The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.
Events Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4–2. Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2–1. November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.
Winners club national championship
Asia : Al-Maref
Europe : FC Admira Wacker Mödling : Anderlecht : Dukla Prague : Liverpool : Nantes : Inter Milan : Ajax : Sporting C.P. : Celtic : Dynamo Kiev : Atlético Madrid : FC Zürich : Beşiktaş J.K. : TSV 1860 München : FK Vojvodina
North America : América
South America : Racing Club : Cruzeiro
International tournaments 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)
FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)
Clubs Founded PAS Giannina (Greece)
Births
January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer January 15 – Rommel Fernández, Panamanian striker (d. 1993) January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer February 1 – Michelle Akers, American women's soccer player February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer (d. 1997) April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager April 14 – Suzana Cavalheiro, Brazilian footballer May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer May 24 – Eric Cantona, French footballer May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer June 12 Nélson Bertolazzi, Brazilian former footballer Albeiro Usuriaga (died 2004), Colombian footballer June 14 – Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer June 14 – Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer June 26 – Abel Shongwe, retired Swazi footballer June 29 – Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer August 2 – Anzor Koblev, Russian professional football coach and former playerAnzor Koblev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer August 22 Laurent Cadu, French former professional footballer Luca Lurati, retired Swiss footballer Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer (died 2015) October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German international footballer October 19 – José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee November 10 – Michael Voss, former cricketerMichael Voss at CricketArchive December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer
Unknown date Ibrahim Chaibou, Nigerien football referee
Deaths
March 27 – Hermann Garrn, German forward, capped 2 times for the Germany national football team (78) April 29 – Sílvio Lagreca, Brazilian manager, first ever manager of the Brazil national football team (70) May 2 – Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup (64) September 3 - John Nicholson, English footballer, started career at Liverpool (29) September 17 – Mário Filho, Brazilian legendary football journalist who revolutionized football coverage in Brazil. The Maracanã Stadium was named after him after his death (58) December 26 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentine striker, runner-up and top scorer of the 1930 FIFA World Cup (61)
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