1963 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.

Notable events

 * Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3.
 * May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia.
 * May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup.
 * September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
 * 1963 International Soccer League
 * League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate.
 * Cup: Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate.
 * West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition.
 * Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: Independiente
 * 🇧🇷: Santos
 * : SC Motor Jena
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Everton
 * 🇫🇷: AS Monaco
 * 🇮🇸: KR
 * 🇮🇹: Inter Milan
 * 🇲🇽: Oro
 * : PSV Eindhoven
 * 🇳🇴: Brann
 * : Rangers
 * 🇪🇸: Real Madrid
 * 🇸🇪: IFK Norrköping
 * 🇹🇷: Galatasaray
 * : Borussia Dortmund

International tournaments

 * 1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)


 * Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 🇦🇷 argentina
 * 🇨🇱 chile
 * African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana
 * 🇸🇩 sudan
 * 🇪🇬 egypt

Births

 * January 1
 * Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
 * Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
 * István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer
 * January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
 * March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
 * March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
 * March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
 * April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
 * April 15
 * Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
 * Horacio Macedo, Mexican football manager and former player
 * May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
 * June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender
 * July 16
 * Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
 * Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer
 * July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
 * July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
 * September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
 * September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
 * September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014)
 * October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer
 * October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010)
 * October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012)
 * October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer
 * November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer
 * November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer
 * November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager
 * November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer
 * December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager
 * December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

January

 * January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)

June

 * June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)