# 1963 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.

## Notable events

* Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3.
* May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia.
* May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup.
* September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
* 1963 International Soccer League
** League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate.
** Cup: Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate.
* West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition.
** Borussia Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.

## Winners club national championship

* Argentina: Independiente
* Brazil: Santos
* East Germany: SC Motor Jena
* England: Everton
* France: AS Monaco
* Iceland: KR
* Italy: Inter Milan
* Mexico: Oro
* Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
* Norway: Brann
* Scotland: Rangers
* Spain: Real Madrid
* Sweden: IFK Norrköping
* Turkey: Galatasaray
* West Germany: Borussia Dortmund

## International tournaments

* 1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)
       Scotland
* Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
** Brazil
** Argentina
** Chile
* African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
** Ghana
** Sudan
** Egypt

## Births

* January 1
** Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
** Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
** István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer
* January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
* March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
* March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
* March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
* April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
* April 15
** Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
** Horacio Macedo, Mexican football manager and former player
* May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
* June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender
* July 16
** Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
** Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer
* July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
* July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
* August 18 – Damir Kalapač, Croatian retired footballer
* September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
* September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
* September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014)
* October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer
* October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010)
* October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012)
* October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer
* November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer
* November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer
* November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager
* November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer
* December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager
* December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

## Deaths
### January

* January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)

### June

* June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)