The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1957 throughout the world. Events February 8 – The Confederation of African Football is founded at a meeting in Khartoum, Sudan. October 19 – Scottish club Celtic F.C. beat their deadliest rivals Rangers F.C. 7–1 in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in Glasgow. November 20 – Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating DDR's SC Wismut (1-3) in the first round of the European Cup. Winners club national championship : River Plate : R. Antwerp F.C. : Emelec : Manchester United : AS Saint-Etienne : Vasas SC : Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. : A.C. Milan : Ajax Amsterdam : Olimpia Asunción : FC Dynamo Moscow : Real Madrid : IFK Norrköping : Borussia Dortmund International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 10 – 16 1957) 1957 South American Championship in Peru (March 7 – April 6, 1957) 1957 British Home Championship (October 6, 1956 – April 6, 1957) Copa Julio Argentino Roca in Brazil (July 7 – 10 1957) Births January 5 – Karl Allgöwer, German footballer January 11 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager February 1 – Walter Schachner, Austrian footballer and manager February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager February 28 – Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer and manager March 12 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer May 5 – Said Azimshah Garibzada, Afghan-born former football player and trainer May 9 – Fulvio Collovati, Italian footballer July 15 — Craig Martin, Canadian footballer September 3 – Walter Kelsch, German footballer September 6 – Zhivko Gospodinov, Bulgarian footballer September 11 – Plamen Markov, Bulgarian footballer September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer September 26 – Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager October 8 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer October 25 – Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer October 27 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager Deaths January January 18 – Alvaro Gestido, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (49) October October 5 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Tuberculosis) Association football by year