Events

• January 28 – In the Scottish Cup
  Scottish Cup
  The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
  
   Berwick Rangers F.C.
  Berwick Rangers F.C.
  Berwick Rangers Football Club are a football team based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, although they play in the Scottish Football League Third Division...
  
   beat Rangers F.C.
  Rangers F.C.
  Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
  
   1-0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
• European Cup
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
  : Celtic F.C.
  Celtic F.C.
  Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
  
   defeat F.C. Internazionale Milano
  F.C. Internazionale Milano
  Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
  
   2-1 in normal time at the Estádio Nacional
  Estádio Nacional
  The Estádio Nacional , also known as Estádio do Jamor, is the Portuguese national football ground. It is located in the Jamor sports complex, in Oeiras, near Lisbon. It was designed by Jacobetty Rosa and the building works started in 1939, with its inauguration happening on 10 June 1944 by the...
  
   in Lisbon
  Lisbon
  Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
  
   to become the first British and non Mediterranean winners of the trophy.
• Copa Libertadores 1967: Won by Racing Club
  Racing Club de Avellaneda
  Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
  
   after defeating Nacional on an aggregate score of 2-1.
• Third Lanark A.C.
  Third Lanark A.C.
  Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club that originally existed between 1872 and 1967, 95 years in existence, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Third Lanark were known as Thirds, the Warriors, the Redcoats and the Hi Hi's...
  
  , one of the founding members of the Scottish Football League
  Scottish Football League
  The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...
  
   are declared bankrupt and the club is liquidated.
• September 21 – NAC
  NAC Breda
  NAC Breda , simply often 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 Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...
  
   makes a winning Europe
  Europe
  Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
  
  an 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
  Jacques Visschers
  Jacques Visschers was a Dutch football player, who played his entire football career at NAC Breda. After his football career, Jacques Visschers was NAC Breda’s team manager, one of the founders and a board member of the VVCS and a board member of the S.C.F....
  
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• November 19 – Jimmy O'Connor
  Jimmy O'Connor
  Jimmy O'Connor is a former Irish footballer notable for being the fastest hat-trick scorer in top level domestic league history. He scored three goals for Shelbourne in 2 minutes and 13 seconds, versus Bohemians at Dalymount Park on November 19, 1967...
  
   of Shelbourne
  Shelbourne F.C.
  Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
  
   sets the world record for the fastest ever hat-trick
  Hat-trick
  A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
  
   by scoring three goals in 2 minutes 13 seconds in a League of Ireland
  League of Ireland
  The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
  
   match against local rivals Bohemians
  Bohemian F.C.
  Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
  
   at Dalymount Park
  Dalymount Park
  Dalymount Park is an Irish football stadium situated on Dublin's Northside. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as 'Dalyer' by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football" holding Irish internationals and FAI Cup...
  
  , Dublin.

Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

• Estudiantes
  Estudiantes de La Plata
  Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....
  
   - Metropolitano
  Metropolitano championship
  The Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
  
  
• Independiente
  Club Atlético Independiente
  Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
  
   - Nacional

England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

• First Division: Manchester United
  Manchester United F.C.
  Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
  
  
• Second Division: Coventry City
  Coventry City F.C.
  Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
  
  
• Third Division: Queens Park Rangers
  Queens Park Rangers F.C.
  Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
  
  
• Fourth Division: Stockport County
  Stockport County F.C.
  Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...
  
  
• FA Cup
  FA Cup
  The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
  
  : Tottenham Hotspur
  Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
  Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
  
  
• Football League Cup
  Football League Cup
  The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
  
  : Queens Park Rangers

Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

• Division One: Celtic
  Celtic F.C.
  Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
  
  
• Division Two: Morton
  Greenock Morton F.C.
  Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....
  
  
• Scottish Cup
  Scottish Cup
  The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
  
  : Celtic
• Scottish League Cup
  Scottish League Cup
  The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
  
  : Celtic

International tournaments

• South American Championship
  South American Championship 1967
  The South American Football Championship 1967 was held in Uruguay and won by Uruguay with Argentina as a second.Luis Artime from Argentina and Mora from Paraguay were the top scorers of the tournament with 5 goals each...
  
   in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967)

• 1967 British Home Championship
  1967 British Home Championship
  The 1967 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Wembley Stadium, where an unfancied Scottish team beat England on the same turf they had won the 1966 FIFA World Cup a year before...
  
   (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)

• Pan American Games
  Football at the 1967 Pan American Games
  The fifth edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada, from July 24 to August 3, 1967. Eight teams divided in two groups of four did compete in a round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title...
  
   in Winnipeg, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967)

January–April

• January 9 – Claudio Caniggia
  Claudio Caniggia
  Claudio Paul Caniggia is a former Argentine football forward, who played 50 times for the Argentine national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. Caniggia was known for his speed as a player and competed in Athletics before his...
  
  , Argentinian footballer
• January 16 – Ivo Ron
  Ivo Ron
  Ivo Norman Ron Viver is a retired Ecuadorian football attacking midfielder. He was a member of the Ecuador national football team for four years, and obtained a total number of ten caps during his career, scoring three goals. He made his debut on 5 June 1991 against Peru.-References:...
  
  , Ecuadorian footballer
• January 18 – Pieter Huistra
  Pieter Huistra
  Pieter Egge Huistra is a Dutch football coach and former winger, currently serving as manager of FC Groningen. He is best remembered for his time with Scottish club Rangers.-Playing career:...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• February 3 – Aurelio Vidmar
  Aurelio Vidmar
  Aurelio Vidmar is an Australian football player and former captain of the Australian national team. He is currently not tied to any A-league club...
  
  , Australian footballer
• February 10 – Rini Coolen
  Rini Coolen
  Rini Coolen is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, De Graafschap and AZ Alkmaar.-Biography:...
  
  , Dutch footballer and manager
• February 18 – Roberto Baggio
  Roberto Baggio
  Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
  
  , Italian footballer
• February 18 – Marco Boogers
  Marco Boogers
  Marco Boogers is a Dutch former professional footballer.-West Ham United:After a decade playing in his native Holland, Boogers joined West Ham for £1million from Sparta Rotterdam in July 1995 even though West Ham manager, Harry Redknapp had never seen him play...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura
  Kazuyoshi Miura
  ----Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with...
  
  , Japanese footballer
• March 1 – Aron Winter
  Aron Winter
  Aron Mohamed Winter [VIN-ter] is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current head coach of Toronto FC...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• March 3 – Jaime Patricio Ramírez
  Jaime Patricio Ramírez
  Jaime Patricio Ramírez Manríquez is a retired Chilean football player. He made his debut for the Chile national football team on 1988-09-13 in a friendly match against Ecuador.-References:*...
  
  , Chilean footballer
• March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdes
  Jorge Dely Valdés
  Jorge Luis Dely Valdés is a Panamanian football player. He is a twin brother of Julio Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés....
  
  , Panamanian footballer
• March 26 – Alberto Coyote
  Alberto Coyote
  Héctor Alberto Coyote Tapia is a retired Mexican football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 54 caps for the Mexican national team between 1992 and 2001, and was a squad member at the 1995 Copa América. He made his debut on July 26, 1992.-References:* at National Football Teams*...
  
  , Mexican footballer
• April 7 – Bodo Illgner
  Bodo Illgner
  Bodo Illgner is a retired German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.During his career, he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.-Club career:Born in Koblenz, Illgner...
  
  , German footballer

May–September

• May 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer
• May 20 – Richard Zambrano
  Richard Zambrano
  Luis Richard Zambrano Chávez is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a striker during his career. He obtained a total number of eight caps for the Chilean national side...
  
  , Chilean footballer
• May 21 – Nando
  Fernando Martínez Perales
  Fernando Martínez Perales , aka Nando, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.In his career, the majority of which was spent at Valencia CF and Deportivo de La Coruña, he played in 412 games in 14 senior seasons in the top-two tiers of Spanish football.-Club career:Born in...
  
  , Spanish footballer
• May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
• May 27 – Paul Gascoigne
  Paul Gascoigne
  Paul John Gascoigne , commonly referred to as Gazza, is a retired English professional footballer.Playing in the position of midfield, Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Gansu Tianma, where he scored at least a goal...
  
  , English footballer
• June 15 – Héctor Vidal Martínez
  Héctor Vidal Martínez
  Héctor Vidal Martínez is a retired football midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football in his native country Paraguay...
  
  , Paragayan footballer
• June 22 – Marc van Hintum
  Marc van Hintum
  Marinus Gerardus Adrianus van Hintum is a retired Dutch footballer who played professionally for Helmond Sport, Willem II, Vitesse, Hannover 96 and RKC Waalwijk, as well as for the Dutch national side.-External links:...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• June 23 – Pavel Yevteyev
  Pavel Yevteyev
  Pavel Yevteyev is a retired football midfielder from Kazakhstan. He obtained a total number of 16 caps for the Kazakhstan national football team during his career, scoring three goals.- References :**...
  
  , Kazakhstani footballer
• July 19 – Gabriel Favale
  Gabriel Favale
  Gabriel Norberto Favale is an football referee from Argentina.Favale has supervised matches in the Argentine first division and received his international FIFA badge in 2004. He has refereed matches in the Copa Libertadores .-References:**...
  
  , Argentine football referee
• August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma
  Jocelyn Angloma
  Jocelyn Angloma is a French-Guadeloupean football defender currently playing for a Guadeloupean club, L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau.He is fluent in French, Creole patois, English, Italian and Spanish.- Career :...
  
  , French footballer
• August 10 – Philippe Albert
  Philippe Albert
  Philippe Julien Albert is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England...
  
  , Belgian footballer
• September 2 – Andreas Möller
  Andreas Möller
  Andreas Möller is a retired German footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was a playmaker known for his range of passing and goalscoring ability...
  
  , German footballer
• September 5 – Matthias Sammer
  Matthias Sammer
  Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
  
  , German footballer
• September 6 – David Patiño, Mexican footballer
• September 20: Craig Forrest
  Craig Forrest
  Craig Lorne Forrest is a Canadian soccer commentator and a former goalkeeper.-Club career:...
  
  , Canadian footballer
• September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer

October–December

• October 11 – Mario Salas
  Mario Salas (footballer)
  Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg is a former Chilean football midfielder. He obtained a total number of five caps for the Chilean national team, scoring no goals between 1993 and 1997. Salas made his debut on 1993-09-08 in a friendly match against Spain in Alicante.-References:* at National Football Teams...
  
  , Chilean footballer
• October 21 – Paul Ince
  Paul Ince
  Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...
  
  , English footballer
• October 24 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 1993)
• November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian footballer
• November 28 – José del Solar
  José del Solar
  José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current coach....
  
  , Peruvian footballer
• December 5 – Bogdan Stelea
  Bogdan Stelea
  Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Having played professionally into his 40's, he played for all three major first division clubs in his country's capital, and also spent a vast part of his career in Spain, mainly with Salamanca.-Club career:Stelea...
  
  , Romanian footballer
• December 28 – Paul Foster
  Paul Foster (footballer)
  Paul Foster is an Australian former football player.His younger brother Craig Foster was former Australian International.-Playing career:...
  
  , Australian footballer

Deaths

• April 1 – Jan van Dort
  Jan van Dort
  Jan Leendert van Dort was a football player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team...
  
  (77), Dutch footballer (b. 1889)