1975 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1975 throughout the world.

Events

*Copa Libertadores 1975: Won by Independiente after defeating Unión Española on an aggregate score of 2-0.

*England: 1975 FA Cup Final: West Ham United 2, Fulham 0. (Alan Taylor 2)

Winners club national championship

Europe

*East Germany: 1. FC Magdeburg
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
**Eerste Divisie – NEC Nijmegen
*Spain – Real Madrid
*West Germany: Borussia Mönchengladbach

outh America

* Argentina
**Metropolitano – River Plate
**Nacional – River Plate
* Brazil – Internacional
* Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

* Copa América (July 17 – October 28, 1975):# fb|PER:# fb|COL:# fb|BRA and fb|URU

* Pan American Games in Mexico (October 13 – October 25, 1975):# fb|BRA and fb|MEX:# —:# fb|ARG

*1975 British Home Championship (May 17 – May 24, 1975)::fb|ENG

Births

* January 12 – Rick Hoogendorp, Dutch footballer
* February 2 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
* February 18 – Gary Neville, English footballer
* February 18 – Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
* March 9 – Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
* April 3 – Joakim Persson, Swedish footballer
* April 9 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer
* April 13 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer
* April 17 – Stefano Fiore, Italian footballer
* May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer
* May 2 – David Beckham, English footballer
* June 9 – Paul Agostino, Australian footballer
* June 10 – Darren Eadie, English footballer
* June 18 – Aleksandrs Kolinko, Latvian footballer
* June 24 – Christie Rampone, US Women's footballer
* July 5 – Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer
* September 18 – Richard Appleby, English footballer
* October 21 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
* October 30 – Dimitar Ivankov, Bulgarian footballer
* October 31 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
* November 30 – Ben Thatcher, English footballer
* December 7 – Ivaylo Petkov, Bulgarian footballer
* December 11 – Dario Simic, Croatian footballer
* December 20 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
* December 27 – Martin Nash, Canadian footballer

Deaths