# 1970 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1970 throughout the world.

## Events

* Copa Libertadores 1970: Won by Estudiantes de La Plata after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 1–0.
* European Cup 1970: Won by Feyenoord after defeating Celtic FC by 2–1.
* In May 1970 the England captain Bobby Moore was arrested in Colombia in the Bogotá Bracelet incident shortly before the beginning of the World Cup.
* Paris Saint Germain (Paris, France) was founded.
* World Cup 1970 Brazil wins the world cup 1970

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar: Al-Oruba

### Europe

* East Germany: FC Carl Zeiss Jena
* England: Everton
* France: AS Saint-Étienne
* Hungary: Újpest FC
* Italy: Cagliari
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Portugal: Sporting CP
* Scotland: Celtic
* Spain: Atlético Madrid
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe
* West Germany: Borussia Mönchengladbach

### North America

* Mexico
** Guadalajara
** Cruz Azul (México 1970)
* United States / Canada:
** Rochester Lancers (NASL)

### South America

* Argentina
** Boca Juniors – Metropolitano
** Independiente – Nacional
* Brazil: Fluminense

## International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 6 – 16 1970)
** Sudan
** Ghana
** Egypt
* 1970 British Home Championship (April 18 – April 25, 1970)
       Shared by England, Scotland and Wales
* FIFA World Cup in Mexico (May 31 – June 21, 1970)
** Brazil
** Italy
** West Germany
* 1970 Asian Games in Thailand (10–20 December 1970)
* South Korea
* Burma
* India

## Births

* January 1 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer and manager
* January 6 – Francisco Rotllán, Mexican footballer
* January 10 – Geovanis Cassiani, Colombian footballer
* January 12 – Jorge Castañeda Reyes, Mexican footballer
* January 13 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
* January 21 – Alen Bokšić, Croatian footballer
* January 24 – Daniel Telser, retired Liechtenstein footballer
* February 2 – Erik ten Hag, Dutch football player and coach
* February 4 – Kevin Campbell, English footballer (died 2024)
* February 16 – Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
* February 17 – José Antonio Castillo, Spanish retired footballer
* February 27 – Alexander Quirin, retired German footballer
* March 8 – Harry Decheiver, Dutch footballer
* March 12 – Clay Coleman, Caymanian footballer
* March 30
** Rodrigo Barrera, Chilean footballer
** Camilo Romero, Mexican footballer
* April 4 – Barry van Galen, Dutch footballer
* April 18 – Carlos López de Silanes, Mexican footballer
* April 28 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer
* May 10 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
* May 13 – Fernando Vergara, Chilean footballer and manager
* June 1
** Daniel Delfino, Argentine footballer
** Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
* June 11 – Miguel Ramírez, Chilean footballer
* June 16 – Cobi Jones, American soccer player
* June 18 – Mark Chung, American soccer player
* June 19 – Cafú, Brazilian footballer
* July 6 – Christer Fursth, Swedish footballer
* July 11 – Iván Castillo, Bolivian footballer
* August 13 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
* August 16 – Mauricio Pozo, Chilean footballer
* August 20 – Celso Ayala, Paraguayan footballer
* August 24 – Guido Alvarenga, Paraguayan footballer
* August 27 – Walter Müller, retired Swiss footballer
* August 28 – Mike Lapper, American soccer player
* September 3 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
* September 26 – Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian footballer
* October 1 – Gaston Taument, Dutch footballer
* October 16 – Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
* October 17 – Radoslav Samardzic, Serbian footballer
* October 22 – Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer
* October 29 – Juan Castillo Balcázar, Chilean footballer
* October 30 – Marios Pashialis, former international Cypriot footballer
* November 1 – Igor Cvitanović, Croatian footballer
* November 17 – Max Huiberts, Dutch footballer
* November 27 – Sebastian Synoradzki, Polish footballer and coach
* November 29
** Mario Arteaga, Mexican footballer
** Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
* December 5 – Francisco Veza, Spanish footballer
* December 11 – Chris Henderson, American soccer player

## Deaths
### August

* August 12 - Arne Nyberg Swedish international footballer (born 1913)

### September

* September 18 – Pedro Cea, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (70)