1973 in sports
Years in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.

Events

Copa Libertadores 1973: Won by Independiente after defeating Colo-Colo on an aggregate score of 2–1.
Sunderland AFC wins the FA Cup final.
May 31 – NAC Breda claims the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC, 2–0.

Europe vs South America FIFA charity match

31 October 1973

Europe XI	4–4	South America XI
Eusébio 14' Keïta 22' Asensi 51' Jara 54'	Report	Sotil 13' Cubillas 28' Brindisi 64' Chumpitaz 80' (pen.)
Penalties
	2–3	Espárrago Borja Ortiz Morena Caszely

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Aurelio Angonese

Winners club national championship

Asia

Iran: Persepolis
Qatar: Al-Esteqlal

Europe

North America

Mexico: Cruz Azul
United States / Canada:
- Philadelphia Atoms (NASL)

South America

Argentina
- Huracán – Metropolitano
- Rosario Central – Nacional
Brazil: Palmeiras

International tournaments

1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973)

England

Births

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January 3 – Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d. 2020)
January 21 – Sergei Zhdanov, former Russian footballer^[1]
January 30
- René Gottwald, retired German footballer^[2]
- Predrag Kodžo, Serbian footballer^[3]
February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer
March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
March 28 – Delmo (Delmo Arcângelo Coelho Monteiro), Brazilian former footballer^[4]
April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer^[5]
April 9 – Bart Goor, Belgian footballer
April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer
May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
May 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer
May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
July 6 – Romuald Ardeois, French professional footballer^[6]
July 13 – Roberto Martínez, Spanish football player and coach
July 21 – Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer
July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer
August 1 – Pierre Bastou, French professional football^[7]
August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer
August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer
August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer
September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer
September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer
September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer
September 21
- Pedro Acevedo, former Chilean footballer^[8]
- Max Eberl, German footballer
- Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
October 9
- Thomas Frank, Danish football player and manager
- Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer
October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
October 14 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2022)
October 20 – Lim Gi-han, coach and former South Korean footballer^[9]
October 29 – Robert Pires, French international footballer
November 17
- Wally Dieng, French retired footballer
- Bernd Schneider, German international footballer
November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
December 5 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer
December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014)
December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer
December 27 – Ivica Vulić, Slovenian retired international footballer^[10]
December 31 – Paweł Bugała, Polish former professional footballer^[11]

Deaths

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March

March 19 – Hans Stubb (66), German footballer (born 1906)
March 29– Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)

April

April 21 – Evert Jan Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (born 1894)

September

September 15 – Washington Ortuño, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup (46)

November

November 16 – Lorenzo Fernández, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)

References

^ "Sergei Zhdanov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "René Gottwald". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Predrag Kodžo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Delmo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ "Sun WEN (CHN)". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Romuald Ardeois". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ "Pierre Bastou". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Pedro Acevedo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Lim Gi-han – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
^ "Ivica Vulić". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "Paweł Bugała". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

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