The following are the association football events of the year 2010 throughout the world.
In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added its 16th team, Philadelphia Union, located in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania.
Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the United States, added two teams to the six teams returning from its inaugural 2009 season:
The Atlanta Beat, the new incarnation of a team from the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, who play in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.
Philadelphia Independence, sister team to Philadelphia Union. Due to construction delays at the new stadium it will eventually share with Union, Independence played their first season in another Philadelphia suburb, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
However, during the 2010 WPS season, another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folded, bringing WPS back to the same number of teams it had in the 2009 season. The league also lost its season champions, FC Gold Pride, and the Chicago Red Stars, although it will add an expansion team in Western New York for 2011.
Following the 2010 MLS regular season, the Kansas City Wizards announced a name change to Sporting Kansas City.
11 June – 11 July: 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
01 ! Spain
02 ! Netherlands
03 ! Germany
4th: Uruguay
10 January – 31 January: 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.
01 ! Egypt
02 ! Ghana
03 ! Nigeria
4th: Algeria
14 August – 22 August: 2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship in the United Kingdom
01 ! Brazil
02 ! Spain
03 ! China PR
4th: England
December 1–29: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
July 13 – August 1: 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.
01 ! Germany
02 ! Nigeria
03 ! South Korea
4th: Colombia
5 September - 25 September: 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
01 ! South Korea
02 ! Japan
03 ! Spain
4th: North Korea
24 February – 3 March: 2010 Algarve Cup in Portugal
01 ! United States
02 ! Germany
03 ! Sweden
4th: China PR
4–21 November 2010: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador
01 ! Brazil
02 ! Colombia
03 ! Chile
4th: Argentina
March 3 to 17: 2010 South American U-20 Women Championship in Colombia
01 ! Brazil
02 ! Colombia
03 ! Paraguay
4th: Chile
Australia – Sydney FC
Bahrain – Al-Ahli (Manama)
Bangladesh – Dhaka Abahani
Bhutan – Yeedzin FC
Cambodia – Phnom Penh Crown
China PR – Shandong Luneng
Chinese Taipei – Kaohsiung County Taipower FC
Guam – Quality Distributors
Hong Kong – South China
India – Dempo SC
Indonesia – Arema Indonesia
Iran – Sepahan
Iraq – Dohuk FC
Japan – Nagoya Grampus
Jordan – Al-Faisaly Amman
Kuwait – Qadsia SC
Kyrgyzstan – Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
Lebanon – Al Ahed
Macau – Windsor Arch Ka I
Malaysia – Selangor FA
Oman – Al-Suwaiq
Pakistan – KRL
Palestine – Jabal Mukabar
Qatar – Al-Gharafa Doha
Saudi Arabia – Al-Hilal Riyadh
Singapore – Etoile FC
South Korea – FC Seoul
Syria – Al-Jaish
Tajikistan – Esteghlal Dushanbe
Thailand – Muangthong United F.C.
Turkmenistan – FC Balkan
UAE – Al Wahda
Uzbekistan – Bunyodkor Tashkent
Vietnam – Hà Nội T&T F.C.
Algeria – MC Alger
Angola – G.D. Interclube
Benin – ASPAC FC
Botswana – Township Rollers FC
Burkina Faso – ASFA Yennega
Burundi – Vital'O F.C.
Cameroon – Cotonsport Garoua
Cape Verde – Boavista FC
Central African Republic – Olympic Real de Bangui
Chad – Tourbillon FC
Comoros – Elan Club
Congo – Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
DR Congo – AS Vita Club
Djibouti – AS Port
Egypt – Al-Ahly
Equatorial Guinea – Deportivo Mongomo
Eritrea – unknown
Ethiopia – Saint-George SA
Gabon – US Bitam
Gambia – Gambia Ports Authority F.C.
Ghana – Aduana Stars
Guinea – Fello Star
Guinea-Bissau – Sporting Clube de Bissau
Ivory Coast – ASEC Mimosas
Kenya – Ulinzi Stars
Lesotho – Matlama FC
Liberia – unknown
Libya – Al Ittihad
Madagascar – CNaPS Sport
Malawi – Silver Strikers F.C.
Mali – Stade Malien
Mauritania – CF Cansado
Mauritius – Pamplemousses SC
Morocco – Wydad Casablanca
Mozambique – Liga Muçulmana de Maputo
Namibia – African Stars F.C.
Niger – ASFAN
Nigeria – Enyimba
Réunion – US Stade Tamponnaise
Rwanda – APR FC
São Tomé and Príncipe – GD Sundy
Senegal – ASC Diaraf
Seychelles – St Michel United FC
Sierra Leone – East End Lions F.C.
Somalia – Gayher FC
South Africa – Supersport United FC
Sudan – Al-Hilal (Omdurman)
Swaziland – Young Buffaloes
Tanzanian – Simba SC
Togo – unknown
Tunisia – Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Ugandan – Bunamwaya SC
Zambia – ZESCO United F.C.
Zanzibar – Zanzibar Ocean View F.C.
Zimbabwe – Motor Action F.C.
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; (B) means Bicentenario champion; "(C)" means Clausura champion.
Note: "(P)" designates the league champion, by winning the playoffs; "(R)" designates the regular season champion.
Saint Kitts: Newtown United
Saint Lucia: Roots Alley Ballers
Saint-Martin: Orleans Attackers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Avenues United
Sint Maarten: D & P Connection
Turks and Caicos Islands: AFC Academy
Argentina – Argentinos Juniors (C); Estudiantes (A)
Bolivia – Jorge Wilstermann (A); Oriente Petrolero (C)
Brazil – Fluminense
Chile – Universidad Católica
Colombia – Junior (A); Once Caldas (C)
Ecuador – LDU Quito
Paraguay – Guaraní (A); Libertad (C)
Peru – Universidad San Martín
Uruguay – Peñarol
Venezuela – Caracas
Note: "(A)" means Apertura champion; "(C)" mean Clausura champion.
Fiji – ongoing
French Polynesia – AS Tefana
New Caledonia – ongoing
New Zealand – Waitakere United
Albania: Dinamo Tirana
Andorra: FC Santa Coloma
Armenia: Pyunik Yerevan
Austria: Red Bull Salzburg
Azerbaijan: Inter Baku
Belarus: FC BATE Borisov
Belgium: Anderlecht
Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Bulgaria: Litex Lovech
Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
Cyprus: Omonia
Czech Republic: Sparta Prague
Denmark: Copenhagen
England: Chelsea
Estonia: FC Flora Tallinn
Faroe Islands: HB Thorshavn
Finland: HJK Helsinki
France: Marseille
Georgia: Olimpi Rustavi
Germany: Bayern Munich
Greece: Panathinaikos
Hungary: Debreceni VSC
Iceland: Breiðablik UBK
Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
Republic of Ireland: Shamrock Rovers
Italy: Internazionale
Kazakhstan: Tobol Kostanay
Latvia: Skonto Riga
Lithuania: Ekranas Panevezys
Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
Macedonia: Renova
Malta: Birkirkara
Moldova: Sheriff Tiraspol
Montenegro: Rudar Pljevlja
Netherlands: Twente
Northern Ireland: Linfield
Norway: Rosenborg Trondheim
Poland: Lech Poznań
Portugal: Benfica
Romania: Cluj
Russia: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
San Marino: Tre Fiori
Scotland: Rangers
Serbia: Partizan
Slovakia: MŠK Žilina
Slovenia: Koper
Spain: Barcelona
Sweden: Malmö FF
Switzerland: Basel
Turkey: Bursaspor
Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
Wales: The New Saints
Qatar
Singapore
Thailand
Wits University - South African Cup
Canada
Suriname
United States
England
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Scotland
Spain
Turkey
1 January – Sergio Messen, Chilean midfielder (60)
1 January – Jean-Pierre Posca, French defender (57)
7 January – Alex Parker, Scottish defender (74)
15 January – Detlev Lauscher, German striker (57)
18 January – Lino Grava, Italian defender (82)
19 January – Nils Jensen, Danish goalkeeper (74)
19 January – Panajot Pano, Albanian striker (70)
21 January – Marino Bergamasco, Italian midfielder (84)
26 January – Lars Larsson, Swedish defender (76)
3 February – Gil Merrick, English goalkeeper (88)
5 February – Galimzyan Khusainov, Russian striker (72)
8 February – Angelo Franzosi, Italian goalkeeper (88)
9 February – Constant de Backer, Belgian midfielder (81)
10 February – Orlando, Brazilian defender (74)
11 February – Brian Godfrey, Welsh striker (69)
11 February – Yury Sevidov, Russian striker (67)
12 February – Werner Krämer, German striker (70)
12 February – Petar Borota, Serbian goalkeeper (57)
12 February – Luis Molowny, Spanish midfielder and manager (84)
13 February – Marian Parse, Romanian striker (23, cancer)
14 February – Zhang Yalin, Chinese midfielder (28, lymphoma)
February 15 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
16 February – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong striker (53)
23 February – Gerhard Neef, German goalkeeper (63)
26 April – Alberto Vitoria, Spanish midfielder (54)
7 May – Denovan Morales, Honduran midfielder (22)
12 June – Mao Mengsuo, Chinese midfielder (20)
20 June – Lai Sun Cheung, Hong Kong defender (59)
July 3 – Herbert Erhardt, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, listed by the DFB in the top 20 best German defenders of all time. (79)
August 22 – Juan Carlos González, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (85)
August 30 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine striker and the last surviving player of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and the final (100)
2 September - Jackie Sinclair, Scottish midfielder (67, cancer)
3 September - Jose Augusto Torres, Portuguese striker and manager (71, heart failure)
10 September - Andrei Timoshenko, Russian striker (41)
10 September - Fridrikh Maryutin, Soviet striker (85)
11 September - Diego Rodríguez Cano, Uruguayan defender (22, car accident)
12 September - Nduka Anyanwu, Nigerian defender (30, collapsed on the pitch)
18 September - Bobby Smith, English striker (77, after a short illness)
18 September - Øystein Gåre, Norwegian manager (56, after a short illness)
22 September - Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian defender (39, after a short illness)
23 September - Fernando Riera, Chilean striker and manager (90)
28 September - Orvin Cabrera, Honduran striker (33, liver cancer)
1 October - Ian Buxton, English striker (72)
1 October - Dezső Bundzsák, Hungarian midfielder and manager (82)
9 October - Les Fell, English midfielder (89)
12 October - José Casas 'Pepín', Spanish goalkeeper (78)
13 October - Juan Carlos Arteche, Spanish midfielder (53, cancer)
13 October - Eddie Baily, English striker (85)
14 October - Malcolm Allison, English defender and manager (83, after a long illness)
18 October - Mel Hopkins, Welsh defender (75)
18 October - Hans Hägele, German striker and football agent (70, suicide)
21 October - Mustapha Anane, Algerian striker (60, after a long illness)
22 October - Franz Raschid, German midfielder (56, pancreatic cancer)
24 October - Fritz Grösche, German midfielder and manager (69, cancer)
26 October - Paul the Octopus, 2010 FIFA World Cup "oracle" (2, natural causes)
29 October - Ronnie Clayton, English midfielder (76)
30 October - John Benson, Scottish defender and manager (67, after a short illness)
3 November - Ron Cockerill, English defender (75)
8 November - Fred Blankemeijer, Dutch defender (84)
12 November - Jim Farry, Former Chief Executive of the Scottish FA (56, heart attack)
16 November - Ilie Savu, Romanian goalkeeper and manager (90)
November 17 - Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (87)
18 November - Jim Cruickshank, Scottish goalkeeper (69)
24 November - Valentin Ivakin, Soviet goalkeeper and manager (80)
26 November - Mohammad Anwar Elahee, Mauritian defender and manager (81)
28 November - Vladimir Maslachenko, Soviet European Nation's Cup winning goalkeeper (74)
3 December - Jose Ramos Delgado, Argentine defender (75, Alzheimer disease)
5 December - Shamil Burziyev, Russian defender (25, car accident)
6 December - Imre Mathesz, Hungarian midfielder (73)
6 December - Rene Hauss, French defender and manager (82)
7 December - Federico Vairo, Argentine defender (80, stomach cancer)
10 December - Marcel Domingo, French goalkeeper and manager (86)
11 December - Peter Risi, Swiss striker (60, after a long illness)
12 December - Emmanuel Ogoli, Nigerian defender (21, collapsed on the pitch)
14 December - Dale Roberts, English goalkeeper (24, suicide)
17 December - Ralph Coates, English midfielder (64, stroke)
21 December - Oleksandr Kovalenko, Ukrainian midfielder and referee (34, suicide)
21 December - Enzo Bearzot, Italian defender and World Cup winning manager (83)
24 December - Frans de Munck, Dutch goalkeeper (88)
26 December - Bill Jones, English defender (89)
27 December - Walter Balmer, Swiss international footballer (born 1948)
29 December - Ramón Montesinos, Spanish midfielder (67)
29 December - Avi Cohen, Israeli defender (54, motorcycle accident)
