title: 2010 in association football
text: The following are the association football events of the year 2010 throughout the world.
  
  News
  In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
   Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.
   Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season:
   The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.
   Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the  new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
  
  However, during the 2010 WPS season, another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folded, bringing WPS back to the same number of teams it had in the 2009 season. The league also lost its season champions, FC Gold Pride, and the Chicago Red Stars, although it will add an expansion team in Western New York for 2011.
  
  Following the 2010 MLS regular season, the Kansas City Wizards announced a name change to Sporting Kansas City.
  
  Events
  
  Men's national teams
  
  FIFA
  11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in 
    
    
    
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  14 August – 22 August: 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship in 
    
    
    
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  CAF
  10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in 
    
    
    
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  AFC
  December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup in  and 
    Winners: 
    Runners-up: 
    Third place: ,
  
  Women's national teams 
   24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in 
    
    
    
   4th: 
  4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in 
   
    
    
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  Women's youth 
  July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 
    
    
    
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  5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 
    
    
    
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  March 3 - March 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in 
   
    
    
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  Multi-sports events
  
  Men 
  August 12–25: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in 
    
    
    
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  November 7–25: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, 
    
    
    
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  Women 
  August 12–24: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in 
    
    
    
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  November 14–22: 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, 
    
    
    
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  Club football
  
  Women
  
  National champions
  
  AFC
   Australia – Sydney FC
   Bahrain – Al-Ahli (Manama)
   Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
   Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
   Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
   China PR – Shandong Luneng
   Chinese Taipei – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
   Guam – Quality Distributors
   Hong Kong – South China
   India – Dempo SC
   Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
   Iran – Sepahan
   Iraq – Dohuk FC
   Japan – Nagoya Grampus
   Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
   Kuwait – Qadsia SC
   Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
   Lebanon – Al Ahed
   Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
   Malaysia – Selangor FA
   Oman – Al-Suwaiq
   Pakistan – KRL
   Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
   Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
   Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
   Singapore – Etoile FC
   South Korea – FC Seoul
   Syria – Al-Jaish
   Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
   Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
   Turkmenistan – Balkan FK
   UAE – Al Wahda
   Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
   Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.
  
  CAF
   Algeria – MC Alger
   Angola – Interclube
   Benin – ASPAC FC
   Botswana – Township Rollers FC
   Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
   Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
   Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
   Cape Verde – Boavista FC
   Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
   Chad – Tourbillon FC
   Comoros – Elan Club
   Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
   DR Congo – AS Vita Club
   Djibouti – AS Port
   Egypt – Al-Ahly
   Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
   Eritrea – unknown
   Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
   Gabon – US Bitam
   Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
   Ghana – Aduana Stars
   Guinea – Fello Star
   Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
   Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
   Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
   Lesotho – Matlama FC
   Liberia – unknown
   Libya – Al Ittihad
   *Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
   Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
   Mali – Stade Malien
   Mauritania – CF Cansado
   Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
   Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
   Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
   Namibia – African Stars F.C.
   Niger – ASFAN
   Nigeria – Enyimba
   Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
   Rwanda – APR FC
   São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
   Senegal – ASC Diaraf
   Seychelles – St Michel United FC
   Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
   Somalia – Gayher FC
   South Africa – Supersport United FC
   Sudan – Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
   Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
   Tanzanian – Simba SC
   Togo – not held
   Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
   Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
   Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
   Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
   Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.
  
  CONCACAF
  
  Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; (B) means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.
  Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.
  
   Saint Kitts: Newtown United
   Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
   Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
   Sint Maarten: D & P Connection
   Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy
  
  CONMEBOL
   Argentina – Argentinos Juniors (C); Estudiantes (A)
   Bolivia – Jorge Wilstermann (A); Oriente Petrolero (C)
   Brazil – Fluminense
   Chile – Universidad Católica
   Colombia – Junior (A); Once Caldas (C)
   Ecuador – LDU Quito
   Paraguay – Guaraní (A); Libertad (C)
   Peru – Universidad San Martín
   Uruguay – Peñarol
   Venezuela – Caracas
  
  Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
  
  OFC
   – ongoing
  French Polynesia – AS Tefana
  New Caledonia – ongoing
   – Waitakere United
  
  UEFA
   Albania: Dinamo Tirana
   Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
   Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
   Austria: Red Bull Salzburg
   Azerbaijan: Inter Baku
   Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
   Belgium: Anderlecht
   Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
   Bulgaria: Litex Lovech
   Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
   Cyprus: Omonia
   Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
   Denmark: Copenhagen
   England: Chelsea
   Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
   Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
   Finland: HJK Helsinki
   France: Marseille
   Georgia: Olimpi Rustavi
   Germany: Bayern Munich
   Greece: Panathinaikos
   Hungary: Debreceni VSC
   Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
   Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
   Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
   Italy: Internazionale
   Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
   Latvia: Skonto Riga
   Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
   Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
   Macedonia: Renova
   Malta: Birkirkara
   Moldova: Sheriff Tiraspol
   Montenegro: Rudar Pljevlja
   Netherlands: Twente
   Northern Ireland: Linfield
   Norway: Rosenborg Trondheim
   Poland: Lech Poznań
   Portugal: Benfica
   Romania: Cluj
   Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
   San Marino: Tre Fiori
   Scotland: Rangers
   Serbia: Partizan
   Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
   Slovenia: Koper
   Spain: Barcelona
   Sweden: Malmö FF
   Switzerland: Basel
   Turkey: Bursaspor
   Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
   Wales: The New Saints
  
  Domestic cup winners
  
  AFC 
   Japan
   Emperor's Cup: Kashima Antlers
  
   Qatar
   Emir of Qatar Cup: Al-Rayyan
  
   Singapore
   Singapore Cup:   Bangkok Glass
  
   Thailand
   Thai FA Cup: Chonburi FC
  
  CAF 
  
    South Africa
  
  Nedbank Cup: Bidvest Wits
  
  CONCACAF
   Canada
   Canadian Championship: Toronto FC
  
   Suriname
  
  Beker van Suriname: Excelsior
  
   United States
   U.S. Open Cup: Seattle Sounders FC
  
  CONMEBOL 
  
    Brazil
   Copa do Brasil: Santos
  
  OFC 
  
    New Zealand
   Chatham Cup: Miramar Rangers
  
  UEFA 
   England
  
  FA Cup: Chelsea
   League Cup: Manchester United
  
   France
   Coupe de France: Paris Saint-Germain
   Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille
   Germany
   DFB-Pokal: Bayern Munich
   Greece
   Greek Cup: Panathinaikos
   Italy
   Coppa Italia: Internazionale
   Netherlands
   KNVB Cup: Ajax
   Portugal
  
  Taça de Portugal: Porto
  Taça da Liga: Benfica
  
   Russia
   Russian Cup: Zenit St. Petersburg
   Scotland
   Scottish Cup: Dundee United
   Scottish League Cup: Rangers
   Slovenia
   Slovenian Cup: Maribor
   Spain
   Copa del Rey: Sevilla
   Turkey
   Turkish Cup: Trabzonspor
  
  Deaths
  
  January 
  
   1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
   1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender (57)
   3 January - Gus Alexander, Scottish footballer (75)
   7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender (74)
   9 January - Améleté Abalo, Togolese football manager (47)
   11 January - Johnny King, English footballer (83)
   13 January - Tommy Sloan, Scottish footballer (84)
   15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker (57)
   18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender (82)
   19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
   19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker (70)
   19 January - Christos Hatziskoulidis, Greek footballer (57)
   20 January - Jack Parry, Welsh footballer (86)
   21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
   26 January – Lars Larsson, Swedish defender (76)
  
  February 
  
   1 February - Bobby Kirk, Scottish footballer (82)
   3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper (88)
   5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker (72)
   7 February - Bobby Dougan, Scottish footballer (83)
   8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper (88)
   9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
   10 February – Orlando, Brazilian defender (74)
   11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker (69)
   11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker (67)
   12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
   12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
   12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
   13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
   14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
   February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
   16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
   18 February - Alan Gordon, Scottish footballer (65)
   20 February - Bobby Cox, Scottish footballer (76)
   22 February - Bobby Smith, Scottish footballer (56)
   23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
   27 February - Charlie Crowe, English footballer (85)
   28 February - Adam Blacklaw, Scottish footballer (72)
  
  March 
  
   3 March - Keith Alexander, English footballer (53)
   4 March - Tony Richards, English footballer (75)
   6 March - Mansour Amirasefi, Iranian footballer (76)
   6 March - Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (25)
   9 March - Gheorghe Constantin, Romanian footballer (77)
   11 March - Wille MacFarlane, Scottish footballer (79)
   12 March - Aleksandr Minayev, Russian footballer (51)
   12 March - Hugh Robertson, Scottish footballer (70)
   13 March - Édouard Kargu, French footballer (84)
   13 March - Charlie Ashcroft, English footballer (83)
   17 March - Abdellah Blinda, Moroccan footballer (58)
   18 March - Júlio Correia da Silva, Portuguese footballer (90)
   19 March - Bob Curtis, English footballer (60)
   20 March - Naim Kryeziu, Albanian footballer (92)
   27 March - Zbigniew Gut, Polish footballer (60)
   28 March - Derlis Florentín, Paraguayan footballer (26)
  
  April 
  
   3 April - Oleg Kopayev, Russian footballer (72)
   6 April - Sid Storey, English footballer (90)
   9 April - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (65)
   10 April - Manfred Reichert, German footballer (69)
   11 April - Hans-Joachim Göring, German footballer (86)
   11 April - Theodor Homann, German footballer (61)
   12 April - Alper Balaban, Turkish footballer (22)
   13 April - Jorge Bontemps, Argentine footballer (32)
   13 April - Charlie Timmins, English footballer (87)
   15 April - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (54)
   17 April - Alexandru Neagu, Romanian footballer (61)
   21 April - Sammy Baird, Scottish footballer (79)
   21 April - Tony Ingham, English footballer (85)
   21 April - Manfred Kallenbach, German footballer (68)
   22 April - Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer (71)
   22 April - Victor Nurenberg, Luxembourgian footballer (79)
   22 April - Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (81)
   25 April - Ian Lawther, Northern Irish footballer (70)
   26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder (54)
   26 April - Yuri Vshivtsev, Russian footballer (70)
  
  May 
   May - Bert Padden, Scottish football referee (born 1932)
   3 May - Denis Obua, Ugandan footballer (62)
   6 May - Guillermo Meza, Mexican footballer (21)
   6 May - Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer (94)
   7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
   11 May 
  Brian Gibson, English footballer (82)
  Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer (29; tuberculosis)
   13 May - Walter Klimmek, German football defender (91)
   15 May - Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (22)
   19 May - Harry Vos, Dutch footballer (63)
   24 May - Kambozia Jamali, Iranian midfielder (71)
   26 May - Leo Canjels, Dutch footballer (77)
  
  June 
  
   1 June - John Hagart, Scottish footballer (72)
   4 June - Hennadiy Popovych, Ukrainian footballer (37)
   6 June - Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football manager (46)
   7 June - Jorge Ginarte, Argentine footballer (70)
   9 June - Mohamed Sylla, Guinean footballer (39)
   12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder (20)
   20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender (59)
   20 June - Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (66)
   22 June - Amokrane Oualiken, Algerian footballer (77)
   23 June - Jörg Berger, German footballer (65)
   27 June - Édgar García de Dios, Mexican footballer (32)
  
  July 
  
   July 1 - Eddie Moussa, Swedish footballer (26)
   July 3 - Colin Gardner, British football manager
   July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time. (79)
   July 6 - Alekos Sofianidis, Greek footballer (76)
   July 8 - Guillermo León, Costa Rican footballer
   July 11 - Rudi Strittich, Austrian footballer (88)
   July 13 - Ken Barnes, British footballer (81)
   July 17 - Shaun Mawer, English footballer (50)
   July 17 - Ioannis Stefas, Greek footballer (61)
   July 17 - Gunārs Ulmanis, Latvian footballer (71)
   July 19 - Joseph Aghoghovbia, Nigerian footballer (69)
   July 19 - Daiki Sato, Japanese footballer (21)
   July 28 - Daniel Pettit, English footballer (95)
   July 29 - Alex Wilson, Polish footballer (76)
   July 30 - Stanley Milburn, English footballer (83)
   July 31 - Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer (84)
  
  August 
  
   August 2 - José María Silvero, Argentine footballer (78)
   August 3 - Edmund Zientara, Polish footballer (81)
   August 5 - Yuri Shishlov, Russian footballer (65)
   August 8 - Ken Boyes, English footballer (75)
   August 8 - Massamasso Tchangai, Togolese footballer (32)
   August 10 - Brian Clark, English footballer (67)
   August 10 - Adam Stansfield, English footballer (31)
   August 13 - Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (34)
   August 22 - Raúl Belén, Argentine footballer (79)
   August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
   August 22 - Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer (86)
   August 27 - Oscar Ntwagae, South African footballer (33)
   August 28 - Isa Bakar, Malaysian footballer (57)
   August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the final. (100)
   August 30 - Henryk Czapczyk, Polish footballer (88)
   August 30 - Philip Tisson, Saint Lucian footballer (24)
  
  September 
  
   2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
   3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
   10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker (41)
   10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker (85)
   11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
   18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
   18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
   22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
   23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager (90)
   28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)
  
  October 
  
   1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker (72)
   1 October - Bobby Craig, Scottish footballer (75)
   1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
   6 October - Norman Christie, Scottish footballer (85)
   9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder (89)
   12 October - José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper (78)
   13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
   13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker (85)
   14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
   18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender (75)
   18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
   21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
   22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
   24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
   26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
   29 October - Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder (76)
   30 October - John Benson, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)
  
  November 
  
   3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender (75)
   8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender (84)
   8 November - Tim Womack, English footballer (76)
   12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
   15 November -Ángel Cabrera, Uruguayan footballer (71)
   16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
   November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (87)
   18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
   24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
   26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
   27 November - Steve Hill, English footballer (70)
   28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)
  
  December 
  
   3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
   5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender (25, car accident)
   6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder (73)
   6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager (82)
   7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
   10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
   11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
   12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
   14 December - Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
   17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder (64, stroke)
   21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
   21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
   24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
   26 December - Bill Jones, English defender (89)
   27 December - Walter Balmer, Swiss international footballer (born 1948)
   28 December - Jeff Taylor, English footballer (80)
   29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder (67)
   29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)
  
  References 
  
   
  Association football by year