2022 in association football

The following are the scheduled events of association football for the calendar year 2022 throughout the world. This includes the following:

• In countries whose league seasons fall within a single calendar year, the 2022 season.
• In countries which crown one champion in a season that spans two calendar years, the 2021–22 season.
• In countries which split their league season into two championships, a system often known in Latin America as Apertura and Clausura, all championships awarded in calendar 2022.

Events

Men's national teams

FIFA

• 20 November – 18 December: 2022 FIFA World Cup in
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• 1 June: 2022 Finalissima in
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AFC

• 6–22 May: Football at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in
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• 1–19 June: 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in
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• 25 September – 20 October: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup in
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AFF

• 14–26 February: 2022 AFF U-23 Championship in
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• 2–11 April: 2022 AFF Futsal Championship in
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• 2–15 July: 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in
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• 31 July – 12 August: 2022 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in
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CAFA

• 12–19 February: 2022 CAFA U-19 Futsal Championship in
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• 11–20 May: 2022 CAFA U-16 Championship in
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EAFF

• 19–27 July: 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship in Japan
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SAFF

• 25 July – 5 August: 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship in
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• 5–14 September: 2022 SAFF U-17 Championship in
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WAFF

• 21 – 30 June: 2022 WAFF U-16 Championship in
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• 4 – 13 June: 2022 WAFF Futsal Championship in
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UAFA

• 20 – 28 June: 2022 Arab Futsal Cup in
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• 20 July – 7 August: 2022 Arab Cup U-20 in
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• 23 August – 8 September: 2022 Arab Cup U-17 in
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CAF

• 9 January – 6 February: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in
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• 21–28 October: 2022 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in
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UNAF

• 14 – 22 March: 2022 UNAF U-16 Tournament in
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COSAFA

• 5–17 July: 2022 COSAFA Cup in
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CONCACAF

• 18 June – 3 July: 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in
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OFC

• 7 – 24 September: 2022 OFC U-19 Championship in
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• 13 – 18 September: 2022 OFC Futsal Cup in
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UEFA

• 19 January – 6 February: UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 in
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• 16 May – 1 June: 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in
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• 18 June – 1 July: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
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• 3–10 September: 2022 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship in
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Friendly tournaments

Senior

• 23–29 March: 2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series in
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• 23–29 March: Tri-Nations Series in
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• 23–29 March: 2022 Nouakchott Cup in
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• 23–29 March: International Tournament in
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• 25–29 March: 2022 Courts Caribbean Classic in
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• 25–29 March: 2022 Navruz Cup in
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• 10–14 June: 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer in
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• 22–25 September: 2022 King's Cup in
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• 23–26 September: 2022 Jordan International Tournament in
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• 16–19 November: 2022 Baltic Cup in , , and
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Youth

• 6–13 February: 2022 Development Cup in
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• 11–15 February: 2022 Algarve Cup U17 in
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• 20–29 March: in
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• 29 May – 12 June: 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament in
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• 8–12 June: 2022 U-16 International Dream Cup in
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• 9–13 June: 2022 Under-19 Baltic Cup in
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• 26 June – 5 July: Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in
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• 29 June – 3 July: 2022 Under-17 Baltic Cup in
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• 2 – 4 July: Football at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in
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• 5–11 August: 2022 International U19 Thanh Nien Cup in
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• 8–16 August: Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in
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Women's national teams

FIFA

• 10–28 August: 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
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• 11–30 October: 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
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AFC

• 20 January – 6 February: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup in
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• 6–22 May: Football at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in
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AFF

• 4–17 July: 2022 AFF Women's Championship in
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• 22 July – 4 August: 2022 AFF U-18 Women's Championship in
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CAFA

• January 21–28: 2022 CAFA Women's Futsal Championship in
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• 11 – 15 March: 2022 CAFA Women's Under-18 Championship in
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EAFF

• 19–27 July: 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) in Japan
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SAFF

• 15 – 25 March: 2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship in
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WAFF

• 16 – 24 June: 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship in
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CAF

• 2–23 July: 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations in
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CECAFA

• 1–11 June: 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship in
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CONCACAF

• 4–18 July: 2022 CONCACAF W Championship in
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• 25 February – 12 March: 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in the
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• 23 April – 8 May: 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in the
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CONMEBOL

• 8–30 July: 2022 Copa América Femenina in
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• 6–14 April: 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in
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• 1–19 March: 2022 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship in
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OFC

• 2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship in (cancelled)
• April: 2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship (cancelled)
• 5–31 July: 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup in
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UEFA

• 6–31 July: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in
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• 26 June – 9 July: 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in
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• 5–15 May: 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in
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• 1–3 July: UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2022 in
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Friendly tournaments

Senior

• 16–22 February: 2022 Tournoi de France in
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• 16–22 February: 2022 Malta International Women's Football Tournament in
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• 16–23 February: 2022 Algarve Cup in
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• 16–22 February: 2022 Pinatar Cup in
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• 16–22 February: 2022 Turkish Women's Cup in
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• 17–23 February: 2022 Arnold Clark Cup in
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• 17–23 February: 2022 SheBelieves Cup in the
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Youth

• 22–28 June: 2022 Sud Ladies Cup in the
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• 26–28 June: Football at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in the
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Club continental champions

Men

Women

National leagues

UEFA

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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 cups

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

• 3 January –
• Oussou Konan Anicet, 32, Ivorian footballer (Makkasa, HJK, Nam Dinh), poisoned.
• Ulysses Kokkinos, 73, Turkish-born Australian footballer (South Melbourne Hellas, Melbourne Juventus).
• 4 January –
• Javier Astúa, 53, Costa Rican footballer (Puntarenas, Palestino, national team), heart disease.
• Andreas Michalopoulos, 73, Greek footballer (Panachaiki, national team).
• 5 January –
• Valeriy Gorbach, 53, Tajik footballer (Fakel Voronezh, Lokomotiv Liski, national team), heart failure.
• Marian Machowski, 89, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, national team).
• Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim, 68, Bangladeshi footballer (Brothers Union, national team), oral cancer.
• Mircea Stoenescu, 78, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București) and referee.
• 7 January – Jimmy Smith, 91, English footballer (Chelsea, Leyton Orient).
• 8 January – Keith Todd, 80, Welsh footballer (Swansea Town, Pembroke Borough).
• 9 January –
• Viktor Chakrygin, 37, Russian footballer (Dynamo Makhachkala, Zenit Penza, Anzhi Makhachkala).
• Abdelkrim Kerroum, 85, Algerian footballer (FC Sète 34, Troyes, national team).
• 10 January –
• Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer (Austria Wien, Wacker Wien, national team).
• Glyn Jones, 85, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Mansfield Town). (death announced on this date)
• 11 January – Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, 27, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray, Konyaspor, national team), traffic collision.
• 12 January –
• Stjepan Lamza, 81, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Châteauroux, Yugoslavia national team).
• Shebby Singh, 61, Malaysian footballer (Johor, Kuala Lumpur, national team), heart attack.
• Joseph Zangerle, 72, Luxembourgish footballer (Union Luxembourg, national team).
• 13 January – Giacomo Vianello, 74, Italian footballer (Como).
• 14 January – Lol Morgan, 90, English footballer (Rotherham United, Darlington) and manager (Norwich City).
• 15 January –
• Paul Hinshelwood, 65, English footballer (Crystal Palace).
• Robert Péri, 80, French footballer (Bordeaux, FC Metz, Toulon).
• 16 January – Jamie Vincent, 46, English footballer (Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Swindon Town), heart attack.
• 17 January – Jackie Fisher, 96, English footballer (Millwall, Bournemouth).
• 18 January – Paco Gento, 88, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).
• 19 January – Hans-Jürgen Dörner, 70, East German football player (Dynamo Dresden) and manager (Werder Bremen)
• 20 January – Eduardo Flores, 77, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes), cancer.
• 21 January –
• Marcel Mauron, 92, Swiss footballer (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, national team).
• Howard Radford, 91, Welsh footballer (Bristol Rovers).
• 22 January – António Lima Pereira, 69, Portuguese footballer (Porto, Maia, national team).
• 24 January – Borislav Stevanović, 46, Serbian footballer (Radnički NiÅ¡, Rad, BASK).
• 25 January –
• Dojčin Perazić, 76, Montenegrin footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Vojvodina, FC Den Haag).
• Wim Jansen, 75, Dutch football player (Feyenoord) and manager (Feyenoord, Celtic)
• 27 January – Salih Å ehović, 85, Bosnian footballer (Leotar, Sarajevo, Dinamo Zagreb).

February

• 1 February –
• Sergei Anashkin, 60, Kazakh footballer (national team).
• 2 February –
• Djilali Abdi, 78, Algerian footballer (national team).
• Ivano Comba, 61, Italian footballer (Sant'Angelo, Piacenza, Rondinella).
• 3 February – Alex Ingram, 77, Scottish footballer (Queen's Park, Ayr United, Nottingham Forest), complications from dementia.
• 4 February –
• Davie Cattanach, 75, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Celtic, Stirling Albion).
• Steve Finney, 48, English footballer (Swindon Town, Carlisle United, Chester City).
• Rolando Gonçalves, 77, Portuguese footballer (Porto, national team).

March

• 3 March – Otto Schweizer, 97, German footballer (Bayern Munich)
• 6 March – Frank O'Farrell, 94, Irish football player (West Ham United, Preston North End) and manager (Manchester United)
• 8 March – Tomás Boy, 70, Mexican football player (Tigres UANL) and manager (Morelia, Atlas, Cruz Azul)
• 31 March – Bob Todd, 72, English footballer (Wigan Athletic, Scarborough)

April

• 13 April – Freddy Rincón, 55, Colombian footballer (América de Cali, Napoli, Real Madrid, Corinthians)
• 16 April – Joachim Streich, 71, East German football player (Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Magdeburg) and manager (1. FC Magdeburg)

May

• 1 May - Ivica Osim, 80, Bosnian football player (Željezničar) and manager (Željezničar, Yugoslavia national team, Partizan, Panathinaikos, Sturm Graz, Japan national team)
• 5 May
• José Luis Violeta, 81, Spanish footballer (Zaragoza)
• Leo Wilden, 85, German footballer (1. FC Köln)

June

• 1 June – Geoff Hunter, 62, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Wrexham)
• 5 June – Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, 39, Iraqi footballer (Al-Talaba)
• 9 June – Billy Bingham, 90, Northern Irish football player (Sunderland) and manager (national team, Plymouth Argyle)
• 19 June – Colin Grainger, 89, English footballer (Sheffield United, Sunderland)

July

• 2 July – Andy Goram, 58, Scottish footballer (Oldham Athletic, Hibernian, Rangers)
• 4 July – Janusz Kupcewicz, 66, Polish footballer (Arka Gdynia, Lech Poznań)
• 7 July – Phil Walker, 67, English footballer (Millwall, Boavista)
• 11 July – Víctor Benítez, 86, Peruvian footballer (Boca Juniors, AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan)
• 15 July – Georgi Yartsev, 74, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow) and coach (Spartak Moscow, national team)
• 21 July – Uwe Seeler, 85, German footballer (Hamburger SV)

August

• 1 August –
• Milan Đuričić, 60, Serbian football manager (Vojvodina, Inđija, Radnički NiÅ¡).
• John Hughes, 79, Scottish football player (Celtic, national team) and manager (Stranraer).
• Andrejs Rubins, 43, Latvian footballer (Skonto, Crystal Palace, national team).
• Hans Weilbächer, 88, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, West Germany national team).
• 15 August – Lenny Johnrose, 52, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Bury, Burnley, Swansea City)
• 28 August – Sammy Chung, 90, English football player (Watford) and manager Wolverhampton Wanderers)

September

• 7 September - Piet Schrijvers, 75, Dutch football player (FC Twente, Ajax) and manager (AZ Alkmaar)
• 13 September - Fred Callaghan, 77, English footballer (Fulham)
• 16 September - Luciano Vassallo, 87, Ethiopian football player (Cotton Factory Club) and manager (national team)

October

• 6 October - Gian Piero Ventrone, 62, Italian athletic trainer (Juventus, national team, Guangzhou, Tottenham Hotspur)
• 8 October - John Duncan, 73, Scottish football player (Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Chesterfield, Ipswich Town)
• 9 October - Yuriy Dehteryov, 74, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• 10 October - Keith Eddy, 77, English footballer (Watford, Sheffield United, New York Cosmos)
• 13 October - Stavros Sarafis, 72, Greek footballer (PAOK)
• 19 October - Omar Borrás, 93, Uruguayan football manager (national team)
• 20 October - Jimmy Millar, 87, Scottish footballer (Rangers)
• 21 October - Masato Kudo, 32, Japanese footballer (Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

November

• 2 November - Ronnie Radford, 79, English footballer (Hereford United)
• 12 November - Cor van der Gijp, 91, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord)
• 15 November - Jimmy O'Rourke, 76, Scottish footballer (Hibernian)
• 23 November - David Johnson, 71, English footballer (Everton, Ipswich Town, Liverpool)
• 24 November - Neil Robinson, 65, English footballer (Swansea City, Grimsby Town)
• 26 November - Fernando Gomes, 66, Portuguese footballer (Porto, Sporting Gijón, Sporting CP)
• 27 November - Maurice Norman, 88, English footballer (Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur)

December

• 2 December - Assem Allam, 83, Egyptian football owner (Hull City)
• 8 December - Miodrag JeÅ¡ić, 64, Serbian football player (Partizan, Altay) and manager (Partizan, CSKA Sofia, Al-Ittihad Tripoli)
• 16 December - SiniÅ¡a Mihajlović, 53, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade, Sampdoria, Lazio, Inter Milan) and manager (Bologna, Fiorentina, Serbia national team, Sampdoria, A.C. Milan, Sporting CP)
• 23 December - George Cohen, 83, English footballer (Fulham, national team)
• 29 December -
• Pelé, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos, New York Cosmos, national team)
• John Jackson, 80, English footballer, (Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient)

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