1996 in association football

Events Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali 2–1 on aggregate. UEFA Euro 1996: Germany defeats the Czech Republic 2–1 with a golden goal from Oliver Bierhoff at Wembley Stadium. The UEFA Regions' Cup is founded for amateur teams in Europe to have an international tournament. February 7 – Logi Ólafsson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland with a 1–7 loss against Slovenia. March 3 – Dutch club NEC fires Wim Koevermans and appoints former coach Leen Looyen as his successor. April 6 – Major League Soccer kicks-off: an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first match. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scored the league's first goal in a 1–0 victory over D.C. United. May 11 – Manchester United wins 1–0 over Liverpool to claim the FA Cup. United becomes the first team to win the English League and Cup Double twice. May 16 – PSV claims the KNVB Cup after defeating Sparta Rotterdam at De Kuip, 5–2. August 18 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, following a 3–0 win over Ajax. August 27 – Manager Alan Ball is fired by Manchester City and succeeded by Steve Coppell. October 9 – Manager Huub Stevens leaves Roda JC. He is replaced by interim-coach Eddy Achterberg, and later by Martin Jol. November 8 – Phil Neal replaces Manchester City manager Steve Coppell as caretaker, to be succeeded by Frank Clark on December 29. November 26 – Juventus wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo after defeating Argentina's River Plate 1–0. The match's only goal is scored by Alessandro del Piero in the 81st minute.

Undated: Heidelberg Ball School is founded in Germany.

Winner club national championships

Asia Japan – Kashima Antlers Lebanon – Al-Ansar Qatar – Al-Arabi South Korea – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Iran – Persepolis

Europe – Dinamo Zagreb – Slavia Prague – Manchester United – Auxerre – Borussia Dortmund –A.C. Milan Eredivisie – Ajax Eerste Divisie – AZ – Widzew Łódź – Porto – Atlético Madrid – Fenerbahçe – Partizan

North America

1995–96 – Necaxa Inverno 1996 – Santos

Seattle Sounders (APSL) D.C. United (MLS)

South America

Clausura – Vélez Sársfield Apertura – River Plate – Bolívar – Grêmio – Colo-Colo – El Nacional Paraguay – Cerro Porteño – Sporting Cristal

International tournaments African Cup of Nations in South Africa (January 13 – February 3, 1996) UEFA European Football Championship in England (June 8 – 30 1996) — Baltic Cup in Narva, Estonia (July 7 – 9 1996) Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States (July 20 – August 3, 1996) Men's Tournament Women's Tournament United States PR China Norway

National team results

Europe

Births

January 1 January: Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer 7 January: Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer 11 January: Leroy Sané, German footballer 21 January Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer Aldo Kalulu, French youth international Cristian Pavón, Argentine international 23 January: Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer 24 January: Patrik Schick, Czech footballer 26 January: Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer

February 2 February: Harry Winks, English footballer 11 February: Jonathan Tah, German footballer Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer 14 February: Lucas Hernandez, French footballer Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer 28 February: Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

March 3 March: Simone Solinas, Italian footballer 4 March: Timo Baumgartl, German footballer Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer 6 March: Timo Werner, German footballer 15 March: Levin Öztunalı, German footballer 24 March: Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer 28 March: Benjamin Pavard, French footballer

April 2 April: André Onana, Cameroonian footballer 9 April: Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer 10 April: Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer 11 April: Dele Alli, English footballer 29 April: Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer

May 2 May: Julian Brandt, German footballer 3 May: Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer 5 May: Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer 11 May: Andrés Cubas, Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer 17 May: Youcef Atal, Algerian footballer 26 May: Lukáš Haraslín, Slovak footballer 30 May: Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer

June 11 June: Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer 12 June: Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer 13 June: Kingsley Coman, French footballer 17 June: Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer 18 June: Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer 22 June: Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer 28 June Demarai Gray, Jamaican footballer Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer 29 June Bart Ramselaar, Dutch international footballer Regild Zeneli, Albanian professional footballer

July 3 July: Kumaahran Sathasivam, Malaysian footballer 5 July: Ajdin Hrustic, Australian footballer 7 July: Ivan Ljubic, Austrian footballer 11 July: Andrija Živković, Serbian footballer 12 July: Moussa Dembélé, French footballer 18 July: Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer 22 July: Indy Groothuizen, Dutch footballer 23 July: Leonel Navarrete, Mexican professional footballer

August 7 August: Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer 12 August: Arthur, Brazilian footballer 14 August: Neal Maupay, French footballer 19 August: Almoez Ali, Sudanese-Qatari footballer 21 August: Sofyan Amrabat, Dutch-born Moroccan footballer 27 August: Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer 30 August: Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

September 5 September: Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer 16 September: Alexis Blin, French footballer 17 September: Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer 20 September: Jerome Sinclair, English footballer 25 September: Max Christiansen, German footballer 27 September: Maxwel Cornet, French-Ivorian footballer

October 3 October: Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian footballer 12 October: Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer 13 October: Terens Puhiri, Indonesian footballer 15 October: Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer 27 October: Nadiem Amiri, German footballer

November 23 November: James Maddison, English footballer 29 November: Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer

December 4 December: Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer 8 December: Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer 15 December: Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer 16 December: Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer

Deaths

January January 2 – Karl Rappan (90), Austrian footballer and manager

February February 23 – Helmut Schön (80), German footballer and manager

May May 11 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian striker, top scorer at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (73) May 16 – Danilo Alvim, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)

August August 2 – Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan midfielder, winner as captain of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, commonly regarded as one of the greatest classic holding midfielders. (78)

September September 17 – Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez (84), Peruvian footballer

October October 4 – Silvio Piola, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the final. Highest goalscorer in Italian first league history. (83) October 30 – Roberto Belangero, Brazilian midfielder, runner-up at the 1957 South American Championship. (68)

November November 7 – Hans Klodt (82), German international footballer November 26 – Guido Gratton (64), Italian footballer

References

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