1977 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.

Events

 * September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
 * Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦 – Al-Esteqlal

Europe

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Liverpool
 * 🇫🇷 – Nantes
 * 🇮🇹 – Juventus
 * Eredivisie – Ajax
 * Eerste Divisie – Vitesse
 * – Benfica
 * 🇪🇸 – Atlético Madrid
 * – Basel
 * 🇹🇷 – Trabzonspor
 * – Red Star Belgrade
 * – Red Star Belgrade

North America

 * 🇲🇽 – UNAM
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)
 * New York Cosmos (NASL)

Oceania

 * 🇦🇺 - Sydney City

South America

 * Metropolitano – River Plate
 * Nacional – Independiente
 * 🇧🇷 – São Paulo
 * 🇧🇷 – São Paulo

European competitions

 * European Champions Cup: Liverpool
 * UEFA Cup: Juventus
 * European Cup Winners' Cup: Hamburger SV

International tournaments

 * 1977 British Home Championship (May 28 – June 4, 1977)

January

 * January 2 &mdash; Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
 * January 5
 * Luis Daniel Cupla, Uruguayan footballer
 * Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer
 * January 7 &mdash; Marco Storari, Italian footballer
 * January 8 &mdash; Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
 * January 9 &mdash; Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer
 * January 16 &mdash; Lionel Moret, retired Swiss footballer
 * January 21
 * Phil Neville, English international footballer
 * Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
 * January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer

February

 * February 5 &mdash; Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
 * February 8 &mdash; Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
 * February 11 &mdash; Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
 * February 19 &mdash; Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
 * February 20 &mdash; Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
 * February 28
 * Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer
 * Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

March

 * March 17 &mdash; Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player

April

 * April 9 &mdash; Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
 * April 26 &mdash; Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
 * April 28 &mdash; Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
 * April 28 &mdash; Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer

May

 * May 3 &mdash; Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
 * May 7 &mdash; Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
 * May 10 &mdash; Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer
 * May 11 &mdash; Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
 * May 12 &mdash; Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
 * May 13 &mdash; Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer
 * May 18 &mdash; Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer
 * May 25 &mdash; Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
 * May 26 &mdash; Luca Toni, Italian international footballer

June

 * June 1 &mdash; Michał Świstak, Polish former professional footballer
 * June 13 &mdash; Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer
 * June 14 &mdash; Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player
 * June 15 &mdash; Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
 * June 27 &mdash; Raúl, Spanish international footballer

July

 * July 3 &mdash; Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player
 * July 6 &mdash; Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer
 * July 9 &mdash; Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer
 * July 10 &mdash; Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
 * July 12 &mdash; Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
 * July 24 &mdash; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
 * July 26 &mdash; Anatoli Mironov, Russian professional football coach and former player
 * July 31 &mdash; Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

August

 * August 1 &mdash; Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player
 * August 5 &mdash; Krzysztof Kretkowski, Polish footballer
 * August 16 &mdash; Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
 * August 17 &mdash; Thierry Henry, French international footballer
 * August 18 &mdash; Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player
 * August 23 &mdash; Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
 * August 29 &mdash; Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

September

 * September 1 &mdash; Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer
 * September 14 &mdash; Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer
 * September 15 &mdash; Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer
 * September 17 &mdash; Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
 * September 27 &mdash; Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football
 * September 29 &mdash; Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer

October

 * October 10 &mdash; Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer
 * October 13 &mdash; Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
 * October 15 &mdash; David Trezeguet, French international footballer
 * October 20 &mdash; Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer
 * October 23 &mdash; Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer
 * October 24 &mdash; Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
 * October 25 &mdash; Birgit Prinz, German footballer

November

 * November 17 &mdash; Paul Shepherd, English footballer
 * November 21 &mdash; Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
 * November 22 &mdash; Michael Preston, English club footballer
 * November 23 &mdash; David Lucas, English youth international and coach
 * November 28 &mdash; Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer

January

 * January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)

February

 * February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72 ; Aortic aneurysm)

June

 * June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)

July

 * July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
 * July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

October

 * October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)