The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2013 throughout the world.
Events
Men's national teams
Senior
* 5 – 18 January:
21st Arabian Gulf Cup in
** (2nd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 18 – 27 January:
2013 Copa Centroamericana in
** (7th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 19 January – 10 February:
2013 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange S.A., Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the Association football, footbal ...
in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 15 – 30 June:
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tourn ...
in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 6 – 20 July:
2013 COSAFA Cup in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 7 – 28 July:
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation.
The competition began on July 7, 2013, at the ...
in the
** (5th title)
**
* 20 – 28 July:
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 20 September – 2 October:
2013 SAFF Championship in
** (1st title)
**
* 26 October – 2 November:
2013 UEMOA Tournament in
** (1st title)
**
* 27 November – 12 December:
2013 CECAFA Cup in
** (6th title)
**
**
** 4th:
Youth
* 9 January – 3 February:
2013 South American Youth Championship in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 18 February – 3 March:
2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was an association football tournament that took place between February 18 and March 3, 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship determined the four CONCACAF teams that would participate at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Wo ...
in
** (12th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 7 – 15 March:
2013 Central American Games in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 16 – 30 March:
2013 African U-20 Championship in
** (4th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 17 – 30 March:
2013 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2013 OFC U-20 Championship was the 19th edition of the OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania ( OFC). The competition was held at two venues in Fiji, from the 21 to 29 March, with the winner qualify ...
in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 6 – 19 April:
2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 2 – 26 April:
2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship in
**
**
**
**4th:
* 13 – 27 April:
2013 African U-17 Championship in
** (1st title)
**
**
**4th:
* 17–25 April:
OFC Under 17 Championship in
** (5th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 5 – 17 May:
2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in
** (3rd title)
**
* 28 May – 8 June:
2013 U-21 Toulon Tournament in
** (7th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 5 – 18 June:
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in
**
**
* 21 June – 13 July:
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...
in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 20 July – 1 August:
2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 17 October – 8 November:
2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the
**
**
**
** 4th:
* 7 December – 21 December:
2013 Southeast Asian Games in
**
**
**
** 4th:
* 1: 2nd title for Russia since the
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...
in 1991. UEFA records treat Russia and the Soviet Union as the same.
Women's national teams
* 6 – 13 March:
2013 Algarve Cup in
** (9th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 25 – 28 June:
2013 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 10 – 28 July:
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for List of women's national association football teams#UEFA, women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament ...
in
** (8th title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 20 – 27 July:
2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup in
** (1st title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 19 – 31 August:
2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in
** (3rd title)
**
** ,
* 26 September – 6 October:
2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in
** (3rd title)
**
**
** 4th:
* 11 – 20 October:
2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2013 is the seventh edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was played from 11 to 20 October 2013. The top three teams (South Korea women's national under-20 football team, Sou ...
in
** (2nd title)
**
**
** 4th:
News
* June 20 –
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired Association football, soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on ...
becomes the all-time leading international goal scorer for either men or women. Her four goals for the
USA in a friendly against
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
in
Harrison, New Jersey bring her career total to 160, surpassing the 158 of fellow American
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm (born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player, two-time Women's Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Haile ...
.
Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).
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* 6 February
* 23–27 March
* 8–12 June
* 21 August
* 7–11 September
* 12–16 October
* 16–20 November
Club continental champions
Men
Women
Domestic leagues
CONCACAF nations
Men
Women
CONMEBOL nations
Men
Women
AFC nations
Men
Women
UEFA nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
OFC nations
Domestic cups
UEFA nations
AFC nations
CONCACAF nations
CONMEBOL nations
Men
Women
CAF nations
Second, third, fourth, and fifth leagues
CONCACAF nations
Deaths
January
* 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
Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak footballer. A winger, he played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals. He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and ...
, Slovak footballer (born 1926)
* 29 January – Reg Jenkins, English footballer (born 1938)
February
* 3 February – Wolfgang Abraham, German footballer (born 1942)
* 3 February – Zlatko Papec
Zlatko Papec (17 January 1934 – 3 February 2013) was a Croatian footballer.
Club career
He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb's Lokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of the Yugoslav First League, and w ...
, 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
Emma McDougall (born Emma Burnley; 6 March 1991 – 20 February 2013) was an English female football winger who played for Blackburn Rovers L.F.C., Blackburn Rovers Ladies. Her married name was Emma Mincher, but she used her maiden name in her p ...
, 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
Dobrivoje Trivić (; 26 October 1943 – 26 February 2013) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
After spending three seasons with Srem in the Yugoslav Second League, Trivić joined Yugoslav ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1943)
* 27 February – Terry Twell, English footballer (born 1947)
* 28 February – Theo Bos
Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional road and track cyclist. An Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion, he is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos.
On 29 November 2021, he announced ...
, Dutch footballer (born 1965)
* 28 February – Jean Van Steen, Belgian footballer (born 1929)
March
* March 1 – Ludwig Zausinger, German footballer (84)
* March 2 – Jimmy Jackson, Scottish footballer (81)
* March 3 – Luis Cubilla
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (28 March 1940 – 3 March 2013) was a Uruguayan professional association football, footballer and manager (association football), manager. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on ...
, 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
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first Wo ...
. (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)
April
* 29 April: Kevin Moore, English footballer (born 1958)
May
* 22 May: Brian Greenhoff, English international footballer (born 1953)
* 24 May: Ron Davies, Welsh international footballer (born 1942)
June
* 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)
July
* 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)
August
* 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)
September
* 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)
October
* 1 October: Peter Broadbent, English international footballer (born 1933)
* 14 October: Bruno Metsu, French footballer (born 1954)
November
* 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
Nílton dos Santos (; 16 May 1925 – 27 November 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who primarily played as a wingback. At international level, he was a member of the Brazil squads that won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups.
Regarded as one of ...
, Brazilian international footballer (born 1925)
December
* 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)
References
External links
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – FIFA.com
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