1993 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1993 throughout the world.

Events

• April 27 – 18 members of the Zambia national football team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon. This is the worst tragedy in African football.
• May 15 – The inauguration match of J. League, Verdy Kawasaki vs Yokohama Marinos is held at the National Stadium of Japan.
• May 20 – In France, start the "Affair OM-VA" corruption scandal by Marseille and Valenciennes. One week later, on May 26, Marseille's squad win the UEFA Champions League defeating AC Milan 1–0 at the Olympiastadion in Munich. On May 29, Marseille win the French league, but are stripped of the title by the French Football Federation on September 22, with no winner assigned. In October/November the France national football team fail to qualify for the 1994 World Cup after losses to Israel and Bulgaria
• May 20 – Arsenal defeats Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the replay to claim the FA Cup.
• May 26 – Copa Libertadores won by São Paulo FC after defeating Club Deportivo Universidad Católica on an aggregate score, 5–3.
• August 8 – Ajax wins the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 4–0 win over Feyenoord.
• September 5 – Colombia national football team pull one of the largest upsets in soccer by defeating Argentina national football team 0–5 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• December 12 – São Paulo FC once again wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan, this time by defeating Italy's AC Milan,3–2. The winning goal for the Brazilians is scored by Müller in the 86th minute. European Cup winners Olympique Marseille (France) were suspended due to a bribery scandal in the French Championship and were replaced by runners-up Milan.

Winners club national tournaments

Africa

• Egypt – Zamalek

Asia

• Japan – Verdy Kawasaki
• Qatar – Al-Arabi
• South Korea – Ilhwa Chunma

Europe

• Albania – Partizani Tiranë
• Austria – Austria Vienna
• Belgium – Anderlecht
• Bulgaria – Levski Sofia
• Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
• Cyprus – Omonia Nicosia
• Czechoslovakia – Sparta Prague
• Denmark – FC Copenhagen
• England – Manchester United
• Estonia – FC Norma Tallinn
• Finland – Jazz Pori
• France – No title awarded (Marseille stripped of title due to a corruption scandal)
• Germany (Bundesliga) – Werder Bremen
• Italy (Serie A) – AC Milan
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Feyenoord
  • Eerste Divisie – VVV-Venlo
• Portugal – FC Porto
• Scotland for more complete coverage see 1992-93 in Scottish football
  • Scottish Premier Division – Rangers
  • Scottish Division One – Raith Rovers
  • Scottish Division Two – Clyde
  • Scottish Cup – Rangers
  • Scottish League Cup – Rangers
• Spain (La Liga – FC Barcelona)
• Sweden – IFK Gothenburg
• Switzerland – FC Aarau
• Turkey – Galatasaray
• Yugoslavia – Partizan

Central America

• Costa Rica – CS Herediano

North America

• Mexico – Atlante
• United States / Canada – Colorado Foxes (APSL)

South America

• Argentina
  • Clausura: Vélez Sársfield
  • Apertura: River Plate
• Bolivia – The Strongest
• Brazil – Palmeiras
• Chile – Colo Colo
• Colombia – Atlético Junior
• Ecuador – Club Sport Emelec
• Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

• Baltic Cup in Pärnu, Estonia
  1. Latvia
  2. Estonia
  3. Lithuania
• CONCACAF Gold Cup in Dallas, United States and Mexico City, Mexico
  1. Mexico
  2. United States
  3. Costa Rica
• Copa América in Ecuador
  1. Argentina
  2. Mexico
  3. Colombia
• UNCAF Nations Cup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  1. Honduras
  2. Costa Rica
  3. Panama
• 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia
  1. Brazil
  2. Ghana
  3. England
• FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan
  1. Nigeria
  2. Ghana
  3. Chile

National team results

Europe

Estonia

Main article: Estonia national football team 1993

Births

January

• 1 January: Jon Flanagan, English footballer
• 4 January: Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Ukrainian footballer
• 7 January: Jan Oblak, Slovenian footballer
• 8 January: Lina Lundqvist, Swedish footballer
• 14 January:
  • Daniel Bessa, Italian-Brazilian junior international
  • Juanjo Muko Nsue, Equatoguinean footballer
• 15 January: Niko Kata, Spanish-born Equatoguinean international
• 16 January: Pedro Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
• 19 January: Mike Thalassitis, English-Cypriot footballer and television personality (d. 2019)
• 20 January: Elin Wahlström, Swedish footballer
• 25 January: Kasper Larsen, Danish footballer

February

• 2 February: Ravel Morrison, British-born Jamaican footballer
• 5 February: Gerard Bieszczad, Polish footballer
• 7 February: Diego Laxalt, Uruguayan footballer
• 9 February:
  • Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
  • Matthew Rowell, South African footballer
• 15 February: Geoffrey Kondogbia, French-Central African footballer
• 17 February: Nicola Leali, Italian youth international
• 19 February: Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer
• 28 February: Éder Álvarez Balanta, Colombian international footballer

March

• 1 March: Josh McEachran, English junior international
• 3 March: Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
• 5 March: Gilbrano Plet, Dutch professional footballer
• 7 March
  • Leonid Akulinin, Ukrainian footballer
  • Sultan Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Diego Chávez, Peruvian footballer
  • Mary Earps, British footballer
  • Vinícius Freitas, Brazilian footballer
  • João Tiago Serrão Garcês, Portuguese footballer
  • Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
  • Óscar Ignacio Hernández, Chilean footballer
  • Saad Hussain, Qatari footballer
  • Jackson Irvine, Australian footballer
  • Anton Kotlyar, Ukrainian footballer
  • Santy Ngom, Senegalese footballer
  • Mohamed Ouattara, Burkinabé footballer
  • Shawn Parker, German footballer
  • Robbie Thomson, Scottish footballer
• 9 March: Larnell Cole, English footballer
• 15 March – Papa Alassane Ndiaye, Senegalese footballer
• 19 March
  • Mateusz Szwoch, Polish midfielder
  • Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan and Dutch international
• 25 March
  • Marcelo Correia, Portuguese footballer
  • Anna Hjälmkvist, Swedish footballer
• 26 March – Sara Nordin, Swedish footballer
• 28 March – Fran Zafra, Spanish footballer
• 31 March – Connor Wickham, English footballer

April

• 1 April: Andy Brennan, Australian footballer
• 4 April: Hugo Aquino, Paraguayan footballer
• 11 April: Yuji Takahashi, Japanese footballer
• 15 April: Appolinaire Danvidé, Beninese footballer
• 19 April: Lia Wälti, Swiss footballer
• 25 April: Raphaël Varane, French footballer

May

• May 5: Andrzej Sobieszczyk, Polish professional footballer
• May 7: Lampros Tairis, Greek professional footballer
• May 11: Bryan Ormeño, Chilean footballer
• May 13: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
• May 18: Taulant Kadrija, Slovenian footballer
• May 20
  • Juanmi, Spanish international
  • Marcel Mosch, German footballer
• May 25: Andrés Felipe Roa, Colombian international
• May 26:
  • Juan Cifré, Spanish footballer
  • Kendra McMullan, Northern Irish former footballer
• May 27: Mikel Agu, Nigerian international

June

• 5 June: Juraj Maretić, Croatian footballer
• 11 June: Ciara Grant, Irish footballer
• 13 June:
  • Thomas Partey, Ghanaian footballer
  • Valkenedy, Brazilian professional footballer
• 19 June: Ángelo Astorga, Chilean footballer

July

• 1 July: Mirza Jatić, Austrian footballer
• 5 July: Mehdi Tarfi, Belgian footballer
• 8 July: Shahrul Saad, Malaysian footballer
• 10 July: Tiago Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 12 July: Alexander Piller, German footballer
• 13 July: Dan Bentley, English footballer
• 15 July: Ömer Arslan, Turkish footballer
• 18 July: Nabil Fekir, French footballer
• 22 July: Juan Manuel Solano, Colombian professional footballer
• 27 July:
  • Omer Atzili, Israeli footballer
  • Max Power, English footballer
• 28 July:
  • Harry Kane, English footballer

August

• 3 August: Isaac Oliseh, Nigerian footballer
• 4 August
  • Saido Berahino, English-Burundian footballer
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Italian footballer
• 11 August: Albin Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• 12 August: Sarah Bergman, Swedish footballer
• 13 August: Zdenka Horešová, Slovak footballer
• 20 August:
  • Mario Jelavic, Croatian junior international
  • José Marçal, Portuguese footballer
• 30 August:
  • Paco Alcácer, Spanish international
• 31 August: Pablo Marí, Spanish club footballer

September

• 1 September:
  • Mario Lemina, Gabonese–French footballer
  • Fábio Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
• 4 September: Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
• 27 September:
  • Julio Mercado, Ecuadorian footballer
  • Lisandro Magallán, Argentine footballer

October

• 6 October: Joe Rafferty, English-born Irish footballer
• 8 October: Gullithi (Rudigullithi da Silva Henrique), Brazilian footballer
• 8 October: Nils Gottschick, German footballer
• 10 October: Nuha Barrow, Gambian international footballer
• 11 October: Arkane Mohamed, Comorian international footballer
• 22 October: Martina Smilkovska, Macedonian footballer
• 23 October:
  • Fabinho, Brazilian footballer
  • Antonio Rosti, Italian footballer
• 28 October: Abdullah Doshi, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 31 October: Kelvin Ebuka Nwamora, Nigerian footballer

November

• 7 November: Fahardine Hassani, Comorian professional footballer
• 10 November: Hugo Rego, Portuguese footballer
• 15 November: Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
• 16 November:
  • Bojana Ivanova, Macedonian footballer
  • Nelson Semedo, Portuguese footballer
• 23 November: Hemiliano (Hemiliano Gomes Lopes), Bissau-Guinean footballer

December

• 18 December: Steve Glodjinon, Beninese international footballer

Deaths

January

• January 9 – Mario Genta, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (80)
• January 13 – Edivaldo, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and active player of Clube Atlético Taquaritinga . (30 ; car crash)
• January 21 - Felice Borel, Italian forward, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1932-33 Serie A and 1933-34 Serie A. (78)

February

• February 11 – Félix Ruiz (52), Spanish footballer

March

• March 15 – Karl Mai, West-German midfielder, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (64)

April

• April 30 – Mario Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to play in a World Cup Final. (84)

May

• May 6 – Rommel Fernandez (27), Panamanian footballer
• May 28 – Ugo Locatelli, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (77)

October

• October 4 - Jim Holton (43), Scottish international footballer
• October 14 – Harald Hennum (65), Norwegian footballer

November

• November 26 - Guido Masetti, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup. (86)

December

• December 26 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz (29), Ecuadorian footballer