1989 in association football

Events

• March 3 – Portugal wins its first FIFA World Youth Championship
• April 15 – Hillsborough disaster, that occurred at Hillsborough, before the FA Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool & Nottingham Forest.
• May 20 – Liverpool wins the FA Cup, beating Everton 3–2 AET, thanks to two goals from Ian Rush.
• May 24 – A.C. Milan defeats Steaua București, 4–0, to win their third European Cup final.
• May 26 – Arsenal beat Liverpool F.C. 2–0 at Anfield to dramatically win the English Football League First Division, thanks to an injury time goal from Michael Thomas.
• May 31 – Copa Libertadores is won by Atlético Nacional after defeating Olimpia Asunción 5–4 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 2–2.
• June 24 – In the final FIFA U-16 World Championship 1989, Saudi Arabia became surprising winners during the penalty shootout to Scotland in Glasgow.
• December 17 – Italy's AC Milan wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Colombia's Atlético Nacional in extra-time: 1–0. The only goal is scored by Alberigo Evani.

  Winners club national championships

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

International Tournaments

• Copa América in Brazil
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  National Teams

Births

• January 7:
• *Emiliano Insúa
• *Miles Addison
• March 1: Carlos Vela
• March 13: Marko Marin
• March 15: Ondřej Mazuch
• March 16: Theo Walcott
• March 29: Arnold Peralta Honduran international footballer
• March 31: Pablo Piatti
• April 22: Jasper Cillessen, Dutch international goalkeeper
• May 6: Chukwuma Akabueze
• May 11: Giovani dos Santos
• May 31:
• *Bas Dost
• *Marco Reus
• June 2: Freddy Adu
• July 16: Gareth Bale
• August 3: Nick Viergever
• August 10: Ben Sahar
• August 12: Vladimir Castellón
• August 17: David Abdul
• September 1: Daniel Sturridge
• September 2: Alexandre Pato
• October 6: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian international footballer
• October 24:
• *Armin Bačinović, Slovenian midfielder
• *Jack Colback, English footballer
• * Cristian Gamboa, Costa Rican international
• * Igor Pisanjuk, Serbian footballer
• November 6: Josmer Altidore

  Deaths

February

• February 5 – André Cheuva, French footballer

  April

• April 24 – Franz Binder, Austrian footballer

  May

• May 19 – Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer, squad Nigeria national football team at the 1988 Summer Olympics

  July

• July 20 – José Augusto Brandão, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

  September

• September 1 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer

  November

• November 9 – Leen Vente, Dutch footballer