2021 in association football

The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2021 throughout the world.

Events

Men's national teams

FIFA

• 22 July – 7 August: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament in
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• 19–29 August: 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in
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• 12 September – 3 October: 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in
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• 30 November – 18 December: 2021 FIFA Arab Cup in
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AFC

AFF

• 5 December – 1 January 2022: 2020 AFF Championship in
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CAFA

• 19–23 November: 2021 CAFA U-15 Championship in Dushanbe
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SAFF

• 1–16 October: 2021 SAFF Championship in
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WAFF

• 4–12 October: 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship in
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• 20 November – 1 December: 2021 WAFF U-18 Championship in
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UAFA

• 20–29 May: 2021 Arab Futsal Cup in
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• 20 June – 6 July: 2021 Arab Cup U-20 in
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CAF

• 16 January – 7 February: 2020 African Nations Championship in
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• 14 February – 6 March: 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in
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• 23–29 May: 2021 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in
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CECAFA

• 17–31 July: 2021 CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup in
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COSAFA

• 7–18 July: 2021 COSAFA Cup in Port Elizabeth
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• 1 December –: 2021 COSAFA Under-17 Championship in
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UNAF

• 18–24 January: 2021 UNAF U-17 Tournament in
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• 8–17 November: 2021 UNAF U-20 Tournament in
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WAFU

• 5–18 January: 2021 WAFU Zone B U-17 Tournament in
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• 5–13 February: 2021 WAFU Zone A U-17 Tournament in
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CONCACAF

• 3–9 May: 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in
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• 3–6 June: 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in
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• 10 July – 1 August: 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup in
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CONMEBOL

• 13 June – 10 July: 2021 Copa América in
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UEFA

• 24–31 March (group stage), 31 May – 6 June (knockout stage): 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in and
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• 11 June – 11 July: UEFA Euro 2020 in 11 European countries (Final in )
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• 6–10 October: 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals in
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Invitational

• 23–29 March: 2021 Three Nations Cup in
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• 26–29 May: 2021 Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament in
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• 1–10 June: 2020 Baltic Cup in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn
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• 2–7 September: 2021 Three Nations Cup in
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• 8–19 November: 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament in
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• 8–13 December–: 2021 Copa Raúl Coloma Rivas in
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Women's national teams

FIFA

• 21 July – 6 August: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament in
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AFC

CAFA

• 11–17 June: 2021 CAFA U-20 Women's Championship in Dushanbe
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• 30 June – 9 July: 2021 CAFA U-17 Women's Championship in Dushanbe
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SAFF

• 11–22 December: 2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship in Dhaka
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UAFA

• 24 August – 6 September: 2021 Arab Women's Cup in
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CAF

CECAFA

• 30 October – 9 November: 2021 CECAFA Women's U20 Championship in
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COSAFA

• 28 September – 9 October: 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship in Port Elizabeth
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Invitational

• 17–23 February: 2021 Turkish Women's Cup in
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• 18–23 February: 2021 Malta International Women's Football Tournament in
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• 18–24 February: 2021 'Three Nations, One Goal' Cup in Brussels, Aachen and Venlo
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• 18–24 February: 2021 SheBelieves Cup in
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• 5–11 April: 2021 Three Nations Cup in
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• 7–12 April: Four Nation Tournament in
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• 8–14 June: Bansko Pirin Women's Cup in
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• 10–13 June: 2020 Baltic Women's Cup in Alytus
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• 10–15 June: Three Nations Training Tournament in Bohuslän
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• 27–29 June: 2020 Baltic Women's U19 Cup in Tallinn
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• 25 November – 1 December: 2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus in
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Club continental champions

Men

Women

National leagues

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Domestic cups

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Women's leagues

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Women's Domestic cup

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Second, third, fourth, and fifth leagues

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Women's second, third and fourth leagues

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Men's university leagues

CONCACAF

Women's university leagues

CONCACAF

Youth leagues

UEFA

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

Non-FIFA

Deaths

January

• 1 January –
• Clint Boulton, 72, English footballer (Port Vale, Torquay United).
• Bernard Guignedoux, 73, French football player (Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco) and manager (Valenciennes).
• 2 January –
• Cléber Eduardo Arado, 48, Brazilian footballer (Kyoto Purple Sanga, Coritiba), COVID-19.
• Miquel Ferrer, 89, Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona, CD Condal, Real Oviedo).
• Ryder Mofokeng, 68, South African football player (Kaizer Chiefs).
• Yuri Saukh, 69, Russian football player (SKA Rostov, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and manager.
• 5 January –
• Colin Bell, 74, English footballer (Bury, Manchester City, national team).
• Brandãozinho, 90, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Celta de Vigo).
• Tyberii Korponai, 62, Ukrainian football player and manager (Karpaty Lviv, Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, Kremin Kremenchuk).
• 6 January –
• Mircea Bolba, 59, Romanian football player (Politehnica Timișoara, Bihor Oradea) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare).
• Ferdinand Kolarik, 83, Austrian footballer (Admira Wien, national team).
• Thanasis Papazoglou, 67, Greek footballer (PAS Giannina, national team).
• 7 January –
• Alex Apolinário, 24, Brazilian footballer (Alverca, Cruzeiro), cardiac arrest.
• Cassim Louis, 73, Saint Lucian football manager (national team).
• 8 January –
• Otto Geisert, 81, German footballer (Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern).
• Marian Kondratowicz, 79, Polish footballer (Odra Opole).
• Wojciech Przybylski, 81, Polish football player (Broń Radom) and manager (Lechia Gdańsk, Al-Jaish).
• 9 January –
• Harry Brüll, 85, Dutch footballer (Rapid JC Heerlen, Fortuna Sittard, national team).
• Llorenç Rifé, 82, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Deportivo de La Coruña).
• 10 January –
• Arthur Bramley, 91, English footballer (Mansfield Town).
• Pedro Casado, 83, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Sabadell, national team).
• Tosh Chamberlain, 86, English footballer (Fulham, Dover Athletic, Gravesend and Northfleet).
• Avelino Chaves, 89, Spanish football player (Real Zaragoza) and executive.
• Tony Gregory, 83, English footballer (Luton Town, Watford).
• Bobby Kellard, 77, English football player (Southend United, Portsmouth, Crystal Palace) and manager.
• Christopher Maboulou, 30, French-Congolese footballer (Châteauroux, Bastia, PAS Giannina), heart attack.
• Josep Antoni Noya, 81, Spanish footballer (Sabadell, Atlético Madrid).
• Walter Taibo, 89, Uruguayan footballer (Huracán, Nacional, national team).
• 11 January –
• Fabio Enzo, 74, Italian footballer (Roma, Cesena, Novara), complications from COVID-19.
• Gothard Kokott, 77, Polish football manager (Raków Częstochowa, Ruch Radzionków).
• 12 January – Per Martinsen, 84, Norwegian footballer (Lisleby, Fredrikstad, national team).
• 14 January – José Luis Caballero, 65, Mexican Olympic footballer (1976).
• 15 January –
• Geoff Barnett, 74, English footballer (Everton, Arsenal, Minnesota Kicks), complications from COVID-19.
• Aleksandr Nikitin, 59, Russian football player (Torpedo Volzhsky, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Rotor Volgograd) and manager.
• 16 January –
• György Handel, 61, Hungarian footballer (MTK-VM, Rába ETO, national team), COVID-19.
• Sergei Rodin, 39, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow, Sportakademklub Moscow, Sokol Saratov).
• 17 January – Roger Machin, 94, French football referee.
• 18 January – Dani Shmulevich-Rom, 80, Israeli footballer (Maccabi Haifa, national team), cancer.
• 19 January –
• José Alves, 86, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, Corinthians, América).
• Gordon Galley, 90, English footballer (Darlington, Sheffield Wednesday) and police officer.
• Gustavo Peña, 78, Mexican football player (Monterrey, national team) and manager (Leones Negros), COVID-19.
• 20 January –
• John Jeffers, 52, English footballer (Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County).
• Peter Swan, 84, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Matlock Town, national team).
• 21 January – Calixto Avena, 77, Colombian footballer (Millonarios, Atlético Junior, national team), COVID-19.
• 22 January –
• Luton Shelton, 35, Jamaican footballer (Harbour View, VÃ¥lerenga, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Johnny Williams, 73, English footballer (Watford, Colchester United, Margate).
• 23 January –
• Abukari Gariba, 81, Ghanaian Olympic footballer (1968, 1972).
• Peter Gillott, 85, English footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City).
• 24 January –
• Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, 70, Icelandic footballer (Celtic, Motherwell, national team).
• Barrie Mitchell, 73, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen, Tranmere Rovers).
• Ron Rafferty, 86, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Aldershot, Portsmouth).
• Notable Brazilians who died in the 2021 Palmas FR plane crash:
• Marcus Molinari, 23, footballer (Tupi, Ipatinga, Tupynambás).
• Guilherme Noé, 28, footballer (Batatais, Rio Preto, Ipatinga).
• Ranule, 27, footballer (Atlético Itapemirim, Democrata, Resende).
• 25 January –
• David Bright, 64, Botswanan football manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, Cape Town, national team), complications from COVID-19.
• Maryan Synakowski, 84, French footballer (Sedan, Union SG, national team).
• 26 January –
• John Mortimore, 86, English football player (Chelsea) and manager (Benfica, Belenenses).
• Jozef VengloÅ¡, Slovak footballer and manager (born 1936)
• 27 January –
• José Cruz, 68, Honduran footballer (Motagua, Real España, national team), COVID-19.
• Mehrdad Minavand, 45, Iranian football player (Pas, Persepolis, national team) and manager, COVID-19.
• 28 January –
• Leslie Brown, 84, English footballer (Dulwich Hamlet).
• Eddie Connachan, 85, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, national team).
• Yvon Douis, 85, French footballer (Lille, AS Monaco, national team), COVID-19.
• John Grant, 89, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, national team).
• 29 January –
• Roberto Frojuello, 83, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, River Plate, Colo-Colo).
• Varol Ürkmez, 84, Turkish footballer (Beşiktaş, Altay, national team).
• 31 January –
• John Gibbons, 95, English footballer (QPR, Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur), COVID-19.
• Justo Tejada, 88, Spanish footballer (Barcelona, Real Madrid, national team).

February

• 1 February – Peter Hindley, 76, English footballer (Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Peterborough United), dementia.
• 3 February –
• Ali Ansarian, 43, Iranian footballer (Persepolis, Shahrdari Tabriz, national team), COVID-19.
• Benito Boldi, 86, Italian footballer (Catania, Cesena, Biellese), complications from COVID-19.
• Nilson Borges, 79, Brazilian footballer (Portuguesa-SP, Atlético Paranaense).
• Norbert Owona, 70, Cameroonian footballer (Union Douala, national team).
• 4 February –
• Santiago García, 30, Uruguayan footballer (Nacional, River Plate-UY, Godoy Cruz), suicide by gunshot.
• Ben Hannigan, 77, Irish footballer (Shelbourne, Wrexham, Dundalk).
• 5 February – Wim Vrösch, 75, Dutch football player (Sparta Rotterdam, Fortuna Sittard) and manager (Metalurh Donetsk).
• 6 February –
• Abdelkhalek Louzani, 75, Moroccan footballer (Anderlecht, K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt, Olympic Charleroi), COVID-19.
• Columb McKinley, 70, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Dumbarton).
• Ken Roberts, 84, Welsh football player (Aston Villa) and manager (Chester City).
• 7 February –
• Mario Osbén, 70, Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo, Cobreloa, national team), heart attack.
• Lula Pereira, 64, Brazilian footballer (Sport Recife, Santa Cruz, Ceará) and manager (Flamengo).
• Whelan Ward, 91, English footballer (Bradford City, King's Lynn).
• 8 February –
• Tony Collins, 94, English football player (Sheffield Wednesday, Watford) and manager (Rochdale).
• Graham Day, 67, English footballer (Bristol Rovers, Portland Timbers).
• 9 February – Yisa Sofoluwe, 53, Nigerian footballer (Abiola Babes, national team), COVID-19.
• 10 February –
• Dai Davies, 72, Welsh footballer (Wrexham, Everton, national team), pancreatic cancer.
• Pachín, 82, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, national team) and manager (Hércules).
• 11 February –
• John James, 72, English footballer (Port Vale, Chester City, Tranmere Rovers).
• John Kirkham, 79, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Peterborough United, Exeter City).
• Mladen Vranković, 83, Croatian football player (HNK Rijeka, Kansas City Spurs) and manager (NK Orijent).
• 12 February –
• Gianni Beschin, 67, Italian football referee.
• Celso Güity, 63, Honduran footballer (Marathón, Sula, national team), cancer.
• Norman Jukes, 88, English footballer (York City).
• Maurizio Mattei, 78, Italian football referee, COVID-19.
• 13 February – Alan Woan, 90, English footballer (Northampton Town, Crystal Palace, Aldershot).
• 15 February –
• Leopoldo Luque, 71, Argentine footballer (River Plate, Unión, national team), world champion (1978), COVID-19.
• Kenny McDevitt, 91, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers).
• José Pedrozo, 38, Paraguayan footballer (Antofagasta, San Marcos de Arica), traffic collision.
• 17 February –
• Özcan Arkoç, 81, Turkish footballer (Hamburger SV, Beşiktaş, national team).
• John Manning, 80, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Barnsley).
• Martí Vergés, 86, Spanish footballer (España Industrial, Barcelona, national team).
• 19 February –
• Faisal Abdulaziz, 53, Bahraini footballer (Muharraq, national team).
• Ebba Andersson, 85, Swedish footballer (Öxabäcks, national team).
• Fousiya Mampatta, 52, Indian football player and manager, cancer.
• Silvio Sérafin, 82, French footballer (FC Nancy, Angers SCO, Angoulême-Soyaux Charente).
• 20 February – Mauro Bellugi, 71, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Bologna, national team), complications from COVID-19.
• 22 February – Jack Bolton, 79, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town, Raith Rovers, Dumbarton).
• 23 February –
• Harry Clark, 88, English footballer (Darlington, Hartlepool United).
• Willy Ta Bi, 21, Ivorian footballer (national team), liver cancer.
• 25 February –
• Albert Bers, 89, Belgian footballer (Sint-Truidense V.V.) and football coach (Belgium women's national team).
• Rafi Levi, 83, Israeli footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Sydney Hakoah, national team).
• Finn Sterobo, 87, Danish footballer (Odense Boldklub, national team).
• Ton Thie, 76, Dutch footballer (ADO Den Haag, San Francisco Golden Gate Gales).
• 26 February – Horacio Moráles, 77, Argentine Olympic footballer (1964).
• 27 February – Dante Crippa, 83, Italian footballer (Brescia, Juventus, S.P.A.L.), complications from COVID-19.
• 28 February – Glenn Roeder, 65, English footballer and manager (Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, West Ham United), brain tumour.

March

• 3 March – Wilhelm Eliassen, 85, Norwegian footballer (Frigg Oslo FK, national team).
• 4 March –
• Phil Chisnall, 78, English footballer (Manchester United, Liverpool, Southend United).
• Tengiz Sichinava, 48, Georgian football player (Dinamo Batumi, national team) and manager (Gagra).
• Willie Whigham, 81, Scottish footballer (Albion Rovers, Falkirk, Middlesbrough), pneumonia.
• 5 March – Mickey Lewis, 56, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Oxford United), cancer.
• 6 March –
• Franco Acosta, 25, Uruguayan footballer (Fénix, Villarreal B, Plaza Colonia), drowned.
• Konrad Kornek, 84, Polish footballer (Odra Opole, national team).
• 7 March – Mirko Pavinato, 86, Italian footballer (Bologna, Vicenza), kidney problems aggravated by COVID-19.
• 9 March –
• Agustín Balbuena, 75, Argentine footballer (Colón de Santa Fe, Independiente).
• Micky Brown, 76, English footballer (Millwall, Colchester United).
• Bob Graves, 78, English footballer (Lincoln City).
• Marino Lombardo, 70, Italian footballer (Torino, Cesena, Pistoiese), heart attack.
• Tommy Troelsen, 80, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960) and television presenter.
• 10 March –
• Mario Boccalatte, 87, Italian footballer (Biellese, Reggiana).
• Ron Phoenix, 91, English footballer (Manchester City, Rochdale).
• 11 March – Jimmy Stevenson, 74, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Southend United, Margate).
• 12 March –
• Gérard Aygoui, 84, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille, national team).
• Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle), complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.
• 13 March – Rostyslav Bahdasarov, 27, Ukrainian footballer (Kolos Kovaliva, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk), heart disease.
• 15 March –
• Daniel Eon, 81, French footballer (Nantes, national team).
• Gilmar Fubá, 45, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians), bone marrow cancer.
• 16 March –
• Micky Dulin, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur).
• Aarón Gamal, 62, Mexican footballer (Deportivo Neza, Tigres, national team), heart disease.
• Ahmed Mghirbi, 74, Tunisian footballer (Stade Tunisien).
• Erhan Önal, 63, Turkish footballer (Bayern Munich, Galatasaray, national team).
• Patrick Viot, 68, French footballer (US Orléans).
• Laurent Zahui, 60, Ivorian footballer (national team).
• 17 March – Steve Jagielka, 43, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Accrington Stanley), drug toxicity.
• 20 March – Peter Lorimer, 74, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, national team).
• 21 March – Terry Melling, 81, English footballer (Slough Town, Newcastle United, Mansfield Town).
• 22 March –
• Barnabas Imenger, 45, Nigerian footballer (Lobi Stars, national team).
• Alan Slough, 73, English footballer (Luton Town, Fulham, Peterborough United).
• Frank Worthington, 72, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, national team).
• 24 March –
• Enrique Chazarreta, 73, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Avignon, national team).
• Derek Hawksworth, 93, English footballer (Bradford City, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town).
• 26 March – Hossein Khodaparast, 82, Iranian Olympic footballer (1964).
• 27 March –
• Alex Kiddie, 93, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).
• Derek Ufton, 92, English cricketer (Kent) and footballer (Charlton Athletic, national team).
• 30 March – Maurizio Moretti, 76, Italian footballer (S.P.A.L.), COVID-19.
• 31 March –
• Lee Collins, 32, English footballer (Port Vale, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town), suicide by hanging.
• Erwin Piechowiak, 84, German footballer (HSV).

April

• 2 April – Valentin Afonin, 81, Russian footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, CSKA Moscow).
• 3 April – Remus Câmpeanu, 82, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Cluj).
• 4 April –
• Adolf Kabo, 61, Indonesian footballer (Perseman Manokwari, national team).
• Alfonso Quijano, 78, Ecuadorian footballer (Barcelona S.C., national team).
• 8 April –
• Doug Holden, 90, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, national team).
• Ton van den Hurk, 88, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven, VVV-Venlo, Sittardia).
• Ñito, 81, Spanish footballer (Tenerife, Valencia, Granada).
• Horst Trimhold, 80, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, FSV Frankfurt, national team).
• 9 April –
• Maryan Bakalarczyk, 93, Polish-Belgian footballer (R.F.C. Tilleur, R. Charleroi S.C., Standard Liège).
• Daniel Benítez, 33, Venezuelan footballer (Deportivo Táchira, Deportivo La Guaira), cancer.
• Roman Kanafotskyi, 83, Ukrainian footballer (Dnipro, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol).
• Wolfgang Kaniber, 81, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Osnabrück, RC Strasbourg).
• Julien Van Roosbroeck, 85, Belgian footballer (national team).
• 11 April –
• Colin Baker, 86, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, national team).
• Füzuli Javadov, 70, Azerbaijani footballer (SKA Rostov-on-Don, Neftçi PFK, Daugava Riga), COVID-19.
• 12 April – Peter Goy, 82, English footballer (Arsenal, Southend United, Watford).
• 13 April –
• Jamal Al-Qabendi, 62, Kuwaiti footballer (Kazma, national team), complications from diabetes.
• Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer, 77, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund).
• 15 April – Poul Bilde, 83, Danish footballer (Vejle, national team).
• 16 April –
• Hussain Ahmed, 89, Indian Olympic footballer (1956), COVID-19.
• Claude Jamet, 91, French footballer (LB Châteauroux).
• 17 April –
• Mario Pini, 82, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers).
• Wayne Talkes, 68, English footballer (Southampton, AFC Bournemouth).
• 18 April – Tremaine Stewart, 33, Jamaican footballer (Aalesund, Waterhouse, national team).
• 19 April –
• Willy van der Kuijlen, 74, Dutch footballer (PSV, MVV, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Viktor Shuvalov, 97, Russian ice hockey player and footballer (VVS Moscow), Olympic champion (1956), COVID-19.
• Marin Voinea, 85, Romanian footballer (Progresul București, Siderurgistul Galați, national team).
• 20 April –
• Listianto Raharjo, 50, Indonesian footballer (Pelita Jaya, national team), heart attack.
• Alfred Teinitzer, 91, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, LASK Linz, national team).
• Panagiotis Xoblios, 25, Greek footballer (Veria, Panegialios, Kallithea), heart attack.
• 21 April –
• Alfredo Graciani, 56, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Racing Club, Deportivo Español), heart attack.
• Gerry Mackey, 87, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
• 22 April –
• Jean-Pierre Kress, 91, French footballer (national team).
• Roy Strandbakke, 90, Norwegian footballer (Raufoss, national team).
• 23 April – Tuncay Becedek, 78, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Ä°zmirspor, national team).
• 25 April –
• Ian Hamilton, 80, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
• Hamid Jasemian, 84, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis), COVID-19.
• 26 April – Peter Gelson, 79, English footballer (Brentford, Hillingdon Borough, Hounslow).
• 28 April –
• Clyde Leon, 37, Trinidadian footballer (Arima Fire, W Connection, national team).
• Steve Perks, 58, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town).
• Chelato Uclés, 80, Honduran footballer (Atlético Español) and coach (Real España, national team), heart attack.
• 29 April –
• Frank Brogan, 78, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Ipswich Town, Halifax Town).
• Zhang Enhua, 48, Chinese footballer (Dalian Wanda, Grimsby Town, national team).

May

• 1 May – Ricardo Alberto Ramírez, 48, Argentine footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• 2 May –
• Lolly Debattista, 91, Maltese footballer (Floriana, Ħamrun Spartans, Valletta).
• Andrzej Możejko, 72, Polish footballer (Widzew Łódź).
• 3 May –
• Rafael Albrecht, 79, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Club León, national team), COVID-19.
• Alan Keely, 38, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).
• Kamel Tchalabi, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger, national team).
• 4 May –
• Steve Conroy, 64, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Rochdale).
• Omar Hugo Gómez, 65, Argentine footballer (Quilmes Atlético Club), COVID-19.
• Alan McLoughlin, 54, Irish footballer (Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Republic of Ireland) cancer.
• 5 May –
• Abelardo González, 76, Spanish footballer (UP Langreo, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF).
• Bertil Johansson, 86, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, national team).
• 6 May – Christophe Revault, 49, French footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Le Havre).
• 7 May –
• Martín Pando, 86, Argentine footballer (Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, national team).
• John Sludden, 56, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, Ayr United).
• 8 May –
• Georgi Dimitrov, 62, Bulgarian football player (CSKA Sofia, national team) and manager (Marek Dupnitsa), cancer.
• Sanda Oumarou, 38, Cameroonian footballer (Coton Sport, Al Masry).
• 9 May – James Dean, 35, English footballer (Stalybridge Celtic, Chorley, Halifax Town). (body discovered on this date)
• 10 May –
• Sami Hasan Al Nash, 64, Yemeni football manager (national team), COVID-19.
• Fortunato Franco, 84, Indian footballer (Salgaocar, Maharashtra, national team).
• Néstor Montelongo, 66, Uruguayan footballer (national team), 1983 Copa América winner.
• 12 May –
• Jiří Feureisl, 89, Czech footballer (FC Karlovy Vary) and ice hockey player.
• Dixie Hale, 85, Irish footballer (Swansea Town, Barrow, Workington, Watford).
• Vadim Logunov, 53, Russian footballer (Metallurg Lipetsk, APK Azov, Krystal Kherson).
• Ton Pansier, 74, Dutch footballer (XerxesDZB, SV SVV).
• Ivanildo Rozenblad, 24, Surinamese footballer (S.V. Robinhood).
• 13 May –
• Ian Brusasco, 92, Australian soccer administrator (president of the Australian Soccer Federation, vice president of the Oceania Football Confederation).
• Nelson Marcenaro, 68, Uruguayan footballer (national team), 1980 Mundialito winner, heart attack.
• Eigil Misser, 87, Danish footballer (B 1913, national team).
• 14 May – Torkild Brakstad, 75, Norwegian football player (Molde, national team) and manager (Tromsø).
• 16 May –
• Hüseyin Er, 36, Turkish-British footballer (Ä°zmirspor), heart attack. (death announced on this date)
• Samir Hadjaoui, 42, Algerian footballer (ASO Chlef, ES Sétif, national team).
• Rildo da Costa Menezes, 79, Brazilian football player (Botafogo, national team) and manager (California Kickers).
• 19 May –
• Serhiy Ferenchak, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Khimik Krasnoperekopsk, Sevastopol, SKChF Sevastopol).
• Josep Franch, 77, Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona, CE Sabadell FC).
• Guillermo Sepúlveda, 86, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Oro, national team).
• 20 May –
• Len Badger, 75, English footballer (Sheffield United).
• Chris Chilton, 77, English footballer (Hull City, Coventry City), complications from dementia.
• Sándor Puhl, 65, Hungarian football referee, complications from COVID-19.
• Eric Winstanley, 76, English footballer (Barnsley, Chesterfield).
• 21 May – Dwayne Sandy, 32, Vincentian footballer (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), gunshot.
• 22 May –
• Francesc Arnau, 46, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Málaga) and executive (Real Oviedo), suicide.
• Mels Kenetaev, 75, Kazakh footballer (Dinamo Tselinograd).
• 25 May –
• Alfonso Barasoain, 63, Spanish football player and manager (Barakaldo, Eibar, Lemona).
• Arturo Gentili, 85, Italian footballer (Atalanta B.C., Varese Calcio, Triestina Calcio).
• George Patterson, 86, English footballer (Hull City, York City).
• Amichai Shoham, 99, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C., national team).
• 26 May – Tarcisio Burgnich, 82, Italian footballer (Internazionale, national team) and manager.
• 27 May –
• Karl-Heinz Heddergott, 94, German football manager (FC Köln, Egypt national team, Oman national team).
• Zdenko Vukasović, 79, Croatian footballer (Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge, Lokeren).
• 28 May – Zablon Amanaka, 45, Kenyan footballer (Željezničar Sarajevo, Mahakama, national team).
• 30 May –
• Tonnie van As, 93, Dutch footballer (SBV Vitesse).
• John Carpenter, 84, Irish referee and player (St Patrick's Athletic).
• 31 May – Colin Appleton, 85, English football player (Leicester City, Charlton Athletic) and manager (Swansea City).

June

• 1 June –
• Silvio Francesconi, 68, Italian football player and manager, COVID-19.
• Adnan Al Sharqi, 79, Lebanese football player (Al Ansar) and manager (Al Nahda, national team).
• Samadagha Shikhlarov, 65, Azerbaijani footballer (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi Baku, FK Ganca), traffic collision.
• 2 June –
• Odero Gon, 88, Italian footballer (Palmanova, Udinese, Vittorio Falmec).
• Stanislav Lunin, 28, Kazakh footballer (Shakhter Karagandy, Kairat), cardiac arrest.
• Giuseppe Perrino, 29, Italian footballer (Ebolitana, Battipagliese, Bellaria Igea Marina), heart attack.
• Ottorino Sartor, 75, Peruvian footballer (Defensor Arica, Atlético Chalaco, national team).
• 3 June –
• Alan Miller, 51, English footballer (Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion).
• Ezio Motta, 90, Italian football referee (Serie A).
• Murat Å aran, 71, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Rijeka, Levante).
• 4 June –
• Roberto Depietri, 55, Argentine footballer (Club Olimpo, Deportivo Toluca), COVID-19.
• Roberto Derlin, 78, Italian football player (Genoa, Spezia Calcio) and manager (Sestri Levante).
• Loris Dominissini, 59, Italian football player (Udinese, Reggiana) and manager (Reggiana), COVID-19.
• 5 June –
• Pedro Taberner, 74, Spanish footballer (RCD Mallorca, Celta de Vigo).
• 7 June –
• Paul Cahill, 65, English footballer (Portsmouth, California Surf).
• Fulvio Varglien, 85, Italian footballer (Triestina, Livorno, Pordenone).
• Yoo Sang-chul, 49, South Korean footballer (Ulsan Hyundai, Yokohama F. Marinos, national team), pancreatic cancer.
• 8 June –
• John Angus, 82, English footballer (Burnley, national team).
• Gennadi Syomin, 53, Russian football player (FShM Torpedo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh) and manager (Dynamo Voronezh).
• 9 June – Diogo Correa de Oliveira, 38, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Kalmar, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), traffic collision.
• 10 June –
• Neno, 59, Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Vitória Guimarães, national team), heart attack.
• Gheorghe Staicu, 85, Romanian football player (Steaua București) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare, Universitatea Cluj).
• 15 June – Aleksandr Averyanov, 72, Russian football player (Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (Okean Nakhodka, Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
• 17 June –
• Mike Burgess, 89, Canadian-born English footballer (AFC Bournemouth).
• Kamil Ferkhanov, 56, Russian footballer (Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda, Turbostroitel Kaluga, Volga Ulyanovsk), heart attack.
• Robert Lima, 48, Uruguayan football player (Peñarol, Chacarita) and manager (Juticalpa), cardiac arrest.
• Tubilandu Ndimbi, 73, Congolese footballer (AS Vita Club, national team).
• 18 June – Giampiero Boniperti, 92, Italian footballer (Juventus, national team) and politician, MEP (1994–1999), heart failure.
• 19 June – Spencer Whelan, 49, English footballer (Chester City, Shrewsbury Town).
• 20 June –
• Lucas Pereira, 39, Brazilian footballer (AC Ajaccio), COVID-19.
• Peter Rock, 79, German footballer (FC Carl Zeiss Jena, East Germany).
• Luis del Sol, 86, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Juventus, national team) and coach.
• 21 June – Jack Bertolini, 87, Scottish footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion, Stirling Albion).
• 22 June –
• Giancarlo Amadeo, 87, Italian football player (Pro Patria) and manager (Borgosesia).
• Yaroslav Dumanskyi, 61, Ukrainian footballer (Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv).
• Vitaliy Shalychev, 74, Ukrainian football player (Shakhtar Donetsk, Kolhozchi Aşgabat) and coach (FC Ocean Kerch).
• Sergei Shaposhnikov, 98, Russian football player (Ska-Khabarovsk) and manager (CSKA Moscow, SKA Odesa).
• 23 June –
• Bart Van Lancker, 48, Belgian football coach (KV Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven), cancer.
• Daniel Vélez, 47, Colombian footballer (DIM, Atlético Bucaramanga, Santa Fe), COVID-19.
• 24 June –
• Misheck Chidzambwa, 66, Zimbabwean football player (Dynamos, national team) and manager (Chapungu United).
• Ludwig Müller, 79, German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, Hertha, West Germany national team).
• Keith Rutter, 89, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Colchester United). (death announced on this date)
• Eleazar Soria, 73, Peruvian footballer (Universitario, Independiente, national team) and lawyer.
• 25 June – Marcos Ferrufino, 58, Bolivian football player (Club Bolívar, national team) and manager (San José), COVID-19.
• 26 June – Jhon Mario Ramírez, 49, Colombian footballer (national team), COVID-19.
• 29 June –
• Jock Aird, 94, Scottish footballer (Burnley, national team).
• Petros Leventakos, 75, Greek footballer (Panachaiki, Ethnikos Piraeus, PAS Giannina).
• Vicky Peretz, 68, Israeli football player (Maccabi Tel Aviv, national team) and manager (Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan).
• 30 June – Inge Danielsson, 80, Swedish footballer (Helsingborg, Ajax, national team).

July

• 1 July – Christian Bottollier, 92, French footballer (FC Nancy).
• 2 July – Giuliano Zoratti, 73, Italian football player (Pro Gorizia) and manager (Reggina, Avellino), cancer.
• 3 July – Waldemar Mühlbächer, 83, German footballer (BFC Dynamo, East Germany national team).
• 4 July – Hans-Jürgen Ripp, 75, German footballer (Hamburger SV, Lüneburger SK).
• 5 July –
• Franco Gallina, 76, Italian football player (Virtus Entella, Cesena, Genoa) and manager.
• Rubén Israel, 65, Uruguayan football manager (Rentistas, Club Libertad, Barcelona de Ecuador).
• Alfredo Obberti, 75, Argentine footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Grêmio, national team).
• 6 July – Miguel González, 94, Spanish football player (Atlético Madrid, Real Zaragoza, national team) and coach.
• 7 July –
• Józef Gałeczka, 82, Polish footballer (Piast Gliwice, Zagłębie Sosnowiec).
• Smaïn Ibrir, 89, Algerian footballer (Le Havre AC, national team).
• 8 July –
• Jan Caliński, 72, Polish football manager (Śląsk Wrocław).
• Max Griggs, 82, English footwear and football executive, owner of Dr. Martens and Rushden & Diamonds F.C.
• 9 July – Paul Mariner, 68, English footballer (national team, Ipswich Town), brain cancer.
• 10 July –
• Jimmy Gabriel, 80, Scottish football player (Everton, Southampton, national team) and manager.
• Natale Nobili, 85, Italian football player (S.P.A.L., Pro Vercelli, Alessandria) and coach.
• 11 July –
• Dave Dunmore, 87, English footballer (Leyton Orient, York City, Tottenham Hotspur).
• Charlie Gallagher, 80, Scottish-Irish footballer (Celtic, Dumbarton, Ireland national team).
• Ernie Moss, 71, English footballer (Chesterfield, Mansfield Town, Lincoln City).
• Attilio Prior, 86, Italian footballer (Vicenza).
• 12 July –
• Mick Bates, 73, English footballer (Leeds United, Walsall, Bradford City).
• Francisco Caló, 74, Portuguese footballer (Sporting, Tomar, national team).
• Erich Hasenkopf, 86, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club, national team).
• Wilson Jones, 87, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Racing de Santander).
• Mahmoud Shakibi, 94, Iranian footballer (Shahin, national team), heart attack.
• 13 July –
• Cha Gi-suk, 34, South Korean footballer (Gyeongju Citizen, Bucheon FC 1995), kidney failure.
• Alberto Dualib, 101, Brazilian businessman and football executive, chairman of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (1993–2007).
• 14 July – Ken Ronaldson, 75, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham).
• 15 July – Keith Bambridge, 85, English footballer (Rotherham United, Darlington, Halifax Town).
• 16 July –
• Yves Boutet, 84, French footballer (Stade Rennais, Lorient).
• Hamid Reza Sadr, 65, Iranian football and film critic, cancer.
• 17 July –
• George Curtis, 82, English football player (Coventry

City, Aston Villa) and manager (Coventry City).

• Williams Martínez, 38, Uruguayan footballer (Defensor Sporting, Cerro, national team), suicide.
• Milan Živadinović, 76, Serbian football player (Vardar, Rijeka, Crvenka) and manager.
• 18 July – Jeff Barmby, 78, English footballer (York City, Goole Town, Scarborough).
• 19 July – Kurt Clemens, 95, German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, FC Nancy, Saarland national team).
• 20 July –
• Daniel Escudero, 79, Chilean footballer (Everton, Unión La Calera, San Luis de Quillota).
• Billy Reid, 83, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Airdrie).
• Noureddine Saâdi, 71, Algerian football manager (JS Kabylie, Al Ahli Tripoli, ASO Chlef), COVID-19.
• Peter Willis, 83, English football referee.
• 21 July – Tommy Leishman, 83, Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Stranraer, St Mirren).
• 22 July –
• Terry Neill, 80, Northern Irish footballer (Arsenal, Hull City, national team) and manager (Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, national team).
• Ian Palmer, 55, South African footballer (Orlando Pirates), COVID-19 complications.
• Mike Smith, 83, English football player (Corinthian Casuals) and manager (Wales national team, Egypt national team). (death announced on this date)
• 23 July – Andy Higgins, 61, English footballer (Chester City, Port Vale, Rochdale).
• 26 July –
• Ally Dawson, 63, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team).
• Ivan Toplak, 89, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Oakland Clippers, Yugoslavia national team).
• 27 July –
• Tommy Connolly, 74, Irish football player (Dundalk) and manager.
• Einar Bruno Larsen, 81, Norwegian footballer (VÃ¥lerenga, national team) and Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• 28 July –
• Porfirio Armando Betancourt, 63, Honduran footballer (Strasbourg, national team), COVID-19.
• André Catimba, 74, Brazilian footballer (Ypiranga, Vitória, Grêmio).
• Volodymyr Dykyi, 59, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty Lviv, Nyva Ternopil) and manager (Volyn Lutsk).
• Krzysztof Karpiński, 67, Polish footballer (Śląsk Wrocław).
• Derek Tomkinson, 90, English footballer (Port Vale, Macclesfield Town, Crewe Alexandra).
• 29 July – Zizinho, 59, Brazilian footballer (Club América, Club Necaxa, Monterrey), COVID-19.
• 30 July – Italo Vassallo, 80, Ethiopian footballer (Cotton Factory Club, national team).
• 31 July –
• Terry Cooper, 77, English footballer (Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, national team) and manager (Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Birmingham City, Exeter City).
• Yeo Hyo-jin, 38, South Korean footballer (Gimcheon Sangmu, Tochigi SC, Goyang Zaicro), cancer.

August

• 1 August – Eddie Presland, 78, English footballer (West Ham United, Crystal Palace), cancer.
• 2 August –
• Luigi Paleari, 79, Italian footballer (Como 1907, A.S.D. Fanfulla).
• Antonio de la Torre Villalpando, 69, Mexican footballer, (Club América, national team).
• 3 August –
• Jergé Hoefdraad, 35, Dutch footballer (RKC Waalwijk, Almere City, Telstar), complications from gunshot wounds.
• Godfred Yeboah, 41, Ghanaian footballer (Asante Kotoko, All Stars, national team).
• 5 August – S. S. Narayan, 86, Indian Olympic footballer (1956, 1960), cardiac arrest.
• 6 August –
• Francesco Dibenedetto, 80, Italian football manager (Matera Calcio, Bisceglie, U.S.D. Città di Fasano).
• Salvador Escrihuela, 70, Spanish footballer (Sabadell, Granada, Alavés).
• 7 August –
• Julio César Anderson, 73, Guatemalan footballer (C.S.D. Municipal, national team).
• Robbie Cooke, 64, English footballer (Peterborough United, Cambridge United, Brentford), cancer.
• 10 August –
• Michel Le Flochmoan, 69, French football player and manager (Sedan, R.E. Virton, F91 Dudelange).
• Dudley Price, 89, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Hull City, Southend United).
• 12 August – Alfonso Sepúlveda, 82, Chilean footballer (Club Universidad de Chile).
• 13 August –
• Franck Berrier, 37, French football player (Cannes, Zulte Waregem, Oostende) and manager, heart attack.
• Bobby Stein, 82, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Montrose).
• 15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (born 1945)
• 17 August – Paulão, 51, Angolan footballer (Benfica, Espinho, national team).
• 21 August – Arthur Smith, 106, English footballer (Bury, Leicester City).
• 24 August – Wilfried Van Moer, 76, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team) and manager (national team), cerebral haemorrhage.
• 27 August – Johnny Williamson, 92, English footballer (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers).

September

• 2 September – Paul Chillan, 85, French footballer (Nîmes Olympique, national team).
• 19 September – Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (born 1940)
• 20 September – Ken Worden, 78, English coach (Malaysia, Singapore).
• 21 September – Romano Fogli, 83, Italian footballer (Torino, Bologna, A.C. Milan, Catania, national team).

October

• 1 October –
• Fred Hill, 81, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, national team).
• Paul Linger, 46, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Brighton & Hove Albion), pancreatic cancer.
• Sune Sandbring, 93, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF, national team).
• Brian Sherratt, 77, English footballer (Oxford United, Stoke City, Barnsley).
• Reg Beresford, 100, English footballer (Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace).
• 3 October – Bernard Tapie, 78, French businessman (president of Olympique de Marseille 1986–1994), stomach cancer.
• 16 October – George Kinnell, 83, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Stoke City, Sunderland).

November

• 1 November – Poerio Mascella, 71, Italian footballer (Varese, Ternana, Pistoiese).
• 4 November –
• Amela Fetahović, 35, Bosnian footballer (SFK 2000, Spartak Subotica, national team), car crash.
• Jack Vitty, 98, English footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion).
• 23 November – Riuler, 23, Brazilian footballer (Shonan Bellmare).
• 26 November – Doug Cowie, 95, Scottish footballer (national team, Dundee, Greenock Morton)
• 28 November – Johnny Hills, 87, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur).

December

• 2 December – Tom McGarry, 74, Irish footballer (Limerick, Cork Celtic).
• 3 December – Horst Eckel, German footballer (born 1932)
• 8 December – Alfredo Moreno, 41, Argentine footballer (Necaxa, San Luis, Tijuana), intestinal cancer.
• 20 December –
• Norberto Boggio, 90, Argentine footballer (Banfield, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Atlante, national team).
• Heinz Bigler, 72, Swiss footballer (FC St. Gallen) and manager (FC St. Gallen, FC Schaffhausen, FC Gossau, FC Winterthur).
• 26 December –
• Dorval, 86, Brazilian footballer (Santos, Racing, Palmeiras, Atlético Paranaense, national team).
• Diego Montiel, 25, Argentine footballer (Atlético de Rafaela), meningitis.
• 28 December –
• Hugo Maradona, 52, Argentine footballer (Argentinos Juniors, Rayo Vallecano), heart attack.
• Tibi, 70, Portuguese footballer (Porto, national team).
• 29 December – Christian Gyan, 43, Ghanaian footballer (Feyenoord)

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