Overview of the events of 2013 in association football
The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2013 throughout the world.
Men's national teams[ edit ]
Women's national teams[ edit ]
Fixed dates for national team matches [ edit ]
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).[2]
6 February
23–27 March
8–12 June
21 August
7–11 September
12–16 October
16–20 November
Club continental champions [ edit ]
^ This was the first season of a unified Belgium–Netherlands women's league. Twente won one title in the former Dutch top league, the Eredivisie , in 2010–11 .
^ Includes only championships won since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Sparta also won 12 Czechoslovak national championships.
^ Includes championships won under the club's former identity of FC Malmö Dam.
^ Not to be confused with Cardiff City Ladies F.C. , another club affiliated with Cardiff City F.C. that plays in the English women's football league system.
1 January – Lucio Dell'Angelo , Italian footballer (born 1938)
2 January – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz , Uruguayan footballer (born 1945)
2 January – Rudolf Szanwald , Austrian footballer (born 1931)
4 January – Lassaâd Ouertani , Tunisian footballer (born 1980)
6 January – Jon Ander López , Spanish footballer (born 1976)
8 January – Bernard Delcampe , French footballer (born 1932)
8 January – Cornel Pavlovici , Romanian footballer (born 1942)
12 January – Harry Fearnley , English footballer (born 1935)
12 January – Roy Sinclair , English footballer (born 1944)
13 January – Geoff Thomas , English footballer (born 1948)
15 January – Zurab Popkhadze , Georgian footballer (born 1972)
18 January – Martin Barbarič , Czech footballer (born 1970)
18 January – Ken Jones , English footballer (born 1936)
18 January – Alfons Lemmens , Dutch footballer (born 1919)
19 January – Ian Wells , English footballer (born 1964)
22 January – Jimmy Payne , English footballer (born 1926)
23 January – Jacques Grimonpon , French footballer (born 1925)
24 January – Dave Harper , English footballer (born 1938)
24 January – Miroslav Janů , Czech footballer (born 1959)
28 January – Ladislav Pavlovič , Slovak footballer (born 1926)
29 January – Reg Jenkins , English footballer (born 1938)
3 February – Wolfgang Abraham , German footballer (born 1942)
3 February – Zlatko Papec , Croatian footballer (born 1934)
8 February – Ron Hansell , English footballer (born 1930)
8 February – Kjell Hjertsson , Swedish footballer (born 1922)
8 February – Ian Lister , Scottish footballer (born 1946)
11 February – Teodor Lucuță , Romanian footballer (born 1955)
11 February – Alfred Zijai , Albanian footballer (born 1961)
12 February – Jimmy Mulroy , Irish Gaelic footballer (born 1940)
12 February – Frank Seator , Liberian striker (born 1975)
14 February – Luis Cruzado , Peruvian football midfielder (born 1941)
14 February – Zdeněk Zikán , Czech footballer (born 1937)
18 February – Okey Isima , Nigerian footballer (born 1956)
19 February – John Downie , Scottish footballer (born 1925)
20 February – Emma McDougall , English footballer (born 1991)
20 February – Antonio Roma , Argentine footballer (born 1932)
20 February – Yussef Suleiman , Syrian footballer (born 1986)
21 February – Nazem Ganjapour , Iranian footballer (born 1943)
21 February – Hasse Jeppson , English footballer (born 1925)
21 February – Dick Neal Jr. , English footballer (born 1933)
24 February – Seamus O'Connell , English footballer (born 1930)
26 February – Dobrivoje Trivić , Serbian footballer (born 1943)
27 February – Terry Twell , English footballer (born 1947)
28 February – Theo Bos , Dutch footballer (born 1965)
28 February – Jean Van Steen , Belgian footballer (born 1929)
March 1 – Ludwig Zausinger , German footballer (84)
March 2 – Jimmy Jackson , Scottish footballer (81)
March 3 – Luis Cubilla , Uruguayan footballer (72)
March 4 – Seki Matsunaga , Japanese footballer (84)
March 4 – George Petherbridge , English footballer (85)
March 6 – Dave Bewley , English footballer (92)
March 7 – Dick Graham , English footballer (91)
March 7 – Stan Keery , English footballer (81)
March 7 – Willie McCulloch , Scottish footballer (85)
March 7 – Jan Zwartkruis , Dutch footballer (87)
March 8 – Kai Pahlman , Finnish footballer (77)
March 12 – Gordon Pembery , Welsh footballer (86)
March 14 – Harry Thomson , Scottish footballer (72)
March 15 – Felipe Zetter , Mexican footballer (89)
March 17 – François Sermon , Belgian footballer (89)
March 20 – Vasile Ianul , Romanian footballer (67)
March 21 – Angus Carmichael , Scottish footballer (87)
March 21 – Aníbal Paz , Uruguayan goalkeeper, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup . (95)
March 22 – Fred Jones , English footballer (75)
March 24 – Derek Leaver , English footballer (82)
March 24 – Paolo Ponzo , Italian footballer (41)
March 26 – Jerzy Wyrobek , Polish footballer (63)
March 31 – Ray Drake , English footballer (78)
22 May: Brian Greenhoff , English international footballer (born 1953)
24 May: Ron Davies , Welsh international footballer (born 1942)
15 June: Heinz Flohe , German international footballer (born 1948)
16 June: Ottmar Walter , German international footballer (born 1924)
27 June: Stefano Borgonovo , Italian international footballer (born 1964)
30 June: Ingvar Rydell , Swedish international footballer (born 1922)
1 July: Bent Schmidt-Hansen , Danish footballer (born 1946)
1 July: Ján Zlocha , Slovak footballer (born 1942)
4 July: Jack Crompton , English footballer (born 1921)
8 July: Albert Dehert , Belgian footballer (born 1921)
8 July: Dave Hickson , English footballer (born 1929)
9 July: Andrzej Czyżniewski , Polish footballer (born 1953)
14 July: George Smith , English footballer (born 1921)
17 July: Luis Ubiña , Uruguayan footballer (born 1940)
18 July: Anatoly Budayev , Belarusian footballer (born 1969)
19 July: Bert Trautmann , German footballer (born 1923)
19 July: Phil Woosnam , Welsh footballer (born 1932)
20 July: André Grobéty , Swiss footballer (born 1933)
22 July: Lawrie Reilly , Scottish international footballer (born 1928)
23 July: Djalma Santos , Brazilian international footballer (born 1929)
27 July: Sékou Camara , Malian footballer (born 1985)
29 July: Christian Benítez , Ecuadorian international footballer (born 1986)
30 July: Antoni Ramallets , Spanish footballer (born 1924)
1 August: Collin McAdam , Scottish footballer (born 1951)
1 August: Ritham Madubun , Indonesian footballer (born 1971)
2 August: Kurt Ehrmann , German international footballer (born 1922)
3 August: Jack Hynes , Scottish footballer (born 1920)
4 August: Wilf Carter , English footballer (born 1933)
5 August: Malcolm Barrass , English footballer (born 1924)
6 August: Steve Aizlewood , Welsh footballer (born 1952)
6 August: Dave Wagstaffe , English footballer (born 1943)
6 August: Selçuk Yula , Turkish footballer (born 1959)
7 August: Keith Skillen , English footballer (born 1948)
8 August: Chikondi Banda Malawian footballer (born 1979)
8 August: Johnny Hamilton , Scottish footballer (born 1935)
11 August: Bob Bignall , Australian footballer (born 1922)
13 August: Alfonso Lara , Chilean footballer (born 1946)
13 August: Jean Vincent , French footballer (born 1930)
16 August: John Ryden , Scottish footballer (born 1931)
16 August: Francesco Scaratti , Italian footballer (born 1939)
19 August: Reha Eken , Turkish footballer (born 1925)
20 August: Costică Ștefănescu , Romanian footballer (born 1951)
20 August: Fred Martin , Scottish footballer (born 1929)
22 August: Andrea Servi , Italian footballer (born 1984)
24 August: Newton de Sordi , Brazilian international footballer (born 1931)
25 August: Gylmar dos Santos Neves , Brazilian international footballer (born 1930)
27 August: Zoltán Kovács , Hungarian footballer (born 1986)
27 August: Héctor Sanabria , Argentine footballer (born 1985)
28 August: László Gyetvai , Hungarian footballer (born 1918)
28 August: Francis Kajiya , Zambian footballer (born 1954)
28 August: Barry Stobart , English footballer (born 1938)
29 August: Artan Bushati , Albanian football coach (born 1963)
1 September: Pál Csernai , Hungarian footballer and international coach (born 1932)
1 September: Ignacio Eizaguirre , Spanish international footballer (born 1920)
4 September: Ferdinand Biwersi , German referee (born 1934)
7 September: Wolfgang Frank , German footballer and manager (born 1951)
7 September: Marek Špilár , Slovakian international footballer (born 1975)
11 September: Fernand Boone , Belgian international footballer (born 1934)
19 September: Gerrie Mühren , Dutch international footballer (born 1946)
23 September: Vlatko Marković , Yugoslavian international footballer (born 1937)
3 November: Ryszard Kraus Polish international footballer (born 1964)
5 November: Stuart Williams Welsh international footballer (born 1930)
12 November: Erik Dyreborg , Danish footballer (born 1940)
14 November: Bennett Masinga , South African international footballer (born 1965)
16 November: Arne Pedersen , Norwegian international footballer (born 1931)
24 November: Amedeo Amadei , Italian international footballer and manager (born 1921)
25 November: Bill Foulkes , English international footballer and manager (born 1932)
27 November: Nílton Santos , Brazilian international footballer (born 1925)
2 December: Pedro Rocha , Uruguayan international footballer (born 1942)
18 December: Büyük Jeddikar , Iranian international footballer (born 1929)
24 December: Serghei Stroenco , Moldovan international footballer (born 1967)
29 December: Ilya Tsymbalar , Ukrainian and Russian international footballer (born 1969)
30 December: Akeem Adams , Trinidadian international footballer (born 1991)
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