- Source: 1995 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1995 throughout the world.
Events
Copa Libertadores 1995: Won by Grêmio after defeating Atlético Nacional on an aggregate score of 4–2.
January 18 – Guus Hiddink makes his debut as the manager of Netherlands national team with a friendly loss (0–1) against France. Two players make their debut as well: strikers Michael Mols (FC Twente) and Glenn Helder (Vitesse Arnhem).
January 19 – Dutch club FC Zwolle names former goalkeeper Piet Schrijvers as their new manager to replace Ben Hendriks.
January 25 – Eric Cantona, in an away match against Crystal Palace, he launched a 'kung-fu' style kick against an abusive Crystal Palace fan, Matthew Simmons, after being sent off by the referee for a tackle on Palace defender Richard Shaw. He then got up from his seat and left, leaving many of the assembled crowd bemused. One month later, he was sentenced to 120 hours of community service after an appeal court overturned a 2-week prison sentence for assault. He was also suspended by The Football Association until the following October.
February 15 – English soccer hooligans, led by members of Combat 18, riot at Lansdowne Road during a friendly between the Republic of Ireland and England. The match, refereed by Dutchman Dick Jol, is abandoned.
February 22 – Guus Hiddink loses his first match as the new head coach of the Netherlands national team; Portugal defeats the Netherlands in Eindhoven through a goal by Pedro Barbosa.
March 29 – Bryan Roy plays his last international match for the Netherlands national team, earning his 32nd cap against Malta.
May 20 – Everton claims the English FA Cup with a 1–0 win over Manchester United.
May 24 – UEFA Champions League won by Ajax Amsterdam after defeating A.C. Milan in the Ernst Happel Stadium through a goal from Patrick Kluivert.
June 7 – John van 't Schip plays his last international match for the Netherlands national team, earning his 41st cap against Belarus, while goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar makes his debut in the Euro 1996 qualifying match in Minsk.
June 18 – In 2nd edition of FIFA Women's World Cup, Norway wins 2–0 over Germany
August 16 – Ajax Amsterdam once again claims the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, this time by a 2–1 win in extra-time over Feyenoord Rotterdam.
October 2 – Feyenoord Rotterdam fires manager Willem van Hanegem and names Arie Haan as his successor.
November 20 – Manager Ronald Spelbos is fired by Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem and replaced by Frans Thijssen.
November 28 – Ajax Amsterdam wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Brazil's Grêmio after penalties: 4–3. The decisive penalty is scored by skipper Danny Blind.
December 8 – Dutch club NEC Nijmegen fires Cees van Kooten and appoints Wim Koevermans.
December 12 – The Lebanese national team beat Slovakia national football team 2 – 1 in a friendly match in Beirut.
December 13 – The Netherlands national team qualifies for Euro 1996 by defeating the Republic of Ireland (2–0) in a play-off at Anfield Road, Liverpool. Both goals are scored by Patrick Kluivert.
December 15 – The European Court of Justice makes the Bosman ruling, which means all footballers not under contract are free to move clubs without any economic compensation to their former club. A secondary result of the ruling means the abolition of the foreign player quotas, at least as they affect nationals of European Union member states.
December 15 – Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings is officially founded.
Winner club national championships
= Asia
=Japan – Yokohama F. Marinos
Qatar – Al-Rayyan SC
South Korea – Ilhwa Chunma
= Europe
=Croatia – Hajduk Split
England – Blackburn Rovers
Finland - Haka Valkeakoski
France – FC Nantes
Germany – Borussia Dortmund
Italy – Juventus
Netherlands – Netherlands
Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
Eerste Divisie – Fortuna Sittard
Portugal – FC Porto
Spain – Real Madrid
Turkey – Beşiktaş
Ukraine – Dynamo Kyiv
Serbia and Montenegro – Red Star Belgrade
= North America
=Mexico – Necaxa
United States / Canada – Seattle Sounders (APSL)
= South America
=Argentina
Clausura – San Lorenzo
Apertura – Vélez Sársfield
Bolivia – San José
Brazil – Botafogo
Chile – Universidad de Chile
Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
Peru – Sporting Cristal
International tournaments
FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden
Norway
Germany
United States
Baltic Cup in Riga, Latvia
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Canada Cup in Edmonton, Canada
Chile
Canada
Northern Ireland
Copa América in Uruguay
Uruguay
Brazil
Colombia
Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Argentina
Mexico
Colombia
FIFA U-20 World Cup in Qatar
Argentina
Brazil
Portugal
FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador
Ghana
Brazil
Argentina
UNCAF Nations Cup in San Salvador, El Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
El Salvador
National team results
= Europe
=Estonia
Births
3 January: Muhammed Demirci, Turkish footballer
4 January:
İsmail Ayaz, Turkish professional footballer
Muhammad Tahir, Indonesian footballer
Adam Webster, English footballer
5 January: Konstantinos Beglektsis, Greek footballer
6 January: Maximilian Rupp, German footballer
8 January: Alessandro Gilardi, Italian footballer
15 January: Sinan Bytyqi, Albanian professional footballer
19 January: Mario Tinajero, Mexican footballer
20 January: Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer
28 January: Çağkan Çakır, Turkish footballer
30 January: Marcos Llorente, Spanish footballer
3 February: Jordy Zielschot, Dutch footballer
5 February: Hampus Bergdahl, Swedish footballer
7 February: Shani Tarashaj, Swiss footballer
8 February:
Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
Zakarie Labidi, French footballer
14 February: Diego Fagúndez, Uruguayan footballer
18 February: Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
19 February: Karmen Ulbin, Slovenian footballer
20 February: Stef Vervoort, Belgian professional footballer
1 March: Anna Thörnqvist, Swedish footballer
3 March: Dmytro Strelkovskyy, Ukrainian footballer
6 March: Utam Rusdiana, Indonesian footballer
7 March: Akermann Silva, Venezuelan-born Chilean professional footballer
13 March
Héctor Bellerín, Spanish international
Evan Dimas, Indonesian footballer
14 March: Christopher Lemke, German footballer
20 March: Jordan Boy, French footballer
25 March: Nataniel de Jesus Reis, East Timorese international footballer
26 March: Amer Masarwa, Arab-Israeli footballer
4 April: Nino Jakirović, Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer
9 April: Nathalie Gonzalez, former Luxembourgish footballer
27 April: Alejandro Henzi, Swiss footballer
30 April: Aleksandar Miletić, Serbian footballer
5 May: Javi Forján, Spanish footballer
21 May: Guillaume Fanucchi, French professional footballer
26 May: Paul Röwer, German footballer
27 May: Felipe Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
1 June: Carlos Castro García, Spanish footballer
4 June: Ricardo Fazenda, Portuguese footballer
16 June: Saifoudine Sanali, Comorian professional footballer
18 June: Peter Dimitrovski, Slovenian footballer
23 June: Kristopher Vida, Hungarian footballer
25 June: Andriy Markovych, Ukrainian footballer
1 July
James Hamon, Guernsey-born footballer
Pedro Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
Ryuji Utomo, Indonesian footballer
2 July: James Davis Borikó, Equatoguinean international footballer
5 July: Baily Cargill, English footballer
6 July:
Robert Obst, Polish footballer
Mario López Quintana, Paraguayan footballer
9 July: Daniel Vlas, former Moldovan footballer
11 July:
Hamza Ould Jawar, Mauritanian professional footballer
Nikita Khaykin, Israeli youth international
Vitali Lystsov, Russian youth international
12 July:
Tom Cappan, Belgian professional footballer
Bernard Donovan, Zimbabwean international footballer
15 July: Bully Drammeh, Gambian international footballer
27 July: Konrad Szczotka, Polish professional footballer
4 August: Maiky Fecunda, Curaçaoan footballer
8 August: Gandelger Ganbold, Mongolian international footballer
10 August:
Felipe Saturnino, Brazilian footballer
Teresa Straub, German footballer
12 August: Roman Artemuk, professional Ukrainian footballer
19 August: Mateus Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
20 August: Marcel Ruschmeier, German footballer
21 August:
Everton Pereira, Brazilian footballer
Vanessa Wahlen
23 August: Gafur Gulberdiyev, Turkmen footballer
24 August: Yves Nyami, DR Congolese footballer
1 September: Muhammet Akyıldız, Turkish footballer
10 September: Jack Grealish, English footballer
11 September: Alan Huerta, American professional soccer player
13 September: Luka Špoljarić, Serbian professional footballer
15 September: David Raya, Spanish footballer
18 September:
Max Meyer, German footballer
Matt Targett, English footballer
21 September: Giuseppe Ponsat, Italian professional footballer
22 September: Mona-Sophie Kohn, Austrian footballer
1 October: Daniel Grubesic, Austrian footballer
3 October: Simonas Stankevičius, Lithuanian international footballer
5 October: Marina Lukić, Bosnian footballer
9 October: Kenny Tete, Dutch International footballer
13 October: Marco Condemi, Italian footballer
15 October: Larissa Šoronda, Slovenian footballer
28 October: Lina Domberg, Swedish footballer
1 November: Marco Palermo, Italian professional footballer
20 November: Théo Bongonda, Belgian youth international
7 December: Santi Mina, Spanish footballer
8 December: Jordon Ibe, English footballer
12 December: Emmanuel Saban Laryea, Ghanaian professional footballer
Deaths
= February
=February 23 – Sergio Bertoni, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (79)
= March
=March 20 - Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (born 1927)
= April
=April 22 – Carlo Ceresoli, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (84)
= May
=May 6 – Noel Brotherston (38), Northern Irish footballer
May 30 – Ted Drake (83), English footballer
May 30 – Bobby Stokes (44), English footballer
= August
=August 29 – Billy Whitaker (71), English professional footballer
= September
=September 15 – Gunnar Nordahl (74), Swedish international footballer
September 15 – Dirceu, Brazilian midfielder, included in the World Cup All-Star Team at the 1978 FIFA World Cup . (43 ; car crash)
September 28 – Albert Johanneson (55), South African footballer
= October
=October 7 – Emanuele Del Vecchio, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the 1956 South American Championship. (61)
= December
=December 24 – Carlos Lapetra (57), Spanish footballer
Movies
The Big Green (USA)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sepak bola
- Thom Haye
- Shin Tae-yong
- Ballon d'Or
- Kyogo Furuhashi
- Liga Utama Inggris
- Federasi Sepak Bola Perbara
- Manchester United F.C.
- Juventus F.C.
- Konfederasi Sepak Bola Asia
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