- Source: 1978 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
Events
Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4–0.
England: Ipswich Town win the cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1–0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osborne
Winners club national championship
= Africa
=Egypt: Zamalek
= Asia
=Israel: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
Qatar: Al-Rayyan SC
= Europe
=England: Nottingham Forest
France: AS Monaco
Hungary: Újpest FC
Italy: Juventus
Netherlands:
Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle
Romania: Steaua București
Spain: Real Madrid
Scotland: Rangers
Turkey: Fenerbahçe
= North America
=Mexico: Tigres UANL
United States / Canada:
New York Cosmos (NASL)
= Oceania
=Australia: West Adelaide
= South America
=Argentina
Metropolitano – Quilmes
Nacional – Independiente
Brazil: Guarani
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments
African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978)
Ghana
Uganda
Nigeria
1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)
England
FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)
Argentina
Netherlands
Brazil
Births
= January
=January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
January 2 – Aimo Diana, Italian footballer and manager
January 6 – Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer (d. 2023)
January 9
Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer
January 10
Gavin McCann, English footballer
Facundo Quiroga, Argentine footballer
January 11
Emile Heskey, English footballer
Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer and manager
January 12 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
January 13
Chérif Touré Mamam, Togolese footballer
Tinga, Brazilian footballer
January 17
Frode Kippe, Norwegian footballer
Patrick Suffo, Cameroonian footballer
January 18 – Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer and manager
January 20
Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager
Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer and manager
January 25
Jason Roberts, English-Grenadian footballer
Robin Nelisse, Dutch Antillean international footballer
January 26 – Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer
January 27 – Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan footballer and manager
January 28
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper
Jamie Carragher, English footballer
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)
= February
=February 2
Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
Claudio Morel, Paraguayan footballer and manager
February 3 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
February 5
Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer
Anvarjon Soliev, Uzbekistani footballer
February 6 – Jacek Kuranty, Polish footballer
February 7
Ivan Leko, Croatian footballer and manager
Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
February 12 – Alain Masudi, Congolese footballer
February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer
February 18 – Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
February 19
Alioum Saidou, Cameroonian footballer
Michalis Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer
February 24 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
February 25
Yazid Mansouri, French-Algerian footballer
Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese footballer
February 26
Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer
Mohammed Noor, Saudi Arabian footballer
February 27
James Beattie, English footballer and manager
Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer
= March
=March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
March 12 – Sébastien Michalowski, retired French footballer
March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio, Finnish footballer
March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer
March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer
March 31
Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
Jérôme Rothen, French international
= April
=April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009)
April 2 – Erivelton, Brazilian former footballer
April 18 – Stéphane Lucas, French former professional footballer
April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
= May
=May 13 – Ilya Kazakov, former Russian football player
May 16 – Edu, Brazilian football player and manager
May 17 – Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer
May 30
Barney Marman, Motswana former footballer
Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
= June
=June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German football player forward
June 13 – Aleksei Brikov, former Russian footballer
June 17 – Vladimir Buss, former Russian footballer
June 20 – Frank Lampard, English football player midfielder
June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
June 23 – Diego Rangel, Spanish retired professional footballer
June 30 – Vedat Kapurtu, Turkish footballer
= July
=July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer
July 15 – Antonio Sambruno, Spanish former professional footballer
July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
July 28 – Emmanuel Gros, retired French footballer
= August
=August 4 – Talinda Nyathi, Motswana former footballer
August 5 – Walid Chattaoui, Tunisian retired footballer and manager
August 16 – Héctor Bosque, Spanish retired footballer
= September
=September 6
Éric Kossingou, French former professional footballer
Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
September 11
Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer
September 15
Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer and manager
Marko Pantelić, Serbian footballer
September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager
September 18
Ryan Lowe, English footballer and manager
Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and manager
September 25 – Hakim Bouchouari, Belgian former professional footballer
= October
=October 3
Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
Ricardo Rocha, Portuguese footballer
October 6
Ankyofna Encada, Bissau-Guinean former footballer
Carl Hoefkens, Belgian footballer and manager
October 9 – Oscar Ewolo, Congolese footballer
October 11 – Kali, Angolan footballer
October 13 – Markus Heikkinen, Finnish footballer
October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer
October 17
Lars Hirschfeld, Canadian footballer
Kevin Lisbie, English-Jamaican footballer
October 18 – Igor Lebedev, Russian professional football coach and former player
October 22 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
October 23
Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and manager
Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
October 30 – Gerardo Seoane, Swiss footballer and manager
October 31 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer and manager
= November
=November 4 – Roman Hupf, Austrian footballer
November 7
Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
November 8
Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager
November 10 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer
November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer
November 12
Eric Addo, Ghanaian footballer
Mista, Spanish footballer
November 18 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
November 26 – Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer and manager (d. 2022)
November 28 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer and manager
November 29
Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer
= December
=December 4 – Michael Ricketts, English footballer
December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
December 8 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer
December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer
December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer
December 24 – Ghislain Bagnon, French former professional footballer
December 29
Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer
Kieron Dyer, English footballer
Deaths
= January
=January 3 – Rubén Morán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (47)
= May
=May 8 – Juan Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to ever play a World Cup Final. (75)
= June
=June 2 – Santiago Bernabéu (82), Spanish footballer, coach and president.
= July
=July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee
= August
=August 5 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer
August 11 – Mario Varglien, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72)
August 15 – Leo Lemešić, Croatian football player and manager
August 31 – Ángel Bossio, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
= September
=September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer
September 25 – Luigi Allemandi, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (74)
= November
=November 18 – Pablo Dorado, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and first player ever to score in a World Cup Final. (70)
= December
=December 5 – Carlos Riolfo, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
References
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- Piala Dunia FIFA
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- Konfederasi Sepak Bola Asia
- Federasi Sepak Bola Perbara
- Liga Utama Inggris
- Tim nasional sepak bola Indonesia
- Ballon d'Or
- Juventus F.C.
- Penjaga gawang (sepak bola)
- Fluminense FC
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