1977 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.
Events
- September 14 – Dutch club 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
England – Liverpool
France – Nantes
Italy – Juventus
Netherlands
Portugal – Benfica
Spain – Atlético Madrid
Switzerland – Basel
Turkey – Trabzonspor
Yugoslavia – Red Star Belgrade
North America
Mexico – UNAM
United States / 
Canada:
- New York Cosmos (NASL)
Oceania
South America
Argentina
- Metropolitano – River Plate
- Nacional – Independiente
Brazil – São Paulo
European competitions
International tournaments
- 1977 British Home Championship(May 28 – June 4, 1977)
Births
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January
- January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
- January 5 — Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer[1]
- January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
- January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
- January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer[2]
- January 21
- Phil Neville, English international footballer
- Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
- January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer[3]
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[4]
- Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer
March
- March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player[5]
April
- April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
- April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
- April 28 — Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
- April 28 — Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer[6]
May
- May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
- May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
- May 10 — Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer[7]
- May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
- May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
- May 13 — Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer[8]
- May 18 — Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer[9]
- May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
- May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer
June
- June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer[10]
- June 14 — Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player[11]
- June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
- June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer
July
- July 3 — Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player[12]
- July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer[13]
- July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer[14]
- July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
- July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
- July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
- July 26 — Anatoli Mironov, Russian professional football coach and former player[15]
- July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer
August
- August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player[16]
- August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
- August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
- August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player[17]
- August 23 — Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
- August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer
September
- September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer[18]
- September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer[19]
- September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer[20]
- September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
- September 27 — Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football[21]
- September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer[22]
October
- October 10 — Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer[23]
- October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
- October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
- October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer[24]
- October 23 — Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer[25]
- October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
- October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer[26]
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
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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
- ^ "Aleksei Peplov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Nihat Numanbayraktaroğlu". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Terry Dyer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 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.
- ^ "Feras Taleb Abu Obeid". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Aleksei Dudin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Ramil Kharisov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Lorenzo Mathiot at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Fernando Martínez". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Márcio Hahn". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Anatoli Mironov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sébastien Pauvert". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Harry Libanotis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Aleksandr Grekhov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ 1977 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Lee Shearer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Birgit Prinz". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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