Events

• Copa Libertadores 1975: Won by 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....
  
   after defeating Unión Española
  Unión Española
  Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...
  
   on an aggregate score of 2-0.

• 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...
  
  : 1975 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...
  
   Final: West Ham United 2, Fulham 0. (Alan Taylor 2)

Europe

• • Eredivisie
    Eredivisie
    The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
    
    : PSV Eindhoven
  • Eerste Divisie
    Eerste Divisie
    The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
    
    : NEC Nijmegen Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
    
    : Real Madrid
    Real Madrid
    Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
    
     Turkey
    Turkey
    Turkey , 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
    West Germany
    West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
    
    : Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Borussia 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...
    
     Yugoslavia
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
    
    : Hajduk Split
    HNK Hajduk Split
    HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...
    
    

South America

• • Metropolitano – River Plate
    Club Atlético River Plate
    Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
    
    
  • Nacional – River Plate
    Club Atlético River Plate
    Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
    
     Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
    
     – Internacional
    Sport Club Internacional
    Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...
    
     Paraguay
    Paraguay
    Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
    
     – Olimpia Asunción
    Olimpia Asunción
    Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....
    
    

International tournaments

• Copa América
  Copa América 1975
  The 1975 edition of the Copa América football tournament was played between July 17 and October 28. For the first time in the history of the event there was no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. In addition, the tournament changed its name from South...
  
   (July 17 – October 28, 1975)
  3. and

• Pan American Games
  Football at the 1975 Pan American Games
  The seventh edition of the football tournament at the Pan American Games was held in four cities in Mexico: Mexico City , Guadalajara, Toluca, and Puebla, from October 13 to October 25, 1975. Thirteen teams competed in a round-robin competition, with Argentina defending the title...
  
   in Mexico
  Mexico
  The 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...
  
   (October 13 – October 25, 1975)
  1. and
  2. —

• 1975 British Home Championship
  1975 British Home Championship
  The 1975 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It resulted in a resounding victory for an England team which was going through one of the poorest periods of consistent play in their history...
  
   (May 17 – May 24, 1975)

Births

• January 12 – Rick Hoogendorp
  Rick Hoogendorp
  Rick Hoogendorp is a former football striker from the Netherlands.- Career :Hoogendorp previously played for MVV Maastricht , FC Dordrecht , RKC Waalwijk , and VfL Wolfsburg ,recently played for ADO Den Haag since January 2007 in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• February 2 – Ieroklis Stoltidis
  Ieroklis Stoltidis
  Ieroklis Stoltidis , also known as "Iéro", is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder. He's well known as a passionate, determined anchorman with tremendous mental and physical courage....
  
  , Greek footballer
• February 18 – Gary Neville
  Gary Neville
  Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
  
  , English footballer
• February 18 – Keith Gillespie
  Keith Gillespie
  Keith Robert Gillespie is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield for Longford Town....
  
  , Irish footballer
• March 9 – Roy Makaay
  Roy Makaay
  Rudolphus "Roy" Antonius Makaay is a retired Dutch footballer. While playing for Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname Das Phantom , for his ability to score out of nowhere.-Career:...
  
  , Dutch footballer
• April 3 – Joakim Persson
  Joakim Persson
  Joakim Persson, , is a former Swedish footballer, who last played for Landskrona.-Club career:Persson began his career as a youth-team player with Högaborgs before moving to Malmö FF in 1992. He made his professional debut in a Swedish Cup game against Landskrona in 1994.Persson moved to the...
  
  , Swedish footballer
• April 9 – Robbie Fowler
  Robbie Fowler
  Robert Bernard Fowler is an English footballer who is currently player/manager for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United....
  
  , English footballer
• April 13 – Bruce Dyer
  Bruce Dyer
  Bruce Antonio Dyer is an English former footballer who played as a striker.His career started in 1993 with Watford, before he became the country's first £1 million-teenager when he joined Crystal Palace in 1994. He spent five years with Palace, playing more than 100 games, and then another...
  
  , English footballer
• April 17 – Stefano Fiore
  Stefano Fiore
  Stefano Fiore is an Italian football manager and former player, who can play as an attacking midfielder or on the wing. He is currently in charge as manager technical area of Cosenza in Serie D.-Parma and early years:...
  
  , Italian footballer
• May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé
  Marc-Vivien Foé
  Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide...
  
  , Cameroonian footballer
• May 2 – David Beckham
  David Beckham
  David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
  
  , English footballer
• May 25 – Raúl Muñoz
  Raúl Muñoz
  Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a defender.-Football career:...
  
  , Chilean footballer
• June 9 – Paul Agostino
  Paul Agostino
  Paul Agostino is an retired Australian football player who played as a striker. He played the majority of his club football outside Australia, most notably with 1860 Munich in Germany for ten years...
  
  , Australian footballer
• June 10 – Darren Eadie
  Darren Eadie
  Darren Malcolm Eadie is a former professional footballer, who made his name as a pacey left-sided midfielder with Norwich City. He later played for Leicester City.-Norwich City:...
  
  , English footballer
• June 18 – Aleksandrs Kolinko
  Aleksandrs Kolinko
  Aleksandrs Koļinko is a professional footballer, currently playing for FC Baltika Kaliningrad in Russian First Division.- Club career :...
  
  , Latvian footballer
• June 24 – Christie Rampone
  Christie Rampone
  Christie Patricia Rampone is an American soccer defender currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a member and current Captain of the United States women's national soccer team.-High school:...
  
  , US women's footballer
• July 1 – Julio Briones
  Julio Briones
  Julio Briones is a football midfielder from Ecuador. He earned one cap for the Ecuadorian national team during his career. His only appearance for the squad came on October 14, 1998, when Ecuador lost 5-1 in a friendly match against Brazil. Briones was a second-half substitute for Héctor...
  
  , Ecuadorian footballer
• July 5 – Hernán Crespo
  Hernán Crespo
  Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...
  
  , Argentinian footballer
• July 22 – Marilia, Brazilian footballer
• September 18 – Richard Appleby
  Richard Appleby
  Richard "Ritchie" Appleby is an English former professional footballer who played in either midfield or as a forward....
  
  , English footballer
• September 18 – Carlos Grueso
  Carlos Grueso
  Carlos Armando Grueso Quiñónez is a retired football forward from Ecuador, who earned one cap for the Ecuador national team during his career. His only appearance came on October 14, 1998 when Ecuador lost 5-1 in a friendly against Brazil, and Grueso was a second-half substitute for Ariel...
  
  , Ecuadorian footballer
• October 21 – Henrique Hilário
  Henrique Hilário
  Henrique Hilário Meireles Alves Sampaio , known as Hilário, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League as a goalkeeper.-Portugal:...
  
  , Portuguese footballer
• October 30 – Dimitar Ivankov
  Dimitar Ivankov
  Dimitar Ivanov Ivankov is a Bulgarian football player who currently plays for Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC. He plays as a goalkeeper, however he is known for his goals, especially from converting penalty kicks. Ivankov is the 3rd best goalscoring keeper in the world with 42 goals...
  
  , Bulgarian footballer
• October 31 – Fabio Celestini
  Fabio Celestini
  Fabio Celestini is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.Having started and finished his 15-year professional career with Lausanne, he also played one full decade combined in France and Spain, representing four teams.Celestini appeared with the Swiss national team at Euro...
  
  , Swiss footballer
• November 27 – Rain Vessenberg
  Rain Vessenberg
  Rain Vessenberg is a retired football goalkeeper from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Nõmme United and JK Viljandi Tulevik.-International career:...
  
  , Estonian footballer
• November 30 – Ben Thatcher
  Ben Thatcher
  Benjamin David "Ben" Thatcher is a professional association football player, who is currently a free agent...
  
  , English footballer
• December 7 – Ivaylo Petkov
  Ivaylo Petkov
  Ivaylo Rumenov Petkov is a Bulgarian football player who plays for PFC Litex Lovech.-Career:...
  
  , Bulgarian footballer
• December 11 – Dario Simic
  Dario Šimic
  Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,...
  
  , Croatian footballer
• December 20 – Bartosz Bosacki
  Bartosz Bosacki
  Bartosz Bosacki is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender.-International:On 22 May 2006, Paweł Janas called up Bosacki for the 2006 World Cup as a replacement for Damian Gorawski, after the latter failed medical tests upon being diagnosed with severe asthma...
  
  , Polish footballer
• December 27 – Martin Nash, Canadian footballer