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The following are theassociation football events of the year1985 throughout the world.

• February 27 –Leo Beenhakker makes his debut as the manager ofDutch national team with a 7–1 win overCyprus inAmsterdam, with two goals each fromDick Schoenaker andWim Kieft.
• March 28 – TheNorth American Soccer League announces that it will suspend operations for the 1985 season.
• May 11 –Wealdstone F.C. become the first winners of the Non-League Double (Gola League &F.A. Trophy), defeatingBoston United 2–1 atWembley Stadium.
• May 11–56 spectators die in a fire atValley Parade in a match betweenBradford City andLincoln City.
• May 15 –Everton F.C. won their firstEuropean Cup Winners' Cup after defeatingSK Rapid Wien of Austria 3–1 in thefinal at theFeijenoord Stadion inRotterdam after goals fromAndy Gray,Trevor Steven andKevin Sheedy in the 58th, 72nd and 85th minutes respectively.Hans Krankl got the consolation goal forSK Rapid Wien in the 84th minute.
• May 29 – 39 spectators die at theHeysel Stadium disaster at the final of theEuropean Cup betweenJuventus FC andLiverpool F.C. TheOld Lady became thefirst club in the history of European football to have won all three majorUEFA competitions after defeating the English team.
• June 6 – Following the Heysel Stadium disasterFIFA ban English clubs from competing in worldwide competitive matches for five years (ten years for Liverpool, later reduced to six).
• Copa Libertadores1985: Won byArgentinos Juniors after defeatingAmérica de Cali 5–4 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 1-1.
• September 10 –Jock Stein, the manager of theScotland team, dies at the end of theWorld Cup Qualifier against Wales atNinian Park inCardiff.
• December 8 – Italy'sJuventus FC wins theIntercontinental Cup inTokyo, Japan by defeatingArgentina'sArgentinos Juniors on penalties (4-2), after the match ended in 2-2. The Torinese side become the first—and remained the only until2022—team in the world to have won all possible official continental competitions and theworld title.^[1][2][3]

• Qatar –Al-Arabi

•  Belgium –R.S.C. Anderlecht
•  Denmark –Brøndby IF
•  England –Everton F.C.
•  Finland –HJK
•  France –FC Girondins de Bordeaux
•  Italy –Hellas Verona
•  Netherlands –Ajax Amsterdam
•  Norway –Rosenborg BK
•  Portugal –F.C. Porto
•  Scotland –Aberdeen F.C.
•  Turkey –Fenerbahçe

•  Canada –London Marconi (NSL)
•  Mexico –Club América
•  United States
  • South Florida Sun (USL)
  • San Jose Earthquakes (WACS)

• Argentina
  • Nacional –Argentinos Juniors
• Bolivia –Bolívar
• Brazil –Coritiba
• Colombia –América de Cali
• Paraguay –Olimpia Asunción

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Date	Opponent	Final Score	Result	Competition	Venue
February 27	Cyprus	7 – 1	W	World Cup Qualifier	Stadion De Meer,Amsterdam
May 1	Austria	1 – 1	D	World Cup Qualifier	De Kuip,Rotterdam
May 14	Hungary	1 – 2	W	World Cup Qualifier	Népstadion,Budapest
September 4	Bulgaria	1 – 0	W	Friendly	Abe Lenstra Stadion,Heerenveen
October 16	Belgium	1 – 0	L	World Cup Play-Off	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium,Brussels
November 20	Belgium	2 – 1	W	World Cup Play-Off	De Kuip,Rotterdam

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• January 3 –Angelo Vega Rodriguez, Chilean-born Swedish footballer^[4]
• January 4 –Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer^[5]
• January 5 –Diego Vera, Uruguayan striker
• January 9
  • Mohamed Haggag, Egyptian professional footballer^[6]
  • Juanfran, Spanish footballer
• January 11 –Ignacio Quirino, Uruguayan footballer^[7]
• January 14 –Antonijo Pranjič, Slovenian footballer^[8]
• January 19 –
  • Mohamed Abdel-Kader, Syrian footballer^[9]
  • Alessandro La Vecchia, Italian retired footballer^[10]
  • Guillaume Lépine, French professional footballer^[11]
• January 21 –
  • Markus Berger, Austrian youth international
  • Pitono, Indonesian footballer^[12]
• January 22 –Momo Sissoko, Malian footballer
• January 23 –Dylan Hughes, Welsh former professional footballer^[13]
• January 25 –
  • Félix Isael González, Mexican professional footballer^[14]
  • Laurent Nardol, French professional footballer^[15]
• January 30 – Rolan Khugayev, former Russian footballer^[16]

• February 5
  • Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
  • Igor Shapovalov, Russian former professional football player^[17]
• February 13
  • Hedwiges Maduro, Dutch footballer
  • Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
• February 14 –Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
• February 16 –Jérôme Bigard, Luxembourger international footballer
• February 17
  • Reitumetse Moloisane, Lesotho footballer^[18]
  • Hadef Saif, Emirati footballer^[19]
• February 18 – Charly Ollier, French professional footballer^[20]
• February 24 –Thomas Aupic, French professional footballer^[21]
• February 28 –Diego, Brazilian footballer

• March – 8Juan Ignacio Acosta, Paraguayan-born Chilean footballer^[22]
• March 14 –Ian Black, Scottish footballer
• March 15 –
  • Curtis Davies, English youth international
  • Andrei Pushkarev, former Russian professional footballer^[23]
• March 18 –Tomasz Bzdęga, Polish footballer^[24]
• March 22 –Mayola Biboko, Angolan-born Belgian footballer
• March 25 –Patricio Maldonado, Chilean footballer^[25]
• March 31 –Apinan Kaewpila, Thai club footballer (died2020)

• April 2
  • Denis Mustafaraj, Albanian retired footballer^[26]
  • Luis Rogel, Chilean footballer^[27]
• April 13 –Márcio Tarrafa, Brazilian footballer^[28]
• April 15 –Marcos Pereira, Paraguayan footballer^[29]
• April 21 –Lucas Rastello, French former professional footballer^[30]
• April 30 –Shane Hobbs, English former professional footballer^[31]

• May 4 –Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer
• May 9 –Rick Kruys, Dutch footballer
• May 16 –Maksim Chernokozov, former Russian professional football player^[32]
• May 22 –Javier Dopico, Spanish former footballer^[33]
• May 25
  • Musaba Selemani, Burundian footballer^[34]
  • Zâmbia (João Marcos Ferreira Andrade), Brazilian former professional footballer^[35]
• May 28 –Frederik De Winne, Belgian footballer^[36]

• June 1 –Mário Hipólito, Angolan goalkeeper
• June 4
  • Didi Kitumbo Mpiana, retired Congolese footballer^[37]
  • Lukas Podolski, German footballer
• June 6
  • Sota Hirayama, Japanese footballer
  • Becky Sauerbrunn, American women's soccer player
• June 9 –Eusebio Henrique de Almeida, East Timorese footballer
• June 12
  • Shin Dong-bin, South Korean footballer^[38]
• June 22 –Ivan Namaseb, Namibian international footballer^[39]
• June 25
  • Scott Brown, Scottish footballer
  • Mohd Fitri Omar, Malaysian footballer
• June 28 –Phil Bardsley, English footballer

• July 1 –Ocean Mushure, Zimbabwean footballer
• July 4 –Pei Yuwen, Chinese footballer
• July 5
  • Megan Rapinoe, American women's soccer player^[40]
• July 9 –Ben Watson, English footballer
• July 10
  • Mario Gómez, German footballer
  • Tidiane Sane, Senegalese footballer
  • Bastian Schulz, German footballer
  • Park Chu-young South Korean footballer
• July 11 – Emzar Rozomashvili, former Russian professional footballer^[41]
• July 12
  • Gabriel Florea, Romanian footballer^[42]
  • David Narváez andSergio Narváez, Spanish club footballers
• July 13 –Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• July 16 –Denis Tahirović, Croatian footballer
• July 18 –José Carlos Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• July 22 –Matteo Dionisi, Italian professional footballer^[43]
• July 25 – Rodrigo Celsi, Chilean footballer^[44]
• July 26 –Willis Francis, English footballer
• July 31 –Jozef Medgyes, Slovak footballer^[45]

• August 3 –Johan Lapeyre, French professional footballer^[46]
• August 5 –Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• August 7 –Jocy Barros, Santomean footballer^[47]
• August 16 –Thilina Suranda, Sri Lankan international footballer^[48]

• September 1 –José Mari, Spanish footballer^[49]
• September 5
  • Oleksandr Akymenko, Ukrainian striker
  • Dario Jertec, Croatian midfielder
  • Zeferino Martins, East Timorese midfielder
• September 7 −Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
• September 9 –Scott Carson, English footballer
• September 15 –Denis Calincov, Moldovan footballer
• September 23
  • Hossein Kaebi, Iranian footballer
  • Nahomi Kawasumi, Japanese footballer
• September 26 –Krzysztof Żukowski, Polish professional footballer^[50]
• September 28 – Vladimír Peška, former Czech footballer^[51]

• October 1 –Tim Deasy, English footballer
• October 5 – Marius Jurczyk, German-Polish footballer^[52]
• October 11 –Cristian Franco, Uruguayan footballer^[53]
• October 14 – Guillermo Zschusschen, Dutch footballer
• October 17 –Collins John, Dutch footballer
• October 24 –Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• October 25
  • Isah Eliakwu, Nigerian footballer
  • Óscar Granados, Costa Rican footballer^[54]
  • Michael Liendl, Austrian footballer
  • Juan Manuel Martínez, Argentine footballer
  • Ihor Oshchypko, Ukrainian footballer
  • Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer

• November 2 –Segun Atere, Nigerian footballer^[55]
• November 4 –Marcell Jansen, German footballer
• November 5
  • Alo Dupikov, Estonian international
  • Rimo Hunt, Estonian international
• November 15 –Elad Gabai, Israeli footballer
• November 24 –Milan Kopic, Czech footballer
• November 25 –Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer

• December 10 –Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
• December 24 – Raydell Kewal, Dutch footballer^[56]
• December 28 –Naing Zayar Htun, Myanmar footballer^[57]

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• January 28 –Alfredo Foni, Italian defender, winner of the1938 FIFA World Cup. (74)

• May 11 – 54Bradford City A.F.C. fans and 2Lincoln City F.C. fans die in theBradford City stadium fire.
• May 15 –Renato Olmi, Italian midfielder, winner of the1938 FIFA World Cup. (70)
• May 19 –Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Uruguayan defender, winner of the1950 FIFA World Cup. (58)
• May 24 –Natalio Perinetti, Argentine midfielder, runner-up of the1930 FIFA World Cup. (84)
• May 29 – 39 people, mostlyJuventus FC fans, die in theHeysel Stadium disaster.

• September 10 –Jock Stein, Scottish manager (born 1922)

• October 9 –Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (born 1955)

• November 15 –Carlos Spadaro, Argentine striker, runner-up of the1930 FIFA World Cup. (83)

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