# 1967 in association football

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

## Events

* January 28 – In the Scottish Cup Berwick Rangers F.C. beat Rangers F.C. 1–0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
* European Cup: Celtic F.C. defeat Inter Milan 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and first 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 (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
### Asia

* Qatar: Al-Oruba

### Europe

* England: (for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in English football)
** 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
* France: Saint-Étienne
* Italy: Juventus
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Scotland: (for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in Scottish football)
** Division One - Celtic FC
** Division Two - Morton
** Scottish Cup - Celtic FC
** Scottish League Cup - Celtic FC
* Spain: Real Madrid
* Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.
* West Germany: Eintracht Braunschweig

### North America

* Mexico: Toluca
* United States / Canada:
** Los Angeles Wolves (USA)
** Oakland Clippers (NPSL)

### South America

* Argentina:
** Estudiantes - Metropolitano
** Independiente - Nacional
* Brazil:
** Palmeiras - Taça Brasil
** Palmeiras - Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
* Chile: Universidad de Chile
* Paraguay: Club Guaraní

## International tournaments

* South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967)
** Uruguay
** Argentina
** Chile
* 1967 British Home Championship (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)
       Scotland
* Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967)
** Mexico
** Bermuda
** Trinidad and Tobago
* South Vietnam Independence Cup in Saigon (November 4 – November 14, 1967)
** Australia
** South Korea
** South Vietnam
** Malaysia

## Births
### January–April

* January 8 – Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager
* January 9 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian international footballer
* January 16 – Ivo Ron, Ecuadorian 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 international footballer
* February 18 – Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
* February 22
** Eric de Koeyer, retired Dutch footballer
** Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan international footballer (died 2013)
* February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
* March 1 – Aron Winter, Dutch international footballer
* March 3 – Jaime Patricio Ramírez, Chilean footballer
* March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer
* March 26 – Alberto Coyote, Mexican footballer
* April 7 – Bodo Illgner, German international footballer

### May–September

* May 3 – Daniel Fasel, retired Swiss footballer
* May 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer
* May 18 – Harald Ebertz, former German footballer
* May 20 – Richard Zambrano, Chilean footballer
* May 21 – Nando, Spanish footballer
* May 24 – Wojciech Ozimek, Polish former professional footballer
* May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
* May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
* June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer
* June 23 – Pavel Yevteyev, Kazakhstani footballer
* July 7 – Shamsurin Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
* July 19 – Gabriel Favale, Argentine football referee
* August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer
* August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
* August 24 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
* September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
* September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
* September 6 – David Patiño, Mexican footballer
* September 12 – Ivan Ondruška, former Slovak footballer
* September 20 – Craig Forrest, Canadian soccer player
* September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer

### October–December

* October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international footballer
* October 13 – Hernaín Arzú, Honduran international footballer
* October 18 – Greg Allen, English former professional footballer
* October 21 – Paul Ince, English international footballer
* October 24 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz, Ecuadorian footballer (died 1993)
* November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian international footballer
* November 18 – Gavin Peacock, English footballer and sportscaster
* November 20 – Anton Brovarnik, Soviet footballer
* November 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
* December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
* December 14 – Palhinha (Jorge Ferreira da Silva), Brazilian international footballer
* December 22 – Şener Kurtulmuş, Turkish former footballer
* December 28 – Paul Foster, Australian footballer

## Deaths
### April

* April 1 - Jan van Dort, Dutch international footballer (77)
* April 4 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and all-time topscorer of the Uruguay national football team between 1930 and 2011. (68)

### June

* June 6 – Fernando Paternoster, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (64)