The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world.
Events
* February 8 – The
Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
,
Sudan.
* October 19 – Scottish club
Celtic F.C.
The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...
beat their deadliest rivals
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fou ...
7–1 in the
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...
final at
Hampden Park in Glasgow.
* November 20 – Dutch club
Ajax Amsterdam makes its
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
an debut by defeating DDR's
SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the
European Cup.
Winners club national championship
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River Plate
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R. Antwerp F.C.
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Emelec
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Manchester United
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AS Saint-Etienne
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Art, entertainment, and media
* A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer
* "As" (song), by Stevie Wonder
* , a Spanish sports newspaper
* , an academic male voice ...
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Vasas SC Vasas may refer to:
* Vasas SC, Hungarian sports club
*Győri Vasas, former name of Hungarian sports club Győri ETO (1950-65)
*Mihály Vasas (born 1933), Hungarian footballer and manager
*Zoltán Vasas
Zoltán Vasas (born 5 November 1977) is ...
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Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
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A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...
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Ajax Amsterdam
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Olimpia Asunción
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FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...
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Real Madrid
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IFK Norrköping
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...
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Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...
International tournaments
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African Cup of Nations in
Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957)
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1957 South American Championship
The South American Championship 1957 was a football tournament held in Peru and won by Argentina with Brazil as runners-up. Bolivia, and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament.
Humberto Maschio from Argentina and Javier Ambrois from Uruguay beca ...
in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
(March 7 – April 6, 1957)
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1957 British Home Championship
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
(October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957)
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Copa Julio Argentino Roca in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
(July 7 – 10 1957)
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Births
* January 5 –
Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
* January 11 –
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club captain before moving to Manchester United in ...
, English footballer and manager
* February 1 –
Walter Schachner
Walter "Schoko" Schachner (born 1 February 1957) is a football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He made 64 appearances scoring 23 goals for the Austria national team.
As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was ...
, Austrian footballer and manager
* February 9 –
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan ( born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Co ...
, Scottish footballer and manager
* February 28 –
Jan Ceulemans
Jan Anna Gumaar Ceulemans (; born 28 February 1957) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A prolific goalscorer, Ceulemans was known for his stamina, aerial ability and technique. He was also known ...
, Belgian footballer and manager
* March 12 –
Patrick Battiston, French footballer
* May 5 –
Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
* 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
Preben Elkjær Larsen (; born 11 September 1957) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Amongst others, he played with Hellas Verona in Italy, helping the club to the only major title of its history, the 1985 Serie ...
, Danish footballer
* September 26 –
Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
* October 8 –
Antonio Cabrini
Antonio Cabrini (; born 8 October 1957) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player. He played left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team. Cabrini was nicknamed ''Bell'Antoni ...
, Italian footballer
* October 25 –
Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer
* October 27 –
Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
Deaths
January
* January 18 –
Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)
October
* October 5 –
José Leandro Andrade
José Leandro Andrade (22 November 1901 – 5 October 1957) was an Uruguayan footballer who played at wing-half. He was nicknamed "The Black Marvel" (''maravilla negra''). During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest footballers in the ...
, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup. (55,
Tuberculosis
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