1984 in association football explained

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

Events

• 16 May  - Italian giants Juventus FC 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

Africa

• : Zamalek

Asia

•  - Al-Rayyan

Europe

•  - K.S.K. Beveren
•  - Vejle BK
  • • League  - BFC Dynamo
  • Cup  - SG Dynamo Dresden
    • League  - Liverpool
  • Cup  - Everton
•  - FC Kuusysi
•  - Girondins de Bordeaux
•  - Juventus
•  - Feyenoord Rotterdam
•  - Vålerenga
•  - Benfica
•  - Aberdeen
•  - FC Zenit
•  - Athletic Bilbao
•  - IFK Göteborg
•  - Trabzonspor
•  - VfB Stuttgart

North America

• – Club América
• / :
  • Chicago Sting (NASL)

South America

• • • Metropolitano  - Argentinos Juniors
  • Nacional  - Ferro Carril Oeste
•  - Blooming
•  - Fluminense
•  - América de Cali
• Paraguay  - Guaraní

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast (4 - 18 March 1984)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983  - 25 May 1984)

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• UEFA European Football Championship in France (12 - 27 June 1984)
  1. • 1. • 1. —
• Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July  - 11 August 1984)

National Teams

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
14 March		6  - 0	W	Friendly	Stadion De Meer, Amsterdam
17 October		1  - 2	L	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
14 November		1  - 0	L	World Cup Qualifier	Prater Stadium, Vienna
12 December		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
• 12 January  - Alain Montwani, retired Andorran footballer^[4]
• 14 January  - Abdoulahy Sangaré, Mauritanian international footballer^[5]
• 16 January  - Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
• 17 January  - Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer
• 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
• 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^[6]
• 5 February  - Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
• 6 February
  • Darren Bent, English footballer
  • Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer^[7]
• 8 February  - Antonino Daì, Italian footballer
• 21 February  - David Odonkor, German footballer
• 27 February  - Steve Warne, English footballer^[8]
• 29 February
  • Darren Ambrose, English footballer
  • Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
  • Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
  • Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
  • Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer
  • 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^[9]
  • Matt Lock, English 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

• 3 May – Martin Kováč, Slovak footballer^[15]
• 4 May
  • Orkhonsaikhany Bayarjavkhlan, Mongolian international footballer^[16]
  • Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer^[17]
• 10 May – Jonathan Rosario, Dominican Republic international footballer^[18]
• 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
• 12 May – Yohan Congio, French footballer^[19]
• 14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international
• 17 May – Yannick Macoa, Mauritian international footballer^[20]
• 23 May - Reinaldo Román, Paraguayan footballer^[21]
• 24 May
  • Begli Annageldiyev, Turkmen professional footballer^[22]
  • Christoph Holste, German footballer^[23]

June

• 1 June
  • Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
  • Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
• 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international
• 9 June
  • Davinson Monsalve, Colombian professional footballer^[24]
  • Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
• 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
• 16 June – Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer^[25]
• 18 June – Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballer^[26]
• 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^[27]
• 13 July
  • Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer^[28]
  • Nicola Iannotti, Italian professional footballer^[29]
• 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
• 15 July – Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer^[30]
• 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer^[31]
• 18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer
• 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer
• 27 July
  • Florian Bague, French former professional footballer^[32]
  • Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer
• 31 July
  • Marko Balažic, Slovenian retired footballer^[33]
  • Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer^[34]

August

• 1 August
  • Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer^[35]
  • Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
• 6 August
  • Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer
  • Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer^[36]
• 10 August – Luca Carretto, Italian footballer^[37]
• 11 August – Georgi Aslanidi, Russian former professional footballer^[38]
• 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer
• 23 August
  • Glen Johnson, English footballer
  • Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer

September

• 3 September – Renat Sokolov, Russian former professional footballer^[39]
• 7 September
  • Miranda, Brazilian footballer
  • Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer
• 25 September
  • Franck Nkela, Congolese footballer^[40]
  • Mario Ruyales, Spanish footballer^[41]

October

• 1 October – Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer^[42]
• 3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international
• 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer^[43]
• 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
• 31 October – Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer^[44]

November

• 3 November – Matthias Hummel, German former footballer, now assistant manager^[45]
• 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer
• 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^[46]
• 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

December

• 9 December – Winder Mendoza, Venezuelan professional footballer^[47]
• 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
• 20 December
  • Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
  • Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer^[48]

Deaths

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

External links

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• VoetbalStats

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Mourad N'Zif . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 17 November 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Andrei Bovtalo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 21 February 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Alain Montwani . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 April 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Abdoulahy Sangaré . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 February 2024 . en.
6. Web site: Waskito Sujarwoko. liga-indonesia.co.id. 13 July 2012. 6 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111206030624/http://www.liga-indonesia.co.id/bli/index.php?go=news.profiledetail&type=detail&klub=32&id=4364. dead.
7. Web site: Fabrice Omonga . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 October 2023 . en.
8. Web site: Steve Warne . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 17 November 2023 . en.
9. Web site: Dolphins star in Nigeria Premier League Team of the Week . kickoff.com . 4 February 2020 . 16 February 2011.
10. Web site: Matt Lock . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
11. https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Fragiello_Gennaro Gennaro Fragiello at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
12. https://footballfacts.ru/person/18189 Sultan Khuranov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
13. Web site: Raphael Ntimane . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
14. Web site: Jones . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 October 2023 . en.
15. Web site: Martin Kovac . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 June 2024 . en.
16. Web site: Orkhonsaikhan Bayarjavkhlan . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 May 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Daron Beneby . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 October 2023 . en.
18. Web site: Jobdwin Rosario . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 May 2024 . en.
19. Web site: Yohan Congio . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 19 May 2024 . en.
20. Web site: Yannick Macoa . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 26 May 2024 . en.
21. Web site: Reinaldo Román . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 April 2024 . en.
22. Web site: Begli Annageldiýev . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 May 2024 . en.
23. Web site: Christoph Holste . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 October 2023 . en.
24. Web site: Davinson Monsalve . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
25. Web site: Diego Segura . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 December 2023 . en.
26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917124752/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=210290&TEID=3063 Jukka Veltheim at Guardian Football
27. Web site: Panda . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 31 January 2024 . en.
28. Web site: Alexander Bramble . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
29. Web site: Nicola Iannotti . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
30. Web site: Giampietro Cicoria . worldfootball.net . 14 August 2014.
31. https://footballfacts.ru/person/10752 Roman Markelov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
32. Web site: Florian Bague . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 November 2023 . en.
33. Web site: Marko Balažic . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 July 2024 . en.
34. Web site: Daniel Pedro Minorelli . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 6 December 2023 . en.
35. Web site: Waso Ramadhani . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 12 October 2023 . en.
36. Web site: Silva . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 27 December 2023 . en.
37. Web site: Luca Carretto . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 May 2024 . en.
38. Web site: Georgi Aslanidi . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 February 2024 . en.
39. Web site: Renat Sokolov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.
40. Web site: Nkatu Nkela . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 12 August 2024 . en.
41. Web site: Mario Ruyales . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 May 2024 . en.
42. Web site: Fiorenzo Chatrer . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 October 2023 . en.
43. Web site: Alex Scott . www.eurosport.com . 17 December 2022.
44. Web site: Luciën Dors . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 November 2023 . en.
45. Web site: Matthias Hummel . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 4 December 2018.
46. Web site: Bianca Weech . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 December 2023 . en.
47. Web site: Winder Mendoza . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 July 2024 . en.
48. Web site: Marcel Schug . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 December 2023 . en.