2014 in association football

Events

Men's national teams

AFC

• 25 December 2013 – 7 January: 2014 WAFF Championship in
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• 19 – 30 May: 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in
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• 22 November – 20 December: 2014 AFF Cup in and
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  CAF

• 11 January – 1 February: 2014 African Nations Championship in
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  CONCACAF

• 3 – 13 September: 2014 Copa Centroamericana in the
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• 10 – 18 November: 2014 Caribbean Cup in
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  UEFA

• 29 – 31 May: 2014 Baltic Cup in
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  FIFA

• 12 June – 13 July: 2014 FIFA World Cup in for the second time.
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  Men's youth

UEFA

• 9 – 21 May: UEFA Under 17 Championship in
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• 19 – 31 July: UEFA Under 19 Championship in
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• 11–26 January: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship in
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• 6 – 20 September: 2014 AFC U-16 Championship in
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• 9 – 23 October: 2014 AFC U-19 Championship in
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  Women's national teams

AFC

• 15 – 19 April: 2014 WAFF Women's Championship in
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  Women's youth

FIFA

• 15 March – 5 April: 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in.
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• 5 – 24 August: 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in.
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  Multi-sports events

Men's

• 14 – 27 August: 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing,.
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• 14 September – 2 October: 2014 Asian Games in Incheon,.
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• 19 – 28 November: 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz,.
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  Women's

• 14 – 27 August: 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing,.
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• 14 September – 1 October: 2014 Asian Games in Incheon,.
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• 17 – 27 November: 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz,.
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  Fixed dates for national team matches

• 17–25 March
• 1–9 September
• 6–14 October
• 10–18 November

  Club continental champions

Men

Women

Domestic leagues

CONCACAF nations

Men

Women

CONMEBOL nations

AFC nations

Men

Women

UEFA nations

Men

Women

CAF nations

OFC nations

Domestic cups

UEFA nations

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Women

AFC nations

CONCACAF nations

CONMEBOL nations

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Women

CAF nations

Deaths

January

• 1 January: Josep Seguer, Spanish international footballer and manager
• 5 January: Eusébio, Portuguese international footballer
• 5 January: Mustapha Zitouni, French-Algerian international footballer
• 13 January: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer
• 15 January: Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer
• 19 January: Bert Williams, English international goalkeeper
• 25 January: Milan Ružić, Yugoslavian international footballer

  February

• 1 February: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager
• 1 February: Stefan Bozhkov, Bulgarian international footballer
• 8 February: Philippe Mahut, French international footballer
• 10 February: Gordon Harris, English international footballer
• 12 February: Josef Röhrig, German international footballer
• 13 February: Jimmy Jones, Northern Irish international footballer
• 13 February: Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager
• 14 February: Tom Finney, English international footballer
• 19 February: Antonio Benítez, Spanish international footballer
• 19 February: Kresten Bjerre, Danish international footballer and coach
• 25 February: Mário Coluna, Portuguese international footballer and manager
• 26 February: Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer
• 28 February: Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer

  March

• 4 March: László Fekete, Hungarian international footballer
• 6 March: Luis Rentería, Panamanian international footballer
• 12 March: René Llense, French international footballer
• 13 March: Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer
• 15 March: Jürgen Kurbjuhn, German international footballer
• 20 March: Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian international footballer
• 27 March: Augustin Deleanu, Romanian international footballer
• 30 March: Fred Stansfield, Welsh international footballer

  April

• 8 April: Herbert Schoen, East German international footballer
• 15 April: Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer
• 16 April: Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish international footballer
• 24 April: Sandy Jardine, Scottish international footballer and manager
• 25 April: Francesc Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager
• 27 April: Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslav international football player and coach
• 29 April: Tahar Chaïbi, Tunisian international footballer

  May

• 1 May: Georg Stollenwerk, German international footballer and trainer
• 8 May: Henning Elting, Danish international footballer
• 21 May: Duncan Cole, New Zealand international footballer
• 23 May: Joel Camargo, Brazilian international footballer
• 25 May: Washington César Santos, Brazilian international footballer
• 31 May: Marinho Chagas, Brazilian international footballer

  June

• 2 June: Gennadi Gusarov, Soviet international footballer
• 2 June: Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang, Vietnamese international footballer and coach
• 13 June: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager

  July

• 3 July: Volkmar Groß, German international footballer
• 7 July: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach
• 14 July: Vasile Zavoda, Romanian international footballer
• 19 July: Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer

  August

• 1 August: Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belaurusian football player
• 3 August: Wimper Guerrero, Ecuadorian football midfielder
• 3 August: Helmut Faeder, German footballer
• 4 August: Rodolfo Motta, Argentine footballer and coach
• 4 August: Rodrigo Osorio, Salvadoran footballer
• 6 August: Jimmy Walsh, English footballer
• 7 August: Alberto Pérez Zabala, Spanish footballer
• 8 August: Viktor Kopyl, Ukrainian footballer
• 9 August: Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football midfielder and coach
• 9 August: Dae Llyoyd, American football player
• 11 August: Vladimir Beara, Yugoslav football player
• 11 August: Djalma Cavalcante, Brazilian football player
• 11 August: Stelio Nardin, Italian footballer
• 12 August: Kazimierz Trampisz, Polish footballer
• 13 August: Kurt Tschenscher, German football referee
• 13 August: Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer
• 14 August: Géza Gulyás, Hungarian footballer
• 14 August: Javier Guzmán, Mexican football defender
• 15 August: Bruno Petroni, Italian footballer
• 15 August: Ferdinando Riva, Swiss footballer
• 17 August: Sammy Conn, Scottish footballer
• 18 August: Jean Nicolay, Belgian football goalkeeper
• 19 August: Carlos Arango, Colombian footballer
• 20 August: Eric Barber, Irish footballer
• 20 August: José Luis Saldívar, Mexican footballer
• 21 August: Don Clark, English footballer
• 22 August: Pete Ladygo, American football player
• 23 August: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian international footballer
• 27 August: Jean-François Beltramini, French footballer
• 27 August: Bobby Kinloch, Scottish footballer
• 28 August: Carlos Alberto Etcheverry, Argentine football player
• 28 August: Fernando Zunzunegui, Spanish footballer

  September

• 4 September: Willie Finlay, Scottish footballer
• 6 September: Arne Amundsen, Norwegian football goalkeeper
• 7 September: Nikolay Adamets, Belarusian footballer
• 9 September: David Whyte, English footballer
• 10 September: Károly Sándor, Hungarian international footballer
• 10 September: Joakim Vislavski, Serbian footballer
• 12 September: Harold Williams, Welsh international footballer
• 13 September: Milan Galić, Serbian footballer
• 16 September: Dinis Vital, Portuguese footballer
• 17 September: Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach
• 22 September: Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese international footballer and manager
• 22 September: Billy Neil, Scottish footballer
• 23 September: John Divers, Scottish footballer
• 25 September: Vladimir Dolbonosov, Russian footballer
• 28 September: Tim Rawlings, English footballer
• 29 September: Hugh Doherty, Irish footballer
• 29 September: Len Stephenson, English footballer

  October

• 3 October: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French international footballer
• 3 October: Lori Sandri, Brazilian football manager
• 4 October: Fyodor Cherenkov, Soviet and Russian international footballer and manager
• 6 October: Feridun Buğeker, Turkish international footballer
• 6 October: Mikhail Potylchak, Russian footballer
• 6 October: Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer
• 7 October: Amos Mkhari, South African footballer
• 7 October: Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer
• 9 October: Henning Bjerregaard, Danish footballer
• 10 October: Roy Law, English footballer
• 11 October: Carmelo Simeone, Argentine international footballer
• 12 October: Roberto Telch, Argentine international footballer
• 13 October: Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer
• 16 October: Shalom Schwarz, Israeli footballer
• 17 October: Daisuke Oku, Japanese international footballer
• 17 October: Gero Bisanz, German footballer
• 17 October: Vladimír Hrivnák, Slovak footballer
• 18 October: Danny Light, English footballer
• 19 October: Arnold Mitchell, English footballer
• 19 October: Don Ratcliffe, English footballer
• 19 October: Jim Sharkey, English footballer
• 21 October: Jim Barrett, Jr., English footballer
• 22 October: Anatoly Chertkov, Russian footballer
• 22 October: George Francis, English footballer
• 23 October: André Piters, Belgian international footballer
• 24 October: Martin Garratt, English footballer
• 24 October: Malcolm Thompson, English footballer
• 26 October: Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer
• 27 October: Leif Skiöld, Swedish international footballer and ice hockey player
• 27 October: Reidar Sundby, Norwegian footballer
• 29 October: Klas Ingesson, Swedish international footballer and manager
• 29 October: Rainer Hasler, Liechtenstein footballer
• 30 October: Joe Brown, English footballer
• 31 October: Armando Cavazzuti, Italian footballer
• 31 October: Pat Partridge, British football referee

  November

• 1 November: Gustau Biosca, Spanish international footballer and manager
• 1 November: Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1 November: Ivor Seemley, English footballer
• 1 November: Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer
• 2 November: Vladimir Suchilin, Soviet footballer
• 3 November: Geoff Cox, English footballer
• 4 November: Derek Hogg, English footballer
• 4 November: Eddie Stuart, South African footballer
• 5 November: Mario Pietruzzi, Italian footballer
• 5 November: Roy Hartle, English footballer
• 7 November: Juan Taverna, Argentine footballer
• 8 November: Giovan Battista Pirovano, Italian footballer
• 8 November: Sammy Wilson, Scottish footballer
• 9 November: Sammy Reid, Scottish footballer
• 11 November: Jim Storrie, Scottish footballer
• 13 November: Gus Cremins, Irish Gaelic footballer
• 14 November: Kjell Hvidsand, Norwegian footballer
• 14 November: Zaki Osman, Egyptian footballer
• 14 November: Peter Rajah, Malaysian footballer
• 15 November: Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian international footballer
• 17 November: Ilija Pantelić, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer
• 18 November: Iain Hesford, English footballer
• 19 November: Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian international footballer and manager
• 22 November: Sar Sophea, Cambodian international footballer
• 23 November: John Neal, English footballer
• 24 November: Reg Foulkes, English footballer
• 25 November: Aurelio Milani, Italian footballer
• 26 November: Malcolm Finlayson, Scottish footballer
• 26 November: Ángel Tulio Zof, Argentine footballer
• 26 November: Fikret Kırcan, Turkish footballer
• 27 November: August Gottschalk, German footballer
• 28 November: Lucidio Sentimenti, Italian footballer
• 29 November: Ahmad Wartam, Singapore international footballer

  December

• 1 December: Jimmy Duncan, Scottish footballer
• 4 December: Sitamadji Allarassem, Chadian footballer
• 6 December: Juan Antonio Merlos, Salvadoran football player
• 7 December: Tommy Todd, Scottish footballer
• 7 December: Jerzy Wilim, Polish footballer
• 9 December: Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer
• 11 December: Benigno De Grandi, Italia footballer
• 12 December: John Baxter, Scottish footballer
• 12 December: José María Lorant, Argentine footballer
• 15 December: Nicolae Manea, Romanian footballer
• 16 December: Reidar Dørum, Norwegian footballer
• 18 December: Ante Žanetić, Croatian footballer
• 19 December: Pat Holton, Scottish footballer
• 20 December: Seriki Audu, Scottish footballer
• 20 December: Sam Morris, English footballer
• 21 December: Åke Johansson, Swedish international footballer
• 22 December: Moses Otolorin, Nigerian footballer
• 23 December: Luis Condomi, Argentine footballer
• 24 December: Rubén Amorín, Uruguayan footballer
• 25 December: Ihor Nadein, Ukrainian footballer
• 27 December: Ron Henry, English international footballer
• 27 December: Erich Retter; German international footballer
• 28 December: Javier Fragoso, Mexican international footballer
• 29 December: Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer
• 29 December: Samuel Sentini, Honduran international footballer
• 30 December: Igor Kiselyov, Russian footballer
• 30 December: Walter Roque, Uruguayan footballer
• 31 December: Jimmy Dunn, Scottish footballer
• 31 December: Romanus Orjinta, Nigerian footballer
• 31 December: Luis Oruezábal, Argentine footballer