1983 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1983 throughout the world.

Events

 * May 11 – Scottish club Aberdeen win the European Cup Winners' Cup by beating Real Madrid 2–1 in the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
 * May 14 – Dutch club Twente is relegated to the second division (Eerste Divisie) after Helmond Sport earns a point at HFC Haarlem (1–1).
 * May 25 – German club Hamburger SV defeats Italian champions Juventus 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens to win the European Cup.
 * July 29 – Copa Libertadores 1983 won by Grêmio after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 3–2.
 * September 14 – Dutch club Groningen makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) against Spain's Atlético Madrid in the first round of the UEFA Cup. On the same night, NEC makes its European club football debut with a 1–1 draw with Brann in the first round (first leg) of the Cup Winners' Cup.
 * December 11 – Brazilian club Grêmio wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating West Germany's Hamburger SV 2–1 in extra-time. The winning goal is scored by Renato Gaúcho.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦 – Al-Arabi

Europe

 * – Lyngby
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Liverpool
 * 🇫🇷 – Nantes
 * 🇮🇹 – AS Roma
 * Eredivisie – Ajax
 * Eerste Divisie – DS '79
 * – Benfica
 * – Dundee United
 * 🇪🇸 – Athletic Bilbao
 * 🇹🇷 – Fenerbahçe
 * – Hamburger SV
 * – Partizan
 * – Partizan

North America

 * 🇲🇽 – Puebla
 * Tulsa Roughnecks (NASL)
 * Tulsa Roughnecks (NASL)

South America

 * Metropolitano – Independiente
 * Nacional – Estudiantes La Plata
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Bolívar
 * 🇧🇷 – Flamengo
 * 🇨🇴 – América de Cali
 * Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
 * Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

 * 1983 British Home Championship (February 23 – June 1, 1983)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england


 * Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (August 15 – August 27, 1983)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * Copa América (August 10 – November 4, 1983)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * and 🇵🇪 peru
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * and 🇵🇪 peru
 * and 🇵🇪 peru

Births

 * January 1
 * Shaheen Ali, Qatari footballer
 * Calum Davenport, English footballer
 * Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
 * January 3
 * Bilel Gontassi, Tunisian footballer
 * Mathieu Guy, French professional footballer
 * January 14 – Jan Ahlvik, Finnish footballer
 * January 15 – Jermaine Pennant, English youth international
 * January 21
 * Victor, Brazilian international
 * Ranko Despotović, Serbian international
 * Billy Mwanza, Zambian international
 * Moritz Volz, German footballer
 * January 22 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian retired footballer
 * January 24 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish international and manager
 * January 29 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
 * February 5 – Víctor Fagundez, Uruguayan footballer
 * February 11 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer
 * February 15 – Daniel Almaral, Mexican football manager and former player
 * February 18 – Jermaine Jenas, English international footballer
 * March 2 – Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer
 * March 7 – Daniel Jurč, Slovak footballer
 * March 11 – Adil Mezgour, Moroccan former footballer
 * March 25 – Fabio Marinho, retired Brazilian footballer
 * March 27 – Alan Patrick Monegat, Brazilian former footballer
 * March 28 – Homero Sartori, Argentine-Brazilian former professional footballer
 * April 1 – Mamoudou Sy, French basketball player
 * April 12 – Damian Krajanowski, Polish footballer
 * April 22
 * Sebastjan Čelofiga, Slovenian retired footballer
 * Douglas Silva, Brazilian footballer
 * May 2 – Mónica Vergara, Mexican female footballer
 * May 3 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian international footballer (died 2015)
 * May 4 – Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan international footballer
 * May 6
 * Nicolás Gásperi, Argentine professional footballer
 * Kim Seok-woo, South Korean footballer
 * May 17 – Albert Batsa, Togolese footballer
 * May 20 – Sinecio León, Paraguayan footballer
 * May 24 – Martin Schmidt, German former footballer
 * June 3 – Alexis Salazar, Chilean former footballer
 * June 7 – Tshiabola Mapanya, retired Congolese footballer
 * June 25 – Robin Ganemyr, retired Swedish footballer
 * July 6 – María de Jesús Castillo, Mexican female footballer
 * July 7 – Jakub Wawrzyniak, Polish footballer
 * July 18 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
 * July 21 – Vladimir Niyonkuru, Burundian footballer
 * July 24 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian international footballer
 * July 25 – Pedro Zabála, Bolivian international footballer
 * July 26 – Romain Chevrier, French professional footballer
 * August 4 – Kang Dong-gu, South Korean footballer
 * August 5 – Jean-Séraphin Mbessa, Cameroonian former professional footballer
 * August 6 – Robin van Persie, Dutch international footballer
 * August 12 – Tomasz Balul, Polish former footballer
 * August 24 – Gabriel López, Uruguayan footballer
 * August 26 – Owen Kaposa, retired Zambian footballer
 * September 8 – Marcin Truszkowski, Polish retired footballer
 * September 16 – Richard Leite, Paraguayan footballer
 * September 28 – Richard Henyekane, South African international footballer (died 2015)
 * September 30 – Driss Himmes, French midfielder
 * October 1 – Fance Hariyanto, Indonesian former footballer
 * October 4 – Gwenaël Renaud, French former professional footballer
 * October 8 – Michael Fraser, Scottish club goalkeeper
 * October 16 – Steven Goaxab, Namibian footballer
 * October 20 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
 * November 9 – Denis Rustan, former Russian professional footballer
 * November 11 – Philipp Lahm, German international footballer
 * November 14 – Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer (died 2014)
 * November 15 – Anton Samoylov, former Russian professional footballer
 * November 16 – Ron Koperli, Israeli football manager
 * December 5 – Wilfrido Vinces, Ecuadorian footballer
 * December 8 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
 * December 9 – Kennedy Omogi, Kenyan footballer
 * December 10
 * Lewis Buxton, English club footballer
 * Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian international footballer

January

 * January 20 – Garrincha, Brazilian striker, winner of the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. Regarded by many as the best dribbler in football history.(49)
 * January 28 – Claude Papi, French footballer (33)

March

 * March 24 – Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paraguayan footballer and manager (83)

June

 * June 26 – Luis Alamos, Chilean football manager (59)

July

 * July 5 – Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (63)
 * July 29 – Manuel Ferreira, Argentine striker, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament of the 1929 South American Championship. (77)

September

 * September 9 – Luis Monti, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches with two different national teams. (82)
 * September 20 - Andy Beattie, Scottish international footballer and manager (born 1913)

October

 * October 4 – Juan López Fontana, Uruguayan manager, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)