved in the sport as a manager. He played in Serie A for many years and amassed 79 appearances in two spells at Parma F.C., ...

, Italian footballer (born 1967) ** Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician,

Burgemeester Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

(1976–1991). **

Tommy Gemmell Thomas Gemmell (16 October 1943 – 2 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. Although right-footed, he excelled as a left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. Gemmell is best known as one of the Celtic side who w ...

, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1943) * 3 March –

Raymond Kopa Raymond Kopa (né Kopaszewski; 13 October 1931 – 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three Eu ...

, French international footballer (born 1931) * 4 March – Alberto Villalta, Salvadorian footballer (born 1947) * 6 March –

Marek Ostrowski Marek Ostrowski (22 November 1959, in Skrwilno – 6 March 2017, in Stockerau, Austria) was a Polish footballer ( defender) playing for Poland national football team in 1986 FIFA World Cup. Club career He is one of the most notable players of ...

, Polish international footballer (born 1959) * 7 March –

Juan Carlos Touriño Juan Carlos Touriño Cancela (14 July 1944 – 7 March 2017) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. After starting his career in Argentina, he won two La Liga titles and two Spanish Cups with Real Madrid, and made one appearan ...

, Spanish international footballer (born 1944) * 12 March – Dave Taylor, English footballer (born 1940) * 13 March –

Hiroto Muraoka was a Japanese footballer. He played for the Japan national team. Club career Muraoka was born in Bunkyo, Tokyo on September 19, 1931. After graduating from the Tokyo University of Education, he played for Kyodai Club which consisted of his a ...

, Japanese footballer (born 1931) * 14 March **

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

English footballer (born 1957) **

Jim McAnearney James McAnearney (20 March 1935 – 14 March 2017) was a Scottish football player and manager. McAnearney played for Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Bradford City, who he also briefly managed in 1968 with Tom Hallett. He later ...

, English footballer (born 1935) * 16 March –

Arne Høivik Arne Fredrik Høivik (9 January 1932 – 16 March 2017) was a Norwegian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Americ ...

, Norwegian international footballer (born 1932) * 19 March –

Ryan McBride Ryan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Ryan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) *Ryan (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia * Division of Ryan, an elector ...

, Northern Irish footballer (born 1989) * 22 March **

Ken Currie Ken Currie (born 1960 in North Shields, Northumberland, England) is a Scottish artist and a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (1978–1983). Ken grew up in industrial Glasgow. This has had a significant influence on his early works. In the 19 ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1925) **

Ronnie Moran Ronald Moran (28 February 1934 – 22 March 2017) was a Liverpool F.C., Liverpool captain and coach who twice served as caretaker manager in the early 1990s. Having spent his entire playing career at the club, he then became a member of the Boo ...

, English footballer (born 1934) * 24 March –

Wolfgang Solz Wolfgang Solz (12 February 1940 – 24 March 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Eintracht Frankfurt The youth internationalist moved from Union Niederrad to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1958. The first se ...

, German international footballer (born 1940) * 25 March –

Asbjørn Hansen Asbjørn Hansen (29 May 1930 – 25 March 2017) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper who played for Sparta and Sarpsborg. He is regarded as one of Norway's best goalkeepers of all time, and was first-choice goalkeeper for the Norway national te ...

, Norwegian footballer (born 1930) * 26 March – Vladimir Kazachyonok, Soviet international footballer and Russian coach (born 1952) * 27 March **

Romolo Bizzotto Romolo Bizzotto (16 February 1925 – 27 March 2017) was an Italian professional football player and coach who played as a midfielder. He was born in Cerea, Province of Verona. He represented Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Honours ;Juv ...

, Italian footballer (born 1925) ** Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer (born 1939)

April

* 1 April – Stuart Markland, Scottish footballer (born 1948) * 4 April –

Karl Stotz Karl Stotz (27 March 1927 – 4 April 2017) was an Austrian football player from Vienna. As a young soldier, he fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, was captured in 1944 and only returned home in 1948. Club career On his return to his homeland ...

, Austrian international footballer and manager (born 1927) * 10 April – Fred Furniss, English footballer (born 1922) * 15 April –

Amílcar Henríquez Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa (August 2, 1983 – April 15, 2017) was a Panamanian footballer. Club career Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido. He spent one season with Costa Rica with Santacruce� ...

, Panamaian international footballer (born 1983) * 16 April – Spartaco Landini, Italian footballer (born 1944) * 18 April –

Mihalj Mesaroš Mihalj Mesaroš (, ; 27 July 1935 – 18 April 2017) was a Yugoslav/Serbian footballer. Career Born in Novi Bečej and nicknamed "Meske"

, Serbian footballer (born 1935) * 20 April –

Roberto Ferreiro Roberto Oscar Ferreiro (25 April 1935 – 20 April 2017) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Playing career Ferreiro played club football for Independiente and River Plate. He earned 18 caps for the Argentina national ...

, Argentine international footballer and manager (born 1935) * 21 April –

Ugo Ehiogu Ugochuku Ehiogu (; 3 November 1972 – 21 April 2017) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre back from 1989 to 2009. He was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur U23 team until his death in April 2017. He played in the Prem ...

, English international footballer and coach (born 1972) * 23 April –

František Rajtoral František Rajtoral (12 March 1986 – ca. 23 April 2017) was a Czech professional footballer who played as a right winger or right-back. He was best known for his stint at Viktoria Plzeň. He was a member of the Czech Republic national team. ...

, Czech international footballer (born 1986) * 26 April – Moïse Brou Apanga, Gabonese international footballer (born 1982) * 27 April – Nikolai Arefyev, Russian footballer (born 1979)

May

* 2 May – Cammy Duncan, Scottish footballer (born 1965) * 6 May **

Tony Conwell Anthony Conwell (17 January 1932 – 6 May 2017) was an English professional footballer who made 281 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Derby County and Doncaster Rovers D ...

, English footballer (born 1932) **

Peter Noble Peter Noble (19 August 1944 – 6 May 2017) was an English footballer who played forward. Noble began his career with Consett where he combined a career in painting and decorating with football. After an impressive season with a record breaki ...

, English footballer (born 1944) * 7 May: Eduard Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer (born 1995) * 8 May:

Ulugbek Ruzimov Ulugbek Ikramovich Ruzimov (15 August 1968 – 8 May 2017) is a retired football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means th ...

, Uzbekistani footballer (born 1968) * 13 May: **

Yanko Daucik Yanko Daucik Ciboch (22 March 1941 – 13 May 2017) was a Slovak professional football (soccer), footballer during the 1960s and 1970s. Yanko played for Real Betis, Real Madrid, the Toronto Falcons (1967–1968), Toronto Falcons and RCD Españo ...

, Czech footballer (born 1941) ** Rachid Natouri, Algerian footballer (born 1946) * 16 May: Ronnie Cocks, Maltese footballer (born 1943) * 17 May: **

Raúl Córdoba Raúl Córdoba Alcalá (13 March 1924 – 17 May 2017) was a Mexican football goalkeeper who played for Mexico in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Córdoba played for the 1951 Club Atlas squad that won the 1951 Events January * January 4 – Ko ...

, Mexican international footballer (born 1924) **

Todor Veselinović Todor "Toza" Veselinović (, ; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian footballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. Veselinović was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup sq ...

, Serbian footballer (born 1930) * 18 May: ** Volodymyr Dudarenko, Soviet footballer (born 1946) ** Eric Stevenson, Scottish footballer (born 1942) * 19 May: **

David Bystroň David Bystroň (18 November 1982 – 19 May 2017) was a Czech professional footballer who played as a centre-back, spending most of his career in the Czech First League with Baník Ostrava. He also played for Viktoria Plzeň, Sigma Olomouc and ...

, Czech footballer (born 1982) **

Corbett Cresswell Corbett Eric Cresswell (3 August 1932 – 19 May 2017) was an English footballer who played as a centre half. Early and personal life Born in Birkenhead, his father was England international full-back Warney Cresswell, and his uncle was Frank ...

, English footballer (born 1932) ** Tommy Ross, Scottish footballer (born 1946) * 20 May: **

Recep Adanır Recep Adanır (3 May 1929 – 20 May 2017) was a Turkish professional footballer who played most of his career with Beşiktaş, the club he managed following his retirement. He also played for Ankaragücü, Kasımpaşa, Galatasaray and Karagüm ...

, Turkish footballer (born 1929) **

Noel Kinsey Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 20 May 2017) was a Welsh international footballer who played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League. He began ...

, Welsh footballer (born 1925) * 22 May:

Oscar Fulloné Luis Oscar Fulloné Arce, better known as Oscar Fulloné (4 April 1939 – 22 May 2017) was an Argentine football coach and player. He played as a midfielder for Independiente Medellín and Real Oviedo before moving to England to play for Aston V ...

, Argentine footballer (born 1939) * 25 May: Emili Vicente, Spanish footballer (born 1965) * 27 May: Ludwig Preis, German football coach (born 1971) * 30 May: ** Dibyo Previan Caesario, Indonesian footballer (born 1992) ** Robert Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

June

* 5 June: **

Marcos Coll Marcos Tulio Coll Tesillo (23 August 1935 – 5 June 2017), also known as ''El Olímpico'' was a Colombian professional footballer. He played for Junior de Barranquilla and other clubs, and represented Colombia in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He ...

, Colombian footballer (born 1935) **

Giuliano Sarti Giuliano Sarti (; 2 October 1933 – 5 June 2017) was an Italian professional football player, who played in the position of goalkeeper. Throughout his successful career, he played for several Italian clubs, although he is mostly remembered for h ...

, Italian international footballer (born 1933) **

Cheick Tioté Cheick Ismaël Tioté (; 21 June 1986 – 5 June 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After playing youth football for FC Bibo in his hometown of Yamoussoukro, he made his professional debut in 2005 ...

, Ivorian footballer (born 1986) * 7 June: Ernie Edds, English footballer (born 1926) * 8 June: ** Václav Halama, Czech footballer (born 1940) ** Sergo Kutivadze, Georgian footballer (born 1944) **

Jan Notermans Willem II may refer to: People *William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands *William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands Other uses *Willem II (football club) Wille ...

, Dutch footballer (born 1932) * 12 June: **

Pessalli Jonas Henrique Pessalli (24 September 1990 – 12 June 2017) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defe ...

, Brazilian footballer (born 1990) ** Karl-Heinz Weigang, German footballer (born 1935) * 14 June:

Jacques Foix Jacques Foix (; 26 November 1930 – 14 June 2017) was a French footballer who played striker. His playing career spanned from 1951 to 1964. Foix made seven appearances for the French national team between 1953 and 1956, scoring three goals an ...

, French international footballer (born 1930) * 16 June: ** Edzai Kasinauyo, Zimbabwean footballer (born 1975) ** Günter Siebert, German footballer (born 1930) * 18 June: Albert Franks, English footballer (born 1936) * 20 June:

Frode Larsen Frode Larsen (16 June 1949 − 20 June 2017)Frode Larsen har gått b ...

, Norwegian footballer (born 1949) * 21 June: Kelechi Emeteole, Nigerian footballer (born 1951) * 23 June: Tonny van der Linden, Dutch footballer (born 1932) * 25 June:

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

, Portuguese footballer (born 1938) * 27 June:

Stéphane Paille Stéphane Paille (27 June 1965 – 27 June 2017) was a French professional footballer who played for the France national team as well as for various club sides in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Scotland. After he retired from playing he ...

, French footballer (born 1965) * 28 June:

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1930) * 30 June: László Kovács, Hungarian footballer (born 1951)

July

* 1 July: ** Ibra Agbo, Equatoguinean footballer (born 1987) **

Ayan Sadakov Ayan Faikov Sadakov ( bg, Аян Фаиков Садъков) (26 September 1961 – 1 July 2017) was a Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Club career Sadakov began his club career ...

, Bulgarian footballer (born 1961) * 2 July: ** Billy Cook, Australian footballer (born 1940) ** John McCormick, Scottish footballer (born 1936) * 4 July: Ntuthuko Radebe, South African footballer (born 1994) * 5 July: John McKenzie, Scottish footballer (born 1925) * 6 July: ** Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager (born 1935) **

Ken Wimshurst Kenneth Pinkney Wimshurst (23 March 1938 – 6 July 2017) was an English footballer who played as a right half. He made over 300 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War. Career Ken Wimshurst played locally for South ...

, English footballer (born 1938) * 7 July: **

Ray Barnard Raymond Scholey Barnard (16 April 1933 – 7 July 2017) was an English footballer who made 156 appearances in the Football League playing for Middlesbrough and Lincoln City. He then helped Grantham win the 1963–64 Midland League The Midlan ...

, English footballer (born 1933) ** Johnson Kendrick, Brazilian footballer (born 1992) ** Tony Moore, English footballer (born 1947) * 8 July:

Roy Richards Roy Rohan Richards (24 November 1983 – 8 July 2017) was a footballer who played for the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team. Club career Richards played club football for Tobago United, Pastures United and Rendezvous. I ...

, Vincentian footballer (born 1983) * 10 July: Eugène Koffi Kouamé, Ivorian footballer (born 1988) * 11 July:

Gert Trinklein Gert Trinklein (19 June 1949 – 11 July 2017) was a German football player. Between 1969 and 1978 Trinklein appeared in 230 matches for Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1979, he moved to the USA, becoming the third German soccer pro besides Franz Beck ...

, German footballer (born 1949) * 14 July:

Bert Hill Albert Hill (8 March 1930 – 14 July 2017) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a wing-half for Colchester United F.C., Colchester United in the English Football League, Football League. Career Born in We ...

, English footballer (1930) * 15 July: ** Josef Hamerl, Austrian footballer (born 1931) **

Davie Laing David Laing (20 February 1925 – 15 July 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer. Laing played for Hearts for eight years and represented the Scottish League XI while there in 1952. His last game for the club was on 4 September 1954 in ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1925) * 19 July:

Joe Walters Joe Walters (born November 30, 1984) is an American former professional lacrosse player. Walters is part of the 2022 class of the Rochester Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Early life Walters, the youngest of four children was born to Joe and Be Walter ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1935) * 22 July:

Marcel Kunz Marcel Kunz (24 May 1943 – 22 July 2017) was a Switzerland, Swiss football (soccer), footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. Club career Born in Gerlafingen, Kunz started his football with the youth teams of the local foot ...

, Swiss footballer (born 1943) * 23 July:

Waldir Peres Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017), known as Waldir Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, in particular with São Paulo and the Brazilian national team. Playing career Club At club level, P ...

, Brazilian footballer (born 1951) * 26 July: ** Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, Brazilian footballer (born 1975) **

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 ...

, English footballer (born 1942) * 27 July: ** Perivaldo Dantas, Brazilian footballer (born 1953) **

Abdelmajid Dolmy Abdelmajid Dolmy (; 20 August 1953 – 27 July 2017) was a Moroccan footballer who played as a midfielder. He was nicknamed "Maestro". Career Dolmy played club football for Raja Casablanca in the Botola. He also played for the Morocco nation ...

, Moroccan footballer (born 1953) ** Valeri Maslov, Russian footballer (born 1940) **

Ovidio Messa Ovidio Messa Soruco (12 December 1952 – 27 July 2017) was a Bolivian footballer. He was born in Yacuíba, Bolivia. He was known for playing for the Bolivia national football team from 1978 through 1979. In 1980, Messa is tapped by Club Lib ...

, Bolivian footballer (born 1952) **

Manfred Rummel Manfred Rummel (22 March 1938 – 27 July 2017) was a German professional football player and coach. Career Born in Essen, Rummel joined Schwarz-Weiß Essen in 1958 from FSV Kettwig. He was part of the Schwarz-Weiß Essen which won the 1959 Ger ...

, German footballer (born 1938)

August

* 2 August: ** Dave Caldwell, Scottish footballer (born 1932) **

Ely Tacchella Ely Tacchella (25 May 1936 – 2 August 2017) was a Swiss football player born in Neuchâtel. He got 42 caps for Switzerland, playing all three games at the 1962 World Cup as well as in Switzerland's 0–5 loss to West Germany at the 1966 World ...

, Swiss footballer (born 1936) * 5 August:

Joe Cilia Joseph Cilia (22 October 1937 – 5 August 2017) was a Malta, Maltese professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, manager. Career Joe Cilia's natural talent and passion as a footballer was evident from ...

, Maltese footballer (born 1937) * 7 August:

Tor Røste Fossen Tor Røste Fossen (19 June 1940 – 7 August 2017) was a Norwegian football player and coach. He played for Rosenborg from 1964 to 1971, earning two Norwegian Premier League titles and one Norwegian Cup championship. He coached several Norwegian ...

, Norwegian footballer (born 1940) * 9 August: Beethoven Javier, Uruguayan footballer (born 1940) * 10 August: ** Miroslav Ćurčić, Serbian footballer (born 1962) ** Alois Eisenträger, German footballer (born 1927) * 15 August: Joe McGurn, Scottish footballer (born 1965) * 16 August: John Ogston, Scottish footballer (born 1939) * 18 August:

Pertti Alaja Pertti Johannes Alaja (18 February 1952 – 18 August 2017) was a Finland, Finnish Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Alaja was elected as the 15th president of the Football Association ...

, Finnish footballer (born 1952) * 21 August: Bill Green, English footballer (born 1950) * 23 August:

Engelbert Jarek Engelbert Jarek (7 June 1935 – 23 August 2017) was a Polish footballer. He was part of Poland's squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Oly ...

, Polish footballer (born 1935) * 24 August:

Alan Boswell Alan Henry Boswell (8 August 1943 – 24 August 2017) was an English football goalkeeper who made 479 league and cup appearances in a 12-year career in the English Football League. He began his career at Walsall in 1961, before moving on to Shr ...

, English footballer (born 1943) * 26 August: Dave Bumpstead, English footballer (born 1935) * 30 August:

Elmer Acevedo Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador. Club career Born in La Libertad Department, he moved to study in Santa Ana and joined the youth team of local club FAS, aged 16. After si ...

, Salvadoran footballer (born 1949)

September

* 3 September:

Piet Ouderland Piet Ouderland (17 March 1933 – 3 September 2017) was a Dutch footballer and basketball player. As a footballer, he played as a striker for Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and the Netherlands national team. For Ajax, he made 261 total appearances with the cl ...

, Dutch footballer (born 1933) * 6 September:

Nicolae Lupescu Nicolae Lupescu (17 December 1940 – 6 September 2017) was a Romanian football defender and manager. Club career Nicolae Lupescu was born on 17 December 1940 in Bucharest, Romania. He started to play football at junior level in 1954 at ICAR ...

, Romanian footballer (born 1940) * 8 September: Humberto Rosa, Argentine-Italian footballer (born 1932) * 12 September:

Bert McCann Robert Johnston McCann (15 October 1932 – 12 September 2017) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half for Dundee North End, Dundee United, Queen's Park, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Scotland. McCann represented Scotland ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1932) * 13 September: Derek Wilkinson, English footballer (born 1935) * 14 September: Wim Huis, Dutch footballer (born 1927) * 17 September:

Eugenio Bersellini Eugenio Bersellini (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian football player and manager. He was nicknamed ''Il sergente di ferro'' ("The iron sergeant") because of the very hard training sessions he used to impose on his players. He ...

, Italian footballer (born 1936) * 18 September: ** Jean Plaskie, Belgian international footballer (born 1941) **

Zurab Sotkilava Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava (russian: Зураб Лаврентьевич Соткилава, ka, ზურაბ სოტკილავა; 12 March 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR ...

, Georgian-Russian footballer (born 1937) ** Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer (born 1950) * 22 September: John Worsdale, English footballer (born 1948) * 26 September:

Richard Boucher Richard A. Boucher (born 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5, 2009. Pr ...

, French footballer (born 1932) * 28 September: ** Aleksey Arifullin, Russian footballer (born 1970) **

Željko Perušić Željko Perušić (23 March 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Club career During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München ...

, Croatian footballer (born 1936) * 29 September: Rolf Herings, German football coach (born 1940) * 30 September:

Gunnar Thoresen Gunnar Nils Thoresen (21 July 1920 – 30 September 2017) was one of the greatest Norwegian footballers in the 1940s and 1950s. A forward, played 64 matches and scored 22 goals for the Norway national team and took part in the 1952 Summer Olymp ...

, Norwegian footballer (born 1920)

October

* 1 October:

Olivier Baudry Olivier Baudry (12 June 1973 – 1 October 2017) was a French footballer.

, French footballer (born 1973) * 2 October: Patrocinio Samudio, Paraguayan footballer (born 1975) * 3 October: Les Mutrie, English footballer (born 1951) * 5 October: Georges Griffiths, Ivorian footballer (born 1990) * 6 October:

Roberto Anzolin Roberto Anzolin (; 18 April 1938 – 6 October 2017) was an Italian footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation, he played for several Italian sides, but is mostly remembered for hi ...

, Italian footballer (born 1938) * 7 October: Konstantin Sarsania, Russian footballer, manager and agent (born 1968) * 8 October: ** Michel Fernando Costa, Brazilian footballer (born 1981) ** Mlondi Dlamini, South African footballer (born 1997) * 9 October: **

Jimmy Reid James Reid (9 July 1932 – 10 August 2010) was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in between June 1971 a ...

, Scottish footballer (born 1935) ** József Tóth, Hungarian footballer (born 1929) * 11 October:

Dick Hewitt Richard Hewitt (25 May 1943 – 11 October 2017) was an English footballer. He played in the Football League for Barnsley and York City. He won the FA Trophy at Wembley in the 1973 FA Trophy Final, whilst finishing his playing career with Scarb ...

, English footballer (born 1943) * 13 October:

Pierre Hanon Pierre Hanon (29 December 1936 in Brussels – 13 October 2017) was a footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after th ...

, Belgian footballer (born 1936) * 15 October:

Choirul Huda Choirul Huda (2 June 1979 – 15 October 2017) was an Indonesian professional footballer and civil servant. Personal life Huda began his career in Persela Lamongan since 1999 and stayed with the club until his death in 2017. A legend of the club ...

, Indonesian footballer (born 1979) * 17 October: Giuseppe Massa, Italian footballer (born 1948) * 19 October: Brian Riley, English footballer (born 1937) * 24 October:

Ebrahim Ashtiani Ebrahim Ashtiani (Persian: ابراهیم اشتیانی; January 1942 – 24 October 2017) was an Iranian football player. He played for the Iran national football team and spent most of his career at Persepolis. His son Ardalan is also a profes ...

, Iranian footballer (born 1942) * 27 October:

Abdoulaye Soulama Abdoulaye Soulama (29 November 1979 – 27 October 2017) was a Burkinabé international footballer. Career In the 2001-2002 football season, Soulama played for Turkish team Denizlispor. He played successful matches at the club which made it to ...

, Burkinabé footballer (born 1979) * 28 October: Viktor Karachun, Russian footballer (born 1959) * 30 October:

Eugène Parlier Eugène Parlier (13 February 1929 – 30 October 2017) was a Swiss football goalkeeper who played for Switzerland in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Neuchâtel Xamax, Servette FC, Urania Genève Sport, FC Biel-Bienne, FC Lausanne-S ...

, Swiss footballer (born 1929) * 31 October: **

Stefano Salvatori Stefano Salvatori (29 December 1967 – 31 October 2017) was an Italian professional footballer. A tenacious, physically strong, and hard-working player, known for his energetic and tough-tackling style of play, he usually played as a central mi ...

, Italian footballer (born 1967) **

Abubakari Yakubu Abubakari Yakubu (13 December 1981 – 31 October 2017) was a Ghanaian footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder but also as a defender. Club career Born in Tema, Yakubu joined AFC Ajax at only 17, going on to remain in the Netherl ...

, Ghanaian footballer (born 1981)

November

* 1 November: Ramón Cabrero, Argentinian footballer and coach (born 1947) * 2 November:

Costanzo Balleri Costanzo Balleri (20 August 1933 – 2 November 2017) was an Italian football player and coach, who played as a defender.

, Italian footballer (born 1933) * 4 November: Tallys Machado de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (born 1987) * 5 November: ** Erlandas Duršlikas, Lithuanian footballer (born 1998) **

Dionatan Teixeira Dionatan do Nascimento Teixeira (24 July 1992 – 5 November 2017) was a Brazilian-born Slovakian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Teixeira began playing football with local side Londrina EC in Brazil before he was given t ...

, Slovak footballer (born 1992) * 6 November: **

Günter Hoge Günter Hoge (7 October 1940 – 6 November 2017) was a German footballer. Club career He played as a striker for ZASK Vorwärts Berlin, Motor Köpenick, Union Berlin and Motor Hennigsdorf An engine or motor is a machine designed to conv ...

, German footballer (born 1940) **

Feliciano Rivilla Feliciano Muñoz Rivilla (21 August 1936 – 6 November 2017) was a Spanish footballer who played as a right back. He spent the better part of his 16-year senior career with Atlético Madrid, playing 356 competitive games and scoring seven goal ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1936) * 7 November:

Hans Schäfer Hans Schäfer (19 October 1927 – 7 November 2017) was a German footballer who played as an outside left. Career Schäfer was born in Zollstock, Cologne. He played for 1. FC Köln between 1948 and 1965, and for the West Germany national team, ...

, German footballer (born 1927) * 8 November:

Josip Weber Josip Weber, nicknamed Joske, (born Josip Veber; 16 November 1964 – 8 November 2017) was a Croatian-Belgian professional football forward. He represented Croatia and Belgium at international level. Club career Weber began his senior career in ...

, Croatian-Belgian footballer (born 1964) * 9 November:

Akbar Eftekhari Akbar Eftekhari (7 December 1943 – 9 November 2017) was an Iranian football midfielder who played for Iran. He also played for Taj SC and Persepolis , native_name_lang = , alternate_name = , image = Gate of All Nations, Perse ...

, Iranian footballer (born 1943) * 11 November: **

Nate Hobgood-Chittick Nate Broe Hobgood-Chittick (November 30, 1974 – November 11, 2017) was an American football defensive tackle who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants, and spe ...

, American footballer (born 1974) **

Amar Rouaï Amar Rouaï (March 9, 1932 – November 11, 2017) was a former Algerian international football player and manager. From 1958 to 1962, he was a member of the FLN football team. Club career Rouaï began his career with MC El Eulma, making his debu ...

, Algerian footballer (born 1932) * 12 November:

Santiago Vernazza Julio Carlos Santiago "Ghito" Vernazza (23 September 1928 – 12 November 2017) was an Argentine football (soccer), footballer. He was a Forward (association football), forward who played for Club Atlético Platense, Platense and Club Atlético ...

, Argentine footballer (born 1928) * 13 November:

Frank O'Connor Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on a ...

, Australian footballer (born 1923) * 15 November: **

Hamad Ndikumana Hamad Ndikumana (5 October 1978 – 15 November 2017) also known as Katauti by the Rwandan fans, was a Rwandan football defender who was released from APOP Kinyras Peyias FC in Cyprus. His main attribute was his excellent tackling. He died ...

, Rwandan footballer (born 1978) ** Bert Ormond, New Zealand footballer (born 1931) * 16 November: Tommy Farrer, English footballer (born 1922) * 18 November: **

Commins Menapi Commins Menapi (18 September 1977 – 18 November 2017) was a Solomon Islands striker, who was last the manager of Western United. He guided them to their first and only Telekom S league title season 2014/2015. Club career He played for Young ...

, Solomon Islands footballer (born 1977) **

Friedel Rausch Friedel Rausch (27 February 1940 – 18 November 2017) was a German football player and manager. As a manager, he won with FC Luzern the Swiss championship in 1989 and the cup in 1992, thereby becoming the most successful manager in the club's h ...

, German footballer (born 1940) * 20 November:

Janusz Wójcik Janusz Marek Wójcik (November 18, 1953 – November 20, 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and coach. Playing career He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi ...

, Polish footballer (born 1953) * 21 November:

Luis Garisto Luis Garisto Pan (3 December 1945 – 21 November 2017) was a Uruguayan football (soccer) coach who had a professional career as both player and head coach. Career Luis Garisto, ''el Loco'', began his professional career in 1960 with Uruguayan c ...

, Uruguayan footballer (born 1945) * 22 November:

Otto Luttrop Otto Luttrop (1 March 1939 – 21 November 2017) was a German football player and coach. As a player, he spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich. He coached mainly in Switzerland. Luttrop died on 21 November 2017, aged 78. H ...

, German footballer (born 1939) * 23 November:

Allan Harris Allan Harris (28 December 1942 – 23 November 2017) was a footballer who played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer. Harris was a full-back and began his career with Chelsea ...

, English footballer (born 1942) * 24 November:

Ángel Berni Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez (9 January 1931 – 24 November 2017) was a football striker. Career Berni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team. In 1951 h ...

, Paraguayan footballer (born 1931) * 26 November:

Eliezer Spiegel Eliezer Spiegel ( he, אליעזר שפיגל; 20 June 1922 – 26 November 2017) was a footballer and manager, who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva, Beitar Tel Aviv and for the Israel national football team in the 1940s and 1950s. Playing car ...

, Israeli footballer (born 1922) * 27 November:

Dermot Drummy Dermot Drummy (16 January 1961 – 27 November 2017) was an English association football, football coach and professional player. He was the head coach of Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town, a position he took up in April 2016 after serving three ...

, English footballer (1961) * 28 November: ** Jimmy McEwan, Scottish footballer (born 1929) **

Zdeněk Šreiner Zdeněk Šreiner (2 June 1954 – 28 November 2017) was a Czech football player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal as part of the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a ...

, Czech footballer (born 1954) * 29 November:

Ján Strausz Ján Strausz (16 November 1942 – 29 November 2017), nicknamed ''Johan'' after composer Johann Strauss, was a Slovak football striker who played for Jednota Košice, Dukla Prague (1965–1966), VSS Košice (1963–1965 and 1967–1975), Ban ...

, Slovak footballer (born 1942)

December

* 3 December: Ian Twitchin, English footballer (born 1952) * 4 December: **

Henning Jensen Henning Jensen (17 August 1949 – 4 December 2017) was a Danish football player who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league champi ...

, Danish footballer (born 1949) ** Gregory Rigters, Surinamese footballer (born 1985) * 5 December: ** Michel Dighneef, Belgian footballer (born 1936) ** Laurie Rymer, Australian footballer (1934) ** Jacques Simon, French footballer (born 1941) * 6 December:

Juan José Díaz Galiana ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, Spanish football coach (born 1949) * 8 December:

Pál Dárdai Pál Dárdai (born 16 March 1976) is a Hungarian retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, and last coached Hertha BSC. In a 20-year professional career, he played for over a decade with the same club, Hertha BSC, in Ger ...

, Hungarian footballer (born 1951) * 9 December:

Benjamin Massing Benjamin Roger Massing (20 June 1962 – 9 December 2017) was a Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender. He played professionally for Diamant Yaoundé, Créteil in France, and Olympic Mvolyé. At international level, he played f ...

, Cameroonian footballer (born 1962) * 10 December: Ivan Stoyanov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1949) * 11 December:

Paul Holz Paul Holz (27 September 1952 – 11 December 2017) was a German football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that ...

, German footballer (born 1952) * 15 December: **

Dave Boyd David Edward 'Davey' Boyd (16 August 1927 – 15 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Port Adelaide Boyd was a key member of the strong ...

, Australian footballer (born 1927) **

Felipe Mesones Felipe Mesones Temperán (9 February 1936 – 15 December 2017) was an Argentine football right winger and coach. Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Mesones spent the vast majority of his career in Spain, representing Real Murcia, Levante UD ...

, Argentine footballer (born 1936) ** Paul Straney, Northern Irish footballer (born 1975) * 17 December: **

Higinio García Fernández Higinio is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Higinio Anglés (1888–1969), Spanish musicologist *Higinio Cazón (1866–1914), musician and Songwriter *Higinio Marín Escavy (born 1993), Spanish footballer * Higinio García Fern ...

, Spanish footballer (born 1956) **

Frank Hodgkin Frank D. Hodgkin (20 June 1941 – 17 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hodgkin, originally from Kergunyah in the Tallangatta & District Football League, debutin ...

, Australian footballer (born 1941) * 18 December:

Josef Pešice Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager.

, Czech footballer (born 1950) * 19 December:

Yevhen Kotelnykov Yevhen Kotelnykov (21 March 1939 – 19 December 2017) was a Soviet soccer player and coach from Ukraine. External links Yevhen Kotelnykov: "I am excited by our victory in Montenegro" Komanda. 11 June 2013. * Novobranets, V. '. Komanda. 6 Janu ...

, Ukrainian footballer (born 1939) * 20 December:

Jiří Sloup Jiří Sloup (30 April 1953 – 20 December 2017) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder. Honours * 1982–83 Czechoslovak First League External links

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, Czech footballer (born 1953) * 21 December: ** Zdzisław Bieniek, Polish footballer (born 1930) ** Renan Martins Pereira, Brazilian footballer (born 1997) ** Timur Segizbayev, Kazak footballer (born 1941) * 22 December: ** Cyril Beavon, English footballer (born 1937) **

Ken Hands Ken Hands (26 October 1926 – 22 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tie ...

, Australian footballer (born 1926) * 23 December: Cesare Zamboni, Italian footballer (born 1931) * 24 December: **

Ken Feltscheer Ken Feltscheer (9 June 1915 – 25 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He turned 100 in June 2015 and died on 25 December 2017 at the age of 102. ...

, Australian footballer (born 1915) ** Edu Ferreira, Portuguese footballer (born 1997) ** Renato Marchiaro, Italian footballer (born 1919) * 26 December: ** Gerd Hennig, German football referee (born 1935) ** Willie Penman, Scottish footballer (born 1939) ** Steve Piper, English footballer (born 1953) * 27 December: ** Osvaldo Fattori, Italian footballer (born 1922) ** Roberto Ortega, Argentine footballer (born 1932) **

Lothar Schämer Lothar Schämer (28 April 1940 – 27 December 2017) was a German professional footballer who played as a defender. Schämer played his entire professional career at Eintracht Frankfurt. In the 1963–64 season, he was part of the Frankfurt s ...

, German footballer (born 1940) * 28 December:

Stanisław Terlecki Stanisław Andrzej Terlecki (13 November 1955 – 28 December 2017) was a Polish footballer. He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1981–1990. Terlecki was a MISL Most Valuable Playe ...

, Polish footballer (born 1955) * 30 December: **

John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating, Rudd and Gillard Governments. After his election to ...

, English footballer (born 1948) ** Sean McCaffrey, Irish football manager (born 1959)

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Domestic leagues

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

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 ( ; typese ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

Domestic cups

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

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 ( ; typese ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

Women's leagues

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

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 ( ; typese ...

Women's cups

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

Detailed results

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

Europe (UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...)

Nations

Clubs

North, Central America & Caribbean (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 ( ; typese ...)

South America (CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...)

Africa ( CAF)

Asia ( AFC)

Oceania ( OFC)

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

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 ( ; typese ...

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

Beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

International beach soccer events

2017 Euro Beach Soccer League The 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was the 20th edition of the annual, premier European competition in beach soccer contested between men's national teams, in a league and play-off format. This season teams continued to take part in two div ...

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Europe (
UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
)

North, Central America & Caribbean (
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 ( ; typese ...
)

South America (
CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
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