1963 in association football

Overview of the events of 1963 in association football

1963 in sports
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The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.

Notable events

Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3.
May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia.
May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup.
September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
1963 International Soccer League
- League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate.
- Cup: FK Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate.
West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition.
- Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.^[1]

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)

Scotland

Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Chile
African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
1. Ghana
2. Sudan
3. Egypt

Births

January 1
- Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
- Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
- István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer^[2]
January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
April 15 – Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender
July 16
- Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
- Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer
July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014)
October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer^[3]
October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010)
October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012)
October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer
November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer
November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer
November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager
November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer
December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager
December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

Deaths

January

January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)

June

June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)

References

^ Football, Mirror (2012-03-13). "Scorer of Bundesliga's first goal passes away aged 73". mirror. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
^ "István Varga". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ "Robert Veronese". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.