1975 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1975 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• Copa Libertadores 1975: Won by Independiente after defeating Unión Española on an aggregate score of 2-0.

• England: 1975 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 2, Fulham 0. (Alan Taylor 2)

[edit] Winners club national championship

[edit] Europe

• East Germany: 1. FC Magdeburg
• England: Derby County F.C.
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie: PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie: NEC Nijmegen
• Spain: Real Madrid
• West Germany: Borussia Mönchengladbach

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • Metropolitano – River Plate
  • Nacional – River Plate
• Brazil – Internacional
• Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

[edit] International tournaments

• Copa América (July 17 – October 28, 1975)

1.  Peru
2.  Colombia
3.  Brazil and  Uruguay

• Pan American Games in Mexico (October 13 – October 25, 1975)

1.  Brazil and  Mexico
2. —
3.  Argentina

• 1975 British Home Championship (May 17 – May 24, 1975)

 England

[edit] Births

• January 12 – Rick Hoogendorp, Dutch footballer
• February 2 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• February 18 – Gary Neville, English footballer
• February 18 – Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
• March 9 – Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
• April 3 – Joakim Persson, Swedish footballer
• April 9 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer
• April 13 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer
• April 17 – Stefano Fiore, Italian footballer
• May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer
• May 2 – David Beckham, English footballer
• June 9 – Paul Agostino, Australian footballer
• June 10 – Darren Eadie, English footballer
• June 18 – Aleksandrs Kolinko, Latvian footballer
• June 24 – Christie Rampone, US Women's footballer
• July 5 – Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
• September 18 – Richard Appleby, English footballer
• October 21 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
• October 30 – Dimitar Ivankov, Bulgarian footballer
• October 31 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
• November 27 – Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
• November 30 – Ben Thatcher, English footballer
• December 7 – Ivaylo Petkov, Bulgarian footballer
• December 11 – Dario Simic, Croatian footballer
• December 20 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
• December 27 – Martin Nash, Canadian footballer

[edit] Deaths