1997 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1997 throughout the world.
Events
- January 1 – Manager Vitesse Arnhem and replaced as manager by Sparta Rotterdam head coach Henk ten Cate.
- free kick against France in 1997 Tournoi de France
- Copa Libertadores 1997: is won by Cruzeiro after defeating Sporting Cristalon an aggregate score of 1–0.
- final against Juventus in the Olympiastadion. The goals for the Germans were scored by Riedle in the 29th and 34th minute and Rickenin the 71st minute.
- Kilmarnock FC beat Falkirk1–0.
- February 25 – Manager Hans Westerhof is sacked by FC Groningen.
- April 30 – Striker Serravalle.
- May 17 – FA Cup by defeating Middlesbrough2–0.
- May 18 – Premiership, announces his retirement from football.
- June 29 – Brazil wins the 1997 Copa América by defeating home nation Bolivia 3–1 in the final in the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz.
- July 20 – .
- August 17 – Amsterdam ArenA.
- November 2 – Tokyo, Japan by defeating Brazil's Cruzeiro 2–0. The goals for the Germans are scored by Michael Zorc and Heiko Herrlich.
Winner national club championships
Asia
- Japan - Júbilo Iwata
- Al-Ansar
- Qatar – Al-Arabi
- Pusan Daewoo Royals
- Thailand - Bangkok Bank, Royal Thai Air Force
Europe
- Bulgaria – CSKA Sofia
- Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
- England – Manchester United
- France – AS Monaco
- Germany – Bayern Munich
- Greece – Olympiacos
- Italy – Juventus
- Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven
- Norway – Rosenborg
- Poland – Widzew Łódź
- Porto
- Real Madrid
- Turkey – Galatasaray
- FR Yugoslavia – Partizan
North America
South America
- Argentina
- Clausura – River Plate
- Apertura – River Plate
- Bolivia – Bolívar
- Vasco da Gama
- Chile
- Apertura – Universidad Católica
- Clausura – Colo-Colo
- Olimpia Asunción
- Alianza Lima
International tournaments
- Guatemala City, Guatemala(April 16–27, 1997)
- Copa Américain Bolivia (June 11–29, 1997)
- Vilnius, Lithuania(July 9 – 11 1997)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup in Malaysia (June 16 – July 5, 1997)
- FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt (September 5–21, 1997)
- Tournoi de France in France (June 3–11, 1997)
National team results
Europe
Estonia
South America
Bolivia
Births
- January 1
- Hamidou Bojang, Gambian international footballer[1]
- Amr Yehia, Egyptian professional footballer[2]
- Quique Fornos, Spanish footballer
- January 5 – Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer
- January 7 – Izzy Brown, English footballer
- January 8 – Fran Brodić, Croatian footballer
- January 10 – Davide Ramponi, Italian footballer[3]
- January 13
- Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer
- Bünyamin Kasal, Turkish footballer[4]
- January 16
- Pau Torres, Spanish footballer
- Zev van Melick, Dutch footballer[5]
- January 26 – Gedion Zelalem, American soccer player
- January 31 – Arnaut Danjuma, Dutch footballer
- February 3 – Lewis Cook, English footballer
- February 6 – Gogi Shoniya, Russian former footballer[6]
- February 10
- Adam Armstrong, English footballer
- Zhang Ziru, Chinese footballer[7]
- February 14 – Severin Buchta, German footballer[8]
- February 26 – Malcom, Brazilian footballer
- March 3
- Elia Alessandrini, Swiss footballer (d. 2022)
- Jaime Carreño, Chilean footballer
- March 6 – Daniel De Silva, Australian youth international
- March 7 – Laurent Lopes, French Guianan professional footballer[9]
- March 12
- Dean Henderson, English footballer
- Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
- March 19 – Adam Lipčák, Slovak footballer[10]
- March 29 – Ezequiel Ponce, Argentine footballer
- April 2 – Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
- April 5 – Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
- April 9 – Omar Mbapandza, Comoran international footballer[11]
- April 10 – Claudio García, Peruvian footballer[12]
- April 13
- Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
- Theodoros Lampiris, Greek professional footballer[13]
- April 17 – Jorge Meré, Spanish footballer
- April 18 – Donny van de Beek, Dutch footballer
- April 22 – Jill Roord, Dutch footballer
- April 27 – Josh Onomah, English footballer
- May 7 – Orlande Kpassa, Ivorian professional footballer[14]
- May 12 – Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
- May 14 – Rúben Dias, Portuguese footballer
- May 15 – Rune Alvarado, United States Virgin Islands international footballer[15]
- May 16 – Vadim Bejenari, Moldovan professional footballer[16]
- May 17
- Andrea Favilli, Italian footballer
- Ayron Verkindere, Belgian footballer
- June 1 – Amimu Nahimana, Burundian footballer[17]
- June 10 – Achraf Akhamrane, Dutch footballer[18]
- June 11 – Giuseppe Altea, Italian footballer[19]
- June 12 – Feras Dahboor, Qatari born-Syrian footballer[20]
- June 16 – Jean-Kévin Augustin, French footballer
- June 22 – Gabriel Rojas, Argentine footballer
- July 2 – Charles (José Charles Soares Matos), Brazilian footballer[21]
- July 3 – Filip Sachpekidis, Swedish footballer
- July 7 – Di Livio Jungschleger, Dutch professional footballer[22]
- July 11
- Ryan Hok-A-Hin, Sint Maartener international footballer[23]
- Rasmus Kristensen, Danish footballer
- July 25 – Louis Reed, English footballer
- July 30 – Diego Garcia, Portuguese professional footballer[24]
- August 2 – Ivan Šaponjić, Serbian footballer
- August 3
- Daniel Crowley, English youth international
- Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, Norwegian footballer (d. 2018)
- August 4 – Cinzia Zehnder, Swiss footballer
- August 6 – Sander Svendsen, Norwegian youth international
- August 9 – Leon Bailey, Jamaican international
- August 12 – Taiwo Awoniyi, Nigerian footballer
- August 19 – Bartłomiej Drągowski, Polish footballer
- August 22 – Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
- August 29 – Ainsley Maitland-Niles, English footballer
- September 15 – Jeisson Vargas, Chilean footballer
- September 16 – Zsanett Kaján, Hungarian women's international[25]
- October 2 – Tammy Abraham, English international
- October 6 – Kasper Dolberg, Danish international[26]
- October 9 - Samuel Leach Holm, Swedish-Israeli professional footballer[27]
- October 17 – Václav Černý, Czech footballer
- October 19 – René Beltrán, Mexican footballer[28]
- October 22 – Jodi Jones, Maltese footballer[29]
- November 1 – Nordi Mukiele, French footballer
- November 13 – Evraim Toncy Awes, Indonesian professional footballer[30]
- November 14 – Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
- November 18
- Olivier Boscagli, French footballer
- Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- November 26 – Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English footballer
- December 6 – Arenc Palluqi, Albanian professional footballer[31]
- December 7 – Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer[32]
- December 11 – Konstantinos Mavropanos, Greek footballer
- December 15 – Rui Neves, Portuguese footballer[33]
- December 18 – Joan Monterde, Spanish professional footballer[34]
- December 22 – Devaughn Williamson, Bahamian footballer[35]
- December 26 – Bruno Gaúcho, Brazilian footballer[36]
Deaths
January
- January 10 – Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian striker, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (75)
February
- February 19 – Afonso Guimarães da Silva, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (82)
- February 21 – Josef Posipal, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (69, heart failure)
March
- March 25 – Baltazar, Brazilian striker, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (71)
April
- April 23 – Brian Alderson (46), Scottish footballer
June
- June 4 – Pedro Zaballa (58), Spanish footballer
- June 18 – Héctor Yazalde (51), Argentinian footballer
July
- July 8 – Dick van Dijk (51), Dutch footballer
- July 10 – Ivor Allchurch (67), Welsh footballer
September
- September 21 – Juan Burgueño, Uruguayan forward, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (91)
- September 29 – Dequinha, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (69)
October
- October 18 – Ramiro Castillo (31), Bolivian footballer
- October 31 – Bram Appel (76), Dutch footballer
- October 31 – Hans Bauer, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (70)
November
- November 1 – Roger Marche (73), French footballer
- November 9 – Helenio Herrera (80), Argentine-French footballer and manager
December
- December 7 – Billy Bremner (54), Scottish footballer[37]
- December 28 – William Martínez, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (69)
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