1987 in association football

Events

• UEFA Champions League: Porto 2 – 1 Bayern Munich in the final at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.
• UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg, IFK Göteborg 1 – 0 Dundee United; 2nd leg, Dundee United 1 – 1 IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg wins 2 – 1 on aggregate.
• Cup Winners' Cup: Ajax 1 – 0 Lokomotive Leipzig
• Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg, Ajax 0 – 1 Porto; 2nd leg, Porto 1 – 0 Ajax. Porto won 2 – 0 on aggregate
• England - FA Cup: Coventry won 3-2 over Tottenham Hotspur
• Copa Libertadores 1987: Won by Peñarol after defeating América de Cali on the final playoff match by a score of 1 – 0.
• 25 July – In second ever FIFA U16 World Championship, the Soviet Union beat the surprise winners of two years ago, Nigeria, on penalties.
• 13 December – Portugal's Porto wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Uruguay's Peñarol in extra-timeby a score of 2 – 1. The winning goal is scored by Rabah Madjer.

  Winner club national championships

Asia

• Qatar:
• *Qatar Stars League – Al-Sadd

  Europe

• England:
• *First Division – Everton
• *Second Division – Derby County
• *Third Division - Bournemouth
• *Fourth Division - Northampton Town
• *FA Cup – Coventry City
• *League Cup – Arsenal
• France:
• *Division 1 – Bordeaux
• Italy:
• *Serie A and Italian Cup – Napoli
• Netherlands:
• *Eredivisie – PSV
• *KNVB Cup – Ajax
• *Eerste Divisie – Volendam
• Portugal:
• *Liga and Cup of Portugal – Benfica
• Scotland:
• *Premier Division – Rangers
• *First Division – Morton
• *Second Division – Meadowbank Thistle
• *Scottish Cup – St Mirren
• *Scottish League Cup – Rangers
• Spain:
• *La Liga – Real Madrid
• *Copa del Rey – Real Sociedad
• Turkey:
• *Premier Super League – Galatasaray
• *Turkish Cup – Gençlerbirliği

  North America

• – Calgary Kickers
• – Chivas Guadalajara
• – San Diego Nomads

  South America

• Argentina:
• *Primera División – Rosario Central
• Bolivia:
• *Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – Bolívar
• Chile:
• *Primera División de Chile – Universidad Católica
• Colombia:
• *Fútbol Profesional Colombiano – Millonarios
• Brazil:
• *Brazilian Football Confederation – Sport Recife
• *Copa União – Flamengo
• Paraguay:
• * – Cerro Porteño

  International Tournaments

• Copa América in Argentina
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• Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States
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  National teams

Births

• January 4
• * Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
• * Danny Simpson, English footballer
• January 7 - Jimmy Smith, English footballer
• January 10 - Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
• January 12 - Andrey Buyvolov, Russian footballer
• January 24 — Wayne Hennessey, Welsh international footballer
• January 28 — Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
• February 14
• * Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
• * José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
• March 13 - Andreas Beck, German international footballer
• March 31
• *Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
• *Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
• *Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
• *Justin Braun, American soccer player
• *Carl Dickinson, English footballer
• *Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
• *Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
• April 9 - Blaise Matuidi, French international footballer
• April 16 — Aaron Lennon, English international footballer
• April 22 — John Obi Mikel, Nigerian international footballer
• May 4 — Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish international footballer
• June 24
• *Serdar Güneş, Turkish footballer
• *Craig Henderson, New Zealand footballer
• *Josh Lillis, English footballer
• *Lionel Messi, Argentine international footballer
• June 26 — Samir Nasri, French international footballer
• July 2 — Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
• August 24
• * Masaki Yamamoto, Japanese football player
• * Ri Jun-il, North Korean football player
• September 9 — Abel Dhaira, Ugandan international footballer
• October 1 — Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
• October 7 — James McArthur, Scottish international footballer
• October 11 — Timo Furuholm, Finnish international footballer
• December 9 — Karim Benzema, French international footballer

  Deaths

February

• February 2 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian goalkeeper, winner of the 1958 FIFA World Cup and 1962 FIFA World Cup.

  May

• May - Syd Hartley, English professional association football player
• May 23 - Ernst Nagelschmitz, German footballer

  October

• October 23 – Alejandro Scopelli, Argentine/Italian striker, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.