1976 in football (soccer)

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

Contents 1 Events 2 Winners club national championship 2.1 Europe 2.2 South America 3 International tournaments 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Copa Libertadores 1976: Won by Cruzeiro after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 3-2.
• September 15 – Dutch club Roda JC makes its European debut with a defeat (2-1) in Brussels against Belgium's R.S.C. Anderlecht in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup.

[edit] Winners club national championship

[edit] Europe

• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie – HFC Haarlem
• Poland – Stal Mielec
• Spain – Real Madrid

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
  • Nacional – River Plate
• Brazil – Internacional

[edit] International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14, 1976)
  1. Morocco
  2. Guinea
  3. Nigeria

• UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20, 1976)
  1. Czechoslovakia
  2. West Germany
  3. Netherlands

• Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31, 1976)
  1. East Germany
  2. Poland
  3. USSR

• 1976 British Home Championship

Scotland

[edit] Births

• January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech footballer
• February 5 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer
• February 18 – Sjaak Polak, Dutch footballer
• February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss footballer
• March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
• April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
• May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch footballer
• June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
• July 1 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• July 10 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
• July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
• July 17 – Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer
• July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (d. 2004)
• August 24 – Björn van der Doelen, Dutch footballer
• August 27 – Ysrael Zúñiga, Peruvian footballer
• September 26 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
• September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer

[edit] Deaths

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