1979 in association football

none December 2009 1979 association football sports The following are the association football events of the year 1979 throughout the world. Events Copa Libertadores 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 2–0. European Cup 1979: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Malmö FF 1–0 in the Final. Intercontinental Cup 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Malmö FF by an aggregate score of 3–1. This was the last time the Intercontinental Cup was played in two legs (South America and Europe). May 22 – Ruud Krol becomes Holland's most capped player in history when he plays his 65th match for the Netherlands national football team against Argentina. Winners club national championship Asia : Al-Sadd SC Europe : K.S.K. Beveren BUL 1971: PFC Levski Sofia CYP 1960: Omonia Nicosia : Esbjerg fB : Liverpool F.C. : RC Strasbourg : AEK Athens : Újpest FC : AC Milan : Ajax Amsterdam : Ruch Chorzów : FC Porto : Dundalk F.C. : Celtic F.C. : Real Madrid : Trabzonspor : Hamburger SV : FC Spartak Moscow North and Central America : Cruz Azul / : Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL) Oceania : Marconi Fairfield South America Metropolitano – River Plate Nacional – River Plate BRA 1968: Internacional : América de Cali PAR 1954: Olimpia Asunción International tournaments 1979 British Home Championship (May 19 – May 26, 1979) ENG Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico (July 2 – July 14, 1979) BRA 1968 CUB ARG Copa América (July 10 – December 12, 1979) PAR 1954 CHI BRA 1968 and PER World Youth Championship (August 26 – September 7, 1979) ARG URS URU Births October 2022 January 2 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach January 4 – Shergo Biran, German footballer January 12 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer January 15 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer January 26 – Maksym Kalynychenko, Ukrainian footballer January 30 – Possato (Alan dos Santos Possato), Brazilian footballerPossato https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe498062/possato/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 17 February 2024 en February 2 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer February 4 – Dida, Brazilian footballerDida https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe223863/dida/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 17 April 2024 en February 13 – Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer February 19 – Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player February 20 – Denis Fladung, former Russian professional footballerDenis Fladung at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) March 2 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer March 4 – Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian footballer March 14 – Neftalí Luna, Spanish retired footballerNeftalí https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe497407/neftali/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 11 October 2023 en March 22 – Aldo Duscher, Argentine footballer April 3 – Christoph Spatzenegger, Austrian footballerChristoph Spatzenegger https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe167411/christoph-spatzenegger/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 30 October 2023 en April 5 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer April 12 – Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer April 15 – Juan Pablo Belatti, Argentine football assistant refereeConvergencias 2018-07-14 La historia del saladillense Juan Pablo Belatti, quien será juez de línea en la final del mundial de fútbol 2018. https://convergencias.com.ar/la-historia-del-saladillense-juan-pablo-belatti-quien-sera-juez-de-linea-en-la-final-del-mundial-de-futbol-2018/ 2026-07-31 Convergencias - Portal Digital de Noticias es April 20 – Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer April 26 – Fereydoon Zandi, Iranian-German footballer May 2 – Michael Brunswijk, Dutch former footballerMichael Brunswijk https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe440244/michael-brunswijk/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 8 May 2024 en May 11 – Tomás Jiménez, Spanish retired footballerTomás https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe27271/tomas/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 12 October 2023 en May 19 Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer May 25 – Marek Klimczok, Polish former professional footballerMarek Klimczok https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe12665/marek-klimczok/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 5 February 2024 en May 29 – Arne Friedrich, German footballer May 30 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer May 31 – Jean-Pascal Biezen, Dutch retired professional footballerJean-Pascal Biezen https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe397049/jean-pascal-biezen/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 14 June 2024 en June 4 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer June 7 – Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer June 19 – José Kleberson, Brazilian footballer July 14 – Sergei Ignashevich, Russian footballer July 16 – Joé Flick, Luxembourgian footballerJoé Flick https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe8679/joe-flick/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 30 May 2024 en July 26 – Paul Freier, German footballer July 27 – Antonio Sarmiento, Spanish footballerMario Sarmiento https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe729926/mario-sarmiento/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 17 June 2024 en August 7 – Pablo Salinas, Bolivian footballer August 12 – Júnior Izaguirre, Honduran footballer August 27 – Thierry Bayock, Cameroonian footballerThierry Bayock https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe41153/thierry-bayock/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 12 October 2023 en August 28 – Bojan Gojak, Serbian former footballerBojan Gojak https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe161735/bojan-gojak/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 17 October 2023 en August 29 – Amjad Al-Shuaibi, Jordanian footballerAmjad Al Shuaibi https://fbref.com/en/players/434e7a3e/Amjad-Al-Shuaibi FBref.com Sports Reference LLC 30 January 2024 en September 10 – Raúl Gaitán, Spanish retired footballerRaúl Gaitán https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe299967/raul-gaitan/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 15 February 2024 en September 11 Eric Abidal, French footballer Leon Cort, English footballer David Pizarro, Chilean footballer September 13 – Julio de León, Honduran footballer September 15 – Dadash Kazikhanov, former Russian professional footballerdadash-kazikhanov/27783 October 8 Jorge Baliño, Argentine football referee2022-07-27 Jorge Baliño: su pasado en el rugby, su vocación de bombero y la broma que lo llevó al arbitraje profesional https://tn.com.ar/deportes/futbol/2022/07/27/jorge-balino-su-pasado-en-el-rugby-su-vocacion-de-bombero-y-la-broma-que-lo-llevo-al-arbitraje-profesional/ 2026-07-31 Todo Noticias es Doyle Vaca, Bolivian footballer October 9 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer October 15 – Paul Robinson, English footballer October 18 – Jaroslav Drobny, Czech footballer October 22 – Alex Matshameko, Motswana former footballerAlex Matshameko https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe74154/alex-matshameko/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 16 November 2023 en October 23 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer October 30 – Simone Berardi, Italian former footballer November 2 – Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (d. 2020)https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/ex-slovakia-defender-marian-cisovsky-dies-at-40/articleshow/76672690.cms Ex-Slovakia defender Marian Cisovsky dies at 40 The Times of India November 5 Patrick Owomoyela, German footballer David Suazo, Honduran footballer November 15 – Rowan Hendricks, South African footballer November 19 – Bentley Springer, Barbadian footballerBentley Springer https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe266500/bentley-springer/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 4 June 2024 en November 20 – Dmitri Bulykin, Russian footballer November 21 – Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer December 7 – Diego Bengolea, Bolivian footballer December 14 Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer Michael Owen, English footballer December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer December 26 – Stephano Wooding, Dutch former professional footballerStephano Wooding https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe401703/stephano-wooding/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 20 May 2024 en December 30 – Hernán Boyero, Argentine footballer Deaths August 2022 February February 16 - Henk Steeman, Dutch midfielder, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics. (85) April April 11 – Mohamed Akid, Tunisian forward, capped 52 times for the Tunisia national football team. (29) April 18 – Pedro Arico Suárez, Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (70) April 19 – August Sackenheim, German forward, capped 4 times for the Germany national football team. (73) April 22 – Amedeo Biavati, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (64) April 30 – Jaap Bulder, Dutch forward, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics. (82) July July 14 – Santos Urdinarán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (79) July 31 – José Della Torre, Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (73) August August 21 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup, often seen as the best player of his era, and one of the greatest of all time. (68) December December 12 - Hans Rohde, German defender, 25 times capped for the Germany national football team. (65) Movies Yesterday's Hero References Category:Association football by year