# 1966 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.

## Events

* Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4–2.
* Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2–1.
* November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar: Al-Maref

### Europe

* Austria: FC Admira Wacker Mödling
* Belgium: Anderlecht
* Czechoslovakia: Dukla Prague
* England: Liverpool
* France: Nantes
* Italy: Inter Milan
* Netherlands: Ajax
* Portugal: Sporting C.P.
* Soviet Union: Dynamo Kiev
* Scotland: Celtic
* Spain: Atlético Madrid
* Switzerland: FC Zürich
* Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.
* West Germany: TSV 1860 München
* Yugoslavia: FK Vojvodina

### North America

* Mexico: América

### South America

* Argentina: Racing Club
* Brazil: Cruzeiro

## International tournaments

* 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)
       England
* FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)
** England
** West Germany
** Portugal

## Clubs Founded

* PAS Giannina (Greece)

## Births

* January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer
* January 15 – Rommel Fernández, Panamanian striker (d. 1993)
* January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
* February 1 – Michelle Akers, American women's soccer player
* February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager
* February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
* March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
* April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
* April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
* April 14 – Suzana Cavalheiro, Brazilian footballer
* May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
* May 24 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
* May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer
* June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
* June 12
** Nélson Bertolazzi, Brazilian former footballer
** Albeiro Usuriaga (died 2004), Colombian footballer
* June 14 – Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer
* June 14 – Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
* June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
* June 26 – Abel Shongwe, retired Swazi footballer
* June 29 – Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer
* July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
* July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer
* July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
* July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
* August 2 – Anzor Koblev, Russian professional football coach and former player
* August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
* August 22
** Laurent Cadu, French former professional footballer
** Luca Lurati, retired Swiss footballer
** Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
** Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer
* October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer (died 2015)
* October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German international footballer
* October 19 – José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee
* November 10 – Michael Voss, former cricketer at CricketArchive
* December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer

## Deaths

* March 27 – Hermann Garrn, German forward, capped 2 times for the Germany national football team (78)
* April 29 – Sílvio Lagreca, Brazilian manager, first ever manager of the Brazil national football team (70)
* May 2 – Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup (64)
* September 17 – Mário Filho, Brazilian legendary football journalist who revolutionized football coverage in Brazil. The Maracanã Stadium was named after him after his death (58)
* December 26 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentine striker, runner-up and top scorer of the 1930 FIFA World Cup (61)