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1976 in sports
Years in association football
← 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 →
American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1975–76 1976 1976–77 Cycling Darts Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Shooting Snooker 1975–76 1976–77 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

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.

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14 1976)
1. Morocco
2. Guinea
3. Nigeria
1976 British Home Championship (May 6 – May 15, 1976)

Scotland

UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20 1976)
AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976)
1. Iran
2. Kuwait
3. China
Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976)

Births

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January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech international footballer
February 5 – John Aloisi, Australian international footballer
February 7 – Daisuke Oku, Japanese international footballer (died 2014)
February 13 – Maksim Proshin, former Russian professional football player^[1]
February 19 – Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee
February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer
March 17 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer
March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer
March 20 – Sim Sung-chol, North Korean former footballer^[2]
March 30 – Rustam Shelayev, former Russian professional footballer^[3]
April 1 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch international footballer
April 10 – Adrian Čeman, Slovak footballer^[4]
April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
April 23 – Darren Huckerby, English footballer and coach
April 27 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
May 2 – Amado Guevara, Honduran international footballer
May 3 – Beto, Portuguese international footballer
May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch international footballer
May 19 – Segundo Matamba, Ecuadorian footballer^[5]
June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer
June 23 – Patrick Vieira, French international footballer
June 24 – Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
July 1
- Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch international footballer
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch international footballer
July 5 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese international footballer
July 10 – Lars Ricken, German international footballer
July 13 – Yevgeni Zhelyakov, Russian professional football coach and former player^[6]
July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
July 17
- Anders Svensson, Swedish international footballer
- Marcos Senna, Spanish international footballer
July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004)
August 11 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian international footballer
August 19 – Stephan Schmidt, German footballer and manager
August 24
- Björn van der Doelen, Dutch footballer
- Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch youth international
August 26 – Giovanni Naboth, Mauritian footballer
August 27 – Ysrael Zúñiga, Peruvian footballer
August 28 – Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan international footballer
August 29 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish international footballer
September 18 – Ronaldo, Brazilian international footballer
September 26 – Michael Ballack, German international footballer
September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian international footballer
September 29 – Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian international footballer
October 4 – Mauro Camoranesi, Italian international footballer
October 26 – Ralf Oehri, Liechtensteiner former association footballer
October 28 – Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
November 2 – Dúber Zapata, Peruvian retired footballer^[7]
November 26 – José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer
December 3 – Eran Shainzinger, Israeli footballer^[8]
December 25 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
December 29 – Viktor Pyatanov, former Russian footballer^[9]
December 31 – Yevgeni Fedotov, Russian professional football coach and former player^[10]

Deaths

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November

November 3 – Giuseppe Cavanna, Italian goalkeeper, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (70)

December

December 25 – Conduelo Píriz, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)

References

^ Maksim Proshin at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ 1976 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Rustam Shelayev at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ "Adrian Ceman". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Segundo Matamba". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Yevgeni Zhelyakov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ "Duber Zapata". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ 1976 in association football at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Viktor Pyatanov". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ Yevgeni Fedotov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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