1989 in association football

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.

January 3: Gerardo Mendoza, Venezuelan footballer (d. 2019)
January 6: Jasmin Pllana, Austrian club footballer
January 7:
- Emiliano Insúa (Argentinian defender)
- Miles Addison (English defender)
- Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Malaysian footballer
January 10: Yance Youwei, Indonesian former footballer
January 14:
- Adam Clayton (English youth international)
- Mattia Marchi (Italian club footballer)
- Liu Xiaodong (Chinese footballer)
January 20:
- Jens Bodemer, German former footballer
- Dwayne Forbes, Bahamian international soccer player
- Nikola Ivanović, Serbian footballer
- Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian club footballer
January 25: Edgar Urquizo, Mexican football manager and former player
January 29: Dirceu (Brazilian footballer)
January 30: Tomás Mejías (Spanish youth international)

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 19: Jonathan Reguero, Spanish footballer
March 22: Serge Yohoua (Ivorian-German footballer)
March 29: Arnold Peralta Honduran international footballer (died 2015)
March 31
- Pablo Piatti (Argentinian forward)
- Dario Šmitran (Slovenian footballer)

September 1:
- Henrika Gustytė, Lithuanian former footballer
- Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian international
- Daniel Sturridge (English forward)
September 2: Alexandre Pato (Brazilian forward)
September 10: Victory Yendra (Indonesian former footballer)
September 11: Steven Ehricks, American retired footballer
September 13:
- Paul Camps (German footballer)
- Sebastián Regueiro (Uruguayan footballer)
September 21: Ben Mee (English defender)
September 22: Vladyslav Hrinchenko (Ukrainian footballer)
September 25: Krisztián Brunczvik (Slovak footballer, midfielder)

October 2: Donald Solomon, Caymanian footballer
October 3: Natalia Saratovtseva, former Russian footballer
October 4: Benjamin Stebbings, English cricketer
October 6: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2014)
October 11: Yekaterina Tsevan, Kazakhstani footballer
October 15: Joan Darome, Indonesian former footballer
October 19: Dawid Dynarek, Polish footballer
October 20: Omar Yabroudi, Emirati football recruitment head
October 24:
- Armin Bačinović, Slovenian midfielder
- Jack Colback, English footballer
- Nyron Dyer, Montserratian international footballer
- Cristian Gamboa, Costa Rican international
- Ontse Ntesa, Motswana international footballer
- Igor Pisanjuk, Serbian footballer

November 5:
- Andrew Boyce, English club footballer
- Brandon Mabiala, French footballer
November 6: Josmer Altidore (American forward)
November 17:
- Essam Ali, Egyptian footballer
- Nick Salapatas, British-Greek footballer
November 22: José Carlos Prieto, Chilean footballer