The following are the association football events of the year 1983 throughout the world.

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• May 11 – Scottish club Aberdeen win the European Cup Winners' Cup by beating Real Madrid 2–1 in the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
• May 14 – Dutch club Twente is relegated to the second division (Eerste Divisie) after Helmond Sport earns a point at HFC Haarlem (1–1).^{[citation needed]}
• May 25 – German club Hamburger SV defeats Italian champions Juventus 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens to win the European Cup.
• July 29 – Copa Libertadores 1983 won by Grêmio after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 3–2.^{[citation needed]}
• September 14 – Dutch club Groningen makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) against Spain's Atlético Madrid in the first round of the UEFA Cup. On the same night, NEC makes its European club football debut with a 1–1 draw with Brann in the first round (first leg) of the Cup Winners' Cup.^{[citation needed]}
• December 11 – Brazilian club Grêmio wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating West Germany's Hamburger SV 2–1 in extra-time. The winning goal is scored by Renato Gaúcho.^{[citation needed]}

• 1983 British Home Championship (February 23 – June 1, 1983)

 England

• Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (August 15 – August 27, 1983)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Guatemala
  3.  Brazil
• Copa América (August 10 – November 4, 1983)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Paraguay and  Peru

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• January 1
  • Calum Davenport, English footballer
  • Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (d. 2009)
• January 3 – Bilel Gontassi, Tunisian footballer^[1]
• January 14 – Jan Ahlvik, Finnish footballer^[2]
• January 15 – Jermaine Pennant, English youth international
• January 21
  • Victor, Brazilian international
  • Ranko Despotović, Serbian international
  • Billy Mwanza, Zambian international
  • Moritz Volz, German footballer^[3]
• January 24 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish international and manager^[4]
• January 29 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
• February 5 – Víctor Fagundez, Uruguayan footballer^[5]
• February 11 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer
• February 18 – Jermaine Jenas, English international footballer
• March 2 – Kolawole Agodirin, Nigerian footballer^[6]
• March 11 – Adil Mezgour, Moroccan former footballer^[7]
• March 27 – Alan Patrick Monegat, Brazilian former footballer^[8]
• March 28 – Homero Sartori, Argentine-Brazilian former professional footballer^[9]
• April 1 – Mamoudou Sy, French basketball player
• April 12 – Damian Krajanowski, Polish footballer^[10]
• April 22 – Douglas Silva, Brazilian footballer^[11]
• May 2 – Mónica Vergara, Mexican female footballer
• May 3 – Márton Fülöp, Hungarian international footballer (died 2015)
• May 4 – Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 6
  • Nicolás Gásperi, Argentine professional footballer^[12]
  • Kim Seok-woo, South Korean footballer^[13]
• May 17 – Albert Batsa, Togolese footballer^[14]
• May 20 – Sinecio León, Paraguayan footballer
• June 7 – Tshiabola Mapanya, retired Congolese footballer
• June 25 – Robin Ganemyr, retired Swedish footballer^[15]
• July 6 – María de Jesús Castillo, Mexican female footballer
• July 7 – Jakub Wawrzyniak, Polish footballer
• July 18 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
• July 24 – Daniele De Rossi, Italian international footballer
• July 25 – Pedro Zabála, Bolivian international footballer
• August 4 – Kang Dong-gu, South Korean footballer^[16]
• August 6 – Robin van Persie, Dutch international footballer
• August 24 – Gabriel López, Uruguayan footballer^[17]
• August 26 – Owen Kaposa, retired Zambian footballer^[18]
• September 16 – Richard Leite, Paraguayan footballer
• September 28 – Richard Henyekane, South African international footballer (died 2015)
• September 30 – Driss Himmes, French midfielder
• October 4 – Gwenaël Renaud, French former professional footballer^[19]
• October 8 – Michael Fraser, Scottish club goalkeeper
• October 16 – Steven Goaxab, Namibian footballer^[20]
• October 20 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
• November 9 – Denis Rustan, former Russian professional footballer^[21]
• November 11 – Philipp Lahm, German international footballer
• November 14 – Kevon Carter, Trinidadian international footballer (died 2014)
• November 15 – Anton Samoylov, former Russian professional footballer^[22]
• November 16 – Ron Koperli, Israeli football manager
• December 5 – Wilfrido Vinces, Ecuadorian footballer^[23]
• December 8 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
• December 10
  • Lewis Buxton, English club footballer
  • Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian international footballer