1956 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1956 throughout the world.Events
January
- January 16: Martin Jol
- January 17: Faouzi Mansouri
- January 31: Stefan Majewski
February
- February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier
- February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik
- February 28: Jimmy Nicholl
March
- March 3: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish international footballer
- March 4: Philippe Mahut, French international footballer
- March 12: László Kiss, Hungarian footballer
- March 12: Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager
- March 15: Gilberto Yearwood, Honduran footballer
- March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek, Polish footballer
- March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi, Hungarian footballer
- March 29: Dick Jol, Dutch football referee
April
- April 12: František Jakubec; Czech international footballer
May
- May 3: Bernd Förster
- May 19: Jan Fiala
June
- June 5: Martin Koopman
- June 12: David Narey
- June 26: Maxime Bossis
July
- July 15: Emmanuel Kunde
- July 20: Thomas N'Kono
- July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori
August
- August 16: Patricio Hernández
- August 27: Jean-François Larios
- August 29: Viv Anderson
September
- September 8: Jacky Munaron
- September 14: Béla Bödönyi
- September 14: Ray Wilkins
- September 23: Paolo Rossi
- September 30: Frank Arnesen
October
- October 10: Raúl Gorriti, Peruvian international footballer
- October 28: Frank Vercauteren
November
- November 4: Jan Korte
- November 10: José Luis Brown Argentine international footballer,
- November 16: Max Hagmayr
- November 18: Noel Brotherston
December
- December 6: Klaus Allofs
- December 9: Oscar Garré
- December 10: Jan van Dijk
- December 11: Ricardo Giusti
Deaths
August
