2010 in association football
The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2010 throughout the world.
Events
News
In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
However, during the 2010 WPS season, another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folded, bringing WPS back to the same number of teams it had in the 2009 season. The league also lost its season champions, FC Gold Pride, and the Chicago Red Stars, although it will add an expansion team in Western New York for 2011.
Following the 2010 MLS regular season, the Kansas City Wizards announced a name change to Sporting Kansas City.
International champions
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- 1 ! Winners: Spain
- 2 ! Runners-up: Netherlands
- 3 ! Third place: Germany
- Fourth place: Uruguay
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- 1 ! Winners: Egypt
- 2 ! Runners-up: Ghana
- 3 ! Third place: Nigeria
- Fourth place: Algeria
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- 1 ! Winners: Malaysia
- 2 ! Runners-up: Indonesia
- 3 ! Third place: Philippines, Vietnam
Continental champions
AFC
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- Winners: Seongnam
- Runners-up: Zob Ahan
- Semi-finalists: Al-Shabab, Al-Hilal
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- Winners: Aleppo
- Runners-up: Qadsia
- Semi-finalists: Muangthong United, Al-Riff
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- Winners: Yadarnarbon
- Runners-up: Dordoi-Dynamo
- Semi-finalists: Aşgabat, Qurghonteppa
CAF
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- Winners: Mazembe
- Runners-up: Espérance
- Semi-finalists: Kabylie, Al-Ahly
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- Winners: FUS de Rabat
- Finalist: Sfaxien
- Semi-finalists: Al-Hilal, Ittihad
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- Winners: Mazembe
- Runners-up: Malien
CONCACAF
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- Winners: Pachuca
- Runners-up: Cruz Azul
- Semi-finalists: Toluca, Monterrey
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- Winners: Morelia
- Runners-up: New England Revolution
- Semi-finalists: Puebla, Houston Dynamo
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- Winners: Puerto Rico Islanders
- Runners-up: Joe Public
- Third place: San Juan Jabloteh
- Fourth place: Bayamón
CONMEBOL
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- Winners: Internacional
- Finalist: Guadalajara
- Semi-finalists: São Paulo, Universidad de Chile
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- Winners: Independiente
- Runners-up: Goiás
- Semi-finalists: LDU Quito, Palmeiras
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- Winners: LDU Quito
- Runners-up: Estudiantes
OFC
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- Winners: PRK Hekari United
- Runners-up: Waitakere United
- Semi-finalists: Auckland City, Lautoka
UEFA
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- Winners: Internazionale
- Runners-up: Bayern Munich
- Semi-finalists: Lyon, Barcelona
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- Winners: Atlético Madrid
- Runners-up: Fulham
- Semi-finalists: Liverpool, Hamburg
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- Winners: Atlético Madrid
- Runners-up: Internazionale
National champions
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; (B) means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.
Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.
CONMEBOL
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
OFC
UEFA
Domestic cup winners
AFC
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- Emir of Qatar Cup: Al-Rayyan
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- Singapore Cup: Bangkok Glass
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- Thai FA Cup: Chonburi FC
CAF
CONCACAF
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- Canadian Championship: Toronto FC
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- Beker van Suriname: Excelsior
- President's Cup: Inter Moengotapoe
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- U.S. Open Cup: Seattle Sounders FC
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
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- FA Cup: Chelsea
- League Cup: Manchester United
- FA Trophy: Barrow
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- Coupe de France: Paris Saint-Germain
- Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille
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- DFB-Pokal: Bayern Munich
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- Greek Cup: Panathinaikos
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- Coppa Italia: Internazionale
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- KNVB Cup: Ajax
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- Taça de Portugal: Porto
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- Russian Cup: Zenit St. Petersburg
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- Scottish Cup: Dundee United
- Scottish League Cup: Rangers
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- Copa del Rey: Sevilla
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- Turkish Cup: Trabzonspor
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
- 1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender (57)
- 7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender (74)
- 15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker (57)
- 18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender (82)
- 19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
- 19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker (70)
- 21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
- 26 January – Lars Larsson, Swedish defender (76)
February
- 3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper (88)
- 5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker (72)
- 8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper (88)
- 9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
- 10 February – Orlando, Brazilian defender (74)
- 11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker (69)
- 11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker (67)
- 12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
- 12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
- 12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
- 13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
- 14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
- 15 February – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan midfielder (85)
- 16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
- 23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
April
May
- 7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
June
August
September
- 2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
- 3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portugese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
- 10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker (41)
- 10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker (85)
- 11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
- 12 September - Nduka Anyanwu, Nigerian defender (30, collapsed on the pitch)
- 18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
- 18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
- 22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
- 23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager (90)
- 28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)
October
- 1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker (72)
- 1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
- 9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder (89)
- 12 October - José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper (78)
- 13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
- 13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker (85)
- 14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
- 18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender (75)
- 18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
- 21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
- 22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
- 24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
- 26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
- 29 October - Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder (76)
- 30 October - John Benson, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)
November
- 3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender (75)
- 8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender (84)
- 12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
- 16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
- 17 November - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian midfielder (87)
- 18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
- 24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
- 26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
- 28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)
December
- 3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
- 5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender (25, car accident)
- 6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder (73)
- 6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager (82)
- 7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
- 10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
- 11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
- 12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
- 14 December - Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
- 17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder (64, stroke)
- 21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
- 21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
- 24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
- 26 December - Bill Jones, English defender (89)
- 29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder (67)
- 29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)
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