1976 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

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

• Qatar – Al-Rayyan SC

Europe

• – Liverpool
• – AS Saint-Étienne
• – Torino
• – PSV Eindhoven
• – Stal Mielec
• – Rangers
• – Real Madrid
• – Trabzonspor
• – Borussia Mönchengladbach
• – Partizan

North America

• – Club América
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• Toronto Metros-Croatia (NASL)

South America

• Argentina:
• Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
• Nacional – Boca Juniors
• Brazil: Internacional

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14 1976)
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• 1976 British Home Championship (May 6 – May 15, 1976)

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• UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20 1976)
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• AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976)
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• Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976)
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Births

• January 3 – Joël Bouchoucha, French professional footballer
• January 15 – Sunny Nwachukwu, Nigerian retired professional footballer
• January 18 – Pavel MareÅ¡, Czech international footballer
• January 20 – Antti Kuismala, Finnish footballer
• January 22 – Diego Penalva, French retired professional 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
• February 19 – Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee
• February 23 – Oleksandr Sokorenko, Ukrainian football coach and former player
• February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer
• February 28 – Uriel Pérez, former Uruguayan footballer
• March 17 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer
• March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer
• March 26
• Michael Frech, German former footballer
• Sylvain Ovono, retired Cameroonian footballer
• March 30 – Rustam Shelayev, former Russian professional footballer
• 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
• May 19 – Segundo Matamba, Ecuadorian footballer
• June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer
• June 19 – Denis Koretskiy, former Russian 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
• July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
• July 17
• Anders Svensson, Swedish international footballer
• Marcos Senna, Spanish international footballer
• July 21 – Giovanni Seynhaeve, retired Belgian footballer
• July 22 – Roman Baranov, Russian football coach and former player
• July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004)
• August 6 – Paweł Gamla, Polish former professional footballer
• 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 13 – Mickaël Garciau, retired French footballer
• September 18 – Ronaldo, Brazilian international footballer
• September 20 – Lewis Coady, English former professional 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 2 – Dúber Zapata, Peruvian retired footballer
• November 22 – Emad Bouanane, French footballer
• November 26 – José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer
• December 3 – Eran Shainzinger, Israeli footballer
• December 22 – Yuri Kolchin, former Russian footballer
• December 25 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
• December 29 – Viktor Pyatanov, former Russian footballer
• December 31 – Yevgeni Fedotov, Russian professional football coach and former player

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