1966 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4-2.
- Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2-1.
- November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.
Winners club national championship
Asia
Qatar: Al-Maref
Europe
Austria: FC Admira Wacker Mödling Belgium: Anderlecht - Czechoslovakia: Dukla Prague
England: Liverpool France: Nantes Italy: Inter Milan Netherlands: Ajax Portugal: Sporting C.P. Soviet Union: Dynamo Kiev Scotland: Celtic Spain: Atlético Madrid Switzerland: FC Zürich Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K. West Germany: TSV 1860 München Yugoslavia: FK Vojvodina
North America
Oceania
South America
International tournaments
- 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)
- FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)
Clubs Founded
- PAS Giannina (Greece)
Births
- January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer
- January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
- February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager
- February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
- March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer
- April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
- April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
- May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
- May 24 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
- May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer
- June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
- June 12 – Albeiro Usuriaga (died 2004), Colombian footballer
- June 14 – Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer
- June 14 – Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
- June 29 – Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer
- July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
- July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer
- July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
- July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
- August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
- August 22 – Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
- August 22 – Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer
- October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer (died 2015)
- October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German international footballer
- October 19 – José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee
- December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer
Deaths
- March 27: Hermann Garrn, German international footballer (born 1888)
- May 2: Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup
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