1978 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world.

Events

Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4–0.
England: Ipswich Town win the cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1–0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osborne

Winners club national championship

Africa

Egypt: Zamalek

Asia

Europe

England: Nottingham Forest
France: AS Monaco
Hungary: Újpest FC
Italy: Juventus
Netherlands:
- Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
- Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle
Romania: Steaua București
Spain: Real Madrid
Scotland: Rangers
Turkey: Fenerbahçe

North America

Mexico: Tigres UANL
United States / Canada:
- New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

Australia: West Adelaide

South America

Argentina
- Metropolitano – Quilmes
- Nacional – Independiente
Brazil: Guarani
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978)
1. Ghana
2. Uganda
3. Nigeria
1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)

FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)
1. Argentina
2. Netherlands
3. Brazil

Births

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January

January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer^[1]
January 2 – Aimo Diana, Italian footballer and manager^[2]
January 6 – Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer (d. 2023)^[3]
January 9
- Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager^[4]
- Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer^[5]
January 10
- Gavin McCann, English footballer^[6]
- Facundo Quiroga, Argentine footballer^[7]
January 11
- Emile Heskey, English footballer^[8]
- Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer and manager^[9]
January 12 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer^[10]
January 13
- Chérif Touré Mamam, Togolese footballer^[11]
- Tinga, Brazilian footballer^[12]
January 17
- Frode Kippe, Norwegian footballer^[13]
- Patrick Suffo, Cameroonian footballer^[14]
January 18 – Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer and manager^[15]
January 20
- Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager^[16]
- Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer and manager^[17]
January 24 – Tomokazu Myojin, Japanese footballer^[18]
January 25
- Jason Roberts, English-Grenadian footballer^[19]
- Robin Nelisse, Dutch Antillean international footballer^[20]
January 26 – Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer^[21]
January 27 – Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan footballer and manager^[22]
January 28
- Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper^[23]
- Jamie Carragher, English footballer^[24]
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)^[25]

February

February 2
- Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager^[26]
- Claudio Morel, Paraguayan footballer and manager^[27]
February 3 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer^[28]
February 5
- Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer^[29]
- Anvarjon Soliev, Uzbekistani footballer^[30]
February 6 – Jacek Kuranty, Polish footballer^[31]
February 7
- Ivan Leko, Croatian footballer and manager^[32]
- Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer^[33]
February 12 – Alain Masudi, Congolese footballer^[34]
February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer^[35]
February 18 – Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer^[36]
February 19
- Alioum Saidou, Cameroonian footballer^[37]
- Michalis Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer^[38]
February 24 – Leon Constantine, English footballer^[39]
February 25
- Yazid Mansouri, French-Algerian footballer^[40]
- Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese footballer^[41]
February 26
- Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese footballer^[42]
- Mohammed Noor, Saudi Arabian footballer^[43]
February 27
- James Beattie, English footballer and manager^[44]
- Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer^[45]

March

March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
March 12 – Sébastien Michalowski, retired French footballer^[46]
March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio, Finnish footballer^[47]
March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer^[48]
March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer
March 31
- Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach
- Jérôme Rothen, French international

April

April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009)^[49]
April 2 – Erivelton, Brazilian former footballer^[50]
April 18 – Stéphane Lucas, French former professional footballer^[51]
April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer

May

May 13 – Ilya Kazakov, former Russian football player^[52]
May 16
- Edu, Brazilian football player and manager^[53]
- Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer and manager^[54]
May 17 – Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer^[55]
May 17 – Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer^[56]
May 30
- Barney Marman, Motswana former footballer^[57]
- Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer

June

June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German footballer and manager^[58]
June 13 – Aleksei Brikov, former Russian footballer^[59]
June 17 – Vladimir Buss, former Russian footballer^[60]
June 20 – Frank Lampard, English footballer and manager^[61]
June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
June 23 – Diego Rangel, Spanish retired professional footballer^[62]
June 30 – Vedat Kapurtu, Turkish footballer^[63]

July

July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer^[64]
July 15 – Antonio Sambruno, Spanish former professional footballer^[65]
July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
July 28 – Emmanuel Gros, retired French footballer^[66]

August

August 4 – Talinda Nyathi, Motswana former footballer^[67]
August 5 – Walid Chattaoui, Tunisian retired footballer and manager^[68]
August 16 – Héctor Bosque, Spanish retired footballer^[69]

September

September 6
- Éric Kossingou, French former professional footballer^[70]
- Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer^[71]
September 11
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager^[72]
- Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer^[73]
September 15
- Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer and manager^[74]
- Marko Pantelić, Serbian footballer^[75]
September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager^[76]
September 18
- Ryan Lowe, English footballer and manager^[77]
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer^[78]
September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and manager^[79]
September 25 – Hakim Bouchouari, Belgian former professional footballer^[80]

October

October 3
- Gerald Asamoah, German footballer^[81]
- Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer^[82]
- Ricardo Rocha, Portuguese footballer^[83]
October 6
- Ankyofna Encada, Bissau-Guinean former footballer^[84]
- Carl Hoefkens, Belgian footballer and manager ^[85]
October 9 – Oscar Ewolo, Congolese footballer^[86]
October 11 – Kali, Angolan footballer^[87]
October 13 – Markus Heikkinen, Finnish footballer^[88]
October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer^[89]
October 17
- Lars Hirschfeld, Canadian footballer^[90]
- Kevin Lisbie, English-Jamaican footballer^[91]
October 18 – Igor Lebedev, Russian professional football coach and former player^[92]
October 22 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)^[93]
October 23
- Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and manager^[94]
- Archie Thompson, Australian footballer^[95]
October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer^[96]
October 30 – Gerardo Seoane, Swiss footballer and manager^[97]
October 31 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer and manager^[98]

November

November 4 – Roman Hupf, Austrian footballer^[99]
November 7
- Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer^[100]
- Rio Ferdinand, English footballer^[101]
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer^[102]
November 8
- Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer^[103]
- Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager^[104]
November 10 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer^[105]
November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer^[106]
November 12
- Eric Addo, Ghanaian footballer^[107]
- Mista, Spanish footballer^[108]
November 18 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer^[109]
November 26 – Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer and manager (d. 2022)^[110]
November 28 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer and manager^[111]
November 29
- Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer^[112]
- Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer^[113]

December

December 4 – Michael Ricketts, English footballer^[114]
December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer^[115]
December 8 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer^[116]
December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer^[117]
December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer^[118]
December 24 – Ghislain Bagnon, French former professional footballer^[119]
December 29
- Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer^[120]
- Kieron Dyer, English footballer^[121]

Deaths

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January

January 3 – Rubén Morán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (47)

May

May 8 – Juan Evaristo, Argentine midfielder, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, part of the first sibling to ever play a World Cup Final. (75)

June

June 2 – Santiago Bernabéu (82), Spanish footballer, coach and president.

July

July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee

August

August 5 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer
August 11 – Mario Varglien, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72)
August 15 – Leo Lemešić, Croatian football player and manager
August 31 – Ángel Bossio, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)

September

September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer
September 25 – Luigi Allemandi, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (74)

November

November 18 – Pablo Dorado, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and first player ever to score in a World Cup Final. (70)

December

December 5 – Carlos Riolfo, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)

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