1961 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1961 throughout the world.
Contents
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1961: Won by Peñarol after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2-1.
- 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
- Argentina: Racing Club
- Brazil: Santos
- England: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- Iceland: KR
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Cerro Porteño
- Romania: Steaua Bucureşti
- Spain: Real Madrid
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe
International tournaments
- 1961 British Home Championship (October 8, 1960 – April 15, 1961)
Births
- 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
- February 13 – Oļegs Karavajevs, Latvian footballer
- March 13 – Sebastiano Nela, Italian footballer
- March 21 – Lothar Matthäus, German international footballer and coach
- May 3 – Daniel Sánchez, Uruguayan footballer
- May 8 – Gert Kruys, Dutch footballer and manager
- June 1 – Rubén Espinoza, Chilean footballer
- June 3 – César Zabala, Paraguayan footballer
- June 29 – Víctor Genés, Paraguayan footballer and football manager
- August 3 – Gustavo Brand, Venezuelan football referee
- August 10 – Chris Marustik, Welsh international footballer (died 2015)
- September 9 – Justo Jacquet, Paraguayan footballer
- October 20 – Guillermo Muñoz, Mexican footballer
- November 3 – Sven Habermann, German-Canadian footballer
- November 17 – Wolfram Wuttke, German international footballer (died 2015)
- December 17 – Henk van Stee, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths
- January 5 – Jack Butler (66), English footballer and manager (born 1894)
