1967 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.
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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 F.C. Internazionale Milano 2-1 in normal time at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and 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
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
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Scotland: (for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in Scottish football)
- Spain: Real Madrid
- West-Germany: Eintracht Braunschweig
North America
South America
- Argentina:
- Estudiantes - Metropolitano
- Independiente - Nacional
- Brazil:
- Chile: Universidad de Chile
- Paraguay: Club Guaraní
International tournaments
- South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967)
- 1967 British Home Championship (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)
- Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967)
Births
January–April
- 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 – 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 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer
- May 20 – Richard Zambrano, Chilean footballer
- May 21 – Nando, Spanish footballer
- May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
- May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
- June 15 – Héctor Vidal Martínez, Paragayan footballer
- June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer
- June 23 – Pavel Yevteyev, Kazakhstani footballer
- July 19 – Gabriel Favale, Argentine football referee
- August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer
- August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
- September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
- September 6 – David Patiño, Mexican footballer
- September 20: Craig Forrest, Canadian footballer
- September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
October–December
- October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international 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 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
- December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
- December 14 – Palhinha (Jorge Ferreira da Silva), Brazilian international 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)
