2010 in association football

• 11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in  South Africa
  •  Spain
  •  Netherlands
  •  Germany
  • 4th:  Uruguay
• 14 August – 22 August: 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship in  England
  •  Brazil
  •  Spain
  •  China
  • 4th:  England

• 10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in  Angola
  •  Egypt
  •  Ghana
  •  Nigeria
  • 4th:  Algeria

• December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup in  Indonesia and  Vietnam
  • Winners:  Malaysia
  • Runners-up:  Indonesia
  • Third place:  Philippines,  Vietnam

• 24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in  Portugal
  •  United States
  •  Germany
  •  Sweden
  • 4th:  China
• 4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in  Ecuador
  •  Brazil
  •  Colombia
  •  Chile
  • 4th:  Argentina

• July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in  Germany
  •  Germany
  •  Nigeria
  •  South Korea
  • 4th:  Colombia
• 5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  South Korea
  •  Japan
  •  Spain
  • 4th:  North Korea
• March 3 - March 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in  Colombia
  •  Brazil
  •  Colombia
  •  Paraguay
  • 4th:  Chile

• August 12–25: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in  Singapore
  •  Bolivia
  •  Haiti
  •  Singapore
  • 4th:  Montenegro
• November 7–25: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,  China
  •  Japan
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  South Korea
  • 4th:  Iran

• August 12–24: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in  Singapore
  •  Chile
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Turkey
  • 4th:  Iran
• November 14–22: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou,  China
  •  Japan
  •  North Korea
  •  South Korea
  • 4th:  China

• Australia – Sydney FC
• Bahrain – Al-Ahli (Manama)
• Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
• Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
• Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
• China PR – Shandong Luneng
• Chinese Taipei – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
• Guam – Quality Distributors
• Hong Kong – South China
• India – Dempo SC
• Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
• Iran – Sepahan
• Iraq – Dohuk FC
• Japan – Nagoya Grampus
• Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
• Kuwait – Qadsia SC
• Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
• Lebanon – Al Ahed
• Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
• Malaysia – Selangor FA
• Oman – Al-Suwaiq
• Pakistan – KRL
• Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
• Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
• Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
• Singapore – Etoile FC
• South Korea – FC Seoul
• Syria – Al-Jaish
• Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
• Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
• Turkmenistan – Balkan FK
• UAE – Al Wahda
• Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
• Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.

• Algeria – MC Alger
• Angola – Interclube
• Benin – ASPAC FC
• Botswana – Township Rollers FC
• Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
• Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
• Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
• Cape Verde – Boavista FC
• Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
• Chad – Tourbillon FC
• Comoros – Elan Club
• Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
• DR Congo – AS Vita Club
• Djibouti – AS Port
• Egypt – Al-Ahly
• Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
• Eritrea – unknown
• Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
• Gabon – US Bitam
• Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
• Ghana – Aduana Stars
• Guinea – Fello Star
• Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
• Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
• Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
• Lesotho – Matlama FC
• Liberia – unknown
• Libya – Al Ittihad
• *Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
• Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
• Mali – Stade Malien
• Mauritania – CF Cansado
• Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
• Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
• Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
• Namibia – African Stars F.C.
• Niger – ASFAN
• Nigeria – Enyimba
• Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
• Rwanda – APR FC
• São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
• Senegal – ASC Diaraf
• Seychelles – St Michel United FC
• Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
• Somalia – Gayher FC
• South Africa – Supersport United FC
• Sudan – Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
• Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
• Tanzanian – Simba SC
• Togo – not held
• Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
• Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
• Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
• Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
• Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.

Nation	League	Champions
Anguilla	Anguillan League	Roaring Lions
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division	Bassa
Aruba	Campeonato AVB	Britannia
Bahamas	BFA Senior League	IM Bears
	New Providence Football League	Cavalier FC
	Grand Bahama Football League	Playtime Tigers
Barbados	Barbados Premiere League	Notre Dame
Belize	Belize Premier Football League	Defense Force
Bermuda	Bermudian Premier Division	Dandy Town Hornets
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands Championship	Islanders FC
Canada	Canadian Soccer League	Brantford Galaxy (P)
		York Region Shooters (R)
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands League	Scholars International
Costa Rica	Primera División de Costa Rica	Saprissa (C) / (A)
	Segunda División de Costa Rica	Barrio México (C)
		Limón (A)
Cuba	Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba	Ciego de Ávila
Curaçao	Curaçao League	Hubentut Fortuna
Dominica	Dominica Championship	Centre Bath Estate
El Salvador	Primera División de Fútbol Profesional	Isidro Metapán (C) / (A)
	Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño	UES (C)
		Once Municipal (A)
French Guiana	Championnat National	Le Geldar
Grenada	Grenada League	Carib Hurricane
Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur	Vieux-Habitants
Guatemala	Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala	Municipal (C)
		Comunicaciones (A)
	Primera División de Ascenso	Mictlán (C)
		Malacateco (A)
Guyana	Guyanese Super League	Alpha United
Haiti	Ligue Haïtienne	Tempête (O)
		Victory SC (F)
Honduras	Honduran Liga Nacional	Olimpia (C)
		Real España (A)
	Honduran Liga Ascenso	Necaxa (C)
		Atlético Independiente (A)
Jamaica	National Premier League	Harbour View
	KSAFA Super League	Cavaliers
	South Central Super League	Naggo Head
	Eastern Confederation Super League	Benfica
	Western Confederation Super League	Reno
Martinique	Martinique Championnat National	RC Rivière-Pilote
Mexico	Primera División de México	Toluca (C)
		Santos Laguna (A)
	Liga de Ascenso	Necaxa (B)
		Tijuana (A)
	Segunda Division	Universidad (B)
		Celaya (A)
Montserrat	competition cancelled
Nevis	Nevis Premier Division	Stoney Grove Strikers
Panama	Liga Panameña de Fútbol	Árabe Unido (C)
		Tauro (A)
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Soccer League	River Plate Puerto Rico
	Liga Nacional	Maunabo Leones
St. Kitts and Nevis	SKNFA Premier League	Newtown United
Suriname	Hoofdklasse	Inter Moengotapoe
	Eerste Klasse	Kamal Dewaker
	Randdistrictentoernooi	Boma Star
Trinidad and Tobago	TT Pro League	Defence Force
	National Super League	T&TEC
United States	Major League Soccer	Colorado Rapids (P)
		Los Angeles Galaxy (R)
	USSF D2 Pro League	Puerto Rico Islanders (P)
		Rochester Rhinos (R)
	USL Second Division	Charleston Battery
U.S. Virgin Islands	USVI Championship	New Vibes

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; (B) means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.
Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.

• Saint Kitts: Newtown United
• Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
• Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
• Sint Maarten: D & P Connection
• Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy

• Argentina – Argentinos Juniors (C); Estudiantes (A)
• Bolivia – Jorge Wilstermann (A); Oriente Petrolero (C)
• Brazil – Fluminense
• Chile – Universidad Católica
• Colombia – Junior (A); Once Caldas (C)
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Guaraní (A); Libertad (C)
• Peru – Universidad San Martín
• Uruguay – Peñarol
• Venezuela – Caracas

Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.

•  Fiji – ongoing
• French Polynesia – AS Tefana
• New Caledonia – ongoing
•  New Zealand – Waitakere United

• Albania: Dinamo Tirana
• Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
• Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
• Austria: Red Bull Salzburg
• Azerbaijan: Inter Baku
• Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
• Belgium: Anderlecht
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
• Bulgaria: Litex Lovech
• Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
• Cyprus: Omonia
• Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
• Denmark: Copenhagen
• England: Chelsea
• Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
• Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
• Finland: HJK Helsinki
• France: Marseille
• Georgia: Olimpi Rustavi
• Germany: Bayern Munich
• Greece: Panathinaikos
• Hungary: Debreceni VSC
• Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
• Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
• Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Italy: Internazionale
• Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
• Latvia: Skonto Riga
• Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
• Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
• Macedonia: Renova
• Malta: Birkirkara
• Moldova: Sheriff Tiraspol
• Montenegro: Rudar Pljevlja
• Netherlands: Twente
• Northern Ireland: Linfield[1]
• Norway: Rosenborg Trondheim
• Poland: Lech Poznań
• Portugal: Benfica
• Romania: Cluj
• Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
• San Marino: Tre Fiori
• Scotland: Rangers
• Serbia: Partizan
• Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
• Slovenia: Koper
• Spain: Barcelona
• Sweden: Malmö FF
• Switzerland: Basel
• Turkey: Bursaspor
• Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
• Wales: The New Saints

• Japan

Emperor's Cup: Kashima Antlers

• Qatar

Emir of Qatar Cup: Al-Rayyan

• Singapore

Singapore Cup: Bangkok Glass

• Thailand

Thai FA Cup: Chonburi FC

• South Africa

Nedbank Cup: Bidvest Wits

• Canada

Canadian Championship: Toronto FC

• Suriname

Beker van Suriname: Excelsior

• United States

U.S. Open Cup: Seattle Sounders FC

• Brazil

Copa do Brasil: Santos

• New Zealand

Chatham Cup: Miramar Rangers

• England

FA Cup: Chelsea

League Cup: Manchester United

• France

Coupe de France: Paris Saint-Germain

Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille

• Germany

DFB-Pokal: Bayern Munich

• Greece

Greek Cup: Panathinaikos

• Italy

Coppa Italia: Internazionale

• Netherlands

KNVB Cup: Ajax

• Portugal

Taça de Portugal: Porto

Taça da Liga: Benfica

• Russia

Russian Cup: Zenit St. Petersburg

• Scotland

Scottish Cup: Dundee United

Scottish League Cup: Rangers

• Slovenia

Slovenian Cup: Maribor

• Spain

Copa del Rey: Sevilla

• Turkey

Turkish Cup: Trabzonspor

• 1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
• 1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender (57)
• 3 January - Gus Alexander, Scottish footballer (75)
• 7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender (74)
• 9 January - Améleté Abalo, Togolese football manager (47)
• 11 January - Johnny King, English footballer (83)
• 13 January - Tommy Sloan, Scottish footballer (84)
• 15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker (57)
• 18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender (82)
• 19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
• 19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker (70)
• 19 January - Christos Hatziskoulidis, Greek footballer (57)
• 20 January - Jack Parry, Welsh footballer (86)
• 21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
• 26 January – Lars Larsson, Swedish defender (76)

• 1 February - Bobby Kirk, Scottish footballer (82)
• 3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper (88)
• 5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker (72)
• 7 February - Bobby Dougan, Scottish footballer (83)
• 8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper (88)
• 9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
• 10 February – Orlando, Brazilian defender (74)
• 11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker (69)
• 11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker (67)
• 12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
• 12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
• 12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
• 13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
• 14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
• February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
• 16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
• 18 February - Alan Gordon, Scottish footballer (65)
• 20 February - Bobby Cox, Scottish footballer (76)
• 22 February - Bobby Smith, Scottish footballer (56)
• 23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
• 27 February - Charlie Crowe, English footballer (85)
• 28 February - Adam Blacklaw, Scottish footballer (72)

• 3 March - Keith Alexander, English footballer (53)
• 4 March - Tony Richards, English footballer (75)
• 6 March - Mansour Amirasefi, Iranian footballer (76)
• 6 March - Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (25)
• 9 March - Gheorghe Constantin, Romanian footballer (77)
• 11 March - Wille MacFarlane, Scottish footballer (79)
• 12 March - Aleksandr Minayev, Russian footballer (51)
• 12 March - Hugh Robertson, Scottish footballer (70)
• 13 March - Édouard Kargu, French footballer (84)
• 13 March - Charlie Ashcroft, English footballer (83)
• 17 March - Abdellah Blinda, Moroccan footballer (58)
• 18 March - Júlio Correia da Silva, Portuguese footballer (90)
• 19 March - Bob Curtis, English footballer (60)
• 20 March - Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer (92)
• 27 March - Zbigniew Gut, Polish footballer (60)
• 28 March - Derlis Florentín, Paraguayan footballer (26)

• 3 April - Oleg Kopayev, Russian footballer (72)
• 6 April - Sid Storey, English footballer (90)
• 9 April - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (65)
• 10 April - Manfred Reichert, German footballer (69)
• 11 April - Hans-Joachim Göring, German footballer (86)
• 11 April - Theodor Homann, German footballer (61)
• 12 April - Alper Balaban, Turkish footballer (22)
• 13 April - Jorge Bontemps, Argentine footballer (32)
• 13 April - Charlie Timmins, English footballer (87)
• 15 April - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (54)
• 17 April - Alexandru Neagu, Romanian footballer (61)
• 21 April - Sammy Baird, Scottish footballer (79)
• 21 April - Tony Ingham, English footballer (85)
• 21 April - Manfred Kallenbach, German footballer (68)
• 22 April - Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer (71)
• 22 April - Victor Nurenberg, Luxembourgian footballer (79)
• 22 April - Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (81)
• 25 April - Ian Lawther, Northern Irish footballer (70)
• 26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder (54)
• 26 April - Yuri Vshivtsev, Russian footballer (70)

• May - Bert Padden, Scottish football referee (born 1932)
• 3 May - Denis Obua, Ugandan footballer (62)
• 6 May - Guillermo Meza, Mexican footballer (21)
• 6 May - Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer (94)
• 7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
• 11 May
  • Brian Gibson, English footballer (82)
  • Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer (29; tuberculosis)[2]
• 13 May - Walter Klimmek, German football defender (91)
• 15 May - Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (22)
• 19 May - Harry Vos, Dutch footballer (63)
• 24 May - Kambozia Jamali, Iranian midfielder (71)
• 26 May - Leo Canjels, Dutch footballer (77)

• 1 June - John Hagart, Scottish footballer (72)
• 4 June - Hennadiy Popovych, Ukrainian footballer (37)
• 6 June - Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football manager (46)
• 7 June - Jorge Ginarte, Argentine footballer (70)
• 9 June - Mohamed Sylla, Guinean footballer (39)
• 12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder (20)
• 20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender (59)
• 20 June - Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (66)
• 22 June - Amokrane Oualiken, Algerian footballer (77)
• 23 June - Jörg Berger, German footballer (65)
• 27 June - Édgar García de Dios, Mexican footballer (32)

• July 1 - Eddie Moussa, Swedish footballer (26)
• July 3 - Colin Gardner, British football manager
• July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time. (79)
• July 6 - Alekos Sofianidis, Greek footballer (76)
• July 8 - Guillermo León, Costa Rican footballer
• July 11 - Rudi Strittich, Austrian footballer (88)
• July 13 - Ken Barnes, British footballer (81)
• July 17 - Shaun Mawer, English footballer (50)
• July 17 - Ioannis Stefas, Greek footballer (61)
• July 17 - Gunārs Ulmanis, Latvian footballer (71)
• July 19 - Joseph Aghoghovbia, Nigerian footballer (69)
• July 19 - Daiki Sato, Japanese footballer (21)
• July 28 - Daniel Pettit, English footballer (95)
• July 29 - Alex Wilson, Polish footballer (76)
• July 30 - Stanley Milburn, English footballer (83)
• July 31 - Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer (84)

• August 2 - José María Silvero, Argentine footballer (78)
• August 3 - Edmund Zientara, Polish footballer (81)
• August 5 - Yuri Shishlov, Russian footballer (65)
• August 8 - Ken Boyes, English footballer (75)
• August 8 - Massamasso Tchangai, Togolese footballer (32)
• August 10 - Brian Clark, English footballer (67)
• August 10 - Adam Stansfield, English footballer (31)
• August 13 - Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (34)
• August 22 - Raúl Belén, Argentine footballer (79)
• August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
• August 22 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer (86)
• August 27 - Oscar Ntwagae, South African footballer (33)
• August 28 - Isa Bakar, Malaysian footballer (57)
• August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the final. (100)
• August 30 - Henryk Czapczyk, Polish footballer (88)
• August 30 - Philip Tisson, Saint Lucian footballer (24)

• 2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
• 3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
• 10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker (41)
• 10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker (85)
• 11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
• 18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
• 18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
• 22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
• 23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager (90)
• 28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)

• 1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker (72)
• 1 October - Bobby Craig, Scottish footballer (75)
• 1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
• 6 October - Norman Christie, Scottish footballer (85)
• 9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder (89)
• 12 October - José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper (78)
• 13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
• 13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker (85)
• 14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
• 18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender (75)
• 18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
• 21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
• 22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
• 24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
• 26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
• 29 October - Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder (76)
• 30 October - John Benson, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)

• 3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender (75)
• 8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender (84)
• 8 November - Tim Womack, English footballer (76)
• 12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
• 15 November -Ángel Cabrera, Uruguayan footballer (71)
• 16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
• November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (87)
• 18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
• 24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
• 26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
• 27 November - Steve Hill, English footballer (70)
• 28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)

• 3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
• 5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender (25, car accident)
• 6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder (73)
• 6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager (82)
• 7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
• 10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
• 11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
• 12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
• 14 December - Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
• 17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder (64, stroke)
• 21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
• 21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
• 24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
• 26 December - Bill Jones, English defender (89)
• 27 December - Walter Balmer, Swiss international footballer (born 1948)
• 28 December - Jeff Taylor, English footballer (80)
• 29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder (67)
• 29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)