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The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1970
throughout the world.
Contents
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
Births
Deaths
August
September
References
Events
Copa Libertadores
1970
: Won by
Estudiantes de La Plata
after defeating
Peñarol
on an aggregate score of 1–0.
[
1
]
European Cup
1970
: Won by
Feyenoord
after defeating
Celtic FC
by 2–1.
[
2
]
In May 1970 the England captain
Bobby Moore
was arrested in
Colombia
in the
Bogotá Bracelet
incident shortly before the beginning of the World Cup.
[
3
]
Paris Saint Germain
(Paris, France) was founded.
[
4
]
World Cup 1970
Brazil wins the world cup 1970
[
5
]
Winners club national championship
Asia
Qatar
:
Al-Oruba
Europe
East Germany
:
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
England
:
Everton
France
:
AS Saint-Étienne
Hungary
:
Újpest FC
Italy
:
Cagliari
Netherlands
:
Ajax Amsterdam
Portugal
:
Sporting CP
Scotland
:
Celtic
Spain
:
Atlético Madrid
Turkey
:
Fenerbahçe
West Germany
:
Borussia Mönchengladbach
North America
Mexico
Guadalajara
Cruz Azul
(México 1970)
United States
/
Canada
:
Rochester Lancers
(
NASL
)
South America
Argentina
Boca Juniors
– Metropolitano
Independiente
– Nacional
Brazil
:
Fluminense
International tournaments
African Cup of Nations
in
Sudan
(February 6
–
16 1970)
Sudan
Ghana
Egypt
1970 British Home Championship
(April 18
–
April 25, 1970)
Shared by
England
,
Scotland
and
Wales
FIFA World Cup
in
Mexico
(May 31
–
June 21, 1970)
Brazil
Italy
West Germany
1970 Asian Games
in
Thailand
(10
–
20 December 1970)
South Korea
Burma
India
Births
January 1
–
Sergei Kiriakov
, Russian footballer and manager
January 6
–
Francisco Rotllán
, Mexican footballer
January 10
–
Geovanis Cassiani
, Colombian footballer
January 12
–
Jorge Castañeda Reyes
, Mexican footballer
January 13
–
Frank Kooiman
, Dutch footballer
January 21
–
Alen Bokšić
, Croatian footballer
January 24
–
Daniel Telser
, retired Liechtenstein footballer
[
6
]
February 2
–
Erik ten Hag
, Dutch football player and coach
February 4
–
Kevin Campbell
, English footballer (died 2024)
February 16
–
Angelo Peruzzi
, Italian footballer
February 17
–
José Antonio Castillo
, Spanish retired footballer
[
7
]
February 27
–
Alexander Quirin
, retired German footballer
[
8
]
March 8
–
Harry Decheiver
, Dutch footballer
March 12
–
Clay Coleman
, Caymanian footballer
[
9
]
March 30
Rodrigo Barrera
, Chilean footballer
Camilo Romero
, Mexican footballer
April 4
–
Barry van Galen
, Dutch footballer
April 18
–
Carlos López de Silanes
, Mexican footballer
April 28
–
Diego Simeone
, Argentinian footballer
May 10
–
David Weir
, Scottish footballer
May 13
–
Fernando Vergara
, Chilean footballer and manager
June 1
Daniel Delfino
, Argentine footballer
Alexi Lalas
, American soccer player
June 11
–
Miguel Ramírez
, Chilean footballer
June 16
–
Cobi Jones
, American soccer player
June 18
–
Mark Chung
, American soccer player
June 19
–
Cafú
, Brazilian footballer
July 6
–
Christer Fursth
, Swedish footballer
July 11
–
Iván Castillo
, Bolivian footballer
August 13
–
Alan Shearer
, English footballer
August 16
–
Mauricio Pozo
, Chilean footballer
August 20
–
Celso Ayala
, Paraguayan footballer
August 24
–
Guido Alvarenga
, Paraguayan footballer
August 27
–
Walter Müller
, retired Swiss footballer
[
10
]
August 28
–
Mike Lapper
, American soccer player
September 3
–
Gareth Southgate
, English footballer
September 26
–
Marco Etcheverry
, Bolivian footballer
October 1
–
Gaston Taument
, Dutch footballer
October 16
–
Mehmet Scholl
, German footballer
October 17
–
Radoslav Samardzic
, Serbian footballer
October 22
–
Winston Bogarde
, Dutch footballer
October 29
–
Juan Castillo Balcázar
, Chilean footballer
October 30
–
Marios Pashialis
, former international Cypriot footballer
[
11
]
November 1
–
Igor Cvitanović
, Croatian footballer
November 17
–
Max Huiberts
, Dutch footballer
November 27
–
Sebastian Synoradzki
, Polish footballer and coach
[
12
]
November 29
Mario Arteaga
, Mexican footballer
Mark Pembridge
, Welsh footballer
December 5
–
Francisco Veza
, Spanish footballer
December 11
–
Chris Henderson
, American soccer player
Deaths
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August 12 -
Arne Nyberg
Swedish international footballer (born 1913)
September
September 18 –
Pedro Cea
, Uruguayan striker, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup
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References
↑
"Copa Libertadores 1970"
.
worldfootball.net
. Retrieved
2023-04-24
.
↑
UEFA.com.
"UEFA Champions League - Matches"
.
UEFA
. Retrieved
2023-04-24
.
↑
Walters, Mike (2020-05-18).
"How Bobby Moore was caught up in gun drama that threw World Cup plans into chaos"
.
mirror
. Retrieved
2023-04-24
.
↑
"Paris Saint-Germain FC (PSG) history, facts and records"
.
www.footballhistory.org
. Retrieved
2023-04-24
.
↑
"1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Brazil"
.
www.fifa.com
. Retrieved
2023-04-24
.
↑
"Daniel Telser"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
21 August
2024
.
↑
"Castillo"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
↑
"Alexander Quirin"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
21 August
2024
.
↑
"Franklin Coleman"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
30 October
2023
.
↑
"Walter Müller"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
17 June
2024
.
↑
"Marios Pashialis"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
11 October
2023
.
↑
"Sebastian Synoradzki"
.
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
23 September
2023
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