2022 in association football
Overview of the events of 2022 in association football
The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the calendar year 2022 throughout the world. This includes the following:
In countries whose league seasons fall within a single calendar year, the 2022 season .
In countries which crown one champion in a season that spans two calendar years, the 2021–22 season .
In countries which split their league season into two championships, a system often known in Latin America as Apertura and Clausura , all championships awarded in calendar 2022 .
Events
FIFA
AFC
AFF
CAFA
EAFF
SAFF
WAFF
UAFA
CAF
UNAF
COSAFA
CONCACAF
OFC
UEFA
Friendly tournaments
Senior
Youth
FIFA
AFC
AFF
CAFA
EAFF
SAFF
WAFF
CAF
CECAFA
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
Friendly tournaments
Senior
Youth
Club continental champions
Men
Women
National leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
Domestic cups
UEFA
AFC
^ Competition renamed from FFA Cup after the 2021 edition.
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
UEFA
AFC
^ League renamed from W-League after the 2020–21 season.
^ In A-League Women (as well as its male counterpart of A-League Men ), the term "champions" refers to the winner of the playoff tournament (known in Australian English as the "finals series") that follows the league season. The team that tops the league table is designated "premiers". This usage of "premiers" differs from other football codes in the country, which use that term to describe what the A-Leagues call "champions".
^ Replaced the top level of the Nadeshiko League as Japan's top league after the 2021 season. The Nadeshiko League now occupies the two levels below the WE League.
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
^ Inaugural season in 2022.
^ When league was USL PDL
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
^ Inaugural season in 2022.
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
CONCACAF
CONCACAF
Youth leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
Non-FIFA
Deaths
January
3 January –
4 January –
5 January –
Valeriy Gorbach , 53, Tajik footballer (Fakel Voronezh , Lokomotiv Liski , national team ), heart failure.[ 5] Marian Machowski , 89, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków , national team ).[ 6] Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim , 69, Bangladeshi footballer (Brothers Union , national team ), oral cancer.[ 7] Mircea Stoenescu , 78, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București ) and referee.[ 8]
7 January – Jimmy Smith , 91, English footballer (Chelsea , Leyton Orient ).[ 9]
8 January – Keith Todd , 80, Welsh footballer (Swansea Town , Pembroke Borough ).[ 10]
9 January –
10 January –
11 January – Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık , 27, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray , Konyaspor , national team ), traffic collision.[ 15]
12 January –
Stjepan Lamza , 81, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb , Châteauroux , Yugoslavia national team ).[ 16] Shebby Singh , 61, Malaysian footballer (Johor , Kuala Lumpur , national team ), heart attack.[ 17] Joseph Zangerle , 72, Luxembourgish footballer (Union Luxembourg , national team ).[ 18]
13 January – Giacomo Vianello , 74, Italian footballer (Como ).[ 19]
14 January – Lol Morgan , 90, English footballer (Rotherham United , Darlington ) and manager (Norwich City ).[ 20]
15 January –
16 January – Jamie Vincent , 46, English footballer (Bournemouth , Portsmouth , Swindon Town ), heart attack.[ 23]
17 January – Jackie Fisher , 96, English footballer (Millwall , Bournemouth ).[ 24]
18 January – Paco Gento , 88, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid ).[ 25]
19 January – Hans-Jürgen Dörner , 70, East German football player (Dynamo Dresden ) and manager (Werder Bremen )[ 26]
20 January – Eduardo Flores , 77, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes ), cancer.[ 27]
21 January –
22 January – António Lima Pereira , 69, Portuguese footballer (Porto , Maia , national team ).[ 30]
24 January – Borislav Stevanović , 46, Serbian footballer (Radnički Niš , Rad , BASK ).[ 31]
25 January –
27 January – Salih Šehović , 85, Bosnian footballer (Leotar , Sarajevo , Dinamo Zagreb ).[ 33]
February
1 February –
2 February –
3 February – Alex Ingram , 77, Scottish footballer (Queen's Park , Ayr United , Nottingham Forest ), complications from dementia.[ 37]
4 February –
Davie Cattanach , 75, Scottish footballer (Falkirk , Celtic , Stirling Albion ).[ 38] Steve Finney , 48, English footballer (Swindon Town , Carlisle United , Chester City ).[ 39] Rolando Gonçalves , 77, Portuguese footballer (Porto , national team ).[ 40]
March
3 March – Otto Schweizer , 97, German footballer (Bayern Munich )[ 41]
6 March – Frank O'Farrell , 94, Irish football player (West Ham United , Preston North End ) and manager (Manchester United )[ 26]
8 March – Tomás Boy , 70, Mexican football player (Tigres UANL ) and manager (Morelia , Atlas , Cruz Azul )[ 26]
31 March – Bob Todd , 72, English footballer (Wigan Athletic , Scarborough )[ 42]
April
May
June
1 June – Geoff Hunter , 62, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra , Port Vale , Wrexham )[ 46]
5 June – Haidar Abdul-Razzaq , 39, Iraqi footballer (Al-Talaba )[ 26]
9 June – Billy Bingham , 90, Northern Irish football player (Sunderland ) and manager (national team , Plymouth Argyle )[ 26]
19 June – Colin Grainger , 89, English footballer (Sheffield United , Sunderland )[ 47]
July
2 July – Andy Goram , 58, Scottish footballer (Oldham Athletic , Hibernian , Rangers )[ 26]
4 July – Janusz Kupcewicz , 66, Polish footballer (Arka Gdynia , Lech Poznań )[ 26]
7 July – Phil Walker , 67, English footballer (Millwall , Boavista )[ 48]
11 July – Víctor Benítez , 86, Peruvian footballer (Boca Juniors , AC Milan , Roma , Inter Milan )[ 49]
15 July – Georgi Yartsev , 74, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow ) and coach (Spartak Moscow, national team )[ 26]
21 July – Uwe Seeler , 85, German footballer (Hamburger SV )[ 26]
August
1 August –
Milan Đuričić , 60, Serbian football manager (Vojvodina , Inđija , Radnički Niš ).[ 50] John Hughes , 79, Scottish football player (Celtic , national team ) and manager (Stranraer ).[ 51] Andrejs Rubins , 43, Latvian footballer (Skonto , Crystal Palace , national team ).[ 52] Hans Weilbächer , 88, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt , West Germany national team ).[ 53]
15 August – Lenny Johnrose , 52, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers , Bury , Burnley , Swansea City )[citation needed
28 August – Sammy Chung , 90, English football player (Watford ) and manager Wolverhampton Wanderers )[ 54]
September
October
6 October - Gian Piero Ventrone , 62, Italian athletic trainer (Juventus , national team , Guangzhou , Tottenham Hotspur )[ 54]
8 October - John Duncan , 73, Scottish football player (Dundee , Tottenham Hotspur ) and manager (Chesterfield , Ipswich Town )[ 54]
9 October - Yuriy Dehteryov , 74, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk )[ 54]
10 October - Keith Eddy , 77, English footballer (Watford , Sheffield United , New York Cosmos )[ 54]
13 October - Stavros Sarafis , 72, Greek footballer (PAOK )[ 54]
19 October - Omar Borrás , 93, Uruguayan football manager (national team )[ 54]
20 October - Jimmy Millar , 87, Scottish footballer (Rangers )[ 54]
21 October - Masato Kudo , 32, Japanese footballer (Kashiwa Reysol , Sanfrecce Hiroshima )[ 54]
November
2 November - Ronnie Radford , 79, English footballer (Hereford United )[ 54]
12 November - Cor van der Gijp , 91, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord )[ 55]
15 November - Jimmy O'Rourke , 76, Scottish footballer (Hibernian )[ 55]
23 November - David Johnson , 71, English footballer (Everton , Ipswich Town , Liverpool )[ 55]
24 November - Neil Robinson , 65, English footballer (Swansea City , Grimsby Town )[ 55]
26 November - Fernando Gomes , 66, Portuguese footballer (Porto , Sporting Gijón , Sporting CP )[ 55]
27 November - Maurice Norman , 88, English footballer (Norwich City , Tottenham Hotspur )[ 55]
December
2 December - Assem Allam , 83, Egyptian football owner (Hull City )[ 55]
8 December - Miodrag Ješić , 64, Serbian football player (Partizan , Altay ) and manager (Partizan, CSKA Sofia , Al-Ittihad Tripoli )[ 55]
16 December - Siniša Mihajlović , 53, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade , Sampdoria , Lazio , Inter Milan ) and manager (Bologna , Fiorentina , Serbia national team , Sampdoria , A.C. Milan , Sporting CP )[ 55]
23 December - George Cohen , 83, English footballer (Fulham , national team )[ 55]
29 December -
References
^ Chấn động khi “vua phá lưới” V-League 2021 bị giết chết ở quê nhà (in Vietnamese) ^ Greek Australian soccer legend, Ulysses Kokkinos, passes away ^ Fallece recordado exjugador del fútbol nacional: Javier Astúa Araya (in Spanish) ^ «Έφυγε» από τη ζωή ο Ανδρέας Μιχαλόπουλος (in Greek) ^ Умер игравший за воронежский «Факел» в Премьер-лиге известный защитник (in Russian) ^ Pogrzeb byłego piłkarza Nadwiślana Kraków i Wisły Kraków Mariana Machowskiego 13 stycznia 2022 na cmentarzu Rakowickim (in Polish) ^ Former nat'l football team captain Shahid Uddin dies ^ Dinamo, încă o lovitură grea! A murit marele Mircea Stoenescu, „jandarmul” lui Dobrin: „Am pierdut un personaj fabulos! Te vom iubi mereu!” (in Romanian) ^ James Smith ^ Keith Todd: Former Swansea forward dies at the age of 80 ^ Бывший футболист "Анжи" умер в возрасте 37 лет (in Russian) ^ لاعب فريق جبهة التحرير الوطني كروم في ذمة الله (in Arabic) ^ Austria Wien trauert um Alfred Gager (in German) ^ Obituary | Glyn Jones - 1936-2021 ^ Konyaspor'da Ahmet Çalık trafik kazasında hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish) ^ Preminuo Stjepan Lamza (in Croatian) ^ Popular footballer-turned-pundit Serbegeth ‘Shebby’ Singh dies in Johor ^ Jos Zangerlé Archived 20 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine (in Luxembourgish) ^ È morto Giacomo Vianello, ex difensore del Como (in Italian) ^ Former Norwich City boss Lol Morgan dies aged 90 ^ Paul Hinshelwood: 1956-2022 ^ Robert Péri est décédé (in French) ^ Former Swindon Town defender Jamie Vincent dies aged 46 ^ Jack Fisher: 1925–2022 ^ Castillo, Luis F. (18 January 2022). "Muere Francisco Gento, leyenda del Real Madrid y único futbolista con 6 Copas de Europa" . Antena 3 . Retrieved 29 January 2023 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Farewell to...". World Soccer ^ Murió el "Bocha" Flores, gloria de Estudiantes (in Spanish) ^ Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron (in French) ^ In Memory of Howard Radford, 1930–2022 ^ Morreu o antigo defesa internacional Lima Pereira aos 69 anos (in Portuguese) ^ Tuga! Preminuo Bivši Kapiten Rada (46): Igrao i za reprezentaciju, na oproštaju Piksija! (in Serbian) ^ Preminuo bivši fudbaler Vojvodine Dojčin Perazić Doja ^ Preminuo Salih Šehović, jedan od najboljih strijelaca u historiji FK Sarajevo (in Bosnian) ^ Mūžībā Devies Futbola Veterāns Sergejs Anaškins ^ وفاة المدرب الذي أحرز كأس الجمهورية عام 1991 (in Arabic) ^ Addio a Ivano Comba, giocò nello Spezia con Barbuti e Bonanni (in Italian) ^ Ayr United in mourning as legendary player Alex Ingram dies at the age of 77 ^ Death of former Celtic 'Quality Street Gang' player David Cattanach ^ Tributes paid to former Carlisle United and Swindon Town star Steve Finney ^ Antigo capitão portista desapareceu a 4 de fevereiro (in Portuguese) ^ Mitglied Nummer 1 Otto Schweizer verstorben (in German) ^ Former Reds footballer Bobby Todd dies ^ Freddy Rincon: Former Colombia captain and Real Madrid midfielder dies aged 55 after car crash ^ Fallece José Luis Violeta, mito del Real Zaragoza (in Spanish) ^ Der FC trauert um Leo Wilden (in German) ^ RIP | Geoff Hunter ^ RIP | Colin Grainger ^ Ex-Millwall midfielder Phil Walker dies aged 67 ^ Fútbol peruano de luto: falleció Víctor Benítez, exfutbolista nacional y campeón del AC Milan (in Spanish) ^ Legenda je Superlige, prošle sezone vodio Napredak, sad ga je pokosila bolest! (in Bosnian) ^ Lisbon Lion John 'Yogi' Hughes dies at 79 ^ Pāragri mūžībā aizsaukts Andrejs Rubins (in Latvian) ^ Eintracht trauert um Vereinslegende (in German) ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Obituaries". World Soccer ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Obituaries". World Soccer
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