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The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.


Events

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Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
: Won by Independiente after defeating Colo-Colo on an aggregate score of 2–1. *
Sunderland AFC Sunderland Association Football Club (, ) is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Formed in 1879, Sunderland play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club has won six t ...
wins the FA Cup final. *May 31 –
NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
claims the
KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...
after defeating NEC, 2–0.


Europe vs South America FIFA charity match


Winners club national championship


Asia

* Iran: Persepolis * Qatar:
Al-Esteqlal Qatar Sports Club ( ar, نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 as a merger of two Qatari football clubs ...


Europe

* East Germany: Dynamo Dresden * England: Liverpool * France:
Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
* Hungary: Újpest * Italy:
Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
* Netherlands: Ajax * Poland: Stal Mielec * Scotland: Celtic * Soviet Union: Ararat Yerevan * Spain:
Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...
* Turkey: Galatasaray * West Germany:
Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
* Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade


North America

*: Cruz Azul * / : ** Philadelphia Atoms ( NASL)


South America

* Argentina **
Huracán Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ people, Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in ...
– Metropolitano ** Rosario Central – Nacional * Brazil: Palmeiras


International tournaments

* 1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973) ::


Births

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January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d.
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) * February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer * February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer * March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer * March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer * March 16 –
Bert Zuurman Bert Zuurman (born 16 March 1973) is a Dutch former football striker, who made his professional debut in the 1990–1991 season for FC Groningen. Later on he played for Heracles Almelo, SC Heerenveen, BV Veendam, FC Eindhoven, FC Emmen, FC Zwolle, ...
, Dutch footballer * April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer * April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer * April 9 –
Bart Goor Bart Goor (; born 9 April 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Club career Geel Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth ra ...
, Belgian footballer * April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer * April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer * April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer * May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer * May 2 –
Cristino Jara Alfredo Cristino Jara Mereles (born 2 May 1973, in Capiatá) is an association football forward from Paraguay, who is currently playing for Nacional Potosi in Bolivia. He was the topscorer in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 2006, scorin ...
, Paraguayan footballer * May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer * June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer * July 21 –
Nelson Abeijón Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (born 21 July 1973) is a retired Uruguayan Association football, footballer. He is nicknamed Abe or Abeja, due to his last name similarity with the word ''abeja'' (Spanish for bee). He is currently the assistant coac ...
, Uruguayan footballer * July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer * August 9 –
Filippo Inzaghi Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (; born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Superpippo" or "Alta tensione" by fans and commentators during his playing career. He is t ...
, Italian international footballer * August 14 –
Jay-Jay Okocha Augustine Azuka Okocha ( ; born 14 August 1973), commonly known as Jay-Jay Okocha, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played 73 times for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scorin ...
, Nigerian international footballer * August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer * August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer * September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer * September 13 –
Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of club Benevento. A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napo ...
, Italian international footballer * September 18 –
Limberg Méndez Limberg Méndez Justiniano (born September 18, 1973 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football retired striker who played in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano from 1997 to 2008. Club career Throughout his professional career ...
, Bolivian footballer * September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer * September 21 – Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer * October 9 – Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer * October 11 –
Steven Pressley Steven John Pressley (born 11 October 1973) is a Scottish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a centre back. He was most recently the manager (association football), mana ...
, Scottish footballer * October 20 –
Lim Gi-han Lim Gi-Han (; born 20 October 1973) is a former South Korean Association football, footballer. He is currently head coach of Daejeon Citizen FC, Daejeon Citizen U-18 team. Lim graduated from Daegu University. He was selected for the South Kor ...
, coach and former South Korean footballerLim Gi-han – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
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Wally Dieng Wally Dieng (born 17 November 1973 in Paris, France) is a French retired footballer who played 8 matches in Ligue 1 for SM Caen in the period 1992–1994 and 13 matches in Ligue 2 for CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly ...
, French retired footballer ** Bernd Schneider, German international footballer * November 29 –
Ryan Giggs Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his List of one-club men in association football, entir ...
, Welsh footballer * December 5 –
Andrei Krasnopjorov Andrei Krasnopjorov (born 5 December 1973) is a former Estonian footballer. Krasnopjorov won two Meistriliiga titles with Lantana Tallinn and had a loan spell at CSKA Moscow in 1999. After playing just one game for the Russian Premier League ...
, Estonian footballer * December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer (died 2014) * December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer


Deaths


March

* March 19 –
Hans Stubb Hans "Hennes" Stubb (8 October 1906 – 19 March 1973) was a German footballer. Club career He played in defense for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1928 to 1944. International career He also played 10 times for Germany, scoring one goal. Stub ...
(66), German footballer (born 1906) * March 29– Adolfo Zumelzú, Argentine defender, runner-up of the
1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...
. (71)


April

* April 21 – Evert Bulder (78), Dutch footballer (born 1894)


September

* September 15 – Washington Ortuño, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the
1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...
(46)


November

* November 16 –
Lorenzo Fernández Lorenzo Fernández (May 20, 1900 – November 16, 1973), nicknamed ''El Gallego'' (The Galician), was a Spanish-born Uruguayan footballer. During his career, he played for Capurro, River Plate, Montevideo Wanderers FC and C.A. Peñarol. Fern ...
, Uruguayan defender, winner of the
1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...
. (73)


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