1971 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.
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[edit] 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.
- Won by Nacional after defeating Estudiantes de La Plata on an aggregate score of 2-0.
- May 20 – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating Sparta Rotterdam in the second leg: 2-1.
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
- January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
- January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
- January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
- January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
- January 18 – Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
- January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
- January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer
[edit] February
- February 1 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
- February 4 – Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
- February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
[edit] March
- March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- March 13 – Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
- March 15 – Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
- March 18 – Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
- March 26 – Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer
[edit] April
- April 9 – Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
- April 15 – Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
[edit] May
- May 14 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer
[edit] June
- June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
- June 9 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- June 14 – Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
- June 24 – Thomas Helveg, Danish footballer
- June 28 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
[edit] July
- July 26 – Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
[edit] August
- August 10 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- August 18 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
- August 23 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
- August 26 – Osman Özköylü, Turkish footballer
- August 27 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
- August 29 – Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer
[edit] September
- September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish 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 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
- September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer
[edit] October
- 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 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
- October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
- October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
- October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
- December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
- December 7 – Spira Grujic, Serbian footballer
- December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
- December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
- December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
- December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
[edit] Deaths
- June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer
- June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer
- July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (b. 1896)
- August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (b. 1897)
