1976 in association football

Years in football (soccer):	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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Years:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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.

Winners club national championship

Europe

• England – Liverpool F.C.
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie – HFC Haarlem
• Poland – Stal Mielec
• Spain – Real Madrid
• Yugoslavia: Partizan

South America

• Argentina
  • Metropolitano – Boca Juniors
  • Nacional – Boca Juniors
• Brazil – Internacional

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)
  1. Czechoslovakia
  2. West Germany
  3. Netherlands

• AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976)
  1. Iran
  2. Kuwait
  3. China PR

• Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976)
  1. East Germany
  2. Poland
  3. Soviet Union

Births

• January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech footballer
• February 5 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer
• February 12 – Niki Leferink, Dutch footballer
• February 18 – Sjaak Polak, Dutch footballer
• February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss footballer
• March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
• April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer
• May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch footballer
• June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
• July 1 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballers
• July 10 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
• July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
• July 17 – Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer
• July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (d. 2004)
• August 11 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian footballer
• August 24 – Björn van der Doelen, Dutch footballer
• August 27 – Ysrael Zúñiga, Peruvian footballer
• August 29 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
• September 18 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• September 26 – Michael Ballack, German footballer
• September 27 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
• October 28 – Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
• November 26 – José Pablo Burtovoy, Argentine footballer
• December 25 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer