1956 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1956 throughout the world.

Events

 * November 3 – Dutch club Rapid JC makes its European debut with a defeat (3-4) on home soil against Yugoslavia's Red Star Belgrade in the second round of the European Cup.
 * Foundation of Royal Thai Navy F.C.

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: River Plate
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Manchester United
 * 🇫🇷: Nice
 * 🇮🇱: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
 * 🇮🇹: ACF Fiorentina
 * 🇲🇽: León
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
 * : FC Spartak Moscow
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Atlético Bilbao
 * 🇸🇪: IFK Norrköping
 * : Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

 * Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia (November 24 – December 8, 1956)
 * 🇧🇬 bulgaria
 * 1956 British Home Championship (October 22, 1955 – April 14, 1956)
 * Shared by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england,, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales &
 * 1956 British Home Championship (October 22, 1955 – April 14, 1956)
 * Shared by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england,, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales &

January

 * January 16: Martin Jol (Dutch footballer and manager)
 * January 17: Faouzi Mansouri (Algerian footballer) (died 2022)
 * January 31: Stefan Majewski (Polish footballer)

February

 * February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier (Austrian footballer)
 * February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik (German footballer)
 * February 21: Alan Hart, English former professional footballer
 * February 25: Davie Cooper (Scottish footballer) (died 1995)
 * February 28: Jimmy Nicholl (Northern Irish footballer)
 * February 29: Allan Marley (English former professional footballer)

March

 * March 3: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish international footballer
 * March 4: Philippe Mahut, French international footballer (died 2014)
 * March 12: László Kiss, Hungarian footballer
 * March 12: Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2019)
 * March 15: Gilberto Yearwood, Honduran footballer
 * March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek, Polish footballer
 * March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi, Hungarian footballer
 * March 29: Dick Jol, Dutch football referee

April

 * April 12: František Jakubec; Czech international footballer (died 2016)

May

 * May 3: Bernd Förster (German international footballer)
 * May 15: Ken Ayres (English former professional footballer)
 * May 19: Jan Fiala (Czech footballer)

June

 * June 5: Martin Koopman (Dutch footballer)
 * June 12: David Narey (Scottish footballer)
 * June 22: Jean-Paul Defrang (Luxembourgian footballer)
 * June 26: Maxime Bossis (French footballer)

July

 * July 15: Emmanuel Kunde (Cameroonian footballer)
 * July 20: Thomas N'Kono (Cameroonian footballer)
 * July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori (French footballer)

August

 * August 16: Patricio Hernández (Argentinian footballer)
 * August 27: Jean-François Larios (French footballer)
 * August 29: Viv Anderson (English footballer)

September

 * September 7: Tony Mitchell, English former professional footballer
 * September 8: Jacky Munaron (Belgian footballer)
 * September 14
 * Béla Bodonyi (Hungarian footballer)
 * Ray Wilkins (English footballer) (died 2018)
 * September 23: Paolo Rossi (Italian footballer) (died 2020)
 * September 30: Frank Arnesen (Danish footballer)

October

 * October 10: Raúl Gorriti, Peruvian international footballer (died 2015)
 * October 28: Frank Vercauteren (Belgian international footballer)

November

 * November 4: Jan Korte (Dutch footballer and manager)
 * November 10: José Luis Brown Argentine international footballer, (died 2019)
 * November 16: Max Hagmayr (Austrian footballer)
 * November 18: Noel Brotherston (Northern Irish footballer) (died 1995)

December

 * December 6: Klaus Allofs (German footballer)
 * December 9: Oscar Garré (Argentine footballer)
 * December 10: Jan van Dijk (Dutch footballer and manager)
 * December 11: Ricardo Giusti (Argentine footballer)

August

 * August 12 – Gianpiero Combi, 53, Italian goalkeeper, captaining winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and one of Italy's greatest goalkeepers of all-time.

October

 * October 16 - Jules Rimet, 83, 3rd president of FIFA.
 * October 24 - Tom Whittaker, 58, Arsenal manager, heart attack