1978 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
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Events
- 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
=Africa=
- {{EGY}}: Zamalek
=Asia=
- {{ISR}}: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
- {{QAT}}: Al-Rayyan SC
=Europe=
- {{ENG}}: Nottingham Forest
- {{FRA}}: AS Monaco
- {{HUN}}: Újpest FC
- {{ITA}}: Juventus
- {{NED}}:
- Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
- Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle
- {{ROM}}: Steaua București
- {{ESP}}: Real Madrid
- {{SCO}}: Rangers
- {{TUR}}: Fenerbahçe
=North America=
- {{MEX}}: Tigres UANL
- {{USA}} / {{CAN}}:
- New York Cosmos (NASL)
=Oceania=
- {{AUS}}: West Adelaide
=South America=
- {{ARG}}
- Metropolitano – Quilmes
- Nacional – Independiente
- {{BRA}}: Guarani
- {{PAR}}: Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments
- African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978)
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- # {{Fb|UGA}}
- # {{Fb|NGA}}
- 1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)
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- FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)
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- # {{Fb|NED}}
- # {{Fb|BRA}}
Births
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{{Main|Births in 1978}}
=January=
- January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer{{cite web |title=Phil Mulryne |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/phil-mulryne/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 2 – Aimo Diana, Italian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Aimo Diana |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/aimo-diana/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 6 – Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer (d. 2023){{cite web |title=Cédric Roussel |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/cedric-roussel/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 9
- Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Gennaro Gattuso |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gennaro-gattuso/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer{{cite web |title=Hamlet Barrientos |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hamlet-barrientos/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 10
- Gavin McCann, English footballer{{cite web |title=Gavin McCann |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gavin-mccann/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Facundo Quiroga, Argentine footballer{{cite web |title=Facundo Quiroga |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/facundo-quiroga/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 11
- Emile Heskey, English footballer{{cite web |title=Emile Heskey |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/emile-heskey/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Michael Duff |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michael-duff/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 12 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer{{cite web |title=Bonaventure Kalou |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bonaventure-kalou/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 13
- Chérif Touré Mamam, Togolese footballer{{cite web |title=Cheriffe Touré |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/cheriffe-toure/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Tinga, Brazilian footballer{{cite web |title=Tinga |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tinga/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 17
- Frode Kippe, Norwegian footballer{{cite web |title=Frode Kippe |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/frode-kippe/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Patrick Suffo, Cameroonian footballer{{cite web |title=Patrick Suffo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/patrick-suffo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 18 – Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Bogdan Lobonț |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bogdan-lobont/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 20
- Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Salvatore Aronica |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/salvatore-aronica/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Luciano Zauri |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/luciano-zauri/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 24 – Tomokazu Myojin, Japanese footballer{{cite web |title=Phil Mulryne |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tomokazu-myojin/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- January 25
- Jason Roberts, English-Grenadian footballer{{cite web |title=Jason Roberts |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jason-roberts/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Robin Nelisse, Dutch Antillean international footballer{{cite web |title=Robin Nelisse |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/robin-nelisse/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 26 – Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer{{cite web |title=Nastja Čeh |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nastja-ceh/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 27 – Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Gustavo Munúa |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gustavo-munua/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- January 28
- Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper[https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/?calciatoreId=43176&squadraId=12 FIGC official profile] {{in lang|it}}
- Jamie Carragher, English footballer[http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/277 LFC History Profile]
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020){{NFT player|5826}}
=February=
- February 2
- Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=17136|title=Barry Ferguson|website=Scottish FA|access-date=24 October 2020}}
- Claudio Morel, Paraguayan footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Claudio Morel Rodríguez|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/claudio-morel-rodriguez/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 3 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Capdevila |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/capdevila/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 5
- Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer{{cite web |title=Jairon Zamora |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jairon-zamora/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Anvarjon Soliev, Uzbekistani footballer{{cite web |title=Anvarjon Solyiev |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/anvarjon-solyiev/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 6 – Jacek Kuranty, Polish footballer{{cite web |title=Jacek Kuranty |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jacek-kuranty/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=24 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 7
- Ivan Leko, Croatian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Ivan Leko |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ivan-leko/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer{{cite web |title=Daniel Van Buyten |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-van-buyten/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 12 – Alain Masudi, Congolese footballer{{cite web |title=Alain Masudi |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alain-masudi/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web |title=Daniel Lembo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-lembo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 18 – Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer{{cite web |title=Josip Šimunić |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/josip-simunic/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 19
- Alioum Saidou, Cameroonian footballer{{cite web |title=Alioum Saidou |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alioum-saidou/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Michalis Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer{{cite web |title=Michalis Konstantinou |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michalis-konstantinou/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 24 – Leon Constantine, English footballer{{cite web |title=Leon Constantine |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/leon-constantine/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 25
- Yazid Mansouri, French-Algerian footballer{{cite web |title=Yazid Mansouri |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/yazid-mansouri/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese footballer{{cite web |title=Yuji Nakazawa |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/yuji-nakazawa/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 26
- Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer{{cite web |title=Abdoulaye Faye |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/abdoulaye-faye/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Mohammed Noor, Saudi Arabian footballer{{cite web |title=Mohammed Noor |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mohammed-noor/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- February 27
- James Beattie, English footballer and manager{{cite web |title=James Beattie |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/james-beattie/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer{{cite web |title=Kakha Kaladze |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kakha-kaladze/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
=March=
- March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
- March 12 – Sébastien Michalowski, retired French footballer{{cite web |title=Sebastien Michalowski |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sebastien-michalowski/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=20 May 2024 |language=en}}
- March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio, Finnish footballer[https://web.archive.org/web/20120919021327/http://guardian.touch-
line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178348&TEID=8235 Antti-Jussi Karnio at Guardian Football]
- March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer[https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=80083 Ramalho] at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
- 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=
- April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009){{NFT player|id=4342}}
- April 2
- Erivelton, Brazilian former footballer{{cite web |title=Erivélton |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/erivelton_2/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=17 April 2024 |language=en}}
- Radim Novák, Czech goalkeeper (d. 2020)
- April 18 – Stéphane Lucas, French former professional footballer{{cite web |title=Stéphane Lucas |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/stephane-lucas/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=6 December 2020}}
- April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
=May=
- May 13 – Ilya Kazakov, former Russian football player{{cite web |title=Ilya Kazakov |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ilya-kazakov/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=5 February 2024 |language=en}}
- May 16
- Edu, Brazilian football player and manager{{cite web |title=Edu Gaspar |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/edu-gaspar/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Lionel Scaloni |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/lionel-scaloni/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- May 17 – Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer{{cite web |title=Paddy Kenny |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/paddy-kenny/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- May 17 – Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer{{cite web |title=Ricardo Carvalho |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ricardo-carvalho/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- May 30
- Barney Marman, Motswana former footballer{{cite web |title=Barney Marman |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/barney-marman/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=8 June 2024 |language=en}}
- Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
=June=
- June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Miroslav Klose |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/miroslav-klose/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- June 13 – Aleksei Brikov, former Russian footballer{{cite web |title=Aleksei Brikov |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/aleksei-brikov/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}
- June 17 – Vladimir Buss, former Russian footballer{{cite web |title=Vladimir Buss |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/vladimir-buss/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}
- June 20 – Frank Lampard, English footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Frank Lampard |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/frank-lampard/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}
- June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
- June 23 – Diego Rangel, Spanish retired professional footballer{{cite web |title=Diego Rangel |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/diego-rangel/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=en}}
- June 30 – Vedat Kapurtu, Turkish footballer{{cite web |title=Vedat Kapurtu |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/vedat-kapurtu/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=en}}
=July=
- July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010220328/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=4&CPID=8&TEID=7775&PLID=50863&pStr=Player Manfred Razenböck, Guardian's Stats Centre]
- July 15 – Antonio Sambruno, Spanish former professional footballer{{cite web |title=Sambruno |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sambruno/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=17 June 2024 |language=en}}
- July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
- July 28 – Emmanuel Gros, retired French footballer{{cite web |title=Emmanuel Gros |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/emmanuel-gros/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=4 July 2024 |language=en}}
=August=
- August 4 – Talinda Nyathi, Motswana former footballer{{cite web |title=Talinda Nyathi |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/talinda-nyathi/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=16 November 2023 |language=en}}
- August 5 – Walid Chattaoui, Tunisian retired footballer and manager{{WorldFootball.net|walid-chattaoui}}
- August 16 – Héctor Bosque, Spanish retired footballer{{cite web |title=Héctor Bosque |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hector-bosque/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=en}}
=September=
- September 6
- Éric Kossingou, French former professional footballer{{cite web |title=Eric Kossingou |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/eric-kossingou/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=21 June 2024 |language=en}}
- Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer{{cite web |title=Homare Sawa |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/homare-sawa/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 11
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Dejan Stanković |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dejan-stankovic/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer{{cite web |title=Pablo Contreras |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/pablo-contreras/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 15
- Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Eiður Guðjohnsen |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/eidur-gudjohnsen/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Marko Pantelić, Serbian footballer{{cite web |title=Marko Pantelić |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marko-pantelic/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager{{cite web |title=Arne Slot |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/arne-slot/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 18
- Ryan Lowe, English footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Ryan Lowe |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ryan-lowe/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer{{cite web |title=Augustine Simo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/augustine-simo/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Harry Kewell |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/harry-kewell/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- September 25 – Hakim Bouchouari, Belgian former professional footballer{{Worldfootball.net|hakim-bouchouari}}
=October=
- October 3
- Gerald Asamoah, German footballer{{cite web |title=Gerald Asamoah |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gerald-asamoah/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer{{cite web |title=Claudio Pizarro |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/claudio-pizarro/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Ricardo Rocha, Portuguese footballer{{cite web |title=Ricardo Rocha |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ricardo-rocha_2/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 6
- Ankyofna Encada, Bissau-Guinean former footballer{{cite web |title=Ankyofnna |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ankyofnna/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=4 June 2024 |language=en}}
- Carl Hoefkens, Belgian footballer and manager {{cite web |title=Carl Hoefkens |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/carl-hoefkens/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 9 – Oscar Ewolo, Congolese footballer{{cite web |title=Oscar Ewolo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/oscar-ewolo/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 11 – Kali, Angolan footballer{{cite web |title=Kali |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kali/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 13 – Markus Heikkinen, Finnish footballer{{cite web |title=Markus Heikkinen |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/markus-heikkinen/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer{{cite web |title=Boško Balaban |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bosko-balaban/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 17
- Lars Hirschfeld, Canadian soccer player{{cite web |title=Lars Hirschfeld |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/lars-hirschfeld/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Kevin Lisbie, English-Jamaican footballer{{cite web |title=Kevin Lisbie |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kevin-lisbie/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 18 – Igor Lebedev, Russian professional football coach and former player{{cite web |title=Igor Lebedev |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/igor-lebedev/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=24 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 22 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007){{cite web |title=Chaswe Nsofwa |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/chaswe-nsofwa/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 23
- Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Jimmy Bullard|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jimmy-bullard/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Archie Thompson, Australian footballer{{cite web |title=Archie Thompson |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/archie-thompson/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer{{cite web |title=Carlos Edwards |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/carlos-edwards/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 30 – Gerardo Seoane, Swiss footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Gerardo Seoane|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/gerardo-seoane/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- October 31 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Marek Saganowski|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marek-saganowski/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
=November=
- November 4 – Roman Hupf, Austrian footballer{{cite web |title=Roman Hupf |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/roman-hupf/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=11 June 2024 |language=en}}
- November 7
- Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer{{cite web |title=Muḥammad Abū Tarīka|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/muhammad-abu-tarika/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Rio Ferdinand, English footballer{{cite web |title=Rio Ferdinand |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/rio-ferdinand/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer{{cite web |title=Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jan-vennegoor-of-hesselink/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 8
- Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer{{cite web |title=Tim de Cler |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tim-de-cler/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Ali Karimi |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ali-karimi/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 10 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer{{cite web |title=Nadine Angerer |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nadine-angerer/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer{{cite web |title=Erik Edman |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/erik-edman/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 12
- Eric Addo, Ghanaian footballer{{cite web |title=Eric Addo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/eric-addo/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Mista, Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Mista |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mista/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 18 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer{{cite web |title=Damien Johnson|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/damien-johnson/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 26 – Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer and manager (d. 2022){{cite web |title=Andrejs Rubins |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/andrejs-rubins/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 28 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer and manager{{cite web |title=Mehdi Nafti|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mehdi-nafti/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- November 29
- Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer{{cite web |title=Dimitrios Konstantopoulos |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dimitrios-konstantopoulos/ |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer{{cite web |title=Andriy Vorobey |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/andriy-vorobey/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}
=December=
- December 4 – Michael Ricketts, English footballer{{cite web |title=Michael Ricketts |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michael-ricketts/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web |title=Marcelo Zalayeta |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marcelo-zalayeta/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 8 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer{{cite web |title=John Oster |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/john-oster/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer{{cite web |title=Patricia Pérez |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/patricia-perez/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer{{cite web |title=Nicolás Suárez Vaca |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/nicolas-suarez/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 24 – Ghislain Bagnon, French former professional footballer{{cite web |title=Ghislain Bagnon |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ghislain-bagnon/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=24 November 2023 |language=en}}
- December 29
- Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer{{cite web |title=Victor Agali |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/victor-agali/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
- Kieron Dyer, English footballer{{cite web |title=Kieron Dyer |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kieron-dyer/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}
Deaths
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=January=
- January 3 – Rubén Morán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (47)
=May=
- 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=
- June 2 – Santiago Bernabéu (82), Spanish footballer, coach and president.
=July=
- July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee
=August=
- 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=
- September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer
- September 25 – Luigi Allemandi, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (74)
=November=
- 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=
- December 5 – Carlos Riolfo, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
References
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