2025 deaths in association football

This is a list of people related to association football (players, managers, etc.) who have died in 2025:

## January
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*  Jean-Louis Lalanne (70), French footballer (UA Cognac, Girondins de Bordeaux, Libourne).
*  Viktor Nastashevskyi (67), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, SKA Kyiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) and assistant manager.
*  Noh Haeng-seok (36), South Korean footballer (Gwangju FC, Daegu FC, Busan IPark).
*  Igor Poznič (57), Yugoslav and Slovenian footballer (Maribor, Grazer AK, Mura, Slovenia).
;2
*  Aldo Agroppi (80), Italian footballer (Torino, Perugia, Italy) and manager (Pescara, Pisa, Perugia, Fiorentina, Como).
*  Werner Leimgruber (90), Swiss footballer (FC Zürich, Switzerland).
*  Cristóbal Ortega (68), Mexican footballer (Club América, Mexico).
;3
*  Zlatko Dupovac (72), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Radnik Hadžići, Sarajevo, Borac Banja Luka, St. Gallen, Wettingen).
*  Ernesto Gianella (83), Argentine-born French footballer (OGC Nice, AS Béziers, Stade de Reims, AS Monaco, Nîmes, Pays d'Aix, Châteauroux).
*  Brian Usher (80), English footballer (Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).
*  Gilbert Van Binst (73), Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Toulouse, Club Brugge, Belgium), assistant manager (Club Brugge), and manager.
;4
*  Mathías Acuña (32), Uruguayan footballer (El Tanque Sisley, Fénix, Liverpool Montevideo, Montevideo Wanderers, AEL, Lamia, Boston River).
*  Franjo Džidić (85), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Velež Mostar, Borac Čapljina), player-manager (Mladost Lištica), and manager (Borac Čapljina, Leotar, Velež Mostar, Šibenik, Široki Brijeg, Zrinjski Mostar).
*  Mohsen Habacha (82), Tunisian footballer (ES Sahel, Ajaccio, Tunisia).
*  Oleksandr Humenyuk (48), Soviet-born Ukrainian footballer (Boryspil, CSKA Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Chornomorets Odesa, Volyn Lutsk, Metalist Kharkiv), goalkeeping coach (Vorskla Poltava, Bukovyna Chernivtsi), and manager (Dynamo Kyiv Academy, Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Dinaz Vyshhorod).
*  Yılmaz Urul (82), Turkish footballer (İstanbulspor, Fenerbahçe, Mersin İdmanyurdu, Turkey).
*  Víctor Manuel Zapata (39), Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Talleres de Perico, Deportivo Pasto, Águilas Doradas, Atlético Bucaramanga, Alianza Atlético). Cousin of Colombian footballer William Zapata.
;5
*  Gerd Achterberg (84), German footballer (Spandauer BC) and manager (Spandauer BC, BFC Südring, BFC Preussen, Tennis Borussia Berlin).
*  Siegfried Böhringer (84), German footballer (VfB Stuttgart Amateure, VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kickers).
*  Bobby Matitahatiwen (65), Dutch futsal player (Netherlands).
*  Juan Manuel Villa (86), Spanish footballer (Plus Ultra, Real Sociedad, Real Zaragoza, Spain).
*  Freddy Zix (89), French footballer (Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Mutzig, France). 
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*  Dušan Maravić (85), French-born Yugoslav and Serbian footballer (Spartak Subotica, Red Star Belgrade, Racing Paris, Deportivo Italia, Yugoslavia). Gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
;7
*  Jesús María Arambarri (76), Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad, Deportivo Alavés).
;8
*  Jorge Cáceres (77), Argentine-born Colombian footballer (San Martín de Tucumán, América de Cali, Atlético Bucaramanga, Deportivo Pereira, Colombia)
*  Fabio Cudicini (89), Italian footballer (Udinese, AS Roma, Brescia Calcio, AC Milan). Son of former Italian footballer Guglielmo Cudicini and father of former Italian footballer Carlo Cudicini.
;9
*  Marius Ciugarin (75), Romanian footballer (Steaua București, FC Brașov, Sportul Studențesc București, Progresul București, Dordrecht, Makedonikos).
*  Alberto Onofre (77), Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Mexico)
*  Franz-Josef Pauly (75), German footballer (1860 Munich, Hannover 96, Fortuna Köln).
;10
*  Anatoli Pata (66), Soviet and Russian footballer (Mashuk Pyatigorsk, Rotor Volgograd, Dynamo Stavropol, Kuban Krasnodar, Dynamo Izobilny), assistant manager (Dynamo Stavropol), manager (Dynamo Stavropol), and scout (Dynamo Stavropol).
*  Nelson Silva Pacheco (80), Uruguayan-born Colombian footballer (Danubio, Liverpool, Sportivo Italiano, Tigre, Rosario Central, Atlético Nacional, Deportes Quindío, Cúcuta Deportivo, Atlético Junior, Deportivo Táchira, América de Cali, Colombia) and manager (Deportivo Táchira, Deportes Tolima).
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*  Bobby Kennedy (87), Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Manchester City, Grimsby Town) and manager (Grimsby Town, Bradford City).
*  Roberto Oltramari (85), Italian footballer (SPAL, Ozo Mantova, Rimini, Foggia & Incedit, Modena, Del Duca Ascoli).
*  Tiny Ruys (67), Dutch footballer (NEC, Fortuna Sittard) and manager (United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, Fortuna Sittard, MVV, SV Meerssen, EVV Echt).
;12
*  Giampiero Schiavo (85), Italian footballer (Marzotto Valdagno, Torino, Lecco).
;13
*  Chris Barnard (77), English footballer (Southend United, Ipswich Town, Torquay United, Charlton Athletic).
*  Tony Book (90), English footballer (Bath City, Plymouth Argyle, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City).
*  Keith Griffith (77), Barbadian footballer (Barbados), manager (Barbados, Joe Public, US Virgin Islands), and technical director (Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands).
*  Rudolf Grosser (80), German footballer (Bayern Munich, BSC Young Boys, Bayern Munich Amateure).
*  Mykhaylo Stelmakh (58), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Irpin, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Karpaty Lviv, Vorskla Poltava, CSKA Kyiv), assistant manager (Arsenal Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Skala Stryi 1911), and manager (Kharkiv, Dinaz Vyshhorod).
*  Vicente Vega (69), Venezuelan footballer (Deportivo Táchira, Portuguesa, Deportivo Italia, Venezuela).
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*  Pat Goggin (84), Irish footballer (Cork Hibernians, Tramore Athletic).
;15
*  Alex Brash (69), Scottish footballer (Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Brechin City).
*  Aldo Dorigo (90), Italian footballer (Triestina, Inter Milan, Alessandria).
*  Günter Klomhuß (65), East German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, Chemie Böhlen, Motor Babelsberg).
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*  Vasile Ardeleanu (50), Romanian footballer (FCM Bacău, CSM Focșani, FC Onești).
*  Uwe Beginski (59), German footballer (Hamburger SV, SV Darmstadt 98, VfL Osnabrück, KSV Hessen Kassel, Hamburger SV Amateure).
*  Harry Bild (88), Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, FC Zürich, Feyenoord, Östers IF, Sweden).
*  Sabah Bizi (78), Albanian footballer (Vllaznia, Partizani, Albania) and manager (Veleçiku, Vllaznia).
*  Domingo González (91), Spanish footballer (Las Palmas).
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*  Denis Law (84), Scottish footballer (Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Torino, Manchester United, Scotland). 1964 Ballon d'Or winner.
*  Kenny Wilson (78), Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, Dumbarton, Carlisle United, York City, Hamilton Academical).
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*  Garry Brooke (64), English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, GAIS, Norwich City, Groningen, Wimbledon, Brentford).
*  Benny Guagliardi (87), Brazilian footballer (Rio Preto, Corinthians, Ferroviária, Independiente, Boca Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata).
*  Nicolae Oaidă (91), Romanian footballer (Dinamo Brașov, Dinamo Bacău, Progresul București, Romania) and mannager (Libya, Al-Ahly Benghazi, Mureșul Deva, Progresul București, Tractorul Brașov, Jiul Petroșani, Autobuzul București, Hassania Agadir, Homenetmen Beirut).
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*  Jimmy Calderwood (69), Scottish footballer (Birmingham City, Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II, Roda JC, Heracles Almelo) and manager (Willem II, NEC Nijmegen, Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Ross County, Go Ahead Eagles, De Graafschap).
*  Joaquín Ramos Marcos (78), Spanish referee (Royal Spanish Football Federation, UEFA) and commentator.
;20
*  Mimi El-Sherbini (86), Egyptian footballer (Al Ahly, United Arab Republic) and manager (Al-Nasr Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
;21
*  Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini (36), Omani footballer (Al-Orouba, Al-Raed, Dhofar Club, Oman).
*  Robert Choe (85), Malaysian footballer (Malacca FA, Malaya/Malaysia).
*  Toros Kibritjian (90), Syrian-born American soccer referee (United States Soccer Federation, CONCACAF, FIFA).
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*  Juan Antonio Román (82), Spanish footballer (Granada, Sevilla, Real Valladolid) and manager (San Fernando, Poli Almería, Linense, Almería).
*  Kimmo Tauriainen (52), Finnish footballer (RoPS, Kontu, Atlantis, IK Start).
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*  Eduardo de la Barra (65), Chilean footballer (Ñublense, Deportes Temuco, Avaí, Deportes Concepción, Naval), assistant manager (Naval), and manager (Deportes Concepción, Naval, Everton, Ñublense, Universidad de Concepción youth, Universidad de Concepción Femenino).
*  Anthony Basso (45), French footballer (Udinese, Viking, Heart of Midlothian).
*  Andreas Stamatiadis (89), Greek  footballer (AEK Athens, Greece), assistant manager (AEK Athens), and manager (Rodos, Lamia, Anagennisi Karditsa, AEK Athens, Atromitos, Egaleo, Acharnaikos, Greece U21).
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*  Lakhdar Bouyahi (79), Algerian footballer (NA Hussein Dey, Algeria).
*  Imke de Jong (92), Dutch footballer (SC Heerenveen).
*  Mimis Domazos (83), Greek footballer (Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, Greece).
*  David Gaskell (84), English footballer (Manchester United, Wigan Athletic, Wrexham).
*  Ellert Schram (85), Icelandic footballer (KR, Iceland), manager (KR), and politician. President of the KSÍ (1973–1989) and the ÍSÍ (1991–2006).
*  Eddy Wauters (91), Belgian footballer (Royal Antwerp, Belgium) and manager (Royal Antwerp).
;25
*  Hugo Hernán Iter (75), Chilean footballer (Deportes Ovalle, Deportes La Serena).
;26
*  Moses Effiong (65), Nigerian footballer (Sharks FC, Shooting Stars, Nigeria).
;27
*  Chris Antonopoulos (56), American soccer player (FIU Panthers, California Kickers, Fort Lauderdale Strikers), beach soccer player (Florida Beach Soccer FC, United States), and beach soccer manager (Florida Beach Soccer FC).
*  Guy Delhasse (91), Belgian footballer (RFC Liège, Beringen, Belgium).
*  Werner Fritschi (91), German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern, SSV Reutlingen 05).
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*  Leroy DeLeon (76), Trinidadian footballer (New York Generals, Washington Darts, Miami Gatos, Washington Diplomats, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Trinidad and Tobago) and indoor soccer player (Washington Darts, Washington Diplomats, Phoenix Inferno).
*  Eberhard Franz (89), East German footballer (BSG Motor Zwickau). Brother of former East German international footballer Reinhard Franz.
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*  Benito Davanzati (88), Italian footballer (Siena, Perugia, SPAL, Pisa, Pontedera, Fortis Juventus, Figline).
*  Denis Devaux (86), French footballer (RC Besançon, Strasbourg, Stade de Reims, AC Ajaccio, UES Montmorillon, France) and manager (UES Montmorillon, Stade Poitevin PEPP).
*  Dinu Gheorghe (68), Romanian club president (Rapid București, FC Brașov, Astra Giurgiu, Dinamo București, ASA Târgu Mureș).
*  Barry Hartle (85), English footballer (Watford, Sheffield United, Carlisle United, Stockport County, Oldham Athletic, Macclesfield Town).
*  Gianfranco de Taddeo (96), Swiss footballer (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Young Boys, FC Basel, Neuchâtel Xamax, Old Boys, Young Fellows Zürich).
;31
*  Rudi Balsam (89), German footballer (Holstein Kiel).
*  Ronnie Burbeck (90), English footballer (Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Hereford United).
*  Derek McLean (92), English footballer (Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United).

## February
;1
*  Giancarlo Bagnasco (84), Italian footballer (Genoa, Messina, Alessandria, Borgosesia, Novese).
*  Raúl Gómez Ramírez (74), Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Mexico).
*  Mehdi Haj Mohamad (74), Iranian footballer (Tâj, Iran).
*  Ingo Hermanns (53), East German and German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, Motor Schönebeck, Kickers Emden).
*  Alberto Leguelé (71), Brazilian footballer (Bahia, Flamengo, CSA, Brazil Olympics).
;2
*  Ogün Altıparmak (86), Turkish footballer (Karşıyaka, Fenerbahçe, Washington Whips, Turkey). Father of former Turkish footballer Batur Altıparmak.
*  Björgólfur Guðmundsson (84), Icelandic businessman, chairman, and club owner (West Ham United). Father of Icelandic businessman and billionaire Björgólfur Thor.
*  Billy Pirie (75), Scottish footballer (Arbroath, Aberdeen, Dundee, Sydney Olympic).
*  Alan Shoulder (71), English footballer (Bishop Auckland, Newcastle United, Carlisle United, Hartlepool United) and manager.
;3
*  Lima (83), Brazilian footballer (Juventus-SP, Santos, Jalisco, Fluminense, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Brazil).
;5
*  Alfredo Letanú (72), Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, Gimnasia y Esgrima, Unión Española, Estudiantes, Racing Club, San Lorenzo, Cartagena).
*  Rainer Schönwälder (84), German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, Alemannia Aachen, Preußen Münster, Union Luxembourg, Roda JC).
;6
*  Andrzej Marchel (60), Polish footballer (Lechia Gdańsk).
*  Gordon Marshall (85), Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Hibernian, Aberdeen, Arbroath).
*  Frans Schellens (88), Belgian footballer (Berchem Sport) and manager (KFC Nijlen, KSK Heist, Berchem Sport).
*  Ernie Walley (91), Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough) and manager (Crystal Palace, Barking, Bangor City).
*  Wim van den Dungen (80), Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, KFC Diest).
;7
*  Jean-Charles Canetti (79), Italian-born French footballer (Nîmes Olympique, Arles, Olympique Alès).
*  Mick Walker (84), English footballer, manager (Singapore, Burton Albion, Notts County), and scout (Leeds United).
*  José María Suárez (73), Argentine footballer (Belgrano, Boca Juniors, Huracán, Argentina).
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*  Santos Bedoya (85), Spanish footballer (Real Madrid Castilla, Espanyol, Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña, Sevilla) and manager (Sevilla, Recreativo de Huelva, Cacereño).
*  George Davies (97), English footballer (Oswestry Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Chester City).
*  Giuseppe Fornaciari (57), Italian footballer (Juventina Gela, Atletico Leonzio, Barletta, Foggia, Avellino, SPAL, Marsala, Puteolana, Palmese, Viribus Unitis).
*  Amado Palacios (83), Mexican footballer (Club Necaxa, Cruz Azul, Club América, Zacatepec, Mexico).
*  Giorgio Pellizzaro (77), Italian footballer (Mantova, Sampdoria, Catanzaro, Foggia, Brescia).
*  John Tudor (78), English footballer (Coventry City, Sheffield United, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Gent).
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*  Takis Ikonomopoulos (81), Greek footballer (Apollon Smyrnis, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki, Greece), goalkeeping coach (Panathinaikos), and president of Panathinaikos AO (2017–2018).
*  David Socha (86), American soccer referee (NASL, FIFA). Refereed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
;11
*  Tony Bedeau (45), English-born Grenadian footballer (Torquay United, Walsall, Grenada).
*  Gerrit Niehaus (84), Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles).
*  Paul Round (65), English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Bury, Altrincham, Chorley).
*  Uladzimir Vostrykaw (48), Soviet-born Belarusian footballer (Dinamo Minsk, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Belshina Bobruisk, Torpedo Minsk, Vitebsk, Lokomotiv Minsk), assistant manager (Zvezda-BGU Minsk), and manager (Energetik-BGU Minsk reserves).
;12
*  Ronnie Boyce (82), English footballer (West Ham United), caretaker manager (West Ham United), coach (West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall), and scout (West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur).
*  Ali Gagarin (75), Sudanese footballer (Al-Hilal, Al Nassr, Stade d'Abidjan, Sudan).
;13
*  János Dunai (87), Hungarian footballer (Pécsi Dózsa, Hungary) and manager (Pécsi MSC, Szegedi EAC, Pécsi Vasutas). Bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
*  Fethi Heper (81), Turkish footballer (Eskişehirspor, Turkey).
*  Roger Pohon (85), French footballer (Nantes, France amateurs) and manager.
;14
*  Avi Assouly (74), French and Israeli footballer (Racing Besançon), soldier, journalist, commentator, and politician.
*  Cees de Boer (83), Dutch footballer (VV De Zouaven, Alkmaar '54). Father of Dutch international footballers Frank and Ronald de Boer.
;15
*  Louis Theobald (86), Maltese footballer (Hibernians, Malta).
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*  Óscar Valdez (78), Argentine and Spanish footballer (Almirante Brown, Atlético Platense, Valencia, Spain) and manager (Mestalla, Valencia, Paraguay).
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*  Aleksandr Komissarov (74), Soviet and Russian footballer (Zenit Penza) and manager (Zenit Penza, Svetotekhnika Saransk).
*  Volker Roth (83), German referee (Bundesliga, UEFA, FIFA).
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*  Gholamhossein Farzami (79), Iranian footballer (Tâj, Iran) and manager.
*  Cammy Murray (80), Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Motherwell, Arbroath). Brother of Scottish footballer George Murray.
*  Hughen Riley (77), English footballer (Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Bournemouth, Dorchester Town, Weymouth).
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*  Erhard Hofeditz (71), German footballer (KSV Baunatal, 1860 Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher SC, Kickers Offenbach).
*  Evan Williams (81), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Celtic, Clyde) and manager (Ardeer Thistle).
;21
*  Piero Gonfiantini (87), Italian footballer (ACF Fiorentina, Pisa, Prato).
;22
*  Geoffrey Maxwell, Jamaican footballer (Jamaica) and manager (Waterhouse, Jamaica).
*  Ishsam Shahruddin (58), Malaysian footballer (Perak FA, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia), politician, businessman and contractor.
*  Gennady Shapkin (68), Soviet and Russian footballer (Aktyubinets, Kuban Krasnodar, Torpedo Armavir).
;25
*  Bernard Brochand (86), French politician, businessman, and club president (Paris Saint-Germain). Formerly a member of the National Assembly (2001–2022), and the mayor of Cannes (2001–2014).
*  Bejo Sugiantoro (47), Indonesian footballer (Persebaya Surabaya, PSPS Pekanbaru, Mitra Kukar, Persidafon Dafonsoro, Deltras Sidoarjo, Indonesia), assistant manager (Persebaya Surabaya), and manager (Persik Kediri, Persebaya Surabaya, Serpong City, Deltras).
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*  Bjørn Ludvigsen (56), Norwegian footballer (Harstad IL, Tromsdalen UIL, Tromsø IL) and manager (Medkila IL womens). 
*  Hans Pirkner (78), Austrian footballer (Austria Klagenfurt, Admira Energie, Schalke 04, Alpine Donawitz, Austria Wien, First Vienna, Austria).
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*  Javier Dorado (48), Spanish footballer (Real Madrid C, Real Madrid B, Real Madrid, Salamanca, Sporting Gijón, Rayo Vallecano, RCD Mallorca).
*  Juan Ignacio Lasa (86), Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad, Osasuna).
*  Marvin Wijks (40), Dutch footballer (HFC Haarlem, 1. FC Magdeburg, FC Emmen, Rijnsburgse Boys).
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*  Luca Manolache (19), Romanian footballer (FCSB, Chindia Târgoviște).
*  Evert Teunissen (95), Dutch footballer and manager (De Graafschap, SC Heerenveen, Heracles Almelo, Fortuna SC, FC Den Haag, Netherlands futsal).

## March
;1
*  Steve Fleet (87), English footballer (Manchester City, Wrexham, Stockport County) and manager (ÍA, ÍBV).
*  Nico Hidalgo (32), Spanish footballer (Motril, Granada B, Juventus, Cádiz, Racing Santander).
*  Tullio Lanese (78), Italian referee (Italian Football Federation, UEFA, FIFA).
;2
*  Dennis Bond (77), English footballer (Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic).
*  Gérard Bourgoin (85), French businessman, politician, and president (Auxerre, Ligue de Football Professionnel).
*  Jos Dijkstra (80), Dutch footballer (DWS, PSV Eindhoven, Roda JC, FC Eindhoven)
*  Ray De Gruchy (92), English footballer (Grimsby Town, Chesterfield, Burton Albion).
*  Yngve Leback (76), Swedish footballer (Älvsjö AIK, AIK, Vasalunds IF, Sweden).
;3
*  John McTavish (93), Scottish footballer (Manchester City, St Mirren). Son of former Scottish footballer Bob McTavish and nephew of Scottish international footballer John McTavish.
;4
*  Cássio de Jesus (35), Brazilian footballer (Guarani, Mogi Mirim, Concórdia, São Carlos, Tombense, Mamoré, Araxá, Semen Padang, Kelantan FA, Barito Putera, Hong Kong Rangers, Navy FC).
*  Heinz Ingenbold (87), German footballer (Schwarz-Weiß Essen).
*  Serhiy Zhuravlyov (65), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Zorya Luhansk, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Zimbru Chișinău, Dnipro Cherkasy).
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*  Altin Çuko (50), Albanian footballer (Lushnja, Tomori Berat, Laçi).
*  Claude Hausknecht (80), French footballer (FC Metz, AS Monaco) and manager (US Forbach, F91 Dudelange).
*  Norberto Huezo (68), Salvadoran footballer (Atlético Marte, Monterrey, Palencia, Cartagena, Herediano, Jalapa, El Salvador) and manager (El Salvador U17, El Salvador U20).
*  Bruno Pizzul (86), Italian footballer (Catania, Cremonese), journalist, and actor.
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*  Herminio González (84), Spanish footballer (Celta de Vigo, Cultural Leonesa).
*  Domingo Massaro (97), Chilean footballer (Audax Italiano, Chile) and referee (Football Federation of Chile, CONMEBOL). 
*  Ray Snowball (92), English footballer (Bishop Auckland, Crook Town, Darlington).
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*  Luís Carlos Galter (77), Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Flamengo, Operário, Coritiba, Brazil).
*  Răzvan Ionilă (43), Romanian footballer (Poli AEK Timișoara, CF Braila, Petrolul Ploiești, Fortuna Covaci), player-manager (Flacara Faget), assitant manager (Poli Timișoara), and manager.
*  Omar Mendiburu (64), Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, Neza, Oaxtepec, UANL, Puebla).
*  Jürgen Piepenburg (83), East German and German footballer (Vorwärts Berlin, Vorwärts Frankfurt) and manager (ASG Vorwärts Dessau, BFC Dynamo II, Germania Schöneiche, BFC Dynamo).
*  Oleksiy Shubin (49), Soviet-born Ukrainian footballer (Vedrich Rechitsa, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Metalurg Nikopol, Dnipro Cherkasy, Desna Chernihiv).
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*  Bernardino Chaves (75), Costa Rican footballer (Turrialba, San Carlos, Limonense, Alajuelense, Universidad Nacional, Cartaginés, Herediano, Costa Rica).
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*  Sergio Notarnicola (90), Italian and American soccer player (Brooklyn Italians, Torino, Alessandria, Foggia, Piacenza, United States).
*  Max Schwall (92), German footballer (FV Daxlanden, Karlsruher SC).
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*  Alekos Alexiadis (79), Greek footballer (Aris Thessaloniki, Panetolikos, Kastoria, Greece).
;13
*  Radiša Ilić (47), Yusoslav-born Serbian footballer (Sloboda Užice, Partizan, Național București, Borac Čačak, OFK Beograd, Serbia).
;14
*  Jean-Claude Kuhnapfel (93), French footballer (FC Metz, Limoges, AS Troyes-Savinienne) and manager (SAS Épinal, SR Saint-Dié).
*  Jean-Pierre Plet (80), French footballer (SC Abbeville, USL Dunkerque, Nevers).
*  Fritz Scherer (85), German club president (Bayern Munich), economist, and university professor.
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*  Bruce Dombolo (39), French footballer (Ancona, Pro Vasto, Marignane) and actor.
*  Doris Fitschen (56), German women's footballer (VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg, TSV Siegen, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Philadelphia Charge, Germany). Bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
*  James Murphy (88), American soccer player (St. Louis Kutis, United States) and sheriff of St. Louis, Missouri.
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*  Gavrilă Birău (80), Romanian footballer (UTA Arad, Aurul Brad) and manager (UTA Arad).
*  Jon Durham (59), English footballer (Rotherham United, Torquay United, Saltash United, Tiverton Town, Taunton Town).
*  Don Kitchenbrand (91), South African footballer (Rangers, Sunderland, Forfar Athletic, South Africa).
*  Andrej Lazarov (25), Macedonian footballer (Rabotnichki, Tikvesh, Rudeš, Gorica, Shkupi).
*  Greg Makowski (68), American soccer player (Colorado Caribous, Atlanta Chiefs, Seattle Sounders, United States) and indoor soccer player (St. Louis Steamers, Kansas City Comets, Los Angeles Lazers).
*  Fernando Sátiro (87), Brazilian footballer (Ceará, São Paulo, XV de Piracicaba, Ferroviária, Fortaleza).
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*  Konrad Heidner (85), German footballer (Greuther Fürth, Greuther Fürth Amateure, ASV Zirndorf).
*  John Fraser (89), Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Stenhousemuir) and coach (Hibernian).
;19
*  Kåre Aasgaard (91), Norwegian footballer (Åssiden IF, Norway).
*  Andrija Delibašić (43), Yugoslav-born Montenegrin footballer (Partizan, Mallorca, Benfica, Braga, AEK Athens, Beira-Mar, Real Sociedad, Hércules, Rayo Vallecano, Ratchaburi, Montenegro), assistant manager (Partizan, Budućnost Podgorica), and manager (Mornar).
*  Bruno Franceschina (93), Italian footballer (Biellese, Torino, Bari, Spezia, Cuneo, Saluzzo).
*  Hernán Godoy (83), Chilean footballer (Deportes La Serena, Santiago Wanderers, Palestino, Comunicaciones, Motagua, Audax Italiano, Alianza, Unión Magdalena), assistant manager (Audax Italiano), and manager (Audax Italiano, Ñublense, Trasandino, Deportes Arica,  Deportes Concepción, Deportes Antofagasta, Santiago Wanderers, Deportes Linares, Comunicaciones, Unión Santa Cruz, Deportes Iquique, Santiago Morning, Mitra Kukar, Unión San Felipe).
*  Werner Otto (96), Saarland and German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, Saarland).
*  Vasile Simionaș (74), Romanian footballer (Dinamo Bacău, Politehnica Iași, Romania), assistant manager (Politehnica Iași), manager (Politehnica Iași, Cetatea Suceava, CSM Pașcani, Progresul București, Oțelul Galați, Astra Giurgiu, Farul Constanța), and board member (Politehnica Iași).
;20
*  Sandro Tiberi (86), Italian footballer (AS Roma, Siena, Chieti, LR Vicenza, Cagliari, Chicago Mustangs, Atalanta, Valdagno, Italy B), assistant manager (Bologna), and manager (Cesena).
;22
*  Ramón Barrenechea (84), Spanish footballer (Basconia, Cartagena, Elche, L'Hospitalet, Granada).
*  Djamel Menad (64), Algerian footballer (CR Belouizdad, JE Tizi Ouzou, Nîmes Olympique, Famalicão, Belenenses, USM Alger), assistant manager (Algeria), manager (USM Alger, USM Annaba, JSM Béjaïa, CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, Al-Wehda Club, USM El Harrach), and sporting director (JS Kabylie).
;25
*  Rahim Abdullah (77), Malaysian footballer (Penang FA, Perak FA, Selangor FA, Malaysia) and manager (Malaysia).
*  Gerrit van de Weerthof (86), Dutch footballer (PEC Zwolle, FC Wageningen, SBV Vitesse).
*  Hank Steinbrecher (77), American college soccer player (Davis & Elkins Senators)), college soccer coach (Warren Wilson College, Appalachian State Mountaineers, Boston University Terriers), executive, and secretary general of the United States Soccer Federation (1990–2000). Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
;26
*  Lutz Blankenburg (69), East German footballer (Lokomotive Leipzig, Chemie Böhlen, BSG Motor Grimma).
*  John Herrick (78), Irish footballer (Cork Hibernians, Shamrock Rovers, Limerick, Drogheda United, League of Ireland XI, Republic of Ireland), player-manager (Galway United), and manager (Westport United, Galway United, Limerick).
*  Charles Spiteri (81), Maltese footballer (Sliema Wanderers, Birkirkara, Valletta, Lija Athletic, Malta).
*  Antoni Trzaskowski (83), Polish footballer (Legia Warsaw, Rochester Lancers, Poland).
;27
*  Wolfgang Schnarr (83), German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern, Preußen Münster, ASV Landau).
;28
*  Alfredo (78), Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Marcílio Dias, Nacional, América Rio Preto, Coritiba, Santos, Taubaté, Jorge Wilstermann).
*  Johann Eigenstiller (81), Austrian footballer (FC Wacker, Rapid Wien, SSW Innsbruck, Austria) and manager (SSW Innsbruck).
*  Armando Osma (63), Colombian footballer (Atlético Bucaramanga, Once Caldas, Deportivo Cali, Deportes Tolima, Millonarios, Cortuluá), assistant manager (Deportes Tolima, Aucas, Ecuador, Juan Aurich, La Equidad, Atlético Junior), and manager (Deportivo Cali (youth), Ecuador U23, Olmedo, Aucas, Manta, Macará, El Nacional (youth), Águila, América de Quito, Atlético Bucaramanga, Bogotá, Cumbayá).
*  Andreas Wendt (73), East German footballer (Vorwärts Leipzig, Energie Cottbus).
;30
*  Leandro Lima (23), Brazilian footballer (São Bernardo, União Mogi, FK Pardubice, Samgurali Tskaltubo, 1. SK Prostějov). Brother of Brazilian footballer Léo Jabá.
;31
*  Jacques Elong Elong (40), Cameroonian footballer (Caïman de Douala, Mount Cameroon, Persepolis, Sepahan, DAC Dunajská Streda, Paykan, Esteghlal, Naft Maysan, Cameroon).
*  Kurt Feuersinger (68), Austrian footballer (Austria Salzburg) and manager.
*  Franco Marmiroli (86), Italian footballer (Parma, AS Roma, Genoa, Modena, Cosenza, Cremonese) and manager (Suzzara).

## April
;1
*  Leandro Domingues (41), Brazilian footballer (Vitória, Cruzeiro, Fluminense, Kashiwa Reysol, Nagoya Grampus, Yokohama FC).
*  Giordano Mattavelli (89), Italian footballer (Simmenthal-Monza, Vigevano, Torino, Casale, Carrarese, Pro Sesto, Vogherese).
*  Faramarz Zelli (82), Iranian footballer (Kian, PAS Tehran, Taj, Iran).
;2
*  Juan Antonio (81), Spanish footballer (Real Murcia, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, Celta Vigo).
*  José Antonio Zamanillo (87), Spanish footballer (Castro, Gimnástica Torrelavega, Burgos, Atlético Madrid, Racing Santander).
*  Johnny King (92), English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Cardiff City) and tennis player.
;3
*  Hervé Collot (92), French footballer (FC Nancy) and manager (SAS Épinal, AS Nancy Lorraine).
*  Hellmut Trunschke (96), German and East German footballer, manager (Vorwärts Cottbus, Energie Cottbus), and rugby player.
*  Andy Wharton (63), English footballer (Burnley, Torquay United, Chester City).
;4
*  Ricardo Lapetra (88), Spanish footballer (Guadalajara, Real Zaragoza, Córdoba, Real Oviedo, Hércules).
*  Roberto Romei (64), Italian footballer (Sampdoria, Alessandria, Pistoiese, Pescara, Savona, Imperia).
;5
*  Mouhcine Bouhlal (54), Moroccan footballer (FAR Rabat, Morocco), assistant manager (FAR Rabat), and manager (FAR Rabat, Stade Marocain).
*  Corrin Brooks-Meade (37), English-born Montserratian footballer (Fulham, Ermis Aradippou, Alki Larnaca, Omonia, Nea Salamis, Akritas Chlorakas, FC Montana, Oroklini-Troulloi, Montserrat).
;6
*  Jorge Bolaño (47), Colombian footballer (Atlético Junior, Parma, Lecce, Modena, Cúcuta Deportivo, Colombia). Son of former Colombian international footballer Oscar Bolaño.
*  Albert Vanucci (77), French footballer (Ajaccio, Sochaux, Marseille, AS Monaco, Gazélec Ajaccio, Besançon RC, France) and manager (Gazélec Ajaccio).
*  Willie Vassallo (75), Maltese footballer (Gżira United, Floriana, Green Gully, Malta) and manager (Floriana)
;7
*  Marcel Cupák (51), Czechoslovak-born Czech footballer (Svit Zlín, Boby Brno, Sigma Olomouc, FK Drnovice, Brno).
;8
*  Wilhelm Burgsmüller (93), German footballer (Borussia Dortmund).
*  Manga (87), Brazilian footballer (Sport Recife, Botafogo, Nacional, Internacional, Operário, Coritiba, Grêmio, Barcelona de Guayaquil, Brazil).
*  Aurélio Pereira (77), Portuguese football coach and scout (Sporting CP).
*  Dieter Versen (79), German footballer (VfL Bochum, San Jose Earthquakes).
;9
*  Eamon Farrell (83), Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers). Brother of Irish footballer Tommy Farrell, and father of Academy Awards-nominated Irish actor Colin Farrell.
*  Roland Mall (73), German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, VfR Heilbronn, Preußen Münster, Viktoria Köln).
*  Vitali Tasenko (50), Soviet-born Russian footballer (Istochnik Rostov-on-Don, SKA Rostov-on-Don, CSKA Moscow, Kuban Krasnodar).
;10
*  Leo Beenhakker (82), Dutch footballer (Xerxes), assistant manager (Go Ahead Eagles, Ajax), and manager (Veendam, Cambuur, Go Ahead Eagles, Ajax, Real Zaragoza, Volendam, Netherlands, Real Madrid, Grasshoppers, Saudi Arabia, Club América, İstanbulspor, Guadalajara, Vitesse, Feyenoord, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland).
*  Alex Bryce (80), Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Clyde, Dundee, Falkirk, Cowdenbeath).
*  Marijan Jantoljak (85), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer (Jedinstvo Zemun, Rijeka, Borac Banja Luka, Segesta Sisak, Yugoslavia) and manager (Segesta Sisak, Rijeka, Inter Zaprešić, Karlovac, Koper, Opatija, Orijent Rijeka).
*  Oleksandr Kosevych (59), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Harant Donetsk), president (Harant Donetsk, Metalurh Donetsk), director (Shakhtar Donetsk, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), and manager (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Zorya Luhansk, Avanhard Kramatorsk).
*  Alexis Noble (61), Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol, Independiente Medellín, Universidad Católica, Nacional, San Lorenzo, River Plate Montevideo, Central Español, Defensor Sporting, Sud América, Aucas, Progreso, Rampla Juniors, Cerro, Fénix).
;11
*  Joe Eaton (93), English footballer (Mansfield Town).
*  Klaus Lambertz (84), German footballer (Werder Bremen Amateure, Werder Bremen).
;12
*  Christian Chukwu (74), Nigerian footballer (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria) and manager (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria U17, Kenya, Nigeria).
*  Lionel Justier (68), French footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, Brest, Nîmes Olympique, Montceau, Châtellerault, Beauvais, France B).
*  Ibrahim Shika (28), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).
;14
*  Beniamino Cancian (89), Italian footballer (Torino, Pinerolo, Mantova, Venezia), assistant manager (Torino, Foggia), and manager (Torino youth, Clodiense Chioggia, Como, Modena, Venezia, Pordenone, Nocerina, Campobasso, Cavese, Padova, Foggia, Sacilese).
*  Carlton Fairweather (63), English footballer (Dulwich Hamlet, Bromley, Tooting & Mitcham United, Wimbledon, Porin Pallotoverit, Kuopion Pallotoverit, Carlisle United, Connecticut Wolves) and manager (Wimbledon Reserves, Crystal Palace Reserves, Sunderland High School, Sunderland Ladies).
*  Serge Lugier (78), French footballer (Red Star, Laval, Angoulême, Valenciennes).
*  Slobodan Milosavljević (81), Yugoslav-born French footballer (Sint-Truiden, Valenciennes, FC Sète) and manager (FC Sète, Aurillac).
;15
*  Abel Díez (72), Spanish footballer (Cultural Leonesa, Real Avilés, CD Gijón, Sporting Gijón, Hércules, San Martín).
*  Carlos Enrique Herrera (89), Costa Rican footballer (Alajuelense, Monarcas Morelia, Sacachispas, Aurora, Deportivo Saprissa, Municipal, Costa Rica).
*  Martin Petkov (36), Austrian footballer (DSV Leoben, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919, SV Horn) and manager.
*  Kees Smit, Dutch footballer (HFC EDO, Ajax, FC Zaanstreek, Pittsburgh Phantoms).
;16
*  Aaron Boupendza (28), Gabonese footballer (CF Mounana, Bordeaux B, Pau, Gazélec Ajaccio, Tours, Hatayspor, Al-Arabi, Al-Shabab, FC Cincinnati, Rapid București, Zhejiang FC, Gabon).
*  Iain Gillies (89), Scottish and New Zealand footballer (Nairn County, Celtic, Crewe Alexandra, Eastern Union, New Zealand).
;17
*  Simon Lehoko (74), South African footballer (Vaal Professionals, Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa).
*  Joe Thompson (36), English footballer (Rochdale, Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United).
*  Billy Young (86), Irish footballer (Bohemians) and manager (Athlone Town, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, League of Ireland XI).
;18
*  Giulio Drago (62), Italian footballer (Aosta, Juventus, Cremonese, Atalanta, Empoli, Bari, Triestina, Pontedera).
*  Mick McGrath (89), Irish footballer (Home Farm, Blackburn Rovers, Bradford Park Avenue, Bangor City, Republic of Ireland) and manager (Bangor City).
*  Nikola Pokrivač (39), Yugoslav-born Croatian footballer (NK Varteks, Dinamo Zagreb, AS Monaco, Red Bull Salzburg, Inter Zaprešić, Rijeka, Shakhter Karagandy, Slaven Belupo, Croatia) and assistant manager (Rudeš).
;19
*  József Garami (85), Hungarian footballer (Pécsi Dózsa, Pécsi VSK, Komlói Bányász SK) and manager (Pécsi MFC, Hungary, Újpest, MTK Budapest, Győri ETO, Ferencváros).
*  Niwat Srisawat (77), Thai footballer (Raj-Vithi, PAT F.C., Thailand) and manager (Thai Port).
;20
*  Hugo Gatti (80), Argentine footballer (Atlanta, River Plate, Gimnasia La Plata, Unión Santa Fe, Boca Juniors, Argentina). Father of former Argentine footballer Lucas Gatti.
*  Werner Lorant (76), German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke 04, Hannover 96) and manager (1. FC Schweinfurt 05, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, TSV 1860 Munich, Fenerbahçe, Rot Weiss Ahlen, Incheon United, APOEL, Sivasspor, Saipa Kara, Kayseri Erciyesspor, SpVgg Unterhaching, Kasımpaşa, Liaoning, ATA Spor München, DAC Dunajská Streda).
*  Tes Sambath (24), Cambodian footballer (Boeung Ket, Visakha, Cambodia).
*  Guelso Zaetta (93), French footballer (Angers, Nantes, Racing Besançon) and manager (Nantes reserves).
;21
*  Cecil Irwin (83), English footballer (Sunderland, Vancouver Royals, Yeovil Town, Ashington) and manager (Yeovil Town, Ashington).
;22
*  David Clunie (77), Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, St Johnstone, Scottish Football League XI).
*  Kang Ji-yong (35), South Korean footballer (Pohang Steelers, Busan IPark, Bucheon FC, Gangwon FC, Incheon United, Gangneung Citizen, Cheonan City).
;23
*  André Bosson (83), Swiss footballer (Étoile Carouge, Servette, Sion, Lausanne-Sport, Switzerland), player-manager (FC Meyrin), and manager (FC Meyrin, Chênois).
*  Jim Herriot (85), Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Birmingham City, Durban City, Hibernians, St Mirren, Scottish Football League XI, Scotland).
*  Jaromír Paciorek (45), Czechoslav-born Czech footballer (Excelsior, Fortuna Sittard, 1.FC Brno, Spartak Hulín).
;24
*  Ivan Sotirov (90), Bulgarian footballer (Spartak Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv).
;25
*  Noël Minga (77), Congolese footballer (Inter Brazzaville, Congo) and manager (Congo).
*  Stanley Tshosane (68), Motswana footballer (BDF XI), assistant manager (Botswana U20, BDF XI), and manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, BDF XI, Botswana).
;26
*  José Carlos (83), Portuguese footballer (CUF, Sporting CP, Braga, Portugal) and manager (Oriental, Braga, Boavista, Varzim, Chaves, Águeda, Gil Vicente, União Santarém, Fafe, Dragões Sandinenses, Lourinhanense).
*  Jair da Costa (84), Brazilian footballer (Portuguesa, Inter Milan, AS Roma, Santos, Brazil).
;27
*  Hansi Alpert (92), East German footballer (BSG Lok Stendal, VfL Osnabrück).
*  Jaroslav Bendl (77), Czechoslovak footballer (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia).
*  John Gregson (85), English footballer (Blackpool, Chester City, Shrewsbury Town, Mansfield Town, Lincoln City, Cambridge United).
*  Noureddine Hamiti (82), Algerian footballer (CR Belouizdad, Algeria).
*  Ken Hancock (87), English footballer (Port Vale, Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Bury) and manager (Leek Town).
;28
*  Peter Burridge (91), English footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic).
;29
*  Pascal Havet (60), French footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star, Lyon, Rouen, Angoulême) and manager.
;30
*  Bahman Salehnia (86), Iranian assistant manager (Iran) and manager (Malavan, Chooka Talesh).

## May
;1
*  Manolo el del Bombo (76), Spanish football fan (Valencia, Spain).
*  Andrejs Prohorenkovs (48), Soviet-born Latvian footballer (Olimpija Rīga, FK Jūrnieks, Czuwaj Przemyśl, Odra Opole, Górnik Zabrze, Maccabi Kiryat Gat, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Moscow, Racing de Ferrol, Ionikos, Liepājas Metalurgs, FC Jūrmala, Latvia) and player-manager (FK Ogre). 
*  David Woodfield (91), English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Los Angeles Wolves, Watford) and manager (Saudi Arabia, Sabah).
;3
*  Jake Findlay (70), Scotland footballer (Aston Villa, Luton Town).
*  Lorraine Taylor (63), New Zealand women's footballer (New Zealand).
*  Steve Uzelac (72), English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Preston North End, Stockport County).
;4
*  David Karako (80), Israeli footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Yehud, Israel) and manager (Hapoel Yehud, Lazarus Holon, Hapoel Or Yehuda, Maccabi Herzliya, Hapoel Tayibe, Ramat Gan).
*  Peter McParland (91), Northern Irish footballer (Dundalk, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Plymouth Argyle, Atlanta Chiefs, Northern Ireland), player-manager (Glentoran, Hong Kong). 
*  Uno Piir (95), Estonian and Soviet footballer (Dünamo, Tallinna Kalev), assistant manger (Tallinna Kalev), and manager (Norma Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinna Sadam, Nõmme Kalju).
*  Tom Youngs (45), English footballer (Cambridge United, Northampton Town, Leyton Orient, Bury).
;5
*  Leonidas Aguirre (82), Colombian footballer (Santa Fe).
*  Luis Galván (77), Argentine footballer (Talleres de Córdoba, Loma Negra, Belgrano, Central Norte, Club Bolívar, Argentina).
;6
*  Eduardo Zóttola (80), Argentine footballer (Atlético Tucumán, Vélez Sarsfield, Newell's Old Boys, Belgrano).
;7
*  Joop van Daele (77), Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Fortuna Sittard, Excelsior), assistant manager (Fortuna Sittard, Excelsior, DS '79), and manager (VV Papendrecht, Excelsior).
*  Chris Rabjohn (80), English footballer (Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers).
;8
*  Oliviero Garlini (68), Italian footballer (Como, Empoli, Nocerina, Fano, Cesena, Lazio, Internazionale, Atalanta, Ancona, Ascoli, Ravenna).
;9
*  Sahib Khazal (82), Iraqi footballer (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Iraq) and manager (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya).
*  Winfried Patzer (84), East German footballer (SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, Carl Zeiss Jena).
*  Francisco Rotunno (49), Chilean footballer (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Antofagasta, Cobresal, Deportes La Serena, Persekabpas Pasuruan, Sriwijaya FC).
;10
*  Gerry Francis (91), South African-born English footballer (Leeds United, York City, Tonbridge).
*  Wolfgang Rausch (78), German footballer (1. FC Köln, Rot-Weiss Essen, Kickers Offenbach, Bayern Munich, Dallas Tornado), indoor soccer player (Detroit Lightning, Dallas Tornado, New Jersey Rockets), and player-manager (Dallas Americans).
;11
*  Jim Burns (81), Scottish footballer (Cowdenbeath, Clyde, Stirling Albion).
*  Enzo Ferrari (82), Italian footballer (Sandonà, Forlì, Arezzo, Genoa, Palermo, Clodiasottomarina) and manager (Conegliano Calcio, Udinese, Real Zaragoza, Triestina, Avellino, Padova, Palermo, Reggina, Alessandria, Ascoli, Arezzo).
*  Wilberforce Mfum (88), Ghanaian footballer (Asante Kotoko, Baltimore Bays, Ukrainian SC, Ukrainian Nationals, New York Cosmos, Ghana).
;12
*  Per Bartram (81), Danish footballer (Odense BK, Greenock Morton, Crystal Palace, Bonnyrigg Rose, Denmark).
*  Colin Booth (90), English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Doncaster Rovers, Oxford United, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town).
;13
*  Chic Bates (75), English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Bristol Rovers) and manager (Shrewsbury Town, Stoke City).
*  Gerry Fell (74), English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Southend United, Torquay United, Happy Valley AA). Grandson of former English footballer Gerry Fell.
*  Ramón de Pablo Marañón (87), Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid, Levante, Real Murcia, Barcelona, Córdoba, Gimnàstic Tarragona, Sabadell, Mallorca, Catalonia).
*  Manou Scheitler (67), Luxembourgish footballer (Jeunesse Esch, Union Luxembourg, Luxembourg).
;15
*  Karl-Heinz Vogt (80), German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfR Bürstadt, FC 08 Homburg) and manager.
;16
*  René Bonora (73), Cuban footballer (FC Granjeros, Cuba).
*  Shaun Dennis (55), Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Hibernian, Brechin City) and caretaker manager (Raith Rovers).
*  Brian Glanville (93), English football writer and novelist.
*  Emmanuel Kundé (68), Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, Laval, Stade de Reims, Olympic Mvolyé, Cameroon) and manager (Canon Yaoundé, US Bitam, PWD Bamenda).
*  Manolis Papadopoulos (57), Greek footballer (Olympiacos, Ionikos, AEK Athens, Apollon Smyrnis, Ethnikos Piraeus, PAS Giannina, Greece), assistant manager (AEK Athens), and manager (AE Giannena, Lamia, AEK Athens U20, Proodeftiki, Egaleo, APO Kanaris Nenita).
;17
*  Gorgis Ismail (82), Iraqi footballer (Iraq).
;18
*  Bruno Capra (87), Italian footballer (Bolzano, Bologna, Foggia & Incedit).
;19
*  David Demaine (83), English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Southport, Hartford SC, New York Ukrainians, Toronto Falcons, Toronto White Eagles).
*  Alec Farrall (89), English footballer (Everton, Preston North End, Gillingham, Lincoln City, Watford).
*  Ignacio Rodríguez (68), Mexican footballer (Zacatepec, Atlético Morelia, Atlante, Tigres UANL, Mexico), assistant manager (Necaxa, Correcaminos, Petroleros de Salamanca, Chiapas, Irapuato, Oaxaca, Orgullo Reynosa), and manager (Irapuato, Correcaminos, Veracruz, Lobos BUAP, Zacatepec, Cuautla).
*  Alfonso Tovar (77), Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Deportes Quindío, Millonarios, Once Caldas, Deportivo Pereira, Atlético Junior, Atlético Bucaramanga, Cúcuta Deportivo).
;20
*  Gadi Kinda (31), Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer (Ashdod, Beitar Jerusalem, Sporting Kansas City, Maccabi Haifa, Israel).
;21
*  Nol de Ruiter (85), Dutch footballer (DOS, USV Elinkwijk) and manager (FC Den Bosch, Cambuur, FC Wageningen, SVV, BV Veendam, FC Utrecht, Netherlands, ADO Den Haag, Egypt).
;22
*  Uwe Witt (86), German footballer (Hamburger SV Amateure, Concordia Hamburg, FC St. Pauli, Arminia Hannover, Holstein Kiel, Hertha BSC).
;23
*  Oleksandr Berezhnyi (67), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Tavriya Simferopol, Soviet Union).
*  Pavel Chaloupka (66), Czechoslovak and Czech footballer (Sklo Union Teplice, Dukla Prague, Bohemians Praha, Fortuna Düsseldorf, FC Berlin, Czechoslovakia).
*  John Froggatt (79), English footballer (Notts County, Ilkeston Town, Buxton, Boston United, Colchester United, Port Vale, Northampton Town) and manager (Boston United, Ilkeston Town).
*  Gerry Murphy (81), Irish manager (Bradley Rangers) and caretaker manager (Huddersfield Town).
;24
*  Kiril Ivkov (78), Bulgarian footballer (Metalurg Pernik, Minyor Pernik, Levski Sofia, Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria), assistant manager (Bulgaria), and manager (Levski Sofia, Osam Lovech, Sliven, Spartak Varna, Etar Veliko Tarnovo).
*  T. Gopinath Naidu (50), Malaysian footballer (Kuala Lumpur FA, Perak FA, Malaysia).
*  Gary Pierce (74), English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barnsley, Blackpool, Accrington Stanley) and manager (Accrington Stanley, Netherfield).
*  Eugenio Rizzolini (87), Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Novara, Mantova, Brescia).
;25
*  Bill Asprey (88), English footballer (Stoke City, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale) and manager (Rhodesia, Oxford United, Syria, Stoke City, Iraq U23, ATM).
*  Julián Icazuriaga (85), Spanish footballer (Sestao Sport, Burgos CF, Real Oviedo, Ourense).
;26
*  Horacio Díaz Luco (74), Chilean footballer (Santiago Wanderers, Herediano, Cartaginés, Águila, Limón Sprite, Turrialba, Limonense) and manager (Limón Sprite).
*  Waleed Al-Jasem (65), Kuwaiti footballer (Kuwait SC, Kuwait).
*  Grenville Millington (73), Welsh footballer (Chester, Rhyl, Witton Albion, Oswestry Town, Wrexham).
*  Gerd Wörmer (80), German footballer (Tennis Borussia Berlin, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen).
;27
*  Graeme Crawford (77), Scottish footballer (Sheffield United, York City, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale, Scarborough).
*  Willie Stevenson (85), Scottish footballer (Rangers, Liverpool, Stoke City, Hellenic, Tranmere Rovers, Limerick, Vancouver Whitecaps, Macclesfield Town, Scottish Football League XI).
*  Juan Ramón Verón (81), Argentine footballer (Estudiantes, Panathinaikos, Atlético Junior, Cúcuta Deportivo, Argentina). Father of former Argentine international footballer Juan Sebastián Verón and grandfather of Argentine footballer Deian Verón.
;29
*  Toño Díez (72), Spanish footballer (Real Valladolid, Mallorca).
;31
*  Adolfo Andrade (75), Colombian footballer (Deportes Quindío, Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pereira, Deportes Tolima, Once Caldas, Colombia).
*  Ernesto Pellegrini (84), Italian businessman and former chairman of Inter Milan (1984–1995)

## June
;1
*  Raymond Destin (79), Martiniquais manager (Martinique, RC Rivière-Pilote).
*  Klaus Engels (86), East German footballer (Lokomotive Meiningen, Einheit Dresden, Dynamo Dresden).
;2
*  Erroll Bennett (75), Tahitian footballer (AS Central Sport, Paris Saint-Germain, Tahiti). Father of Tahitian politician and former international footballer Naea Bennett. 
*  Gustáv Mráz (90), Czechoslovak footballer (Inter Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia).
*  José Antonio Tejedor (81), Spanish footballer (Real Valladolid, Real Zaragoza, Deportivo La Coruña) and manager (Real Ávila, Palencia).
;3
*  Osvaldinho (79), Portuguese footballer (Vitória Guimarães, Boavista, Marítimo, Gil Vicente, Portugal).
;4
*  Bernd Fischer (86), German coach (Barbados, Bermuda) and manager (Wormatia Worms, Indonesia).
*  Alejandro Ramírez (71), Mexican footballer (Atlante, Mexico).
;5
*  Friedhelm Jesse (89), German footballer (Westfalia Herne, MSV Duisburg, Sporta Luxembourg) and coach.
;6
*  Peter Barac (61), Austrian footballer (Austria Klagenfurt, Vorwärts Steyr, VSE St. Pölten, FC St. Veit).
*  Zenon Zaczyński (82), Polish footballer (Odra Opole, Górnik Wałbrzych, San Jose Earthquakes), indoor soccer player (San Jose Earthquakes), and assistant manager (Górnik Wałbrzych
;7
*  Victoriano Dominé (74), Argentine footballer (Estudiantes (LP), Atlanta, Atlético Tucumán, Vélez Sarsfield, Colón, Los Andes).
*  Marek Košút (36), Czechoslovak-born Slovakian footballer (Nitra, Nové Zámky, Šaľa, Slovan Galanta).
*  Uriah Rennie (65), Jamaican-born English referee (Northern Premier League, English Football League, Premier League, The Football Association, FIFA). First black referee to officiate a Premier League match.
;9
*  Panikos Krystallis (86), Cypriot footballer (AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, AEK Athens, Cyprus) and manager (Apollon Limassol, AEL Limassol, Cyprus, Evagoras Paphos).
*  Viktor Pimushin (70), Soviet and Russian footballer (Spartak Kostroma, Torpedo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Kolkheti Khobi, Baltika Kaliningrad, Krasnogvardeyets Moscow) and assistant manager (Krasnogvardeyets Moscow).
*  Marcel Sabou (59), Romanian footballer (Politehnica Timișoara, Dinamo București, Real Madrid Castilla, Tenerife, Racing Santander, Sporting Gijón, Desportivo Chaves).
;10
*  Slaviša Đurković (56), Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer (Sutjeska Nikšić, Leotar, Budućnost Valjevo).
*  Günter Madeja (86), East German footballer (BSG Empor Neustrelitz, Empor/Hansa Rostock) and manager (TSG Bau Rostock).
*  Bill McKinney (88), English footballer (Newcastle United, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Mansfield Town).
;12
*  Bernard Samson (66), French footballer (Stade Rennais, Abbeville, Guingamp).
;13
*  Juan Carlos Carone (83), Argentine footballer (Atlanta, Vélez Sarsfield, Racing Club, Veracruz, Argentina).
*  Barney Daniels (74), English footballer (Manchester United, Ashton United, Manchester City, Chester City, Stockport County, Hyde United).
*  Norbert Irtel (80), German footballer (Hannover 96, SpVgg Preußen Hameln, TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven) and manager.
*  Artur Santos (94), Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Portugal) and manager (Olhanense, União de Tomar, Atlético Clube de Portugal, Alcobaça, Juventude Sport Clube, Farense, Sagrada Esperança).
*  Franzo Grande Stevens (96), Italian lawyer (Agnelli family), and club chairman (Juventus).
;14
*  Paul Alger (81), German footballer (Bonner SC, 1. FC Köln, Viktoria Köln).
*  Sabirou Bassa-Djeri (37), Togolese footballer (Tchaoudjo AC, AC Semassi, Béké, Coton Sport, Enyimba, Togo).
*  Willy Lang (80), East German footballer (FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Fortschritt Krumhermersdorf, BSG Motor Fritz Heckert Karl-Marx-Stadt).
*  Eberhard Strauch (77), German footballer (SV Meppen, Rot-Weiss Essen) and manager (VfL Herzlake).
;16
*  Dick Edwards (82), English footballer (Notts County, Mansfield Town, Aston Villa, Torquay United, Bath City) and country musician.
*  Lutz Hofmann (58), German footballer (Wormatia Worms, VfR Mannheim, VfR Bürstadt, Waldhof Mannheim, TSG Pfeddersheim) and manager (TSG Pfeddersheim, Wormatia Worms).
*  Roland Kastner (68), German footballer (Greuther Fürth).
*  Ernst Tippelt (82), footballer (Stuttgarter Kickers, Preußen Münster, Fribourg, Lugano, Vevey-Sports, Bulle, Montreux-Sports).
;17
*  Louis Carra (93), French footballer (Toulon, Racing Besançon, Bordeaux).
*  Egon Coordes (80), German footballer (TuS Bremerhaven 93, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart), manager (OSC Bremerhaven, VfB Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, Al-Ahli, Austria Wien, Hannover 96, FC Luzern, Iran U23, Al Khaleej), and scout (Bayern Munich).
*  Bernard Lacombe (72), French footballer (Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, France) and manager (Lyon).
*  Hans-Peter Lamparth (78), German footballer (Karlsruher SC, Arminia Hannover, 1. FC Pforzheim).
;18
*  Giuseppe Gaspari (92), Italian footballer (Livorno, Catania, Juventus, Modena).
*  Gennady Korkin (61), Soviet and Russian footballer (Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Dinamo Minsk, Metallurg Lipetsk, PK-37, Olympiakos Nicosia, Spartak Anapa, Zvezda Irkutsk) and director (Metallurg Lipetsk).
*  Braulio Musso (95), Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, Chile) and manager (Universidad de Chile).
*  Arturo Torres (85), Bolivian footballer (Deportivo Municipal, The Strongest, Bolivia).
;19
*  António Morato (88), Portuguese footballer (Sporting CP, Vitória Setúbal, Lusitano Évora, Barreirense, Oriental, Portugal). Father of former Portuguese international footballer António Morato.
;21
*  Umberto Pinardi (97), Italian footballer (Gallaratese, Como, Juventus, Udinese, Lazio) and manager (Pisa, Massese, Ternana, Palermo, Brescia, SPAL, Modena, Taranto, Cavese).
;22
*  Dudley Lewis (62), Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, Wrexham, Torquay United, Inter Cardiff, Carmarthen Town, Wales).
*  Rolando Vargas (86), Bolivian footballer (Jorge Wilstermann, Bolivia).
;23
*  John Clark (84), Scottish footballer (Celtic, Greenock Morton, Scottish Football League XI, Scotland), assistant manager (Aberdeen, Celtic), and manager (Cowdenbeath, Stranraer, Clyde). Father of former Scottish footballer Martin Clark.
*  Li Fubao (69), Chinese footballer (Hubei, Jiangsu, China).
*  Adolfo Olivares (84), Chilean footballer (Everton, Ferrobádminton, Universidad de Chile, Palestino, Huachipato, Santiago Morning, Audax Italiano, Magallanes, Alianza, The Strongest, Aurora, Chile).
*  John Tarkpor (38), Liberian footballer (Mighty Blue Angels, Mighty Barrolle, LPRC Oilers, Persiter Ternate, Persitara North Jakarta, Pelita Jaya, Persijap Jepara, Liberia).
;24
*  Djamel Chaïbi (65), Algerian footballer (ES Sétif, Algeria).
*  Eduardo Cofré (63), Chilean footballer (Santiago Wanderers, Deportes Concepción, Palestino, Cobresal, Everton, Universidad de Chile, Chile).
;25
*  Marco Barlatay (51), Argentine footballer (Independiente, Arsenal Sarandí, Godoy Cruz, Gimnasia y Tiro, Huracán, Quilmes, Nueva Chicago, Spezia Calcio).
*  Wolfgang Mahr (72), German footballer (Kronach 08, SpVgg Bayreuth) and manager (SpVgg Bayreuth, Bayern Hof).
*  Hitoshi Morishita (57), Japanese footballer (Tosu Futures) and manager (Zweigen Kanazawa, Giravanz Kitakyushu).
;26
*  Jarosław Studzizba (69), Polish footballer (Odra Opole, Górnik Zabrze, Polonia Bytom, Polonia Warsaw, Lechia Gdańsk, Eintracht Braunschweig, Austria Salzburg, KFC Winterslag, KSC Hasselt).
;27
*  Terry Miles (88), English footballer (Port Vale).
*  Paolo Sirena (79), Italian footballer (Treviso, AS Roma, Hellas Verona).
;28
*  Gyula Tóth (80), Hungarian footballer (Szombathelyi Haladás, Budapest Honvéd, Zalaegerszegi).
*  Jacques Vergnes (76), French footballer (Montpellier, Red Star, Nîmes Olympique, Bastia, Stade de Reims, Laval, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, France).
;29
*  Brian Banda (29), Zimbabwean footballer (Highlanders, FC Platinum, Zimbabwe).
*  Alan Peacock (87), English footballer (Middlesbrough, Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle, England).
*  Paco Pérez Durán (63), Spanish footballer (Castilla, Deportivo La Coruña, Granada, Parla, Alcoyano, Cartagena, Linares, Racing Santander).
*  József Tajti (81), Hungarian footballer (Pénzügyőr SE, Kaposvári, Budapest Honvéd) and manager (Budapest Honvéd, Fehérvár, Hungary U21, Csepel SC, Dunaújváros FC, BVSC Budapest).
*  Reidar Tessem (80), Norwegian footballer (Bodø/Glimt, Lyn, Frigg) and manager. 
;30
*  Lajos Sătmăreanu (81), Romanian footballer (Stăruința Salonta, Crișana Oradea, ASA Târgu Mureș, Steaua București, Bihor Oradea, Progresul București, Romania) and manager (Steaua București youth, Bihor Oradea).

## July
;1
*  Yuriy Dubrovnyi (71), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (SC Lutsk, Karpaty Lviv, Nistru Chişinău, SKA Karpaty Lviv, Wacker Nordhausen, Motor Eberswalde, Halychyna Drohobych, FC Lviv, Hazovyk Komarno), assistant manager (Halychyna Drohobych), and manager (Halychyna Drohobych, Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, Karpaty-2 Lviv, Tekhno-Center Rohatyn, Nyva Ternopil, Rava Rava-Ruska, Spartakus Szarowola, Karpaty Kolomyia).
*  Rinus Israël (83), Dutch footballer (DWS, Feyenoord, Excelsior, PEC Zwolle, Netherlands), assistant manager (PEC Zwolle) and manager (FC Den Bosch, Feyenoord, PAOK, Netherlands U21, Ghana, Al-Jazira Club, Al-Shabab, Al-Wahda, ADO Den Haag). Grandfather of Dutch international handball player Rachel de Haze.
*  Ahmed Zahzah (91), Algerian footballer (USM Blida, FLN) and manager (ES Berrouaghia, USM Blida).
;2
*  Juan Álvarez (77), Mexican footballer (Atlético Español, Tecos, Mexico), assistant manager (Jaguares, Pachuca, Tigres UANL, Necaxa, Tecos), and manager (Correcaminos UAT, Tecos, Atlético Cuernavaca, Celaya, Deportivo Toluca, Veracruz, Ángeles de Puebla, Halcones de Querétaro, Deportivo Saprissa).
*  Hermann Merchel (88), German footballer (SG Wattenscheid 09, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, VfL Kray).
;3
*  Alain Douville (75), French footballer (Saint-Lô, Caen, France amateurs).
*  Gallet (95), Spanish footballer (Elche, Hércules, Alcoyano, Real Valladolid, Real Sociedad).
*  Diogo Jota (28), Portuguese footballer (Paços de Ferreira, Atlético Madrid, Porto, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool, Portugal). Brother of Portuguese footballer André Silva.
*  Peter Rufai (61), Nigerian footballer (Stationery Stores, Dragons de l'Ouémé, Lokeren, Beveren, Go Ahead Eagles, Farense, Hércules, Deportivo La Coruña, Gil Vicente, Nigeria).
*  André Silva (25), Portuguese footballer (Gondomar, Penafiel). Brother of Portuguese international footballer Diogo Jota.
*  Stephen Vaughan Sr. (62), English boxing promoter businessman, owner and chairman (Barrow, Chester City, Floriana), and criminal. Father of English footballer, coach, and criminal Stephen Vaughan Jr..
;4
*  Gordon Jago (92), English footballer (Dulwich Hamlet, Charlton Athletic), assistant manager (United States) and manager (Eastbourne United, Baltimore Bays, United States, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Dallas Sidekicks).
;5
*  Ida Golin (65), Italian women's footballer (Gamma 3 Padova, Lazio 1975 Lubiam, Gorgonzola, Piacenza, Modena Ritt Jeans, A.C.F. Milan 82, Italy).
;6
*  Graham Ricketts (85), English footballer (Bristol Rovers, Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers, Peterborough United, King's Lynn, March Town United, Yaxley).
*  Luis Valoy (67), Argentine footballer (Sarmiento (LB), Atlético Tucumán, Racing Club, Deportivo Morón, All Boys, Argentino de Quilmes, Central Córdoba).
;7
*  Miguel Ángel López (83), Argentine footballer (Sarmiento, Estudiantes (LP), Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Independiente, Atlético Nacional, Argentina) and manager (Atlético Nacional, Atlético Junior, Argentinos Juniors, Independiente, Boca Juniors, Rosario Central, Club América, Ferro Carril Oeste, Guadalajara, Barcelona, Santos Laguna, Independiente, Deportivo Toluca, Club León, Al-Ahli, Atlético Celaya, Puebla, Badajoz, Arsenal de Sarandí, Atlético San Luis).
*  Juan Cutillas (83), Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid) and manager (Philippines, Taringa Rovers, Brisbane City, Pachanga Diliman, Kaya).
;9
*  José Galli Neto (75), Brazilian footballer (Botafogo-SP, Ponte Preta, Corinthians, Portuguesa, Dom Bosco, XV de Jaú, Noroeste, Goianiense) and manager (Noroeste, XV de Jaú, Botafogo-SP, Ituano, Ponte Preta, Portuguesa, XV de Piracicaba, Joinville, Juventus-SP, Vila Nova, Ferroviária, Sãocarlense, Francana, Marília, Goianiense, São José, Fortaleza, Flamengo-SP, Nacional-AM, Caxias, Caldense, Avaí, Comercial-SP, Gama, Taquaritinga, Batatais, Sertãozinho, Marcílio Dias, Olímpia).
;10
*  Osvaldo Aquino (73), Paraguayan footballer (San Lorenzo, Guaraní, Olimpia, Cerro Corá, Paraguay).
*  Francesco Bellini (77), Italian-born Canadian research scientist, administrator, businessman, and club president (Ascoli Picchio F.C. 1898).
*  Stepan Yurchyshyn (67), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (SKA Lviv, CSKA Moscow, Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, SKA Karpaty Lviv, Pakhtakor Tashkent, Torpedo Lutsk, Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Hazovyk Komarno, Sokil-LORTA Lviv, Soviet Union), assistant manager (Karpaty Lviv), and manager (Karpaty Lviv, Hazovyk Komarno, FC Lviv (1992), Karpaty-2 Lviv, FC Lviv (2006)).
;11
*  Erick Corrales (40), Costa Rican footballer (Deportivo Saprissa, Cartaginés, Barrio México, Nejapa, Belén Siglo XXI, Municipal Grecia).
*  Billy Wilson (88), Northern Irish footballer (Portadown, Burnley, Linfield, Ballymena United).
;13
*  Flávio (54), Brazilian footballer (CSA, Athletico Paranaense, Vasco da Gama, Paraná, América Mineiro).
*  Rostislav Prokop (58), Czechoslovak and Slovakian footballer (DAC Dunajská Streda, Petra Drnovice, Athinaikos).
;14
*  Armando Medina (92), Spanish footballer (Sporting Gijón).
;15
*  Wagner Basílio (65), Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, São Paulo, Coritiba, Sport Recife, Bahia).
*  Raymond Stieber (89), French footballer (Strasbourg).
;16
*  Ahmed Faras (76), Moroccan footballer (Chabab Mohammédia, Morocco).
;17
*  Wyn Davies (83), Welsh footballer (Caernarfon Town, Wrexham, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Blackpool, Crystal Palace, Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra, Bangor City, Cape Town City, Wales).
*  Giuseppe Spalazzi (82), Italian footballer (Piacenza, Bologna, Bari, Genoa).
*  Ramiro (92), Brazilian footballer (Jabaquara, Fluminense, Santos, Atlético Madrid, Brazil) and manager (Santos).
;18
*  Roberto Zywica (78), Argentine footballer (River Plate, Gimnasia (LP), Stade de Reims, Troyes AF, Toulouse, GCFO Ajaccio, All Boys, Nueva Chicago, Banfield, Atlanta, Argentina) and manager (Belgrano, Tristán Suárez).
;19
*  Dmitri Alekseyev (52), Soviet-born Russian footballer (Prometei-Dynamo St. Petersburg, Zhemchuzhina-Sochi, Khimik Belorechensk, Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo Arzamas, Uralan Elista, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rubin Kazan, Krasnoznamensk, Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, Dynamo Bryansk, Zvezda Serpukhov, SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, Metallurg Lipetsk).
*  Sergio Campana (90), Italian footballer (Lanerossi Vicenza, Bologna) and lawyer. Former president of the Italian Footballers' Association (1968–2011).
*  José Magliolo (82), Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Gimnasia (LP), Quilmes, Talleres (RE)).
;20
*  Ferdinando Bozzi (68), Italian footballer (Benevento, Sambenedettese, Cesena, Francavilla, Sanremese, Giulianova, Pinerolo)
*  José Maria Marin (93), Brazilian footballer (São Paulo), politician and sports administrator. Formerly the governor of São Paulo (1982–1983) and president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (2012–2015).
*  Sasho Pargov (79), Bulgarian footballer (Marek Dupnitsa).
;21
*  Cedric Badjeck (30), Cameroonian-Dutch footballer (Utrecht, Excelsior, De Treffers, DFS, Prespa Birlik).
*  Crescencio Gutiérrez (91), Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Atlético Morelia, Atlas, Mexico).
*  Klaus Link (77), German footballer (VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen, Röchling Völklingen, Waldhof Mannheim).
;22
*  John Fallon (84), Scottish footballer (Celtic, Motherwell).
*  Muhamed Glavović (81), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Velež Mostar, Sloboda Užice, Radnički Niš).
*  Joey Jones (70), Welsh footballer (Wrexham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Huddersfield Town, Wales) and caretaker manager (Wrexham).
*  Celeste Pin (64), Italian footballer (Perugia, Fiorentina, Hellas Verona, Siena).
;23
*  Ahmed Jan (73), Pakistani footballer and referee (Pakistan Football Federation, FIFA).
*  Caius Lungu (36), Romanian footballer (Fortuna Covaci, Voința Sibiu, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Ripensia Timișoara, CSM Reșița).
*  Brian Owen (80), English footballer (Watford, Colchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
*  Andreas Zafiropoulos (91), Greek businessman and club president (AEK Athens).
;24
*  Julio César Cortés (84), Uruguayan footballer (Fénix, Peñarol, Sud América, Cerro, Rosario Central, Atlante, Pumas UNAM, Municipal, Los Angeles Aztecs, Alianza, Guanacasteca, Uruguay) and manager (Suchitepéquez, Juventud Retalteca, Guatemala, Comunicaciones, Deportivo Saprissa, Cobán Imperial, Xelajú, Turrialba, Aurora, Águila, Jalapa, San Carlos).
;25
*  Herbert Pankau (83), East German footballer (Empor/Hansa Rostock, East Germany). Bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
;26
*  Martin Bakes (88), English footballer (Bradford City, Scunthorpe United).
*  Willie Irvine (82), Northern Irish footballer (Burnley, Preston North End, Brighton & Hove Albion, Halifax Town, Northern Ireland).
*  Dick Schneider (77), Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, Feyenoord, Vitesse, Wageningen, Netherlands).
*  Jean Marie Sylla (42), Guinean footballer (Horoya Conakry, Ergotelis, Athens Kallithea, OFI, Apollon Kalamarias, PAS Giannina, Kalamata, Villemomble Sports, ES Viry-Châtillon).
;27
*  Mikhail Afonin (68), Soviet-born Russian assistant manager (Krasnodar-2000, Kuban Krasnodar, Amur Blagoveshchensk, Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Dynamo Moscow) and manager (Krasnodar-2000, Nizhny Novgorod).
*  Mick Kearin (82), Irish footballer (Bohemian, Shamrock Rovers, Boston Rovers, Athlone Town, League of Ireland XI, Republic of Ireland).
*  Christian Winiger (80), Swiss footballer (FC Zürich, Winterthur, Young Boys, Grasshoppers, St. Gallen, Switzerland).
;28
*  Sean Sheehy (73), Irish footballer (Dundalk, Preston North End, Huddersfield Town, Norwich City, Dundee United, Bohemians, Shelbourne, Finn Harps) and player-manager (Thurles Town).
;29
*  André Ladner (63), Swiss footballer (Grasshoppers, Basel, Lugano, Switzerland), assistant manager (FC Zürich, Aarau), and manager (United Zürich, FC Zürich Frauen).
*  Mark Lazarus (86), English footballer (Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Folkestone, Ilford). Uncle of former English footballer Bobby Fisher.
*  João Leal Neto (87), Brazilian footballer (Santos, Fluminense, Jabaquara, América-SP, Guarani, Noroeste, São Paulo, Botafogo-SP, Ponte Preta), assistant manager (Guarani, São Paulo, Brazil, Santos), and manager (Noroeste, América-SP, Ponte Preta, Gama, Ittihad Kalba).
*  Süreyya Özkefe (86), Turkish footballer (Ankara Demirspor, Beşiktaş, Eskişehirspor, Kardemir Karabükspor, Turkey) and manager (Eskişehirspor).
*  Francisco Solabarrieta (84), Spanish footballer (Eibar, Sporting Gijón, Osasuna).
;30
*  Alan Finney (91), English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers, Alfreton Town, England B).
;31
*  Peter Kaack (84), German footballer (VfR Neumünster, Eintracht Braunschweig).
*  Franz-Josef Nacken (85), German footballer (Viktoria Alsdorf, Alemannia Aachen).

## August
;1
*  Dariush Mostafavi (80), Iranian footballer (Tehranjavan, Taj, Persepolis, Iran) and former president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (1994–1997).
*  José Paes (79), Brazilian-born Ecuadorian footballer (Portuguesa, Barcelona, 9 de Octubre, Ecuador).
;2
*  Mohamed Abou el Naga (31), Egyptian footballer (Ismaily, Petrojet, Wadi Degla, Egypt).
;3
*  Federico Caputi (75), Italitan footballer (Latina, Monza, Lucchese, Taranto, Atalanta, Catania, Pescara) and manager (L'Aquila).
*  Sylvain Hanquez (67), French footballer (Abbeville).
*  Dieter Thun (86), German footballer (VfV Hildesheim, Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg).
;5
*  Jorge Costa (53), Portuguese footballer (Porto, Penafiel, Marítimo, Charlton Athletic, Standard Liège, Portugal), assistant manager (Braga), and manger (Braga, Olhanense, Académica de Coimbra, CFR Cluj, AEL Limassol, Anorthosis Famagusta, Paços de Ferreira, Gabon, CS Sfaxien, Arouca, Tours, Mumbai City, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Farense, Académico de Viseu, AVS).
*  Ove Kindvall (82), Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, Feyenoord, IFK Göteborg, Sweden) and chairman (IFK Göteborg). Brother of Swedish radio host Kaj Kindvall, and father of Swedish footballers Niclas Kindvall and Tina Kindvall.
*  Parviz Koozehkanani (96), Iranian footballer (Taj, 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, Iran).
*  Enrico Lanzi (72), Italian footballer (AC Milan, Cesena, Varese, Perugia, Monza, Campobasso, Paganese) and manager (Vogherese, Pavia).
*  Frank Mill (67), German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Fortuna Düsseldorf, West Germany).
*  Shidrak Yousif (83), Iraqi footballer (Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha, Al-Jaish, Iraq).
;6
*  Volodymyr Bilotserkovets (25), Ukrainian footballer (Zorya Luhansk, Inhulets Petrove, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia).
*  Suleiman Obeid (41), Palestinian footballer (Khadamat Al-Shatea, Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari, Palestine).
;8
*  Terry Hennessey (82), Welsh footballer (Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Tamworth, Wales), assistant manager (Tulsa Roughnecks), and manager (Tamworth, Tulsa Roughnecks, Shepshed Charterhouse, Melbourne Croatia, Heidelberg-Kirchheim). Cousin of Welsh international footballer Wayne Hennessey.
*  Julián Riera (84), Spanish footballer (Espanyol, Terrassa, Sabadell, Sant Andreu, Mataró).
*  Leo Windtner (74), Austrian businessman and president of the Austrian Football Association (2009–2021).
;9
*  Mun Ki-nam (77), North Korean footballer (Rodongja, Unpasan, North Korea), assistant manager (Korea U20), and manager (Unpasan, North Korea U20, North Korea women's, North Korea, University of Ulsan, Ulsan College women's).
*  Bunny Larkin (89), English footballer (Birmingham City, Norwich City, Doncaster Rovers, Watford, Lincoln City, Wisbech Town, Nuneaton Borough, King's Lynn, Stevenage Athletic).
*  Theodoros Pallas (75), Greek footballer (Aris, Olympiacos, Greece).
;10
*  Liberato Esposito (79), Italian referee (Italian Football Federation).
*  Kunishige Kamamoto (81), Japanese footballer (Yanmar Diesel, Japan) and manager (Yanmar Diesel, Gamba Osaka, Fujieda MYFC).
;11
*  Sid Ali Lazazi (67), Algerian footballer (NA Hussein Dey, Algeria).
*  Benő Káposzta (83), Hungarian footballer (Újpesti Dózsa, Hungary).
*  Mustapha Tahiri (72), Moroccan footballer (MC Oujda, US Sidi Kacem, RS Berkane, USM d'Oujda, Morocco).
;12
*  Richard Carr (87), British businessman and football director (Arsenal). Grandson of British businessman and politician Bracewell Smith, son of English cricketer Harry Carr, brother of former Arsenal vice-president Clive Carr, and father of English jurist and life peer Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill.
*  Rikki Fleming (78), Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Hibernian, Berwick Rangers, Scottish Football League XI).
;13
*  Aleksey Bessonov (63), Soviet and Russian footballer (Mordovia Saransk, Torpedo Armavir) and manager (Mordovia Saransk).
*  Franco Cresci (79), Italian footballer (Varese, Bologna, Modena) and manager (Modena, Mirandolese, Carpi, Forlì, Vis Pesaro, Imolese, Rovigo).
*  Kevin Dawtry (67), English footballer (Southampton, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Reading, Road-Sea Southampton, Salisbury City, Fareham Town, Gosport Borough, Blackfield & Langley).
*  Francisco Franco (80), Paraguayan footballer (Silvio Pettirossi, Club Libertad, Deportivo Guabirá, Oriente Petrolero).
*  Joop Niezen (89), Dutch footballer (Quick, ADO, AGOVV, DHC), sports journalist, and radio presenter.
;14
*  Auro Enzo Basiliani (90), Italian footballer (Spezia, Hellas Verona, Lucchese).
*  Josef Frydrych (78), Czechoslovak footballer (Jablonec, Slavia Prague, Příbram, Dynamo České Budějovice).
*  Sammy Johnston (58), Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, Ayr United, Partick Thistle, Ballymena United, Stranraer, Glenavon, Finn Harps, Coleraine, Pollok) and manager (Neilston Juniors). Brother of former Scottish international footballer Allan Johnston and uncle of Scottish international footballer Max Johnston.
*  Eddy Kaspard (24), Tahitian footballer (Trélissac, Tefana, Vénus, Tahiti).
*  Gideon Kleinman (70), Israeli footballer (Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Hadera).
;16
*  Fernando Cruz (85), Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal).
*  Dan Tana (90), Yugoslav and American footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Hannover 96, Montreal Hakoah FC), actor, restaurateur, and football administrator (Los Angeles Toros, Brentford, Football Association of Yugoslavia, Red Star Belgrade).
*  Richard Tylinski (87), French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Avignon, France) and manager (SC Draguignan).
;17
*  Hans-Bert Matoul (80), East German footballer (Chemie Leipzig, Motor Dessau, Lokomotive Leipzig, East Germany) and manager.
;18
*  Issaâd Dhomar (92), Algerian footballer (SCU El Biar, JS El Biar, Algeria), player-manager (JS El Biar), and president of the Algerian Football Federation (1984–1986).
*  Juan Padrón Morales (89), Spanish footballer (Tenerife), and former president of the Canarian Football Federation, vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and official at UEFA and FIFA.
*  Tendai Ndoro (40), Zimbabwean footballer (Nico United, Chicken Inn, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Orlando Pirates, Al-Faisaly, Ajax Cape Town, Highlands Park, Al-Orouba, Zimbabwe).
;19
*  Paolo Bernasconi (87), Italian footballer (Fanfulla, Lazio, Parma, Triestina, Arezzo, Ternana, Nardò, Pavia).
*  Martin Laamers (58), Dutch footballer (Wageningen, Vitesse, KRC Harelbeke, Gent, Netherlands).
*  Razak Omotoyossi (39), Nigerian-born Beninese footballer (Avrankou Omnisport, JS Pobè, Sheriff Tiraspol, Helsingborgs, Al-Nassr, Metz, GAIS, Syrianska, Zamalek, Kahramanmaraşspor, KAC Kénitra, Olympic Safi, Al-Nahda, Hearts of Oak, USS Kraké, JA Cotonou, Benin).
*  Johan Vermeersch (73), Belgian footballer (Daring Club de Bruxelles, R.W.D. Molenbeek, KV Kortrijk, Gent) aand manager (R.W.D. Molenbeek, Racing Jet Wavre).
;21
*  Rod Petrie (69), Scottish football executive. Chairman of Hibernian (2004–2019) and president of the Scottish Football Association (2019–2023).
;23
*  Sidio Corradi (80), Italian footballer (Bologna, Vicenza, Cesena, Varese, Genoa, Casale) and manager (Genoa Primavera).
*  Gerry Harrison (89), English football commentator (ITV).
*  Yoshiharu Horii (72), Japanese footballer (Yanmar Diesel), coach (Yanmar Diesel/Cerezo Osaka, Gamba Osaka) and manager (Kawasaki Frontale).
*  André Oostrom (72), Dutch footballer (FC Utrecht, VVV-Venlo, Edmonton Drillers, Toronto Nationals, Go Ahead Eagles) and indoor soccer player (Edmonton Drillers).
;24
*  Helmut Hergesell (82), East German footballer (Einheit Greifswald, Empor Rostock/Hansa Rostock) and manager (Hansa Rostock).
*  Knut Iversen (86), Norwegian footballer (SK Gjøvik-Lyn).
*  Marcos Olmedo (26), Ecuadorian footballer (Aucas, América de Quito, Macará, Quito, El Nacional, Mushuc Runa).
*  Theo Vonk (77), Dutch footballer (AZ '67, FC Volendam), assistant manager (AZ '67), and manager (Sparta Rotterdam, Twente, Real Burgos, Groningen, AZ, Roda JC, Heracles, Eintracht Nordhorn, Enschede, Glacis United). Father of Dutch footballer Michel Vonk.
;25
*  Ron Harbertson (95), English footballer (North Shields, Newcastle United, Bradford City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Grimsby Town, Ashington, Darlington, Lincoln City, Wrexham, Grantham Town).
*  Paul Johnson (69), English footballer (Stoke City, Southern California Lazers, Chester, Altrincham).
;27
*  Abdellah Liegeon (67), Algerian footballer (Besançon, AS Monaco, Strasbourg, Algeria).
*  Oleg Skorkin (64), Soviet and Russian footballer (SKA-Khabarovsk, Luch Vladivostok).
;28
*  Daniel Ariciu (74), Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești, Minaur Baia Mare).
*  Ollie Horgan (58), Irish assistant manager (Galway United) and manager (Fanad United, Finn Harps).
*  Oscar Zijlstra (73), Dutch footballer (Cambuur).
;29
*  Steve Thompson (70), English footballer (Worksop Town, Boston United, Lincoln City, Charlton Athletic, Leicester City, Sheffield United) and manager (Lincoln City, Southend United, Sheffield United, Cambridge United, Notts County).
;30
*  Bud Brocken (67), Dutch footballer (Willem II, Birmingham City, Groningen, BVV Den Bosch, Netherlands).
*  Barrie Thomas (88), English footballer (Leicester City, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Newcastle United, Barnsley).
;31
*  Johnny Vilstrup (58), Danish footballer (Fremad Valby, Fremad Amager, Lyngby, Luton Town, AGF).

## September
;2
*  Jimmy Bone (80), Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Celtic, Arbroath, St Mirren, Toronto Blizzard, Hong Kong Rangers, Heart of Midlothian, Scotland), assistant manager (St Mirren, Dundee), and manager (Arbroath, Airdrieonians, Power Dynamos, St Mirren, East Fife, Stenhousemuir, Partick Thistle).
*  Moustapha Sall (58), Mauritanian footballer (ASC Sonader Ksar, ASC Sonalec, ASAC Concorde, Mauritania), assistant manager (Mauritania, Libya), and manager (ASAC Concorde, ASC Mauritel Mobile, Mauritania, Mauritania U23, Mauritania U20, FC Nouadhibou).
;3
*  Vito D'Amato (81), Italian footballer (Lazio, Inter Milan, AS Roma, Cesena, Hellas Verona, Catania, Frosinone).
*  Bobby Graham (80), Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Coventry City, Tranmere Rovers, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
*  William Jiménez (76), Costa Rican footballer (Deportivo México, Herediano, Guanacasteca, San Carlos, Alajuelense, Ramonense, Carmelita, Costa Rica).
*  Tapson Kaseba (32), Zambian footballer (Kansanshi Dynamos, Konkola Blades, Green Eagles, NAPSA Stars, Zambia).
*  Helmut Wilk (85), East German footballer (Motor Aschersleben, Chemie Halle/Hallescher FC).
;4
*  Ryszard Budka (90), Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, Poland).
*  Andreej Zuczkowski (79), Italian footballer (Civitanovese, Pisa, Savona, Bari, Siracusa).
;6
*  Lucien Bellavia (65), French footballer (Thionville, Châteauroux, Nîmes).
*  Karl Johan Johannessen (82), Norwegian footballer (Herd, Lyn, Aalesunds, Skarbøvik, Molde, Norway).
*  Nico Niedziella (55), East German and German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, Chemie Leipzig, Sachsen Leipzig, TSV Havelse, Fortuna Köln, Rot-Weiss Essen).
;7
*  Dunshee de Abranches (88), club president of Flamengo (1981–1983).
;8
*  Eduardo Guillio (76), Brazilian born-Colombian footballer (Millonarios, Unión Magdalena, Independiente Medellín, Atlético Bucaramanga, Santa Fe) and manager (Millonarios youth).
;9
*  Paul Baccaglini (41), American-born Italian businessman, basketball player, television personality, and club chairman of Palermo (2017).
*  Allan Cole (74), footballer (Atlanta Chiefs, Real Mona, Boys' Town, Náutico, Santos, Jamaica) and tour manager of Bob Marley and the Wailers.
;10
*  Adriano Birtig (85), Italian footballer (Udinese, Treviso, Spezia, Sambenedettese, Crotone).
*  Mark Hine (61), English footballer (Billingham Town, Whitley Bay, Grimsby Town, Darlington, Peterborough United, Scunthorpe United, Doncaster Rovers, Gateshead, Stalybridge Celtic, Spennymoor United, Goole, Harrogate Town, Armthorpe Welfare, Frickley Athletic).
*  Roy Parnell (81), English footballer (Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Bury, New Brighton) and manager (New Brighton).
;12
*  Leandro Yépez (33), Ecuadorian footballer (Clan Juvenil, Técnico Universitario, Audaz Octubrino, Cumbayá, Deportivo Quito, C.A. Santo Domingo).
;13
*  Eddie Hunter (82), Scottish footballer (Queen's Park, Scotland amateurs, Great Britain) and manager (Queen's Park).
*  Merica (72), Brazilian footballer (Atlético de Alagoinhas, Flamengo, Bahia, America-RJ, Sport Recife, Nacional-AM, Confiança, Rio Negro-AM).
;14
*  Suzana Agostini (43), Brazilian women's footballer (Rio Preto, Santos, Ponte Preta, Avaí/Kindermann).
*  Juha Dahllund (71), Finnish footballer (HJK, Kiffen, Finland).
*  Jaime Rodríguez (66), Salvadorian footballer (Alianza, FAS, Bayer Uerdingen, Club León, KPV, Atlas, NKK, Yokohama Flügels, El Salvador) and manager (Alianza, San Salvador).
;15
*  Manolo Cardo (85), Spanish footballer (San Fernando, Sevilla, Algeciras, Recreativo de Huelva, Avilés) and manager (Sevilla Atlético, Sevilla, Cádiz, Recreativo de Huelva, Xerez, Las Palmas, Atlético Marbella).
;16
*  Oscar Calics (85), Argentine footballer (Banfield, San Lorenzo, Atlético Nacional, Argentina).
*  Dejan Milovanović (41), Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Lens, Panionios, Voždovac, Serbia).
;18
*  Florin Marin (72), Romanian footballer (Rapid București, Steaua București, Argeș Pitești, Gloria Buzău, Inter Sibiu), assistant manager (Rapid București, Steaua București, Universitatea Craiova, Romania), and manager (Farul Constanța, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Progresul București, Rocar București, Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București, Astra Giurgiu, Petrolul Ploiești, Romania U21, Jiul Petroșani, Mioveni, Oțelul Galați, Rapid București, Poli Timișoara, Voluntari).
;19
*  Jonathan González (30), Ecuadorian footballer (Independiente del Valle, Leones Negros, Club León, Club Olimpia, LDU Quito, Deportivo Cuenca, Dorados de Sinaloa, Delfín, Aucas, Mushuc Runa, Ecuador).
*  Jean-Pierre Kuskowiak (76), French footballer (Valenciennes, Nancy, Melun).
;20
*  Matt Beard (47), English manager (Millwall Lionesses, Chelsea Ladies, Liverpool Women, Boston Breakers, West Ham United Women, Bristol City Women, Burnley Women).
*  Jan Lála (87), Czechoslovak and Czech footballer (Slavia Prague, Dukla Pardubice, Lausanne-Sport, Spartak Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia).
;22
*  Neneca (45), Brazilian footballer (Flamengo-SP, União São João, Nacional-SP, União Barbarense, Pogoń Szczecin, União Rondonópolis, Rio Branco-MG, Santo André, Oeste, América Mineiro, Figueirense, Pierikos, Guarani, Botafogo-SP).
;23
*  Rik Pauwels (88), Belgian footballer (Tubantia Borgerhout), assistant manager (Berchem Sport, KSK Beveren) and manager (Waterschei Thor, KSK Beveren, Racing Mechelen, Boom).
;25
*  Billy Vigar (21), English footballer (Arsenal, Eastbourne Borough, Hastings United, Chichester City).
;26
*  Ken Houghton (85), English footballer (Rotherham United, Hull City, Scunthorpe United) and manager (Scarborough, Hull City).
*  Roland Stegmayer (74), German footballer (FC Augsburg, 1. FC Nürnberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Fortuna Köln).
*  Henky Timisela (87), Indonesian footballer (Persib Bandung, Indonesia).
;27
*  Gerfried Hodschar (80), Austrian footballer (Sturm Graz, Grazer AK, Austria Wien, Austria).
;28
*  José Araquistáin (88), Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad, Eibar, Real Madrid, Elche, Castellón, Spain).
*  Sébastien Lakou (78), Congolese footballer (CARA Brazzaville, Vita Club Mokanda, Congo).
*  Roger Lukaku (58), Zairese and Congolese footballer (AS Vita Club, Africa Sports, Boom, Seraing, Germinal Ekeren, Gençlerbirliği, Mechelen, Oostende, Zaire). Father of Belgian international footballers Jordan and Romelu Lukaku.
;29
*  Dragan Popović (84), Yugoslav and American footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Hajduk Split, St. Louis Stars, Kansas City Spurs, Serbian White Eagles), indoor soccer player (St. Louis Stars), and manager (Serbian White Eagles, Rochester Lancers, New York Arrows, Golden Bay Earthquakes, Las Vegas Americans, Pittsburgh Spirit, New York Express, St. Louis Storm).
*  Javier Sánchez (77), Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, Guadalajara, Club América, Deportivo Neza, Mexico).

## October
;1
*  Juan Carlos de Lima (63), Uruguayan footballer (Liverpool, Universidad Católica, Deportivo Quito, Nacional, Universidad Católica, Botafogo, Emelec, O´Higgins, Defensor Sporting, Peñarol) and assistant manager (Nacional).
*  Annor Walker (62), Ghanaian manager (Nania, Berekum Chelsea, Tudu Mighty Jets, Heart of Lions, Accra Great Olympics, Ghana A').
;2
*  Maksim Bondarenko (44), Soviet-born Russian footballer (Rotor-2 Volgograd, Rotor Volgograd, Fakel Voronezh, FC Oryol, Sodovik Sterlitamak, Baltika Kaliningrad, Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk).
*  Miroslav Kráľ (77), Czechoslovak and Slovak footballer (ZVL Žilina, Spartak ŠK Dubnica, Czechoslovakia) and manager (MŠK Žilina).
*  Giuseppe Stasio (65), Italian footballer (Avellino, Nocerina, Giulianova, Olbia, Nardò, Isernia) and futsal player (Italy).
;3
*  Marcel Husson (88), French footballer (Metz), player-manager (AS Talanges, CSO Amnéville), and manager (Metz, Lens, Gueugnon, Nancy, Club Africain, Al Taawoun, Gazélec Ajaccio, Wydad Casablanca).
*  Edu Manga (58), Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, América, Corinthians, Shimizu S-Pulse, Emelec, Athletico Paranaense, Real Valladolid, Universidad Católica, Logroñés, Sport Recife, Remo, Náutico, Figueirense, Brazil).
;4
*  Claudio Antezana (85), Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo, Green Cross, Deportes Temuco, Ferrobádminton).
*  Milan Mandarić (87), Yugoslav/Serbian and American businessman and football club owner (San Jose Earthquakes, Connecticut Bicentennials, Oakland Stompers, Charleroi, OGC Nice, Portsmouth, Leicester City, Sheffield Wednesday).
*  Iam McFaul (82), Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Newcastle United, Northern Ireland) and manager (Newcastle United, Coleraine, Guam).
*  Jimmy Nicholson (82), Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, Bury, Mossley, Northern Ireland B, Northern Ireland).
;6
*  Kurt Grønning (89), Danish footballer (B 1913, Denmark). Grandfather of Danish footballer Jeppe Grønning.
;7
*  Daniel Buglione (77), Argentine footballer (Huracán, Tigres UANL) and manager (All Boys, Huracán)
*  Alan Hawley (79), English footballer (Brentford, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon).
*  Djilali Selmi (79), Algerian footballer (CR Belouizdad, Algeria).
;8
*  Otto Fräßdorf (83), East German footballer (FC Vorwärts Berlin, East Germany) and manager (Vorwärts Dessau). Bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
*  Dinny Lowry (90), Irish footballer (St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemian, Sligo Rovers, League of Ireland XI, Republic of Ireland).
*  György Mezey (84), Hungarian footballer (Budafoki MTE, MTK, Budapesti Spartacus) and manager (BVSC, MTK-VM, Hungary, Kuwait, Al-Yarmouk, Hangö IK, Videoton, Kispest-Honvéd, Al-Tadamon, Vasas, Újpest, MOL Fehérvár).
*  Miguel Ángel Russo (69), Argentine footballer (Estudiantes (LP), Argentina) and manager (Lanús, Estudiantes (LP), Universidad de Chile, Rosario Central, Salamanca, Colón, Los Andes, Morelia, Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, Racing Club, Millonarios, Alianza Lima, Al-Nassr).
;9
*  Robert Khalaidjian (67), Soviet and Armenian footballer (Ararat Yerevan, FC Kotayk, Spartak Hoktemberyan, Lori FC).
*  Peter Lamptey (79), Ghanaian footballer (Hearts of Oak, Great Olympics, Ghana).
*  Abdeljabar Machouche (80), Tunisian footballer (ES Tunis, Tunisia).
*  Jorge Puntarelli (70), Chilean footballer (Unión San Felipe, Santiago Wanderers, Universidad Católica, Everton, Deportes Antofagasta, Deportes Linares).
;11
*  Giorgio Bartolini (89), Italian footballer (Parma, Juventus, Livorno, Ravenna).
*  Flavius Domide (79), Romanian footballer (UTA Arad, Vagonul Arad, Romania) and manager (UTA Arad, Békéscsaba, Politehnica Timișoara).
*   (57), German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen, SC Paderborn, FC Gütersloh).
;12
*  Dobromir Zhechev (82), Bulgarian footballer (Spartak Sofia, Levski Sofia, Bulgaria), assistant manager (Levski Sofia), and manager (Aris Thessaloniki, PAS Giannina, Veria, Levski Sofia, Haskovo, Lokomotiv GO, Dunav Ruse, Al-Najma, Velbazhd Kyustendil).
;13
*  Gordon Parr (86), English footballer (Bristol City, Waterford).
;15
*  José Manuel Espinosa (66), Spanish footballer (Castilla, Sporting Gijón, Celta Vigo).
*  Ivan Zafirov (77), Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Sliven, Bulgaria). Silver medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
;16
*  Waké Nibombé (51), Togolese footballer (Gbikinti de Bassar, Entente II Lomé, Étoile Filante, Goldfields Obuasi, Togo). Brother of Togolese international footballer and manager Daré Nibombé.
*  Jack White (85), German footballer (Viktoria Köln, FK Pirmasens, TSC Zweibrücken, PSV Eindhoven, Tennis Borussia Berlin), music composer and producer.
;17
*  Stavros Demosthenous (49), Cypriot chairman (Karmiotissa).
*  Gino Pivatelli (92), Italian footballer (Hellas Verona, Bologna, Napoli, AC Milan, Italy) and manager (Rimini, Ravenna, Monza, Vastese, Padova).
;18
*  Baltasar Gonçalves (77), Portuguese footballer (Atlético CP, Sporting CP, Belenenses, Vizela, Lixa, Portugal).
;19
*  Hugo Moreno (69–70), Argentine footballer (Atlético Tucumán, San Lorenzo, Estudiantes (LP), Atlético Tucumán).
;20
*  Anto Jakovljević (63), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Borac Banja Luka, FK Sarajevo, Pazinka, Mura, NK Ljubljana, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, NK Mladost 127).
*  Louis Pace (77), Maltese footballer (Valletta, Malta).
;22
*  Vincenzo Faleo (89), Italian footballer (Andria, Chieti, Foggia & Incedit, Benevento, Audace Cerignola).
*   (69), Czechoslovak footballer (Škoda Plzeň). Brother of Czechoslovak/Czech international footballer and manager Jaroslav Šilhavý.
*  Lennart Svensson (90), Swedish footballer (Malmö FF, Sweden). Son of Swedish footballer Erik Svensson.
;23
*  Mick McNeil (85), English footballer (Middlesbrough, Ipswich Town, Cambridge City, England).
*  Viktor Shustikov (86), Soviet and Russian footballer (Torpedo Moscow, Soviet Union), assistant manager (Torpedo Moscow), and manager (Volgar Astrakhan).
;24
*  José Argoitia (85), Spanish footballer (Basconia, Athletic Bilbao, Indautxu, Sestao, Racing Santander).
*  Alberto César Beltrán (78), Argentine footballer (Instituto, San Lorenzo, Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), River Plate, Defensores de Belgrano, Argentina).
*  Max Lorenz (86), German footballer (Werder Bremen, Eintracht Braunschweig, West Germany).
*  Josip Lukačević (41), Yugoslav-born Bosnian footballer (Orašje, Hajduk Split, Široki Brijeg, Čelik Zenica, Luch-Energiya, Cibalia, Osijek, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
*  Bob Wilson (91), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Norwich City, Gillingham, Accrington Stanley, Chester City).
;25
*  Mario De Grassi (88), Italian footballer (Monfalcone, Triestina, Potenza, Casertana).
*  Manuel Lapuente (81), Mexican footballer (Monterrey, Necaxa, Puebla, Atlas, Mexico) and manager (Puebla, Tigres UANL, Ángeles de Puebla, Atlante, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Mexico, América).
;26
*  Akbar Kargarjam (80), Iranian footballer (Rah Ahan, Taj SC, Iran).
*  Andrey Morev (52), Soviet-born Kazakh footballer (Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Irtysh Omsk, Zhenis, FC Akmola, Lokomotiv Chita, FC Ekibastuzets, Tobol Kostanay, FC Aktobe, Kyzylzhar, Kazakhstan)
*  José Manuel Ochotorena (64), Spanish footballer (Castilla, Real Madrid, Valencia, Tenerife, Logroñés, Spain) and goalkeeping coach (Valencia, Spain, Liverpool).
;27
*  Shraga Bar (77), Israeli footballer (Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Israel).
*  Marvin Brown (42), English footballer (Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, Torquay United, Yeovil Town, Weston-super-Mare, Salisbury City, Truro City). Brother of former English footballer Aaron Brown.
;28
*  Juan Carlos Carotti (83), Argentine footballer (Newell's Old Boys, San Lorenzo, Unión, Millonarios, Independiente Medellín, Estudiantes (BA), Gimnasia Jujuy) and manager (San Lorenzo, Deportivo Laferrere, Guabirá, The Strongest, Club Bolívar, Provincial Osorno, San Miguel, Palestino, Club Blooming, Club Destroyers).
*  Carlo Ricchetti (55), Italian footballer (Foggia, Monopoli, Nola, Monza, Salernitana, Cesena, Juve Stabia, Nardò, Potenza, Angri) and assistant manager (Latina, Ternana, Virtus Entella, Perugia Calcio, Sicula Leonzio, Bisceglie).
;30
*  Tabaré González (82), Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol, Necaxa, Unión de Curtidores).
*  Alan Vest (86), English-born New Zealand footballer (Barnsley, King's Lynn, Boston United, Gisborne City, Perth Azzurri, Newcastle KB United, New Zealand), assistant manager (Perth Glory), and manager (New Brighton, Newcastle KB United, West Adelaide, Sarawak FA, Geylang United, Inglewood United, ECU Joondalup).
;31
*  Colin Addison (85), English footballer (York City, Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Sheffield United), player-manager (Hereford United), assistant manager (Notts County, West Bromwich Albion), and manager (Durban City, Newport County, Derby County, Al-Ahli SC, Celta Vigo, Atlético Madrid, Cádiz, Hereford United, Al-Arabi SC, Badajoz, Merthyr Tydfil, Scarborough, Yeovil Town, Swansea City, Forest Green Rovers, Barry Town).
*  Johannes Linßen (76), German footballer (MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln) and manager (Fortuna Köln, Gütersloh).
*  Egbert-Jan ter Mors (84), Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, Twente, Rot-Weiss Essen, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle).
*  Willie Young (73), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Darlington).

## November
;1
*  Roberto Corradi (87), Italian footballer (Treviso, Legnano, Virtus Entella, AC Milan, Foggia & Incedit, Mestre).
*  Thierry Sardo (58), French assistant manager (New Caledonia) and manager (AS Mont-Dore, New Caledonia U23, New Caledonia).
;2
*  Giovanni Galeone (84), Italian footballer (Ponziana, Monza, Arezzo, Avellino, Vis Pesaro, Nuorese, Virtus Entella, Monfalcone, Udinese) and manager (Pordenone, Adriese, Cremonese, Sangiovannese, Grosseto, SPAL, Pescara, Como, Udinese, Perugia, Napoli, Ancona).
*  Harald Klose (80), German footballer (Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen, Berchem Sport, Valenciennes, AC Cambrai).
;3
*  Hilmar Ahnert (89), East German footballer (Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, Carl Zeiss Jena) and football chairman (Carl Zeiss Jena).
*  Kambiz Atabay (86), Iranian football administrator, president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (1972–1979) and the Asian Football Confederation (1976–1978).
*  Rudolf Belin (82), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Beerschot, Yugoslavia) and manager (Dinamo Zagreb, Toronto Croatia, Iraq). Brother of former Yugoslav international footballer Bruno Belin.
*  André De Nul (79), Belgian footballer (Eendracht Aalst, Lierse, Anderlecht, Union Saint-Gilloise, Rot-Weiss Essen, Belgium).
*  Leonard Radowski (73), Polish footballer (Lechia Gdańsk, Olimpia Elbląg).
*  Dragan Simeunović (71), Yugoslav and Serbian footballer (Sloga Kraljevo, Red Star Belgrade, Trepča, Vardar, Beograd, Apollon Kalamarias, Budućnost Podgorica, Olympiacos Volos, Radnički Beograd, Yugoslavia) and manager (Panetolikos).
*  Gerard Somer (81), Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, Vitesse, Heracles Almelo) and manager (Heracles Almelo).
*  Daniel Willington (83), Argentine footballer (Talleres de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield, Veracruz, Huracán, Instituto de Córdoba, Argentina) and manager (Talleres de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield).
*  Constantin Zamfir (74), Romanian footballer (Dacia Orăștie, Petrolul Ploiești, Steaua București, Progresul București, Dunărea Galați, Metalurgistul Cugir, Dacia Pitești, Chimia Turnu Măgurele, Inter Vaslui, Romania) and manager.
*  Mladen Žižović (44), Bosnian footballer (Radnik Bijeljina, Rudar Ugljevik, Zrinjski Mostar, KF Tirana, Borac Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and manager (Radnik Bijeljina, Zrinjski Mostar, Sloboda Tuzla, Al-Kholood, Shkupi, Borac Banja Luka, Radnički 1923).
;4
*  Bruno Bacchetta (81), Italian footballer (Omegna, AC Milan, Genoa, Perugia).
*  Stuart Boam (77), English footballer (Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Hartlepool United) and player-manager (Mansfield Town).
*  Bernard Hall (83), English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
*  Attilio Maldera (76), Italian footballer (AC Milan, Cesena, Alessandria, Bari, Sant'Angelo). Brother of Italian footballers Luigi and Aldo Maldera.
*  Krys Sobieski (75), Polish footballer (Legia Warsaw, Poland), indoor soccer player (Pittsburgh Spirit, Cleveland Force, Dallas Sidekicks), assistant manager (Dallas Sidekicks, Dallas Burn), and manager (Poland futsal).
;5
*  Emerich Jenei (88), Romanian footballer (Flamura Roșie Arad, Steaua București, Kayserispor, Romania), assistant manager (Steaua București), and manager (Steaua București, Bihor Oradea, CS Târgoviște, Romania, Hungary, Parmalat, Panionios, Universitatea Craiova).
*  Mario Manera (78), Italian footballer (Pro Patria, Reggiana, Brescia, Cagliari, Genoa, Atalanta, Piacenza, Pro Piacenza)
*  Erwin Türk (90), German footballer (VfB 03 Bielefeld, VfL Osnabrück) and manager (VfB 03 Bielefeld, St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück, Borussia Neunkirchen, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach).
*  Albert Voss (74), German footballer (Kickers Emden, VfB Oldenburg, Werder Bremen, FC Oberneuland).
;6
*  Mohamed Ben Moussa (71), Tunisian footballer (Club Africain, Tunisia).
*  Filippo Regni (89), Italian footballer (Arezzo, Messina).
*  Don Robinson (91), British businessman and football chairman (Scarborough, Hull City).
*  Lucio Solazzi (67), Italian futsal manager (Verona, Arzignano, Zambia).
;7
*  Horst Panic (87), Polish footballer (Bielawianka Bielawa, Górnik Wałbrzych), assistant manager (Górnik Wałbrzych), and manager (Górnik Wałbrzych, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Zagłębie Wałbrzych, Chrobry Głogów, Amica Wronki, Polonia Świdnica).
;8
*  Carlos Leone (76), Argentine footballer (Huracán, Independiente, Almirante Brown, Deportivo Armenio, Argentina) and manager (Huracán).
;12
*  Salvatore Garritano (69), Italian footballer (Ternana, Torino, Atalanta, Bologna, Sampdoria, Pistoiese, Omegna, Sorrento, Latina) and player-manager (Alcamo).
*  Hồ Văn Lợi (55), Vietnamese footballer (Cảng Sài Gòn), assistant manager (Cảng Sài Gòn, Xuân Thành Sài Gòn, Lâm Đồng), and youth coach (PVF Football Academy).
*  Juan Carlos Lezcano (87), Paraguayan footballer (Universidad Católica, Trasandino, Santiago Morning, Elche, Eldense, Villena, Crevillente) and interim manager (Elche).
*  Helmut Menzel (90), German footballer (Preußen Münster) and manager (ASC Schöppingen).
;13
*  Frank Richter (73), East German footballer (Dynamo Dresden, Stahl Riesa, East Germany).
;14
*  Xabier Azkargorta (72), Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, Bilbao Athletic), manager (Lagun Onak, Aurrerá, Gimnàstic, Espanyol, Real Valladolid, Sevilla, Tenerife, Bolivia, Chile, Yokohama F. Marinos, Guadalajara, Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero, Sport Boys, Atlético Palmaflor), and assistant manager (Bolivia).
*  Saša Đorđević (44), Serbian footballer (Bane, Rad, Željezničar Sarajevo, Shakhter Karagandy, Bunyodkor).
*  Mohamed Sabry (51), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek, Kazma, Al Ittihad Alexandria, Egypt) and manager (Ittihad Nabarouh, Beni Ebeid).
*  Guido Silberbach (58), German footballer (Westfalia Herne, SG Wattenscheid 09, FC Remscheid).
*  Guido Vivarelli (83), Italian footballer (Monza, Savona, Cosenza, Savoia) and manager (Savoia, Seregno).
*  Stoyan Yordanov (81), Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Sliven, Cherno More Varna, Bulgaria).
;15
*  Kjell Kaspersen (86), Norwegian footballer (Skeid, Norway). Father of Swedish-Norwegian television host Kristin Kaspersen.
*  Andriy Polunin (54), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Pavlohrad, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC St. Pauli, Rot-Weiss Essen, Ukraine), scout (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), sports director (Naftovyk Okhtyrka), and director (Arsenal Kyiv).
*  Rod Thomas (78), Welsh footballer (Gloucester City, Swindon Town, Derby County, Cardiff City, Newport County, Bath City, Barry Town, Wales).
;16
*  Giordano Colausig (84), Italian footballer (Vicenza, Roma, Inter Milan, Brescia, Juventus, Genoa, Perugia).
*  Gérard Hausser (84), French footballer (Strasbourg, Karlsruher, Metz, ASPV Strasbourg, France).
;17
*  Alain Cornu (88), French footballer (Nice, Stade Français, Bastia, Toulon, France).
*  Sven Lindman (83), Swedish footballer (Djurgårdens IF, Rapid Wien, Sweden) and manager (Karlstad BK). Brother of former Swedish footballer and manager Jörgen Lindman.
*  Tōru Rokkawa (68), Japanese soccer journalist, and editor-in-chief of Soccer Digest.
;18
*  Otacílio Gonçalves (85), Brazilian manager (Internacional, Athletico Paranaense, Coritiba, Grêmio, Cerro Porteño, Kuwait, Portuguesa, Paraná, Palmeiras, Atlético Mineiro, Yokohama Flügels, Gama, Santa Cruz).
*  Mohamed Maaroufi (76), Moroccan footballer (Raja CA, Difaâ El Jadidi, Nîmes Olympique, Wydad AC, Morocco).
*  Siegfried Susser (72), German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, SC Freiburg, Stuttgarter Kickers, Strasbourg, SpVgg Fürth).
;19
*  Antonio Muñoz (74), Chilean footballer (Ñublense, Green Cross-Temuco, Deportes La Serena, Rangers, Unión Española, Fernández Vial, Deportes Valdivia, Santiago Wanderers).
;20
*  David Azzopardi (72), Maltese footballer (Sliema Wanderers, Malta).
*  Zdeněk Böhm (91), Czechoslovak and Czech footballer (Baník Kladno, Dukla Pardubice, Škoda Plzeň).
*  Dieter Herzog (79), German footballer (Hamborn 07, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer Leverkusen, West Germany).
*  Yuriy Yeliseyev (76), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Kaluga, Zorya Voroshilovgrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, SV Babelsberg 03, Soviet Union) and manager (Zorya Luhansk).
;21
*  Roly Howard (90), English footballer and manager (Marine). Holds the Guinness World Record for longest serving senior club football manager in the world (33 years).
*  Doru Toma (68), Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești, Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, Dacia Pitești).
;22
*  Gianni Balugani (79), Italian footballer (Modena, Savoia, Lanciano) and manager (Lanciano, Francavilla, Civitanovese, Teramo, Fano, Maceratese, Monopoli, Casarano, Chieti, Ischia, Nocerina, Carpi, Sassuolo).
;23
*  Mikuláš Krnáč (78), Czechoslovak and Slovakian footballer (Inter Bratislava, FK Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia).
*  Yoro Lamine Ly (37), Senegalese footballer (ASC Niarry Tally, Shirak, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Boavista, BFC Daugavpils, Doğan Türk Birliği, Ilves, Senegal).
*  Nikita Simonyan (99), Soviet and Russian footballer (Krylya Sovetov Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union) and manager (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union, Ararat Yerevan, Chornomorets Odesa).
;24
*  Sergei Krestenenko (69), Soviet and Russian footballer (Salyut Belgorod, Torpedo Moscow, Dynamo Stavropol, Dynamo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, Okzhetpes, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Metalist Kharkiv, Dynamo Belaya Tserkov) and manager (Fakel Voronezh).
*  Ronny Pasla (78), Indonesian footballer (PSMS Medan, Persija Jakarta, Indonesia Moeda, Indonesia).
;25
*  Lorenzo Buffon (95), Italian footballer (Portogruaro, AC Milan, Genoa, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Ivrea, Italy).
*  Johnny Newman (91), English footballer (Birmingham City, Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City) and manager (Exeter City, Grimsby Town, Derby County, Hereford United).
;26
*  Franco Loriga (89), Italian footballer (Cagliari, Torres).
*  Tommy Murray (82), Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Carlisle United, Heart of Midlothian, Eastern AA, Brisbane City, Arbroath, Raith Rovers).
*  Les O'Neill (81), English footballer (Newcastle United, Darlington, Bradford City, Carlisle United, Queen of the South) and manager (Workington, Penrith).
*  Vladimir Susin (69), Soviet and Russian footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Kaluga, SKA Khabarovsk), assistant manager (SKA Khabarovsk), and manager (SKA Khabarovsk, Okean Nakhodka, Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk).
;27
*  Stjepan Blažević (83), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Borac Banja Luka).
;28
*  Ken Price (71), English footballer (Dudley Town, Southend United, Gillingham, Reading, Basingstoke Town).
;30
*  Billy Bonds (79), English footballer (Charlton Athletic, West Ham United) and manager (West Ham United, Millwall).

## December
;1
*  Volodymyr Muntyan (79), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, SKA Kyiv, Soviet Union) and manager (SKA Kyiv, COSFAP Antananarivo, Ukraine U21, Guinea, Cherkasy, Tavriya Simferopol, Obolon Kyiv, Alania Vladikavkaz, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Vorskla Poltava).
;2
*  Marvin Hinton (85), English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Barnet).
*  Essau Kanyenda (43), Malawian footballer (Jomo Cosmos, Rostov, Lokomotiv Moscow, KAMAZ, Rotor Volgograd, Dynamo Bryansk, B.93, Polokwane City, Mighty Wanderers, Malawi).
*  Arcadio Venturi (96), Italian footballer (AS Roma, Inter Milan, Brescia) and assistant manager (Inter Milan, Juventus).
;3
*  Mohammed Rahmatullah (87), Indian footballer (Kolkata Mohammedan, Dhaka Mohammedan, Dhaka Wanderers, Bengal, India) and manager (East Pakistan IDC, Pakistan).
*  Maurizio Thermes (86), Italian footballer (AS Roma, Sambenedettese, Foggia, Modena, Cosenza).
;4
*  Luigi Zambaiti (92), Italian footballer (Vigevano, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Leffe).
;5
*  Mario Bulli (82), Italian footballer (Solvay Rosignano, Pisa, SPAL, Perugia, Siena, Rovereto, Savona).
*  Vasile Carauș (37), Moldovan footballer (Academia UTM Chișinău, Spartak Nalchik, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Dacia Chișinău, Zimbru Chișinău, Speranța Crihana Veche, Veris Chișinău, Moldova).
*  Kris Kalifatidis (67), Australian soccer player (South Melbourne Hellas, Australia).
*  Alex Sánchez (95), Costa Rican footballer (Deportivo Saprissa, Alajuelense, Costa Rica).
*  Matti Sundelin (91), Finnish footballer (TPS, Finland).
;6
*  Tom Hicks (79), American private equity investor and sports team owner. Former co-owner of Liverpool F.C. (2007–2010).
*  Manolo Villanova (83), Spanish footballer (Mallorca, Real Betis, Zaragoza) and manager (Deportivo Aragón/Zaragoza B, Zaragoza, Salamanca, Mallorca, Hércules, Huesca, Recreativo de Huelva, Sariñena
;7
*  Glen De Boeck (54), Belgian footballer (FC Boom, Mechelen, Anderlecht, Belgium), assistant manager (Anderlecht), and manager (Cercle Brugge, Germinal Beerschot, VVV-Venlo, Waasland-Beveren, Mouscron-Péruwelz, KV Kortrijk, Lokeren).
*  Sven Hotz (96), Swiss property dealer and president of FC Zürich (1986–2006).
*  Volodymyr Sysenko (63), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (Pamir Dushanbe, Dinamo Samarqand, Kuban Krasnodar, Navbahor Namangan, Vorskla Poltava, Okean Nakhodka, Rubin Kazan, Elektron Romny, Zhetysu Taldykorgan) and manager (Poltava).
;8
*  Detlef Enge (73), East German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, Chemie Schönebeck).
*  Ioan Sdrobiș (79), Romanian assistant manager (Oțelul Galați), manager (Oțelul Galați, Universitatea Cluj, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Selena Bacău, Dacia Unirea Brăila, Minaur Baia Mare, Extensiv Craiova, CSM Reșița, Diplomatic Focșani, Midia Năvodari, Jiul Petroșani, FC Vaslui, CFR Timișoara, Farul Constanța, Dinamo Onești), and technical director (Vaslui II).
;9
*  Ludovic Assemoassa (45), French-born Togolese footballer (Olympique Lyon B, Clermont Foot, Ciudad de Murcia, Granada 74, Limonest Saint-Didier, Togo) and manager (Lyon-La Duchère).
*  David Best (82), English footballer (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Ipswich Town, Portsmouth).
*  Dixie Deans (79), Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Celtic, Luton Town, Carlisle United, Partick Thistle, Shelbourne, Adelaide City, Scotland).
*  Bernd Jordt (71), German footballer (Flensburg 08, Holstein Kiel).
;10
*  Manfrini (75), Brazilian footballer (Ponte Preta, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Botafogo, Juventus-SP, Moto Club).
*  Carmelo Miceli (67), Italian footballer (Rende, Monza, Lecce, Ascoli, Catanzaro, Nola), assistant manager (Cosenza, Catanzaro), and manager (Ragusa, Rossanese, Casarano, Turris, Palmese, Union Saint-Gilloise).
;11
*  Stan Brookes (72), English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Mechelen).
*  Chuzo (85), Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid, CD Málaga, Spain).
;12
*  Andreas Martens (61), German footballer (St. Pauli, SV Lurup).
;13
*  Bruno Baveni (85), Italian footballer (Genoa, AC Milan, Savona, Trento, Sestri Levante) and manager (Sestri Levante, Virtus Entella, Imperia, Trento, Sanremese, Pavia, Casale, Pro Vercelli).
*  Ernesto Figueiredo (88), Portuguese footballer (União de Tomar, Sporting CP, Vitória Setúbal, Portugal).
*  Al Ousseynou Sène, Senegalese footballer (US Ouakam, Senegal) and manager (ASC HLM).
*  Gary Rowell (68), English footballer (Sunderland, Norwich City, Middlesbrough, Brighton & Hove Albion, Dundee, Carlisle United, Burnley).
;14
*  Ángel Paz (93), Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad, Real Murcia).
*  Ido Sgrazzutti (78), Italian footballer (Udinese, Palermo).
;15
*  Flaviano Zandoli (78), Italian footballer (Cesena, Sambenedettese, Padova, Reggiana, Ascoli).
;16
*  Vítor Gonçalves (81), Portuguese footballer (Atlético CP, Sporting CP, União de Tomar, Portugal).
*  Bernard Lhomme (82), French footballer (Lyon).
*  Alan Marley (74), English-born New Zealand footballer (New Brighton, Crewe Alexandra, Dover Athletic, Christchurch United, Brisbane City, St George-Souths, New Zealand).
*  David Stokes (79), Guatemalan footballer (Comunicaciones, Oro de Jalisco, Guatemala).
;17
*  Eugenio Perico (74), Italian footballer (Atalanta, Spezia, Cremonese, Ascoli) and manager.
*  Mario Pineida (33), Ecuadorian footballer (Independiente del Valle, Barcelona SC, Fluminense, El Nacional, Ecuador).
;18
*  Åge Hareide (72), Norweigan footballer (Hødd, Molde, Manchester City, Norwich City, Norway) and manager (Molde, Helsingborgs, Brøndby, Rosenborg, Norway, Örgryte IS, Viking FK, Malmö FF, Denmark, Iceland).
;19
*  Peter Kupferschmidt (83), Hungarian-born German footballer (Bayern Munich, Sturm Graz, Kapfenberg SV).
;20
*  Steve Ford (66), English footballer (Lewes, Stoke City, Stafford Rangers, AEL Limassol, Finn Harps).
*  Mohamed Lekkak (88), Algerian footballer (Limoges Football, Toulouse, US Albi, AS Cherbourg, FC Rouen, Lyon, Caen, Algeria), player-manager (Angoulême, Alençon), and manager (, Calais RUFC, Angoulême, GC Mascara, , WA Tlemcen, MC Oran).
*  Zbigniew Mikołajów (72), Polish footballer (Zagłębie Sosnowiec, , Poland).
;21
*  Sebastian Hertner (34), German footballer (VfB Stuttgart II, Schalke 04 II, 1860 Munich, Erzgebirge Aue, Darmstadt 98, VfB Lübeck, Türkgücü München, BFC Dynamo, Teutonia Ottensen).
*  Giorgio Rumignani (86), Italian footballer (Portogruaro, Nuova Valdagno, Sambenedettese, Cosenza, Siena, Pisa, Arezzo, Savona) and manager (Messina, Varese, Mestre, Forlì, Teramo, Lucchese, Virtus Francavilla, Barletta, Palermo, Piacenza, Sambenedettese, Fidelis Andria, Pisa, Pescara, Ravenna, Monza, Palermo, Reggiana, Benevento, Arezzo, Imolese, Foggia, Treviso).
*  Andrei Stocker (83), Romanian footballer (Jiul Petroșani, Minerul Lupeni) and referee (FRF).
*  Stefano Vavoli (64), Italian footballer (Genoa, Pergolettese, Civitavecchia, Virtus Entella, Hellas Verona, Massese, Jesina, Turris, Puteolana).
;22
*  Jorge Cortés (60), Chilean footballer (Everton de Viña del Mar, Coquimbo Unido, Colo-Colo, Palestino, Regional Atacama, Real Sociedad de Zacatecas, Guerreros Acapulco).
*  Robin Turner (70), English footballer (Ipswich Town, MVV Maastricht, Swansea City, Colchester United, Bury Town).
;23
*  Allan Gilliver (81), English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Lincoln City, Bradford City, Stockport County, Baltimore Comets, Boston United, Gainsborough Trinity) and cricketer.
*  Gines Gonzalez (87), French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Strasbourg, France).
*  Jimmy Miller (72), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Clyde, Albion Rovers).
*  Vasil Ringov (70), Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer (Partizan, Teteks, Vardar, Dinamo Zagreb, Eintracht Braunschweig).
*  Darimosuvito Tokijan (62), Singaporean footballer (Singapore FA, Jurong Town, Singapore), assistant manager (Tanjong Pagar United, Balestier Khalsa), and manager (Geylang United).
;25
*  John Robertson (72), Scottish footballer (Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Scotland) and assistant manager (Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa).
;26
*  Ulrich Eimüllner (76), German footballer (TSG Backnang, SpVgg Ludwigsburg, SSV Reutlingen 05).
*  Jean-Louis Gasset (72), French footballer (Béziers, Montpellier), assistant manager (Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain, Espanyol, Bordeaux, France, Paris Saint-Germain, Saint-Étienne), and manager (Montpellier, Caen, Istres, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux, Ivory Coast, Marseille).
*  Juanan López (91), Spanish footballer (Deportivo Alavés, Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol, Recreativo Huelva).
*  Serge Roy (93), French footballer (Racing Besançon, AS Monaco, Marseille, Valenciennes, Nice, France). Father of French footballer and manager Éric Roy.
;27
*  Carlos Cardoso (80), Portuguese footballer (Vitória Setúbal, Portugal) and manager (Barreirense, Nacional, O Elvas, União da Madeira, Lusitano de Évora, Benfica e Castelo Branco, Juventude Évora, Vitória Setúbal).
*  Amelia del Castillo (82), Spanish club president (CA Pinto). First female football club president in Spain.
*  Suad Kalesić (71), Yugoslav and Bosnian footballer (Sloboda Tuzla, Osijek, Radnički Niš, Budućnost Banovići) and manager (Sloboda Tuzla).
*  Fernando Martín (44), Spanish footballer (Pego, Eldense, Benidorm, Cultural Leonesa, Alcoyano, Cartagena, Ontinyent, La Nucía, Paterna) and manager (Valencia CF Femenino B).
*  Rafael Viteri (73), Spanish footballer (Bilbao Athletic, Athletic Bilbao, Burgos) and manager (Burgos Promesas)
;29
*  Pedro Camus (70), Spanish footballer (Racing Santander, Zaragoza, Tenerife, Spain).
*  Enrique Collar (91), Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid, Cádiz, Real Murcia, Valencia, Spain).
*  Saber Eid (66), Egyptian footballer (Ghazl El Mahalla, Egypt).
*  Kristaq Eksarko (66), Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana, Albania).
*  Gordon Jones (82), English footballer (Middlesbrough, Darlington).
;30
*  Sharif Nazarov (79), Soviet and Tajik footballer (Pamir Dushanbe), manager (Pamir Dushanbe, Al Merreikh, Tajikistan, Navbahor Namangan, Varzob Dushanbe, Aviator, Hima Dushanbe, Tajikistan U23, Khayr Vahdat), and club president (Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda).
;31
*  Marijan Čerček (76), Yugoslav and Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb, Yugoslavia).
*  Pasha Kasanov (72), Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (PFC Nyva Vinnytsia, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Polissya Zhytomyr), assistant manager (FC Nyva Vinnytsia), manager (FC Nyva Vinnytsia), and chairman (PFC Nyva Vinnytsia).
*  Gökmen Özdenak (78), Turkish footballer (İstanbulspor, Galatasaray, Turkey) and commentator. Brother of Turkish footballers Doğan and Yasin Özdenak.

## Notes