1979 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1979 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- Copa Libertadores 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 2-0.
- European Cup 1979: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Malmö FF 1-0 in the Final.
- Intercontinental Cup 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Malmö FF by an aggregate score of 3-1. This was the last time the Intercontinental Cup was played in two legs (South America and Europe).
- May 22 – Ruud Krol becomes Holland's most capped player in history when he plays his 65th match for the Netherlands national football team against Argentina.
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Belgium – K.S.K. Beveren
- Bulgaria – PFC Levski Sofia
- Cyprus – Omonia Nicosia
- Denmark – Esbjerg Fb
- England – Liverpool F.C.
- France – RC Strasbourg
- Italy – AC Milan
- Netherlands
- Poland – Ruch Chorzów
- Portugal – FC Porto
- Scotland – Celtic F.C.
- Spain – Real Madrid
- West Germany – Hamburger SV
- USSR – FC Spartak Moscow
[edit] North and Central America
[edit] South America
- Argentina
- Metropolitano – River Plate
- Nacional – River Plate
- Brazil – Internacional
- Colombia – América de Cali
- Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
- January 12 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
- January 15 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
- January 26 – Maksym Kalynychenko, Ukrainian footballer
- February 2 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer
- February 19 – Steve Cherundolo, American footballer
- March 2 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer
- March 4 – Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian footballer
- March 22 – Aldo Duscher, Argentine footballer
- April 5 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
- April 12 – Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer
- April 20 – Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer
- April 26 – Fereydoon Zandi, Iranian-German footballer
- May 19 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- May 29 – Arne Friedrich, German footballer
- May 30 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer
- June 4 – Naohiro Takahara, Japanese footballer
- June 7 – Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer
- June 19 – José Kleberson, Brazilian footballer
- July 14 – Sergei Ignashevich, Russian footballer
- July 26 – Paul Freier, German footballer
- October 15 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
- October 18 – Jaroslav Drobny, Czech footballer
- October 23 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
- November 5 – Patrick Owomoyela, German fotballer
- November 20 – Dmitri Bulykin, Russian fotballer
- December 14 – Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
- December 14 – Michael Owen, English footballer
- December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
- February 13 – Rafael Marquez, Mexican footballer
[edit] Deaths
- February 16 – Henk Steeman (85), Dutch footballer (b. 1894)
- April 19 – August Sackenheim (73), German footballer
- April 30 – Jaap Bulder (82), Dutch footballer (b. 1896)
- December 12 – Hans Rohde (65), German footballer
