The following are the association football events of the year 1993 throughout the world.
Events
- April 27 â 18 members of the Zambia national football team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon. This is the worst tragedy in African football.
- May 15 â The inauguration match of J. League, Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos is held at the National Stadium of Japan.
- May 20 â In France, start the "Affair OM-VA" corruption scandal by Marseille and Valenciennes. One week later, on May 26, Marseille's squad win the UEFA Champions League defeating AC Milan 1âÂÂ0 at the Olympiastadion in Munich. On May 29, Marseille win the French league, but are stripped of the title by the French Football Federation on September 22, with no winner assigned. In October/November the France national football team fail to qualify for the 1994 World Cup after losses to Israel and Bulgaria
- May 20 â Arsenal defeats Sheffield Wednesday 2âÂÂ1 in the replay to claim the FA Cup.
- May 26 â Copa Libertadores won by São Paulo FC after defeating Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on an aggregate score, 5âÂÂ3.
- August 8 â Ajax wins the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 4âÂÂ0 win over Feyenoord.
- September 5 â Colombia national football team pull one of the largest upsets in soccer by defeating Argentina national football team 0âÂÂ5 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- December 12 â São Paulo FC once again wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan, this time by defeating Italy's AC Milan,3âÂÂ2. The winning goal for the Brazilians is scored by Müller in the 86th minute. European Cup winners Olympique Marseille (France) were suspended due to a bribery scandal in the French Championship and were replaced by runners-up Milan.
Winners club national tournaments
Africa
Asia
Europe
Central America
North America
South America
International tournaments
Births
January
- 1 January: Jon Flanagan, English footballer
- 4 January: Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Ukrainian footballer
- 7 January: Jan Oblak, Slovenian footballer
- 8 January: Lina Lundqvist, Swedish footballer
- 14 January:
- Daniel Bessa, Italian-Brazilian junior international
- Juanjo Muko Nsue, Equatoguinean footballer
- 15 January: Niko Kata, Spanish-born Equatoguinean international
- 16 January: Pedro Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
- 19 January: Mike Thalassitis, English-Cypriot footballer and television personality (d. 2019)
- 20 January: Elin Wahlström, Swedish footballer
- 25 January: Kasper Larsen, Danish footballer
February
March
- 1 March: Josh McEachran, English junior international
- 3 March: Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
- 5 March: Gilbrano Plet, Dutch ffootballer
- 7 March
- Leonid Akulinin, Ukrainian footballer
- Sultan Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
- Diego Chávez, Peruvian footballer
- Mary Earps, British footballer
- VinÃÂcius Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- João Tiago Serrão Garcês, Portuguese footballer
- Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
- ÃÂscar Ignacio Hernández, Chilean footballer
- Saad Hussain, Qatari footballer
- Jackson Irvine, Australian footballer
- Anton Kotlyar, Ukrainian footballer
- Santy Ngom, Senegalese footballer
- Mohamed Ouattara, Burkinabé footballer
- Shawn Parker, German footballer
- Robbie Thomson, Scottish footballer
- 9 March: Larnell Cole, English footballer
- 15 March â Papa Alassane Ndiaye, Senegalese footballer
- 19 March
- Mateusz Szwoch, Polish midfielder
- Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan and Dutch international
- 25 March â Anna Hjälmkvist, Swedish footballer
- 26 March â Sara Nordin, Swedish footballer
- 28 March â Fran Zafra, Spanish footballer
- 31 March â Connor Wickham, English footballer
April
May
- May 5: Andrzej Sobieszczyk, Polish footballer
- May 7: Lampros Tairis, Greek footballer
- May 13: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
- May 18: Taulant Kadrija, Slovenian footballer
- May 20
- Juanmi, Spanish international
- Marcel Mosch, German footballer
- May 25: Andrés Felipe Roa, Colombian international
- May 26:
- Juan Cifré, Spanish footballer
- Kendra McMullan, Northern Irish former footballer
- May 27: Mikel Agu, Nigerian international
June
July
- 1 July: Mirza JatiÃÂ, Austrian footballer
- 5 July: Mehdi Tarfi, Belgian footballer
- 8 July: Shahrul Saad, Malaysian footballer
- 10 July: Tiago Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- 13 July: Dan Bentley, English footballer
- 15 July: ÃÂmer Arslan, Turkish footballer
- 18 July: Nabil Fekir, French footballer
- 22 July: Juan Manuel Solano, Colombian footballer
- 27 July:
- Omer Atzili, Israeli footballer
- Max Power, English footballer
- 28 July: Harry Kane, English footballer
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
October
- October 4 - Jim Holton (43), Scottish international footballer
- October 14 â Harald Hennum (65), Norwegian footballer
November
December
References