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HOW IT WORKS
1957 in association football
Summary
The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1957
throughout the world.
Events
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February 8 – The
Confederation of African Football
is founded at a meeting in
Khartoum
,
Sudan
.
October 19 – Scottish club
Celtic F.C.
beat their deadliest rivals
Rangers F.C.
7–1 in the
Scottish League Cup
final at
Hampden Park
in Glasgow.
November 20 – Dutch club
Ajax Amsterdam
makes its
European
debut by defeating DDR's
SC Wismut
(1-3) in the first round of the
European Cup
.
Winners club national championship
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Argentina
:
River Plate
Belgium
:
R. Antwerp F.C.
Ecuador
:
Emelec
England
:
Manchester United
France
:
AS Saint-Etienne
Hungary
:
Vasas SC
Israel
:
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
Italy
:
A.C. Milan
Netherlands
:
Ajax Amsterdam
Paraguay
:
Olimpia Asunción
Soviet Union
:
FC Dynamo Moscow
Spain
:
Real Madrid
Sweden
:
IFK Norrköping
West Germany
:
Borussia Dortmund
International tournaments
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African Cup of Nations
in
Sudan
(February 10 – 16 1957)
Egypt
Ethiopia
Sudan
1957 South American Championship
in
Peru
(March 7 – April 6, 1957)
Argentina
Brazil
1957 British Home Championship
(October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)
England
Copa Julio Argentino Roca
in
Brazil
(July 7 – 10 1957)
Brazil
Argentina
Births
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January 5 –
Karl Allgöwer
, German footballer
January 11 –
Bryan Robson
, English footballer and manager
January 19 –
Fabrizio Casanova
, retired Swiss footballer
[1]
February 1 –
Walter Schachner
, Austrian footballer and manager
February 9 –
Gordon Strachan
, Scottish footballer and manager
February 28 –
Jan Ceulemans
, Belgian footballer and manager
March 12 –
Patrick Battiston
, French footballer
May 5 –
Said Azimshah Garibzada
, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
May 9 –
Fulvio Collovati
, Italian footballer
July 15 —
Craig Martin
, Canadian soccer player
September 3 –
Walter Kelsch
, German footballer
September 6 –
Zhivko Gospodinov
, Bulgarian footballer
September 11 –
Plamen Markov
, Bulgarian footballer
September 11 –
Preben Elkjær
, Danish footballer
September 26 –
Klaus Augenthaler
, German footballer and manager
October 8 –
Antonio Cabrini
, Italian footballer
October 25 –
Piet Wildschut
, Dutch footballer
October 27 –
Glenn Hoddle
, English footballer and manager
November 17 –
Bob Oldridge
, English former professional footballer
[2]
Deaths
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January
edit
January 18 –
Alvaro Gestido
, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup
. (49)
October
edit
October 5 –
José Leandro Andrade
, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup
. (55,
Tuberculosis
)
References
edit
^
"Fabrizio Casanova".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
26 September
2023
.
^
"Bob Oldridge".
Barry Hugman's Footballers
. Retrieved
27 February
2024
.