1976 in association football explained

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
  • • Eredivisie  - PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie  - HFC Haarlem
•  - Stal Mielec
•  - Real Madrid
•  - Trabzonspor
•  - Partizan

North America

•  - Club América
• / :
  • 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)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1976 British Home Championship (May 6  - May 15, 1976)

• UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16  - 20 1976)
  1. • 1. • 1. • AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3  - 13 1976)
               • Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18  - 31 1976)

Births

• January 3  - Joël Bouchoucha, French professional footballer^[1]
• January 15  - Sunny Nwachukwu, Nigerian retired professional footballer^[2]
• January 18  - Pavel Mareš, Czech international footballer
• January 20  - Antti Kuismala, Finnish footballer^[3]
• January 22  - Diego Penalva, French retired professional footballer^[4]
• 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^[5]
• February 19  - Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee
• February 23  - Oleksandr Sokorenko, Ukrainian football coach and former player^[6]
• February 26  - Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer
• February 28  - Uriel Pérez, former Uruguayan footballer^[7]
• March 17  - Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer
• March 19  - Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer
• March 20  - Sim Sung-chol, North Korean former footballer
• March 26
  • Michael Frech, German former footballer^[8]
  • Sylvain Ovono, retired Cameroonian footballer^[9]
• March 30  - Rustam Shelayev, former Russian professional footballer^[10]
• April 1  - Clarence Seedorf, Dutch international footballer
• April 10  - Adrian Čeman, Slovak footballer^[11]
• April 20  - Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
• April 23  - Darren Huckerby, English footballer and coach
• April 27  - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
• April 28  - Patrik Brezina, Slovak retired footballer^[12]
• 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^[13]
• June 14  - Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer
• June 19  - Denis Koretskiy, former Russian footballer^[14]
• 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^[15]
• 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^[16]
• July 22  - Roman Baranov, Russian football coach and former player^[17]
• July 26  - Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004)
• August 6  - Paweł Gamla, Polish former professional footballer^[18]
• 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^[19]
• September 18  - Ronaldo, Brazilian international footballer
• September 20  - Lewis Coady, English former professional footballer^[20]
• 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^[21]
• November 26  - José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer
• December 3  - Eran Shainzinger, Israeli footballer
• December 22  - Yuri Kolchin, former Russian footballer^[22]
• December 25  - Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
• December 29  - Viktor Pyatanov, former Russian footballer^[23]
• December 31  - Yevgeni Fedotov, Russian professional football coach and former player^[24]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joël Bouchoucha . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 8 June 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Sunny Nwachukwu . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 10 April 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Antti Kuismala . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 May 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Diego Penalva . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 June 2024 . en.
5. https://footballfacts.ru/person/13858 Maksim Proshin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
6. Web site: Oleksandr Sokorenko . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Uriel Pérez . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 February 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Michael Frech . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 30 May 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Sylvain Ovono . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 February 2024 . en.
10. https://footballfacts.ru/person/19069 Rustam Shelayev
11. Web site: Adrian Ceman . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 December 2023 . en.
12. Web site: Patrik Brezina . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 May 2024 . en.
13. Web site: Segundo Matamba . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
14. Web site: Denis Koretskiy . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
15. https://footballfacts.ru/person/5996 Yevgeni Zhelyakov
16. Web site: Giovanni Seynhaeve . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 July 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Roman Baranov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 21 February 2024 . en.
18. Web site: Paweł Gamla . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 February 2024 . en.
19. Web site: Mickaël Garciau . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 August 2024 . en.
20. Web site: Lewis Coady . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
21. Web site: Duber Zapata . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 26 January 2024 . en.
22. Web site: Yuri Kolchin . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 April 2024 . en.
23. Web site: Viktor Pyatanov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 December 2023 . en.
24. https://footballfacts.ru/person/17499 Yevgeni Fedotov