2010 in association football

News

• Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.
• Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season:
• * The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.
• * Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Events

Men's national teams

FIFA

• 11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in
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• 14 August – 22 August: 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship in
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  CAF

• 10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in
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  AFC

• December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup in and
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• * Runners-up:
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  Women's national teams

• 24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in
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• 4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in
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  Women's youth

• July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
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• 5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
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• March 3 - March 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in
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  Multi-sports events

Men

• August 12–25: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in
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• November 7–25: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,
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  Women

• August 12–24: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in
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• November 14–22: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,
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  Club football

Region	Tournament	Champion	Title	Last Honor
AFC	2010 AFC Champions League	Seongnam	2nd	1995
AFC	2010 AFC Cup	Aleppo	1st	N/A
AFC	2010 AFC President's Cup	Yadarnarbon	1st	N/A
CAF	2010 CAF Champions League	TP Mazembe	4th	2009
CAF	2010 CAF Confederation Cup	FUS Rabat	1st	N/A
CAF	2010 CAF Super Cup	TP Mazembe	1st	N/A
CONCACAF	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League	Pachuca	4th	2008
CONCACAF	2010 North American SuperLiga	Morelia	1st	N/A
CONCACAF	2010 CFU Club Championship	Puerto Rico Islanders	1st	N/A
CONMEBOL	2010 Copa Libertadores	Internacional	2nd	2006
CONMEBOL	2010 Copa Sudamericana	Independiente	1st	N/A
CONMEBOL	2010 Recopa Sudamericana	LDU Quito	2nd	2009
OFC	2009–10 OFC Champions League	PRK Hekari United	1st	N/A
UEFA	2009–10 UEFA Champions League	Inter Milan	3rd	1964–65
UEFA	2009–10 UEFA Europa League	Atlético Madrid	1st	N/A
UEFA	2010 UEFA Super Cup	Atlético Madrid	1st	N/A
FIFA	2010 FIFA Club World Cup	Inter Milan	1st	N/A

Women

National champions

AFC

• Australia – Sydney FC
• Bahrain – Al-Ahli
• Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
• Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
• Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
• China PR – Shandong Luneng
• Chinese Taipei – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
• Guam – Quality Distributors
• Hong Kong – South China
• India – Dempo SC
• Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
• Iran – Sepahan
• Iraq – Dohuk FC
• Japan – Nagoya Grampus
• Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
• Kuwait – Qadsia SC
• Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
• Lebanon – Al Ahed
• Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
• Malaysia – Selangor FA
• Oman – Al-Suwaiq
• Pakistan – KRL
• Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
• Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
• Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
• Singapore – Etoile FC
• South Korea – FC Seoul
• Syria – Al-Jaish
• Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
• Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
• Turkmenistan – FC Balkan
• UAE – Al Wahda
• Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
• Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.

  CAF

• Algeria – MC Alger
• Angola – G.D. Interclube
• Benin – ASPAC FC
• Botswana – Township Rollers FC
• Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
• Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
• Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
• Cape Verde – Boavista FC
• Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
• Chad – Tourbillon FC
• Comoros – Elan Club
• Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
• DR Congo – AS Vita Club
• Djibouti – AS Port
• Egypt – Al-Ahly
• Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
• Eritrea – unknown
• Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
• Gabon – US Bitam
• Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
• Ghana – Aduana Stars
• Guinea – Fello Star
• Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
• Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
• Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
• Lesotho – Matlama FC
• Liberia – unknown
• Libya – Al Ittihad
• *Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
• Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
• Mali – Stade Malien
• Mauritania – CF Cansado
• Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
• Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
• Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
• Namibia – African Stars F.C.
• Niger – ASFAN
• Nigeria – Enyimba
• Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
• Rwanda – APR FC
• São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
• Senegal – ASC Diaraf
• Seychelles – St Michel United FC
• Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
• Somalia – Gayher FC
• South Africa – Supersport United FC
• Sudan – Al-Hilal
• Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
• Tanzanian – Simba SC
• Togo – not held
• Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
• Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
• Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
• Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
• Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.

  CONCACAF

• Saint Kitts: Newtown United
• Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
• Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
• Sint Maarten: D & P Connection
• Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy

  CONMEBOL

• Argentina – Argentinos Juniors ; Estudiantes
• Bolivia – Jorge Wilstermann ; Oriente Petrolero
• Brazil – Fluminense
• Chile – Universidad Católica
• Colombia – Junior ; Once Caldas
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Guaraní ; Libertad
• Peru – Universidad San Martín
• Uruguay – Peñarol
• Venezuela – Caracas

OFC

• – ongoing
• French Polynesia – AS Tefana
• New Caledonia – ongoing
• – Waitakere United

  UEFA

• Albania: Dinamo Tirana
• Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
• Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
• Austria: Red Bull Salzburg
• Azerbaijan: Inter Baku
• Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
• Belgium: Anderlecht
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
• Bulgaria: Litex Lovech
• Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
• Cyprus: Omonia
• Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
• Denmark: Copenhagen
• England: Chelsea
• Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
• Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
• Finland: HJK Helsinki
• France: Marseille
• Georgia: Olimpi Rustavi
• Germany: Bayern Munich
• Greece: Panathinaikos
• Hungary: Debreceni VSC
• Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
• Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
• Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Italy: Internazionale
• Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
• Latvia: Skonto Riga
• Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
• Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
• Macedonia: Renova
• Malta: Birkirkara
• Moldova: Sheriff Tiraspol
• Montenegro: Rudar Pljevlja
• Netherlands: Twente
• Northern Ireland: Linfield
• Norway: Rosenborg Trondheim
• Poland: Lech Poznań
• Portugal: Benfica
• Romania: Cluj
• Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
• San Marino: Tre Fiori
• Scotland: Rangers
• Serbia: Partizan
• Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
• Slovenia: Koper
• Spain: Barcelona
• Sweden: Malmö FF
• Switzerland: Basel
• Turkey: Bursaspor
• Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
• Wales: The New Saints

  Domestic cup winners

AFC

• Japan
• Qatar
• Singapore
• Thailand

  CAF

• South Africa

  CONCACAF

• Canada
• Suriname
• United States

  CONMEBOL

• Brazil

  OFC

• New Zealand

  UEFA

• England
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Russia
• Scotland
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey

  Deaths

January

• 1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder
• 1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender
• 3 January - Gus Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender
• 9 January - Améleté Abalo, Togolese football manager
• 11 January - Johnny King, English footballer
• 13 January - Tommy Sloan, Scottish footballer
• 15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker
• 18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender
• 19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper
• 19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker
• 19 January - Christos Hatziskoulidis, Greek footballer
• 20 January - Jack Parry, Welsh footballer
• 21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder
• 26 January – Lars Larsson, Swedish defender

  February

• 1 February - Bobby Kirk, Scottish footballer
• 3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper
• 5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker
• 7 February - Bobby Dougan, Scottish footballer
• 8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper
• 9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder
• 10 February – Orlando, Brazilian defender
• 11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker
• 11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker
• 12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker
• 12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper
• 12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager
• 13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker
• 14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder
• February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
• 16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker
• 18 February - Alan Gordon, Scottish footballer
• 20 February - Bobby Cox, Scottish footballer
• 22 February - Bobby Smith, Scottish footballer
• 23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper
• 27 February - Charlie Crowe, English footballer
• 28 February - Adam Blacklaw, Scottish footballer

  March

• 3 March - Keith Alexander, English footballer
• 4 March - Tony Richards, English footballer
• 6 March - Mansour Amirasefi, Iranian footballer
• 6 March - Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer
• 9 March - Gheorghe Constantin, Romanian footballer
• 11 March - Wille MacFarlane, Scottish footballer
• 12 March - Aleksandr Minayev, Russian footballer
• 12 March - Hugh Robertson, Scottish footballer
• 13 March - Édouard Kargu, French footballer
• 13 March - Charlie Ashcroft, English footballer
• 17 March - Abdellah Blinda, Moroccan footballer
• 18 March - Júlio Correia da Silva, Portuguese footballer
• 19 March - Bob Curtis, English footballer
• 20 March - Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer
• 27 March - Zbigniew Gut, Polish footballer
• 28 March - Derlis Florentín, Paraguayan footballer

  April

• 3 April - Oleg Kopayev, Russian footballer
• 6 April - Sid Storey, English footballer
• 9 April - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer
• 10 April - Manfred Reichert, German footballer
• 11 April - Hans-Joachim Göring, German footballer
• 11 April - Theodor Homann, German footballer
• 12 April - Alper Balaban, Turkish footballer
• 13 April - Jorge Bontemps, Argentine footballer
• 13 April - Charlie Timmins, English footballer
• 15 April - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer
• 17 April - Alexandru Neagu, Romanian footballer
• 21 April - Sammy Baird, Scottish footballer
• 21 April - Tony Ingham, English footballer
• 21 April - Manfred Kallenbach, German footballer
• 22 April - Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer
• 22 April - Victor Nurenberg, Luxembourgian footballer
• 22 April - Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer
• 25 April - Ian Lawther, Northern Irish footballer
• 26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder
• 26 April - Yuri Vshivtsev, Russian footballer

  May

• 3 May - Denis Obua, Ugandan footballer
• 6 May - Guillermo Meza, Mexican footballer
• 6 May - Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer
• 7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder
• 11 May
• *Brian Gibson, English footballer
• *Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer
• 13 May - Walter Klimmek, German football defender
• 15 May - Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer
• 19 May - Harry Vos, Dutch footballer
• 24 May - Kambozia Jamali, Iranian midfielder
• 26 May - Leo Canjels, Dutch footballer

  June

• 1 June - John Hagart, Scottish footballer
• 4 June - Hennadiy Popovych, Ukrainian footballer
• 6 June - Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football manager
• 7 June - Jorge Ginarte, Argentine footballer
• 9 June - Mohamed Sylla, Guinean footballer
• 12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder
• 20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender
• 20 June - Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer
• 22 June - Amokrane Oualiken, Algerian footballer
• 23 June - Jörg Berger, German footballer
• 27 June - Édgar García de Dios, Mexican footballer

  July

• July 1 - Eddie Moussa, Swedish footballer
• July 3 - Colin Gardner, British football manager
• July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time.
• July 6 - Alekos Sofianidis, Greek footballer
• July 8 - Guillermo León, Costa Rican footballer
• July 11 - Rudi Strittich, Austrian footballer
• July 13 - Ken Barnes, British footballer
• July 17 - Shaun Mawer, English footballer
• July 17 - Ioannis Stefas, Greek footballer
• July 17 - Gunārs Ulmanis, Latvian footballer
• July 19 - Joseph Aghoghovbia, Nigerian footballer
• July 19 - Daiki Sato, Japanese footballer
• July 28 - Daniel Pettit, English footballer
• July 29 - Alex Wilson, Polish footballer
• July 30 - Stanley Milburn, English footballer
• July 31 - Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer

  August

• August 2 - José María Silvero, Argentine footballer
• August 3 - Edmund Zientara, Polish footballer
• August 5 - Yuri Shishlov, Russian footballer
• August 8 - Ken Boyes, English footballer
• August 8 - Massamasso Tchangai, Togolese footballer
• August 10 - Brian Clark, English footballer
• August 10 - Adam Stansfield, English footballer
• August 13 - Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer
• August 22 - Raúl Belén, Argentine footballer
• August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
• August 22 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer
• August 27 - Oscar Ntwagae, South African footballer
• August 28 - Isa Bakar, Malaysian footballer
• August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the final.
• August 30 - Henryk Czapczyk, Polish footbller
• August 30 - Philip Tisson, Saint Lucian footballer

  September

• 2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder
• 3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese striker and manager
• 10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker
• 10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker
• 11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender
• 12 September - Nduka Anyanwu, Nigerian defender
• 18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker
• 18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager
• 22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender
• 23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager
• 28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker

  October

• 1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker
• 1 October - Bobby Craig, Scottish footballer
• 1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager
• 6 October - Norman Christie, Scottish footballer
• 9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder
• 12 October - José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper
• 13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder
• 13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker
• 14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager
• 18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender
• 18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent
• 21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker
• 22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder
• 24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager
• 26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle"
• 29 October - Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder
• 30 October - John Benson, Scottish defender and manager

  November

• 3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender
• 8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender
• 8 November - Tim Womack, English footballer
• 12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA
• 15 November -Ángel Cabrera, Uruguayan footballer
• 16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager
• November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
• 18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper
• 24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager
• 26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager
• 27 November - Steve Hill, English footballer
• 28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper

  December

• 3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender
• 5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender
• 6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder
• 6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager
• 7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender
• 10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager
• 11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker
• 12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender
• 14 December - Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper
• 17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder
• 21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee
• 21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager
• 24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper
• 26 December - Bill Jones, English defender
• 27 December - Walter Balmer, Swiss international footballer
• 28 December - Jeff Taylor, English footballer
• 29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder
• 29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender