1963 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.

• Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3.
• May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia.
• May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup.
• September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
• 1963 International Soccer League
  • League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate.
  • Cup: Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate.
• West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition.
  • Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.^[1]

•  Argentina: Independiente
•  Brazil: Santos
•  East Germany: SC Motor Jena
•  England: Everton
•  France: AS Monaco
•  Iceland: KR
•  Italy: Inter Milan
•  Mexico: Oro
•  Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
•  Norway: Brann
•  Scotland: Rangers
•  Spain: Real Madrid
•  Sweden: IFK Norrköping
•  Turkey: Galatasaray
•  West Germany: Borussia Dortmund

• 1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)

 Scotland

• Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
  1.  Brazil
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Chile
• African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
  1.  Ghana
  2.  Sudan
  3.  Egypt

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• January 1
  • Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
  • Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
  • István Varga, Hungarian professional footballer^[2]
• January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
• March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
• March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
• March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
• April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
• April 15
  • Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
  • Horacio Macedo, Mexican football manager and former player^[3]
• May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
• June 27 – Gerrit Plomp, Dutch defender
• July 16
  • Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player
  • Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer
• July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
• July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
• August 18 – Damir Kalapač, Croatian retired footballer^[4]
• September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
• September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
• September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014)
• October 3 – Robert Veronese, Swedish former footballer^[5]
• October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010)
• October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012)
• October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer
• November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer
• November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer
• November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager
• November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager
• December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

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• January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)

• June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)

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