2024 in association football deaths
This is a list of association football related deaths in 2024:
January
- January 1:
- January 2:
- January 3:
- January 4:
- Keith Lamb (77), chartered accountant and football Chief Executive (Middlesbrough).
- Leonid Tkachenko (70), footballer (Baltika Kaliningrad, Spartak Zhytomyr, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Metalist Kharkiv, Ukraine, Temp Shepetivka, Baltika Kaliningrad, Sokol Saratov, Anzhi Makhachkala, Dynamo Saint Petersburg, Petrotrest St. Petersburg, Sever Murmansk, Volga Tver).
- Tomonobu Yokoyama (38), footballer (Kawasaki Frontale, Cerezo Osaka, Omiya Ardija, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo).
- January 5:
- Vinod Patel (84), businessman, politician, and football administrator (Ba F.C.).
- Mário Zagallo (92), footballer (Flamengo, Botafogo, Brazil) and manager (Botafogo, Brazil, Fluminense, Flamengo, Kuwait, Al-Hilal, Vasco da Gama, Saudi Arabia, Bangu, United Arab Emirates). Won the FIFA World Cup four times.
- January 6:
- January 7:
- Franz Beckenbauer (78), footballer (Bayern Munich, New York Cosmos, Hamburger SV, West Germany) and manager (West Germany, Olympique Marseille, Bayern Munich). 2-time FIFA World Cup winner and 2-time Ballon d'Or winner.
- Bohdan Shershun (42), footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, Arsenal Kyiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Volyn Lutsk, Ukraine) and assistant manager.
- January 8:
- January 9:
- January 10:
- January 11:
- Mel Blyth (79), footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Cape Town City, Millwall, Bulova SA)
- Salvatore Mazzarano (58), footballer (Fasano, Casarano, Ancona, Taranto, Castrovillari)
- January 12:
- January 13:
- Keith Davies (90), footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
- Tony Formosa (86), footballer (St. Patrick FC) and manager (Hamrun Spartans, Malta, Valletta, Floriana, Sliema Wanderers)
- Bertin Ollé Ollé (62), footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, RC Bafoussam, Cameroon)
- Laureano Rubial (76), footballer (Langreo, Plus Ultra, Pontevedra, Real Zaragoza, Terrassa)
- January 14:
- Ricardo Alós (92), footballer (Valencia Mestalla, Sporting Gijón, Valencia, Real Murcia, Spain B)
- Denis Connaghan (79), footballer (Celtic, St Mirren, Baltimore Bays, Morton, Clyde). Father of former Scottish footballer Denis Connaghan.
- January 15:
- Georgios Darivas (97), footballer (Olympiacos, Greece) and manager (Olympiacos, Fostiras, Vyzas, Ilisiakos, Apollon Kalamarias, Panegialios, Trikala). Played at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
- Jorge Griffa (88), footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, Argentina)
- Dror Kashtan (79), footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Israel) and manager (Hapoel Kfar Saba, Hapoel Lod, Israel U-21, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel, Bnei Yehuda)
- January 16:
- January 17:
- January 18:
- Ray Henderson (86), footballer (Middlesbrough, Hull City, Reading) and manager (Halifax Town, Southport)
- John Hurst (76), footballer (Everton, Oldham Athletic), coach (Everton), and scout (Manchester City). Member of the Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame.
- Giuseppe Ticli (44), footballer (Internazionale, Padova, Arezzo, Reggiana, San Marino Calcio, Monza, AC Milan, Lanciano, Pro Patria)
- January 19:
- January 20:
- January 21:
- January 22:
- Tommy Baldwin (78), footballer (Arsenal, Chelsea, Millwall, Manchester United, Seattle Sounders, Brentford)
- Gigi Riva (79), footballer (Legnano, Cagliari, Italy) and technical director (Italy).
- Per Sønstabø (82), footballer (Vard, Norway)
- January 23:
- Giuliano Musiello (70), footballer (SPAL, Atalanta, Juventus, Avellino, AS Roma, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Foggia, Novara, Ravenna, Cuneo, Savona)
- Jean Petit (74), footballer (AS Monaco, France), assistant manager (AS Monaco), and caretaker manager (AS Monaco)
- January 24:
- Serhiy Rozhok (38), footballer (Dynamo-2 Kyiv, CSKA Kyiv, Kharkiv, Desna Chernihiv, Obolon Kyiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Chornomorets Odesa, Minsk, Belshina Bobruisk, Neman Grodno, Vitebsk, Gomel). Died in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- January 25:
- January 26:
- January 27:
- January 28:
- Víctor Luna (64), footballer (Atlético Nacional, América de Cali, Colombia) and manager (Once Caldas, Independiente Medellín, Barcelona Guayaquil, Macará).
- Lenny Piper (46), footballer (Wimbledon, Gillingham, St Albans City, Farnborough, Dagenham & Redbridge, Fisher Athletic, Beckenham Town) and caretaker manager (Fisher Athletic).
- Luis Tejada (41), footballer (Tauro, Plaza Amador, Deportes Tolima, Envigado, Al Ain, Once Caldas, Real Salt Lake, América de Cali, Millonarios, Juan Aurich, Deportivo Toluca, Veracruz, Universidad César Vallejo, Universitario, Sport Boys, San Francisco)
- January 29:
- January 30:
- January 31:
- Leif Eriksen (83), footballer (Vålerenga, Eidsvold Turn, Norway) and manager (Eidsvold Turn, Vålerenga, Jevnaker IF, Skeid)
- Heinz Simmet (79), footballer (Borussia Neunkirchen, Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Köln, West Germany B)
- Alexey Spirin (72), referee (Soviet Top League, UEFA, FIFA)
February
- February 1:
- Burkhard Pape (91), footballer (Hannover 96, VfR Neumünster, FSV Frankfurt) and manager (Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zamalek, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Tanzania).
- Jeannot Schaul (75), footballer (Jeunesse Esch, Luxembourg).
- February 2:
- Luciano Alfieri (87), footballer (AC Milan, Siracusa, Lecco, Treviso, Italy). Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb (83), politician, businessman, and club president (Club Olimpia). Father of CONMEBOL president and FIFA vice-president Alejandro Domínguez.
- Francisco Jara (82), footballer (Guadalajara, Mexico).
- Louis Lambert (92), footballer (Royal Antwerp).
- Xavier Robson (37), footballer (Brasil de Pelotas, Peñarol, Esportivo, Tacuarembó).
- Stefan Yanev (84), footballer (Spartak Varna, Cherno More), journalist, writer, and commentator.
- February 3:
- February 4:
- Kurt Hamrin (89), footballer (AIK, Juventus, Padova, Fiorentina, AC Milan, Napoli, Sweden).
- Giacomo Losi (88), footballer (AS Roma, Italy) and manager (Piacenza, Nocerina, Juve Stabia). Member of the AS Roma Hall of Fame.
- February 6:
- Gheorghe Iamandi (66), footballer (Delta Tulcea, Olt Scornicești, Dinamo București, Petrolul Ploiești) and manager (Delta Tulcea).
- Miguel Ángel (76), footballer (Real Madrid, Castellón, Spain).
- Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali (66), footballer (Selangor FA, Kuala Lumpur FA, Malaysia). Brother of Malaysian footballer and manager Zainal Abidin Hassan.
- February 7:
- February 8:
- Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah (71), footballer (Kedah FA, Kilat Kedah, Malaysia) and manager (Kedah FA, TNB Kelantan FC, Harimau Muda A, Negeri Sembilan FA, Perak FA, Sabah FA).
- João Oliveira Pinto (52), footballer (Sporting CP, Atlético Clube de Portugal, Vitória Guimarães, Estoril, Gil Vicente, Braga, Farense, Marítimo, Académica de Coimbra, Amora).
- Guy Van Sam (88), footballer (Montpellier, Racing Club de France, Toulon, France).
- February 9:
- Norman Cooley (83), cricketer and footballer (Bedford Town).
- Roland Grip (83), footballer (IFK Östersund, AIK, IK Sirius, Sweden) and manager.
- Peter Handyside (49), footballer (Grimsby Town, Stoke City, Barnsley, Northwich Victoria
- Klaus Zink (88), footballer (Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- Ian Lawson (84), footballer (Burnley, Leeds United, Crystal Palace, Port Vale)
- February 10:
- February 11:
- February 12:
- February 13:
- Law Pak (90), footballer (Eastern, KMB, Yuen Long, Rangers, Republic of China/Taiwan) and manager (Yuen Long, Chinese Taipai, Flying Camel, Eastern). Gold medalist at the 1958 Asian Games.
- Dieter Pauly (81), referee (Bundesliga, UEFA, FIFA).
- February 14:
- February 16:
- Ian McMillan (92), footballer (Airdrieonians, Rangers, Scotland, Scottish Football League XI) and manager (Airdrieonians). Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
- Jan Sørensen (68), footballer (Frem, Club Brugge, Twente, Feyenoord, Excelsior, Ajax, Portimonense), manager (Portimonense, Walsall), and sporting director (Hvidovre IF).
- Jorge Toro (85), footballer (Colo-Colo, Sampdoria, Modena, Hellas Verona, Unión Española, Deportes Concepción, Audax Italiano, Deportes La Serena, Chile) and manager (Unión La Calera, Santiago Wanderers, San Antonio Unido, Deportes Iquique, Cobreloa).
- Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (73), footballer (Kolos Nikopol) and manager (Metalurh Nikopol, Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol, FC Nikopol).
- February 17:
- February 20:
- Andreas Brehme (63), footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Real Zaragoza, West Germany/Germany) and manager (1. FC Kaiserslautern, SpVgg Unterhaching). 1990 FIFA World Cup winner.
- Roberto Pérez (63), footballer (Real Santa Cruz, Guabirá, Bolívar, Club Destroyers, Blooming, Club San José, Oriente Petrolero, Bolivia)
- Charles Swini (38), footballer (ESCOM United, Silver Strikers, UD Songo, Civo United, Malawi).
- February 21:
- February 22:
- Paul Bradshaw (67), footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Vancouver Whitecaps, West Bromwich Albion, Bristol Rovers, Newport County, Peterborough United). - [Death announced on this date]
- Artur Jorge (78), footballer (Porto, Académica, Benfica, Belenenses, Rochester Lancers, Portugal) and manager (Vitória Guimarães, Belenenses, Portimonense, Porto, Racing Club de France, Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Switzerland, Tenerife, Vitesse, Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, Académica, CSKA Moscow, Cameroon, MC Alger).
- Harry Melrose (88), footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen, Berwick Rangers and manager (Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic).
- February 23:
- Brian Grundy (78), footballer (Wigan Athletic, Bury, Bangor City, Morecambe, Northwich Victoria) and manager (Glossop North End, Mossley).
- Rui Rodrigues (80), footballer (Académica, Benfica, Vitória Guimarães, Portugal) and manager (Leça, Beira-Mar, União de Coimbra, Primeiro de Maio, Benfica (youth), Camacha).
- February 24:
- Stan Bowles (75), footballer (Manchester City, Bury, Crewe Alexandra, Carlisle United, Queens Park Rangers, Nottingham Forest, Leyton Orient, Brentford, England)
- Ulrik le Fevre (77), footballer (Vejle, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Club Brugge, Denmark)
- Chris Nicholl (77), footballer (Halifax Town, Luton Town, Aston Villa, Southampton, Grimsby Town, Northern Ireland). Cousin of former Northern Irish footballer Jimmy Nicholl.
- February 25:
- February 26:
- February 27:
- Jean Carlos (50), footballer (Bangu, Guarani, Juventude, Paulista, Palmeiras, São Caetano, Ituano, Bahia, Santo André).
- Osvaldo Cunha (80), footballer (Guarani, São Paulo, Corinthians, América Mineiro).
- February 28:
March
- March 1:
- March 3:
- Alexandre Baptista (83), footballer (Sporting CP, Portugal).
- Roberto Fleitas (91), footballer (Liverpool, Uruguay) and manager (Progreso, Central Español, Uruguay, Nacional, Peñarol, Liverpool).
- Brian Honeywood (74), footballer (Colchester United, Chelmsford City) and manager (Chelmsford City, Braintree Town)
- March 4:
- Kees Rijvers (97), footballer (NAC Breda, Saint-Étienne, Stade Français, Feyenoord, Netherlands), assistant manager (Willem II), manager (Twente, PSV Eindhoven, Beringen, Netherlands), and technical director (Twente).
- March 5:
- March 7:
- Jean-Baptiste Bordas (86), footballer (Saint-Étienne, Le Havre, AS Béziers, Arago Sport Orléanais, France) and manager (Arago Sport Orléanais, US Orléans, USM Montargis). Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Jean-Paul Colonval (84), footballer (White Star Brussels, Royal Racing White, Tilleur, Daring Club Molenbeek, Standard Liège) and manager (Racing Jet de Bruxelles, Charleroi, Víkingur Reykjavik).
- Minervino Pietra (70), footballer (Belenenses, Benfica, Portugal) assistant manager (Boavista, Belenenses, Alverca, Estoril, Benfica), and manager (Alverca, Juventude de Évora, Estoril, Barreirense).
- March 8:
- March 9:
- March 10:
- March 11:
- March 12:
- March 13:
- Stefan Abadzhiev (89), footballer (Levski Sofia, Wiesbaden, Bulgaria) and manager (Borussia Neunkirchen). Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- Tommy Duncan (87), footballer (Airdrieonians, Newport County, Falkirk) and manager (Queen's Park). - [Death announced on this date]
- Steve Smith (77), footballer (Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Halifax Town) and manager (Huddersfield Town, Bradford City).
- Gerry Summers (90), footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Hull City, Walsall), manager (Oxford United, Gillingham), and coach (Derby County, Leicester City).
- March 14:
- Ted Immers (82), footballer (VSV, Telstar, SC Gooiland) and manager (FC Eindhoven, SC Heerenveen, HFC Haarlem, Koninklijke HFC).
- Mal Lucas (85), footballer (Leyton Orient, Norwich City, Torquay United, Wales) and manager (Gorleston).
- Léon Semmeling (84), footballer (Standard Liège, Belgium) and manager (Standard Liège).
- March 17:
- March 18:
- March 19:
- Ersen Martin (44), footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, Beşiktaş, Göztepe, Denizlispor, Ankaraspor, Trabzonspor, Recreativo de Huelva, Sivasspor, Kasımpaşa, Eyüpspor, Turkey national football team). Brother of Turkish footballer Erkan Martin.
- March 20:
- Billy Kellock (70), footballer (Cardiff City, Norwich City, Millwall, Chelmsford City, Kettering Town, Peterborough United, Luton Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southend United, Port Vale, Halifax Town).
- Dumitru Macri (92), footballer (Rapid București, Romania) and manager (RC Kouba, Rapid București, Algeria, Viitorul Scornicești, Olt Scornicești).
- António Pacheco (57), footballer (Torralta, Portimonense, Benfica, Sporting CP, Belenenses, Reggiana, Atlético Clube de Portugal, Estoril, Portugal) and manager (Atlético Clube de Portugal, Portimonense).
- March 21:
- Orlando Aravena (81), footballer (Magallanes, Deportes La Serena, Palestino, Colo-Colo, Ñublense, Chile) and manager (Chile U20, Colo-Colo, Ñublense, Universidad Católica, Unión Española, O'Higgins, Rangers, Everton de Viña, Palestino, Chile U23, Chile, Magallanes, Santiago Morning).
- David Jackson (77), footballer (Wrexham, Marine, Bradford City, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town, Altrincham, Hyde United). Son of former English footballer Peter Jackson, and brother of former English footballer Peter Jackson.
- March 22:
- March 23:
- Serhiy Shevchenko (66), footballer (Krystal Kherson, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv, Grănicerul Glodeni, Zaria Bălți, Meliorator Kakhovka) and manager (Meliorator Kakhovka, Krystal Kherson, Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, Ihroservice Simferopol, Sevastopol, TSK Simferopol, Tavriya Simferopol).
- March 24:
- March 25:
- March 26:
- Lamine Bangura (59), footballer (Diamond Stars, Real Republicans, Horoya AC, AS Kaloum, ASEC Mimosas, ES Sahel, Sierra Leone) and manager (AS Kaloum, Diamond Stars, Central Parade, Santoba, Ports Authority, Sierra Leone U17, Sierra Leone U20).
- Michael Collins (86), footballer (Luton Town, Chelmsford City, Bedford Town, Cambridge City) and manager (Dunstable Town).
- André Van Herpe (90), footballer (ARA La Gantoise, Racing Club de Bruxelles, Racing White, Stade Kortrijk, Belgium).
- March 27:
- March 28:
- March 29:
- Habib Benmimoun (66), footballer (MC Oran, USM Bel Abbès, Algeria) and manager (MC Oran).
- Péter Juhász (75), footballer (Újpesti Dózsa, Tatabanyai Banyasz, Borsodi Volán SC, Hungary). Silver medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- Iain McChesney (79), footballer (Queen of the South).
- Preto (37), footballer (Ceará, Ipatinga, Icasa, Mirassol, CRB, Cuiabá, São José, Guarany de Sobral, Águia Negra, Atlético Cearense, Atlético de Alagoinhas, Anapolina, Goianésia).
- March 30:
- March 31:
April
- April 1:
- April 2:
- April 3:
- April 4:
- April 5:
- April 6:
- Anestis Afentoulidis (82), footballer (Aris Kastoria, PAOK). Father of former Greek footballer Dimitrios Afentoulidis.
- Dickie Rooks (83), footballer (Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Bristol City) and manager (Scunthorpe United, Zanzibar).
- Gerhard Welz (79), footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Nürnberg, 1. FC Köln, Preußen Münster, Tennis Borussia Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, Fortuna Köln, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, West Germany B).
- April 7:
- Joe Kinnear (77), footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion, Republic of Ireland), assistant manager (Al-Shabab), manager (India, Nepal, Doncaster Rovers, Wimbledon, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United), and club director (Newcastle United).
- April 8:
- April 9:
- Moisés Barack (80), footballer (Centro Iqueño, Universitario) and manager (Sport Boys, Deportivo Municipal, Unión Huaral, Atlético Torino, Peru, Club Bolívar, Alianza Lima, The Strongest, Deportivo Wanka).
- Dave Mehmet (63), footballer (Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Charlton Athletic, Gillingham, Fisher Athletic, Maidstone United, Alma Swanley, Barnet, Erith & Belvedere, Bromley, Greenwich Borough) and manager (Fisher Athletic, Croydon, Beckenham Town).
- Terto (77), footballer (Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Botafogo-SP, Ferroviário, Fortaleza).
- April 11:
- Anton Flešár (79), footballer (Partizán Bardejov, Dukla Prague, Lokomotíva Košice]], VSŽ Košice, Czechoslovakia).
- Shigeharu Ueki (69), footballer (Fujita Industries, Japan) and manager (Bellmare Hiratsuka, Montedio Yamagata, Thespa Kusatsu).
- Milan Žurman (63), footballer (Maribor, SVL Flavia Solva, Rudar Velenje, SV Wildon) and manager (Kapfenberger SV).
- April 14:
- April 15:
- Joseph Boum (34), footballer (Mersin İdmanyurdu, Antalyaspor, Zira). - [Death announced on this date]
- Abdoulaye Diawara (43), footballer (Beveren, KSK Hasselt, Paris FC).
- Mouncif El Haddaoui (59), footballer (AS Salé, Académica de Coimbra, Marítimo, Moreirense, Morocco).
- Willie Limond (45), footballer (Albion Rovers) and boxer.
- Bernd Hölzenbein (78), footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Memphis Americans, West Germany). 1974 FIFA World Cup winner.
- April 16:
- April 17:
- Per Henriksen (72), footballer (Viking FK, Norway).
- Gerd Roggensack (82), footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, DJK Gütersloh), assistant manager (Arminia Bielefeld), and manager (Arminia Bielefeld, Eintracht Braunschweig, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Preußen Münster, Fortuna Köln, SpVgg Unterhaching, VfL Wolfsburg, FC Stukenbrock).
- April 19:
- Leighton James (71), footballer (Burnley, Derby County, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Sunderland, Bury, Newport County, Wales) and manager (Gainsborough Trinity, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Llanelli, Aberaman Athletic).
- Siegfried Kirschen (80), referee (DDR-Oberliga, Bundesliga, UEFA, FIFA).
- Marcos Rivas (76), footballer (Atlante, Leones Negros Guadalajara, Mexico).
- April 20:
- April 21:
- Luis Gil (48), footballer (Mallorca, Logroñés, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Real Murcia, Sevilla, Polideportivo Ejido, Elche, Tenerife, Alicante, Alcoyano).
- Haim Levin (87), footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Jerusalem, Israel).
- April 22:
- April 23:
- April 24:
- April 25:
- Bob Appleby (84), footballer (Middlesbrough, Hereford United, Carlisle United).
- Marek Czakon (60), footballer (Odra Opole, Górnik Zabrze, Olimpia Poznań, Ilves, Frem, Eintracht Trier, Union Berlin, Waldhof Mannheim, SV Elversberg, US Hostert).
- April 27:
- April 28:
- Heinz Binder (81), footballer (Austria Wien, Wacker Innsbruck, DSV Leoben, Grazer AK, Austria) and manager (Wacker Innsbruck, DSV Leoben, Grazer AK).
- Gilberto Noletti (82), footballer (AC Milan, Lazio, Juventus, Sorrento, Casertana, Grosseto). Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- April 29:
- Mykhaylo Fomenko (75), footballer (Spartak Sumy, Zorya Luhansk, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union) and manager (Frunzenets Sumy, Desna Chernihiv, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Guria Lanchkhuti, Al-Rasheed, Iraq, Avtomobilist Sumy, Dynamo Kyiv, Guinea, CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, Metalist Kharkiv, CSKA Kyiv, Tavriya Simferopol, Salyut Belgorod, Ukraine). Bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- Luis Mendoza (78), footballer (Deportivo Italia, Deportivo Galicia, Portuguesa, Venezuela) and manager (Mineros de Guayana).
May
- May 1:
- Danilo Dončić (54), footballer (Rudar Ljubija, Napredak Kruševac, Čukarički, Beograd, Valletta, Lokomotiv Sofia, Imortal DC, Sliema Wanderers) and manager (Floriana, Sliema Wanderers, Mosta, Al-Najma, Ethnikos Achna, Valletta, Lokomotiv Sofia).
- Terry Medwin (91), footballer (Swansea Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Wales) and manager (Cheshunt).
- Ian Mellor (74), footballer (Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford City). Father of former English footballer Neil Mellor.
- May 2:
- May 3:
- May 4:
- Dagoberto Fontes (80), footballer (Nacional, Defensor Sporting, Puebla, Tigres UANL, Uruguay).
- Karl Ringel (91), footballer (SpVgg Fürth, Borussia Neunkirchen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany).
- May 5:
- Phil Hoadley (72), footballer (Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Norwich City).
- César Luis Menotti (85), footballer (Rosario Central, Racing Club, Boca Juniors, New York Generals, Santos), manager (Newell's Old Boys, Huracán, Argentina, Argentina U20, Barcelona, Boca Juniors, Atlético Madrid, River Plate, Peñarol, Mexico, Independiente, Sampdoria, Rosario Central, Puebla, Tecos), and director (Argentina). 1978 FIFA World Cup winner.
- Ngoy Nsumbu (51), footballer (Germinal Ekeren, Waregem, Royal Cappellen, Genk, Verbroedering Geel, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Zaire/DR Congo).
- May 6:
- May 7:
- Martin Cearns (79), football executive and club chairman (West Ham United).
- Paul Holmes (56), footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Torquay United, Birmingham City, Everton, West Bromwich Albion). Son of former English footballer Albert Holmes).
- Leo Kogeldans (93), footballer (VV Ajax, SV Voorwaarts, VVV-Venlo, Suriname). Father of former Dutch-Surinamese footballer and Surinam Airways Flight 764 victim Ruben Kogeldans.
- May 8:
- Viv Busby (74), footballer (Wycombe Wanderers, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Fulham, Norwich City, Stoke City, Sheffield United, Tulsa Roughnecks, Blackburn Rovers, York City) and manager (Hartlepool United, York City). Brother of former English footballer Martyn Busby. - [Death announced on this date]
- May 9:
- May 10:
- Kostas Chatzimichail (92), footballer (AEK Athens, Egaleo), player-manager (Prasina Poulia), assistant manager (AEK Athens), and manager (AEK Athens Academy, AEK Athens, Doxa Drama, Niki Volos, Veria, Kalamata).
- Frank Sibley (76), footballer (Queens Park Rangers) and manager (Queens Park Rangers, Walsall).
- May 11:
- Rudolf Kučera (84), footballer (TJ Gottwaldov, Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia).
- Jajang Paliama (39), footballer (PS Mojokerto Putra, Persid Jember, Gresik United, Semen Padang, Persepam Madura Utama, Persatu Tuban, Persik Kediri, Hizbul Wathan, Indonesia).
- May 12:
- May 14:
- May 15:
- May 16:
- May 17:
- Graham Cox (65), footballer (Brentford, Margate, Wokingham Town, Addlestone & Weybridge Town, Aldershot, Slough Town) and assistant manager (Slough Town).
- Aminur Rahman (69), footballer (Rahmatganj MFS, Sadharan Bima CSC, Team BJMC, Bangladesh).
- May 18:
- May 19:
- May 20:
- Gerry Collins (69), footballer (Stranraer, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle), and manager (Falkirk, Partick Thistle).
- Fran Rooney (67), footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Home Farm, St Patrick's Athletic), manager (Republic of Ireland women's), sports executive, and CEO (Football Association of Ireland)
- Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (85), footballer (1. FC Köln, Mantova, AS Roma, AC Milan, Tennis Borussia Berlin, West Germany).
- May 21:
- May 22:
- Othon (79), footballer (Botafogo), assistant manager (Botafogo), and manager (Botafogo, Al-Shabab, Al Hilal, Al Wahda, América Mineiro, Al Jazira, Fluminense, Joinville Esporte Clube, São José, Goiás, Goiânia, Atlético Goianiense, Al-Ettifaq). Played at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Petri Sulonen (60), footballer (PPT, TPS FC Jazz, Finland).
- May 24:
- May 26:
- May 30:
- May 31
June
- June 2:
- June 3:
- June 4:
- June 6:
- June 7:
- June 9:
- June 10:
- June 11:
- Terry Allcock (88), footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City) and cricketer. Member of the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.
- Barry Butler (62), footballer (Chester City, Barrow, Altrincham).
- Orest Lenczyk (81), footballer (Sanoczanka Sanok) and manager (Karpaty Krosno, Siarka Tarnobrzeg, Wisła Kraków, Śląsk Wrocław, Ruch Chorzów, Igloopol Dębica, Widzew Łódź, GKS Katowice, Pogoń Szczecin, Zagłębie Lubin, Cracovia).
- Bernd Schmidt (80), footballer (Hessen Kassel, Werder Bremen, FSV Frankfurt).
- June 12:
- June 13:
- June 14:
- Eugene Davis (70), footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town, St Patrick's Athletic, UCD, Bohemians, Bray Wanderers).
- Dendê (71), footballer (Bahia, Atlético de Alagoinhas, Flamengo, Vitória, Catuense, Leônico).
- June 15:
- Kevin Campbell (54), footballer (Arsenal, Leyton Orient, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Trabzonspor, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, England B), sports television pundit, and commentator.
- Frank D'Arcy (77), footballer (Everton, Tranmere Rovers).
- John McClelland (89), footballer (Manchester City, Lincoln City, Queens Park Rangers, Portsmouth, Newport County).
- Matija Sarkic (26), footballer (Aston Villa, Livingston, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Millwall, Montenegro). Son of current Montenegrin ambassador to the European Union Bojan Šarkić and brother of current English-Montenegrin footballer Oliver Sarkic
- June 16:
- June 17:
- June 18:
- June 20:
- Gerhard Aigner (80), footballer, referee, UEFA General Secretary (1989–1999), and UEFA Chief Executive (1999–2003).
- Drosos Kalotheou (79), footballer (Omonia, Cyprus). Father of former Cypriot footballer Yiannos Kalotheou.
- Diego Orejuela (62), footballer (Espanyol, Figueres, Sabadell, Palamós). Cousin of former Spanish footballer Antonio Orejuela.
- Dylon Powley (27), soccer player (Calgary Foothills, FC Edmonton, Atlético Ottawa).
- Andy Rowland (69), footballer (Bury, Swindon Town).
- June 23:
- Stathis Chatzilampros (26), footballer (Levadiakos, P.A.O. Rouf).
- Angelo Paina (75), footballer (AC Milan, Padova, Triestina, Taranto, SPAL, Atalanta).
- Hugo Villanueva (85), footballer (Universidad de Chile, UES, Chile).
- June 24:
- June 25:
- Mohamed Arif (38), footballer (Island FC, VB Sports Club, Club Valencia, New Radiant SC, Victory, Club Eagles, Maziya, Kanbawza, Club Green Streets, United Victory, Maldives).
- Tony Macedo (86), footballer (Fulham, Montreal Concordia, Colchester United, Durban City, Highlands Power).
- José Antonio Urtiaga (81), footballer (Valencia Mestalla, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad).
- June 27:
- Manuel Fernandes (73), footballer (CUF, Sporting CP, Rochester Lancers, New England Tea Men, Vitória Setúbal, Portugal) and manager (Vitória Setúbal, Estrela da Amadora, Ovarense, Tirsense, Santa Clara, Sporting CP, Penafiel, Atlético Aviação, Leiria).
- Landry Nguémo (38), footballer (Nancy, Celtic, Girondins de Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Akhisarspor, Kongsvinger, Cameroon) and manager.
- Jack Petchey (98), businessman, philanthropist, club director (West Ham United), and club owner (Watford).
- Alan Westwater (78), footballer (Stirling Albion, Pan Hellenic, Australia).
- June 28:
- Dudu (84), footballer (Ferroviária, Palmeiras, Sevilla, Confiança, Brazil) and manager (Palmeiras, Desportiva Ferroviária).
- Yves Herbet (78), footballer (Sedan, Anderlecht, Red Star Saint-Ouen, Stade de Reims, Nancy, Avignon, Martigues, France) and manager (Martigues, Le Havre, FC Sète, Dijon, SO Châtellerault, FUS Rabat, Bahrain, Angers).
- June 29:
- June 30:
- Ion Ionescu (88), footballer (Politehnica Timișoara, Știința București), assistant manager (Politehnica Timișoara, UTA Arad), and manager (Politehnica Timișoara, CFR Timișoara, Jiul Petroșani, UTA Arad, CSM Reșița, Aurul Brad, Corvinul Hunedoara, Sportul Studențesc, Progresul București).
- Justin Shonga (27), footballer (Nkwazi, Orlando Pirates, Cape Town City, Ismaily SC, Sekhukhune United, FC Gagra, Zambia).
July
- July 1:
- July 2:
- July 3:
- July 4:
- Raúl Dos Santos (57), footballer (Basáñez, Defensor Sporting, Albacete, Villarreal, Club Bolívar, Progreso, Uruguay).
- Cas Janssens (79), footballer (NOAD Tilburg, FC Wageningen, NEC Nijmegen, Nîmes Olympique, OC de Charleroi, Groningen, US Nœux-les-Mines).
- Zoran Vorotović (65), footballer (Sutjeska Nikšić, Budućnost Podgorica, Red Star Belgrade, Sarıyer, Spartak Subotica).
- July 5:
- July 6:
- July 11:
- Niall Hopper (88), footballer (Queen's Park, Scotland amateurs, Great Britain).
- Willi Koslowski (87), footballer (FC Schalke 04, Rot-Weiss Essen, West Germany).
- Stanley Tshabalala (75), footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates), manager (Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa, AmaZulu), and technical director (Kaizer Chiefs).
- July 12:
- July 13:
- Tobias (75), footballer (Guarani, Sport Recife, Corinthians, Bangu, Fluminense, Rio Negro, Campinense, Paranavaí).
- Iliya Valov (62), footballer (Botev Vratsa, CSKA Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, FC Berlin, Austria Wien, Karşıyaka, Denizlispor, Bulgaria), manager (Botev Vratsa), and goalkeeping coach (Cherno More, CSKA Sofia). Father of former Bulgarian footballer Valentin Iliev.
- July 15:
- Juan Ricardo Faccio (87), footballer (Nacional, Fénix, River Plate Montevideo, Liverpool Montevideo) and manager (Peñarol, River Plate Montevideo, El Salvador, Club Puebla, Coyotes Neza, Club León, Independiente Santa Fe). Son of Uruguayan-Italian footballer Ricardo Faccio and nephew of Uruguayan footballer Abdón Porte and Uruguayan-Italian footballer Roberto Porta.
- Ken Jenkin (92), footballer (Grimsby Town).
- July 16:
- July 17:
- July 19:
- July 20:
- July 22:
- Luiche (83), footballer (Oliva, Calvo Sotelo, Ibiza, Eldense, Villarreal) and manager (Santa Pola, Almansa, Eldense, Albacete, Yeclano, Alcoyano, Villarreal, Castellón, Sabadell, Cartagena).
- July 23:
- July 26:
- July 27:
- Carlos Alvarado (96), footballer (Alajuelense, Club América, América de Cali, Costa Rica).
- Luis Galarza (73), footballer (The Strongest, Always Ready, Club Bolívar, San José, Jorge Wilstermann, Independiente Petrolero, Blooming, Bolivia), manager (The Strongest, Real Potosí, Club Bolívar, Blooming, Aurora), and goalkeeping coach (Always Ready). Half-brother of former Paraguayan footballer Ramón Mayeregger and father of former Bolivian footballer Sergio Galarza
- July 28:
- July 30:
August
- August 1:
- Tommy Cassidy (73), footballer (Glentoran, Newcastle United, Burnley, APOEL, Northern Ireland) and manager (APOEL, Gateshead, Glentoran, Ards, Sligo Rovers, Workington, Newcastle Blue Star, Whitby Town, Blyth Spartans).
- Zdeněk Prokeš (71), footballer (Bohemians Prague, 1860 Munich, Czechoslovakia).
- Craig Shakespeare (60), footballer (Walsall, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion, Grimsby Town), assistant manager (Everton, Watford, Aston Villa, England), and manager (Leicester City).
- Daniel Wansi (42), footballer (ES Sahel, Inker Zaprešić, Al-Nasr, Dynamo Dresden, Shenzhen Kingway, RAEC Mons, Budućnost Podgorica, El Gouna).
- August 2:
- August 3:
- Roald Muggerud (90), footballer (Lyn, Norway).
- Kalin Stepanyan (69), footballer (Spartak Oryol, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Avtodor Vladikavkaz), assistant manager (Avtodor Vladikavkaz, Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan), and manager (Vityaz Krymsk, FC Abinsk, FC Astrakhan).
- Dimitris Theofanis (91), footballer (Athinaikos, Panathinaikos, Greece) and manager (Doxa Vyronas, Panegialios, Ethnikos Piraeus).
- August 4:
- Jim Doherty (65), footballer (Kilmarnock, Clyde, Queen of the South).
- Valentin Ioviță (40), footballer (Gloria Buzău, Sportul Studențesc, Dunărea Galați).
- Juan Ramón Martínez (76), footballer (Municipal, Águila, Juventud Olímpica, Alianza, Once Municipal, El Salvador). Played at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- August 5:
- Adílio (68), footballer (Flamengo, Coritiba, Barcelona SC, Itumbiara, Alianza Lima, Barreira, Brazil) and manager (Flamengo).
- Russell Blake (89), footballer (Colchester United).
- George Herd (88), footballer (Inverness Thistle, Queen's Park, Clyde, Sunderland, Vancouver Royals, Hartlepool United, Scotland, Scottish Football League XI) and manager (Queen of the South).
- Sérgio Lopes (83), footballer (São Paulo, Internacional, Grêmio, Athletico Paranaense, Portuguesa, Figueirense, Brazil) and manager (Figueirense, Cascavel, Avaí, Toledo, Santa Cruz, Paulista, Athletico Paranaense, Fortaleza, ABC).
- Daniel Mañó (92), footballer (Valencia Mestalla, Valencia, Ontinyent).
- Tibor Szabo (64), footballer (Bradford City, Macclesfield Town, Mossley, Gainsborough Trinity, Mossley, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley).
- August 6:
- August 8:
- Chato González (80), footballer (Real Madrid B, Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid, Real Murcia, Xerez, Spain amateur) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Alcalá, Real Ávila, Real Murcia, Getafe, Córdoba).
- Issa Hayatou (77), sports executive, athlete, and football administrator. Former president of the Confederation of African Football (1988–2017), vice-president (1992–2017) and acting president (2015–2016) of FIFA, and member of the International Olympic Committee (2001–2024).
- Alex Kinninmonth (82), footballer (Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic).
- Alan Little (69), footballer (Aston Villa, Southend United, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Torquay United, Halifax Town) and manager (York City, Southend United, Halifax Town).
- Zoran Petrović (72), referee (Yugoslav First League, J.League, UEFA, FIFA).
- Jorge Rodríguez (56), footballer (Deportivo Toluca, Santos Laguna, Mexico).
- Dženan Uščuplić (48), footballer (Sarajevo) and manager (Sarajevo).
- August 9:
- August 10:
- August 11:
- August 12:
- Ramiro Blacut (80), footballer (Club Bolívar, Ferro Carril Oeste, Bayern Munich, Melgar, The Strongest, Bolivia) and manager (Club Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero, Bolivia, The Strongest, Blooming, Aucas, Deportivo Cuenca, Bolivia U20).
- Marc Bourrier (89), footballer (Montpellier, Lens, Toulon), assistant manager (France), and manager (Avignon, France U21, Olympique Marseille, Sète 34, Olympique Alès).
- Cédric Daury (54), footballer (Stade de Reims, Angers, Le Havre, Cannes, Châteauroux) and manager (Châteauroux, Le Havre, Auxerre).
- Roy Greaves (77), footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Seattle Sounders, Rochdale).
- Willi Lemke (77), manager (Werder Bremen), and former United Nations official.
- August 13:
- Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci (73), footballer (RCG Oran, GC Mascara, MC Oran, USM Bel-Abbes, Algeria).
- Charles Hughes (91), coach (England amateurs, Great Britain) and author.
- Paul Stehrenberger (85), Luzern, Grasshoppers, Switzerland), player-manager (FC Wettingen), and manager (FC Aarau, Young Fellows Zürich).
- August 15:
- Ivair (79), footballer (Portuguesa, Corinthians, Fluminense, America-RJ, Toronto Metros-Croatia, Brazil).
- Imre Komora (84), footballer (Szombathelyi Haladás, Budapest Honvéd, Hungary) and manager (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary, Olympiacos). Gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Jim McLaughlin (83), footballer (Derry City, Shrewsbury Town, Swansea Town, Dundalk, Northern Ireland) and manager (Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, Drogheda United).
- August 16:
- August 17:
- August 18:
- Ronny Borchers (67), footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, Arminia Bielefeld, Grasshoppers, Waldhof Mannheim, FSV Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach, West Germany) and manager (SV Bernbach, Kickers Offenbach, FSV Frankfurt, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, Wormatia Worms, FSV Fernwald).
- Toussaint Natama (41), footballer (ÉF Ouagadougou, Al Ittihad Alexandria, Westerlo, Burkina Faso).
- Franciszek Smuda (76), footballer (Odra Wodzisław Śląski, Ruch Chorzów, Stal Mielec, Piast Gliwice, Hartford Bicentennials, Legia Warsaw, Los Angeles Aztecs, SpVgg Fürth) and manager (Altay, Konyaspor, Stal Mielec, Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw, Omonia, Odra Wodzisław Śląski, Zagłębie Lubin, Lech Poznań, Poland, Jahn Regensburg, Górnik Łęczna).
- August 20:
- Humberto Maschio (91), footballer (Racing Club, Bologna, Atalanta, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Argentina, Italy) and manager (Argentina, Racing Club, Costa Rica, Independiente, LDU Quito, Blooming).
- August 21:
- Paquito (86), footballer (Real Oviedo, Valencia, Spain) and manager (Alzira, Real Valladolid, Castellón, Hércules, Valencia, Cádiz, Las Palmas, Racing Santander, Rayo Vallecano, Osasuna, Villarreal).
- Rodney Smithson (80), footballer (Arsenal, Oxford United) and player-manager (Witney Town).
- Hans Weiner (73), footballer (Tennis Borussia Berlin, Hertha BSC, Bayern Munich, Chicago Sting, West Germany B).
- August 22:
- August 23:
- August 24:
- Christoph Daum (70), footballer (Eintracht Duisburg, 1. FC Köln II) and manager (1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, Beşiktaş, Bayer Leverkusen, Austria Wien, Fenerbahçe, Eintracht Frankfurt, Club Brugge, Bursaspor, Romania).
- Mickey (76), footballer (Caxias, Fluminense, Grêmio, Junior Barranquilla, Deportivo Cali, Bahia, São Paulo, Ceará, Avaí).
- August 26:
- Sven-Göran Eriksson (76), footballer and manager (IFK Göteborg, SL Benfica, AS Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Lazio, England, Manchester City, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Leicester City, Guangzhou R&F, Shanghai SIPG, Shenzhen, Philippines).
- Oleg Rydny (57), footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Mashuk Pyatigorsk, Dynamo Stavropol, Kiskőrösi Petőfi Spartacus, Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, Daugava Rīga, Lokomotiv-Taim Mineralnye Vody, Spartak-Orekhovo Orekhovo-Zuyevo), assistant manager (Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk), and manager.
- August 27:
- August 28:
- August 29:
- August 31:
September
- September 1:
- September 2:
- September 3:
- September 4:
- September 6:
- Gaetano Salvemini (82), footballer (Alessandria, Venezia, Mantova, Inter Milan, Como, Empoli, Siena) and manager (Empoli, Reggina, SPAL, Ternana, Bari, Cesena, Palermo, Genoa, Cremonese, Monza).
- Horst Weigang (83), footballer (Lokomotive Leipzig, Turbine Erfurt, Rot-Weiß Erfurt, East Germany). Bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Bent Wolmar (87), footballer (AGF, Denmark).
- Ron Yeats (86), footballer (Dundee United, Liverpool, Scotland) and player-manager (Tranmere Rovers, Barrow).
- September 7:
- September 9:
- September 10:
- Roberto Chale (77), footballer (Centro Iqueño, Universitario, Defensor Lima, Sporting Cristal, Universidad Católica, Deportivo Municipal, Peru)
- Eligio Martínez (69), footballer (Club Bolívar, The Strongest, Jorge Wilstermann, Bolivia).
- László Mészáros (47), footballer (Hajdúszoboszlói SE, Fortuna Sittard). - [Death announced on this date]
- September 11:
- Ehab Galal (57), footballer (El Shams, Ismaily, Al Masry), manager (Kahraba Ismailia, Al Hammam, Kafr El Sheikh, El Makkasa, Zamalek, Al Ahli, Al Masry, Ismaily, Pyramids, Egypt), and sporting director (Al Masry, Ismaily).
- Template:Country data MAL Malick Touré (28), footballer (Club Africain, MO Béjaïa, ES Sétif).
- September 12:
- September 14:
- Toshen Bora (74), footballer (Assam, India).
- Kamel Ouejdide (44), footballer (Caen, Göztepe, Fortuna Düsseldorf, ASOA Valence, Sète, Clermont Foot, Cannes, Racing Ferrol, Boussu Dour Borinage).
- September 15:
- Gheorghe Mulțescu (72), footballer (Jiul Petroșani, Dinamo București, Romania), player-manager (Jiul Petroșani, UTA Arad, Rapid București), and manager (UTA Arad, Dinamo București, Samsunspor, Kayserispor, Adanaspor, Ankaragücü, Gaziantepspor, Politehnica Timișoara, Jiul Petroșani, U Cluj, Al Taawoun, Astra Giurgiu, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Al-Ettifaq, Universitatea Craiova). Father of Romanian footballer Cătălin Mulțescu.
- September 16:
- Daniel Cordier (82), footballer (Valenciennes, Dunkerque, Troyes).
- Steve Hardwick (68), footballer (Chesterfield, Newcastle United, Detroit Express, Oxford United, Huddersfield Town).
- Anwar Jassam (77), footballer (Sikak Al-Hadeed) and manager (Sikak Al-Hadeed, Al-Zawraa, Iraq, Al-Naft, Iraq U20, Al-Wehdat, Al-Talaba). Managed Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- István Juhász (79), footballer (Ferencváros, San Diego Sockers, Hungary). Gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
- Gary Shaw (63), footballer (Aston Villa, KB, SK Austria Klagenfurt, Shrewsbury Town).
- September 17:
- September 18:
- Pierre Alonzo (84), footballer (Red Star, Cannes, Menton) and manager (Paris Saint-Germain, Nice).
- Zbigniew Kociołek (79), assistnat manager (Legia Warsaw) and manager (Lechia Gdańsk, Wisła Płock).
- Sam Malcolmson (77), footballer (Falmouth Town, Portadown, Albion Rovers, Wellington United, Stop Out, New Zealand).
- Salvatore Schillaci (59), footballer (Messina, Juventus, Inter Milan, Júbilo Iwata, Italy).
- September 19:
- September 22:
- Ralph Cann (89), footballer (Mansfield Town).
- Andrzej Głownia (72), footballer (Lechia Gdańsk).
- Viktor Nozdrin (72), footballer (Metallurg Lipetsk, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Spartak Nalchik, Spartak Kostroma) and manager (Spartak Kostroma, Volga Tver, Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk, Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo).
- September 23:
- September 26:
- September 27:
- September 28:
- Barry Lloyd (75), footballer (Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford, Houston Hurricane) and manager (Yeovil Town, Worthing, Brighton & Hove Albion). - [Death announced on this date]
- Jacques Teugels (78), footballer (Anderlecht, Union Saint-Gilloise, Racing White, RWD Molenbeek, La Louvière, Belgium).
- September 29:
- Andrea Capone (43), footballer (Cagliari, Treviso, Vicenza).
- Alton Meiring (48), footballer (Hellenic, Cape Town Spurs, Mother City, Mamelodi Sundowns, AmaZulu, Manning Rangers, Golden Arrows, South Africa).
- Gordon Revel (96), footballer (Mansfield Town).
- [[ (97), footballer (Partizan, Yugoslavia) and manager (Burma, Partizan, Sloboda Užice, Budućnost Titograd, Yugoslavia, Philadelphia Fury, Vojvodina, Borac Banja Luka, Adana Demirspor).
- September 30:
October
- October 1:
- October 2:
- October 3:
- October 4:
- Chazom Chazom (76), footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim, Hapoel Yehud).
- Willi Giesemann (87), footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, West Germany).
- Daniel Guimarães (37), footballer (América Mineiro, Mogi Mirim, América de Natal, Nacional).
- Anatoliy Konkov (75), footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union) and manager (Tavriya Simferopol, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit Leningrad, Ukraine U21, Ukraine, Vorskla Poltava, Stal Alchevsk, Inter Baku). Bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- October 5:
- October 6:
- Sefedin Braho (71), footballer (Luftëtari, Partizani, Albania).
- Johan Neeskens (73), footballer (RCH, Ajax, Barcelona, New York Cosmos, Netherlands), assistant manager (Netherlands, Australia, Barcelona, Galatasaray), and manager (FC Zug, NEC, Netherlands B, Mamelodi Sundowns).
- October 8:
- Omar Palma (66), footballer (Rosario Central, Colón, River Plate, Veracruz) and manager (Rosario Central, Central Córdoba).
- Artyom Yenin (48), footballer (Spartak Kostroma, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Neftyanik Yaroslavl, Dynamo Vologda, CSKA Moscow, Spartak Nalchik, Ural Yekaterinburg, Spartak Lukhovitsy, Russia).
- October 9:
- George Baldock (31), footballer (Milton Keynes Dons, Oxford United, Sheffield United, Panathinaikos, Greece).
- Dieter Burdenski (73), footballer (Schalke 04, Arminia Bielefeld, Werder Bremen, West Germany).
- Arild Gulden (82), handball player and footballer (Lyn, Grasshoppers, Norway). Father of former Norweigan footballer and Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden, and grandfather of former Norweigan footballer Henrik Gulden.
- October 10:
- Peter Cormack (78), footballer (Hibernian, Toronto City, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Bristol City, Scotland, Scottish Football League XI) and manager (Partick Thistle, Anorthosis Famagusta, Botswana, Greenock Morton).
- October 11:
- October 13:
- October 15:
- October 16:
- Casimir Nowotarski (91), footballer (Le Havre, Bordeaux, Lille, Strasbourg, Racing Besançon) and manager (Strasbourg, Gueugnon).
- Roald Poulsen (73), manager (OKS, B 1913, Odense Boldklub, Viborg FF, Zambia, Al-Rayyan, Al-Arabi, Engen Santos, Dalum IF).
- October 18:
- October 19:
- October 22:
- Bernd Bauchspieß (85), footballer (BSG Chemie Zeitz, BSG Chemie Leipzig, East Germany). Bronze medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Dmytro Bohachov (32), footballer (PFC Sumy, Viktoriya Sumy, FC Sumy).
- Tonhão (55), footballer (Palmeiras, Nacional-SP, Athletico Paranaense, Internacional, Goiás, Arsenal Tula, América-SP, Cerezo Osaka).
- October 24:
- Abdelaziz Barrada (35), footballer (Paris Saint-Germain B, Getafe B, Getafe, Al Jazira, Olympique Marseille, Al-Nasr, Morocco). Played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- Michel Lafranceschina (85), footballer (Grenoble, Lens, Lille, Sochaux, Limoges) and manager (Grenoble).
- Joseph Magiera (85), footballer (FC Nancy, Valenciennes, Nancy).
- Tomislav Milićević (84), footballer (Napredak Kruševac, Red Star Belgrade, Chicago Mustangs, Maribor, Gazélec Ajaccio).
- Gerd Peehs (82), footballer (Borussia Neunkirchen, Borussia Dortmund).
- Dieter Timme (68), footballer (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hallescher FC).
- October 25:
- Tommy Callaghan (79), footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Celtic, Scottish Football League XI) and player-manager (Galway Rovers). Brother of former Scottish international footballer Willie Callaghan, nephew of former Scottish footballer Patrick Flannigan, father of former Scottish footballer Tommy Callaghan, and uncle of former Scottish footballer Willie Callaghan Jr).
- Walter Schmidt (87), footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig, West Germany B). Father of German-American musician and journalist DJ Pari.
- Zé Carlos (56), footballer (São José, Nacional-SP, São Caetano, Portuguesa, Juventude, São Paulo, Grêmio, Joinville, Brazil).
- October 26:
- October 27:
- October 28:
- October 30:
- Pedro Sarmiento (68), footballer (Atlético Nacional, América de Cali, Colombia), assistant manager (América de Cali, Colombia, Independiente Medellín, Atlético Nacional), and manager (Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Cali, Santa Fe, Cúcuta Deportivo, Deportivo Pereira, Envigado, Once Caldas).
- Peter Wall (80), footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Wrexham, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, St. Louis Stars, California Surf) and manager (California Surf, Los Angeles Lazers).
- October 31:
November
- November 2:
- November 4:
- November 6:
- John Dempsey (78), footballer (Fulham, Chelsea, Philadelphia Fury, Republic of Ireland), player-manager (Serbian White Eagles, Dundalk), and manager (Maidenhead United).
- Maximilian Heidenreich (57), footballer (Hannover 96, 1860 Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Basel, SC Freiburg, VfL Wolfsburg) and manager (Freiburger FC, SV Weil, FC Denzlingen).
- November 8:
- Jesús Ares (90), footballer (Racing Ferrol, Celta Vigo, Atlético Madrid, Málaga, Salamanca, Langreo).
- Rumen Ivanov (51), footballer (Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Botev Plovdiv, Levski Sofia, Young Boys, Aarau, Waldhof Mannheim).
- Rachid Mekhloufi (88), footballer (Saint-Étienne, Servette, Bastia, France, FLN, Algeria) and manager (Bastia, Algeria, AS Marsa, Nejmeh).
- November 9:
- Hassan Akesbi (89), footballer (FUS Rabat, Nîmes, Stade de Reims, AS Monaco, Morocco) and manager (FUS Rabat, Hassania Agadir).
- José Garrido (64), footballer (Gil Vicente, Chaves, Benfica, Boavista, Famalicão, Aves) and manager (Tirsense, Aves, Lousada, Vizela, Sabah, Kazma, Qadsia, Al-Riffa, Al-Nasr, Gabon, Al Batin).
- November 10:
- November 11:
- November 12:
- November 13:
- November 14:
- November 15:
- Graham Bailey (104), footballer (Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United).
- Trygve Bornø (82), footballer (Harstad IL, Skeid, Norway).
- Michael Osei (53), footballer (Okwawu United, Asante Kotoko, Vorwärts Steyr, Caracas, Mainz 05, Ghana), assistant manager (FSV Frankfurt II, Asante Kotoko), and manager (Asante Kotoko, Liberty Professionals, Bibiani Gold Stars). Cousin of former Ghanian footballer Tony Yeboah.
- Dick Packer (90), soccer player (Uhrik Truckers). Played at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- Frank Schäffer (72), footballer (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- November 16:
- Tommy Andersson (60), footballer (Halmstads BK).
- Hamid Merakchi (48), footballer (CR Témouchent, ES Mostaganem, Gençlerbirliği, MC Alger, WA Tlemcen, MC Oran, Algeria).
- Vladlen Naumenko (77), footballer (Avanhard Ternopil, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, Zvezda Tiraspol, Krystal Kherson), assistant manager (Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv) and manager (FC Evis Mykolaiv, MFC Mykolaiv-2).
- Hans Nilsson (83), footballer (IFK Stockholm, Djurgårdens IF, IK Sirius, IF Brommapojkarna, Sweden) and manager.
- November 17:
- Bernard Chiarelli (90), footballer (Valenciennes, Lens, Lille, Sedan, Le Havre, France) and manager.
- Artur Sarnat (54), footballer (Wawel Kraków, Cracovia, Wisła Kraków, Diyarbakirspor, Polonia Warsaw) and goalkeeper coach (Garbarnia Kraków).
- Hugo Villaverde (70), footballer (Colón, Independiente, Argentina).
- November 18:
- November 19:
- November 20:
- November 21:
- November 22:
- November 25:
- November 26:
- November 27:
- November 28:
- November 29:
- November 30:
December
- December 2:
- Lucjan Brychczy (90), footballer (Piast Gliwice, Legia Warsaw, Poland) and manager (Legia Warsaw).
- Helmut Duckadam (65), footballer (UTA Arad, Steaua București, Romania).
- Yevgeni Kryukov (61), footballer (Torpedo Rubtsovsk, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, Zhemchuzhina Sochi), youth team coach (Zhemchuzhina Sochi), goalkeeper coach (FC Sochi), and manager.
- December 3:
- December 4:
- John Docherty (84), footballer (Brentford, Sheffield United, Reading) and manager (Brentford, Cambridge United, Millwall, Bradford City).
- Roly Horrey (81), footballer (Bishop Auckland, Blackburn Rovers F.C., York City, Cambridge United).
- Trần Anh Khoa (33), footballer (SHB Đà Nẵng).
- Lucien Kassi-Kouadio (61), footballer (Stade d'Abidjan, Cannes, ASEC Mimosas, Ivory Coast).
- Dante Mircoli (77), footballer (Independiente, Platense, Sampdoria, Estudiantes (LP), Lecco, Racing Club) and manager.
- Tony Young (71), footballer (Manchester United, Charlton Athletic, York City).
- December 5:
- December 8:
- December 9:
- December 10:
- Mahieddine Khalef (80), footballer (KAC Kenitra, IZ Khemisset, JS Kabylie) and manager (JS Kabylie, Algeria, Al Ain, IR Tanger, MC Oujda, ES Sahel).
- Pat McBride (81), soccer player (St. Louis Stars, United States) and manager (St. Louis Steamers, Kansas City Comets). Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
- José Antonio Naya (90), footballer (Deportivo La Coruña) and manager (Cultural Leonesa, Alcalá, Todelo, Real Madrid Aficionados, Cádiz, Getafe, Ourense, Burgos, Deportivo La Coruña, Real Murcia, Levante, Recreativo, Castellón, Alavés, Granada, Xerez, Real Burgos, Sabadell).
- Serhiy Ralyuchenko (62), footballer (Zirka Kirovohrad, SKA Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Stal Mielec, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Temp Shepetivka, Vorskla Poltava, Naftovyk Okhtyrka) and assistant manager (Metalist-2 Kharkiv, Metalist Kharkiv, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv).
- December 11:
- December 12:
- Youcef Bouzidi (67), assistant manager (CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, NA Hussein Dey) and manager (JSM Skikda, NA Hussein Dey, Olympique Médéa, MO Béjaïa, ASO Chlef, RC Relizane, JS Kabylie, USM Bel Abbès, MO Béjaïa, US Biskra, MC Oran).
- Vic Gomersall (82), footballer (Manchester City, Swansea City, Chelmsford City). - [Death announced on this date]
- December 13:
- December 14:
- December 18:
- Tony Bentley (84), footballer (Stoke City, Southend United).
- Dietmar Constantini (69), footballer (SWW Innsbruck, LASK, Kavala, Wiener SC), assistant manager (Wiener SC, Al-Ittihad, Rapid Wien, Austria, Austria Wien), and manager (Austria, LASK, Admira Wacker, Tirol Innsbruck, Mainz 05).
- December 20:
- December 21:
- December 22:
- December 23:
- December 24:
- December 26:
- Ruslan Solyanyk (40), footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow, Vorskla Poltava, Tavriya Simferopol, llychivets Mariupol, Zhetysu, Chornomorets Odesa, Tytan Armiansk)
- Sergei Toporov (53), footballer (Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Irtysh Omsk, Gazovik-Gazprom Izhevsk, Tobol Kurgan), assistant manager (Kuzbass Kemerovo), and manager (Shakhta Raspadskaya Mezhdurechensk).
- December 27:
- Mickey Bullock (78), footballer (Birmingham City, Oxford United, Leyton Orient, Halifax Town) and manager (Halifax Town, Ossett Town). Brother of former English footballer Peter Bullock.
- Stavri Lubonja (89), footballer (Dinamo Tirana) and manager (Flamurtari, Dinamo Tirana)
- Svetozar Šapurić (64), footballer (Vrbas, Vojvodina, APOEL, Anorthosis Famagusta), manager (APOEL, Olympiakos Nicosia, Ethnikos Achna, Apollon Limassol, Changchun Yatai, Cangzhou Mighty Lions), and sporting director (Vojvodina, APOEL).
- December 28:
- December 29:
- December 30:
- Wolfgang de Beer (60), footballer (MSV Duisburg, Borussia Dortmund) and goalkeeping coach (Borussia Dortmund).
- Michael Newberry (27), footballer (Víkingur, Linfield, Cliftonville).
- Hugo Sotil (75), footballer (Deportivo Municipal, Barcelona, Alianza Lima, Independiente Medellín, Peru) and manager (Deportivo Municipal).
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