1957 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan.

• October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat there deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7-1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

• November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup.

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Argentina: River Plate
• Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
• Ecuador: Emelec
• England: Manchester United
• Hungary: Vasas SC
• Italy: A.C. Milan
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Spain: Real Madrid
• Sweden: IFK Norrköping
• West-Germany: Borussia Dortmund

[edit] International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16, 1957)

1.  Egypt
2.  Ethiopia
3.  Sudan

• 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)

 England

[edit] Births

• January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
• February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager
• February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager
• March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer
• May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer
• July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian footballer
• September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer
• September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 11 – Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer
• September 11 – Preben Elkjær Larsen, Danish footballer
• September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
• October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
• October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
• October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager

[edit] Deaths