1984 in association football

Overview of the events of 1984 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.

Events

16 May – Italian giants Juventus F.C. claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists FC Porto 2–1.
23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating R.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London.
27 July – Copa Libertadores won by Independiente after defeating Grêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0.
19 September – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark's BK Copenhagen in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
9 December – Argentina's Independiente wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating England's Liverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored by José Alberto Percudani in the 6th minute.

National Club Champions

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast (4–18 March 1984)
1. Cameroon
2. Nigeria
3. Algeria
1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984)

Northern Ireland^[1]

UEFA European Football Championship in France (12–27 June 1984)
1. France
2. Spain
3. —
Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984)
1. France
2. Brazil
3. Yugoslavia

National Teams

Netherlands

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
14 March	Denmark	6 – 0	W	Friendly	Stadion De Meer, Amsterdam
17 October	Hungary	1 – 2	L	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
14 November	Austria	1 – 0	L	World Cup Qualifier	Prater Stadium, Vienna
12 December	Cyprus	0 – 1	W	World Cup Qualifier	Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Births

January

1 January
- Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
- Mourad N'Zif, French former professional footballer^[2]
- Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
- Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
3 January – Andrei Bovtalo, former Russian footballer^[3]
5 January – Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
7 January
- Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer
- Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
14 January – Abdoulahy Sangaré, Mauritanian international footballer^[4]
16 January – Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
17 January – Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer^[5]
18 January – Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer
21 January
- Leonardo Burián, Uruguayan youth international
- Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer
- Wes Morgan, Jamaican international
23 January
- Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer
- Nikolay Yevgenyevich Yefimov, Russian footballer^[6]
24 January – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international
25 January – Stefan Kießling, German international footballer
29 January
- Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
- Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

February

4 February – Waskito Sujarwoko, Indonesian footballer^[7]
5 February – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
6 February
- Darren Bent, English footballer
- Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer^[8]
21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer
27 February – Steve Warne, English footballer^[9]
29 February
- Darren Ambrose, English footballer
- Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
- Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
- Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
- Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer^{[citation needed]}
- Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer

March

1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer
4 March – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
10 March – Derick Amadi, Nigerian professional footballer^[10]
18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer
20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
30 March – Gennaro Fragiello, Italian footballer^[11]

April

4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer^[12]
18 April – Raphael Ntimane, Swaziland international footballer^[13]
13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer
29 April
- Jones Leandro, Brazilian footballer^[14]
- Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer

May

4 May – Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer^[15]
11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international
24 May - Christoph Holste, German footballer^[16]

June

1 June
- Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
- Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international^[17]
9 June – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer^[18]
11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
16 June – Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer^[19]
18 June – Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballer^[20]
29 June – Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer
30 June
- Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016)
- Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer

July

4 July – Miguel Soares, Timorese footballer
7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
9 July
- Panda (footballer) (Márcio Gama Moreira), Brazilian footballer^[21]
- Lee Hyun-min, South Korean footballer^[22]
13 July – Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer^[23]
14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
15 July – Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer^[24]
16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer^[25]
18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer
21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer
27 July
- Florian Bague, French former professional footballer^[26]
- Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer^[27]
31 July – Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer^[28]

August

1 August
- Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer^[29]
- Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
6 August
- Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer
- Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer^[30]
11 August – Georgi Aslanidi, Russian former professional footballer^[31]
22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer
23 August
- Glen Johnson, English footballer
- Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer

September

7 September
- Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer

October

1 October – Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer^[32]
3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international
14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer^[33]
28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
31 October – Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer^[34]

November

8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer^[35]
10 November
- Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer
- Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer
11 November
- Stephen Hunt, English club footballer
- Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international
21 November – Bianca Weech, German footballer^[36]
30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

December

11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
20 December
- Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
- Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer^[37]

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79)
8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee
11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (65)
12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)

June

23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)

July

3 July – Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)
7 July – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager

September

19 September – Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (71)

December

19 December – Puck van Heel (80), Dutch footballer

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