third place. October 21 – 27: 2019 AFF Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City defeated , 5–0, to win their eighth consecutive and 15th overall AFF Futsal Championship title. took third place. OFC (futsal) October 27 – November 2: 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup in Noumea The defeated , 2–1 in penalties and after a 5–5 score in regular play, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall OFC Futsal Nations Cup title. took third place. Note: The Solomon Islands has qualified to compete at the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Deaths January January 1 Ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1935) Freddie Glidden, Scottish footballer (born 1927) January 21 – Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990) January 24 – Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish football journalist (born 1934) February February 3 – Stephen Negoesco, Romanian-American soccer player and coach (born 1925) February 5 – Joe Fascione, Scottish former footballer and manager (born 1945) February 8 – Fernando Clavijo, Uruguayan-American soccer player and coach (born 1956) February 9 Katharina Lindner, German footballer (born 1979) Ian Ross, Scottish former footballer and manager (born 1947) February 12 – Gordon Banks, English goalkeeper (born 1937) February 17 – Johnny Valentine, Scottish footballer (born 1930) March March 4 – Eric Caldow, Scottish former football and manager (born 1934) March 25 – Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (born 1942) April April 12 – Ivor Broadis, English former footballer and manager (born 1922) April 22 – Billy McNeill, Scottish former footballer and manager (born 1940) April 26 – Jimmy Banks, American soccer player (born 1964) April 29 Stevie Chalmers, Scottish footballer (born 1935) Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990) May May 13 – George Smith, Scottish football referee (born 1943) May 16 – David Cervinski, Australian soccer player (born 1970) May 26 – Harry Hood, Scottish former footballer and manager (born 1944) June June 1 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (born 1983) June 4 George Darwin, English footballer (born 1932) Lawrie Leslie, Scottish footballer (born 1935) June 6 – Johnny Robinson, English footballer (born 1936) June 8 – Justin Edinburgh, English former footballer and manager (born 1969) June 13: Geoff Lees, English footballer (born 1933) June 17: Ian MacFarlane, English former footballer and manager (born 1933) June 19: Dennis White, English footballer (born 1948) July July 1 – Renato Dehò, 72, Italian footballer. August August 2 – Gildo Cunha do Nascimento, 79, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Flamengo, Paranaense). September