1982 in association football explained

The following are the worldwide association football events of the year 1982.

Events

• February 7  - The first ever Arab Club Champions Cup is completed, with Al-Shorta of Iraq winning the title with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon.
• March 14  - Johannes Atlason makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, when the team draws (0-0) against Kuwait.
• May 26  - European Cup won by Aston Villa after defeating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• June 13  - The 1982 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Spain. For the first time, 24 teams compete in the final tournament, with the competition eventually won by Italy.
• June 30  - Dutch club SC Amersfoort is disestablished due to financial problems.
• September 15  - HFC Haarlem makes a winning European debut with by defeating Belgium's AA Gent (2-1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup. The goals for the Dutch side are scored by Gerrie Kleton and Martin Haar.
• October 20  - 66 fans lost their life in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow.
• November 30  - Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol after defeating Cobreloa on an aggregate score of 1-0.

Winners club national championship

Asia

•  - Al-Rayyan

Europe

•  - Standard Liège
• Bulgaria  - CSKA Sofia
•  - Dukla Prague
•  - Odense Boldklub
•  - Berliner FC Dynamo
•  - Liverpool
• - FC Kuusysi
•  - AS Monaco
•  - Olympiacos
•  - Juventus
  • • Eredivisie  - Ajax Amsterdam
  • Eerste Divisie  - Helmond Sport
•  - Widzew Łódź
•  - Sporting CP
•  - Celtic
•  - Dinamo Minsk
•  - Real Sociedad
•  - Grasshopper Club Zürich
•  - Beşiktaş
•  - Hamburger SV
•  - Dinamo Zagreb

North America

•  - UNAL
• / :
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

• – Sydney City

South America

• • • Metropolitano  - Estudiantes
  • Nacional  - Ferro Carril Oeste
• Bolivia  - Bolívar
•  - Flamengo
•  - América de Cali
• Paraguay  - Olimpia Asunción

International Tournaments

• British Home Championship (February 23  - May 29)

• African Cup of Nations in Libya (March 5 - 19)
  • • • • • • FIFA World Cup in Spain (June 13  - July 11)
            • UEFA U-16 European Championship in Italy (May 5 - 7)
            • UEFA U-18 European Championship in Finland
        • UEFA U-21 European Championship

National Teams

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
March 23		2  - 1	L	Friendly	Hampden Park, Glasgow
April 14		1  - 0	W	Friendly	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
May 25		2  - 0	L	Friendly	Wembley Stadium, London
September 1		1  - 1	D	Euro 1984 Qualifier	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
September 22		2  - 1	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
November 10		1  - 2	L	Friendly	De Kuip, Rotterdam
December 19		0  - 6	W	Euro 1984 Qualifier	Tivoli, Aachen

Births

January

• January 4  - Richard Logan, English club footballer
• January 7  - Luis Abel Peña, Paraguayan footballer^[1]
• January 8  - Emanuele Calaiò, Italian youth international
• January 13  - Olivier Fontenette, French footballer^[2]
• January 22  - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine international footballer
• January 26  - Nabil Dafi, French footballer^[3]
• January 31
  • Andreas Görlitz, German international
  • Salvatore Masiello, Italian club footballer
  • Allan McGregor, Scottish international footballer

February

• February 2  - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine international footballer
• February 5  - Alimansi Kadogo, Ugandan retired footballer^[4]
• February 10  - Jacek Gabrusewicz, Polish footballer
• February 12  - Julius Aghahowa, Nigerian footballer^[5]
• February 14  - Daniel Robert, Brazilian professional footballer^[6]
• February 16  - Vasilios Genitsaridis, Greek former professional footballer^[7]
• February 22  - Matt Woolley, English former professional footballer

March

• March 18  - Romell Brathwaite, Barbadian international footballer^[8]
• March 20  - Carmine Giordano, Italian footballer^[9]
• March 23  - Mohammed Einas, Senegalese retired footballer^[10]
• March 24  - Tshitenge Mukandila, Congolese footballer (died 2010)^[11]

April

• April 1  - Robert Vittek, Slovakian international footballer
• April 2  - Marco Amelia, Italian international footballer
• April 6  - Nelson Geingob, Namibian former footballer
• April 13  - James Curtis, English former footballer^[12]
• April 16  - Fabricio Brandão, retired Brazilian footballer^[13]
• April 28  - Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian international footballer

May

• May 5
  • Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish international footballer
  • Luka Spetič, Slovenian footballer^[14]
• May 17  - Dylan Macallister, Australian soccer player
• May 20  - Petr Čech, Czech international footballer
• May 23  - Anton Khromykh, professional Ukrainian former footballer^[15]
• May 29  - Ahmed Tangeaoui, French-Moroccan footballer^[16]

June

• June 4  - Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer
• June 15  - Katie Chapman, English footballer

July

• July 2  - Alvito Rodrigues, Indian footballer
• July 4  - Biko Brazil, Dutch former professional footballer^[17]
• July 5
  • Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer
  • Julien Féret, French footballer
  • Alberto Gilardino, Italian international footballer
  • Paíto, Mozambican footballer
  • Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer
  • Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer
• July 7
  • Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
  • Brendan McElholm, Northern Irish footballer
• July 8
  • David Kenga, Kenyan footballer
  • Agustín Villar, Spanish footballer^[18]
• July 10  - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
• July 12
  • Antonio Cassano, Italian international footballer
  • Gerardo Hernández, professional Mexican footballer
• July 14  - Hermán Solíz, Bolivian footballer
• July 15  - Cristian Dănălache, Romanian footballer
• July 16  - Charles Kokougan, French former professional footballer
• July 25  - Ivan Len, Ukrainian professional footballer

August

• August 2  - Susanna Hansen, Faroese footballer^[19]
• August 9  - Nando, Mozambican footballer (d. 2007)^[20]
• August 21  - Jayson Trommel, Dutch footballer
• August 24
  • José Bosingwa, Portuguese international
  • Kim Källström, Swedish international
  • Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian club footballer
• August 28
  • Lee Ayres, professional English footballer^[21]
  • Thiago Motta, Brazilian-born Italian international and manager^[22]

September

• September 2  - Alan Tate, English club footballer
• September 12  - Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer
• September 13  - Andrei Makhayev,former Russian footballer^[23]
• September 23  - Alain Yomby, Cameroonian former professional footballer^[24]
• September 25  - Szymon Sawala, Polish footballer^[25]
• September 26  - František Okoličáni, Slovak footballer^[26]
• September 28  - Ahmad Alan, Palestinian former national footballer^[27]

October

• October 6  - Igor Pešić, Serbian footballer^[28]
• October 7  - Jermain Defoe, English international footballer
• October 9  - Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonça, Angolan footballer
• October 10  - Sipho Mngomezulu, South African footballer^[29]
• October 14  - Hubert Charpentier, French professional footballer^[30]
• October 29  - Gerald Gansterer, Austrian footballer^[31]

November

• November 2  - Moreno Esseboom, Dutch footballer^[32]
• November 5  - Juan Pablo, Spanish former footballer^[33]
• November 14  - Martin Eisl, Austrian professional footballer^[34]
• November 17  - Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer

December

• December 1  - Lloyd Doyley, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
• December 3  - Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer^[35]
• December 8
  • Halil Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
  • Hamit Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
• December 10  - Tomáš Hájovský, Slovak footballer
• December 18  - Stijn Francis, Belgian former footballer^[36]
• December 25  - Wencho Farrell, Netherlands Antilles international footballer^[37]
• December 27  - Dmitri Rybakin, former Russian professional footballer

Deaths

January

• January 3 – Fritz Laband, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (56)

August

• August 30 - Theodor Reimann (61), Slovak footballer (born 1921)

September

• September 3 - Hércules de Miranda, Brazilian forward, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (70)
• September 14 - Vladislao Cap (48), Argentine footballer and manager (born 1934)

November

• November 8 - Jimmy Dickinson, English midfielder, England Squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (57, heart attack)
• November 17 - Felix von Heijden (92), Dutch footballer (born 1890)

December

• December 2 - Giovanni Ferrari, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup and winner of the Serie A for a record 8 times as a player. (74)

External links

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• VoetbalStats

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luis Peña . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 December 2023 . en.
2. Web site: O. Fontenette . Soccerway . Perform Group . August 15, 2014.
3. Web site: Nabil Dafi . worldfootball.net . 4 January 2019.
4. Web site: Alimansi Kadogo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 October 2023 . en.
5. Web site: Julius Aghahowa . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 November 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Robert . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
7. Web site: Σταμάτησε το ποδόσφαιρο ο Βασίλης Γενιτσαρίδης — Grandsport.gr. 2021-03-01. el.
8. Web site: Romell Brathwaite . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 May 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Goal Sicilia. UFFICIALE - Palazzolo: tesserati gli ex Siracusa Spinelli e Giordano. 28 August 2018. Italian.
10. Web site: Mohammed Einas . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 June 2024 . en.
11. Web site: Tshitenge Mukandila . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 10 August 2024 . en.
12. Web site: James Curtis . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 June 2024 . en.
13. Web site: Fabricio Brandão . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 26 September 2023.
14. https://www.friuligol.it/2022/05/09/cjarlins-muzane---l-ultima-di-spetic-cinque-anni-bellissimi-047870/ L'ultima di Spetic: 5 anni bellissimi
15. Web site: Anton Khromykh . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 31 October 2023 . en.
16. Web site: Ahmed Tangeaoui . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 June 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Biko Brazil . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
18. Web site: Agustín . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 June 2024 . en.
19. Web site: Susanna Maria Hansen . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
20. Web site: Nando Matola . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 November 2023.
21. Web site: Lee Ayres . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 September 2023.
22. https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/585-motta-thiago-motta MOTTA
23. Web site: Andrei Makhayev . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 24 November 2023 . en.
24. Web site: Alain Yomby . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 February 2024 . en.
25. http://www.gks.net.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3085&Itemid=39 Sawala już na wiosnę w GKS
26. Web site: František Okoličáni . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 June 2024 . en.
27. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30778/Ahmad_Allan_Al_Iwisat.html Ahmad Alan at National-Football-Teams.com
28. Web site: Igor Pesic . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 October 2023 . en.
29. Web site: Sipho Mngomezulu . www.worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 June 2024.
30. Web site: Hubert Charpentier . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 November 2023 . en.
31. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927143746/http://lask.at/content/lask/team/profis Gerald Gansterer player profile
32. Web site: Moreno Esseboom . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 October 2023 . en.
33. Web site: Juan Pablo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 October 2023 . en.
34. Web site: Martin Eisl . worldfootball.net . 22 December 2013.
35. Web site: Michael Essien . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 November 2023 . en.
36. News: Stijn Francis . Dutch . 2005-04-04 . Ohl.be.
37. Web site: Wencho Farrell . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 27 February 2024 . en.