• Source: 1971 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.




Events


January 2 – Second Ibrox disaster. Barriers on Stairway 13 at Ibrox Park give way under a crush of fans departing a Rangers–Celtic match, killing 66 and injuring over 200.
17 April 1971 - France and the Netherlands played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against the France. The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4–0 defeat for the Netherlands with Jocelyne Ratignier scoring a hattrick and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant scoring once.
Copa Libertadores:Won by Nacional after defeating Estudiantes La Plata on an aggregate score of 2–0.
May 20 – Ajax claims the KNVB Cup by defeating Sparta Rotterdam in the second leg, 2–1.
9 May – The very first Women's FA Cup in England, the Mitre Challenge Trophy for women's professional soccer football, was won when Southampton Women's F.C. defeated Stewarton Thistle, 4 to 1, in the final held at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Pat Davies scored three of her team's four goals and Dot Cassell contributed the lone Stewarton score.




Winners club national championship






= Asia

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Iran: Taj
Qatar: Al-Oruba




= Europe

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France: Olympique de Marseille
Italy: Inter Milan
Netherlands: Feyenoord
Spain: Valencia
Turkey: Galatasaray




= North America

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Mexico: Club América
United States / Canada:
Dallas Tornado (NASL)




= South America

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Brazil: Atlético Mineiro




International tournaments


1971 British Home Championship (May 15 – May 22, 1971)
England
Pan American Games in Colombia (July 31 – August 12, 1971)
Gold Medal: Argentina
Silver Medal: Colombia
Bronze Medal: Cuba




Births






= January

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January 1 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer and coach
January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
January 8 – Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
January 14 – Antonis Nikopolidis, Greek goalkeeper
January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
January 18 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer
January 31 – Georgios Karathanasis, Swedish former professional footballer




= February

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February 1 – Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
February 1 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
February 1 – Marcelinho Carioca, Brazilian footballer
February 2 – Osvaldo Peralta, Paraguayan footballer
February 4 – Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
February 17 – Carlos Gamarra, Paraguayan footballer
February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer




= March

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March 1 – Avi Pitusi, Israeli football manager and former player
March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
March 11 – Kokos Elia, Cypriot former international footballer
March 13
Juraj Mintál, retired Slovak footballer
Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
March 15 – Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
March 18 – Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
March 18 – Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
March 24 – Conny Rosén, Swedish former footballer
March 26 – Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer




= April

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April 2 – Francisco Arce, Paraguayan international
April 2 – Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
April 5 – Choi Eun-sung, South Korean club player
April 7
Daniel Albert, former Israeli footballer
Franky Vandendriessche, Belgian goalkeeper
April 8 – Kim Byung-ji, South Korean international goalkeeper
April 9 – Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
April 13
Mariano Aguilar, Spanish retired footballer
Steven Lustü, Danish footballer and coach
April 14
Miguel Calero, Colombian international (d. 2012)
Jérôme Sykora, French former professional footballer
April 15 – Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
April 17 – José Francisco Cevallos, Ecuadorian footballer, Minister of Sports in Ecuador and President of Barcelona F.C.
April 23 – Hjalmar Zambrano, Ecuadorian footballer




= May

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May 1 – Mariusz Luncik, Polish former professional footballer
May 14 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer




= June

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June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
June 5 – Francisco Gabriel de Anda, Mexican footballer and analyst
June 9
Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
Uladzimir Zhuravel, Belarusian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
June 11 – Valeri Smolkov, former Russian professional footballer
June 14 – Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
June 23 – Enrique Romero, Spanish footballer
June 24 – Thomas Helveg, Danish international
June 25 – Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer and manager
June 28 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer




= July

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July 26 – Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
July 31 – Elivélton, Brazilian international footballer
July 31 – Ignacio Vázquez, Mexican footballer




= August

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August 9 – Oswald Snip, Dutch footballer
August 10 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
August 16 – Rick Slor, Dutch footballer
August 18 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
August 19
Marios Pefkos, retired Cypriot footballer
Miguel Ponce, Chilean footballer
August 23
Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
Florent Delay, retired Swiss footballer
August 26 – Osman Özköylü, Turkish footballer
August 27 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
August 29 – Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer




= September

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September 1
Gilles Frechingues, French former professional footballer
Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
September 3 – Ángel Lemus, Mexican footballer
September 3 – Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer
September 9 – Mikel Lasa, Spanish footballer
September 9 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
September 13 – Mladen Dabanovič, Slovenian footballer
September 17 – Edílson, Brazilian footballer
September 18 – Filip Apelstav, Swedish footballer
September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
September 29 – Miguel Fuentes, Mexican footballer
September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer




= October

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October 4 – Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
October 5 – Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
October 7 – Ismael Urzaiz, Spanish footballer
October 8 – Miran Pavlin, Slovenian footballer
October 13 – André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer
October 15 – Andy Cole, English footballer
October 15 – Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer
October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer
October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer
October 27 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer




= November

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November 3 – Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian and Tobagonian footballer
November 12 – Robert Jones, English former professional footballer
November 13
Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager
Erwin Ramírez, Ecuadorian footballer
November 16 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
November 17
Jamie Murphy, English former professional footballer
Vladimir Shutov, former Russian footballer
November 30 – Pedro Pineda, Mexican footballer




= December

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December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
December 7 – Spira Grujić, Serbian footballer
December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
December 14 – Arsenio Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer




Deaths



June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer (born 1943)
June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer (born 1938)
July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (born 1896)
August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (born 1897)




References

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