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HOW IT WORKS
1972 in association football
Summary
The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1972
throughout the world.
Events
edit
24 May –
Copa Libertadores
1972
: Won by
Independiente
after defeating
Universitario de Deportes
on an aggregate score of 2-1.
11 May –
Ajax Amsterdam
claims the
Dutch Cup
by defeating
FC Den Haag
: 3-2.
12 October – the
1972–73 Honduran League
was canceled due to economic problems.
18 November 1972 –
1972 Scotland v England women's football match
Winners club national championship
edit
Asia
edit
Qatar
:
Al-Sadd SC
Europe
edit
Denmark
:
Vejle BK
East Germany
:
Magdeburg
England
:
Derby County
France
:
Olympique de Marseille
Hungary
:
Újpest FC
Italy
:
Juventus
Netherlands
:
Ajax Amsterdam
Soviet Union
:
Zorya Voroshilovgrad
Spain
:
Real Madrid
Turkey
:
Galatasaray S.K.
West Germany
:
Bayern Munich
North America
edit
Mexico
:
Cruz Azul
United States
/
Canada
:
New York Cosmos
(
NASL
)
South America
edit
Argentina
San Lorenzo
- Metropolitano
San Lorenzo
- Nacional
Brazil
:
Palmeiras
International tournaments
edit
African Cup of Nations
in
Cameroon
(February 23 – March 5, 1972)
Congo
Mali
Cameroon
1972 British Home Championship
(May 20 – May 27, 1972)
Shared by
England
and
Scotland
UEFA European Football Championship
in
Belgium
(June 14 – 18 1972)
West Germany
Soviet Union
Belgium
Olympic Games
in
Munich
,
West Germany
(August 26 – September 10, 1972)
Poland
Hungary
Soviet Union
and
East Germany
Births
edit
January 1 –
Lilian Thuram
, French international footballer
January 2 –
Eduardo Pereira
, Timorese footballer
January 3 –
Manuel Martínez
, Mexican international footballer
January 5 –
Richard Sosa
, Uruguayan former footballer
[1]
January 8
Paul Clement
, English footballer, coach, and manager
Giuseppe Favalli
, Italian footballer
Esteban Valencia
, Chilean international footballer
January 11 –
Huub Loeffen
, Dutch footballer
January 16
Ruben Bagger
, Danish footballer
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov
, Russian footballer
Ezra Hendrickson
, Vincentian footballer
Alen Peternac
, Croatian footballer
January 29
Artur Belotserkovets
, Russian former professional footballer
[2]
Joseph Oosting
, Dutch footballer
February 11 –
Steve McManaman
, English international footballer
March 2 –
Mauricio Pochettino
, Argentine football player and manager
March 3
Darren Anderton
, English international footballer
Karel Poborský
, Czech international footballer
March 17 –
Mia Hamm
, American women's soccer player
[3]
March 23 –
Daniel Prodan
, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
March 28 –
Péter Lipcsei
, Hungarian footballer
March 29 –
Rui Costa
, Portuguese footballer
April 28 –
Jean-Paul van Gastel
, Dutch footballer
April 28 –
Wilmer Velásquez
, Honduran international footballer
May 8 –
José Alberto Guadarrama
, Mexican footballer
May 10 –
Radosław Majdan
, Polish goalkeeper
May 13 –
Gytis Padimanskas
, Lithuanian professional footballer
[4]
June 15 –
Marcus Hahnemann
, American soccer player
June 23 –
Zinedine Zidane
, French international footballer
August 7 –
Goran Vlaović
, Croatian footballer
August 30 –
Pavel Nedvěd
, Czech international footballer
September 8 –
Markus Babbel
, German international footballer and manager
September 10 –
João Carlos dos Santos
, Brazilian international footballer
September 10 –
Mariano Bombarda
, Spanish footballer
October 1 –
Jean Paulo Fernandes
, Brazilian footballer
November 2 –
Derlis Gómez
, Paraguayan footballer
November 2 –
Darío Silva
, Uruguayan footballer
November 4 –
Luís Figo
, Portuguese international footballer
November 11 –
Nurmat Mirzabaev
, Kazakhstani footballer
December 11 –
Andriy Husin
, Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2014)
December 16 –
Aleksei Morochko
, former Russian footballer
[5]
December 22 –
Claudio Guerra
, former Uruguayan footballer
[6]
December 29 –
Losseni Konaté
, Ivorian footballer
Deaths
edit
June 9 –
Caesar ten Cate
, Dutch international footballer (born 1890)
September 16 –
Jan de Natris
(76), Dutch international footballer (born 1895)
References
edit
^
"Richard Sosa". Tenfield Digital. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012.
^
"Artur Belotserkovets".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
31 January
2024
.
^
"Mia Hamm | Biography & Facts | Britannica".
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
17 December
2022
.
^
"Gytis Padimanskas".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
18 December
2023
.
^
"Aleksei Morochko".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
30 October
2023
.
^
"Claudio Guerra".
worldfootball.net
. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG
. Retrieved
23 November
2023
.
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