This is a list of the football (soccer) events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
Events
March 3 – Portugal wins its first FIFA World Youth Championship
April 15 – Hillsborough disaster, that occurred at Hillsborough, before the FA Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest.
May 20 – Liverpool wins the FA Cup, beating Everton 3–2 AET, thanks to two goals from Ian Rush.
May 24 – A.C. Milan defeats Steaua București, 4–0, to win their third European Cup final.
May 26 – Arsenal beat Liverpool F.C. 2–0 at Anfield to dramatically win the English Football League First Division, thanks to an injury time goal from Michael Thomas.
May 31 – Copa Libertadores is won by Atlético Nacional after defeating Olimpia Asunción 5–4 on penalties after a final aggregate score of 2–2.
June 24 – In the final of the FIFA U-16 World Championship, Saudi Arabia became surprising winners during the penalty shoot-out to Scotland in Glasgow.
December 17 – Italy's Milan wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Colombia's Atlético Nacional in extra-time 1–0. The only goal is scored by Alberigo Evani.
Winners club national championships
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
International Tournaments
Copa América in Brazil (July 1–16, 1989)
National Teams
Births
January
January 6: Jasmin Pllana, Austrian club footballer
January 7:
Emiliano Insúa (Argentinian defender)
Miles Addison (English defender)
Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Malaysian footballer
January 14:
Adam Clayton (English youth international)
Mattia Marchi (Italian club footballer)
Liu Xiaodong (Chinese footballer)
January 20:
Nikola Ivanović, Serbian footballer
Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian club footballer
January 29: Dirceu (Brazilian footballer)
January 30: Tomás Mejías (Spanish youth international)
February
February 1: Oleksandr Protsyuk (Ukrainian footballer)
February 14: Jocenir "Jocenir Alves da Silva" (Brazilian footballer)
February 21: Luca Borrelli (Italian professional footballer)
March
March 1: Carlos Vela (Mexican forward)
March 13: Marko Marin (German international midfielder)
March 14: Abdul Hamid Mony, Indonesian former footballer
March 15: Ondřej Mazuch (Czech defender)
March 16: Theo Walcott (English international forward)
March 17: Surafiel Tesfamicael (Eritrean footballer)
March 29: Arnold Peralta Honduran international footballer (died 2015)
March 31
Pablo Piatti (Argentinian forward)
Dario Šmitran (Slovenian footballer)
April
April 13: Dario Dussin, Swiss professional footballer
April 20: Michał Pytkowski, Polish footballer
April 22: Jasper Cillessen, Dutch international goalkeeper
April 29: Edgar Machuca, Paraguayan footballer
May
May 6: Chukwuma Akabueze (Nigerian midfielder)
May 11: Giovani dos Santos (Mexican forward)
May 31:
Bas Dost (Dutch footballer)
Marco Reus (German footballer)
June
June 2: Freddy Adu (American forward)
June 6: James Agrono (Colombian footballer)
June 18: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabonese striker)
June 25: Jack Cork (English footballer)
July
July 3: Matías Banco (Argentine midfield footballer)
July 16: Gareth Bale (Welsh international forward)
August
August 3: Nick Viergever (Dutch defender)
August 10: Ben Sahar (Israeli forward)
August 12: Vladimir Castellón (Bolivian forward)
August 17: David Abdul (Dutch Antillean forward)
September
September 1:
Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian international
Daniel Sturridge (English forward)
September 2: Alexandre Pato (Brazilian forward)
September 10: Victory Yendra (Indonesian former footballer)
September 13: Sebastián Regueiro ( Uruguayan footballer)
September 22: Vladyslav Hrinchenko (Ukrainian footballer)
September 25: Krisztián Brunczvik (Slovak footballer, midfielder)
October
October 3: Natalia Saratovtseva, former Russian footballer
October 4: Benjamin Stebbings, English cricketer
October 6: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
October 15: Joan Darome, Indonesian former footballer
October 20: Omar Yabroudi, Emirati football recruitment head
October 24:
Armin Bačinović, Slovenian midfielder
Jack Colback, English footballer
Cristian Gamboa, Costa Rican international
Igor Pisanjuk, Serbian footballer
November
November 5:
Andrew Boyce, English club footballer
Brandon Mabiala, French footballer
November 6: Josmer Altidore (American forward)
November 17: Nick Salapatas, British-Greek footballer
November 22: José Carlos Prieto, Chilean footballer
December
December 3: Kristjan Lipovac, Slovenian footballer
December 17: André Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
December 22: Daniel Goldschmitt, German footballer
Deaths
February
February 5 – André Cheuva (80), French footballer
April
April 24 – Franz Binder (77), Austrian footballer
May
May 19 – Samuel Okwaraji, (25) Nigerian footballer, squad Nigeria national football team at the 1988 Summer Olympics
July
July 20 – José Augusto Brandão, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (79)
September
September 1 – Kazimierz Deyna (41), Polish footballer
November
November 9 – Leen Vente (78), Dutch footballer
References
External links
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
VoetbalStats
Association football by year