The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

Events

*Copa Libertadores 1976 Copa Libertadores, 1976: Won by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Cruzeiro after defeating Club Atlético River Plate, 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 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup, Cup Winners Cup.

Winners club national championship

Asia

* Qatar – Al-Rayyan SC

Europe

* – Liverpool F.C., Liverpool * – AS Saint-Étienne * – Torino FC, Torino * **1975–76 Eredivisie, Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven **1975–76 Eerste Divisie, Eerste Divisie – HFC Haarlem * – Stal Mielec * – Real Madrid * – Trabzonspor * – FK Partizan, Partizan

North America

* – Club América * / : ** Toronto Blizzard (1971–84), Toronto Metros-Croatia (1976 North American Soccer League season, NASL)

South America

* Argentina: **Metropolitano championship, Metropolitano – Club Atlético Boca Juniors, Boca Juniors **Nacional – Club Atlético Boca Juniors, Boca Juniors * Brazil: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional

International tournaments

* 1976 African Cup of Nations, African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14 1976) *# *# *# *1976 British Home Championship (May 6 – May 15, 1976) :: * 1976 UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20 1976) *# *# *# * 1976 AFC Asian Cup, AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976) *# *# *# *Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976) *# *# *#

Births

* January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech international footballer * 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 * February 19 – Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee * February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer * March 17 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer * March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer * March 30 – Rustam Shelayev, former Russian professional footballer * April 1 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch international footballer * April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer * April 23 – Darren Huckerby, English footballer and coach * April 27 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer * May 2 – Amado Guevara, Honduran international footballer * May 3 – Beto (footballer, born May 1976), Beto, Portuguese international footballer * May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch international footballer * June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer * 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 * July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer * July 17 ** Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976), Anders Svensson, Swedish international footballer ** Marcos Senna, Spanish international footballer * July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004) * August 11 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian international footballer * August 19 – Stephan Schmidt (footballer), 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 18 – Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer), Ronaldo, Brazilian international footballer * 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 26 – José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer * December 3 – Eran Shainzinger, Israeli footballer * December 25 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer * December 31 – Yevgeni Fedotov, Russian professional football coach and former playerYevgeni Fedotov
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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)

References

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