The following are the association football events of the year 1963 throughout the world.
Notable events
Copa Libertadores 1963: Won by Santos FC after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 5–3. May 1 – Persipura Jayapura association football club is founded in Indonesia. May 22 – A.C. Milan defeats Benfica, 2–1, to win their first European Cup. September 25 – Dutch side Willem II Tilburg makes its European debut with a draw (1–1) on home soil against Manchester United in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup. 1963 International Soccer League League: West Ham United defeated Gornik Zabrze, 2–1 on aggregate. Cup: FK Dukla Prague defeated West Ham United, 2–1, on aggregate. West Germany is one of the last countries in Europe to form a national league, Bundesliga, Germany's primary football competition. Dortmund's Konietzka scored the first ever goal in the Bundesliga in 1963.
Winners club national championship
: Independiente
: Santos
: SC Motor Jena
: Everton
: AS Monaco
: KR
: Inter Milan
: Oro
: PSV Eindhoven
: Brann
: Rangers
: Real Madrid
: IFK Norrköping
: Galatasaray
: Borussia Dortmund
International tournaments
1963 British Home Championship (October 20, 1962 – April 6, 1963)
Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil (April 20 – May 4, 1963)
African Cup of Nations in Ghana (November 22 – December 1, 1963)
Births
January 1
Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
January 26 – José Mourinho, Portuguese manager
March 11 – Hugo González, Chilean footballer
March 13 – Aníbal González, Chilean footballer
March 30 – Willem Brouwer, Dutch footballer
April 7 – Bernard Lama, French international footballer
April 15 – Walter Casagrande, Brazilian international footballer
May 8 – Jan de Jonge, Dutch footballer and manager
July 30 – Carlos Maldonado, Venezuelan footballer
July 30 – Neil Webb, English footballer
September 17 – Nicolás Navarro, Mexican footballer
September 19 – David Seaman, English international footballer
September 29 – Claudio Tello, Chilean international footballer (died 2014) October 12 – Mabi de Almeida, Angolan football coach (died 2010) October 12 – Alan McDonald, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2012) October 20 – Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer November 5 – Jean-Pierre Papin, French international footballer November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish international footballer November 21 – Peter Bosz, Dutch footballer and manager November 27 – Roland Nilsson, Swedish footballer December 4 – Mike Snoei, Dutch footballer and manager December 11 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths
January
January 1 – Luiz Gervazoni, Brazilian defender, squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (56)
June
June 3 – Dick MacNeill (65), Dutch footballer (born 1898)