1967 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- January 28 – In the Scottish FA Cup Berwick Rangers F.C. beat Glasgow Rangers F.C. 1-0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
- European Cup: Celtic F.C. defeat Internazionale Milano F.C. 2-1 in normal time at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and non Mediterranean winners of the trophy.
- Copa Libertadores 1967: Won by Racing Club after defeating Nacional on an aggregate score of 2-1.
- Third Lanark A.C., one of the founding members of the Scottish Football League are declared bankrupt and the club is liquidated.
- September 21 – NAC makes a winning European debut by defeating Malta's Floriana FC (1-2) in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup, with both Dutch goals scored by Jacques Visschers.
- November 19 – Jimmy O'Connor of Shelbourne sets the world record for the fastest ever hat-trick by scoring three goals in 2 minutes 13 seconds in a League of Ireland match against local rivals Bohemians at Dalymount Park, Dublin.
[edit] Winners club national championship
[edit] Argentina
- Estudiantes - Metropolitano
- Independiente - Nacional
[edit] Chile
[edit] England
for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in English football
- First Division: Manchester United
- Second Division: Coventry City
- Third Division: Queens Park Rangers
- Fourth Division: Stockport County
- FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Cup: Queens Park Rangers
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Paraguay
[edit] Scotland
for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in Scottish football
- Division One: Celtic
- Division Two: Morton
- Scottish Cup: Celtic
- Scottish League Cup: Celtic
[edit] Spain
[edit] West-Germany
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
[edit] January-April
- January 9 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
- January 18 – Pieter Huistra, Dutch footballer
- February 3 – Aurelio Vidmar, Australian footballer
- February 10 – Rini Coolen, Dutch footballer and manager
- February 18 – Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
- February 18 – Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
- February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
- March 1 – Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
- March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer
- April 7 – Bodo Illgner, German footballer
[edit] May-September
- May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
- May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
- June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer
- July 2 – Claudio Baggio, Argentinian footballer
- August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer
- August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
- September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
- September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
- September 20: Craig Forrest, Canadian footballer
- September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
[edit] October-December
- October 21 – Paul Ince, English footballer
- November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian footballer
- November 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
- December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
[edit] Deaths
- April 1 – Jan van Dort (77), Dutch footballer (b. 1889)
