The following are the association football events of the year 2012 throughout the world.
Men's Football Tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
01 ! Mexico
02 ! Brazil
03 ! South Korea
4th Japan
January 21 – February 12: 2012 African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea01 ! Zambia
02 ! Ivory Coast
03 ! Mali
4th Ghana
March 8 – March 19: 2012 AFC Challenge Cup in Nepal
01 ! North Korea
02 ! Turkmenistan
03 ! Philippines
4th Palestine
June 1 – June 3: 2012 Baltic Cup in Estonia
01 ! Latvia
02 ! Finland
03 ! Estonia
4th Lithuania
June 3 – June 11: 2012 OFC Nations Cup in Fiji
01 ! Tahiti
02 ! New Caledonia
03 ! New Zealand
4th Solomon Islands
June 8 – July 1: Euro 2012 in Poland/Ukraine
01 ! Spain
02 ! Italy
22 June – 6 July 2012: 2012 Arab Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia
01 ! Morocco
02 ! Libya
03 ! Iraq
4th Saudi Arabia
September 25 – September 29: 2012 Philippine Peace Cup in the Philippines
01 ! Philippines
02 ! Chinese Taipei
03 ! Guam
4th Macau
September 22 – October 2: 2012 Nehru Cup in India
01 ! India
02 ! Cameroon
03 ! Maldives
4th Syria
November 24 – December 8: 2012 CECAFA Cup in Uganda
01 ! Uganda
02 ! Kenya
03 ! Zanzibar
4th Tanzania
November 24 – December 22: 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup in Malaysia and Thailand
01 ! Singapore
02 ! Thailand
December 7 – December 16: 2012 Caribbean Cup in Antigua and Barbuda
01 ! Cuba
02 ! Trinidad and Tobago
03 ! Haiti
4th Martinique
December 8 – December 20: 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship in Kuwait
01 ! Syria
02 ! Iraq
03 ! Oman
4th Bahrain
3 July – 15 July: 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Estonia
01 ! Spain
02 ! Greece
22 September – 6 October: 2012 AFC U-16 Championship in Iran
01 ! Uzbekistan
02 ! Japan
3 November – 17 November: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in United Arab Emirates
01 ! South Korea
02 ! Iraq
Women's Tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
01 ! United States
02 ! Japan
03 ! Canada
4th: France
20 January – 5 February: 2012 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in Brazil
01 ! Brazil
02 ! Argentina
03 ! Colombia
4th: Paraguay
29 February – 7 March: 2012 Algarve Cup in Portugal
01 ! Germany
02 ! Japan
03 ! United States
4th: Sweden
August 18 – September 9 — 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan
01 ! United States
02 ! Germany
03 ! Japan
4th: Nigeria
September 22 – October 13 — 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan
01 ! France
02 ! North Korea
03 ! Ghana
4th: Germany
In 2012, Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada added its 19th team, confirmed in 2010 as the Montreal Impact.
CONCACAF changes the format of its club continental cup in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League, taking out the preliminary round and putting the 24 teams in 8 groups of 3 teams each.
January 30 – Women's Professional Soccer in the U.S. announced that it would cancel its 2012 season, with hopes of returning in 2013. The cancellation was the latest fallout from conflict with team owner Dan Borislow that consumed much of the 2011 season and extended into the offseason.
May 18 – Women's Professional Soccer folded.
November 21 – The United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) announced that it would launch a new women's professional league in 2013. The league, as yet unnamed, will have eight teams at launch, four of which have ties to former WPS teams. U.S. Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association, and the Mexican Football Federation will pay the league salaries for many of their respective national team players, and U.S. Soccer will also house the league offices.
December 9 – After scoring twice in a La Liga match against Real Betis, Lionel Messi establishes the new world record for most goals scored in a single calendar year, with 91 – surpassing Gerd Müller's 85 in 1972.
December 15 – U.S. Soccer officially announces that its top-level women's league to be launched in 2013 will be known as the National Women's Soccer League.
The 2011–2012 season, the league increased from 16 to 19 teams due to no relegation in the 2010–11 season as a result of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Three teams were promoted from the second division.
Following the Port Said Stadium disaster on 1 February 2012, the season was suspended. At that time, teams had played between 14 and 17 games out of 30. Haras El-Hodood was in first place with a 12–1–1 record. This result was considered a significant surprise by Al Ahram. On 10 March 2012, a decision was reached to cancel the remainder of the season.
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).
29 February
22 August
8-12 September
13-17 October
14 November
January 10 – Alfred Pyka, German international footballer (born 1934)
February 1 – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (born 1947).
March 6 - Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (born 1933)
March 16 - Estanislau Basora, Spanish footbler (born 1926)
April 1 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian football player and manager (born 1947).
April 14 – Piermario Morosini, Italian football player (born 1986).
June 21 – Ramaz Shengelia, Soviet Georgian player, played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup (born 1957).
July 19 – Hans Nowak, German footballer (born 1937).
July 31 – Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (87)
August 24 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian goalkeeper, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (74)
October 11 – Helmut Haller, German international footballer (born 1939).
November 20 – Mike Ryan, Irish-born American coach, first head coach of the United States women's national team. (77)
November 28 – José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. (68)
December 3: Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (born 1950).
December 4: Miguel Calero, Colombian goalkeeper (born 1971).
December 29: Salvador Reyes, Mexican forward (born 1936).
