The following are the association football (soccer) events of the year 1968 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
International tournaments
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Births
- 1 January – Davor Ã
 uker, Croatian international footballer
- 5 January – Gennaro Monaco, Italian former player, former manager
- 27 January – Gidix Nasa, Papua New Guinean former footballer
- 31 January – Dragan ReljiÃÂ, Croatian former professional footballer
- 27 March РRen̩ Fluri, retired Swiss footballer
- 31 March – Francesco Moriero, Italian international footballer and manager
- 1 April – Bulat Esmagambetov, Kazakhstani footballer
- 16 April – Martin Dahlin, Swedish international footballer
- 18 April – Adelio Salinas, former Paraguayan footballer
- 1 May – Oliver Bierhoff, German international footballer
- 2 May – Pedro Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee
- 22 May – Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean international footballer
- 5 June – Percy Olivares, Peruvian footballer
- 6 June – Edwin Vurens, Dutch footballer
- 22 June – Fabián Guevara, Chilean footballer
- 25 June – Dorinel Munteanu, Romanian international footballer
- 16 July – Jorge Sosa (Jorge Adrián Sosa Reyna), Mexican football manager and former player
- 25 June – Martin Filson, English former professional footballer
- 26 June – Paolo Maldini, Italian international footballer
- 6 August – Fulvio Cimino, retired Swiss footballer
- 14 August
- Darren Newman, English former professional footballer
- Onésimo Sánchez, Spanish football player and manager
- 15 August – Ulugbek Ruzimov, Uzbekistani footballer
- 20 August – Klas Ingesson, Swedish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 22 August – Alejandro Grandi, Uruguayan retired footballer
- 11 September – Slaven BiliÃÂ, Croatian international football player and manager
- 14 September – Jorge Gómez, Chilean footballer
- 15 September – Juan Carlos Garay, Ecuadorian footballer
- 17 September – Francesc Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 18 September – Carlos Guirland, Paraguayan footballer
- 23 September – Franco Massimo, English former professional footballer
- 25 September – Gary Blackford, English former professional footballer
- 27 September – Robert Alleyne, English former professional footballer
- 8 October – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian international footballer
- 17 October РH̩ctor Ferri, Ecuadorian footballer
- 20 October – Jonathan Akpoborie, Nigerian international footballer
- 24 October РOsmar Donizete C̢ndido, Brazilian international footballer
- 27 October – Jamie Slater, Welsh former professional footballer
- 30 October – Chris Grocock, English lawyer and former professional footballer
- 18 November – Barry Hunter, Northern Irish international and scout
- 4 December – Gilles Petrucci, retired French footballer
- 8 December – Igor Luzyakin, Russian professional football coach and former player
- 13 December – Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- 26 December – Thijs Waterink, Dutch footballer
- 27 December – Steve Guillod, retired Swiss footballer
Deaths
January
June
August
- 30 August - Luitpold Popp, German international footballer (born 1893)
November
December
References