1957 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.

Events

• February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan.
• October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
• November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup.

Winners club national championship

• : River Plate
• : R. Antwerp F.C.
• : Emelec
• : Manchester United
• : AS Saint-Etienne
• : Vasas SC
• : Hapoel Tel Aviv
• : A.C. Milan
• : Ajax Amsterdam
• : Olimpia Asunción
• : Rangers
• : FC Dynamo Moscow
• : Real Madrid
• : IFK Norrköping
• : Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957)
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• 1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957)
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• 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)

• Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957)
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Births

• January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
• January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
• January 19 – Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss footballer
• February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager
• February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager
• March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer
• May 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
• May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer
• May 22 – Jan Endeman, Dutch retired footballer
• May 26 – Caryne Selbonne, French footballer
• July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player
• September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer
• September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 11
• Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
• Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 19 – Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired football
• September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
• October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
• October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
• October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
• November 17 – Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer
• December 13 – Abdellah Liegeon, Algerian footballer (d. 2025)
• December 17 – Robbie Gaffney, Irish footballer

Deaths

January

• January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)

October

• October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis)

References