1981 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1981 throughout the world.

Events[]

  • 1981 Copa Libertadores: Won by Flamengo after defeating Cobreloa on the playoff match 2–0.
  • 1980–81 European Cup: Won by Liverpool FC after defeating Real Madrid in final match 1–0.
  • World Club Championship: Won by Flamengo after defeating Liverpool FC on a single match 3–0.
  • March 25 – Kees Rijvers makes his debut as the manager of Dutch national team with a 1–0 win in the World Cup Qualifier against France. One player makes his debut for the Dutch: defender Edo Ophof from Ajax Amsterdam.
  • September 1 – Dutch striker Wim Kieft makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team in the friendly against Switzerland. It's the 400th game in the history of the Dutch national team.

Winners club national championship[]

Asia[]

  • Qatar Qatar – Al-Sadd SC

Europe[]

  •  Albania – KF Partizani Tirana
  •  Austria – Austria Wien
  •  Belgium – R.S.C. Anderlecht
  •  Bulgaria – CSKA Sofia
  •  Cyprus – AC Omonoia
  •  Czechoslovakia – Baník Ostrava
  •  Denmark – Hvidovre IF
  •  East Germany – Dynamo Berlin
  •  England – Aston Villa
  •  Faroe Islands – HB Torshavn
  •  Finland – HJK Helsinki
  •  France – AS Saint-Étienne
  •  Greece – Olympiacos F.C.
  •  Hungary – Ferencváros
  •  Iceland – Vikingur
  •  Ireland – Athlone Town A.F.C.
  •  Italy – Juventus
  •  Luxembourg – Progrès Niedercorn
  •  Malta – Hibernians F.C.
  •  Netherlands
  •  Northern Ireland – Glentoran F.C.
  •  Norway – Vålerenga IF
  •  Poland – Widzew Łódź
  •  Portugal – Benfica
  •  Romania – Universitatea Craiova
  •  Scotland – Celtic F.C.
  •  Spain – Real Sociedad
  •  Sweden – Östers IF
  •   Switzerland – FC Zürich
  •  Turkey – Trabzonspor
  •  Soviet Union – FC Dynamo Kiev
  •  West Germany – Bayern Munich
  •  Yugoslavia – Red Star Belgrade

North America[]

  •  Mexico – UNAM
  •  United States /  Canada –
    • Chicago Sting (NASL)

Oceania[]

South America[]

International tournaments[]

  • Mundialito in Montevideo, Uruguay (December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981)
    1.  Uruguay
    2.  Brazil
  • 1981 British Home Championship (May 16–23, 1981)
Abandoned following severe civil unrest in Northern Ireland.

National teams[]

 Netherlands[]

Date Opponent Final Score Result Competition Venue
January 6  Italy 1–1 D Mundialito Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
February 22  Cyprus 3–0 W World Cup Qualifier Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen
March 25  France 1–0 W World Cup Qualifier De Kuip, Rotterdam
April 29  Cyprus 0–1 W World Cup Qualifier Makario Stadium, Nicosia
March 26   Switzerland 2–1 L Friendly Hardturm, Zürich
September 9  Republic of Ireland 2–2 D World Cup Qualifier De Kuip, Rotterdam
October 14  Belgium 3–0 W World Cup Qualifier De Kuip, Rotterdam
November 18  France 2–0 L World Cup Qualifier Parc des Princes, Paris

Movies[]

  • Escape to Victory

Births[]

  • January 1 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian international[1]
  • January 2
  • January 9 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish international
  • January 10 – James Coppinger, English club footballer
  • January 15 – El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese international
  • January 19 – Lucho González, Argentine international
  • January 20 – Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
  • January 21
    • Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
    • Roberto Guana Italian footballer
    • Mohd Amri Yahyah, Malaysian international
  • January 30
    • Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer[2]
    • Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer
    • Peter Crouch, English footballer
  • February 13
    • Durahim Jamaluddin, Malaysian international (d. 2018)
    • Liam Miller, Irish international (d. 2018)
  • February 18 – Ivan Sproule, Northern Ireland international
  • February 23 – Gareth Barry, English footballer
  • February 24
    • Felipe Baloy, Panamanian international
    • Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
  • February 25 – Park Ji Sung, South Korea footballer
  • March 10 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian international[3]
  • March 16 – Johannes Aigner, Austrian footballer
  • March 27 – Terry McFlynn, British footballer
  • March 29 – Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
  • April 9 – Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish international
  • April 12 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer
  • April 29 – George McCartney, Northern Ireland international
  • May 8 – Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
  • May 15 – Patrice Evra, Senegalese-born French international
  • May 27 – Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
  • June 4 – Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek international[4]
  • June 10 – Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
  • June 21 – İbrahim Öztürk, Turkish club footballer
  • June 22
  • June 23 – Björn Schlicke, German youth international
  • June 27
  • July 10 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian international
  • July 14 – Khaled Aziz, Saudi Arabian midfielder
  • July 19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian club footballer
  • July 20 – Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
  • July 28 – Michael Carrick, English footballer
  • August 4 – Hadson da Silva Nery, Brazilian midfielder
  • August 10 – Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • September 11 – Victor Kros, Dutch footballer
  • September 22 – Alma Martinéz, Mexican female footballer
  • October 3 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
  • October 3 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish football goalkeeper
  • October 6 – Mikael Dorsin, Swedish footballer
  • October 8 – Chris Killen, New Zealand international[5]
  • October 9 – Ryoichi Maeda, Japanese international[6]
  • October 12  - Shola Ameobi, Nigerian internaional
  • October 23 – Olivier Occéan, Canadian international
  • October 28 – Milan Baroš, Czech footballer[7]
  • November 8 – Joe Cole, English footballer
  • November 20
  • November 21 – Martin van Leeuwen, Dutch footballer
  • November 22 – Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish international
  • November 25 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish international
  • December 3 – David Villa, Spanish footballer[8]
  • December 3 – Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
  • December 20 – Leo Bertos, New Zealand international[9]
  • December 21 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian international defender
  • December 28 – Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer

Deaths[]

May[]

June[]

  • June 21 – Alberto Suppici, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup as manager. (82)

September[]

  • September 22 – Néstor Carballo, Uruguayan international footballer (born 1929)

October[]

November[]

  • November 3 – Eraldo Monzeglio, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. (75)

December[]

  • December 4 – Zoilo Saldombide, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)

References[]

  1. ^ "Petrić, Mladen". National Football Teams. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Dimitar Berbatov: factfile – Manchester United". Manchester Evening News. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
  3. ^ Samuel Eto'o – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ 1981 in association football – UEFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ 1981 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ 1981 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ 1981 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
  8. ^ 1981 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ^ 1981 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
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