1976 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.
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[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
[edit] South America
- Argentina
- Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
- Nacional – Boca Juniors
- Brazil – Internacional
[edit] International tournaments
[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, Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballers
- 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 18 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- September 26 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
- September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
