1973 in association football explained

The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.

Events

Copa Libertadores 1973: Won by Independiente after defeating Colo-Colo on an aggregate score of 2–1.
Sunderland AFC wins the FA Cup final.
May 31 – NAC Breda claims the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC, 2–0.

Europe vs South America FIFA charity match

Winners club national championship

Asia

Iran: Persepolis
Qatar: Al-Esteqlal

Europe

North America

Cruz Azul

/ :
- Philadelphia Atoms (NASL)

South America

Argentina
- Huracán – Metropolitano
- Rosario Central – Nacional
Brazil: Palmeiras

International tournaments

1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973)

Births

January 3 – Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d. 2020)
January 21 – Sergei Zhdanov, former Russian footballer^[1]
January 30
- René Gottwald, retired German footballer^[2]
- Predrag Kodžo, Serbian footballer^[3]
February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
February 18 – Markus Wanner, retired Swiss footballer^[4]
February 23 – Alan Tutton, English former professional footballer
February 24 – Ivan Gentizon, retired Swiss footballer^[5]
March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer
March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
March 28 – Delmo (Delmo Arcângelo Coelho Monteiro), Brazilian former footballer^[6]
April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer^[7]
April 9 – Bart Goor, Belgian footballer
April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer
May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
May 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer
May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
July 6 – Romuald Ardeois, French professional footballer^[8]
July 13 – Roberto Martínez, Spanish football player and coach
July 21 – Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer
July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer
August 1 – Pierre Bastou, French professional football^[9]
August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer
August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer
August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer
August 26 – Heini Stocker, retired Liechtenstein footballer^[10]
September 4 – Nandor Njergeš, retired Serbian footballer^[11]
September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer
September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer
September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer
September 21
- Pedro Acevedo, former Chilean footballer^[12]
- Max Eberl, German footballer
- Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
September 23 – Raphaël Clapson, French professional footballer^[13]
October 9
- Thomas Frank, Danish football player and manager
- Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer
October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
October 14 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2022)
October 20 – Lim Gi-han, coach and former South Korean footballer^[14]
October 24 – Glenn Summerville, Dutch footballer
October 29 – Robert Pires, French international footballer
November 17
- Wally Dieng, French retired footballer
- Bernd Schneider, German international footballer
November 27 – Stephen Pugh, Welsh former professional footballer
November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
December 5 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014)
December 11 – Ray Kenny, Irish footballer^[15]
December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer
December 27 – Ivica Vulić, Slovenian retired international footballer^[16]
December 31 – Paweł Bugała, Polish former professional footballer^[17]

Deaths

March

March 19 – Hans Stubb (66), German footballer (born 1906)
March 29– Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)

April

April 21 – Evert Jan Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (born 1894)

September

September 15 – Washington Ortuño, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup (46)

November

November 16 – Lorenzo Fernández, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)

Notes and References

Web site: Sergei Zhdanov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 February 2024 . en.
Web site: René Gottwald . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 February 2024 . en.
Web site: Predrag Kodžo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 February 2024 . en.
Web site: Markus Wanner . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
Web site: Ivan Gentizon . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
Web site: Delmo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 October 2023 . en.
Web site: Sun WEN (CHN) . www.fifa.com . 17 December 2022 . en.
Web site: Romuald Ardeois . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 November 2023 . en.
Web site: Pierre Bastou . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 November 2023 . en.
Web site: Heini Stocker . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 August 2024 . en.
http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nandor-njerges/ Nandor Njrgeš
Web site: Pedro Acevedo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 19 February 2024 . en.
Web site: Raphaël Clapson . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 June 2024 . en.
https://portal.kleague.com/common/search/popUpPlayerDetail.do?playerDetailInfo=19980220 Lim Gi-han – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Web site: Ray Kenny . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 June 2024 . en.
Web site: Ivica Vulić . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 September 2023.
Web site: Paweł Bugała . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 November 2023 . en.