2007 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 2007 throughout the world.

News

January

1 Ã¢ÂÂ The 74th traditional new year match between the Koninklijke HFC and the former Dutch international players ends in a 3Ã¢ÂÂ1 win for Oranje that won the confrontation for the fourth consecutive time. The Oranje goals were scored by Aron Winter, Rob Witschge and Orlando Trustfull.
11 Ã¢ÂÂ David Beckham signs a 5-year deal with MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy.
20 Ã¢ÂÂ The first Argentine major rivalry of the year was played between River Plate and Boca Juniors in Mar del Plata. The match ended in a 2Ã¢ÂÂ0 score in favor of River Plate.

February

18 Ã¢ÂÂ Season premiers Melbourne Victory win the second A-League football (soccer) grand final at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia beating Adelaide United 6Ã¢ÂÂ0, with Victory striker Archie Thompson scoring 5 goals.
19 Ã¢ÂÂ Reigning League of Ireland champions Shelbourne relegated by the Football Association of Ireland before the start of the new 2007 season.
25- Chelsea won the Football League Cup previously known as League Cup after beating Arsenal 2Ã¢ÂÂ1 at the Millennium Stadium

March

18 Ã¢ÂÂ Hibernian win the Scottish League Cup (Scottish League Cup) final.

April

21 Ã¢ÂÂ Lyon become the first club in the "top five" European leagues to win six consecutive Championships after securing the Ligue 1 title with six games to play.
22 Ã¢ÂÂ Internazionale secure their fifteenth Serie A title after defeating Siena whilst championship rivals Roma lose to Atalanta.
22 Ã¢ÂÂ Celtic defeat Kilmarnock to retain their Scottish Premier League title.
29 Ã¢ÂÂ PSV claim the Eredivisie title, their third in a row after the three teams: AZ, Ajax, and PSV had 72 points each. PSV pipped to the title Ajax on goal difference.

May

6 Ã¢ÂÂ Defending champions Chelsea lose the English Premiership title to Manchester United after a draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.
16 Ã¢ÂÂ Sevilla become the first team since 1986 to win two consecutive UEFA Cups after beating Espanyol on penalties at Hampden Park, Scotland.
17 Ã¢ÂÂ Roma win its eighth Coppa Italia, winning the two final matches with an aggregate result of 7Ã¢ÂÂ3 against Internazionale. (6Ã¢ÂÂ2 in the first leg played in Rome, 2Ã¢ÂÂ1 in the second one in Milan)
19 Ã¢ÂÂ Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup Final 2007. Didier Drogba scored an extra time goal to secure a 1Ã¢ÂÂ0 victory and a domestic Cup Double for Chelsea.
19 Ã¢ÂÂ Stuttgart win the 2007 Bundesliga in Germany.
23 Ã¢ÂÂ Milan win their seventh UEFA Champions League title after beating Liverpool 2-1

June

10 Ã¢ÂÂ San Lorenzo de Almagro won their 13th Argentine Primera title beating Arsenal de SarandÃÂ 4Ã¢ÂÂ2 at the Nuevo GasÃÂ³metro
17 Ã¢ÂÂ Real Madrid won their 30th Spanish Primera Liga title after defeating Mallorca 3Ã¢ÂÂ1 at Santiago BernabÃÂ©u Stadium.
20 Ã¢ÂÂ Boca Juniors won their sixth Copa Libertadores title after defeating GrÃÂªmio. They beat the Brazilian side by 3Ã¢ÂÂ0 at home and 2Ã¢ÂÂ0 at the EstÃÂ¡dio OlÃÂmpico.
24 Ã¢ÂÂ USA won their 4th title of CONCACAF Gold Cup beating Mexico 2Ã¢ÂÂ1.
26 Ã¢ÂÂ Poland's Lower Silesia wins the fifth UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Bulgaria's South-East Region 2Ã¢ÂÂ1, after extra time, in Sliven.

July

29 Ã¢ÂÂ Iraq produced one of football's greatest fairytale victories as the fractured, war-torn nation were crowned champions of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time.

August

5 Ã¢ÂÂ Manchester United won the Community Shield for their 16th time (shared 4 times), beating Chelsea 3Ã¢ÂÂ0 on penalties after a 1Ã¢ÂÂ1 draw.
31 Ã¢ÂÂ Milan win the 2007 UEFA Super Cup beating Sevilla to claim their 17th international title.

December

2 Ã¢ÂÂ Club AtlÃÂ©tico LanÃÂºs won their first Argentine Primera by obtaining a 1Ã¢ÂÂ1 draw against Boca Juniors in the Bombonera.
5 Ã¢ÂÂ Argentine club Arsenal de SarandÃÂ won the first major title in their history beating Club AmÃÂ©rica of Mexico in the final of Copa Sudamericana 2007.
5 Ã¢ÂÂ Honduran club Motagua obtained its first international cup in their history beating Saprissa of Costa Rica in the final of Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007.
16 Ã¢ÂÂ Milan beat Boca Juniors 4Ã¢ÂÂ2 in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final to overhaul Boca's world record 17 international titles.

International tournaments

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the (June 6 – 24 2007)
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2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship IN (June 10 – 23 2007)
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Copa America 2007 in (June 26 – July 15, 2007)
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2007 AFF Championship in and (January 12 – February 4, 2007)
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2007 AFC Asian Cup in , , , and (July 7 – 29 2007)
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2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in (June 30 – July 22, 2007)
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2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in (August 18 – September 9, 2007)
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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in (September 10 – September 30, 2007)
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National champions

UEFA nations

: KF Tirana
: FC RÃÂ nger's
: FC Pyunik
: Red Bull Salzburg
: Khazar Lenkoran
: BATE Borisov
: Anderlecht
: FK Sarajevo
: Levski Sofia
: Dinamo Zagreb
: APOEL
: Sparta Prague
: Copenhagen
: Manchester United
: Levadia Tallinn
: NSÃÂ
: Tampere United
: Lyon
: Olimpi Rustavi
: Stuttgart
: Olympiacos
: Debreceni VSC
: Valur
: Drogheda United
: Beitar Jerusalem
: Inter Milan
: FC Aktobe
: FK Ventspils
: FBK Kaunas
: F91 Dudelange
: Pobeda
: Marsaxlokk
: Sheriff Tiraspol
: FK Zeta (first First League champions)
: PSV
: Linfield
: SK Brann
: ZagÃÂÃÂbie Lubin
: Porto
: Dinamo BucureÃÂti
: Zenit St. Petersburg
: S.S. Murata
: Celtic
: Red Star Belgrade
: MÃÂ K ÃÂ½ilina
: DomÃÂ¾ale
: Real Madrid
: IFK GÃÂ¶teborg
: FC ZÃÂ¼rich
: FenerbahÃÂ§e
: Dynamo Kyiv
: The New Saints

CONMEBOL nations

A = Apertura, C = Clausura

CONCACAF nations

A = Apertura, C = Clausura

1 Excludes Canadian clubs playing in the MLS.

2 There was no national champion in Cuba during 2007 as the Campeonato Nacional is in the process of changing from being a summer league to a winter league; the 2006 champion will be followed by a 2007Ã¢ÂÂ08 champion.

CAF nations

1 There was no national champion in Sierra Leone during 2007 as the Sierra Leone National Premier League is in the process of changing from being a summer league to a winter league; the 2006 champion will be followed by a 2007Ã¢ÂÂ08 champion.

AFC nations

OFC nations

Notable managerial changes

January 2 – Omiya Ardija appoints Robert Verbeek as their new manager to replace Toshiya Miura.
February 2 – Huub Stevens leaves Dutch club Roda JC to coach Hamburg. He is replaced in Kerkrade by his assistant Raymond Atteveld.
February 8 – Sparta Rotterdam names Danny Blind as their new technical director for the new season. Gert Aandewiel comes over from HFC Haarlem to replace Wiljan Vloet as the new manager of the Dutch club.
February 15 – Dutch club FC Emmen sacks manager Jan van Dijk.
February 17 – Manager and former international Gerald Vanenburg is sacked by Helmond Sport due to a lack of confidence, the club reports on its website.
April 10 – Fulham FC sack Chris Coleman to be replaced by Northern Ireland international manager Laurie Sanchez
April 29 – Sam Allardyce resigns as manager of Bolton Wanderers after eight years at the club. He then takes over at Newcastle United F.C and his previous job is taken by Sammy Lee.
May 14 – Paul Jewell resigns as Wigan Athletic manager.
May 14 – Stuart Pearce gets sacked by Manchester City
May 16 – Neil Warnock resigns Sheffield United job and get replaced by Bryan Robson
June 4 – Claudio Ranieri signs as Juventus manager.
September 20 – JosÃÂ© Mourinho sacked as Chelsea manager
October 22 – Greg Ryan sacked as head coach of the USA women's national team, despite 45 wins and only one loss out of 55 matches in charge. The loss, however, was a 4Ã¢ÂÂ0 humiliation by Brazil in the semifinals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the worst loss in USA women's history. Ryan was also embroiled in controversy regarding his decision to bench goalkeeper Hope Solo, who had not allowed a goal in the previous three games, in favour of veteran Briana Scurry.
October 23 – Steve Staunton sacked as Republic of Ireland head coach.
November 8 – Ruud Gullit is signed to a three-year deal with Los Angeles Galaxy.
November 22 – Steve McLaren sacked as England head coach.

Births

March 16 – Harry Amass, English professional footballer
July 13 – Lamine Yamal, Spanish professional footballer
September 27 – Gabriano Shelton, international footballer

Deaths

January

January 1 – Thierry Bacconnier (43), French footballer
January 1 – JÃÂ¸rgen Hammeken (88), Danish footballer
January 3 – Roland Ehrhardt (65), French footballer
January 4 – Sandro Salvadore (67), Italian footballer
January 6 – Juan Manuel Alejandrez (62), Mexican footballer
January 12 – Georg Dahlfelt (87), Danish footballer
January 12 – Roberto Mazzanti (64), Italian footballer
January 15 – David Vanole (43), American soccer player
January 22 – RamÃÂ³n Marsal (72), Spanish footballer
January 30 – Sixto Rojas (26), Paraguayan footballer
January 30 – Sigifredo Mercado (73), Mexican footballer
January 31 – Arben Minga (47), Albanian footballer

February

February 4 Ã¢ÂÂ JosÃÂ© Carlos Bauer, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (81)
February 12 Ã¢ÂÂ Georg Buschner, German football player and manager. (81)

March

March 1 – Fernando Veneranda, Italian footballer and coach
March 19 – Menotti Avanzolini, Italian footballer

April

April 7 – MariÃÂ Gonzalvo (85), Spanish footballer
April 25 – Alan Ball (61), English footballer

May

May 2 – Juan Valdivieso (96), Peruvian footballer
May 12 – Edy Vasquez (23), Honduran footballer
May 13 – Kai Johansen (66), Danish footballer
May 26 – Marek KrejÃÂÃÂ (26), Slovak footballer

June

June 13 – Hussein Dokmak (28) and Hussein Naeem (20), two Lebanese footballers who played for Nejmeh SC died in a car bomb in Beirut
June 24 – Derek Dougan (69), Northern Irish footballer
June 26 – Jupp Derwall (80), German footballer and coach

July

July 2 – Luigi Scarabello (91), Italian footballer and coach
July 9 – Esteban Areta (75), Spanish footballer and coach
July 25 – Bernd Jakubowski (54), German footballer
July 27 – Giuseppe Baldo (93), Italian footballer

August

August 20 – Anton Reid (16), English footballer
August 25 – Ray Jones (18), English footballer
August 28 – Antonio Puerta (22), Spanish footballer
August 29 – Chaswe Nsofwa (28), Zambian footballer

September

September 3 – Gustavo Eberto (24), Argentine footballer
September 9 – Helmut Senekowitsch (73), Austrian footballer and coach
September 11 – Ian Porterfield (61), Scottish footballer
September 14 – Ambrogio ValadÃÂ¨ (70), Italian footballer
September 22 Ã¢ÂÂ NÃÂlton Coelho da Costa, Brazilian striker, winner of the Panamerican Championship 1956. (79)
September 27 – Bill Perry (77), South African footballer
September 27 – Horst Podlasly (71), German footballer

October

October 8 – Fulvio Zuccheri (48), Italian footballer
October 26 – Nicolae Dobrin (60), Romanian footballer

November

November 5 – Nils Liedholm (85), Swedish footballer and coach
November 13 – John Doherty (footballer) (72), English footballer
November 23 – ÃÂscar Carmelo SÃÂ¡nchez (36), Bolivian footballer
November 26 – Manuel Badenes (78), Spanish footballer

December

December 29 – Phil O'Donnell (35), Scottish footballer

2007 in association football

News

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

December

International tournaments

National champions

UEFA nations

CONMEBOL nations

CONCACAF nations

CAF nations

AFC nations

OFC nations

Notable managerial changes

Births

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

References