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

Events

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

: Won by Estudiantes de La Plata after defeating

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

on an aggregate score of 1–0. * European Cup

: Won by

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

after defeating

Celtic FC The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...

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 Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As ...

(Paris, France) was founded. * World Cup 1970 Brazil wins the world cup 1970

Winners club national championship

Asia

* : Al-Oruba

Europe

* :

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Ober ...

* : Everton * : AS Saint-Étienne * :

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegat ...

* : Cagliari * : Ajax Amsterdam * :

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

* : Celtic * : Atlético Madrid * : Fenerbahçe * : Borussia Mönchengladbach

North America

* ** Guadalajara **

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...

(México 1970) * / : ** Rochester Lancers ( NASL)

South America

* ** Boca Juniors – Metropolitano ** Independiente – Nacional * :

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 6 – 16 1970) *# *# *# *

1970 British Home Championship Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe con ...

(April 18 – April 25, 1970) ::Shared by , and *

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

(May 31 – June 21, 1970) *# *# *# *

1970 Asian Games The 6th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. (T ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

(10–20 December 1970) * * *

Births

* January 1 –

Sergei Kiriakov Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (russian: Серге́й Вячеславович Кирьяков; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast. Career 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 Alen Bokšić (; born 21 January 1970) is a former Croatian professional footballer. A forward who spent most of his career in France and Italy, he was renowned for his technique and power, and is regarded as one of the greatest players in the ...

, Croatian footballer * February 2 –

Erik ten Hag Erik ten Hag (, born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Ten Hag played as a centre-back in the Dutch league for 13 ye ...

, Dutch football player and coach * February 4 – Kevin Campbell, English footballer * February 16 –

Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi (; born 16 February 1970) is an Italian football coach and former goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award. Peruzzi is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all ...

, Italian footballer * March 8 – Harry Decheiver, Dutch footballer * March 30 –

Rodrigo Barrera Rodrigo Hernán Barrera Funes (born March 30, 1970) is a retired Chilean footballer. Career Barrera played mostly for Universidad Católica. He is nicknamed Chamuca. A striker at Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile, he helped the ...

, Chilean footballer * March 30 –

Camilo Romero Camilo Romero (born 30 March 1970) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a left-back. Romero was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He earned fourteen caps for the nat ...

, Mexican footballer * April 4 –

Barry van Galen Bart "Barry" van Galen (; born 4 April 1970, in Haarlem) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He debuted in Dutch professional football on 17 August 1991 (Haarlem - Telstar 2–1) and internationally for the Netherlands national team on ...

, Dutch footballer * April 18 – Carlos López de Silanes, Mexican footballer * April 28 –

Diego Simeone Diego Pablo Simeone González (; ; born 28 April 1970, nicknamed El Cholo (), is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder; he has been the manager of Atlético Madrid since December 2011. In his cl ...

, Argentinian footballer * May 10 – David Weir, Scottish footballer * May 13 –

Fernando Vergara Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970), known as Fernando Vergara, is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed ''El Zamorano de los Pobres'' during his career. He is currently coaching Universidad de Concepción in the P ...

, Chilean footballer and manager * June 1 – Daniel Delfino, Argentine footballer * June 1 –

Alexi Lalas Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas ( el, Αλέξης Λάλας; born June 1, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer te ...

, American footballer * June 11 – Miguel Ramírez, Chilean footballer * June 16 – Cobi Jones, American footballer * June 18 –

Mark Chung Mark Chung (born June 18, 1970) is an American former soccer midfielder who played ten seasons in Major League Soccer. He also earned twenty-four caps, scoring two goals, with the US national team. Youth Chung was born in Toronto to Hakka Ch ...

, American footballer * June 19 – Cafú, Brazilian footballer * July 6 –

Christer Fursth Karl Christer Fursth (born 6 July 1970) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a left midfielder. He represented Örebro SK, Helsingborgs IF, 1. FC Köln, and Hammarby Fotboll, Hammarby IF during a career ...

, 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 28 –

Mike Lapper Michael Steven Lapper (born August 28, 1970 in Redondo Beach, California) is an American retired soccer defender. During his fifteen-year playing career, most of it spent as a sweeper, he played in England, Germany and the United States. He ...

, American footballer * September 3 –

Gareth Southgate Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder. He has been the manager of the England national team since 2016. Southgate won the League Cup ...

, English footballer * September 26 –

Marco Etcheverry Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born 26 September 1970) is a Bolivian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. A creative playmaker, he is considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time. Etcheverry played for D.C. ...

, Bolivian footballer * October 1 – Gaston Taument, Dutch footballer * October 16 –

Mehmet Scholl Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring ...

, German footballer * October 17 – Radoslav Samardzic, Serbian footballer * October 22 –

Winston Bogarde Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer, and was the assistant coach at Ajax. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a central defender although he could occasionally play as ...

, Dutch footballer * October 29 – Juan Castillo Balcázar, Chilean footballer * November 1 – Igor Cvitanović, Croatian footballer * November 17 –

Max Huiberts Max Huiberts (born 17 November 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. References External links Max Huibertsat VI Living people 1970 births Sportspeople from Zwolle Association football forwards Dutc ...

, Dutch footballer * November 29 – Mario Arteaga, Mexican footballer * November 29 –

Mark Pembridge Mark Anthony Pembridge (born 29 November 1970) is a Welsh retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach at the academy for Fulham. He played 333 matches in England's top division for Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Evert ...

, Welsh footballer * December 5 – Francisco Veza, Spanish footballer * December 11 –

Chris Henderson Christopher Henderson (born December 11, 1970) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He earned 79 caps with the U.S. national team and part of the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the time of his ...

, American footballer

Deaths

August

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

September

* September 18 –

Pedro Cea José Pedro Cea (1 September 1900 – 18 September 1970) was a Uruguayan football player as a striker and coach. Playing career Club career Cea was born in MontevideoMontevideo. At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Ur ...

, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (70)

References

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