1956 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1956 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- November 3 – Dutch club Rapid JC makes its European debut with a defeat (3-4) on home soil against Yugoslavia's Red Star Belgrade in the second round of the European Cup.
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Argentina: River Plate
- England: Manchester United
- Italy: ACF Fiorentina
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Sweden: IFK Norrköping
- West-Germany: Borussia Dortmund
[edit] International tournaments
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[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 16: Martin Jol (Dutch footballer and manager)
- January 17: Faouzi Mansouri (Algerian footballer)
- January 31: Stefan Majewski (Polish footballer)
[edit] February
- February 14: Reinhold Hintermaier (Austrian footballer)
- February 18: Rüdiger Abramczik (German footballer)
- February 28: Jimmy Nicholl (Northern Irish footballer)
[edit] March
- March 3: Zbigniew Boniek (Polish footballer)
- March 12: László Kiss (Hungarian footballer)
- March 12: Pim Verbeek (Dutch footballer and manager)
- March 15: Gilberto Yearwood (Hondurian footballer)
- March 24: Włodzimierz Ciołek (Polish footballer)
- March 29: Ferenc Csongrádi (Hungarian footballer)
- March 29: Dick Jol (Dutch football referee)
[edit] April
- April 12: František Jakubec (Czech footballer)
[edit] May
- May 3: Bernd Förster (German footballer)
- May 19: Jan Fiala (Czech footballer)
[edit] June
- June 12: David Narey (Scottish footballer)
- June 26: Maxime Bossis (French footballer)
[edit] July
- July 15: Emmanuel Kunde (Cameroonian footballer)
- July 20: Thomas N'Kono (Cameroonian footballer)
- July 29: Jean-Luc Ettori (French footballer)
[edit] August
- August 16: Patricio Hernández (Argentinian footballer)
- August 27: Jean-François Larios (French footballer)
- August 29: Viv Anderson (English footballer)
[edit] September
- September 8: Jacky Munaron (Belgian footballer)
- September 14: Béla Bödönyi (Hungarian footballer)
- September 14: Ray Wilkins (English footballer)
- September 23: Paolo Rossi (Italian footballer)
- September 30: Frank Arnesen (Danish footballer)
[edit] October
- October 28: Frank Vercauteren (Belgian footballer)
[edit] November
- November 16: Max Hagmayr (Austrian footballer)
- November 18: Noel Brotherston (Northern Irish footballer)
[edit] December
- December 6: Klaus Allofs (German footballer)
- December 10: Jan van Dijk (Dutch footballer and manager)
[edit] Deaths
- August 12 - Giampiero Combi, Italian footballer.
- October 24 - Tom Whittaker, 58, Arsenal manager, heart attack
