1967 in association football

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

Overview of the events of 1967 in association football

Years in association football

* ← 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970 →

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1967 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1966–67
* 1967
* 1967–68
* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1966–67
* 1967–68
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

## Events

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* 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.

## Winners club national championship

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### Asia

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* Qatar: Al-Oruba

### Europe

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* 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

### North America

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

### South America

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

## International tournaments

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* 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

## Births

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### January–April

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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–September

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* 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–December

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* 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

## Deaths

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### April

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ "Eric de Koeyer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
2. ^ "Daniel Fasel". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
3. ^ "Harald Ebertz". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
4. ^ "Wojciech Ozimek". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
5. ^ "Ivan Ondruška". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
6. ^ "Greg Allen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
7. ^ "Anton Brovarnik". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
8. ^ "Şener Kurtulmuş". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

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