1978 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
| Years in association football |
|
1978 in sports |
|---|
|
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4–0.
- England: Ipswich Town win the cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1–0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osborne
Winners club national championship
Europe
North America
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
Oceania
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
South America
Argentina
- Metropolitano – Quilmes
- Nacional – Independiente
Brazil: Guarani
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978)
- 1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)
- FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)
Births
January
- January 9
- Gennaro Gattuso, Italian football player
- Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer
- January 10 – Jeffrey Yishai, former Israeli footballer[1]
- January 20 – Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager
- January 28
- Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper[2]
- Jamie Carragher, English football player defender[3]
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)[4]
February
- February 2 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coach[5]
- February 5 – Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer
- February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer
- February 24 – Leon Constantine, English club footballer
March
- March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
- March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio Finnish footballer[6]
- March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer[7]
- March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
- March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer
- March 31
- Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
- Jérôme Rothen, French international
April
- April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009)[8]
- April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
May
- May 16 – Edu, Brazilian football player and manager
- May 30 – Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
June
- June 20 – Frank Lampard, English football player midfielder
- June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German football player forward
- June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
July
- July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer[9]
- July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
September
- September 6 – Éric Kossingou, French former professional footballer
- September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager
- September 18
- Ryan Lowe, English club footballer
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
- September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian football player
November
- November 7 – Rio Ferdinand, English football player defender
- November 7 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
- November 8 – Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
- November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer
December
- December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
- December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer
- December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer
- December 29 – Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer
- December 29 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer
Deaths
January
- January 3 – Rubén Morán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (47)
May
- May 8 – Juan Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to ever play a World Cup Final. (75)
June
- June 2 – Santiago Bernabéu (82), Spanish footballer, coach and president.
July
- July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee
August
- August 5 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer
- August 11 – Mario Varglien, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72)
- August 15 – Leo Lemešić, Croatian football player and manager
- August 31 – Ángel Bossio, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
September
- September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer
- September 25 – Luigi Allemandi, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (74)
November
- November 18 – Pablo Dorado, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and first player ever to score in a World Cup Final. (70)
December
- December 5 – Carlos Riolfo, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
References
- "ONE: ג'פרי ישי". ONE - מספר 1 בספורט.
- FIGC official profile (in Italian)
- LFC History Profile
- 1978 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Barry Ferguson". Scottish FA. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120919021327/http://guardian.touch- line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178348&TEID=8235 Antti-Jussi Karnio at Guardian Football]
- Ramalho at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
- 1978 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
- Manfred Razenböck, Guardian's Stats Centre
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1978 in association football.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.