1978 in association football

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

[edit] 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 Osborne

[edit] Winners club national championship

[edit] Europe

• England – Nottingham Forest
• Hungary – Újpest FC
• Italy – Juventus
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle
• Spain – Real Madrid

[edit] South America

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

[edit] International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16, 1978)

1.  Ghana
2.  Uganda
3.  Nigeria

• 1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978)

 England

• FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25, 1978)

1.  Argentina
2.  Netherlands
3.  Brazil

[edit] 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 17 – Patricia Pérez, Mexican female footballer
• December 29 – Victor Agali, Nigerian footballer
• December 29 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer

[edit] Deaths

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