1973 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1973 throughout the world.

[edit] 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 claims the Dutch Cup by defeating NEC Nijmegen: 2-0.

[edit] Winners club national championship

[edit] Europe

• East Germany: Dynamo Dresden
• England: Liverpool F.C.
• France: FC Nantes
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Italy: Juventus FC
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Poland: Stal Mielec
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.
• Spain: Atlético Madrid
• Turkey: Galatasaray S.K.
• West Germany: Bayern München

[edit] South America

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

[edit] International tournaments

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

 England

[edit] Births

• February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
• February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
• March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
• March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
• April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
• 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 8 – Jesus Arellano, Mexican footballer
• June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
• July 24 – Johan Micoud, French footballer
• August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer
• September 21 – Oswaldo Sanchez, Mexican footballer
• October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
• November 17 – Bernd Schneider, German footballer

[edit] Deaths

• April 21 – Evert Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (b. 1894)