1972 in association football

none December 2022 1972 association football sports The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world. Events 24 May – Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating Universitario de Deportes on an aggregate score of 2-1. 11 May – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating FC Den Haag: 3-2. 12 October – the 1972–73 Honduran League was canceled due to economic problems. 18 November 1972 –1972 Scotland v England women's football match Winners club national championship Asia : Al-Sadd SC Europe : Vejle BK : Magdeburg : Derby County : Olympique de Marseille : Újpest FC : Juventus : Ajax Amsterdam : Celtic : Zorya Voroshilovgrad ESP 1945: Real Madrid : Galatasaray S.K. : Bayern Munich North America : Cruz Azul / : New York Cosmos (NASL) South America San Lorenzo - Metropolitano San Lorenzo - Nacional BRA 1968: Palmeiras International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23 – March 5, 1972) CGO 1970 MLI CMR 1961 1972 British Home Championship (May 20 – May 27, 1972) Shared by ENG and SCO UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14 – 18 1972) FRG URS BEL Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26 – September 10, 1972) POL HUN URS and GDR Births December 2022 January 1 Christos Kiourkos, retired Greek footballerChristos Kiourkos https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe491598/christos-kiourkos/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 14 August 2024 en Lilian Thuram, French international footballer January 2 – Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican international footballer January 5 – Richard Sosa, Uruguayan former footballerhttp://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hprfchjug?0,1655,,1,146 Richard Sosa Tenfield Digital https://web.archive.org/web/20120608042805/http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/TenfielDigital/servlet/hprfchjug?0,1655,,1,146 June 8, 2012 January 8 Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer January 16 Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer January 29 Artur Belotserkovets, Russian former professional footballerArtur Belotserkovets https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe670200/artur-belotserkovets/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 31 January 2024 en Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer February 11 – Steve McManaman, English international footballer February 20 – Andrei Nemykin, Russian footballer March 2 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine football player and manager March 3 Darren Anderton, English international footballer Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer March 17 Mia Hamm, American women's soccer playerMia Hamm Biography & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mia-Hamm www.britannica.com 17 December 2022 en Antonis Papadimitriou, retired Greek footballerantonis-papadimitriou March 23 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016) March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer March 29 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer April 28 – Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer May 8 – José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer May 10 – Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper May 13 – Gytis Padimanskas, Lithuanian professional footballerGytis Padimanskas https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe57892/gytis-padimanskas/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 18 December 2023 en June 15 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer August 7 – Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech international footballer September 8 – Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager September 9 – Alexandre Clot, retired Swiss footballerAlexandre Clot https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe230064/alexandre-clot/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 2 July 2024 en September 10 – João Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer September 29 – Björn Arens, retired German footballerBjörn Arens https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe41838/bjoern-arens/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 21 August 2024 en October 1 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer October 2 – Jacob Eli Olsen, Faroese former footballerJacob Olsen https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe93563/jacob-olsen/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 11 August 2024 en October 11 – Hajnalka Sipos, Hungarian footballerHajnalka Šipoš https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe269901/hajnalka-sipos/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 11 August 2024 en November 2 – Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer November 2 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer November 4 – Luís Figo, Portuguese international footballer November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer December 11 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014) December 16 – Aleksei Morochko, former Russian footballerAleksei Morochko https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe676816/aleksei-morochko/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 30 October 2023 en December 22 – Claudio Guerra, former Uruguayan footballerClaudio Guerra https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe350143/claudio-guerra/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 23 November 2023 en December 29 – Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer December 31 – Roberto Baldassari, retired Swiss footballerRoberto Baldassari https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe94517/roberto-baldassari/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 1 July 2024 en Deaths August 2022 June 9 – Caesar ten Cate, Dutch international footballer (born 1890) September 16 – Jan de Natris (76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895) References Category:Association football by year