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1957 in association football

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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, Sudan.
October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their 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.

Winners club national championship

: River Plate
: R. Antwerp F.C.
: Emelec
: Manchester United
: AS Saint-Etienne
: Vasas SC
: Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
: A.C. Milan
: Ajax Amsterdam
: Olimpia Asunción
: FC Dynamo Moscow
: Real Madrid
: IFK Norrköping
: Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957) 1. 1. 1.
1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957) 1. 1.
1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957) ::
Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957) 1. 1.

Births

January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer
January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
January 19 – Fabrizio Casanova, retired Swiss 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 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer
May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer
May 22 – Jan Endeman, Dutch retired footballer
May 26 – Caryne Selbonne, French footballer
July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian soccer player
September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer
September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer
September 11
- Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
- Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer
September 19 – Zvonko Kalezić, Montenegrin retired football
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
November 17 – Bob Oldridge, English former professional footballer
December 13 – Abdellah Liegeon, Algerian footballer (d. 2025)
December 17 – Robbie Gaffney, Irish footballer

Deaths

January

January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49)

October

October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis)

References

"Fabrizio Casanova". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
"Jan Endeman". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
"Zvonko Kalezić". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
{{Hugman. 14926. Bob Oldridge

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