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The following are theassociation football events of the year1995 throughout the world.

• Copa Libertadores1995: Won byGrêmio after defeatingAtlético Nacional on an aggregate score of 4–2.
• January 18 –Guus Hiddink makes his debut as the manager ofNetherlands national team with a friendly loss (0–1) againstFrance. Two players make their debut as well: strikersMichael Mols (FC Twente) andGlenn Helder (Vitesse Arnhem).
• January 19 – Dutch clubFC Zwolle names former goalkeeperPiet Schrijvers as their new manager to replace Ben Hendriks.
• January 25 –Eric Cantona, in an away match againstCrystal Palace, he launched a 'kung-fu' style kick against an abusive Crystal Palace fan, Matthew Simmons, after beingsent off by thereferee for a tackle on Palace defenderRichard Shaw. He then got up from his seat and left, leaving many of the assembled crowd bemused. One month later, he was sentenced to 120 hours ofcommunity service after anappeal court overturned a 2-week prison sentence forassault. He was also suspended byThe Football Association until the following October.
• February 15 – English soccer hooligans, led by members ofCombat 18, riot atLansdowne Road during a friendly between theRepublic of Ireland andEngland. The match, refereed by DutchmanDick Jol, is abandoned.
• February 22 –Guus Hiddink loses his first match as the new head coach of theNetherlands national team;Portugal defeats the Netherlands inEindhoven through a goal byPedro Barbosa.
• March 29 –Bryan Roy plays his last international match for theNetherlands national team, earning his 32nd cap against Malta.
• May 20 –Everton claims theEnglish FA Cup with a 1–0 win overManchester United.
• May 24 –UEFA Champions League won byAjax Amsterdam after defeatingA.C. Milan in theErnst Happel Stadium through a goal fromPatrick Kluivert.
• June 7 –John van 't Schip plays his last international match for theNetherlands national team, earning his 41st cap against Belarus, while goalkeeperEdwin van der Sar makes his debut in the Euro 1996 qualifying match inMinsk.
• June 18 – In 2nd edition ofFIFA Women's World Cup, Norway wins 2–0 over Germany
• August 16 –Ajax Amsterdam once again claims theDutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in theEredivisie, this time by a 2–1 win in extra-time overFeyenoord Rotterdam.
• October 2 –Feyenoord Rotterdam fires managerWillem van Hanegem and namesArie Haan as his successor.
• November 20 – ManagerRonald Spelbos is fired by Dutch clubVitesse Arnhem and replaced byFrans Thijssen.
• November 28 –Ajax Amsterdam wins theIntercontinental Cup inTokyo, Japan by defeating Brazil'sGrêmio after penalties: 4–3. The decisive penalty is scored by skipperDanny Blind.
• December 8 – Dutch clubNEC Nijmegen firesCees van Kooten and appointsWim Koevermans.
• December 12 – TheLebanese national team beatSlovakia national football team 2 – 1 in afriendly match inBeirut.
• December 13 – TheNetherlands national team qualifies forEuro 1996 by defeating theRepublic of Ireland (2–0) in a play-off atAnfield Road,Liverpool. Both goals are scored byPatrick Kluivert.
• December 15 – TheEuropean Court of Justice makes theBosman ruling, which means all footballers not under contract are free to move clubs without any economic compensation to their former club. A secondary result of the ruling means the abolition of the foreign player quotas, at least as they affect nationals ofEuropean Union member states.
• December 15 –Korean clubSuwon Samsung Bluewings is officially founded.

• Japan –Yokohama F. Marinos
• Qatar –Al-Rayyan SC
• South Korea –Ilhwa Chunma

•  Croatia –Hajduk Split
•  England –Blackburn Rovers
•  Finland -Haka Valkeakoski
•  France –FC Nantes
•  Germany –Borussia Dortmund
•  Italy –Juventus
•  Netherlands –Ajax Amsterdam
•  Portugal –FC Porto
•  Scotland –Rangers
•  Spain –Real Madrid
•  Turkey –Beşiktaş
•  Ukraine –Dynamo Kyiv
• Yugoslavia –Red Star Belgrade

•  Mexico –Necaxa
•  United States / Canada –Seattle Sounders (APSL)

• Argentina
  • Clausura –San Lorenzo
  • Apertura –Vélez Sársfield
• Bolivia –San José
• Brazil –Botafogo
• Chile –Universidad de Chile
• Paraguay –Olimpia Asunción
•  Peru –Sporting Cristal

• FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden
  1.  Norway
  2.  Germany
  3.  United States
• Baltic Cup inRiga, Latvia
  1.  Latvia
  2.  Lithuania
  3.  Estonia
• Canada Cup inEdmonton, Canada
  1.  Chile
  2.  Canada
  3.  Northern Ireland
• Copa América in Uruguay
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Colombia
• Pan American Games inMar del Plata, Argentina
  1.  Argentina
  2.  Mexico
  3.  Colombia
• FIFA U-20 World Cup in Qatar
  1.  Argentina
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Portugal
• FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador
  1.  Ghana
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Argentina
• UNCAF Nations Cup inSan Salvador, El Salvador
  1.  Honduras
  2.  Guatemala
  3.  El Salvador

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• 3 January:Muhammed Demirci, Turkish footballer
• 4 January:
  • İsmail Ayaz, Turkish professional footballer^[1]
  • Muhammad Tahir, Indonesian footballer
  • Adam Webster, English footballer
• 5 January:Konstantinos Beglektsis, Greek footballer^[2]
• 6 January:Maximilian Rupp, German footballer^[3]
• 8 January:Alessandro Gilardi, Italian footballer^[4]
• 15 January:Sinan Bytyqi, Albanian professional footballer
• 20 January:Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer
• 30 January:Marcos Llorente, Spanish footballer
• 3 February:Jordy Zielschot, Dutch footballer^[5]
• 5 February:Hampus Bergdahl, Swedish footballer^[6]
• 7 February:Shani Tarashaj, Swiss footballer
• 8 February:
  • Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
  • Zakarie Labidi, French footballer
• 14 February:Diego Fagúndez, Uruguayan footballer
• 18 February:Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
• 19 February:Karmen Ulbin, Slovenian footballer^[7]
• 20 February:Stef Vervoort, Belgian professional footballer^[8]
• 1 March:Anna Thörnqvist, Swedish footballer^[9]
• 3 March:Dmytro Strelkovskyy, Ukrainian footballer^[10]
• 6 March:Utam Rusdiana, Indonesian footballer
• 7 March:Akermann Silva, Venezuelan-born Chilean professional footballer^[11]
• 13 March
  • Héctor Bellerín, Spanish international
  • Evan Dimas, Indonesian footballer
• 14 March:Christopher Lemke, German footballer^[12]
• 20 March:Jordan Boy, French footballer^[13]
• 25 March:Nataniel de Jesus Reis, East Timorese international footballer
• 26 March:Amer Masarwa, Arab-Israeli footballer^[14]
• 4 April:Nino Jakirović, Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer^[15]
• 9 April:Nathalie Gonzalez, former Luxembourgish footballer^[16]
• 27 April:Alejandro Henzi, Swiss footballer^[17]
• 30 April:Aleksandar Miletić, Serbian footballer^[18]
• 5 May:Javi Forján, Spanish footballer^[19]
• 21 May:Guillaume Fanucchi, French professional footballer^[20]
• 26 May:Paul Röwer, German footballer^[21]
• 27 May:Felipe Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer^[22]
• 1 June:Carlos Castro García, Spanish footballer
• 16 June:Saifoudine Sanali, Comorian professional footballer^[23]
• 23 June:Kristopher Vida, Hungarian footballer
• 25 June:Andriy Markovych, Ukrainian footballer
• 1 July
  • James Hamon, Guernsey-born footballer
  • Ryuji Utomo, Indonesian footballer
• 2 July:James Davis, Equatoguinean footballer
• 5 July:Baily Cargill, English footballer
• 6 July:
  • Robert Obst, Polish footballer
  • Mario López Quintana, Paraguayan footballer
• 9 July: Daniel Vlas, former Moldovan footballer^[24]
• 11 July:
  • Hamza Ould Jawar, Mauritanian professional footballer^[25]
  • Nikita Khaykin, Israeli youth international
  • Vitali Lystsov, Russian youth international
• 12 July:
  • Bernard Donovan, Zimbabwean international footballer
• 15 July:Bully Drammeh, Gambian international footballer^[26]
• 27 July:Konrad Szczotka, Polish professional footballer^[27]
• 4 August:Maiky Fecunda, Curaçaoan footballer^[28]
• 8 August:Gandelger Ganbold, Mongolian international footballer^[29]
• 10 August:
  • Felipe Saturnino, Brazilian footballer^[30]
• 12 August:Roman Artemuk, professional Ukrainian footballer^[31]
• 21 August:
  • Everton Pereira, Brazilian footballer^[32]
  • Vanessa Wahlen
• 23 August:Gafur Gulberdiyev, Turkmen footballer^[33]
• 24 August:Yves Nyami, DR Congolese footballer^[34]
• 10 September:Jack Grealish, English footballer^[35]
• 13 September:Luka Špoljarić, Serbian professional footballer^[36]
• 15 September:David Raya, Spanish footballer
• 18 September:
  • Max Meyer, German footballer
  • Matt Targett, English footballer
• 21 September:Giuseppe Ponsat, Italian professional footballer^[37]
• 22 September:Mona-Sophie Kohn, Austrian footballer^[38]
• 3 October:Simonas Stankevičius, Lithuanian international footballer
• 5 October:Marina Lukić, Bosnian footballer^[39]
• 9 October:Kenny Tete, Dutch International footballer
• 15 October:Larissa Šoronda, Slovenian footballer^[40]
• 28 October:Lina Domberg, Swedish footballer^[41]
• 1 November:Marco Palermo, Italian professional footballer^[42]
• 20 November:Théo Bongonda, Belgian youth international
• 7 December:Santi Mina, Spanish footballer
• 8 December:Jordon Ibe, English footballer^[43]
• 12 December:Emmanuel Saban Laryea, Ghanaian professional footballer^[44]

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• February 23 –Sergio Bertoni, Italian striker, winner of the1938 FIFA World Cup. (79)

• March 20 -Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (born 1927)

• April 22 –Carlo Ceresoli, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the1938 FIFA World Cup. (84)

• May 6 –Noel Brotherston (38), Northern Irish footballer
• May 30 –Ted Drake (83), English footballer
• May 30 –Bobby Stokes (44), English footballer

• August 29 –Billy Whitaker (71), English professional footballer^[45]

• September 15 –Gunnar Nordahl (74), Swedish international footballer
• September 15 –Dirceu, Brazilian midfielder, included in theWorld Cup All-Star Team at the1978 FIFA World Cup . (43 ; car crash)
• September 28 –Albert Johanneson (55), South African footballer

• October 7 –Emanuele Del Vecchio, Brazilian forward, Brazilian squad member at the1956 South American Championship. (61)

• December 24 –Carlos Lapetra (57), Spanish footballer

• The Big Green (USA)

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