January • 1 January –
Moruca, Spanish footballer (b. 1932) • 2 January –
Viktor Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1931) • 3 January –
Enzo Benedetti, Italian footballer (b. 1931) • 4 January •
Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (b. 1937) •
Paul Went, English footballer (b. 1949) • 5 January •
Graham Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1943) •
Harry Taylor, English footballer (b. 1935) • 6 January –
Yaron Ben-Dov, Israeli footballer (b. 1970) • 7 January –
Laurie Topp, English international footballer (b. 1923) • 8 January –
Zacharie Noah, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1937) • 9 January –
Roberto Cabañas, Paraguayan international footballer (b. 1961) • 10 January –
Achmad Kurniawan, Indonesian footballer (b. 1979) • 11 January –
François Van der Elst, Belgian international footballer (b. 1954) • 12 January –
Graham Taylor, English footballer (b. 1944) • 15 January –
Kozo Kinomoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1949) • 16 January –
Amin Nasir, Singaporean footballer (b. 1968) • 19 January •
Ger van Mourik, Dutch footballer (b. 1931) •
Giovanni Vastola, Italian footballer (born 1938) • 21 January •
Marc Baecke, Belgian footballer (born 1956) •
Dave Shipperley, English footballer (born 1952) • 24 January •
Fred André, Dutch footballer (born 1941) •
Carlos Verdejo, Chilean footballer (born 1934) • 25 January –
Ivan Pritargov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1952) • 26 January •
Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer (born 1927) •
Miikka Toivola, Finnish footballer (born 1949) •
Michael Tönnies, German footballer (born 1959) • 27 January •
Wim Anderiesen Jr., Dutch footballer (born 1931) •
Tatiana Repeikina, Russian footballer (born 1973). •
Billy Simpson, Northern Irish footballer (born 1929) • 29 January •
Ruslan Barburoș, Moldovan footballer (born 1978) •
Pat Corr, Northern Irish footballer (born 1927) •
Willy Fossli, Norwegian footballer (born 1931)
February • 1 February •
Constantin Dinulescu, Romanian footballer (born 1931) •
Cor van der Hoeven, Dutch footballer (born 1921) • 2 February •
Shunichiro Okano, Japanese international footballer, coach, and President of
Japan Football Association (born 1931) •
Miltos Papapostolou, Greek footballer (born 1936) • 4 February –
Hans van der Hoek, Dutch international footballer (born 1933) • 8 February –
Viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer (born 1959) • 9 February –
Piet Keizer, Dutch international footballer (born 1943) • 11 February –
Juan Ulloa, Costa Rican footballer (born 1935) • 12 February •
Sam Arday, Ghanaian football manager (born 1945) •
Bobby Murdoch, English footballer (born 1936) • 14 February –
Ríkharður Jónsson, Icelandic international footballer (born 1929) • 15 February •
Manfred Kaiser, East-German international footballer (born 1929) •
Roy Proverbs, English footballer (born 1932) • 16 February –
Bengt Gustavsson, Swedish international footballer and manager (born 1928) • 18 February •
Roger Hynd, Scottish footballer (born 1942) •
Henk Nienhuis, Dutch footballer (born 1941) • 19 February •
Shibaji Banerjee, Indian footballer •
Paul McCarthy, Irish footballer (born 1971) •
Roman Zhuravskyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1948) • 25 February –
Bobby Lumley, English footballer (born 1933) • 27 February •
Marcel De Corte, Belgian footballer (born 1929) •
Zvjezdan Cvetković, Yugoslavian international footballer und Croatian Serb manager (born 1960) •
Alex Young, Scottish international footballer (born 1937)
March • 2 March •
Tarcisio Catanese, Italian footballer (born 1967) •
Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician,
Burgemeester of
Liège (1976–1991). •
Tommy Gemmell, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1943) • 3 March –
Raymond Kopa, French international footballer (born 1931) • 4 March –
Alberto Villalta, Salvadorian footballer (born 1947) • 6 March –
Marek Ostrowski, Polish international footballer (born 1959) • 7 March –
Juan Carlos Touriño, Spanish international footballer (born 1944) • 12 March –
Dave Taylor, English footballer (born 1940) • 13 March –
Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese footballer (born 1931) • 14 March •
Paul Bowles English footballer (born 1957) •
Jim McAnearney, English footballer (born 1935) • 16 March –
Arne Høivik, Norwegian international footballer (born 1932) • 19 March –
Ryan McBride, Northern Irish footballer (born 1989) • 22 March •
Ken Currie, Scottish footballer (born 1925) •
Ronnie Moran, English footballer (born 1934) • 24 March –
Wolfgang Solz, German international footballer (born 1940) • 25 March –
Asbjørn Hansen, Norwegian footballer (born 1930) • 26 March –
Vladimir Kazachyonok, Soviet international footballer and Russian coach (born 1952) • 27 March •
Romolo Bizzotto, Italian footballer (born 1925) •
Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer (born 1939)
April • 1 April –
Stuart Markland, Scottish footballer (born 1948) • 4 April –
Karl Stotz, Austrian international footballer and manager (born 1927) • 10 April –
Fred Furniss, English footballer (born 1922) • 15 April –
Amílcar Henríquez, Panamaian international footballer (born 1983) • 16 April –
Spartaco Landini, Italian footballer (born 1944) • 18 April –
Mihalj Mesaroš, Serbian footballer (born 1935) • 20 April –
Roberto Ferreiro, Argentine international footballer and manager (born 1935) • 21 April –
Ugo Ehiogu, English international footballer and coach (born 1972) • 23 April –
František Rajtoral, Czech international footballer (born 1986) • 26 April –
Moïse Brou Apanga, Gabonese international footballer (born 1982) • 27 April –
Nikolai Arefyev, Russian footballer (born 1979)
May • 2 May –
Cammy Duncan, Scottish footballer (born 1965) • 6 May •
Tony Conwell, English footballer (born 1932) •
Peter Noble, English footballer (born 1944) • 7 May:
Eduard Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer (born 1995) • 8 May:
Ulugbek Ruzimov, Uzbekistani footballer (born 1968) • 13 May: •
Yanko Daucik, Czech footballer (born 1941) •
Rachid Natouri, Algerian footballer (born 1946) • 16 May:
Ronnie Cocks, Maltese footballer (born 1943) • 17 May: •
Raúl Córdoba, Mexican international footballer (born 1924) •
Todor Veselinović, Serbian footballer (born 1930) • 18 May: •
Volodymyr Dudarenko, Soviet footballer (born 1946) •
Eric Stevenson, Scottish footballer (born 1942) • 19 May: •
David Bystroň, Czech footballer (born 1982) •
Corbett Cresswell, English footballer (born 1932) •
Tommy Ross, Scottish footballer (born 1946) • 20 May: •
Recep Adanır, Turkish footballer (born 1929) •
Noel Kinsey, Welsh footballer (born 1925) • 22 May:
Oscar Fulloné, Argentine footballer (born 1939) • 25 May:
Emili Vicente, Spanish footballer (born 1965) • 27 May:
Ludwig Preis, German football coach (born 1971) • 30 May: •
Dibyo Previan Caesario, Indonesian footballer (born 1992) •
Robert Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
June • 5 June: •
Marcos Coll, Colombian footballer (born 1935) •
Giuliano Sarti, Italian international footballer (born 1933) •
Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986) • 7 June:
Ernie Edds, English footballer (born 1926) • 8 June: •
Václav Halama, Czech footballer (born 1940) •
Sergo Kutivadze, Georgian footballer (born 1944) •
Jan Notermans, Dutch footballer (born 1932) • 12 June: •
Pessalli, Brazilian footballer (born 1990) •
Karl-Heinz Weigang, German footballer (born 1935) • 14 June:
Jacques Foix, French international footballer (born 1930) • 16 June: •
Edzai Kasinauyo, Zimbabwean footballer (born 1975) •
Günter Siebert, German footballer (born 1930) • 18 June:
Albert Franks, English footballer (born 1936) • 20 June:
Frode Larsen, Norwegian footballer (born 1949) • 21 June:
Kelechi Emeteole, Nigerian footballer (born 1951) • 23 June:
Tonny van der Linden, Dutch footballer (born 1932) • 25 June:
José Manuel Mourinho Félix, Portuguese footballer (born 1938) • 27 June:
Stéphane Paille, French footballer (born 1965) • 28 June:
John Higgins, Scottish footballer (born 1930) • 30 June:
László Kovács, Hungarian footballer (born 1951)
July • 1 July: •
Ibra Agbo, Equatoguinean footballer (born 1987) •
Ayan Sadakov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1961) • 2 July: •
Billy Cook, Australian footballer (born 1940) •
John McCormick, Scottish footballer (born 1936) • 4 July:
Ntuthuko Radebe, South African footballer (born 1994) • 5 July:
John McKenzie, Scottish footballer (born 1925) • 6 July: •
Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager (born 1935) •
Ken Wimshurst, English footballer (born 1938) • 7 July: •
Ray Barnard, English footballer (born 1933) •
Johnson Kendrick, Brazilian footballer (born 1992) •
Tony Moore, English footballer (born 1947) • 8 July:
Roy Richards, Vincentian footballer (born 1983) • 10 July:
Eugène Koffi Kouamé, Ivorian footballer (born 1988) • 11 July:
Gert Trinklein, German footballer (born 1949) • 14 July:
Bert Hill, English footballer (1930) • 15 July: •
Josef Hamerl, Austrian footballer (born 1931) •
Davie Laing, Scottish footballer (born 1925) • 19 July:
Joe Walters, Scottish footballer (born 1935) • 22 July:
Marcel Kunz, Swiss footballer (born 1943) • 23 July:
Waldir Peres, Brazilian footballer (born 1951) • 26 July: •
Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, Brazilian footballer (born 1975) •
Jimmy White, English footballer (born 1942) • 27 July: •
Perivaldo Dantas, Brazilian footballer (born 1953) •
Abdelmajid Dolmy, Moroccan footballer (born 1953) •
Valeri Maslov, Russian footballer (born 1940) •
Ovidio Messa, Bolivian footballer (born 1952) •
Manfred Rummel, German footballer (born 1938)
August • 2 August: •
Dave Caldwell, Scottish footballer (born 1932) •
Ely Tacchella, Swiss footballer (born 1936) • 5 August:
Joe Cilia, Maltese footballer (born 1937) • 7 August:
Tor Røste Fossen, Norwegian footballer (born 1940) • 9 August:
Beethoven Javier, Uruguayan footballer (born 1940) • 10 August: •
Miroslav Ćurčić, Serbian footballer (born 1962) •
Alois Eisenträger, German footballer (born 1927) • 15 August:
Joe McGurn, Scottish footballer (born 1965) • 16 August:
John Ogston, Scottish footballer (born 1939) • 18 August:
Pertti Alaja, Finnish footballer (born 1952) • 21 August:
Bill Green, English footballer (born 1950) • 23 August:
Engelbert Jarek, Polish footballer (born 1935) • 24 August:
Alan Boswell, English footballer (born 1943) • 26 August:
Dave Bumpstead, English footballer (born 1935) • 30 August:
Elmer Acevedo, Salvadoran footballer (born 1949)
September • 3 September:
Piet Ouderland, Dutch footballer (born 1933) • 6 September:
Nicolae Lupescu, Romanian footballer (born 1940) • 8 September:
Humberto Rosa, Argentine-Italian footballer (born 1932) • 12 September:
Bert McCann, Scottish footballer (born 1932) • 13 September:
Derek Wilkinson, English footballer (born 1935) • 14 September:
Wim Huis, Dutch footballer (born 1927) • 17 September:
Eugenio Bersellini, Italian footballer (born 1936) • 18 September: •
Jean Plaskie, Belgian international footballer (born 1941) •
Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian-Russian footballer (born 1937) •
Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer (born 1950) • 22 September:
John Worsdale, English footballer (born 1948) • 26 September:
Richard Boucher, French footballer (born 1932) • 28 September: •
Aleksey Arifullin, Russian footballer (born 1970) •
Željko Perušić, Croatian footballer (born 1936) • 29 September:
Rolf Herings, German football coach (born 1940) • 30 September:
Gunnar Thoresen, Norwegian footballer (born 1920)
October • 1 October:
Olivier Baudry, French footballer (born 1973) • 2 October:
Patrocinio Samudio, Paraguayan footballer (born 1975) • 3 October:
Les Mutrie, English footballer (born 1951) • 5 October:
Georges Griffiths, Ivorian footballer (born 1990) • 6 October:
Roberto Anzolin, Italian footballer (born 1938) • 7 October:
Konstantin Sarsania, Russian footballer, manager and agent (born 1968) • 8 October: •
Michel Fernando Costa, Brazilian footballer (born 1981) •
Mlondi Dlamini, South African footballer (born 1997) • 9 October: •
Jimmy Reid, Scottish footballer (born 1935) •
József Tóth, Hungarian footballer (born 1929) • 11 October:
Dick Hewitt, English footballer (born 1943) • 13 October:
Pierre Hanon, Belgian footballer (born 1936) • 15 October:
Choirul Huda, Indonesian footballer (born 1979) • 17 October:
Giuseppe Massa, Italian footballer (born 1948) • 19 October:
Brian Riley, English footballer (born 1937) • 24 October:
Ebrahim Ashtiani, Iranian footballer (born 1942) • 27 October:
Abdoulaye Soulama, Burkinabé footballer (born 1979) • 28 October: • Viktor Karachun, Russian footballer (born 1959) •
Manuel Sanchís, Spanish footballer (born 1938) • 30 October:
Eugène Parlier, Swiss footballer (born 1929) • 31 October: •
Stefano Salvatori, Italian footballer (born 1967) •
Abubakari Yakubu, Ghanaian footballer (born 1981)
November • 1 November:
Ramón Cabrero, Argentinian footballer and coach (born 1947) • 2 November:
Costanzo Balleri, Italian footballer (born 1933) • 4 November:
Tallys Machado de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (born 1987) • 5 November: • Erlandas Duršlikas, Lithuanian footballer (born 1998) •
Dionatan Teixeira, Slovak footballer (born 1992) • 6 November:
Günter Hoge, German footballer (born 1940) •
Feliciano Rivilla, Spanish footballer (born 1936) • 7 November:
Hans Schäfer, German footballer (born 1927) • 8 November:
Josip Weber, Croatian-Belgian footballer (born 1964) • 9 November:
Akbar Eftekhari, Iranian footballer (born 1943) • 11 November: •
Amar Rouaï, Algerian footballer (born 1932) • 12 November:
Santiago Vernazza, Argentine footballer (born 1928) • 13 November:
Frank O'Connor, Australian footballer (born 1923) • 15 November: •
Hamad Ndikumana, Rwandan footballer (born 1978) •
Bert Ormond, New Zealand footballer (born 1931) • 16 November:
Tommy Farrer, English footballer (born 1922) • 18 November: •
Commins Menapi, Solomon Islands footballer (born 1977) •
Friedel Rausch, German footballer (born 1940) • 20 November:
Janusz Wójcik, Polish footballer (born 1953) • 21 November:
Luis Garisto, Uruguayan footballer (born 1945) • 22 November:
Otto Luttrop, German footballer (born 1939) • 23 November:
Allan Harris, English footballer (born 1942) • 24 November:
Ángel Berni, Paraguayan footballer (born 1931) • 26 November:
Eliezer Spiegel, Israeli footballer (born 1922) • 27 November:
Dermot Drummy, English footballer (1961) • 28 November: •
Jimmy McEwan, Scottish footballer (born 1929) •
Zdeněk Šreiner, Czech footballer (born 1954) • 29 November:
Ján Strausz, Slovak footballer (born 1942)
December • 3 December:
Ian Twitchin, English footballer (born 1952) • 4 December: •
Henning Jensen, Danish footballer (born 1949) •
Gregory Rigters, Surinamese footballer (born 1985) • 5 December: •
Michel Dighneef, Belgian footballer (born 1936) •
Laurie Rymer, Australian footballer (1934) •
Jacques Simon, French footballer (born 1941) • 6 December:
Juan José Díaz Galiana, Spanish football coach (born 1949) • 8 December:
Pál Dárdai, Hungarian footballer (born 1951) • 9 December:
Benjamin Massing, Cameroonian footballer (born 1962) • 10 December:
Ivan Stoyanov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1949) • 11 December:
Paul Holz, German footballer (born 1952) • 15 December: •
Dave Boyd, Australian footballer (born 1927) •
Felipe Mesones, Argentine footballer (born 1936) • Paul Straney, Northern Irish footballer (born 1975) • 17 December: •
Higinio García Fernández, Spanish footballer (born 1956) •
Frank Hodgkin, Australian footballer (born 1941) • 18 December:
Josef Pešice, Czech footballer (born 1950) • 19 December:
Yevhen Kotelnykov, Ukrainian footballer (born 1939) • 20 December:
Jiří Sloup, Czech footballer (born 1953) • 21 December: •
Zdzisław Bieniek, Polish footballer (born 1930) •
Renan Martins Pereira, Brazilian footballer (born 1997) • Timur Segizbayev, Kazak footballer (born 1941) • 22 December: •
Cyril Beavon, English footballer (born 1937) •
Ken Hands, Australian footballer (born 1926) • 23 December: Cesare Zamboni, Italian footballer (born 1931) • 24 December: •
Ken Feltscheer, Australian footballer (born 1915) • Edu Ferreira, Portuguese footballer (born 1997) •
Renato Marchiaro, Italian footballer (born 1919) • 26 December: •
Gerd Hennig, German football referee (born 1935) •
Willie Penman, Scottish footballer (born 1939) •
Steve Piper, English footballer (born 1953) • 27 December: •
Osvaldo Fattori, Italian footballer (born 1922) • Roberto Ortega, Argentine footballer (born 1932) •
Lothar Schämer, German footballer (born 1940) • 28 December:
Stanisław Terlecki, Polish footballer (born 1955) • 30 December: •
John Faulkner, English footballer (born 1948) •
Sean McCaffrey, Irish football manager (born 1959) == References ==