1976 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.
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Events
- Copa Libertadores 1976: Won by Cruzeiro after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 3–2.
- September 15 – Dutch club Roda JC makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) in Brussels against Belgium's R.S.C. Anderlecht in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup.
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
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North America
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South America
Argentina:
- Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
- Nacional – Boca Juniors
Brazil: Internacional
International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14 1976)
- 1976 British Home Championship (May 6 – May 15, 1976)
- UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20 1976)
- AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976)
- Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976)
Births
- January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech international footballer
- February 5 – John Aloisi, Australian international footballer
- February 7 – Daisuke Oku, Japanese international footballer (died 2014)
- February 13 – Maksim Proshin, former Russian professional football player[1]
- February 19 – Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee
- February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer
- March 17 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer
- March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer
- March 30 – Rustam Shelayev, former Russian professional footballer[2]
- April 1 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch international footballer
- April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
- April 23 – Darren Huckerby, English footballer and coach
- April 27 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
- May 2 – Amado Guevara, Honduran international footballer
- May 3 – Beto, Portuguese international footballer
- May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch international footballer
- June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer
- June 23 – Patrick Vieira, French international footballer
- June 24 – Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
- July 1
- Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch international footballer
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch international footballer
- July 5 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese international footballer
- July 10 – Lars Ricken, German international footballer
- July 13 – Yevgeni Zhelyakov, Russian professional football coach and former player[3]
- July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
- July 17
- Anders Svensson, Swedish international footballer
- Marcos Senna, Spanish international footballer
- July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004)
- August 11 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian international footballer
- August 19 – Stephan Schmidt, German footballer and manager
- August 24
- Björn van der Doelen, Dutch footballer
- Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch youth international
- August 26 – Giovanni Naboth, Mauritian footballer
- August 27 – Ysrael Zúñiga, Peruvian footballer
- August 28 – Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan international footballer
- August 29 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish international footballer
- September 18 – Ronaldo, Brazilian international footballer
- September 26 – Michael Ballack, German international footballer
- September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian international footballer
- September 29 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian international footballer
- October 4 – Mauro Camoranesi, Italian international footballer
- October 26 – Ralf Oehri, Liechtensteiner former association footballer
- October 28 – Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
- November 26 – José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer
- December 3 – Eran Shainzinger, Israeli footballer[4]
- December 25 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
- December 31 – Yevgeni Fedotov, Russian professional football coach and former player[5]
Deaths
November
- November 3 – Giuseppe Cavanna, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (70)
December
- December 25 – Conduelo Píriz, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)
References
- Maksim Proshin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Rustam Shelayev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Yevgeni Zhelyakov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- 1976 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yevgeni Fedotov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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