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1978 in sports
Years in association football
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Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1977–78 1978 1978–79 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1977–78 1978–79 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

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

Asia

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)

England

FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978)

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 25
- Jason Roberts, English-Grenadian footballer^[18]
- Robin Nelisse, Dutch Antillean international footballer^[19]
January 26 – Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer^[20]
January 27 – Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan footballer and manager^[21]
January 28
- Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper^[22]
- Jamie Carragher, English footballer^[23]
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)^[24]

February

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

March

March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international
March 14 – Antti-Jussi Karnio Finnish footballer^[45]
March 15 – Ramalho (Edson Ramalho dos Santos), Brazilian footballer^[46]
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)^[47]
April 2 – Erivelton, Brazilian former footballer^[48]
April 18 – Stéphane Lucas, French former professional footballer^[49]
April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer

May

May 13 – Ilya Kazakov, former Russian football player^[50]
May 16 – Edu, Brazilian football player and manager
May 17 – Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer
May 30 – Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer

June

June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German football player forward
June 13 – Aleksei Brikov, former Russian footballer^[51]
June 17 – Vladimir Buss, former Russian footballer^[52]
June 20 – Frank Lampard, English football player midfielder
June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer

July

July 4 – Manfred Razenböck, Austrian former footballer^[53]
July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer

August

August 4 – Talinda Nyathi, Motswana former footballer^[54]
August 5 – Walid Chattaoui, Tunisian retired footballer and manager^[55]

September

September 6 – Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer^[56]
September 11
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager^[57]
- Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer^[58]
September 15
- Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer and manager^[59]
- Marko Pantelić, Serbian footballer^[60]
September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager^[61]
September 18
- Ryan Lowe, English footballer and manager^[62]
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer^[63]
September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and manager^[64]
September 25 – Hakim Bouchouari, Belgian former professional footballer^[65]

October

October 3
- Gerald Asamoah, German footballer^[66]
- Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer^[67]
- Ricardo Rocha, Portuguese footballer^[68]
October 6 – Carl Hoefkens, Belgian footballer and manager ^[69]
October 9 – Oscar Ewolo, Congolese footballer^[70]
October 11 – Kali, Angolan footballer^[71]
October 13 – Markus Heikkinen, Finnish footballer^[72]
October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer^[73]
October 17
- Lars Hirschfeld, Canadian footballer^[74]
- Kevin Lisbie, English-Jamaican footballer^[75]
October 18 – Igor Lebedev, Russian professional football coach and former player^[76]
October 22 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)^[77]
October 23
- Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and manager^[78]
- Archie Thompson, Australian footballer^[79]
October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer^[80]
October 30 – Gerardo Seoane, Swiss footballer and manager^[81]
October 31 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer and manager^[82]

November

November 7
- Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer^[83]
- Rio Ferdinand, English footballer^[84]
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer^[85]
November 8
- Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer^[86]
- Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager^[87]
November 10 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer^[88]
November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer^[89]
November 12
- Eric Addo, Ghanaian footballer^[90]
- Mista, Spanish footballer^[91]
November 18 – Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer^[92]
November 26 – Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer and manager (d. 2022)^[93]
November 28 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer and manager^[94]
November 29
- Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer^[95]
- Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer^[96]

December

December 4 – Michael Ricketts, English footballer^[97]
December 5 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer^[98]
December 8 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer^[99]
December 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer^[100]
December 23 – Nicolás Suárez, Bolivian footballer^[101]
December 24 – Ghislain Bagnon, French former professional footballer^[102]
December 29
- Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer^[103]
- Kieron Dyer, English footballer^[104]

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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February

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