The following events occurred in association football throughout the world in the year 1973.
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 Breda claims the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC, 2–0.
Europe vs South America FIFA charity match
Winners club national championship
Asia Iran: Persepolis Qatar: Al-Esteqlal
Europe
East Germany: Dynamo Dresden England: Liverpool France: Nantes Hungary: Újpest Italy: Juventus Netherlands: Ajax Poland: Stal Mielec Scotland: Celtic Soviet Union: Ararat Yerevan Spain: Atlético Madrid Turkey: Galatasaray West Germany: Bayern Munich Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade
North America : Cruz Azul / : Philadelphia Atoms (NASL)
South America Argentina Huracán – Metropolitano Rosario Central – Nacional Brazil: Palmeiras
International tournaments 1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973)
Births
January 3 – Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d. 2020) January 21 – Sergei Zhdanov, former Russian footballer January 30 René Gottwald, retired German footballer Predrag Kodžo, Serbian footballer February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer February 18 – Markus Wanner, retired Swiss footballer February 23 – Alan Tutton, English former professional footballer February 24 – Ivan Gentizon, retired Swiss footballer March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer March 28 – Delmo (Delmo Arcângelo Coelho Monteiro), Brazilian former footballer April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese 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 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer July 6 – Romuald Ardeois, French professional footballer July 13 – Roberto Martínez, Spanish football player and coach July 21 – Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer August 1 – Pierre Bastou, French professional football August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer August 26 – Heini Stocker, retired Liechtenstein footballer September 4 – Nandor Njergeš, retired Serbian footballerNandor Njrgeš at Worldfootball September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer September 21 Pedro Acevedo, former Chilean footballer Max Eberl, German footballer Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer September 23 – Raphaël Clapson, French professional footballer October 9 Thomas Frank, Danish football player and manager Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer October 14 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2022) October 20 – Lim Gi-han, coach and former South Korean footballerLim Gi-han – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean) October 24 – Glenn Summerville, Dutch footballer October 29 – Robert Pires, French international footballer November 17 Bernd Schneider, German international footballer November 27 – Stephen Pugh, Welsh former professional footballer November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer December 5 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014) December 11 – Ray Kenny, Irish footballer December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer December 27 – Ivica Vulić, Slovenian retired international footballer December 31 – Paweł Bugała, Polish former professional footballer
Deaths
March March 19 – Hans Stubb (66), German footballer (born 1906) March 29– Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)
April April 21 – Evert Jan Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (born 1894)
September September 15 – Washington Ortuño, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup (46)
November November 16 – Lorenzo Fernández, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (73)
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