1977 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.
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1977 in sports |
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Events
- September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
- Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
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North America
Mexico – UNAM
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Canada:
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South America
Argentina
- Metropolitano – River Plate
- Nacional – Independiente
Brazil – São Paulo
European competitions
Births
January
- January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
- January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
- January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
- January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer[1]
- January 21 — Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
- January 21 – Phil Neville, English international footballer
February
- February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
- February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
- February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
- February 19 — Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
- February 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
- February 28
- Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer[2]
- Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer
March
- March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player[3]
April
- April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
- April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
- April 28 — Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer[4]
May
- May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
- May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
- May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
- May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
- May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
- May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer
June
- June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer[5]
- June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
- June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer
July
- July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer[6]
- July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer[7]
- July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
- July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
- July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
- July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer
August
- August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player[8]
- August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
- August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
- August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player[9]
- August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer
September
- September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer[10]
- September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer[11]
- September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer[12]
- September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
- September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer[13]
October
- October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
- October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
- October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer[14]
- October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
- October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer[15]
November
- November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer
- November 21 — Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
- November 22 — Michael Preston, English club footballer
- November 23 — David Lucas, English youth international and coach
- November 28 — Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer
Deaths
January
- January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)
February
- February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72 ; Aortic aneurysm)
June
- June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)
July
- July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
- July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)
October
- October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)
References
- "Nihat Numanbayraktaroğlu". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- "Milan Drageljevic". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- "Rustam Mustafin". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "Aleksei Gridnev". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- Lorenzo Mathiot at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Irakli Gemazashvili". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- "Bogdan Stefanović". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- "GONZALO IVAN LARGO ROMERO | Paralímpicos". www.paralimpicos.es. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- 1977 in association football at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) Denis Solovyov
- 2007-2008 OTPL - Hearts of Oak League Match Reports
- "Edgar Streltsov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- "Denis Soskov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- "Harry Libanotis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- 1977 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Birgit Prinz". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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