1973 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) 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 claims the Dutch Cup by defeating NEC Nijmegen: 2–0.
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
- East Germany: Dynamo Dresden
- England: Liverpool F.C.
- France: FC Nantes
- Hungary: Újpest FC
- Italy: Juventus FC
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Poland: Stal Mielec
- Scotland: Celtic F.C.
- Spain: Atlético Madrid
- Turkey: Galatasaray S.K.
- West Germany: Bayern Munich
- Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade
North American Soccer League
South America
- Argentina
- Huracán – Metropolitano
- Rosario Central – Nacional
- Brazil: Palmeiras
International tournaments
- 1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973)
Births
- February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
- February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
- March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
- March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer
- March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
- April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
- 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 – Jesus Arellano, Mexican footballer
- June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
- July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer
- August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer
- August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
- September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer
- September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer
- September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer
- September 21 – Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
- October 9 – Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer
- October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
- November 17 – Bernd Schneider, German international footballer
- November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- December 6 - Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014)
Deaths
March
- March 19 - Hans Stubb (66), German footballer (born 1906)
April
- April 21 – Evert 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)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.