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1971 in sports
Years in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.

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.

17 April 1971 - France and the Netherlands played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against the France.^[1] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4–0 defeat for the Netherlands with Jocelyne Ratignier scoring a hattrick and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant scoring once.^[2]

Copa Libertadores:Won by Nacional after defeating Estudiantes La Plata on an aggregate score of 2–0.
May 20 – Ajax claims the KNVB Cup by defeating Sparta Rotterdam in the second leg, 2–1.
9 May – The very first Women's FA Cup in England, the Mitre Challenge Trophy for women's professional soccer football, was won when Southampton Women's F.C. defeated Stewarton Thistle, 4 to 1, in the final held at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Pat Davies scored three of her team's four goals and Dot Cassell contributed the lone Stewarton score.^[3]

International tournaments

1971 British Home Championship (May 15 – May 22, 1971)

England

Pan American Games in Colombia (July 31 – August 12, 1971)
- Gold Medal: Argentina
- Silver Medal: Colombia
- Bronze Medal: Cuba

Births

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January

January 1 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer and coach
January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
January 8 – Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
January 14 – Antonis Nikopolidis, Greek goalkeeper
January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
January 18 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer

February

February 1 – Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
February 1 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
February 1 – Marcelinho Carioca, Brazilian footballer
February 2 – Osvaldo Peralta, Paraguayan footballer
February 4 – Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
February 17 – Carlos Gamarra, Paraguayan footballer
February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer

March

March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
March 11 – Kokos Elia, Cypriot former international footballer^[4]
March 13 – Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
March 15 – Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
March 18 – Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
March 18 – Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
March 24 – Conny Rosén, Swedish former footballer^[5]
March 26 – Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer

April

April 2 – Francisco Arce, Paraguayan international
April 2 – Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
April 5 – Choi Eun-sung, South Korean club player
April 7
- Daniel Albert, former Israeli footballer^[6]
- Franky Vandendriessche, Belgian goalkeeper
April 8 – Kim Byung-ji, South Korean international goalkeeper
April 9 – Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
April 13 – Steven Lustü, Danish footballer and coach
April 14
- Miguel Calero, Colombian international (d. 2012)
- Jérôme Sykora, French former professional footballer^[7]
April 15 – Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
April 17 – José Francisco Cevallos, Ecuadorian footballer, Minister of Sports in Ecuador and President of Barcelona F.C.
April 23 – Hjalmar Zambrano, Ecuadorian footballer

May

May 14 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer

June

June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
June 5 – Francisco Gabriel de Anda, Mexican footballer and analyst
June 9
- Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- Uladzimir Zhuravel, Belarusian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
June 11 – Valeri Smolkov, former Russian professional footballer^[8]
June 14 – Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
June 23 – Enrique Romero, Spanish footballer
June 24 – Thomas Helveg, Danish international
June 25 – Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer and manager
June 28 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer

July

July 26 – Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
July 31 – Elivélton, Brazilian international footballer
July 31 – Ignacio Vázquez, Mexican footballer

August

August 9 – Oswald Snip, Dutch footballer^[9]
August 10 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
August 16 – Rick Slor, Dutch footballer
August 18 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
August 19 – Miguel Ponce, Chilean 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

September

September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
September 3 – Ángel Lemus, Mexican 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 17 – Edílson, Brazilian footballer
September 18 – Filip Apelstav, Swedish footballer
September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
September 29 – Miguel Fuentes, Mexican footballer
September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer

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 15 – Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer
October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer
October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer
October 27 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer

November

November 3 – Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian and Tobagonian footballer
November 13 – Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager
November 13 – Erwin Ramírez, Ecuadorian footballer
November 16 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
November 17
- Jamie Murphy, English former professional footballer^[10]
- Vladimir Shutov, former Russian footballer^[11]
November 30 – Pedro Pineda, Mexican footballer

December

December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
December 7 – Spira Grujić, Serbian footballer
December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
December 14 – Arsenio Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer

Deaths

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June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer (born 1943)
June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer (born 1938)
July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (born 1896)
August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (born 1897)

References

^ Longman, Jeré (2019-06-25). "In Women's World Cup Origin Story, Fact and Fiction Blur". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ "First ladies pave the way". FIFA.com. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Women's FA Cup / FA Women's Cup – Finals", Women's Football Archive
^ "Kokos Elia". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Conny Rosén". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "Dani Albert". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "Jérôme Sykora". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ "Valeri Smolkov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "Oswald Snip". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "Jamie Murphy". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "Vladimir Shutov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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