# 1984 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.

## Events

* 16 May – Italian giants Juventus FC claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists FC Porto 2–1.
* 23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating R.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London.
* 27 July – Copa Libertadores won by Independiente after defeating Grêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0.
* 19 September – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark's BK Copenhagen in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
* 9 December – Argentina's Independiente wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating England's Liverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored by José Alberto Percudani in the 6th minute.

## National Club Champions
### Africa

* Egypt: Zamalek

### Asia

* Qatar – Al-Rayyan

### Europe

* Belgium – K.S.K. Beveren
* Denmark – Vejle BK
* East Germany
** League – BFC Dynamo
** Cup – SG Dynamo Dresden
* England
** League – Liverpool
** Cup – Everton
* Finland – FC Kuusysi
* France – Girondins de Bordeaux
* Italy – Juventus
* Netherlands – Feyenoord Rotterdam
* Norway – Vålerenga
* Portugal – Benfica
* Scotland – Aberdeen
* Soviet Union – FC Zenit
* Spain – Athletic Bilbao
* Sweden – IFK Göteborg
* Turkey – Trabzonspor
* West Germany – VfB Stuttgart

### North America

* Mexico – Club América
* United States / Canada:
** Chicago Sting (NASL)

### South America

* Argentina
** Metropolitano – Argentinos Juniors
** Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste
* Bolivia – Blooming
* Brazil – Fluminense
* Colombia – América de Cali
* Paraguay – Guaraní

## International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast (4–18 March 1984)
** Cameroon
** Nigeria
** Algeria
* 1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984)
       Northern Ireland
* UEFA European Football Championship in France (12–27 June 1984)
** France
** Spain
* Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984)
** France
** Brazil
** Yugoslavia

## National Teams
### Netherlands

| Date | Opponent | Final Score | Result | Competition | Venue |
| 14 March | Denmark | 6 – 0 | W | Friendly | Stadion De Meer, Amsterdam |
| 17 October | Hungary | 1 – 2 | L | World Cup Qualifier | De Kuip, Rotterdam |
| 14 November | Austria | 1 – 0 | L | World Cup Qualifier | Prater Stadium, Vienna |
| 12 December | Cyprus | 0 – 1 | W | World Cup Qualifier | Makario Stadium, Nicosia |

## Births
### January

* 1 January
** Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
** Mourad N'Zif, French former professional footballer
** Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
** Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
* 3 January – Andrei Bovtalo, former Russian footballer
* 5 January – Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
* 7 January
** Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer
** Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
* 12 January – Alain Montwani, retired Andorran footballer
* 14 January – Abdoulahy Sangaré, Mauritanian international footballer
* 16 January – Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
* 17 January – Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer
* 18 January – Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer
* 21 January
** Leonardo Burián, Uruguayan youth international
** Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer
** Wes Morgan, Jamaican international
* 23 January
** Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer
** Nikolay Yevgenyevich Yefimov, Russian footballer
* 24 January – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international
* 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German international footballer
* 29 January
** Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
** Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

### February

* 4 February – Waskito Sujarwoko, Indonesian footballer
* 5 February – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
* 6 February
** Darren Bent, English footballer
** Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer
* 8 February – Antonino Daì, Italian footballer
* 21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer
* 27 February – Steve Warne, English footballer
* 29 February
** Darren Ambrose, English footballer
** Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
** Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
** Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
** Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer
** Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer

### March

* 1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer
* 4 March – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
* 10 March
** Derick Amadi, Nigerian professional footballer
** Matt Lock, English footballer
* 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer
* 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
* 30 March – Gennaro Fragiello, Italian footballer

### April

* 4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer
* 18 April – Raphael Ntimane, Swaziland international footballer
* 13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer
* 29 April
** Jones Leandro, Brazilian footballer
** Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer

### May

* 3 May – Martin Kováč, Slovak footballer
* 4 May
** Orkhonsaikhany Bayarjavkhlan, Mongolian international footballer
** Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer
* 10 May – Jonathan Rosario, Dominican Republic international footballer
* 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
* 12 May – Yohan Congio, French footballer
* 14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international
* 17 May – Yannick Macoa, Mauritian international footballer
* 23 May - Reinaldo Román, Paraguayan footballer
* 24 May
** Begli Annageldiyev, Turkmen professional footballer
** Christoph Holste, German footballer

### June

* 1 June
** Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
** Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
* 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international
* 9 June
** Davinson Monsalve, Colombian professional footballer
** Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
* 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
* 16 June – Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer
* 18 June – Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballer
* 29 June – Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer
* 30 June
** Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016)
** Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer

### July

* 4 July – Miguel Soares, Timorese footballer
* 7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
* 9 July
** Panda (footballer) (Márcio Gama Moreira), Brazilian footballer
* 13 July
** Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer
** Nicola Iannotti, Italian professional footballer
* 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
* 15 July – Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer
* 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer
* 18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer
* 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer
* 27 July
** Florian Bague, French former professional footballer
** Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer
* 31 July
** Marko Balažic, Slovenian retired footballer
** Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer

### August

* 1 August
** Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer
** Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
* 6 August
** Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer
** Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer
* 10 August – Luca Carretto, Italian footballer
* 11 August – Georgi Aslanidi, Russian former professional footballer
* 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer
* 23 August
** Glen Johnson, English footballer
** Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer

### September

* 3 September – Renat Sokolov, Russian former professional footballer
* 7 September
** Miranda, Brazilian footballer
** Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer
* 25 September
** Franck Nkela, Congolese footballer
** Mario Ruyales, Spanish footballer

### October

* 1 October – Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer
* 3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international
* 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer
* 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
* 31 October – Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer

### November

* 3 November – Matthias Hummel, German former footballer, now assistant manager
* 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer
* 10 November
** Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer
** Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer
* 11 November
** Stephen Hunt, English club footballer
** Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international
* 21 November – Bianca Weech, German footballer
* 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

### December

* 9 December – Winder Mendoza, Venezuelan professional footballer
* 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
* 20 December
** Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
** Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer

## Deaths
### May

* 8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79)
* 8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee
* 11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (65)
* 12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)

### June

* 23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)

### July

* 3 July – Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)
* 7 July – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager

### September

* 19 September – Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (71)

### October

* 1 October: Blagoje Marjanović, Serbian striker, semi-finalist at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

### December

* 19 December – Puck van Heel (80), Dutch footballer