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1966 in sports
Years in association football
← 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 →
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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

Qatar: Al-Maref

Europe

North America

Mexico: América

South America

Argentina: Racing Club
Brazil: Cruzeiro

International tournaments

1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)

England

FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)

Clubs Founded

PAS Giannina (Greece)

Births

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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^[1]
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
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 – 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^[2]
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 player^[3]
August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
August 22 – Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
August 22 – 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 cricketer^[4] at CricketArchive
December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer

Deaths

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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 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)

References

^ "Michelle Akers". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Former Amakhosi Greats Who Are Almost In Or Over The 50-Year Mark". snl24.com. Media24. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Anzor Koblev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ Michael Voss

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