1978 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1978 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Europe
South America
International tournaments
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- England
Births
- January 9 – Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer
- January 28 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
- January 28 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer
- February 5 – Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer
- March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
- March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
- March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer
- April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
- June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
- July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
- November 7 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
- November 7 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
- November 8 – Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
- November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer
- December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer
- December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer
- December 29 – Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer
- December 29 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer
Deaths
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