# 1982 in association football

The following are the worldwide association football events of the year 1982.

## Events

* February 7 – The first ever Arab Club Champions Cup is completed, with Al-Shorta of Iraq winning the title with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon.
* March 14 – Johannes Atlason makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, when the team draws (0-0) against Kuwait.
* May 26 – European Cup won by Aston Villa after defeating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
* June 13 – The 1982 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Spain. For the first time, 24 teams compete in the final tournament, with the competition eventually won by Italy.
* June 30 – Dutch club SC Amersfoort is disestablished due to financial problems.
* September 15 – HFC Haarlem makes a winning European debut with by defeating Belgium's AA Gent (2-1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup. The goals for the Dutch side are scored by Gerrie Kleton and Martin Haar.
* October 20 – 66 fans lost their life in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow.
* November 30 – Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol after defeating Cobreloa on an aggregate score of 1-0.

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar – Al-Rayyan

### Europe

* Belgium – Standard Liège
* Bulgaria – CSKA Sofia
* Czechoslovakia – Dukla Prague
* Denmark – Odense Boldklub
* East Germany – Berliner FC Dynamo
* England – Liverpool
* - FC Kuusysi
* France – AS Monaco
* Greece – Olympiacos
* Italy – Juventus
* Netherlands
** Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
** Eerste Divisie – Helmond Sport
* Poland – Widzew Łódź
* Portugal – Sporting CP
* Scotland – Celtic
* Soviet Union – Dinamo Minsk
* Spain – Real Sociedad
* Switzerland – Grasshopper Club Zürich
* Turkey – Beşiktaş
* West Germany – Hamburger SV
* Yugoslavia – Dinamo Zagreb

### North America

* Mexico – UNAL
* United States / Canada:
** New York Cosmos (NASL)

### Oceania

* Australia – Sydney City

### South America

* Argentina
** Metropolitano – Estudiantes
** Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste
* Bolivia – Bolívar
* Brazil – Flamengo
* Colombia – América de Cali
* Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

## International Tournaments

* British Home Championship (February 23 – May 29)
       England
* African Cup of Nations in Libya (March 5–19)
** Ghana
** Libya
** Zambia
* FIFA World Cup in Spain (June 13 – July 11)
** Italy
** West Germany
** Poland
* UEFA U-16 European Championship in Italy (May 5–7)
** Italy
** West Germany
** Yugoslavia
* UEFA U-18 European Championship in Finland
** Scotland
** Czechoslovakia
* UEFA U-21 European Championship
** England
** West Germany

## National Teams
### Netherlands

| Date | Opponent | Final Score | Result | Competition | Venue |
| March 23 | Scotland | 2 – 1 | L | Friendly | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| April 14 | Greece | 1 – 0 | W | Friendly | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven |
| May 25 | England | 2 – 0 | L | Friendly | Wembley Stadium, London |
| September 1 | Iceland | 1 – 1 | D | Euro 1984 Qualifier | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík |
| September 22 | Republic of Ireland | 2 – 1 | W | Euro 1984 Qualifier | De Kuip, Rotterdam |
| November 10 | France | 1 – 2 | L | Friendly | De Kuip, Rotterdam |
| December 19 | Malta | 0 – 6 | W | Euro 1984 Qualifier | Tivoli, Aachen |

## Births
### January

* January 4 – Richard Logan, English club footballer
* January 7 – Luis Abel Peña, Paraguayan footballer
* January 8 – Emanuele Calaiò, Italian youth international
* January 13 – Olivier Fontenette, French footballer
* January 22 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine international footballer
* January 26 – Nabil Dafi, French footballer
* January 31
** Andreas Görlitz, German international
** Salvatore Masiello, Italian club footballer
** Allan McGregor, Scottish international footballer

### February

* February 2 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine international footballer
* February 5 – Alimansi Kadogo, Ugandan retired footballer
* February 10 – Jacek Gabrusewicz, Polish footballer
* February 12 – Julius Aghahowa, Nigerian footballer
* February 14 – Daniel Robert, Brazilian professional footballer
* February 16 – Vasilios Genitsaridis, Greek former professional footballer
* February 22 – Matt Woolley, English former professional footballer

### March

* March 18 – Romell Brathwaite, Barbadian international footballer
* March 20 – Carmine Giordano, Italian footballer
* March 23 – Mohammed Einas, Senegalese retired footballer
* March 24 – Tshitenge Mukandila, Congolese footballer (died 2010)

### April

* April 1 – Robert Vittek, Slovakian international footballer
* April 2 – Marco Amelia, Italian international footballer
* April 6 – Nelson Geingob, Namibian former footballer
* April 13 – James Curtis, English former footballer
* April 16 – Fabricio Brandão, retired Brazilian footballer
* April 28 – Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian international footballer

### May

* May 5
** Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish international footballer
** Luka Spetič, Slovenian footballer
* May 17 – Dylan Macallister, Australian soccer player
* May 20 – Petr Čech, Czech international footballer
* May 23 – Anton Khromykh, professional Ukrainian former footballer
* May 29 – Ahmed Tangeaoui, French-Moroccan footballer

### June

* June 4 – Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer
* June 15 – Katie Chapman, English footballer

### July

* July 2 – Alvito Rodrigues, Indian footballer
* July 4 – Biko Brazil, Dutch former professional footballer
* July 5
** Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer
** Julien Féret, French footballer
** Alberto Gilardino, Italian international footballer
** Paíto, Mozambican footballer
** Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer
** Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer
* July 7
** Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
** Brendan McElholm, Northern Irish footballer
* July 8
** David Kenga, Kenyan footballer
** Agustín Villar, Spanish footballer
* July 10 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
* July 12
** Antonio Cassano, Italian international footballer
** Gerardo Hernández, professional Mexican footballer
* July 14 – Hermán Solíz, Bolivian footballer
* July 15 – Cristian Dănălache, Romanian footballer
* July 16 – Charles Kokougan, French former professional footballer
* July 25 – Ivan Len, Ukrainian professional footballer

### August

* August 2 – Susanna Hansen, Faroese footballer
* August 9 – Nando, Mozambican footballer (d. 2007)
* August 14 – Adrian Woźniczka, Polish former professional footballer
* August 21 – Jayson Trommel, Dutch footballer
* August 24
** José Bosingwa, Portuguese international
** Kim Källström, Swedish international
** Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian club footballer
* August 28
** Lee Ayres, professional English footballer
** Thiago Motta, Brazilian-born Italian international and manager

### September

* September 2 – Alan Tate, English club footballer
* September 12 – Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer
* September 13 – Andrei Makhayev,former Russian footballer
* September 23 – Alain Yomby, Cameroonian former professional footballer
* September 25 – Szymon Sawala, Polish footballer
* September 26 – František Okoličáni, Slovak footballer
* September 28 – Ahmad Alan, Palestinian former national footballer

### October

* October 6 – Igor Pešić, Serbian footballer
* October 7 – Jermain Defoe, English international footballer
* October 9 – Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonça, Angolan footballer
* October 10 – Sipho Mngomezulu, South African footballer
* October 14 – Hubert Charpentier, French professional footballer
* October 29 – Gerald Gansterer, Austrian footballer

### November

* November 2 – Moreno Esseboom, Dutch footballer
* November 5 – Juan Pablo, Spanish former footballer
* November 14 – Martin Eisl, Austrian professional footballer
* November 17 – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer

### December

* December 1 – Lloyd Doyley, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
* December 3 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
* December 8
** Halil Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
** Hamit Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
* December 10 – Tomáš Hájovský, Slovak footballer
* December 18 – Stijn Francis, Belgian former footballer
* December 25 – Wencho Farrell, Netherlands Antilles international footballer
* December 27 – Dmitri Rybakin, former Russian professional footballer

## Deaths
### January

* January 3 – Fritz Laband, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (56)

### August

* August 30 - Theodor Reimann (61), Slovak footballer (born 1921)

### September

* September 3 - Hércules de Miranda, Brazilian forward, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (70)
* September 14 - Vladislao Cap (48), Argentine footballer and manager (born 1934)

### November

* November 8 - Jimmy Dickinson, English midfielder, England Squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (57, heart attack)
* November 17 - Felix von Heijden (92), Dutch footballer (born 1890)

### December

* December 2 - Giovanni Ferrari, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup and winner of the Serie A for a record 8 times as a player. (74)