1971 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.

Events

*January 2 – Second Ibrox disaster. Barriers on Stairway 13 at Ibrox Park give way under a crush of fans departing a Rangers-Celtic match, killing 66 and injuring over 200.

*Copa Libertadores:Won by Nacional after defeating Estudiantes de La Plata on an aggregate score of 2-0.
*May 20 – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating Sparta Rotterdam in the second leg: 2-1.

International tournaments

*1971 British Home Championship (May 15 – May 22, 1971)::fb|ENG

* Pan American Games in Colombia (July 31 1971 – August 12 1971):* Gold Medal: fb|ARG:* Silver Medal: fb|COL:* Bronze Medal: fb|CUB

Births

January

* January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
* January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
* January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
* January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
* January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
* January 18 – Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
* January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
* January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer

February

* February 1 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
* February 4 – Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
* February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer

March

* March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
* March 13 – Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
* March 15 – Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
* March 18 – Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
* March 26 – Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer

April

* April 9 – Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
* April 15 – Finidi George, Nigerian footballer

May

* May 14 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer

June

* June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
* June 9 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
* June 14 – Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
* June 24 – Thomas Helveg, Danish footballer
* June 28 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer

July

* July 26 – Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer

August

* August 10 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer
* August 18 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
* August 23 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
* August 26 – Osman Özköylü, Turkish footballer
* August 27 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
* August 29 – Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer

eptember

* September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
* September 3 – Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer
* September 9 – Mikel Lasa, Spanish footballer
* September 9 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
* September 13 – Mladen Dabanovič, Slovenian footballer
* September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
* September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer

October

* October 4 – Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
* October 5 – Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
* October 7 – Ismael Urzaiz, Spanish footballer
* October 8 – Miran Pavlin, Slovenian footballer
* October 13 – André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer
* October 15 – Andy Cole, English footballer
* October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
* October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
* October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
* October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer

November

December

* December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
* December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
* December 7 – Spira Grujic, Serbian footballer
* December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
* December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
* December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
* December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer

Deaths

* June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer
* June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer
* July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (b. 1896)
* August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (b. 1897)