The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1964 throughout the world.

Events

* The

Estadio Nacional disaster The worst disaster in the history of association football occurred at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru, during a match between Peru national under-23 football team, Peru and Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina on 24 May 1964. ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , 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 ...

claims the lives of 328 fans. * SC Cambuur founded * Copa Libertadores won by Independiente after defeating Nacional on an aggregate score of 1–0. * September 16 – Dutch club DWS from

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

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 Turkey's Fenerbahçe (3–1) in the first round of the European Cup, with two goals from

Frans Geurtsen Frans Geurtsen (17 March 1942 – 12 December 2015) was a Dutch footballer, who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. Club career Geurtsen started his professional career at hometown side Velox, winning promotion t ...

. * September 23 – Fortuna '54 from Sittard makes its

an debut by losing to Italy's

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

(3–1) in the first round of the

Cup Winners Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

. The only goal for the Dutch side is scored by the later coach Spitz Kohn. * 1964 International Soccer League **League:

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a football club based in Sosnowiec, Poland. The club was established in 1906. It won Polish Cup four times (1962, 1963, 1977, 1978), and also was four times Polish runner up (1955, 1964, 1967, 1972). Apart from footbal ...

defeated SV Werder Bremen, 5–0 on aggregate. **Cup:

FK Dukla Prague FK Dukla Prague ( cs, FK Dukla Praha) is a Czech association football club located in the Dejvice area of Prague. It currently plays in the Czech National Football League. The club played in local competitions between 2001 and 2007, when it ga ...

defeated

4–2, on aggregate.

Winners club national championship

Asia

* : Al-Maref

Europe

* :

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

* : AS Saint-Étienne * :

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

* : DWS * : Rangers * : Real Madrid * : Fenerbahçe * : 1. FC Köln

North America

* :

Chivas Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

South America

* : Boca Juniors * : Santos * :

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

* : Club Guaraní

International tournaments

1964 British Home Championship Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

(October 12, 1963 – April 11, 1964) :: Shared by , and * 1964 Taça de Nações (May 30 – June 7, 1964) :: *

1964 AFC Asian Cup The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964. The tournament ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

(May 26 – June 3, 1964) *# *# *# *

UEFA European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

(June 17–21, 1964) *# *# *# *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

(October 11–23, 1964) *# *# *#

Births

* January 8 – José Luis Carranza (Peruvian footballer) * January 24 – Abraham Nava (Mexican footballer) * March 5 – Gerald Vanenburg (Dutch international footballer) * March 17 –

Stefano Borgonovo Stefano Borgonovo (; 17 March 1964 – 27 June 2013) was an Italian footballer and manager, who played as a striker. An opportunistic striker, Borgonovo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and came to prominence while playin ...

(Italian footballer) (d. 2013) * April 17 – Wisdom Mumba Chansa, Zambian footballer (d.

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

) * May 12 – José Casanova Mendoza, Peruvian footballer (d.

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

) * June 22 –

Nico Jalink Nicholaas Jalink (born 22 June 1964) is a Dutch former footballer and football manager. In a career spanning some eighteen years, the midfielder played 480 professional league games, scoring seventy goals. He spent almost a year in England wit ...

(Dutch footballer) * June 30 –

Ryszard Kraus Ryszard Kraus (30 June 1964 – 3 November 2013) was a Polish professional football striker who played for the Poland national football team. Club career Kraus played 5 years for Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze, scoring 16 goals for them in ...

(Polish international footballer) (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

) * July 9 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player and manager (d.

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

) * July 30 –

Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (, born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He ...

(German international footballer and manager) * August 5 – Raimonds Laizāns (Latvian footballer) * August 20 –

Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini (; born 20 August 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his 15-year playing career with A.S. Roma, and was regarded by supporters as a club symbol, before his ...

(Italian footballer) * October 19 – Whiteson Changwe, Zambian international (d.

) * October 25 –

Johan de Kock Johan de Kock (born 25 October 1964) is a Dutch former professional Association football , footballer who played as a centre-back. He earned 13 Cap (sport), caps for the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team, in which he ...

(Dutch footballer) * October 31 – Marco van Basten (Dutch international footballer) * November 11 –

Miguel Sanabria Miguel Ángel Sanabria (born November 11, 1964) is a retired football (soccer) midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football for clubs like Club Olimpia in Paraguay, and also had a spell in Bolivia, playing for Club Bolívar. San ...

(Paraguayan footballer) * November 12 –

Thomas Berthold Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German footballer and manager, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations. Club career Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. His first club wa ...

(German international footballer) * November 24 – Hendrie Krüzen (Dutch footballer) * November 28 ** Ken Charlery, St Lucian international ** Naoto Hori, Japanese club footballer * December 9 – Blas Cristaldo (Paraguayan footballer) * December 13 –

Dieter Eilts Dieter Eilts (born 13 December 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring as a player, he began a managerial career and also worked for SV Werder Bremen as director of the football academy. Play ...

(German international footballer and manager)

Deaths

October

* October 6 –

Pietro Serantoni Pietro Serantoni (; 12 December 1906 – 6 October 1964) was an Italian football midfielder and manager. Club career Born in Venice, Serantoni played for Società Sprotiva Calcio Venezia, Internazionale (1928–1934), Juventus (1934–1936), ...

, Italian midfielder, winner of the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. (57 ;

Brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ...

December

* December 13 –

Pedro Petrone Pedro Petrone Schiavone (11 May 1905 – 13 December 1964) was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the role of striker. His nickname was ''Artillero'', meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his amazing goalscoring prowess. Club caree ...

, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the

1931–32 Serie A The 1931–32 Serie A season was won by Juventus. Teams Fiorentina and Bari had been promoted from Serie B. Final classification Relegation tie-breaker Played in Bologna. Brescia was relegated to Serie B The Serie B (), currently ...

and 1924 Summer Olympics. (59)

References

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