title: 1989 in association football
text: This is a list of the football (soccer) events of the year 1989 throughout the world.
  
  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 penalties after a final aggregate score of 2–2.
  June 24 – In the final of the FIFA U-16 World Championship, Saudi Arabia became surprising winners during the penalty shoot-out to Scotland in Glasgow.
  December 17 – Italy's 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 (July 1–16, 1989)
  
  National Teams
  
  
  
  Births
  
  January
   January 6: Jasmin Pllana, Austrian club footballer
   January 7: 
  Emiliano Insúa (Argentinian defender)
  Miles Addison (English defender)
  Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Malaysian footballer
   January 14: 
  Adam Clayton (English youth international)
  Mattia Marchi (Italian club footballer)
  Liu Xiaodong (Chinese footballer)
   January 20:
  Nikola Ivanović, Serbian footballer
  Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian club footballer
   January 29: Dirceu (Brazilian footballer)
   January 30: Tomás Mejías (Spanish youth international)
  
  February
   February 1: Oleksandr Protsyuk (Ukrainian footballer)
   February 14: Jocenir "Jocenir Alves da Silva" (Brazilian footballer)
   February 21: Luca Borrelli (Italian professional footballer)
  
  March
   March 1: Carlos Vela (Mexican forward)
   March 13: Marko Marin (German international midfielder)
   March 14: Abdul Hamid Mony, Indonesian former footballer
   March 15: Ondřej Mazuch (Czech defender)
   March 16: Theo Walcott (English international forward)
   March 17: Surafiel Tesfamicael (Eritrean footballer)
   March 29: Arnold Peralta Honduran international footballer (died 2015)
   March 31
   Pablo Piatti (Argentinian forward)
   Dario Šmitran (Slovenian footballer)
  
  April
   April 13: Dario Dussin, Swiss professional footballer
   April 20: Michał Pytkowski, Polish footballer
   April 22: Jasper Cillessen, Dutch international goalkeeper
   April 29: Edgar Machuca, Paraguayan footballer
  
  May
   May 6: Chukwuma Akabueze (Nigerian midfielder)
   May 11: Giovani dos Santos (Mexican forward)
   May 31: 
  Bas Dost (Dutch footballer)
  Marco Reus (German footballer)
  
  June
   June 2: Freddy Adu (American forward)
   June 6: James Agrono (Colombian footballer)
   June 18: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabonese striker)
   June 25: Jack Cork (English footballer)
  
  July
   July 3: Matías Banco (Argentine midfield footballer)
   July 16: Gareth Bale (Welsh international forward)
  
  August
   August 3: Nick Viergever (Dutch defender)
   August 10: Ben Sahar (Israeli forward)
   August 12: Vladimir Castellón (Bolivian forward)
   August 17: David Abdul (Dutch Antillean forward)
  
  September
   September 1: 
   Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian international
   Daniel Sturridge (English forward)
   September 2: Alexandre Pato (Brazilian forward)
   September 10: Victory Yendra (Indonesian former footballer)
   September 13: Sebastián Regueiro ( Uruguayan footballer)
   September 22: Vladyslav Hrinchenko (Ukrainian footballer)
   September 25: Krisztián Brunczvik (Slovak footballer, midfielder)
  
  October
   October 3: Natalia Saratovtseva, former Russian footballer
   October 4: Benjamin Stebbings, English cricketer
   October 6: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
   October 15: Joan Darome, Indonesian former footballer
   October 20: Omar Yabroudi, Emirati football recruitment head
   October 24: 
  Armin Bačinović, Slovenian midfielder
  Jack Colback, English footballer
   Cristian Gamboa, Costa Rican international
   Igor Pisanjuk, Serbian footballer
  
  November
   November 5: 
  Andrew Boyce, English club footballer
  Brandon Mabiala, French footballer
   November 6: Josmer Altidore (American forward)
   November 17: Nick Salapatas, British-Greek footballer
   November 22: José Carlos Prieto, Chilean footballer
  
  December
   December 3: Kristjan Lipovac, Slovenian footballer
   December 17: André Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
   December 22: Daniel Goldschmitt, German footballer
  
  Deaths
  
  February
   February 5 – André Cheuva (80), French footballer
  
  April
   April 24 – Franz Binder (77), Austrian footballer
  
  May
   May 19 – Samuel Okwaraji, (25) 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. (79)
  
  September
   September 1 – Kazimierz Deyna (41), Polish footballer
  
  November
   November 9 – Leen Vente (78), Dutch footballer
  
  References
  
  External links
    Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    VoetbalStats
  
   
  Association football by year