1957 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.

Events

• February 8  - The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan.
• October 19  - Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
• November 20  - Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup.

Winners club national championship

• : River Plate
• : R. Antwerp F.C.
• : Emelec
• : Manchester United
• : AS Saint-Etienne
• : Vasas SC
• : Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
• : A.C. Milan
• : Ajax Amsterdam
• : Olimpia Asunción
• : FC Dynamo Moscow
• : Real Madrid
• : IFK Norrköping
• : Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957)
          • 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)

• Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957)

Births

• January 5  - Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
• January 11  - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
• January 19  - Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss footballer^[1]
• February 1  - Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager
• February 9  - Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• February 28  - Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager
• March 12  - Patrick Battiston, French footballer
• May 5  - Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
• May 9  - Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer
• May 22  - Jan Endeman, Dutch retired footballer^[2]
• July 15 - Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player
• September 3  - Walter Kelsch, German footballer
• September 6  - Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 11
  • Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
  • Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 19  - Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired football^[3]
• September 26  - Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
• October 8  - Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
• October 25  - Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
• October 27  - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
• November 17  - Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer

Deaths

January

• January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)

October

• October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fabrizio Casanova . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 26 September 2023.
2. Web site: Jan Endeman . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 August 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Zvonko Kalezić . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.