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The following are theassociation football events of the year1984 throughout the world.

• 16 May – Italian giantsJuventus FC claims theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalistsFC Porto 2–1.
• 23 May –Tottenham Hotspur wins theUEFA Cup by defeatingR.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 atWhite Hart Lane inLondon.
• 27 July –Copa Libertadores won byIndependiente after defeatingGrêmio on an aggregate score of 1–0.
• 19 September – Dutch clubFortuna Sittard makes itsEuropean debut with a draw (0-0) against Denmark'sBK Copenhagen in the first round of theCup Winners Cup.
• 9 December – Argentina'sIndependiente wins theIntercontinental Cup inTokyo, Japan by defeatingEngland'sLiverpool F.C.: 1–0. The only goal is scored byJosé Alberto Percudani in the 6th minute.

•  Egypt:Zamalek

•  Qatar –Al-Rayyan

•  Belgium –K.S.K. Beveren
•  Denmark –Vejle BK
•  East Germany
  • League –BFC Dynamo
  • Cup –SG Dynamo Dresden
•  England
  • League –Liverpool
  • Cup –Everton
•  Finland –FC Kuusysi
•  France –Girondins de Bordeaux
•  Italy –Juventus
•  Netherlands –Feyenoord Rotterdam
•  Norway –Vålerenga
•  Portugal –Benfica
•  Scotland –Aberdeen
•  Soviet Union –FC Zenit
•  Spain –Athletic Bilbao
•  Sweden –IFK Göteborg
•  Turkey –Trabzonspor
•  West Germany –VfB Stuttgart

•  Mexico –Club América
•  United States / Canada:
  • Chicago Sting (NASL)

•  Argentina
  • Metropolitano –Argentinos Juniors
  • Nacional –Ferro Carril Oeste
•  Bolivia –Blooming
•  Brazil –Fluminense
•  Colombia –América de Cali
•  Paraguay –Guaraní

• African Cup of Nations inIvory Coast (4–18 March 1984)
  1.  Cameroon
  2.  Nigeria
  3.  Algeria
• 1984 British Home Championship (13 December 1983 – 25 May 1984)

 Northern Ireland^[1]

• UEFA European Football Championship inFrance (12–27 June 1984)
  1.  France
  2.  Spain
  3. —
• Olympic Games inLos Angeles, United States (29 July – 11 August 1984)
  1.  France
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Yugoslavia

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• 1 January
  • Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
  • Mourad N'Zif, French former professional footballer^[2]
  • Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
  • Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
• 3 January –Andrei Bovtalo, former Russian footballer^[3]
• 5 January –Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
• 7 January
  • Diego Balbinot, Italian-Brazilian footballer
  • Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
• 12 January –Alain Montwani, retired Andorran footballer^[4]
• 14 January –Abdoulahy Sangaré, Mauritanian international footballer^[5]
• 16 January –Craig Beattie, Scottish footballer
• 17 January –Xavier Margairaz, Swiss footballer^[6]
• 18 January –Rubí Sandoval, Mexican female footballer
• 21 January
  • Leonardo Burián, Uruguayan youth international
  • Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer
  • Wes Morgan, Jamaican international
• 23 January
  • Arjen Robben, Dutch international footballer
  • Nikolay Yevgenyevich Yefimov, Russian footballer^[7]
• 24 January –Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese youth international
• 25 January –Stefan Kießling, German international footballer
• 29 January
  • Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
  • Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer

• 4 February – Waskito Sujarwoko, Indonesian footballer^[8]
• 5 February –Carlos Tevez, Argentinian international footballer
• 6 February
  • Darren Bent, English footballer
  • Fabrice Omonga, retired Belgian footballer^[9]
• 8 February –Antonino Daì, Italian footballer^[10]
• 21 February –David Odonkor, German footballer
• 27 February –Steve Warne, English footballer^[11]
• 29 February
  • Darren Ambrose, English footballer
  • Giedrius Tomkevičius, Lithuanian footballer
  • Hélio Pinto, Portuguese footballer
  • Saylee Swen, Liberian footballer
  • Ernest Bong, Vanuatuan footballer^{[citation needed]}
  • Stefano Pesoli, Italian footballer

• 1 March –Patrick Helmes, German international footballer
• 4 March –Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
• 10 March
  • Derick Amadi, Nigerian professional footballer^[12]
  • Matt Lock, English footballer^[13]
• 18 March –Gary Roberts, English footballer
• 20 March –Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• 30 March –Gennaro Fragiello, Italian footballer^[14]

• 4 April –Sultan Khuranov, former Russian professional footballer^[15]
• 18 April –Raphael Ntimane, Swaziland international footballer^[16]
• 13 April –Nemanja Vuković, Montenegrin footballer
• 29 April
  • Jones Leandro, Brazilian footballer^[17]
  • Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer

• 3 May –Martin Kováč, Slovak footballer^[18]
• 4 May
  • Orkhonsaikhany Bayarjavkhlan, Mongolian international footballer^[19]
  • Daron Beneby, Bahamian international footballer^[20]
• 10 May –Jonathan Rosario, Dominican Republic international footballer^[21]
• 11 May –Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
• 12 May –Yohan Congio, French footballer^[22]
• 14 May –Michael Rensing, German youth international
• 17 May –Yannick Macoa, Mauritian international footballer^[23]
• 23 May -Reinaldo Román, Paraguayan footballer^[24]
• 24 May
  • Begli Annageldiyev, Turkmen professional footballer^[25]
  • Christoph Holste, German footballer^[26]

• 1 June
  • Jean Beausejour, Chilean footballer
  • Jean-Claude Bozga, Romanian footballer
• 8 June –Javier Mascherano, Argentinian international^[27]
• 9 June
  • Davinson Monsalve, Colombian professional footballer^[28]
  • Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer^[29]
• 11 June –Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
• 16 June –Diego Segura, Spanish former footballer^[30]
• 18 June –Jukka Veltheim, Finnish footballer^[31]
• 29 June –Ambesager Yosief, Eritrean footballer
• 30 June
  • Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (died 2016)
  • Norismaidham Ismail, Malaysian club footballer

• 7 July –Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
• 9 July
  • Panda (footballer) (Márcio Gama Moreira), Brazilian footballer^[32]
• 13 July
  • Alexander Bramble, Montserratian international footballer^[33]
  • Nicola Iannotti, Italian professional footballer^[34]
• 14 July –Mounir El Hamdaoui, Dutch-born Moroccan international footballer
• 15 July –Giampietro Cicoria, Swiss professional footballer^[35]
• 16 July –Roman Markelov, former Russian professional footballer^[36]
• 18 July –Lee Barnard, English club footballer
• 21 July –Marcelo Rolón, Paraguayan footballer
• 27 July
  • Florian Bague, French former professional footballer^[37]
  • Alim Khabilov, former Russian professional footballer^[38]
• 31 July
  • Marko Balažic, Slovenian retired footballer^[39]
  • Daniel Minorelli, Brazilian footballer^[40]

• 1 August
  • Waso Ramadhani, Burundian footballer^[41]
  • Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
• 6 August
  • Marco Airosa, Angolan footballer
  • Silva (Weliander Silva Nascimento), Brazilian footballer^[42]
• 10 August –Luca Carretto, Italian footballer^[43]
• 11 August –Georgi Aslanidi, Russian former professional footballer^[44]
• 22 August –Lee Camp, English footballer
• 23 August
  • Glen Johnson, English footballer
  • Ashley Williams, English-born Welsh international footballer

• 3 September –Renat Sokolov, Russian former professional footballer^[45]
• 7 September
  • Miranda, Brazilian footballer
  • Mark Veldmate, Dutch footballer
• 25 September
  • Franck Nkela, Congolese footballer^[46]
  • Mario Ruyales, Spanish footballer^[47]

• 1 October –Fiorenzo Chatrer, Dutch footballer^[48]
• 3 October –Anthony Le Tallec, French youth international
• 14 October –Alex Scott, English footballer^[49]
• 28 October –Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
• 31 October –Luciën Dors, Dutch footballer^[50]

• 3 November –Matthias Hummel, German former footballer, now assistant manager^[51]
• 8 November –Rowan Taylor, Montserrat international footballer^[52]
• 10 November
  • Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer
  • Jarno Mattila, Finnish club footballer
• 11 November
  • Stephen Hunt, English club footballer
  • Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic international
• 21 November –Bianca Weech, German footballer^[53]
• 30 November –Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer

• 9 December –Winder Mendoza, Venezuelan professional footballer^[54]
• 11 December –Carlos Alberto, Brazilian footballer
• 20 December
  • Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
  • Marcel Schug, German former professional footballer^[55]

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• 8 May –Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian left back, 8 times winner of theCampeonato Paulista withSport Club Corinthians Paulista . (79)
• 8 May –William Ling (75), English football referee
• 11 May –Toni Turek, West-German goalkeeper, winner of the1954 FIFA World Cup. (65)
• 12 May –Matías González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)

• 23 June:Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (born 1939)

• 3 July –Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan defender, last surviving winner, that actually played, of the1930 FIFA World Cup. (76)
• 7 July –Elba de Padua Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager

• 19 September –Álvaro Lopes Cançado, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the1938 FIFA World Cup. (71)

• 1 October:Blagoje Marjanović, Serbian striker, semi-finalist at the1930 FIFA World Cup.

• 19 December –Puck van Heel (80), Dutch footballer

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