1978 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
Events[edit]
- Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4–0.
- England: Ipswich Town win the cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1–0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osborne
Winners club national championship[edit]
Asia[edit]
Europe[edit]
England: Nottingham Forest
France: AS Monaco
Hungary: Újpest FC
Italy: Juventus
Netherlands: 
Romania: Steaua București
Spain: Real Madrid
Scotland: Rangers
Turkey: Fenerbahçe
North America[edit]
Oceania[edit]
South America[edit]
Argentina - Metropolitano – Quilmes
- Nacional – Independiente
Brazil: Guarani
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments[edit]
- African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978)
- 1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)
- FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)
Births[edit]
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January[edit]
- January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer[1]
- January 2 – Aimo Diana, Italian footballer and manager[2]
- January 6 – Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer (d. 2023)[3]
- January 9
- Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager[4]
- Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer[5]
- January 10
- Gavin McCann, English footballer[6]
- Facundo Quiroga, Argentine footballer[7]
- January 11
- Emile Heskey, English footballer[8]
- Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer and manager[9]
- January 12 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer[10]
- January 13
- Chérif Touré Mamam, Togolese footballer[11]
- Tinga, Brazilian footballer[12]
- January 17
- Frode Kippe, Norwegian footballer[13]
- Patrick Suffo, Cameroonian footballer[14]
- January 18 – Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer and manager[15]
- January 20
- Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager[16]
- Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer and manager[17]
- January 25
- Jason Roberts, English-Grenadian footballer[18]
- Robin Nelisse, Dutch Antillean international footballer[19]
- January 26 – Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer[20]
- January 27 – Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan footballer and manager[21]
- January 28
- Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper[22]
- Jamie Carragher, English footballer[23]
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)[24]
February[edit]
- February 2
- Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager[25]
- Claudio Morel, Paraguayan footballer and manager[26]
- February 3 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer[27]
- February 5
- Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer[28]
- Anvarjon Soliev, Uzbekistani footballer[29]
- February 6 – Jacek Kuranty, Polish footballer[30]
- February 7
- Ivan Leko, Croatian footballer and manager[31]
- Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer[32]
- February 12 – Alain Masudi, Congolese footballer[33]
- February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer[34]
- February 18 – Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer[35]
- February 19
- Alioum Saidou, Cameroonian footballer[36]
- Michalis Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer[37]
- February 24 – Leon Constantine, English footballer[38]
- February 25
- Yazid Mansouri, French-Algerian footballer[39]
- Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese footballer[40]
- February 26
- Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer[41]
- Mohammed Noor, Saudi Arabian footballer[42]
- February 27
- James Beattie, English footballer and manager[43]
- Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer[44]
March[edit]
- March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
- March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio Finnish footballer[45]
- March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer[46]
- March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
- March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer
- March 31
- Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
- Jérôme Rothen, French international
April[edit]
- April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009)[47]
- April 2 – Erivelton, Brazilian former footballer[48]
- April 18 – Stéphane Lucas, French former professional footballer[49]
- April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
May[edit]
- May 13 – Ilya Kazakov, former Russian football player[50]
- May 16 – Edu, Brazilian football player and manager
- May 17 – Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer
- May 30 – Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
June[edit]
- June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German football player forward
- June 13 – Aleksei Brikov, former Russian footballer[51]
- June 17 – Vladimir Buss, former Russian footballer[52]
- June 20 – Frank Lampard, English football player midfielder
- June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
July[edit]
- July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer[53]
- July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
August[edit]
- August 4 – Talinda Nyathi, Motswana former footballer[54]
- August 5 – Walid Chattaoui, Tunisian retired footballer and manager[55]
September[edit]
- September 6 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer[56]
- September 11
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager[57]
- Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer[58]
- September 15
- Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer and manager[59]
- Marko Pantelić, Serbian footballer[60]
- September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager[61]
- September 18
- Ryan Lowe, English footballer and manager[62]
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer[63]
- September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and manager[64]
- September 25 – Hakim Bouchouari, Belgian former professional footballer[65]
October[edit]
- October 3
- Gerald Asamoah, German footballer[66]
- Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer[67]
- Ricardo Rocha, Portuguese footballer[68]
- October 6 – Carl Hoefkens, Belgian footballer and manager [69]
- October 9 – Oscar Ewolo, Congolese footballer[70]
- October 11 – Kali, Angolan footballer[71]
- October 13 – Markus Heikkinen, Finnish footballer[72]
- October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer[73]
- October 17
- Lars Hirschfeld, Canadian footballer[74]
- Kevin Lisbie, English-Jamaican footballer[75]
- October 18 – Igor Lebedev, Russian professional football coach and former player[76]
- October 22 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)[77]
- October 23
- Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and manager[78]
- Archie Thompson, Australian footballer[79]
- October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer[80]
- October 30 – Gerardo Seoane, Swiss footballer and manager[81]
- October 31 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer and manager[82]
November[edit]
- November 7
- Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer[83]
- Rio Ferdinand, English footballer[84]
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer[85]
- November 8
- Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer[86]
- Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager[87]
- November 10 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer[88]
- November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer[89]
- November 12
- November 18 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer[92]
- November 26 – Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer and manager (d. 2022)[93]
- November 28 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer and manager[94]
- November 29
- Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer[95]
- Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer[96]
December[edit]
- December 4 – Michael Ricketts, English footballer[97]
- December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer[98]
- December 8 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer[99]
- December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer[100]
- December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer[101]
- December 24 – Ghislain Bagnon, French former professional footballer[102]
- December 29
- Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer[103]
- Kieron Dyer, English footballer[104]
Deaths[edit]
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January[edit]
- January 3 – Rubén Morán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (47)
May[edit]
- May 8 – Juan Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to ever play a World Cup Final. (75)
June[edit]
- June 2 – Santiago Bernabéu (82), Spanish footballer, coach and president.
July[edit]
- July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee
August[edit]
- August 5 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer
- August 11 – Mario Varglien, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72)
- August 15 – Leo Lemešić, Croatian football player and manager
- August 31 – Ángel Bossio, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
September[edit]
- September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer
- September 25 – Luigi Allemandi, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (74)
November[edit]
- November 18 – Pablo Dorado, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and first player ever to score in a World Cup Final. (70)
December[edit]
- December 5 – Carlos Riolfo, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
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