1978 in association football

1978 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1978 throughout the world.

Events

*Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4-0.
* England: Ipswich Town win the FA cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1-0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osbourne

Winners club national championship

Europe

* England – Nottingham Forest
* Italy – Juventus
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
**Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle
* Spain – Real Madrid

outh America

* Argentina
**Metropolitano – Quilmes
**Nacional – Independiente
* Brazil – Guarani
* Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16, 1978):# fb|GHA:# fb|UGA:# fb|NGA

*1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)::fb|ENG

* FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25, 1978):# fb|ARG:# fb|NED:# fb|BRA

Births

* January 28 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
* January 28 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer
* March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
* March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
* April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
* June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
* July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
* November 7 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
* November 7 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
* November 8 – Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
* November 11 – Erik Edman, Swedish footballer
* December 29 – Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer
* December 29 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer

Deaths

* July 13 – George Reader (81), English football referee
* August 5 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer
* September 15 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer


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