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The following are the association football events of the year 2010 throughout the world.
News
In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
- Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season:
- The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.
- Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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.
Events
International champions
Men
- 11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Spain -
Netherlands -
Germany - 4th:
Uruguay
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- 10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.
- 14 August – 22 August: 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship in the United Kingdom
- December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
- Winners:
Malaysia - Runners-up:
Indonesia - Third place:
Philippines, 
Vietnam
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Women
- July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.
- Germany
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Nigeria -
South Korea - 4th:
Colombia
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- 5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
- South Korea
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Japan - Spain
- 4th:
North Korea
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- 24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in Portugal
- 4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador
- March 3 to 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in Colombia
Club football
AFC
- Winners: Seongnam
- Runners-up:
Zob Ahan - Semi-finalists:
Al-Shabab, Al-Hilal
- Winners:
- Winners:
Aleppo - Runners-up:
Qadsia - Semi-finalists:
Muangthong United, 
Al-Riff
- Winners:
- Winners:
Yadarnarbon - Runners-up:
Dordoi-Dynamo - Semi-finalists:
Aşgabat, 
Qurghonteppa
- Winners:
CAF
- Winners:
FUS de Rabat - Finalist:
Sfaxien - Semi-finalists:
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Ittihad
- Winners:
CONCACAF
- Winners:
Morelia - Runners-up:
New England Revolution - Semi-finalists: Puebla, Houston Dynamo
- Winners:
- Winners:
Puerto Rico Islanders - Runners-up:
Joe Public - Third place: San Juan Jabloteh
- Fourth place: Bayamón
- Winners:
CONMEBOL
- Winners:
Internacional - Finalist: Guadalajara
- Semi-finalists: São Paulo,
Universidad de Chile
- Winners:
- Winners:
Independiente - Runners-up: Goiás
- Semi-finalists:
LDU Quito, Palmeiras
- Winners:
- Winners: LDU Quito
- Runners-up: Estudiantes
- Winners:
OFC
- Winners:
PRK Hekari United - Runners-up:
Waitakere United - Semi-finalists: Auckland City,
Lautoka
- Winners:
UEFA
- Winners:
Internazionale - Runners-up: Bayern Munich
- Semi-finalists:
Lyon, Barcelona
- Winners:
- Winners: Atlético Madrid
- Runners-up:
Fulham - Semi-finalists: Liverpool, Hamburg
- Winners:
- Winners: Atlético Madrid
- Runners-up: Internazionale
- Winners:
Women
| Region | Tournament | Champion | Title | Last honor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2010 Copa Libertadores Femenina | Santos FC (women) |
2nd | 2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam |
2nd | 2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup |
National champions
AFC
- Australia – Sydney FC
- Bahrain – Al-Ahli (Manama)
- Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
- Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
- Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
- China PR – Shandong Luneng
- China Republic (Taiwan) – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
- Guam – Quality Distributors
- Hong Kong – South China
- India – Dempo SC
- Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
- Iran – Sepahan
- Iraq – Dohuk FC
- Japan – Nagoya Grampus
- Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
- Kuwait – Qadsia SC
- Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
- Lebanon – Al Ahed
- Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
- Malaysia – Selangor FA
- Oman – Al-Suwaiq
- Pakistan – KRL
- Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
- Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
- Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
- Singapore – Etoile FC
- South Korea – FC Seoul
- Syria – Al-Jaish
- Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
- Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
- Turkmenistan – FC Balkan
- UAE – Al Wahda
- Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
- Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.
CAF
- Algeria – MC Alger
- Angola – G.D. Interclube
- Benin – ASPAC FC
- Botswana – Township Rollers FC
- Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
- Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
- Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
- Cape Verde – Boavista FC
- Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
- Chad – Tourbillon FC
- Comoros – Elan Club
- Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
- DR Congo – AS Vita Club
- Djibouti – AS Port
- Egypt – Al-Ahly
- Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
- Eritrea – unknown
- Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
- Gabon – US Bitam
- Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
- Ghana – Aduana Stars
- Guinea – Fello Star
- Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
- Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
- Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
- Lesotho – Matlama FC
- Liberia – unknown
- Libya – Al Ittihad
- Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
- Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
- Mali – Stade Malien
- Mauritania – CF Cansado
- Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
- Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
- Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
- Namibia – African Stars F.C.
- Niger – ASFAN
- Nigeria – Enyimba
- Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
- Rwanda – APR FC
- São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
- Senegal – ASC Diaraf
- Seychelles – St Michel United FC
- Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
- Somalia – Gayher FC
- South Africa – Supersport United FC
- Sudan – Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
- Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
- Tanzanian – Simba SC
- Togo – unknown
- Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
- Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
- Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
- Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
- Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.
CONCACAF
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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.
- Saint Kitts: Newtown United
- Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
- Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
- Sint Maarten: D & P Connection
- Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy
CONMEBOL
- Argentina – Argentinos Juniors (C); Estudiantes (A)
Bolivia – Jorge Wilstermann (A); Oriente Petrolero (C)- Brazil – Fluminense
- Chile – Universidad Católica
- Colombia – Junior (A); Once Caldas (C)
- Ecuador – LDU Quito
Paraguay – Guaraní (A); Libertad (C)
Peru – Universidad San Martín- Uruguay – Peñarol
Venezuela – Caracas
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
OFC
- Fiji – ongoing
- French Polynesia – AS Tefana
- New Caledonia – ongoing
- New Zealand – Waitakere United
UEFA
- Albania: Dinamo Tirana
- Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
- Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
- Austria: Red Bull Salzburg
- Azerbaijan: Inter Baku
- Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
- Belgium: Anderlecht
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
- Bulgaria: Litex Lovech
- Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
- Cyprus: Omonia
- Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- England: Chelsea
- Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
- Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
- Finland: HJK Helsinki
- France: Marseille
- Georgia: Olimpi Rustavi
- Germany: Bayern Munich
- Greece: Panathinaikos
- Hungary: Debreceni VSC
- Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
- Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
- Italy: Internazionale
- Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
- Latvia: Skonto Riga
- Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
- Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
- Macedonia: Renova
- Malta: Birkirkara
- Moldova: Sheriff Tiraspol
- Montenegro: Rudar Pljevlja
- Netherlands: Twente
- Northern Ireland: Linfield[1]
- Norway: Rosenborg Trondheim
- Poland: Lech Poznań
- Portugal: Benfica
- Romania: Cluj
- Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- San Marino: Tre Fiori
- Scotland: Rangers
- Serbia: Partizan
- Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
- Slovenia: Koper
- Spain: Barcelona
- Sweden: Malmö FF
- Switzerland: Basel
- Turkey: Bursaspor
- Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
- Wales: The New Saints
Domestic cup winners
AFC
- Emir of Qatar Cup: Al-Rayyan
CAF
Wits University - South African Cup
CONCACAF
Suriname
- Beker van Suriname: Excelsior
- President's Cup: Inter Moengotapoe
UEFA
- Germany
- Coppa Italia: Internazionale
- Taça de Portugal: Porto
Russia
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)
- February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
- 16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
- 23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
April
- 26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder (54)
May
- 7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
June
- 12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder (20)
- 20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender (59)
July
- July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time. (79)
August
- August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
- August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the final (100)
September
- 2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
- 3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese 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)
- November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (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)
References
- ↑ Linfield clinch league title, BBC News, 27 April 2010, retrieved 27 April 2010
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