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The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1973: Won by Independiente after defeating Colo-Colo on an aggregate score of 2–1.
 - Sunderland AFC wins the FA Cup final.
 - May 31 – NAC Breda claims the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC, 2–0.
 
Europe vs South America FIFA charity match
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
 Argentina
- Huracán – Metropolitano
 - Rosario Central – Nacional
 
 Brazil: Palmeiras
International tournaments
- 1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973)
 
Births
- January 3 – Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d. 2020)
 - February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
 - February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
 - March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
 - March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer
 - March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
 - March 28 – Delmo (Delmo Arcângelo Coelho Monteiro), Brazilian former footballer[1]
 - April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
 - April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer[2]
 - April 9 – Bart Goor, Belgian footballer
 - April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
 - April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
 - April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer
 - May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
 - May 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer
 - May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
 - June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
 - July 6 – Romuald Ardeois, French professional footballer[3]
 - July 13 – Roberto Martínez, Spanish football player and coach
 - July 21 – Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer
 - July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer
 - August 1 – Pierre Bastou, French professional football[4]
 - August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer
 - August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer
 - August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
 - August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer
 - September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer
 - September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer
 - September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer
 - September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer
 - September 21 – Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
 - October 9
- Thomas Frank, Danish football player and manager
 - Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer
 
 - October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
 - October 14 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2022)
 - October 20 – Lim Gi-han, coach and former South Korean footballer[5]
 - October 29 – Robert Pires, French international footballer
 - November 17
- Wally Dieng, French retired footballer
 - Bernd Schneider, German international footballer
 
 - November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
 - December 5 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
 - December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014)
 - December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer
 - December 27 – Ivica Vulić, Slovenian retired international footballer[6]
 - December 31 – Paweł Bugała, Polish former professional footballer[7]
 
Deaths
March
- March 19 – Hans Stubb (66), German footballer (born 1906)
 - March 29– Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)
 
April
- April 21 – Evert Jan Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (born 1894)
 
September
- September 15 – Washington Ortuño, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup (46)
 
November
- November 16 – Lorenzo Fernández, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
 
References
- ↑ "Delmo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Sun WEN (CHN)". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
 - ↑ "Romuald Ardeois". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Pierre Bastou". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
 - ↑ Lim Gi-han – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
 - ↑ "Ivica Vulić". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
 - ↑ "Paweł Bugała". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
 
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