2013 in association football

Events

Men's national teams

Senior

• 5 – 18 January: 21st Arabian Gulf Cup in
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• 18 – 27 January: 2013 Copa Centroamericana in
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• 19 January – 10 February: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in
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• 15 – 30 June: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in
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• 6 – 20 July: 2013 COSAFA Cup in
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• 7 – 28 July: 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the
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• 20 – 28 July: 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in
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• 20 September – 2 October: 2013 SAFF Championship in
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• 26 October – 2 November: 2013 UEMOA Tournament in
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• 27 November – 12 December: 2013 CECAFA Cup in
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  Youth

• 9 January – 3 February: 2013 South American Youth Championship in
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• 18 February – 3 March: 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in
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• 7 – 15 March: 2013 Central American Games in
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• 16 – 30 March: 2013 African U-20 Championship in
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• 17 – 30 March: 2013 OFC U-20 Championship in
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• 6 – 19 April: 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in
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• 2 – 26 April: 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship in
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• 13 – 27 April: 2013 African U-17 Championship in
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• 17–25 April: OFC Under 17 Championship in
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• 5 – 17 May: 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in
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• 28 May – 8 June: 2013 U-21 Toulon Tournament in
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• 5 – 18 June: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in
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• 21 June – 13 July: 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in
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• 20 July – 1 August: 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in
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• 17 October – 8 November: 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the
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• 7 December – 21 December: 2013 Southeast Asian Games in
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• 1: 2nd title for Russia since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. UEFA records treat Russia and the Soviet Union as the same.

  Women's national teams

• 6 – 13 March: 2013 Algarve Cup in
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• 25 – 28 June: 2013 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship in
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• 10 – 28 July: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in
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• 20 – 27 July: 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup in
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• 19 – 31 August: 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in
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• 26 September – 6 October: 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in
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• 11 – 20 October: 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in
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  News

• June 20 – Abby Wambach becomes the all-time leading international goal scorer for either men or women. Her four goals for the USA in a friendly against South Korea in Harrison, New Jersey bring her career total to 160, surpassing the 158 of fellow American Mia Hamm.

  Fixed dates for national team matches

• 6 February
• 23–27 March
• 8–12 June
• 21 August
• 7–11 September
• 12–16 October
• 16–20 November

  Club continental champions

Men

Women

Domestic leagues

CONCACAF nations

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Women

CONMEBOL nations

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Women

Nation	League	Champion	Title	Last honor
Brazil	2013 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino	Centro Olímpico	1st	–

AFC nations

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Women

UEFA nations

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CAF nations

OFC nations

Domestic cups

UEFA nations

AFC nations

CONCACAF nations

CONMEBOL nations

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Nation	League	Champion	Title	Last honor
Argentina	2012–13 Copa Argentina	Arsenal de Sarandí	1st	—
Brazil	2013 Copa do Brasil	Flamengo	3rd	2006
Chile	2012–13 Copa Chile	Universidad de Chile	4th	2000
Colombia	2013 Copa Colombia	Atlético Nacional	2nd	2012
Venezuela	2013 Copa Venezuela	Caracas FC	6th	2009

Women

Nation	League	Champion	Title	Last honor
Brazil	2013 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino	São José	2nd	2012

CAF nations

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Lucio Dell'Angelo, Italian footballer
• 2 January – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer
• 2 January – Rudolf Szanwald, Austrian footballer
• 4 January – Lassaâd Ouertani, Tunisian footballer
• 6 January – Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer
• 8 January – Bernard Delcampe, French footballer
• 8 January – Cornel Pavlovici, Romanian footballer
• 12 January – Harry Fearnley, English footballer
• 12 January – Roy Sinclair, English footballer
• 13 January – Geoff Thomas, English footballer
• 15 January – Zurab Popkhadze, Georgian footballer
• 18 January – Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer
• 18 January – Ken Jones, English footballer
• 18 January – Alfons Lemmens, Dutch footballer
• 19 January – Ian Wells, English footballer
• 22 January – Jimmy Payne, English footballer
• 23 January – Jacques Grimonpon, French footballer
• 24 January – Dave Harper, English footballer
• 24 January – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer
• 28 January – Ladislav Pavlovič, Slovak footballer
• 29 January – Reg Jenkins, English footballer

  February

• 3 February – Wolfgang Abraham, German footballer
• 3 February – Zlatko Papec, Croatian footballer
• 8 February – Ron Hansell, English footballer
• 8 February – Kjell Hjertsson, Swedish footballer
• 8 February – Ian Lister, Scottish footballer
• 11 February – Teodor Lucuță, Romanian footballer
• 11 February – Alfred Zijai, Albanian footballer
• 12 February – Jimmy Mulroy, Irish Gaelic footballer
• 12 February – Frank Seator, Liberian striker
• 14 February – Luis Cruzado, Peruvian football midfielder
• 14 February – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech footballer
• 18 February – Okey Isima, Nigerian footballer
• 19 February – John Downie, Scottish footballer
• 20 February – Emma McDougall, English footballer
• 20 February – Antonio Roma, Argentine footballer
• 20 February – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer
• 21 February – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer
• 21 February – Hasse Jeppson, English footballer
• 21 February – Dick Neal Jr., English footballer
• 24 February – Seamus O'Connell, English footballer
• 26 February – Dobrivoje Trivić, Serbian footballer
• 27 February – Terry Twell, English footballer
• 28 February – Theo Bos, Dutch footballer
• 28 February – Jean Van Steen, Belgian footballer

  March

• March 1 – Ludwig Zausinger, German footballer
• March 2 – Jimmy Jackson, Scottish footballer
• March 3 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer
• March 4 – Seki Matsunaga, Japanese footballer
• March 4 – George Petherbridge, English footballer
• March 6 – Dave Bewley, English footballer
• March 7 – Dick Graham, English footballer
• March 7 – Stan Keery, English footballer
• March 7 – Willie McCulloch, Scottish footballer
• March 7 – Jan Zwartkruis, Dutch footballer
• March 8 – Kai Pahlman, Finnish footballer
• March 12 – Gordon Pembery, Welsh footballer
• March 14 – Harry Thomson, Scottish footballer
• March 15 – Felipe Zetter, Mexican footballer
• March 17 – François Sermon, Belgian footballer
• March 20 – Vasile Ianul, Romanian footballer
• March 21 – Angus Carmichael, Scottish footballer
• March 21 – Aníbal Paz, Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
• March 22 – Fred Jones, English footballer
• March 24 – Derek Leaver, English footballer
• March 24 – Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer
• March 26 – Jerzy Wyrobek, Polish footballer
• March 31 – Ray Drake, English footballer

  April

• 29 April: Kevin Moore, English footballer

  May

• 22 May: Brian Greenhoff, English international footballer
• 24 May: Ron Davies, Welsh international footballer

  June

• 15 June: Heinz Flohe, German international footballer
• 16 June: Ottmar Walter, German international footballer
• 27 June: Stefano Borgonovo, Italian international footballer
• 30 June: Ingvar Rydell, Swedish international footballer

  July

• 1 July: Bent Schmidt-Hansen, Danish footballer
• 1 July: Ján Zlocha, Slovak footballer
• 4 July: Jack Crompton, English footballer
• 8 July: Albert Dehert, Belgian footballer
• 8 July: Dave Hickson, English footballer
• 9 July: Andrzej Czyżniewski, Polish footballer
• 14 July: George Smith, English footballer
• 17 July: Luis Ubiña, Uruguayan footballer
• 18 July: Anatoly Budayev, Belarusian footballer
• 19 July: Bert Trautmann, German footballer
• 19 July: Phil Woosnam, Welsh footballer
• 20 July: André Grobéty, Swiss footballer
• 22 July: Lawrie Reilly, Scottish international footballer
• 23 July: Luis Mendez, Belizean footballer
• 23 July: Djalma Santos, Brazilian international footballer
• 27 July: Sékou Camara, Malian footballer
• 29 July: Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian international footballer
• 30 July: Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer

  August

• 1 August: Collin McAdam, Scottish footballer
• 1 August: Ritham Madubun, Indonesian footballer
• 2 August: Kurt Ehrmann, German international footballer
• 3 August: Jack Hynes, Scottish footballer
• 4 August: Wilf Carter, English footballer
• 5 August: Malcolm Barrass, English footballer
• 6 August: Steve Aizlewood, Welsh footballer
• 6 August: Dave Wagstaffe, English footballer
• 6 August: Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer
• 7 August: Keith Skillen, English footballer
• 8 August: Chikondi Banda Malawian footballer
• 8 August: Johnny Hamilton, Scottish footballer
• 11 August: Bob Bignall, Australian footballer
• 13 August: Alfonso Lara, Chilean footballer
• 13 August: Jean Vincent, French footballer
• 16 August: John Ryden, Scottish footballer
• 16 August: Francesco Scaratti, Italian footballer
• 19 August: Reha Eken, Turkish footballer
• 20 August: Costică Ștefănescu, Romanian footballer
• 20 August: Fred Martin, Scottish footballer
• 22 August: Andrea Servi, Italian footballer
• 24 August: Newton de Sordi, Brazilian international footballer
• 25 August: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian international footballer
• 27 August: Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer
• 27 August: Héctor Sanabria, Argentine footballer
• 28 August: László Gyetvai, Hungarian footballer
• 28 August: Francis Kajiya, Zambian footballer
• 28 August: Barry Stobart, English footballer
• 29 August: Artan Bushati, Albanian football coach

  September

• 1 September: Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish international footballer
• 4 September: Ferdinand Biwersi, German referee
• 7 September: Wolfgang Frank, German footballer and manager
• 7 September: Marek Špilár, Slovakian international footballer
• 11 September: Fernand Boone, Belgian international footballer
• 19 September: Gerrie Mühren, Dutch international footballer
• 23 September: Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer

  October

• 1 October: Peter Broadbent, English international footballer
• 14 October: Bruno Metsu, French footballer

  November

• 3 November: Ryszard Kraus Polish international footballer
• 5 November: Stuart Williams Welsh international footballer
• 12 November: Erik Dyreborg, Danish footballer
• 14 November: Bennett Masinga, South African international footballer
• 16 November: Arne Pedersen, Norwegian international footballer
• 24 November: Amedeo Amadei, Italian international footballer and manager
• 25 November: Bill Foulkes, English international footballer and manager
• 27 November: Nílton Santos, Brazilian international footballer

  December

• 2 December: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer
• 18 December: Büyük Jeddikar, Iranian international footballer
• 24 December: Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan international footballer
• 29 December: Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian and Russian international footballer
• 30 December: Akeem Adams, Trinidadian international footballer