1966 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.

Events

 * Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4–2.
 * Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2–1.
 * November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦: Al-Maref

Europe

 * 🇦🇹: FC Admira Wacker Mödling
 * 🇧🇪: Anderlecht
 * Czechoslovakia: Dukla Prague
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Liverpool
 * 🇫🇷: Nantes
 * 🇮🇹: Inter Milan
 * : Ajax
 * : Sporting C.P.
 * : Dynamo Kiev
 * : Celtic
 * 🇪🇸: Atlético Madrid
 * : FC Zürich
 * 🇹🇷: Beşiktaş J.K.
 * : TSV 1860 München
 * : FK Vojvodina

North America

 * 🇲🇽: América

South America

 * 🇦🇷: Racing Club
 * 🇧🇷: Cruzeiro

International tournaments

 * 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england


 * FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29 1966)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * 🇵🇹 portugal
 * 🇵🇹 portugal

Clubs Founded

 * PAS Giannina (Greece)

Births

 * January 13 – Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer
 * January 15 – Rommel Fernández, Panamanian striker (d. 1993)
 * January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
 * February 1 – Michelle Akers, American women's soccer player
 * February 4 – Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager
 * February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
 * March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
 * April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
 * April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
 * May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
 * May 24 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
 * May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer
 * June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
 * June 12
 * Nélson Bertolazzi, Brazilian former footballer
 * Albeiro Usuriaga (died 2004), Colombian footballer
 * June 14 – Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer
 * June 14 – Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
 * June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
 * June 26 – Abel Shongwe, retired Swazi footballer
 * June 29 – Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer
 * July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
 * July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer
 * July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
 * July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
 * August 2 – Anzor Koblev, Russian professional football coach and former player
 * August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
 * August 22
 * Laurent Cadu, French former professional footballer
 * Luca Lurati, retired Swiss footballer
 * Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
 * Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer
 * October 5 – Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer (died 2015)
 * October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German international footballer
 * October 19 – José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee
 * November 10 – Michael Voss, former cricketer at CricketArchive
 * December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer

Deaths

 * March 27 – Hermann Garrn, German forward, capped 2 times for the Germany national football team (78)
 * April 29 – Sílvio Lagreca, Brazilian manager, first ever manager of the Brazil national football team (70)
 * May 2 – Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup (64)
 * September 17 – Mário Filho, Brazilian legendary football journalist who revolutionized football coverage in Brazil. The Maracanã Stadium was named after him after his death (58)
 * December 26 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentine striker, runner-up and top scorer of the 1930 FIFA World Cup (61)