- 1987 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st centuryyp1=1984
yp2=1985
yp3=1986
year=1987
ya1=1988
ya2=1989
ya3=1990
dp3=1950s
dp2=1960s
dp1=1970s
d=1980s
dn1=1990s
dn2=2000s
dn3=2010sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1987 throughout the world.Events
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UEFA Champions League :F.C. Porto 2-1FC Bayern Munich in the final at theErnst Happel Stadium inVienna .
*UEFA Cup :Two legs; 1st legIFK Göteborg 1-0Dundee United ; 2nd leg Dundee United 1-1 IFK Göteborg. IFK Göteborg wins on aggregate: 2-1
*Cup Winners' Cup :Ajax Amsterdam 1-0Lokomotive Leipzig
*Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Ajax Amsterdam 0-1 FC Porto; 2nd leg FC Porto 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam. FC Porto won 2-0 on aggregate
*England - FA Cup: Coventry won 3-2 (aet) over Tottenham Hotspur
*Copa Libertadores 1987: Won by Peñarol after defeatingAmérica de Cali on the final playoff match with a score of 1-0.
*July 25 – In second ever FIFA U16 World Championship, the USSR beat the surprise winners of two years ago, Nigeria, on penalties.
*December 13 – Portugal'sFC Porto wins the Intercontinental Cup inTokyo, Japan by defeatingUruguay 's Peñarol in extra-time: 2-1. The winning goal is scored byRabah Madjer .Winner club national championships
Europe
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Italy :
**Serie A and Italian Cup – Napoli
*Netherlands :
**Eredivisie –PSV Eindhoven
**KNVB Cup –Ajax Amsterdam
**Eerste Divisie –FC Volendam
*Portugal :
**SuperLiga andCup of Portugal –SL Benfica
*Spain :
**La Liga –Real Madrid
**Copa del Rey –Real Sociedad
*Turkey :
**Premier Super League – Galatasaray
**Turkish Cup – GençlerbirliğiSouth America
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Argentina :
**Primera División –Rosario Central
*Bolivia :
**Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano – Bolivar
*Colombia :
**Fútbol Profesional Colombiano –Millonarios
*Brazil :
**Brazilian Football Confederation – Sport Recife
**Copa União – Flamengo
*Paraguay :
** –Cerro Porteño International Tournaments
* Copa América in
Argentina (June 27 –July 12 ,1987 ):# fb|URU:# fb|CHI:# fb|COL* Pan American Games in
Indianapolis ,United States (August 9 –August 21 ,1987 ):# fb|BRA:# fb|CHI:# fb|ARGNational Teams
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Births
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January 24 :Wayne Hennessey (Welsh footballer)
*April 16 :Aaron Lennon (English footballer)
*April 22 :Mikel John Obi (Nigerian footballer)
*June 24 :Lionel Messi (Argentine footballer)
*May 4 :Francesc Fabregas (Spanish footballer)
*June 26 :Samir Nasri (French footballer)Deaths
References
* [http://www.rsssf.com/nersssf.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
* [http://www.voetbalstats.nl/ VoetbalStats]
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