1961 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1961 throughout the world.

Contents 1 Events 2 Winners club national championship 3 International tournaments 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Copa Libertadores 1961: Won by Peñarol after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2-1.
• September 6 – Dutch club Feyenoord from Rotterdam makes its European debut by defeating Sweden's IFK Göteborg (0-3) in the first round of the European Cup.

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Racing Club
• England: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• Iceland: KR
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: Cerro Porteño
• Romania: Steaua Bucureşti
• Spain: Real Madrid

[edit] International tournaments

• 1961 British Home Championship (October 8, 1960 – April 15, 1961)

 England

[edit] Births

• January 18 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer
• January 20 – Patricio Yáñez, Chilean footballer
• January 31 – Jonny Otten, German footballer
• March 21 – Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
• May 3 – Daniel Sánchez, Uruguayan footballer
• May 8 – Gert Kruys, Dutch footballer and manager
• November 3 – Sven Habermann, German-Canadian footballer
• December 17 – Henk van Stee, Dutch footballer and manager

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 – Jack Butler (66), English footballer and manager (b. 1894)

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