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

Events

* September 14 – Dutch club

AZ'67 Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and ho ...

makes its

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an debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the

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, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters. *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

: Won by

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in th ...

after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.

Winners club national championship

Asia

* – Al-Esteqlal

Europe

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Liverpool Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...

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Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

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Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...

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Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

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Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

– Vitesse * – Benfica * –

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based i ...

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Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

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Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Be ...

North America

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UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...

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New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada) * New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Independ ...

( NASL)

Oceania

* - Sydney City

South America

* **Metropolitano – River Plate **Nacional – Independiente * –

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...

European competitions

* European Champions Cup:

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Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

International tournaments

1977 British Home Championship Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Rep ...

(May 28 – June 4, 1977) ::

Births

January

* January 2 —

Gavin Mahon Gavin Andrew Mahon (born 2 January 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Mahon started his career as a trainee at Wolverhampton Wanderers, although he did not make any first-team appearances f ...

, English club footballer * January 7 —

Marco Storari Marco Storari (born 7 January 1977) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After a lengthy spell in Italy's lower leagues, he arrived in Serie A aged 27. Steady performances for Messina prompted his signing by A.C. Milan ...

, Italian footballer * January 8 —

Francesco Coco Francesco Coco (; born 8 January 1977) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender. Although naturally right-footed, he played as a left wing-back (his favourite position) or, more commonly, as a left-back. He had spells with both ...

, Italian footballer * January 21 — Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer * January 21 – Phil Neville, English international footballer

February

* February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer * February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer * February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer * February 19 —

Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluca Zambrotta (; born 19 February 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings. Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Itali ...

, Italian international footballer * February 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer * February 28 — Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

March

* March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player

April

* April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer * April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer

May

* May 3 —

Noel Valladares Noel Eduardo Valladares Bonilla (born 3 May 1977 in Comayagua, Honduras) is a Honduran former football goalkeeper, who last played for Liga Nacional team Olimpia. Valladares is Honduras' third most capped footballer of all time, after Amado ...

, Honduran international footballer * May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer * May 11 —

Pablo Gabriel García Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer * Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer *Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist * Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Bren ...

, Uruguayan international footballer * May 12 —

Aivar Priidel Aivar Priidel (born 12 May 1977) is a football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including FC Levadia Tallinn. International career Priidel earned his first official cap for the Estonia nationa ...

, Estonian footballer * May 25 —

Andre Anis Andre Anis (born 25 May 1977) is a retired football (soccer) defender from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Viljandi Tulevik. International career Anis earned his first official cap for the Estonia nati ...

, Estonian footballer * May 26 —

Luca Toni Luca Toni (; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competition ...

, Italian international footballer

June

* June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer * June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer * June 27 —

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, Spanish international footballer

July

* July 10 —

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

, Georgian international footballer * July 12 —

Marco Silva Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva (; born 12 July 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a right-back, currently manager of club Fulham. He played for a variety of Portuguese clubs, finishing his career with a six-year spell at E ...

, Portuguese football player and manager * July 24 —

Mehdi Mahdavikia Mehdi Mahdavikia ( fa, ; born 24 July 1977) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back. He is currently under contract by Hamburger SV as a youth coach, and also manages his own ...

, Iranian international footballer * July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

August

* August 16 —

Pavel Královec Pavel Královec (born 16 August 1977) is a Czech football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2005. Career He was selected on the list of referees for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico and the 2012 Olympic tournament. ...

, Czech football referee * August 17 —

Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football coach, pundit, and former player who is an assistant coach for the Belgium national team. Considered one of the best strikers of all time and one of the best player ...

, French international footballer * August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player * August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

September

* September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer * September 17 —

Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta (; born 17 September 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his career, he stood out for his work-rate, energy, and box-to-box play as a ball-winner in the midfield area. After i ...

, Italian international footballer

October

* October 13 —

Antonio Di Natale Antonio Di Natale (; born 13 October 1977) is an Italian fotball coach and former professional player who played as a striker. After being a member of the Empoli youth side since 1994, Di Natale started his professional career with the Empol ...

, Italian international footballer * October 15 —

David Trezeguet David Sergio Trezeguet (born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at the age of eight, progressing through their youth sys ...

, French international footballer * October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer * October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer * October 25 —

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

, German footballer

November

* November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer * November 21 — Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer * November 22 —

Michael Preston Michael Preston (born Jack Davies; 14 May 1938) is an English international film and television actor, and singer, sometimes credited as Mike Preston. Life and career Preston was born in Hackney, London, England. He was a boxer and then beca ...

, English club footballer * November 23 — David Lucas, English youth international and coach * November 28 —

Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough duri ...

, Italian international footballer

Deaths

January

* January 18 –

Luciano Re Cecconi Luciano Re Cecconi (; 1 December 1948 – 18 January 1977) was an Italian footballer, who played as a midfielder; a fast, strong, athletic, and hardworking player, known for his speed, tenacity, and stamina, he functioned as a box-to-box midfield ...

(38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)

February

* February 11 –

Luigi Bertolini Luigi Bertolini (; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1977) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Busalla, province of Genoa, Bertolini played in the 1920s for Savona, Alessandria and Juventus. He moved fro ...

, Italian midfielder, winner of the

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June

* June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the

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July

* July 17 –

Billy Gonsalves Adelino William Gonsalves (August 10, 1908 – July 17, 1977) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of th ...

American international football (soccer player) (born 1908) * July 23 –

Arsenio Erico Arsenio Pastor Erico Martínez (30 March 1915 – 23 July 1977) was a Paraguayan football striker. He is the all-time highest goalscorer in the Argentine first division, with 295 goals according to Argentine Football Association. Previously ...

, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

October

* October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the

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References

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