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The following are the association football events of the year 1984 throughout the world.
Events
- 16 May – Italian giants Juventus F.C. claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists FC Porto 2–1.
 - 23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating R.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London.
 - 27 July – Copa Libertadores won by Independiente after defeating Grêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0.
 - 19 September – Dutch club Fortuna Sittard makes its European debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark's BK Copenhagen in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
 - 9 December – Argentina's Independiente wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating England's Liverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored by José Alberto Percudani in the 6th minute.
 
National Club Champions
Asia
Europe
 Belgium  – K.S.K. Beveren
 Denmark  – Vejle BK
 East Germany
- League – BFC Dynamo
 - Cup – SG Dynamo Dresden
 
 England
 Finland  – FC Kuusysi
 France  – Girondins de Bordeaux
 Italy  – Juventus
 Netherlands  – Feyenoord Rotterdam
 Norway  – Vålerenga
 Portugal  – Benfica
 Scotland  – Aberdeen
 Soviet Union  – FC Zenit
 Spain  – Athletic Bilbao
 Sweden  – IFK Göteborg
 Turkey  – Trabzonspor
 West Germany  – VfB Stuttgart
North America
South America
 Argentina
- Metropolitano – Argentinos Juniors
 - Nacional – Ferro Carril Oeste
 
 Bolivia – Blooming
 Brazil – Fluminense
 Colombia – América de Cali
 Paraguay – Guaraní
International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast (4–18 March 1984)
 - 1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984)
 
- UEFA European Football Championship in France (12–27 June 1984)
 - Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984)
 
National Teams
 Netherlands
| Date | Opponent | Final Score | Result | Competition | Venue | 
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| 14 March | 6 – 0 | W | Friendly | Stadion De Meer, Amsterdam | |
| 17 October | 1 – 2 | L | World Cup Qualifier | De Kuip, Rotterdam | |
| 14 November | 1 – 0 | L | World Cup Qualifier | Prater Stadium, Vienna | |
| 12 December | 0 – 1 | W | World Cup Qualifier | Makario Stadium, Nicosia | 
Births
January
- 1 January
- Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
 - Mourad N'Zif, French former professional footballer[2]
 - Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
 - Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
 
 - 5 January – Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
 - 7 January
- Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer
 - Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
 
 - 16 January – Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
 - 17 January – Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer[3]
 - 18 January – Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer
 - 21 January
- Leonardo Burián, Uruguayan youth international
 - Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer
 - Wes Morgan, Jamaican international
 
 - 23 January
- Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer
 - Nikolay Yevgenyevich Yefimov, Russian footballer[4]
 
 - 24 January – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international
 - 25 January – Stefan Kießling, German international footballer
 - 29 January
- Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
 - Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
 
 
February
- 4 February – Waskito Sujarwoko, Indonesian footballer[5]
 - 5 February – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
 - 6 February
- Darren Bent, English footballer
 - Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer[6]
 
 - 21 February – David Odonkor, German footballer
 - 27 February – Steve Warne, English footballer[7]
 - 29 February
- Darren Ambrose, English footballer
 - Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
 - Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
 - Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
 - Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer
 - Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer
 
 
March
- 1 March – Patrick Helmes, German international footballer
 - 4 March – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
 - 10 March – Derick Amadi, Nigerian professional footballer[8]
 - 18 March – Gary Roberts, English footballer
 - 20 March – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
 - 30 March – Gennaro Fragiello, Italian footballer[9]
 
April
- 4 April – Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer[10]
 - 18 April – Raphael Ntimane, Swaziland international footballer[11]
 - 13 April – Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer
 - 29 April
- Jones Leandro, Brazilian footballer[12]
 - Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
 
 
May
- 4 May – Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer[13]
 - 11 May – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
 - 14 May – Michael Rensing, German youth international
 - 24 May - Christoph Holste, German footballer[14]
 
June
- 1 June
- Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
 - Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
 
 - 8 June – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international[15]
 - 9 June – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer[16]
 - 11 June – Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
 - 16 June – Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer[17]
 - 18 June – Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballer[18]
 - 29 June – Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer
 - 30 June 
- Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016)
 - Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer
 
 
July
- 4 July – Miguel Soares, Timorese footballer
 - 7 July – Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
 - 9 July – Lee Hyun-min, South Korean footballer[19]
 - 13 July – Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer[20]
 - 14 July – Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
 - 15 July – Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer[21]
 - 16 July – Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer[22]
 - 18 July – Lee Barnard, English club footballer
 - 21 July – Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer
 - 27 July
- Florian Bague, French former professional footballer[23]
 - Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer[24]
 
 - 31 July – Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer[25]
 
August
- 1 August
- Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer[26]
 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
 
 - 6 August
- Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer
 - Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer[27]
 
 - 22 August – Lee Camp, English footballer
 - 23 August
- Glen Johnson, English footballer
 - Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer
 
 
September
- 7 September 
- Miranda, Brazilian footballer
 - Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer
 
 
October
- 1 October – Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer[28]
 - 3 October – Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international
 - 14 October – Alex Scott, English footballer[29]
 - 28 October – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
 - 31 October – Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer[30]
 
November
- 8 November – Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer[31]
 - 10 November 
- Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer
 - Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer
 
 - 11 November  
- Stephen Hunt, English club footballer
 - Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international
 
 - 21 November – Bianca Weech, German footballer[32]
 - 30 November – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
 
December
- 11 December – Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
 - 20 December
- Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
 - Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer[33]
 
 
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
- 8 May – Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of the Campeonato Paulista with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79)
 - 8 May – William Ling (75), English football referee
 - 11 May – Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (65)
 - 12 May – Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)
 
June
- 23 June: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)
 
July
- 3 July – Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)
 - 7 July – Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager
 
September
- 19 September – Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (71)
 
December
- 19 December – Puck van Heel (80), Dutch footballer
 
References
- ↑ "When Northern Ireland won the last ever British Home Championship". the Guardian. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
 - ↑ "Mourad N'Zif". FBref.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
 - ↑ 1984 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
 - ↑ 1984 in association football at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
 - ↑ "Waskito Sujarwoko". liga-indonesia.co.id. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
 - ↑ "Fabrice Omonga". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Steve Warne". FBref.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Dolphins star in Nigeria Premier League Team of the Week". kickoff.com. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
 - ↑ Gennaro Fragiello at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
 - ↑ Sultan Khuranov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
 - ↑ "Raphael Ntimane". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Jones". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Daron Beneby". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Christoph Holste". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
 - ↑ 1984 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
 - ↑ 1984 in association football – UEFA competition record (archived)
 - ↑ "Diego Segura". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
 - ↑ Jukka Veltheim at Guardian Football
 - ↑ "이현민 player record" (in Korean). K-League. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
 - ↑ "Alexander Bramble". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Giampietro Cicoria". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
 - ↑ Roman Markelov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
 - ↑ "Florian Bague". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
 - ↑ 1984 in association football at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
 - ↑ "Daniel Pedro Minorelli". FBref.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
 - ↑ "Waso Ramadhani". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Silva". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
 - ↑ "Fiorenzo Chatrer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Alex Scott". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
 - ↑ "Luciën Dors". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
 - ↑ 1984 in association football – FIFA competition record (archived)
 - ↑ "Bianca Weech". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
 - ↑ "Marcel Schug". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
 
External links
- (in English) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 - (in Dutch) VoetbalStats
 
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