1967 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.

Events

*January 28 – In the Scottish FA Cup Berwick Rangers F.C. beat Glasgow Rangers F.C. 1-0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
*European Cup: Celtic F.C. defeat Internazionale Milano F.C. 2-1 in normal time at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and non Mediterranean winners of the trophy.
*Copa Libertadores 1967: Won by Racing Club after defeating Nacional on an aggregate score of 2-1.
*Third Lanark A.C., one of the founding members of the Scottish Football League are declared bankrupt and the club is liquidated.
*September 21 – NAC makes a winning European debut by defeating Malta's Floriana FC (1-2) in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup, with both Dutch goals scored by Jacques Visschers.
*November 19 – Jimmy O'Connor of Shelbourne sets the world record for the fastest ever hat-trick by scoring three goals in 2 minutes 13 seconds in a League of Ireland match against local rivals Bohemians at Dalymount Park, Dublin.

Winners club national championship

Argentina

*Estudiantes - Metropolitano
* Independiente - Nacional

Chile

*Universidad de Chile

England

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*First Division: Manchester United
*Second Division: Coventry City
*Third Division: Queens Park Rangers
*Fourth Division: Stockport County
*FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur
*Football League Cup: Queens Park Rangers

Netherlands

*Ajax Amsterdam

Paraguay

*Club Guaraní

Scotland

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*Division One: Celtic
*Division Two: Morton
*Scottish Cup: Celtic
*Scottish League Cup: Celtic

Spain

*Real Madrid

West-Germany

*Eintracht Braunschweig

International tournaments

* South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967):# fb|URU:# fb|ARG:# fb|CHI

*1967 British Home Championship (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)::fb|SCO

* Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967):# fb|MEX:# fb|BER:# fb|TRI

Births

January-April

* January 9 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
* January 18 – Pieter Huistra, Dutch footballer
* February 3 – Aurelio Vidmar, Australian footballer
* February 10 – Rini Coolen, Dutch footballer and manager
* February 18 – Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
* February 18 – Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
* February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
* March 1 – Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
* March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
* April 7 – Bodo Illgner, German footballer

May-September

* May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
* May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
* June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer
* July 2 – Claudio Baggio, Argentinian footballer
* August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer
* August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
* September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
* September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
* September 20: Craig Forrest, Canadian footballer
* September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer

October-December

* October 21 – Paul Ince, English footballer
* November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian footballer
* November 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
* December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer

Deaths

*April 1 – Jan van Dort (77), Dutch footballer (b. 1889)