1966 in association football

Events

• Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4–2.
• Real Madrid won the European Cup defeating Partizan 2–1.
• November 6 - Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Czechoslovakia.

  Winners club national championship

Asia

• : Al-Maref

  Europe

• : FC Admira Wacker Mödling
• : Anderlecht
• Czechoslovakia: Dukla Prague
• : Liverpool
• : Nantes
• : Inter Milan
• : Ajax
• : Sporting C.P.
• : Dynamo Kiev
• : Celtic
• : Atlético Madrid
• : FC Zürich
• : Beşiktaş J.K.
• : TSV 1860 München
• : FK Vojvodina

  North America

• : América

  South America

• : Racing Club
• : Cruzeiro

  International tournaments

• 1966 British Home Championship
• FIFA World Cup in England
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  Clubs Founded

• PAS Giannina

  Births

• January 13 - Gerardo Esquivel, Mexican footballer
• January 29 - Romário, Brazilian footballer
• February 4 - Egidio Notaristefano, Italian footballer and manager
• February 8 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
• March 27 - Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer
• April 2 - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• April 9 - Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
• May 12 - Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
• May 24 - Eric Cantona, French footballer
• May 30 - Thomas Häßler, German footballer
• June 6 - Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
• June 12 - Albeiro Usuriaga, Colombian footballer
• June 14 - Nelson Cossio, Chilean footballer
• June 14 - Byron Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• June 21 - Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
• June 29 - Massimo Brambati, Italian footballer
• July 1 - Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
• July 5 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian international footballer
• July 7 - Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
• July 28 - Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
• August 13 - Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
• August 22 - Michel van Oostrum, Dutch footballer
• August 22 - Rob Witschge, Dutch international footballer
• October 5 - Wilfred Agbonavbare, Nigerian international footballer
• October 16 - Stefan Reuter, German international footballer
• October 19 - José Carpio, Ecuadorian football referee
• December 3 - Flemming Povlsen, Danish international footballer

  Deaths

March

• March 27 - Hermann Garrn, German forward, capped 2 times for the Germany national football team.

  May

• May 2: Agostinho Fortes Filho, Brazilian midfielder, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

  December

• December 26 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentine striker, runner-up and top scorer of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.