1987 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1987 throughout the world.

Events[]

• UEFA Champions League: Porto 2 – 1 Bayern Munich in the final at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.
• UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg, IFK Göteborg 1 – 0 Dundee United; 2nd leg, Dundee United 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg wins 2 – 1 on aggregate.
• Cup Winners' Cup: Ajax 1 – 0 Lokomotive Leipzig
• Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg, Ajax 0 – 1 Porto; 2nd leg, Porto 1 – 0 Ajax. Porto won 2 – 0 on aggregate
• England - FA Cup: Coventry won 3-2 (aet) over Tottenham Hotspur
• Copa Libertadores 1987: Won by Peñarol after defeating América de Cali on the final playoff match by a score of 1 – 0.
• 25 July – In second ever FIFA U16 World Championship, the Soviet Union beat the surprise winners of two years ago, Nigeria, on penalties.
• 13 December – Portugal's Porto wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Uruguay's Peñarol in extra-timeby a score of 2 – 1. The winning goal is scored by Rabah Madjer.

Winner club national championships[]

Asia[]

• Qatar:
  • Qatar Stars League – Al-Sadd

Europe[]

• England:
  • First Division – Everton
  • Second Division – Derby County
  • Third Division - AFC Bournemouth
  • Fourth Division - Northampton Town
  • FA Cup – Coventry City
  • League Cup – Arsenal
• France:
  • Division 1 – Bordeaux
• Italy:
  • Serie A and Italian Cup – Napoli
• Netherlands:
  • Eredivisie – PSV
  • KNVB Cup – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – Volendam
• Portugal:
  • Liga and Cup of Portugal – Benfica
• Scotland:
  • Premier Division – Rangers
  • First Division – Morton
  • Second Division – Meadowbank Thistle
  • Scottish Cup – St Mirren
  • Scottish League Cup – Rangers
• Spain:
  • La Liga – Real Madrid
  • Copa del Rey – Real Sociedad
• Turkey:
  • Premier Super League – Galatasaray
  • Turkish Cup – Gençlerbirliği

North America[]

•  Canada – Calgary Kickers (CSL)
•  Mexico – Chivas Guadalajara
•  United States – San Diego Nomads (WSA)

South America[]

• Argentina:
  • Primera División – Rosario Central
• Bolivia:
  • Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – Bolívar
• Chile:
  • Primera División de Chile – Universidad Católica
• Colombia:
  • Fútbol Profesional Colombiano – Millonarios
• Brazil:
  • Brazilian Football Confederation – Sport Recife
  • Copa União – Flamengo
• Paraguay:
  • Liga Paraguaya – Cerro Porteño

International Tournaments[]

• Copa América in Argentina (27 June – 12 July 1987)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Chile
  3.  Colombia
• Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States (9–21 August 1987)
  1.  Brazil
  2.  Chile
  3.  Argentina

National teams[]

 Netherlands[]

Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
21 January	Spain	1 – 1	D	Friendly	Nou Camp, Barcelona
25 March	Greece	1 – 1	D	Euro 1988 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
29 April	Hungary	2 – 0	W	Euro 1988 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
9 September	Belgium	0 – 0	D	Friendly	De Kuip, Rotterdam
14 October	Poland	0 – 2	W	Euro 1988 Qualifier	Górnik Zabrze Stadium, Zabrze
28 October	Cyprus	8 – 0	W	Euro 1988 Qualifier	De Kuip, Rotterdam
9 December	Cyprus	4 – 0	W	Euro 1988 Qualifier	Stadion De Meer, Amsterdam
16 December	Greece	0 – 3	W	Euro 1988 Qualifier	Diagoras Stadium, Rhodes

Births[]

• January 4
  • Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
  • Danny Simpson, English footballer
• January 7 – Jimmy Smith, English footballer
• January 10 – Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
• January 12 – Andrey Buyvolov, Russian footballer
• January 24 — Wayne Hennessey, Welsh international footballer
• January 28 — Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
• February 14
  • Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
  • José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
• February 27
  • Scott Davies, English footballer
  • Sandy Paillot, French footballer
  • Maximiliano Moralez, Argentinian footballer
• March 13 – Andreas Beck, German international footballer
• March 31
  • Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
  • Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
  • Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
  • Justin Braun, American soccer player
  • Carl Dickinson, English footballer
  • Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
  • Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
• April 9 – Blaise Matuidi, French international footballer
• April 16 — Aaron Lennon, English international footballer
• April 22 — Mikel John Obi, Nigerian international footballer
• May 4 — Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish international footballer
• June 12 — Antonio Barragán, Spanish and Galician footballer
• June 24
  • Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer
  • Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
  • Josh Lillis, English footballer
  • Lionel Messi, Argentine international footballer
• June 26 — Samir Nasri, French international footballer
• July 2 — Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
• July 25 — Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer
• July 28
  • Yasser Corona, Mexican defender
  • Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian international
  • Pedro, Spanish footballer
• August 19 – Richard Stearman, English footballer
• August 24
  • Masaki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
  • Ri Jun-il, North Korean football player
• September 9 — Abel Dhaira, Ugandan international footballer (died 2016)
• October 1 — Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
• October 7 — James McArthur, Scottish international footballer
• October 11 — Timo Furuholm, Finnish international footballer
• December 9 — Karim Benzema, French international footballer

Deaths[]

February[]

• February 2 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian goalkeeper, winner of the 1958 FIFA World Cup and 1962 FIFA World Cup. (59)

May[]

• May - Syd Hartley, English professional association football player (born 1914)
• May 23 - Ernst Nagelschmitz, German footballer (born 1902)

October[]

• October 23 – Alejandro Scopelli, Argentine/Italian striker, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (79)

References[]

• (in English) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• (in Dutch) VoetbalStats