1967 in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- January 28 – In the Scottish FA Cup Berwick Rangers F.C. beat Glasgow Rangers F.C. 1-0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
- European Cup: Celtic F.C. defeat Internazionale Milano F.C. 2-1 in normal time at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and non Mediterranean winners of the trophy.
- Copa Libertadores 1967: Won by Racing Club after defeating Nacional on an aggregate score of 2-1.
- Third Lanark A.C., one of the founding members of the Scottish Football League are declared bankrupt and the club is liquidated.
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Chile: Universidad de Chile
- England: Manchester United
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Spain: Real Madrid
- West-Germany: Eintracht Braunschweig
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
- January 9 – Claudio Caniggia (Argentinian footballer)
- January 18 – Pieter Huistra (Dutch footballer)
- February 3 – Aurelio Vidmar (Australian footballer)
- February 18 – Roberto Baggio (Italian footballer)
- February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura (Japanese footballer)
- March 1 – Aron Winter (Dutch footballer)
- March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdes (Panamanian footballer)
- April 7 – Bodo Illgner (German footballer)
- May 25 – Luc Nilis (Belgian footballer)
- May 27 – Paul Gascoigne (English footballer)
- June 22 – Marc van Hintum (Dutch footballer)
- July 2 – Claudio Baggio (Argentinian footballer)
- August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma (French footballer)
- August 10 – Philippe Albert (Belgian footballer)
- September 2 – Andreas Möller (German footballer)
- September 5 – Matthias Sammer (German footballer)
- September 20: Craig Forrest (Canadian footballer)
- September 27 – Uche Okechukwu (Nigerian footballer)
- October 21 – Paul Ince (English footballer)
- November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo (Croatian footballer)
- December 5 – Bogdan Stelea (Romanian footballer)
