1967 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.

• January 28 – In the Scottish Cup Berwick Rangers F.C. beat Rangers F.C. 1–0 to cause one of the biggest shock results in Scottish Football.
• European Cup: Celtic F.C. defeat Inter Milan 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon to become the first British and first 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 (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.

•  Qatar: Al-Oruba

•  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
•  France: Saint-Étienne
•  Italy: Juventus
•  Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
•  Scotland: (for fuller coverage see 1966-67 in Scottish football)
  • Division One - Celtic FC
  • Division Two - Morton
  • Scottish Cup - Celtic FC
  • Scottish League Cup - Celtic FC
•  Spain: Real Madrid
•  Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.
•  West Germany: Eintracht Braunschweig

•  Mexico: Toluca
•  United States /  Canada:
  • Los Angeles Wolves (USA)
  • Oakland Clippers (NPSL)

•  Argentina:
  • Estudiantes - Metropolitano
  • Independiente - Nacional
•  Brazil:
  • Palmeiras - Taça Brasil
  • Palmeiras - Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
•  Chile: Universidad de Chile
•  Paraguay: Club Guaraní

• South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Chile
• 1967 British Home Championship (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)

 Scotland

• Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967)
  1.  Mexico
  2.  Bermuda
  3.  Trinidad and Tobago

• South Vietnam Independence Cup in Saigon (November 4 – November 14, 1967)
  1.  Australia
  2.  South Korea
  3.  South Vietnam
  4.  Malaysia

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• January 8 – Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager
• January 9 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian international footballer
• January 16 – Ivo Ron, Ecuadorian 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 international footballer
• February 18 – Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
• February 22
  • Eric de Koeyer, retired Dutch footballer^[1]
  • Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan international footballer (died 2013)
• February 26 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
• March 1 – Aron Winter, Dutch international footballer
• March 3 – Jaime Patricio Ramírez, Chilean footballer
• March 12 – Jorge Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer
• March 26 – Alberto Coyote, Mexican footballer
• April 7 – Bodo Illgner, German international footballer

• May 3 – Daniel Fasel, retired Swiss footballer^[2]
• May 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer
• May 18 – Harald Ebertz, former German footballer^[3]
• May 20 – Richard Zambrano, Chilean footballer
• May 21 – Nando, Spanish footballer
• May 24 – Wojciech Ozimek, Polish former professional footballer^[4]
• May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer
• May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
• June 22 – Marc van Hintum, Dutch footballer
• June 23 – Pavel Yevteyev, Kazakhstani footballer
• July 7 – Shamsurin Abdul Rahman, Malaysian footballer
• July 19 – Gabriel Favale, Argentine football referee
• August 7 – Jocelyn Angloma, French footballer
• August 10 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
• August 24 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
• September 2 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
• September 5 – Matthias Sammer, German footballer
• September 6 – David Patiño, Mexican footballer
• September 12 – Ivan Ondruška, former Slovak footballer^[5]
• September 20 – Craig Forrest, Canadian soccer player
• September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer

• October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international footballer
• October 13 – Hernaín Arzú, Honduran international footballer
• October 18 – Greg Allen, English former professional footballer^[6]
• October 21 – Paul Ince, English international footballer
• October 24 – Carlos Antonio Muñoz, Ecuadorian footballer (died 1993)
• November 2 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian international footballer
• November 18 – Gavin Peacock, English footballer and sportscaster
• November 20 – Anton Brovarnik, Soviet footballer^[7]
• November 28 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
• December 5 – Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
• December 14 – Palhinha (Jorge Ferreira da Silva), Brazilian international footballer
• December 22 – Şener Kurtulmuş, Turkish former footballer^[8]
• December 28 – Paul Foster, Australian footballer

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• April 1 - Jan van Dort, Dutch international footballer (77)
• April 4 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup and all-time topscorer of the Uruguay national football team between 1930 and 2011. (68)

• June 6 – Fernando Paternoster, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (64)

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