1992 in association football

Events

• May 5 – A provisional tribune crashes in the Stade Armand Cesari in Bastia, Corsica during the semifinal of the Coupe de France between Bastia SC and Olympique de Marseille. Eighteen people die, while 2.300 fans get injured.
• May 9 – Liverpool wins 2–0 over Sunderland to claim the FA Cup.
• June 17 – The Copa Libertadores is won by São Paulo FC after the defeat of Newell's Old Boys 3–2 via a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 1–1.
• June 26 – In Euro 1992, Denmark surprisingly won 2–0 over Germany at Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• June 30 – Due to financial problems Dutch club FC Wageningen is disestablished, after having played its last match one month earlier against NAC Breda in the Eerste Divisie.
• France wins the right to host for a second time the Football World Cup in the year 1998: Football World Cup 1998
• July 10 – The Major Indoor Soccer League ceases operation after 14 seasons in the United States.
• September 9 – Dick Advocaat makes his debut as the manager of Dutch national team, as the successor of Rinus Michels, with a 2–3 friendly defeat against Italy in Eindhoven.
• October 14 – Marco van Basten makes his last appearance for the Dutch national team, earning his 58th cap against Poland. Gerald Vanenburg and Berry van Aerle also play their last match for the Dutch, while Arthur Numan makes his debut in the World Cup qualifier in De Kuip, Rotterdam.
• December 12 – São Paulo FC wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Spain's FC Barcelona. Raí scores twice for the Brazilians.

  Winner club national championships

Asia

• – Al-Ittihad
• – POSCO Atoms

  Europe

• – Lyngby BK
• – Leeds United
• – Olympique de Marseille
• – VfB Stuttgart
• - Ireland – Shelbourne
• – A.C. Milan
• * Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
• * Eerste Divisie – Cambuur Leeuwarden
• – FC Porto
• : for more complete coverage see: 1991-92 in Scottish football
• *Scottish Premier Division – Rangers
• *Scottish Division One – Dundee
• *Scottish Division Two – Dumbarton
• *Scottish Cup – Rangers
• *Scottish League Cup– Rangers
• *La Liga – FC Barcelona
• *Copa del Rey – Atlético Madrid
• – AIK
• – Beşiktaş

  North America

• – Winnipeg Fury
• – León
• *APSL – Colorado Foxes
• *Professional Cup – Colorado Foxes

  South America

• *Clausura – Newell's Old Boys
• *Apertura – Club Atlético Boca Juniors
• – Bolívar
• – Flamengo
• – El Nacional
• Paraguay – Cerro Porteño

  International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Senegal
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• UEFA European Football Championship in Sweden
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• Baltic Cup in Liepāja, Latvia
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• Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain
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  National team results

Asia

Europe

South America

Movies

• Ladybugs

  Births

• 1 January
• *Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• *Jack Wilshere, English footballer
• 6 January
• *Nika Dzalamidze, Georgian international footballer
• *João Leithardt Neto, Brazilian international footballer
• 13 January: Santiago Arias, Colombian international footballer
• 29 February
• * Francesco Gazo, Italian footballer
• * Jawad El Yamiq, Moroccan footballer
• * Guido Herrera, Argentinian footballer
• * Perry Kitchen, American soccer player
• * Saphir Taïder, French-Algerian footballer
• 28 March: Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
• 1 May: Matěj Vydra, Czech footballer
• 20 May: Gerónimo Rulli, Argentine footballer
• 28 June: Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer
• 4 July
• * Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• * Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 5 July: Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 17 July: Denis Prychynenko, Ukrainian-German footballer
• 23 July: Danny Ings, English footballer
• 24 July: Dionatan Teixeira, Brazilian-born Slovakian footballer
• 17 September: Stuart Bannigan, Scottish footballer
• 20 October: Mattia De Sciglio, Italian footballer
• 14 December: Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer

  Deaths

February

• February 17 – Delio Morollón, Spanish footballer
• February 24 – August Lešnik, Croatian footballer

  September

• September 12 – Emilio Recoba, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
• September 16 – Larbi Ben Barek, Moroccan-French footballer

  December

• December 1 – Anton Malatinský, Slovak football player and coach