1972 in association football

Overview of the events of 1972 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world.

Events

24 May – Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating Universitario de Deportes on an aggregate score of 2-1.
11 May – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating FC Den Haag: 3-2.
12 October – the 1972–73 Honduran League was canceled due to economic problems.
18 November 1972 –1972 Scotland v England women's football match

Winners club national championship

Asia

Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

Europe

North America

Mexico: Cruz Azul
United States / Canada:
- New York Cosmos (NASL)

South America

Argentina
- San Lorenzo - Metropolitano
- San Lorenzo - Nacional
Brazil: Palmeiras

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23 – March 5, 1972)
1. Congo
2. Mali
3. Cameroon
1972 British Home Championship (May 20 – May 27, 1972)

Shared by

England and

Scotland

UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14 – 18 1972)
Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26 – September 10, 1972)
1. Poland
2. Hungary
3. Soviet Union and East Germany

Births

January 1 – Lilian Thuram, French international footballer
January 2 – Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer
January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican international footballer
January 5 – Richard Sosa, Uruguayan former footballer^[1]
January 8
- Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
- Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer
- Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer
January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
January 16
- Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
- Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer
- Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
- Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
January 29
- Artur Belotserkovets, Russian former professional footballer^[2]
- Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
February 11 – Steve McManaman, English international footballer
March 2 – Mauricio Pochettino, Argentine football player and manager
March 3
- Darren Anderton, English international footballer
- Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer
March 17 – Mia Hamm, American women's soccer player^[3]
March 23 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
March 29 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
April 28 – Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer
May 8 – José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer
May 10 – Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper
May 13 – Gytis Padimanskas, Lithuanian professional footballer^[4]
June 15 – Marcus Hahnemann, American soccer player
June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer
August 7 – Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech international footballer
September 8 – Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager
September 10 – João Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer
September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer
October 1 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
November 2 – Derlis Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
November 2 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
November 4 – Luís Figo, Portuguese international footballer
November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
December 11 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014)
December 16 – Aleksei Morochko, former Russian footballer^[5]
December 22 – Claudio Guerra, former Uruguayan footballer^[6]
December 29 – Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer

Deaths

June 9 – Caesar ten Cate, Dutch international footballer (born 1890)
September 16 – Jan de Natris (76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895)

References

^ "Richard Sosa". Tenfield Digital. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012.
^ "Artur Belotserkovets". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "Mia Hamm | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Gytis Padimanskas". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Aleksei Morochko". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Claudio Guerra". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 November 2023.