1991 in association football

Events UEFA Champions League 1991: Red Star Belgrade wins 5–3 on penalties over Olympique de Marseille after 0–0 draw. FIFA Women's World Cup – United States wins 2–1 over Norway For the first time since the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985, English clubs are allowed to participate in competitions sponsored by UEFA, for the 1991–1992 season. 6 March – Feyenoord Rotterdam's coaching staff, led by Gunder Bengtsson and Pim Verbeek, is fired and replaced by former player Wim Jansen. 29 March – Diego Maradona is banned for fifteen months in the Italian Serie A after failing a drug test on cocaine. 18 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins 2–1 (after extra-time) over Nottingham Forest to claim the FA Cup. 2 June – Feyenoord Rotterdam claims the KNVB Cup by defeating FC Den Bosch in its own stadium, De Kuip. The only goal is scored by Rob Witschge in the 8th minute. The last seven minutes of the second half are cancelled due to hooligans invading the pitch. 5 June – Copa Libertadores is won by Colo-Colo after defeating Olimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 3–0. 19 June – Slovenia plays its first ever international match, losing 1–0 to neighbouring Croatia in Murska Sobota. 25 September – Asgeir Eliasson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland with a 2–0 win over Spain. 4 December – Peter Bosz makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team, replacing striker Wim Kieft after 85 minutes in the game against Greece. 8 December – Red Star Belgrade wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Chile's Colo-Colo 3–0. Vladimir Jugović scores twice for the Yugoslavs.

Winner club national championships

Asia

AFC Champions League 1990-91 Winner: Iran - Esteghlal Runners Up:China - Liaoning F.C. 1991 Winner: Saudi Arabia - AlHilal Runners Up:Iran - Esteghlal

Europe – Arsenal – Olympique de Marseille – Sampdoria Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven Eerste Divisie – De Graafschap – S.L. Benfica : For full coverage, see 1990-91 in Scottish football. Scottish Premier Division – Rangers Scottish Division One – Falkirk Scottish Division Two – Stirling Albion Scottish Cup – Motherwell Scottish League Cup– Rangers – CSKA Moscow – Barcelona – Beşiktaş – 1. FC Kaiserslautern

North American – Vancouver 86ers (CSL) – UNAM – San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (APSL)

South America

1990/1991 – Newell's Old Boys Apertura 1991 – River Plate – Bolívar – São Paulo Paraguay – Sol de América

International tournaments Baltic Cup in Klaipėda, Lithuania CONCACAF Gold Cup in Los Angeles and Pasadena, United States Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba FIFA U-17 World Championship in Italy Copa América in Chile UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica FIFA Women's World Cup in China

National team results

Europe

South America

Births

January 1 January: Michael Lucky Kelechuckwu, Nigerian footballer Stéphane Okou, Ivorian footballer 2 January Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer Sergei Petrov, Russian football player Davide Santon, Italian footballer 5 January: Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer Rahel Kiwic, Swiss footballer Dani Pacheco, Spanish footballer 7 January: Eden Hazard, Belgian football player Alen Stevanović, Swiss-Serbian footballer 8 January: Jorge Enríquez, Mexican international Emiliano Tabone, Argentinian footballer 21 January: Mohammad Ghadir, Arab-Israeli footballer Alfredo Ortuño, Spanish footballer Luis Alfonso Rodríguez, Mexican international 24 January: Ali Kireş, Turkish footballer 26 January: Milad Fayyazbakhsh, Iranian footballer

February 3 February: Peter Pawlett, English footballer 8 February: Nicholas Killas, South African footballer Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer 14 February: Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer Chris Rowney, English club footballer 16 February: Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer 20 February: Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer Christopher Tvrdy, Austrian footballer 25 February: Marco Muraccini, former San Marino international footballer

March 5 March Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer Rogelio Funes Mori, Argentine footballer 14 March: Mladen Ličina, Serbian footballer 23 March: Jorge Iván Bocanegra, Colombian footballer 27 March: Jesse-Juho Kuusisto, Finnish footballer

April 11 April: Niall Canavan, English-born Irish footballer 20 April: Dariusz Góral, Polish former professional footballer Ondřej Kraják, Czech footballer

May 1 May Abdisalam Ibrahim, Norwegian footballer Bartosz Salamon, Polish footballer 11 May: Milton Raphael, Brazilian professional footballer 17 May: Aybars Garhan, Turkish footballer 20 May: Brandon Saldaña, American-born footballer 27 May: Filip Starzyński, Polish international footballer

June 3 June: Łukasz Teodorczyk, Polish international 13 June: Irvin Museng, Indonesian former footballer 21 June: Gaël Kakuta, Congolese professional footballer César Taján, Colombian club footballer 23 June: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Tunisian international striker 25 June: Luca Flavio Artaria, Italian professional footballer 28 June: Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian international

July 1 July: Lucas Vázquez, Spanish footballer 13 July: Khairu Azrin Khazali, Malaysian footballer 16 July: Andros Townsend, English international 21 July: Tuan Muhamad Faim, Malaysian footballer 23 July: Dedi Kusnandar, Indonesian footballer 24 July: Riku Matsuda, Japanese club footballer

August 12 August: Erik Fabbri, Italian footballer 15 August: Filip Mladenović, Serbian football player 20 August: Arseny Logashov, Russian international Luke O'Neill, English youth international Mario Tičinović, Croatian youth international 25 August: Gershon Koffie, Ghanaian youth international

October 10 October: Manuel Giandonato, Italian footballer Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer 24 October: Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian striker

November 5 November: Stefan Ninčić, Serbian footballer 9 November: João Filipe Poceiro, Swiss footballer 25 November: Luca Tremolada, Italian youth international

December 5 December: Breno Matosinhos, Brazilian professional footballer 6 December: Arnold Mampori, Botswana footballer 7 December: Jermaine van Pijkeren, Dutch footballer

Deaths

February 24 February Georges Capdeville (91), French football referee Héctor Rial (62), Spanish footballer

March 9 March – Ely do Amparo, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (69)

May 31 May – Rubens Josué da Costa, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (62)

July 27 July – Gino Colaussi, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the final. (77)

August 9 August – Schubert Gambetta, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (71) 30 August – Adão Nunes Dornelles, Brazilian striker, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (68)

October 11 October – Pietro Ferraris, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (79)

November 15 November – Sylvio Hoffmann, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (83)

References

External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats

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