1993 in association football

Events February 18 – Dutch club Roda JC fires head coach and former player Adrie Koster. February 24 – Defender Johan de Kock makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team, in the World Cup qualifier against Turkey, 3–1. March 24 – Ajax-striker Ronald de Boer scores a penalty during his debut for the Netherlands national football team in the World Cup qualifier against San Marino, 6–0. April 27 – 18 members of the Zambia national football team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon. This is the worst tragedy in African football. May 15 – The inauguration match of J. League, Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos is held at the National Stadium of Japan. May 20 – In France, start the "Affair OM-VA" corruption scandal by Marseille and Valenciennes. One week later, on May 26, Marseille's squad win the UEFA Champions League defeating AC Milan 1–0 at the Olympiastadion in Munich. On May 29, Marseille win the French league, but are stripped of the title by the French Football Federation on September 22, with no winner assigned. In October/November the France national football team fail to qualify for the 1994 World Cup after losses to Israel and Bulgaria May 20 – Arsenal defeats Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the replay to claim the FA Cup. May 26 – Copa Libertadores won by São Paulo FC after defeating Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on an aggregate score, 5–3. August 8 – Ajax wins the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 4–0 win over Feyenoord. August 26 – Manager Peter Reid is fired by Manchester City and succeeded by Brian Horton. September 5 – Colombia national football team pull one of the largest upsets in soccer by defeating Argentina national football team 0–5 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 22 – Dutch striker Wim Kieft plays his last match for the Netherlands national football team in the World Cup Qualifier against San Marino. December 12 – São Paulo FC once again wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan, this time by defeating Italy's AC Milan,3–2. The winning goal for the Brazilians is scored by Müller in the 86th minute. European Cup winners Olympique Marseille (France) were suspended due to a bribery scandal in the French Championship and were replaced by runners-up Milan. December 18 – RKC Waalwijk fires manager Hans Verèl.

Winners club national tournaments

Africa Egypt – Zamalek

Asia – Verdy Kawasaki – Al-Arabi – Ilhwa Chunma

Europe – Partizani Tiranë – Austria Vienna – Anderlecht – Levski Sofia – Croatia Zagreb – Omonia Nicosia – Sparta Prague – FC Copenhagen – Manchester United – FC Norma Tallinn – Jazz Pori – No title awarded (Marseille stripped of title due to a corruption scandal) (Bundesliga) – Werder Bremen (Serie A) – AC Milan Eredivisie – Feyenoord Eerste Divisie – VVV-Venlo – FC Porto for more complete coverage see 1992-93 in Scottish football Scottish Premier Division – Rangers Scottish Division One – Raith Rovers Scottish Division Two – Clyde Scottish Cup – Rangers Scottish League Cup – Rangers (La Liga – FC Barcelona) – IFK Gothenburg – FC Aarau – Galatasaray – Partizan

Central America – CS Herediano

North America – Atlante / – Colorado Foxes (APSL)

South America Clausura: Vélez Sársfield Apertura: River Plate – The Strongest – Palmeiras – Colo Colo – Atlético Junior – Club Sport Emelec – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments Baltic Cup in Pärnu, Estonia CONCACAF Gold Cup in Dallas, United States and Mexico City, Mexico Copa América in Ecuador UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan

National team results

Europe

Births

January 1 January: Jon Flanagan, English footballer 4 January: Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Ukrainian footballer 5 January: Çağlayan Alpsatan, Turkish footballer 14 January: Daniel Bessa, Italian-Brazilian junior international Juanjo Muko Nsue, Equatoguinean footballer 15 January: Niko Kata, Spanish-born Equatoguinean international 19 January: Mike Thalassitis, English-Cypriot footballer and television personality (d. 2019) 24 January: Jorginho (Jorge Manuel da Cunha Ribeiro), Portuguese footballer 25 January: Kasper Larsen, Danish footballer

February 2 February: Ravel Morrison, British-born Jamaican footballer 3 February: Vanessa Fernández, Dominican footballer 5 February Gerard Bieszczad, Polish footballer Oualid El Hamdaoui, French and Moroccan professional footballer 7 February: Diego Laxalt, Uruguayan footballer 9 February: Niclas Füllkrug, German youth international 12 February: Marco Berardi, Sanmarinese footballer 15 February: Geoffrey Kondogbia, French-Central African footballer 17 February: Nicola Leali, Italian youth international 19 February: Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer 28 February: Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian international footballer

March 1 March: Josh McEachran, English junior international 5 March: Gilbrano Plet, Dutch professional footballer 7 March Leonid Akulinin, Ukrainian footballer Sultan Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer Diego Chávez, Peruvian footballer Mary Earps, British footballer Kenneth Farrow, American footballer Vinícius Freitas, Brazilian footballer João Tiago Serrão Garcês, Portuguese footballer Gilberto, Brazilian footballer Óscar Ignacio Hernández, Chilean footballer Saad Hussain, Qatari footballer Jackson Irvine, Australian footballer Matt Jones, American footballer Anton Kotlyar, Ukrainian footballer Santy Ngom, Senegalese footballer Mohamed Ouattara, Burkinabé footballer Shawn Parker, German footballer Robbie Thomson, Scottish footballer 9 March: Larnell Cole, English footballer 12 March: Christopher Aboué, French footballer 19 March Mateusz Szwoch, Polish midfielder Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan and Dutch international 22 March – Kiril Erokhin, Russian footballer 28 March – Fran Zafra, Spanish footballer 31 March – Connor Wickham, English footballer

April 1 April: Andy Brennan, Australian footballer 9 April: Tobias Ahrens, German footballer 11 April: Yuji Takahashi, Japanese footballer 18 April: Nuno Sousa, Portuguese footballer 19 April: Lia Wälti, Swiss footballer

May May 20: Juanmi, Spanish international May 25: Andrés Felipe Roa, Colombian international May 27: Mikel Agu, Nigerian international

June 5 June: Juraj Maretić, Croatian footballer 11 June: Ciara Grant, Irish footballer 12 June: Ricardo Pinto, Portuguese footballer 13 June: Thomas Partey, Ghanaian footballer

July 5 July: Mehdi Tarfi, Belgian footballer 8 July: Shahrul Saad, Malaysian footballer 10 July: Tiago Ferreira, Portuguese footballer 13 July: Dan Bentley, English footballer 18 July: Nabil Fekir, French footballer 27 July: Omer Atzili, Israeli footballer Max Power, English footballer 28 July: Harry Kane, English footballer

August 3 August: Isaac Oliseh, Nigerian footballer 4 August: Saido Berahino, English footballer 20 August: Mario Jelavic, Croatian junior international 30 August: Paco Alcácer, Spanish international 31 August: Pablo Marí, Spanish club footballer

September 1 September: Mario Lemina, Gabonese–French footballer Fábio Oliveira, Portuguese footballer 16 September: Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer 27 September: Lisandro Magallán, Argentine footballer

October 6 October: Joe Rafferty, English-born Irish footballer

November 10 November: Hugo Rego, Portuguese footballer 16 November: Nelson Semedo, Portuguese international

Deaths

January January 9 – Mario Genta, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (80) January 13 – Edivaldo, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and active player of Clube Atlético Taquaritinga . (30 ; car crash) January 21 - Felice Borel, Italian forward, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1932-33 Serie A and 1933-34 Serie A. (78)

February February 11 – Félix Ruiz (52), Spanish footballer

March March 15 – Karl Mai, West-German midfielder, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (64)

April April 30 – Mario Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to play in a World Cup Final. (84)

May May 6 – Rommel Fernandez (27), Panamanian footballer May 28 – Ugo Locatelli, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (77)

October October 4 - Jim Holton (43), Scottish international footballer October 14 – Harald Hennum (65), Norwegian footballer

November November 26 - Guido Masetti, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. (86)

December December 26 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz (29), Ecuadorian footballer

References

Association football by year