1982 in association football

The following are the worldwide association football events of the year 1982.

Events

 * February 7 – The first ever Arab Club Champions Cup is completed, with Al-Shorta of Iraq winning the title with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon.
 * March 14 – Johannes Atlason makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, when the team draws (0-0) against Kuwait.
 * May 26 – European Cup won by Aston Villa after defeating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
 * June 13 – The 1982 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Spain. For the first time, 24 teams compete in the final tournament, with the competition eventually won by Italy.
 * June 30 – Dutch club SC Amersfoort is disestablished due to financial problems.
 * September 15 – HFC Haarlem makes a winning European debut with by defeating Belgium's AA Gent (2-1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup. The goals for the Dutch side are scored by Gerrie Kleton and Martin Haar.
 * October 20 – 66 fans lost their life in the Luzhniki disaster during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem in Moscow.
 * November 30 – Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol after defeating Cobreloa on an aggregate score of 1-0.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦 – Al-Rayyan

Europe

 * 🇧🇪 – Standard Liège
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – CSKA Sofia
 * Czechoslovakia – Dukla Prague
 * – Odense Boldklub
 * – Berliner FC Dynamo
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Liverpool
 * 🇫🇮 - FC Kuusysi
 * 🇫🇷 – AS Monaco
 * – Olympiacos
 * 🇮🇹 – Juventus
 * Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
 * Eerste Divisie – Helmond Sport
 * 🇵🇱 – Widzew Łódź
 * – Sporting CP
 * – Celtic
 * Soviet Union – Dinamo Minsk
 * 🇪🇸 – Real Sociedad
 * – Grasshopper Club Zürich
 * 🇹🇷 – Beşiktaş
 * – Hamburger SV
 * – Dinamo Zagreb
 * – Dinamo Zagreb

North America

 * 🇲🇽 – UNAL
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

 * 🇦🇺 – Sydney City

South America

 * Metropolitano – Estudiantes
 * Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Bolívar
 * 🇧🇷 – Flamengo
 * 🇨🇴 – América de Cali
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International Tournaments

 * British Home Championship (February 23 – May 29)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england


 * African Cup of Nations in Libya (March 5–19)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana
 * 🇱🇾 libya
 * 🇿🇲 zambia
 * FIFA World Cup in Spain (June 13 – July 11)
 * 🇮🇹 italy
 * 🇵🇱 poland
 * UEFA U-16 European Championship in Italy (May 5–7)
 * 🇮🇹 italy
 * UEFA U-18 European Championship in Finland
 * UEFA U-21 European Championship
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * UEFA U-18 European Championship in Finland
 * UEFA U-21 European Championship
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * UEFA U-21 European Championship
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england

January

 * January 4 – Richard Logan, English club footballer
 * January 7 – Luis Abel Peña, Paraguayan footballer
 * January 8 – Emanuele Calaiò, Italian youth international
 * January 13 – Olivier Fontenette, French footballer
 * January 22 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine international footballer
 * January 26 – Nabil Dafi, French footballer
 * January 31
 * Andreas Görlitz, German international
 * Salvatore Masiello, Italian club footballer
 * Allan McGregor, Scottish international footballer

February

 * February 2 – Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine international footballer
 * February 5 – Alimansi Kadogo, Ugandan retired footballer
 * February 10 – Jacek Gabrusewicz, Polish footballer
 * February 12 – Julius Aghahowa, Nigerian footballer
 * February 14 – Daniel Robert, Brazilian professional footballer
 * February 16 – Vasilios Genitsaridis, Greek former professional footballer
 * February 22 – Matt Woolley, English former professional footballer

March

 * March 18 – Romell Brathwaite, Barbadian international footballer
 * March 20 – Carmine Giordano, Italian footballer
 * March 23 – Mohammed Einas, Senegalese retired footballer

April

 * April 1 – Robert Vittek, Slovakian international footballer
 * April 2 – Marco Amelia, Italian international footballer
 * April 6 – Nelson Geingob, Namibian former footballer
 * April 13 – James Curtis, English former footballer
 * April 16 – Fabricio Brandão, retired Brazilian footballer
 * April 28 – Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian international footballer

May

 * May 5
 * Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish international footballer
 * Luka Spetič, Slovenian footballer
 * May 17 – Dylan Macallister, Australian soccer player
 * May 20 – Petr Čech, Czech international footballer
 * May 23 – Anton Khromykh, professional Ukrainian former footballer
 * May 29 – Ahmed Tangeaoui, French-Moroccan footballer

June

 * June 4 – Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer
 * June 15 – Katie Chapman, English footballer

July

 * July 2 – Alvito Rodrigues, Indian footballer
 * July 4 – Biko Brazil, Dutch former professional footballer
 * July 5
 * Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer
 * Julien Féret, French footballer
 * Alberto Gilardino, Italian international footballer
 * Paíto, Mozambican footballer
 * Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer
 * Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer
 * July 7
 * Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
 * Brendan McElholm, Northern Irish footballer
 * July 8
 * David Kenga, Kenyan footballer
 * Agustín Villar, Spanish footballer
 * July 10 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
 * July 12
 * Antonio Cassano, Italian international footballer
 * Gerardo Hernández, professional Mexican footballer
 * July 14 – Hermán Solíz, Bolivian footballer
 * July 15 – Cristian Dănălache, Romanian footballer
 * July 16 – Charles Kokougan, French former professional footballer
 * July 25 – Ivan Len, Ukrainian professional footballer

August

 * August 2 – Susanna Hansen, Faroese footballer
 * August 9 – Nando, Mozambican footballer (d. 2007)
 * August 21 – Jayson Trommel, Dutch footballer
 * August 24
 * José Bosingwa, Portuguese international
 * Kim Källström, Swedish international
 * Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian club footballer
 * August 28
 * Lee Ayres, professional English footballer
 * Thiago Motta, Brazilian-born Italian international and manager

September

 * September 2 – Alan Tate, English club footballer
 * September 12 – Kiran Bechan, Dutch footballer
 * September 13 – Andrei Makhayev,former Russian footballer
 * September 23 – Alain Yomby, Cameroonian former professional footballer
 * September 25 – Szymon Sawala, Polish footballer
 * September 26 – František Okoličáni, Slovak footballer
 * September 28 – Ahmad Alan, Palestinian former national footballer

October

 * October 6 – Igor Pešić, Serbian footballer
 * October 7 – Jermain Defoe, English international footballer
 * October 9 – Antonio Manuel Viana Mendonça, Angolan footballer
 * October 10 – Sipho Mngomezulu, South African footballer
 * October 14 – Hubert Charpentier, French professional footballer
 * October 29 – Gerald Gansterer, Austrian footballer

November

 * November 2 – Moreno Esseboom, Dutch footballer
 * November 5 – Juan Pablo, Spanish former footballer
 * November 14 – Martin Eisl, Austrian professional footballer
 * November 17 – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer

December

 * December 1 – Lloyd Doyley, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
 * December 3 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
 * December 8
 * Halil Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
 * Hamit Altıntop, Turkish international footballer
 * December 10 – Tomáš Hájovský, Slovak footballer
 * December 18 – Stijn Francis, Belgian former footballer
 * December 25 – Wencho Farrell, Netherlands Antilles international footballer
 * December 27 – Dmitri Rybakin, former Russian professional footballer

January

 * January 3 – Fritz Laband, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (56)

August

 * August 30 - Theodor Reimann (61), Slovak footballer (born 1921)

September

 * September 3 - Hércules de Miranda, Brazilian forward, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (70)
 * September 14 - Vladislao Cap (48), Argentine footballer and manager (born 1934)

November

 * November 8 - Jimmy Dickinson, English midfielder, England Squad member at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (57, heart attack)
 * November 17 - Felix von Heijden (92), Dutch footballer (born 1890)

December

 * December 2 - Giovanni Ferrari, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup and winner of the Serie A for a record 8 times as a player. (74)