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France
Bocandé mourned in France and Senegal
Jules Bocandé, who was the French league's leading goalscorer for FC Metz in 1985/86 and an iconic figure in his native Senegal, has passed away at the age of 53.
Wednesday 9 May 2012 8.24CET
Member associations
Dutch football mourns Knobel
George Knobel, who coached AFC Ajax for a season before taking charge of the Netherlands at the 1976 UEFA European Championship, has passed away at the age of 89.
Monday 7 May 2012 8.56CET
Wales
Wrexham hero May mourned
Former Cardiff City FC manager Eddie May, who captained Wrexham AFC to the quarter-finals of the 1975/76 UEFA Cup Winner's Cup, has passed away at the age of 68.
Monday 16 April 2012 9.41CET
Italian football
Italy mourns Morosini
The Italian football family is mourning Piermario Morosini, the 25-year-old midfielder who died on Saturday during the Serie B game between Pescara Calcio and AS Livorno Calcio.
Saturday 14 April 2012 23.36CET
Republic of Ireland
Ex-FAI president mourned
Former Football Association of Ireland president Louis Kilcoyne has died at the age of 69 and will be remembered at the national team's May friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Monday 2 April 2012 9.00CET
Obituaries
Football mourns Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia, named the greatest player in the history of S.S. Lazio during the club's centenary celebrations, has died at the age of 65 following a heart attack in Florida.
Sunday 1 April 2012 20.29CET
Poland
Smolarek mourned in Poland
Włodzimierz Smolarek, a member of the Poland team that came third at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and a fine forward for Polish, German and Dutch clubs, has died at the age of 54.
Wednesday 7 March 2012 13.26CET
Turkey
Necdet Çobanlı mourned
The Turkish Football Association is remembering administrator Necdet Çobanlı, who served on a number of TFF, UEFA and FIFA committees, following his death at the age 91.
Tuesday 28 February 2012 1.00CET
Republic of Ireland
Tributes paid to Eamon Deacy
The former Republic of Ireland defender Eamon Deacy – part of Aston Villa FC's English championship-winning squad of 1980/81 – has passed away at the age of 53.
Monday 20 February 2012 12.23CET
Slovakia
Kuna passes away at 64
One-time Czechoslovakia midfielder Ladislav Kuna, who won five national titles as a player with FC Spartak Trnava, has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer.
Wednesday 1 February 2012 16.23CET
Turkey
Turkey's Lefter passes away
Lefter Küçükandonyadis, the former Turkey striker who scored 423 goals in 615 appearances during two spells at Fenerbahçe SK, has died at the age of 86 following a long illness.
Saturday 14 January 2012 19.46CET
Serbia
Serbia mourning Miljanić
UEFA President Michel Platini has paid tribute to Miljan Miljanić, the honorary president of the Football Association of Serbia and former Yugoslavia coach, who died aged 81 on Friday.
Saturday 14 January 2012 16.38CET
Scotland
Scotland mourns William Dickie
William Dickie, "a tremendously committed administrator of the game" who gave distinguished service to the Scottish Football Association, Motherwell FC and UEFA, has died aged 82.
Wednesday 11 January 2012 10.00CET
Scotland
Scotland mourns William Dickie
William Dickie, "a tremendously committed administrator of the game" who gave distinguished service to the Scottish Football Association, Motherwell FC and UEFA, has died aged 82.
Wednesday 11 January 2012 10.00CET
England
Merseyside mourns Ablett
Gary Ablett, the only player to lift the FA Cup in the colours of both Liverpool FC and Everton FC, has died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 46.
Monday 2 January 2012 12.01CET

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