1977 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.

Events

• September 14  - Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
• Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.

Winners club national championship

Asia

• – Al-Esteqlal

Europe

• – Liverpool
• – Nantes
• – Juventus
  • • Eredivisie  - Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie  - Vitesse
• – Benfica
• – Atlético Madrid
• – Basel
• – Trabzonspor
• – Red Star Belgrade

North America

• – UNAM
• / :
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

• - Sydney City

South America

• • • Metropolitano  - River Plate
  • Nacional  - Independiente
• – São Paulo

European competitions

• European Champions Cup: Liverpool
• UEFA Cup: Juventus
• European Cup Winners' Cup: Hamburger SV

International tournaments

• 1977 British Home Championship (May 28  - June 4, 1977)

Births

January

• January 2 - Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
• January 5
  • Luis Daniel Cupla, Uruguayan footballer^[1]
  • Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer^[2]
• January 7 - Marco Storari, Italian footballer
• January 8 - Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
• January 9 - Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer^[3]
• January 16 - Lionel Moret, retired Swiss footballer^[4]
• January 21
  • Phil Neville, English international footballer
  • Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
• January 28  - Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer^[5]

February

• February 5 - Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
• February 6 - Godfrey Ssali, Ugandan footballer^[6]
• February 8 - Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
• February 11 - Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
• February 19 - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
• February 20 - Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
• February 28
  • Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer^[7]
  • Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

March

• March 17 - Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player^[8]

April

• April 9 - Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
• April 26 - Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
• April 28 - Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
• April 28 - Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer^[9]

May

• May 3 - Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
• May 7 - Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
• May 10 - Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer^[10]
• May 11 - Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 12 - Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
• May 13 - Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer^[11]
• May 18 - Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer^[12]
• May 25 - Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
• May 26 - Luca Toni, Italian international footballer

June

• June 1 - Michał Świstak, Polish former professional footballer^[13]
• June 13 - Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer^[14]
• June 14 - Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player^[15]
• June 15 - Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
• June 27 - Raúl, Spanish international footballer

July

• July 3 - Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player^[16]
• July 6 - Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer^[17]
• July 9 - Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer^[18]
• July 10 - Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
• July 12 - Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
• July 24 - Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
• July 26 - Anatoli Mironov, Russian professional football coach and former player^[19]
• July 31 - Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

August

• August 1 - Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player^[20]
• August 5 - Krzysztof Kretkowski, Polish footballer^[21]
• August 16 - Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
• August 17 - Thierry Henry, French international footballer
• August 18 - Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player^[22]
• August 23 - Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
• August 29 - Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

September

• September 1 - Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer^[23]
• September 14 - Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer^[24]
• September 15 - Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer^[25]
• September 17 - Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
• September 27 - Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football^[26]
• September 29 - Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer^[27]

October

• October 1 - Carsten Birk, German former professional footballer
• October 10 - Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer^[28]
• October 13 - Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
• October 15 - David Trezeguet, French international footballer
• October 20 - Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer
• October 23 - Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer^[29]
• October 24 - Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
• October 25 - Birgit Prinz, German footballer^[30]

November

• November 17 - Paul Shepherd, English footballer
• November 21 - Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
• November 22 - Michael Preston, English club footballer
• November 23 - David Lucas, English youth international and coach
• November 28 - Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer

December

• December 12 - Toni Bernal, Spanish retired footballer^[31]

Deaths

January

• January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)

February

• February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72 ; Aortic aneurysm)

June

• June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)

July

• July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
• July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

October

• October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luis Cupla . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 May 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Aleksei Peplov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Nihat Numanbayraktaroğlu . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 10 October 2023 . en.
4. Web site: Lionel Moret . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 1 July 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Terry Dyer . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 November 2023 . en.
6. Web site: Godfrey Ssali . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Milan Drageljevic . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 September 2023.
8. Web site: Rustam Mustafin. footballdatabase.eu. 4 January 2017.
9. Web site: Aleksei Gridnev . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 19 October 2023 . en.
10. Web site: Feras Taleb Abu Obeid . footballdatabase.eu . 14 February 2024.
11. Web site: Aleksei Dudin . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 31 January 2024 . en.
12. Web site: Ramil Kharisov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 April 2024 . en.
13. Web site: Michał Świstak . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 June 2024 . en.
14. https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/5900/Lorenzo_Mathiot.html Lorenzo Mathiot at National-Football-Teams.com
15. Web site: Fernando Martínez . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 February 2024 . en.
16. Web site: Márcio Hahn . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 February 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Irakli Gemazashvili . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 October 2023.
18. Web site: Bogdan Stefanović . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 October 2023 . en.
19. Web site: Anatoli Mironov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
20. Web site: GONZALO IVAN LARGO ROMERO Paralímpicos. www.paralimpicos.es. 2019-10-24.
21. Web site: Krzysztof Kretkowski . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 May 2024 . en.
22. Denis Solovyov
23. http://phobiatalk.yuku.com/topic/917 2007-2008 OTPL - Hearts of Oak League Match Reports
24. Web site: Edgar Streltsov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 October 2023 . en.
25. Web site: Denis Soskov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 October 2023 . en.
26. Web site: Sébastien Pauvert . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 17 November 2023 . en.
27. Web site: Harry Libanotis . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 20 October 2023 . en.
28. Web site: Aleksandr Grekhov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
29. Web site: Lee Shearer . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 February 2024 . en.
30. Web site: Birgit Prinz . www.eurosport.com . 17 December 2022.
31. Web site: Toni Bernal . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.