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Years:	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1966 throughout the world.

Events

• Copa Libertadores 1966: Won by Peñarol after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 4-2.
• November 6 – Johan Cruijff becomes the first player in history of the Netherlands national football team who receives a red card, when he is expelled by East-German referee Rudi Glöckner in the friendly against Cezchoslovakia.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Racing Club
• England: Liverpool
• Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Scotland: Celtic
• West Germany: TSV 1860 München

International tournaments

• 1966 British Home Championship (October 2, 1965 – April 2, 1966)

 England

• FIFA World Cup in England (July 11 – 29, 1966)

1.  England
2.  West Germany
3.  Portugal

Births

• January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer
• March 27 – Ramiro Castillo, Bolivian footballer
• April 2 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• April 9 – Thomas Doll, German footballer and manager
• May 12 – Vladimir Quesada, Costa Rican footballer
• May 30 – Thomas Häßler, German footballer
• June 6 – Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
• June 21 – Guillermo Sanguinetti, Uruguayan footballer
• July 1 – Frank De Bleeckere, Belgian soccer referee
• July 5 – Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer
• July 7 – Henk Fräser, Dutch footballer
• July 28 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer
• August 13 – Miguel Miranda, Peruvian footballer
• August 22 – Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer
• October 16 – Stefan Reuter, German footballer
• December 3 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer

Deaths