1972 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world.

Events

• 24 May – Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating Universitario de Deportes on an aggregate score of 2-1.
• 11 May – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating FC Den Haag: 3-2.
• 12 October – the 1972–73 Honduran League was canceled due to economic problems.
• 18 November 1972 – 1972 Scotland v England women's football match

Winners club national championship

Asia

•   Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

Europe

•   Denmark: Vejle BK
•   East Germany: Magdeburg
•   England: Derby County
•   France: Olympique de Marseille
•   Hungary: Újpest FC
•   Italy: Juventus
•   Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
•   Soviet Union: Zorya Voroshilovgrad
•   Spain: Real Madrid
•   Turkey: Galatasaray S.K.
•   West Germany: Bayern Munich

North America

•   Mexico: Cruz Azul
•   United States /   Canada:
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

South America

•   Argentina
  • San Lorenzo - Metropolitano
  • San Lorenzo - Nacional
•   Brazil: Palmeiras

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23 – March 5, 1972)
  1.   Congo
  2.   Mali
  3.   Cameroon
• 1972 British Home Championship (May 20 – May 27, 1972)

Shared by   England and   Scotland

• UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14 – 18 1972)
  1.   West Germany
  2.   Soviet Union
  3.   Belgium
• Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26 – September 10, 1972)
  1.   Poland
  2.   Hungary
  3.   Soviet Union and   East Germany

Births

• January 1
  • Christos Kiourkos, retired Greek footballer ^[1]
  • Lilian Thuram, French international footballer
• January 2 – Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer
• January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican international footballer
• January 5 – Richard Sosa, Uruguayan former footballer ^[2]
• January 8
  • Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
  • Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer
• January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
• January 16
  • Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
  • Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer
  • Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
  • Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
• January 29
  • Artur Belotserkovets, Russian former professional footballer ^[3]
  • Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
• February 11 – Steve McManaman, English international footballer
• February 20 – Andrei Nemykin, Russian footballer
• March 2 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine football player and manager
• March 3
  • Darren Anderton, English international footballer
  • Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer
• March 17
  • Mia Hamm, American women's soccer player ^[4]
  • Antonis Papadimitriou, retired Greek footballer ^[5]
• March 23 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
• March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
• March 29 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
• April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
• April 28 – Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer
• May 8 – José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer
• May 10 – Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper
• May 13 – Gytis Padimanskas, Lithuanian professional footballer ^[6]
• June 15 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
• June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer
• August 7 – Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
• August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech international footballer
• September 8 – Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager
• September 9 – Alexandre Clot, retired Swiss footballer ^[7]
• September 10 – João Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
• September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer
• September 29 – Björn Arens, retired German footballer ^[8]
• October 1 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• October 2 – Jacob Eli Olsen, Faroese former footballer ^[9]
• October 11 – Hajnalka Sipos, Hungarian footballer ^[10]
• November 2 – Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
• November 2 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
• November 4 – Luís Figo, Portuguese international footballer
• November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
• December 11 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014)
• December 16 – Aleksei Morochko, former Russian footballer ^[11]
• December 22 – Claudio Guerra, former Uruguayan footballer ^[12]
• December 29 – Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer
• December 31 – Roberto Baldassari, retired Swiss footballer ^[13]

Deaths

• June 9 – Caesar ten Cate, Dutch international footballer (born 1890)
• September 16 – Jan de Natris (76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895)

References

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4. "Mia Hamm | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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