1971 in women's association football

The following are the **women's football (soccer) events in the year 1971** around the world.

### April

- April 17:
    - The first FIFA-recognized international women's football match is played. In that match, France beat the Netherlands 4–0 in Hazebrouck, France, thanks to goals from Jocelyne Ratignier and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant.

### May

- May 9:
    - The first ever WFA Cup final is played. Southampton beat Scottish side Stewarton Thistle 4–1 at the Crystal Palace in London.

### September

- September 5:
    - The 1971 Women's World Cup final is played. Denmark beat Mexico 3–0 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, thanks to a hat-trick from Susanne Augustesen. The match was played in front of a crowd of between 110,000 and 112,500, which remains a record in women's football.

### International

|Tournament|Confederation|Host Country(s)|Winner|Runner-Up|Third Place|Finals Stadium|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1971 Women's World Cup|FIEFF (Europe/Global)|||||Estadio Azteca, Mexico City|

### League & Cup Winners

|Nation|League|Champion|Cup|Winner|Runner-Up|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2||1970–71 Czech SR Championship|Slavia Prague|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 colspan=3|No Cup|||||
|1970–71 Slovak SR Championship|Dukla ZPA Prešov|||||||||
||style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|No League|1970–71 WFA Cup|Southampton|Stewarton Thistle|||||
||1971 Naisten SM-sarja|Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|No Cup||||||
|rowspan=2||1971 Serie A (FFIGC)|Piacenza|rowspan=2|1971 Coppa Italia|rowspan=2|Roma CF|rowspan=2|Fiorentina|
|1971 Serie A (FICF)|Real Juventus|||||||||
||1970–1971 Nationalliga A|DFC Aarau|style="text-align:center;" colspan=3|No Cup||||||

### Clubs founded

|Date Founded|Club|Country|Current League|Women's team of|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|January 21|Jitex BK||Elitettan||6-time Damallsvenskan champions|
|March 4|Deportivo Cuenca Femenino||Ascenso Nacional Femenino Ecuabet|Deportivo Cuenca|2-time Superliga Femenina champions|
|1971|Esteghlal Women FC||Iran Women Soccer League 1|Esteghlal FC||
|1971|Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi||Kansallinen Liiga|HJK Helsinki|24-time Kansallinen Liiga champions|
|1971|IF Brommapojkarna||Damallsvenskan|IF Brommapojkarna||
|1971|KFC '71||Folded in 2010||2-time Hoofdklasse champions|
|1971|KRC Genk Ladies||Belgian Women's Super League|KRC Genk||
|1971|KSK Heist||Folded in 2022|KSK Heist|3-time Belgian Women's First National Division champions|
|1971|Lowestoft Ladies||Folded in 1983||1981–82 WFA Cup winner|
|1971|Paris FC||Première Ligue|Paris FC|6-time Première Ligue champions|
|1971|Paris Saint-Germain||Première Ligue|Paris Saint-Germain|2020–21 Division 1 Féminine winner|
|1971|RSC Anderlecht||Belgian Women's Super League|RSC Anderlecht|7-time Belgian Women's Super League champions 4-time Belgian Women's First National Division champions|
|1971|Sheffield Wednesday LFC||North East Regional Women's Football League|Sheffield Wednesday||
|1971|Standard Fémina||Belgian Women's Super League|Standard Liège|16-time Belgian Women's First National Division champions 2014–15 BeNe League winner 2-time Belgian Women's Super League champions|
|1971|TSV Fortuna Sachsenross|(formerly) || Folded, date unknown || TSV Fortuna Sachsenross || Founding member of the Frauen-Bundesliga||||
|1971|Tyresö FF||Division 1 Mellersta||2012 Damallsvenskan winner|
|1971|Zulte Waregem||Belgian Women's Super League|Zulte Waregem||

### Births

**Note:** Male managers will be listed in _Italics_. Additionally, only their jobs in women's football will be listed.

#### January

- January 5:
    - Manuela Goller, footballer (SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach, Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, Germany).
    - Wei Haiying, footballer (China), and Hong Konger councillor.
- Janaury 11:
    - Luce Mongrain, soccer player (NC State Wolfpack, Canada).
- January 15:
    - Agnete Carlsen, footballer (SK Sprint-Jeløy, Nikko Securities, Kolbotn, Athene Moss, Norway).
    - Zhou Yang, footballer (China).
- Janaury 21:
    - Tina Mapes, footballer (Millwall Lionesses, Wimbledon, Lindsdals IF, Croydon, Arsenal, England).
- January 23:
    - Julie Foudy, soccer player (Stanford Cardinal, Sacramento Storm, Tyresö FF, San Diego Spirit, United States).
- January 25:
    - Silke Rottenberg, footballer (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, TSV Siegen, Sportfreunde Siegen, FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, FCR 2001 Duisburg, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Germany) and manager (Germany U20).
- January 29:
    - Veronica O'Brien, soccer player (New Hampshire Wildcats, Canada) and manager (UTEP Miners, UC Riverside Highlanders).
- January 31:
    - Rita Guarino, footballer (Torino, Reggiana, Fiammamonza, Torres, Maryland Pride, Lazio, Foroni Verona, Italy), assistant manager (Italy U17), and manager (Italy U17, Juventus, Inter Milan).
    - Tara Proctor, footballer (Charlton Athletic Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion Women, England).

#### February

- February 4:
    - Clare Wheatley, footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal Ladies, England).
- February 6:
    - Luisa Marchio, footballer (Torino, ACF Milan, Torres, Atletico Oristano, Roma CF, Italy), assistant manager (Torres), and manager (Atletico Oristano).
- February 16:
    - Amanda Crawford, footballer (New Zealand).
- February 17:
    - Huang Yu-chuan, footballer (Ming Chuan University, Chinese Taipei).
- February 24:
    - Annika Nessvold, footballer (Malmö FF, Sweden).
- February 25:
    - Olivia O'Toole, footballer (Drumcondra, Castle Rovers, Shamrock Rovers, Raheny United, St Catherine's, Republic of Ireland).

#### March

- March 8:
    - Arantza del Puerto, footballer (Añorga KKE, Spain).
- March 22:
    - Angela Iannotta, footballer (ACF Agliana, Panasonic Bambina, Autolelli Picenum, Australia).
- March 26:
    - Anne Zenoni, footballer (Toulouse, France).

#### April

- April 1:
    - Elke Walther, footballer (VfL Sindelfingen, SV Bergisch Gladbach 09, TuS Niederkirchen, SC Freiburg, West Germany/Germany).
- April 4:
    - Sharon Black, footballer (Fortuna Hjørring, Adelaide United, Australia).
- April 22:
    - Eliane, footballer (Brazil).
    - _Spencer Prior_, men's footballer, assistant manager (Australia), and manager (Australia U20, Thailand, Papua New Guinea).

#### May

- May 1:
    - Inesu Emiko Takeoka, footballer (Nikko Securities, Japan).

#### June

- June 13:
    - Saskia Webber, footballer (Rutgers Scarlet Knights, OKI FC Winds, Philadelphia Charge, New York Power, United States) and assistant manager (NC State Wolfpack, Rutgers Scarlet Knights).
- June 14:
    - Karen Burke, footballer (St Helens, Liverpool Ladies, Everton Ladies, ÍBV, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Leeds United Ladies, Blackburn Rovers Ladies, England).
    - Annelie Nilsson, footballer (Sunnanå SK, Sweden).

#### July

- July 16:
    - Wendi Henderson, footballer (New Zealand) and assistant manager (New Zealand).
- July 22:
    - Kristine Lilly, soccer player (North Carolina Tar Heels, Tyresö FF, Boston Breakers (WUSA), KIF Örebro DFF, Boston Breakers (WPS), United States) and indoor soccer player (Washington Warthogs).
- July 25:
    - Irene Stelling, footballer (Hartford Hawks, Denmark).
- July 30:
    - Anita Waage, footballer (Spjelkavik IL, IK Grand Bodø, Trondheims-Ørn SK, Kolbotn, Skeid, Norway).

#### August

- August 3:
    - Cathrine Zaborowski, footballer (Asker Fotball, North Carolina Tar Heels, Norway).
- August 20:
    - Alexandra Svetlitskaya (died 2019), footballer (CSK VVS Samara, Lada Togliatti, Energiya Voronezh, Alma-KTZh, Russia) and manager (Kazakhstan U19).
- August 30:
    - Roser Serra, footballer (Club Femení Barcelona, Arsenal Ladies, Spain).

#### September

- September 7:
    - Briana Scurry, footballer (UMass Minutewomen, Atlanta Beat, Washington Freedom, United States) and assistant manager (Washington Spirit).
- September 12:
    - Ri Ae-gyong, footballer (North Korea).
- September 21:
    - Beate Wendt, footballer (SC Poppenbüttel, Germany).
- September 24:
    - Claudia Klein, footballer (Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, Sportfreunde Siegen, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Germany) and player-manager (Sportfreunde Siegen).

#### October

- October 2:
    - Anette Igland, footballer (Kaupanger IL, Norway).
- October 3:
    - Angela Kelly, soccer player (North Carolina Tar Heels, Raleigh Wings, Canada), assistant manager (Tennessee Lady Volunteers), and manager (Tennessee Lady Volunteers, Texas Longhorns).
- October 7
    - Bettina Wiegmann, footballer (FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, Boston Breakers, West Germany/Germany).
- October 10:
    - _Reynald Pedros_, men's footballer and manager (Olympique Lyon, Morocco).
- October 18:
    - Megumi Sakata, footballer (Nissan Ladies, Prima Ham FC Kunoichi, Tasaki Perule, Japan).
- October 26:
    - Andrea Neil, soccer player (UBC Thunderbirds, Vancouver Whitecaps, Canada), assistant manager (Canada), and manager (UBC Thunderbirds).

#### December

- December 16:
    - _Scott Booth_, men's footballer and manager (Glasgow City, Birmingham City, Lewes, Aberdeen).
- December 18:
    - Pauline Hamill, footballer (Kilmarnock Ladies, ÍBV, Hibernian Ladies, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Blackburn Rovers Ladies, Celtic, Spartans Women, Scotland) and manager (Scotland U17, Scotland U19, Saudi Arabia U20).
- December 25:
    - Chioma Ajunwa, footballer (Nigeria) and track and field athlete. Gold medalist for Women's long jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 1971 in Women's association football, women's football
- **prevseason**: 1970 in women's association football, 1970
- **nextseason**: 1972 in women's association football, 1972