1972 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world.

Events

• 24 May  - Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating Universitario de Deportes on an aggregate score of 2-1.
• 11 May  - Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating FC Den Haag: 3-2.
• 12 October  - the 1972–73 Honduran League was canceled due to economic problems.
• 18 November 1972  - 1972 Scotland v England women's football match

Winners club national championship

Asia

Al-Sadd SC

Europe

Vejle BK

Magdeburg

Derby County

Olympique de Marseille

Újpest FC

Juventus

Ajax Amsterdam

Zorya Voroshilovgrad

Real Madrid

Galatasaray S.K.

Bayern Munich

North America

Cruz Azul

• / :
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

South America

• • • San Lorenzo - Metropolitano
  • San Lorenzo - Nacional

Palmeiras

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23  - March 5, 1972)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1972 British Home Championship (May 20  - May 27, 1972)

Shared by and

• UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14  - 18 1972)
  1. • 1. • 1. • Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26  - September 10, 1972)
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Births

• January 1
  • Christos Kiourkos, retired Greek footballer^[1]
  • Lilian Thuram, French international footballer
• January 2  - Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer
• January 3  - Manuel Martínez, Mexican international footballer
• January 5  - Richard Sosa, Uruguayan former footballer^[2]
• January 8
  • Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
  • Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer
• January 11  - Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
• January 16
  • Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
  • Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer
  • Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
  • Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
• January 29
  • Artur Belotserkovets, Russian former professional footballer^[3]
  • Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
• February 11  - Steve McManaman, English international footballer
• March 2  - Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine football player and manager
• March 3
  • Darren Anderton, English international footballer
  • Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer
• March 17
  • Mia Hamm, American women's soccer player^[4]
  • Antonis Papadimitriou, retired Greek footballer
• March 23  - Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
• March 28  - Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
• March 29  - Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
• April 28  - Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
• April 28  - Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer
• May 8  - José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer
• May 10  - Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper
• May 13  - Gytis Padimanskas, Lithuanian professional footballer^[5]
• June 15  - Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
• June 23  - Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer
• August 7  - Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
• August 30  - Pavel Nedvěd, Czech international footballer
• September 8  - Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager
• September 9  - Alexandre Clot, retired Swiss footballer^[6]
• September 10  - João Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
• September 10  - Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer
• October 1  - Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• October 2  - Jacob Eli Olsen, Faroese former footballer^[7]
• October 11  - Hajnalka Sipos, Hungarian footballer^[8]
• November 2  - Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
• November 2  - Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
• November 4  - Luís Figo, Portuguese international footballer
• November 11  - Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
• December 11  - Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014)
• December 16  - Aleksei Morochko, former Russian footballer^[9]
• December 22  - Claudio Guerra, former Uruguayan footballer^[10]
• December 29  - Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer
• December 31  - Roberto Baldassari, retired Swiss footballer^[11]

Deaths

• June 9  - Caesar ten Cate, Dutch international footballer (born 1890)
• September 16  - Jan de Natris (76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christos Kiourkos . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 August 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Richard Sosa . Tenfield Digital . https://web.archive.org/web/20120608042805/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hprfchjug?0,1655,,1,146 . June 8, 2012.
3. Web site: Artur Belotserkovets . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 31 January 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Mia Hamm Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 17 December 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Gytis Padimanskas . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 December 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Alexandre Clot . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Jacob Olsen . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 August 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Hajnalka Šipoš . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 August 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Aleksei Morochko . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 October 2023 . en.
10. Web site: Claudio Guerra . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 November 2023 . en.
11. Web site: Roberto Baldassari . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.