1996 in association football

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Years in association football
← 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 →
1996 in sports
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1995–96 1996 1996–97 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1995–96 1996–97 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following are the association football events of the year 1996 throughout the world.

• Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali 2–1 on aggregate.
• UEFA Euro 1996: Germany defeats the Czech Republic 2–1 with a golden goal from Oliver Bierhoff at Wembley Stadium.
• The UEFA Regions' Cup is founded for amateur teams in Europe to have an international tournament.
• February 7 – Logi Ólafsson makes his debut as the manager of Iceland with a 1–7 loss against Slovenia.
• March 3 – Dutch club NEC fires Wim Koevermans and appoints former coach Leen Looyen as his successor.
• April 6 – Major League Soccer kicks-off: an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first match. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scored the league's first goal in a 1–0 victory over D.C. United.
• May 11 – Manchester United wins 1–0 over Liverpool to claim the FA Cup. United becomes the first team to win the English League and Cup Double twice.
• May 16 – PSV claims the KNVB Cup after defeating Sparta Rotterdam at De Kuip, 5–2.
• August 18 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, following a 3–0 win over Ajax.
• August 27 – Manager Alan Ball is fired by Manchester City and succeeded by Steve Coppell.
• October 9 – Manager Huub Stevens leaves Roda JC. He is replaced by interim-coach Eddy Achterberg, and later by Martin Jol.
• November 8 – Phil Neal replaces Manchester City manager Steve Coppell as caretaker, to be succeeded by Frank Clark on December 29.
• November 26 – Juventus wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo after defeating Argentina's River Plate 1–0. The match's only goal is scored by Alessandro del Piero in the 81st minute.

Undated:

• Heidelberg Ball School is founded in Germany.

• Japan – Kashima Antlers
• Lebanon – Al-Ansar
• Qatar – Al-Arabi
• South Korea – Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
• Iran – Persepolis

•  Croatia – Dinamo Zagreb
•  Czech Republic – Slavia Prague
•  England – Manchester United
•  France – Auxerre
•  Germany – Borussia Dortmund
•  Italy –A.C. Milan
•  Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – AZ
•  Poland – Widzew Łódź
•  Portugal – Porto
•  Spain – Atlético Madrid
•  Turkey – Fenerbahçe
•  Yugoslavia – Partizan

•  Mexico
  • 1995–96 – Necaxa
  • Inverno 1996 – Santos
•  United States
  • Seattle Sounders (APSL)
  • D.C. United (MLS)

•  Argentina
  • Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
  • Apertura – River Plate
•  Bolivia – Bolívar
•  Brazil – Grêmio
•  Chile – Colo-Colo
•  Ecuador – El Nacional
• Paraguay – Cerro Porteño
•  Peru – Sporting Cristal

• African Cup of Nations in South Africa (January 13 – February 3, 1996)
  1.  South Africa
  2.  Tunisia
  3.  Zambia
• UEFA European Football Championship in England (June 8 – 30 1996)
  1.  Germany
  2.  Czech Republic
  3. —
• Baltic Cup in Narva, Estonia (July 7 – 9 1996)
  1.  Lithuania
  2.  Estonia
  3.  Latvia
• Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States (July 20 – August 3, 1996)
  • Men's Tournament
  1.  Nigeria
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Brazil
  • Women's Tournament
  1. United States
  2. PR China
  3. Norway

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• 1 January:
  • Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer
  • Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
  • Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer
• 7 January: Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer
• 10 January: Iván Cifuentes, Spanish footballer^[1]
• 11 January: Leroy Sané, German footballer
• 13 January:
  • Christian Heinrich, German footballer^[2]
  • Emil Łupiński, Polish professional footballer^[3]
• 14 January: Jordi Malela, Belgian professional footballer^[4]
• 15 January: Ebou Adams, Gambian footballer
• 19 January: Niels De Pauw, Belgian footballer^[5]
• 21 January
  • Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
  • Aldo Kalulu, French youth international
  • Cristian Pavón, Argentine international
• 23 January: Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer
• 24 January: Patrik Schick, Czech footballer
• 26 January: Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer
• 28 January: Mohamed Mushimiyimana, Rwandan footballer^[6]

• 2 February:
  • Gulfran Támara, Colombian footballer^[7]
  • Harry Winks, English footballer
• 4 February: Nicolas Eiter, German footballer^[8]
• 8 February: Federico Tabeira, professional Uruguayan footballer^[9]
• 11 February:
  • Vicente Gatica, Chilean footballer^[10]
  • Jonathan Tah, German footballer
  • Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
  • Andrei Trifan, former Moldovan footballer^[11]
• 12 February: Yesin Ben Mohamadi, Dutch footballer^[12]
• 14 February:
  • Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
  • Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 20 February: Nick Zeijlmans, Dutch footballer^[13]
• 28 February: Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

• 3 March: Simone Solinas, Italian footballer^[14]
• 4 March:
  • Timo Baumgartl, German footballer
  • Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
• 6 March: Timo Werner, German footballer
• 7 March: Quentin Martin, French professional footballer^[15]
• 15 March: Levin Öztunalı, German footballer
• 19 March: Birkan Öksüz, Turkish professional footballer^[16]
• 21 March: Klara Grahn, Swedish footballer^[17]
• 24 March: Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer
• 26 March:
  • Brian Koopman, Dutch footballer^[18]
  • Ivan Smetanin, Russian footballer^[19]
• 28 March: Benjamin Pavard, French footballer
• 31 March: Muhammed Conteh, Gambian international footballer^[20]

• 2 April: André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
• 9 April: Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer
• 10 April: Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer
• 11 April: Dele Alli, English footballer
• 15 April: Muhammed Emin Balcılar, Turkish professional footballer^[21]
• 20 April: Ahmed-Tobias Andrä, Austrial footballer^[22]
• 29 April: Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer

• 2 May: Julian Brandt, German footballer
• 3 May: Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
• 5 May: Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• 9 May: Demen Roumen, Dutch footballer^[23]
• 11 May: Andrés Cubas, Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer
• 16 May: Mustapha Njie, Gambian footballer^[24]
• 17 May: Youcef Atal, Algerian footballer
• 26 May: Lukáš Haraslín, Slovak footballer
• 27 May: Tenta Maeda, Japanese footballer
• 30 May: Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer

• 11 June: Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer
• 12 June:
  • Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
  • Daniil Solomakha, Ukrainian amateur footballer^[25]
• 13 June: Kingsley Coman, French footballer
• 14 June: Omar Saint Andre, Mexican footballer^[26]
• 17 June: Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer
• 18 June: Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
• 22 June:
  • Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer
  • Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
• 25 June: Timo Wehrle, German footballer^[27]
• 28 June
  • Demarai Gray, Jamaican footballer
  • Philipp Knechtel, German footballer^[28]
  • Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer
• 29 June
  • Bart Ramselaar, Dutch international footballer
  • Regild Zeneli, Albanian professional footballer^[29]

• 1 July: Diego Di Cecco, Italian footballer^[30]
• 3 July: Kumaahran Sathasivam, Malaysian footballer
• 5 July: Ajdin Hrustic, Australian footballer
• 7 July: Ivan Ljubic, Austrian footballer
• 11 July: Andrija Živković, Serbian footballer
• 12 July: Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
• 18 July:
  • Philippe Fofana Dougou, Ivorian professional footballer^[31]
  • Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer
  • Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer
• 22 July: Indy Groothuizen, Dutch footballer
• 23 July: Leonel Navarrete, Mexican professional footballer^[32]
• 26 July: Thomas Hooyberghs, Belgian professional footballer^[33]

• 7 August: Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
• 12 August: Arthur, Brazilian footballer
• 14 August: Neal Maupay, French footballer
• 18 August: Kyrylo Demidov, Ukrainian footballer^[34]
• 19 August: Almoez Ali, Sudanese-Qatari footballer
• 21 August: Sofyan Amrabat, Dutch-born Moroccan footballer
• 27 August: Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer
• 29 August: Davide Xamin, Italian professional footballer^[35]
• 30 August: Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

• 1 September: Robby Ndefe, Dutch-Angolan professional footballer^[36]
• 5 September: Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
• 9 September: Nadejda Vasilică, Moldovan footballer^[37]
• 16 September: Alexis Blin, French footballer
• 17 September: Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer
• 20 September: Jerome Sinclair, English footballer
• 25 September:
  • Max Christiansen, German footballer
  • Rannick Schoop, Curaçoan professional footballer^[38]
• 27 September:
  • Maxwel Cornet, French-Ivorian footballer
  • Justin Mulder, Dutch footballer^[39]

• 3 October: Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian footballer
• 12 October: Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
• 13 October: Terens Puhiri, Indonesian footballer
• 15 October: Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
• 22 October:
  • Jérémy Houzé, Belgian footballer^[40]
  • Michael Krabler, German footballer
• 26 October: Timotej Královič, Slovak footballer^[41]
• 27 October: Nadiem Amiri, German footballer

• 9 November: Kasey Palmer, English-born Jamaican footballer
• 23 November: James Maddison, English footballer
• 29 November: Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer

• 4 December: Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer
• 8 December: Scott McTominay, Scottish footballer
• 15 December: Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 16 December:
  • Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
  • Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
• 19 December
  • Mouctar Diakhaby, French-born Guinean footballer
  • Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer
• 28 December: Jan Niklas Schommer, German footballer^[42]

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• January 2 – Karl Rappan (90), Austrian footballer and manager

• February 23 – Helmut Schön (80), German footballer and manager

• May 11 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian striker, top scorer at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (73)
• May 16 – Danilo Alvim, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)

• August 2 – Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan midfielder, winner as captain of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, commonly regarded as one of the greatest classic holding midfielders. (78)

• September 17 – Teodoro "Lolo" Fernandez (84), Peruvian footballer

• October 4 – Silvio Piola, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the final. Highest goalscorer in Italian first league history. (83)
• October 30 – Roberto Belangero, Brazilian midfielder, runner-up at the 1957 South American Championship. (68)

• November 7 – Hans Klodt (82), German international footballer
• November 26 – Guido Gratton (64), Italian footballer