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HOW IT WORKS
1961 in association football
Summary
The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1961
throughout the world.
Events
edit
Copa Libertadores
1961
: Won by
Peñarol
after defeating
Palmeiras
on an aggregate score of 2–1.
1961 International Soccer League
FK Dukla Prague
beat
Everton F.C.
, 9–2, in the final on aggregate
September 6 – Dutch club
Feyenoord
from
Rotterdam
makes its
European
debut by defeating Sweden's
IFK Göteborg
(0–3) in the first round of the
European Cup
.
September 18 – The
North American Football Confederation
and
Football Confederation of Central America and the Caribbean
merge to form
CONCACAF
.
Winners club national championship
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Argentina
:
Racing Club
Brazil
:
Santos
England
:
Tottenham Hotspur
France
:
AS Monaco
Iceland
:
KR
Italy
:
Juventus
Mexico
:
Chivas Guadalajara
Netherlands
:
Feyenoord
Paraguay
:
Cerro Porteño
Romania
:
Steaua București
Soviet Union
:
FC Dynamo Kyiv
Spain
:
Real Madrid
Turkey
:
Fenerbahçe
International tournaments
edit
1961 British Home Championship
(October 8, 1960 – April 15, 1961)
England
Births
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January 12 –
Andrea Carnevale
, Italian international footballer
January 13 –
César Baena
, Venezuelan international footballer
January 17 –
Zhao Dayu
, Chinese international footballer (died 2015)
January 18 –
Peter Beardsley
, English international footballer
January 20 –
Patricio Yáñez
, Chilean international footballer
January 31 –
Jonny Otten
, German international footballer.
[1]
February 13 –
Oļegs Karavajevs
, Latvian international footballer
March 13 –
Sebastiano Nela
, Italian international footballer
March 21 –
Lothar Matthäus
, German international footballer and manager
April 4 –
Karsten Härtel
, former German footballer
[2]
April 6 –
Tony Paul
, English former professional footballer
[3]
April 11 –
Roberto Cabañas
, Paraguayan international footballer (died 2017)
April 19 –
Dave Wiffill
, English former professional footballer and coach
[4]
May 3 –
Daniel Sánchez
, Uruguayan international footballer
May 5 –
Ali Hussein Shihab
, Iraqi international footballer (died 2016)
May 8 –
Gert Kruys
, Dutch footballer and manager
May 21 –
Thomas Dooley
, American international footballer and manager
June 1 –
Rubén Espinoza
, Chilean footballer
June 3 –
César Zabala
, Paraguayan international footballer (died 2020)
June 29 –
Víctor Genés
, Paraguayan footballer and football manager (died 2019)
August 1 –
Danny Blind
, Dutch international footballer and manager
August 10 –
Chris Marustik
, Welsh international footballer (died 2015)
September 9 –
Justo Jacquet
, Paraguayan footballer
September 20 –
Erwin Koeman
, Dutch international footballer and manager
October 16 –
Wilfried Brookhuis
, Dutch footballer
October 20 –
Guillermo Muñoz
, Mexican footballer
November 3 –
Sven Habermann
, German-Canadian soccer player
November 4 –
Nigel Worthington
, Northern Irish international footballer and manager
November 17 –
Wolfram Wuttke
, German international footballer (died 2015)
November 20 –
Dave Watson
, English footballer and manager
December 17 –
Henk van Stee
, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths
edit
January
edit
January 5 –
Jack Butler
(66), English international footballer and manager (born 1894)
October
edit
October 31 –
Alberto Chividini
, Argentine defender, runner up of the
1930 FIFA World Cup
. (54)
References
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"Jonny Otten - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga".
www.rsssf.org
. Retrieved
2023-05-25
.
^
"Karsten Härtel".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
5 February
2024
.
^
"Anthony Paul".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
5 February
2024
.
^
"David Wiffill".
Barry Hugman's Footballers
.
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