1992 in association football

Events

5 May – A provisional tribune crashes in the Stade Armand Cesari in Bastia, Corsica during the semi-final of the Coupe de France between Bastia SC and Olympique de Marseille. Eighteen people die, while 2.300 fans get injured. 9 May – Liverpool wins 2–0 over Sunderland to claim the FA Cup. 17 June – The Copa Libertadores is won by São Paulo FC after the defeat of Newell's Old Boys 3–2 via a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 1–1. 26 June – In Euro 1992, Denmark surprisingly won 2–0 over Germany at Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden. 30 June – Due to financial problems Dutch club FC Wageningen is disestablished, after having played its last match one month earlier against NAC Breda in the Eerste Divisie. France wins the right to host for a second time the Football World Cup in the year 1998: Football World Cup 1998 10 July – The Major Indoor Soccer League ceases operation after 14 seasons in the United States. 9 September – Dick Advocaat makes his debut as the manager of Dutch national team, as the successor of Rinus Michels, with a 2–3 friendly defeat against Italy in Eindhoven. 14 October – Marco van Basten makes his last appearance for the Dutch national team, earning his 58th cap against Poland. Gerald Vanenburg (42nd) and Berry van Aerle (35th) also play their last match for the Dutch, while Arthur Numan makes his debut in the World Cup qualifier in De Kuip, Rotterdam. 12 December – São Paulo FC wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Spain's FC Barcelona (1–2). Raí scores twice for the Brazilians.

Winner club national championships

Asia – Al-Ittihad – POSCO Atoms

Europe – Lyngby BK – Football League First Division - Leeds United Football League Second Division - Ipswich Town Football League Third Division - Brentford Football League Fourth Division - Burnley – VfB Stuttgart – Ireland – Shelbourne – A.C. Milan Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven Eerste Divisie – Cambuur Leeuwarden – FC Porto : for more complete coverage see: 1991-92 in Scottish football Scottish Premier Division – Rangers Scottish Division One – Dundee Scottish Division Two – Dumbarton Scottish Cup – Rangers Scottish League Cup– Rangers La Liga – FC Barcelona Copa del Rey – Atlético Madrid – AIK – Beşiktaş

North America – Winnipeg Fury (CSL) – León

APSL – Colorado Foxes Professional Cup – Colorado Foxes

South America

Clausura – Newell's Old Boys Apertura – Club Atlético Boca Juniors – Bolívar – Flamengo – El Nacional Paraguay – Cerro Porteño

International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Senegal ( 12–26 January 1992) UEFA European Football Championship in Sweden ( 10–26 June 1992) — Baltic Cup in Liepāja, Latvia ( 10–12 July 1992) Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain (24 July – 8 August 1992)

National team results

Asia

Europe

South America

The men's national senior squad didn't play any matches in 1992

Movies Ladybugs (USA)

Births

1 January Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer Jack Wilshere, English footballer 6 January Nika Dzalamidze, Georgian international footballer Kita, Brazilian international footballer (died 2015) 8 January: Apostolos Vellios, Greek international footballer 9 January: Edon Hasani, Albanian youth international 10 January: Christian Atsu, Ghanaian footballer (died 2023) 13 January: Santiago Arias, Colombian international footballer 20 January: Jorge Zárate, Mexican club footballer 22 January: Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian international footballer 27 January: Jean (Jean Acosta Soares), Brazilian professional footballer 30 January: Darvin Watson, Caymanian footballer 7 February: Sergi Roberto, Spanish international 21 February: Phil Jones, English international 23 February: Terry Hawkridge, English club footballer 29 February Francesco Gazo, Italian footballer Jawad El Yamiq, Moroccan footballer Guido Herrera, Argentinian footballer Perry Kitchen, American soccer player Saphir Taïder, French-Algerian footballer 4 March: Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer Bernd Leno, German footballer 9 March: Peter Gommeren, Dutch footballer 10 March: Adrien Ménager, French professional footballer 17 March: Nkosinathi Ogle, South African professional footballer 27 March: Pedro Obiang, Spanish-Equatoguinean professional footballer 28 March: Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer 14 April: Frederik Sørensen, Danish footballer 15 April: John Guidetti, Swedish footballer 17 April: Shkodran Mustafi, German footballer 20 April: Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer Marko Meerits, Estonian footballer 30 April: Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer 1 May: Matěj Vydra, Czech footballer 17 May: Amro Tarek, Egyptian footballer 18 May: Brian Idowu, Nigerian footballer 20 May: Gerónimo Rulli, Argentine footballer 22 May: Syaiful Indra Cahya, Indonesian footballer 27 May: Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer 14 June: Geraldo Hoogvliets, Dutch footballer 15 June: Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer 28 June: Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer 3 July: Javier Giménez, Paraguayan professional footballer 4 July Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer 5 July: Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer 6 July: Seedy Bah, Gambian footballer 7 July Sebastian Doro, German footballer Yuji Iida, former Japanese footballer 17 July: Denis Prychynenko, Ukrainian-German footballer 23 July: Danny Ings, English footballer 24 July: Dionatan Teixeira, Brazilian-born Slovakian footballer (d. 2017) 28 July: Gabriel Viana, Portuguese footballer 29 July: Djibril Sidibé, French international 7 August: Wout Weghorst, Dutch international footballer 10 August: Naguib Chakouri, French professional footballer 15 August: João Paulo, Portuguese footballer 20 August: Andrei Peteleu, Romanian junior international Deniss Rakels, Latvian international 24 August: Bertolomeu Verdial, East Timorese footballer 2 September: Emiliano Martínez, Argentine international footballer 13 September: Johan Svantesson, Swedish footballer 15 September: Akil Grier, England-born former professional footballer 17 September: Stuart Bannigan, Scottish footballer 19 September: Samet Hasan Yıldıran, Turkish footballer 26 September: Georgios Kapnopoulos, Greek footballer 27 September: Granit Xhaka, Swiss international footballer 20 October: Mattia De Sciglio, Italian footballer 24 October: Giannis Dosis, Greek professional footballer 3 November: Willi Orban, German-born Hungarian international footballer 14 December: Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer 30 December: William Aho Abou, Ivorian professional footballer

Deaths

February 17 February – Delio Morollón (54), Spanish footballer 24 February – August Lešnik (77), Croatian footballer

April 2 April – Juanito (37), Spanish footballer

September 12 September – Emilio Recoba (88), Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup 16 September – Larbi Ben Barek (78), Moroccan-French footballer

December 1 December – Anton Malatinský (72), Slovak football player and coach

References

External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats

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