1977 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.

Events

• September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating 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

•   Qatar – Al-Esteqlal

Europe

•   England – Liverpool
•   France – Nantes
•   Italy – Juventus
•   Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – Vitesse
•   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

•   Australia - Sydney City

South America

•   Argentina
  • Metropolitano – River Plate
  • Nacional – Independiente
•   Brazil – São Paulo

European competitions

• European Champions Cup: Liverpool
• UEFA Cup: Juventus
• European Cup Winners' Cup: Hamburger SV

International tournaments

• 1977 British Home Championship (May 28 – June 4, 1977)

  Scotland

Births

January

• January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
• January 5
  • Luis Daniel Cupla, Uruguayan footballer ^[1]
  • Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer ^[2]
• January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
• January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
• January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer ^[3]
• January 16 — Lionel Moret, retired Swiss footballer ^[4]
• January 21
  • Phil Neville, English international footballer
  • Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
• January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer ^[5]

February

• February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
• February 6 — Godfrey Ssali, Ugandan footballer ^[6]
• 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 ^[7]
  • Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

March

• March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player ^[8]

April

• April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
• April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
• April 28
  • Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
  • Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer ^[9]

May

• May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
• May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
• May 10 — Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer ^[10]
• May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
• May 13 — Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer ^[11]
• May 18 — Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer ^[12]
• May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
• May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer

June

• June 1 — Michał Świstak, Polish former professional footballer ^[13]
• June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer ^[14]
• June 14 — Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player ^[15]
• June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
• June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer

July

• July 3 — Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player ^[16]
• July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer ^[17]
• July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer ^[18]
• 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 ^[19]
• July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

August

• August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player ^[20]
• August 5 — Krzysztof Kretkowski, Polish footballer ^[21]
• August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
• August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
• August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player ^[22]
• August 23 — Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
• August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

September

• September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer ^[23]
• September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer ^[24]
• September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer ^[25]
• September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
• September 27 — Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football ^[26]
• September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer ^[27]

October

• October 1 — Carsten Birk, German former professional footballer ^[28]
• October 10 — Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer ^[29]
• October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
• October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
• October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer ^[30]
• October 23 — Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer ^[31]
• October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
• October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer ^[32]

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

December

• December 12 — Toni Bernal, Spanish retired footballer ^[33]

Deaths

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)

April

• April 28 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (b. 1897)

June

• June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)
• June 19 – Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-born American football player and coach. (75)

July

• July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
• July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

September

• September 9 – Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (born 1900)

October

• October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)

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