1970 in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer)
events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
events of the year 1970 throughout the world.
Events
- Copa Libertadores 1970: Won by Estudiantes de La PlataEstudiantes de La PlataClub 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....
after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 1-0. - European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe 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...
1970: Won by Feyenoord after defeating Celtic FC by 2-1. - In May 1970 the England captain Bobby MooreBobby MooreRobert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...
was arrested in ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
in the Bogotá BraceletBogotá BraceletThe Bogotá Bracelet incident took place in May 1970 when Bobby Moore, the captain of the England national football team, was detained in Colombia for four days after being accused of stealing a bracelet from a jewellery shop located in the Bogotá hotel in which the team were staying.The arrest took...
incident shortly before the beginning of the World Cup.
Europe
- East-Germany: FC Carl-Zeiss Jena
- HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
: Újpest FCÚjpest FCÚjpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white... - NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
: Ajax AmsterdamAjax AmsterdamAmsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands... - TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
: Fenerbahçe - West-Germany: Borussia MönchengladbachBorussia MönchengladbachBorussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
South America
- ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , 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...
- Boca Juniors – Metropolitano
- IndependienteClub Atlético IndependienteClub 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
International Tournaments
- African Cup of Nations1970 African Cup of NationsThe 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa . It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four...
in SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
(February 6 – 16 1970)
- 1970 British Home Championship1970 British Home ChampionshipThe 1970 British Home Championship Home Nations international football tournament was a heavily contested series which contradicted the common view that it would be little more than a warm-up for the English team prior to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, at which they were to defend the title they had won...
(April 18 – April 25, 1970)
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- FIFA World Cup1970 FIFA World CupThe 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...
in MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(May 31 – June 21, 1970)
Births
- January 6 – Francisco RotllánFrancisco RotllánFrancisco Rotllán Zavala is a retired professional footballer from Mexico, who played as a forward during his career. He was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:***...
, Mexican footballer - January 10 – Geovanis CassianiGeovanis CassianiFrancisco Geovanis Cassiani Gómez is a retired male football defender from Colombia. He played for the Colombia national football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, wearing the #13 jersey. Cassiani also was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad...
, Colombian footballer - January 12 – Jorge Castañeda ReyesJorge Castañeda (footballer)Jorge "Tote" Castañeda Reyes is a retired professional footballer from Mexico, who played as a midfielder during his career. He was the captain of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.In 1987, when he was eighteen, Castañeda signed with Club...
, Mexican footballer - January 13 – Frank KooimanFrank KooimanFrank Kooiman is a retired Dutch football goalkeeper. He made his debut in Dutch professional football on 1994-09-25 for Sparta Rotterdam, replacing Edward Metgod in a game against Vitesse Arnhem....
, Dutch footballer - January 21 – Alen BokšićAlen BokšicAlen Bokšić is a former football attacker from Croatia. He was a renowned forward known for his technique.-Career:Bokšić was born in Makarska and started his career in the club Zmaj from Makarska. As a young player he moved to Hajduk Split and was introduced into the first team . With Hajduk, he...
, Croatian footballer - February 4 – Kevin CampbellKevin Campbell (footballer)Kevin Joseph Campbell is an English former football player who played as a striker.-Playing career:Campbell began his career as a trainee with Arsenal, joining the club on schoolboy forms in 1985...
, English footballer - March 8 – Harry DecheiverHarry DecheiverHarry Decheiver is a retired football striker from the Netherlands who played as a professional in the Netherlands and Germany...
, Dutch footballer - March 30 – Rodrigo Barrera, Chilean footballer
- March 30 – Camilo Romero, Mexican footballer
- April 4 – Barry van Galen, Dutch footballer
- April 18 – Carlos López de SilanesCarlos López de SilanesCarlos López de Silanes is a retired professional footballer from Mexico, who played as a defender during his career. He was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
, Mexican footballer - April 28 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer
- May 10 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
- May 13 – Fernando VergaraFernando VergaraLuis Fernando Vergara Meyland is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career...
, Chilean footballer and manager - June 1 – Daniel DelfinoDaniel DelfinoDaniel Alejandro Delfino is a retired football striker from Argentina, who played for several clubs in South America during his career.-Club career:...
, Argentine footballer - June 1 – Alexi LalasAlexi LalasPanayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...
, American footballer - June 11 – Miguel RamírezMiguel RamírezMiguel Ramírez Pérez , nicknamed "Cheíto", is a retired Chilean football defender. He was capped 62 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 2003, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Career:...
, Chilean footballer - June 16 – Cobi JonesCobi JonesCobi N'Gai Jones is a retired American soccer player who formerly served as assistant coach with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer , with whom he had been involved as a player and coach since the team's inaugural season in 1996...
, American footballer - June 18 – Mark ChungMark ChungMark Chung is a former American soccer midfielder who, after a season in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, played ten seasons in Major League Soccer. He also earned twenty-four caps, scoring two goals, with the U.S. national team.-Youth and college:Chung was born in Toronto to Chinese...
, American footballer - June 19 – CafúCafuMarcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...
, Brazilian footballer - July 6 – Christer FursthChrister FursthChrister Fursth is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a left midfielder during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He obtained a total number of four caps for the national team, making...
, Swedish footballer - July 11 – Iván CastilloIván CastilloIván Sabino Castillo Salinas is a retired football defender from Bolivia, who played at club level for Bolívar, The Strongest and La Paz F.C. in Bolivia...
, Bolivian footballer - August 13 – Alan ShearerAlan ShearerAlan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
, English footballer - August 16 – Mauricio PozoMauricio PozoMauricio Andrés Pozo Quinteros is a retired Chilean football defender, who made his debut for the Chile national football team in 2001. He obtained a total of four caps for his native country.-References:*...
, Chilean footballer - August 20 – Celso Ayala, Paraguayan footballer
- August 24 – Guido Alvarenga, Paraguayan footballer
- August 28 – Mike LapperMike LapperMichael "Mike" Steven Lapper was is a retired American soccer defender. During his fifteen year career, most of it spent as a sweeper, he played in England, Germany and the United States. He earned 44 caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national soccer team between 1991 and 1995. He was part...
, American footballer - September 3 – Gareth SouthgateGareth SouthgateGareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009...
, English footballer - September 26 – Marco EtcheverryMarco EtcheverryMarco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.-Career:...
, Bolivian footballer - October 1 – Gaston TaumentGaston TaumentGaston Taument is a former Dutch football right winger , who played the vast majority of his career for Feyenoord.-Football career:...
, Dutch footballer - October 16 – Mehmet SchollMehmet SchollMehmet Scholl is a former German football player with Turkish-German ancestry. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich...
, German footballer - October 17 – Radoslav SamardzicRadoslav SamardžicRadoslav Samardžić is a retired Serbian football striker.-Career:He started his professional career in the 1991-1992 season. Nicknamed Sami he played for FK Vojvodina, FC Volendam, SC Heerenveen, Feyenoord Rotterdam and RKC Waalwijk...
, Serbian footballer - October 22 – Winston BogardeWinston BogardeWinston Bogarde is a retired Dutch professional footballer.A player of immense physical strength, he played mostly as a central defender, although he could occasionally appear on the left, and was best known for his spells at Ajax, FC Barcelona and Chelsea.With the latter side, he garnered...
, Dutch footballer - October 29 – Juan Castillo BalcázarJuan Castillo (footballer)Juan Castillo Balcázar is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a forward during his career. He obtained a total number of six caps for the Chilean national side, making his debut on 31 March 1993....
, Chilean footballer - November 1 – Igor CvitanovićIgor CvitanovicIgor Cvitanović is a retired Croatian football striker.He is currently the all-time top goalscorer of the Croatian First League with a total of 126 goals, and also scored 122 domestic league goals for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, 117 of which were in the Croatian First League...
, Croatian footballer - November 17 – Max HuibertsMax HuibertsMax Huiberts is a retired Dutch football player, who played as a forward during his career.-External links: *...
, Dutch footballer - November 29 – Mario ArteagaMario ArteagaMario Alberto Arteaga is a retired professional footballer from Mexico. He played as a forward during his career, and was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:**...
, Mexican footballer - November 29 – Mark PembridgeMark PembridgeMark Anthony Pembridge is a former footballer whose favoured position was the left side of midfield. He won numerous caps for Wales. He is currently a coach at the academy for Fulham.-Club career:...
, Welsh footballer - December 5 – Francisco VezaFrancisco VezaFrancisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso , aka Paqui, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender....
, Spanish footballer - December 11 – Chris HendersonChris HendersonChristopher "Chris" Henderson is a former American soccer midfielder who earned 79 caps with the U.S. national team. He was part of the U.S...
, American footballer
Deaths
- August 12 – Arne NybergArne NybergArne Nyberg was a Swedish football striker born in Säffle.After starting his career playing for a local club, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1932 and won two Swedish Championships with the club. He played for IFK the rest of his career and also worked for the club after retiring as an active player...
(57), Swedish footballer