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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.
Events
- September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
 - Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.
 
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
 Mexico – UNAM
 United States / 
 Canada:
Oceania
South America
 Argentina
- Metropolitano – River Plate
 - Nacional – Independiente
 
 Brazil – São Paulo
European competitions
International tournaments
- 1977 British Home Championship (May 28 – June 4, 1977)
 
Births
January
- January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
 - January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
 - January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
 - January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer[1]
 - January 21
- Phil Neville, English international footballer
 - Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
 
 - January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer[2]
 
February
- February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
 - February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
 - February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
 - February 19 — Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
 - February 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
 - February 28
- Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer[3]
 - Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer
 
 
March
- March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player[4]
 
April
- April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
 - April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
 - April 28 — Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
 - April 28 — Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer[5]
 
May
- May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
 - May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
 - May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
 - May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
 - May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
 - May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer
 
June
- June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer[6]
 - June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
 - June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer
 
July
- July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer[7]
 - July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer[8]
 - July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
 - July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
 - July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
 - July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer
 
August
- August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player[9]
 - August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
 - August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
 - August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player[10]
 - August 23 — Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
 - August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer
 
September
- September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer[11]
 - September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer[12]
 - September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer[13]
 - September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
 - September 27 — Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football[14]
 - September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer[15]
 
October
- October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
 - October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
 - October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer[16]
 - October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
 - October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer[17]
 
November
- November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer
 - November 21 — Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
 - November 22 — Michael Preston, English club footballer
 - November 23 — David Lucas, English youth international and coach
 - November 28 — Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer
 
Deaths
January
- January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)
 
February
- February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72 ; Aortic aneurysm)
 
June
- June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)
 
July
- July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
 - July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)
 
October
- October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)
 
References
- ↑ "Nihat Numanbayraktaroğlu". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Terry Dyer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Milan Drageljevic". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
 - ↑ "Rustam Mustafin". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
 - ↑ "Aleksei Gridnev". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
 - ↑ Lorenzo Mathiot at National-Football-Teams.com
 - ↑ "Irakli Gemazashvili". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Bogdan Stefanović". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
 - ↑ "GONZALO IVAN LARGO ROMERO | Paralímpicos". www.paralimpicos.es. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
 - ↑ 1977 in association football at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) Denis Solovyov
 - ↑ 2007-2008 OTPL - Hearts of Oak League Match Reports
 - ↑ "Edgar Streltsov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Denis Soskov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Sébastien Pauvert". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
 - ↑ "Harry Libanotis". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
 - ↑ 1977 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
 - ↑ "Birgit Prinz". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
 
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