# 1977 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.

## Events

* September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
* Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar – Al-Esteqlal

### Europe

* England – Liverpool
* France – Nantes
* Italy – Juventus
* Netherlands
** Eredivisie – Ajax
** Eerste Divisie – Vitesse
* Portugal – Benfica
* Spain – Atlético Madrid
* Switzerland – Basel
* Turkey – Trabzonspor
* Yugoslavia – Red Star Belgrade

### North America

* Mexico – UNAM
* United States / Canada:
** New York Cosmos (NASL)

### Oceania

* Australia - Sydney City

### South America

* Argentina
** Metropolitano – River Plate
** Nacional – Independiente
* Brazil – São Paulo

## European competitions

* European Champions Cup: Liverpool
* UEFA Cup: Juventus
* European Cup Winners' Cup: Hamburger SV

## International tournaments

* 1977 British Home Championship (May 28 – June 4, 1977)
       Scotland

## Births
### January

* January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
* January 5
** Luis Daniel Cupla, Uruguayan footballer
** Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer
* January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
* January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
* January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer
* January 16 — Lionel Moret, retired Swiss footballer
* January 21
** Phil Neville, English international footballer
** Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
* January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer

### February

* February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
* February 6 — Godfrey Ssali, Ugandan footballer
* February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
* February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
* February 19 — Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
* February 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
* February 28
** Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer
** Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

### March

* March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player

### April

* April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
* April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
* April 28 — Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
* April 28 — Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer

### May

* May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
* May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
* May 10 — Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer
* May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
* May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
* May 13 — Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer
* May 18 — Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer
* May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
* May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer

### June

* June 1 — Michał Świstak, Polish former professional footballer
* June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer
* June 14 — Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player
* June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
* June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer

### July

* July 3 — Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player
* July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer
* July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer
* July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
* July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
* July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
* July 26 — Anatoli Mironov, Russian professional football coach and former player
* July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

### August

* August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player
* August 5 — Krzysztof Kretkowski, Polish footballer
* August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
* August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
* August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player
* August 23 — Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
* August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

### September

* September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer
* September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer
* September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer
* September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
* September 27 — Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football
* September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer

### October

* October 1 — Carsten Birk, German former professional footballer
* October 10 — Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer
* October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
* October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
* October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer
* October 23 — Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer
* October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
* October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer

### November

* November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer
* November 21 — Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
* November 22 — Michael Preston, English club footballer
* November 23 — David Lucas, English youth international and coach
* November 28 — Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer

### December

* December 12 — Toni Bernal, Spanish retired footballer

## Deaths
### January

* January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)

### February

* February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72; Aortic aneurysm)

### April

* April 28 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (b. 1897)

### June

* June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)

### July

* July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
* July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

### September

* September 9 – Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (born 1900)

### October

* October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)