1975 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1975 throughout the world.
Events
- European Cup 1975: Won by FC Bayern München after defeating Leeds United 1–0.
- Copa Libertadores 1975: Won by Independiente after defeating Unión Española on an aggregate score of 2–0.
- England: 1975 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 2, Fulham 0. (Alan Taylor 2)
Winners club national championship
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
Argentina:
- Metropolitano – River Plate
- Nacional – River Plate
Brazil: Internacional
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
International tournaments
- Copa América (July 17 – October 28, 1975)
- Pan American Games in Mexico (October 13 – October 25, 1975)
- 1975 British Home Championship (May 17 – May 24, 1975)
- 1975 Copa Ciudad de México (August 17 – August 31, 1975)
- 1975 President's Cup Football Tournament (May 10 – May 22, 1975)
South Korea
Myanmar
Homa
- 1975 Iran International Tournament (July 11 – July 20, 1975)
- 1975 Merdeka Tournament (July 29 – August 17, 1975)
- South Pacific Games in Guam (August 2 – August 9, 1975)
- Mediterranean Games in Algeria (August 24 – September 6, 1975)
- SEAP Games in Thailand (December 9 – December 18, 1975)
- 1975 Palestine Cup of Nations (December 19 – December 28, 1975)
- 1975 King's Cup (December 20, 1975 – January 4, 1976)
Births
- January 1 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer and manager
- January 12 – Rick Hoogendorp, Dutch footballer
- January 27 – Damien Neville, Bahamian retired footballer[1]
- February 2 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- February 11 – Marek Špilár, Slovak international footballer (died 2013)
- February 18 – Gary Neville, English footballer
- February 18 – Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
- February 21 – Aleksei Ilatovskiy, former Russian footballer[2]
- March 5 – Aleksejs Volosanovs, retired Latvian footballer[3]
- March 9 – Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
- March 17 – Trương Văn Hải, Vietnamese footballer[4]
- March 23
- Eduard Doronin, former Russian footballer[5]
- Robert Wallon, Poland former professional footballer[6]
- April 3 – Joakim Persson, Swedish footballer
- April 9 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer
- April 13 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer
- April 14 – Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
- April 17 – Stefano Fiore, Italian footballer
- April 19 – Adrian Vizingr, retired Czech footballer[7]
- April 28 – Sebastián Pereyra, Uruguayan footballer[8]
- May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian international footballer (died 2003)
- May 2 – David Beckham, English international footballer
- May 8 – Dmitri Ustritski, Estonian international footballer
- May 25 – Raúl Muñoz, Chilean footballer
- June 9 – Paul Agostino, Australian footballer
- June 10 – Darren Eadie, English footballer
- June 18 – Aleksandrs Kolinko, Latvian footballer
- June 22 – Sergei Lutsevich, former Russian footballer[9]
- June 24 – Christie Rampone, American women's soccer player
- June 27 – Timote Moleni, Tongan footballer and coach
- July 1 – Julio Briones, Ecuadorian footballer
- July 3 – Deda (Wellington Nobre de Morais), former Brazilian footballer[10]
- July 5 – Hernán Crespo, Argentinian international footballer
- July 22 – Marilia, Brazilian footballer
- August 16
- Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager[11]
- Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
- August 28 – Serhiy Maherovych, retired Ukrainian professional footballer[12]
- August 31 – Hilario Cuenú, Colombian football manager and former player[13]
- September 3 – Xavier Ipharraguerre, French former professional footballer[14]
- September 18 – Richard Appleby, English footballer
- September 18 – Carlos Armando Gruezo Quiñónez, Ecuadorian footballer
- September 19 – Oumar Bagayoko, Malian footballer
- September 28 – Maksim Shiryayev, former Russian footballer[15]
- October 8 – Sébastien Ducourneau, French professional footballer[16]
- October 17 – Daniel Ung, retired Swedish footballer[17]
- October 21 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
- October 30
- Dimitar Ivankov, Bulgarian footballer
- Alessandro Piovesan, Italian former footballer
- October 31 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
- November 10 – Semjbaataryn Baatarsüren, Mongolian international footballer[18]
- November 12 – Balázs Kiskapusi, Hungarian former footballer[19]
- November 13 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
- November 15
- Luca Amoruso, Italian retired footballer[20]
- Christophe Anly, retired Malagasy football[21]
- November 27 – Rain Vessenberg, Estonian footballer
- November 30 – Ben Thatcher, English footballer
- December 7 – Ivaylo Petkov, Bulgarian footballer
- December 11 – Dario Simic, Croatian footballer
- December 12 – Wesley Charles, Vincentian footballer
- December 20 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
- December 25 – Dušan Sadžakov, Montenegrin former professional footballer[22]
- December 27 – Martin Nash, Canadian soccer player
Deaths
March
- March 31 – Virginio Rosetta, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (73)
July
- July 27 – Edmundo Piaggio, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (69)
October
- October 27 – Peregrino Anselmo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
November
- November 16 - Agustin Gomez Pagola, Spanish-born Soviet footballer, and plays as left back, and the part of the defender.
