1979 in association football

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Overview of the events of 1979 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1979 throughout the world.

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.

Winners club national championship

International tournaments

1979 British Home Championship (May 19 – May 26, 1979)

England

Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico (July 2 – July 14, 1979)
1. Brazil
2. Cuba
3. Argentina
Copa América (July 10 – December 12, 1979)
1. Paraguay
2. Chile
3. Brazil and Peru
World Youth Championship (August 26 – September 7, 1979)

Births

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January 2 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach
January 4 – Shergo Biran, German footballer
January 12 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
January 15 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
January 26 – Maksym Kalynychenko, Ukrainian footballer
January 30 – Possato (Alan dos Santos Possato), Brazilian footballer
February 2 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer
February 4 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
February 13 – Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
February 19 – Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
February 20 – Denis Fladung, former Russian professional footballer
March 2 – Damien Duff, Irish footballer
March 4 – Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian footballer
March 14 – Neftalí Luna, Spanish retired footballer
March 22 – Aldo Duscher, Argentine footballer
April 3 – Christoph Spatzenegger, Austrian 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 2 – Michael Brunswijk, Dutch former footballer
May 11 – Tomás Jiménez, Spanish retired footballer
May 19
- Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
May 25 – Marek Klimczok, Polish former professional footballer
May 29 – Arne Friedrich, German footballer
May 30 – Fabian Ernst, German footballer
May 31 – Jean-Pascal Biezen, Dutch retired professional 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 16 – Joé Flick, Luxembourgian footballer
July 26 – Paul Freier, German footballer
July 27 – Antonio Sarmiento, Spanish footballer
August 7 – Pablo Salinas, Bolivian footballer
August 12 – Júnior Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
August 27 – Thierry Bayock, Cameroonian footballer
August 28 – Bojan Gojak, Serbian former footballer
August 29 – Amjad Al-Shuaibi, Jordanian footballer
September 10 – Raúl Gaitán, Spanish retired footballer
September 11
- Eric Abidal, French footballer
- Leon Cort, English footballer
- David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
September 13 – Julio de León, Honduran footballer
September 15 – Dadash Kazikhanov, former Russian professional footballer
October 8 – Doyle Vaca, Bolivian footballer
October 9 – Gonzalo Sorondo, Uruguayan footballer
October 15 – Paul Robinson, English footballer
October 18 – Jaroslav Drobny, Czech footballer
October 22 – Alex Matshameko, Motswana former footballer
October 23 – Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
October 30 – Simone Berardi, Italian former footballer
November 2 – Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (d. 2020)
November 5
- Patrick Owomoyela, German footballer
- David Suazo, Honduran footballer
November 15 – Rowan Hendricks, South African footballer
November 19 – Bentley Springer, Barbadian footballer
November 20 – Dmitri Bulykin, Russian footballer
November 21 – Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
December 7 – Diego Bengolea, Bolivian footballer
December 14
- Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
- Michael Owen, English footballer
December 20 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
December 26 – Stephano Wooding, Dutch former professional footballer
December 30 – Hernán Boyero, Argentine footballer

Deaths

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February

February 16 - Henk Steeman, Dutch midfielder, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics. (85)

April

April 11 – Mohamed Akid, Tunisian forward, capped 52 times for the Tunisia national football team. (29)
April 18 – Pedro Arico Suárez, Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (70)
April 19 – August Sackenheim, German forward, capped 4 times for the Germany national football team. (73)
April 22 – Amedeo Biavati, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (64)
April 30 – Jaap Bulder, Dutch forward, bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics. (82)

July

July 14 – Santos Urdinarán, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (79)
July 31 – José Della Torre, Argentine defender, runner up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup . (73)

August

August 21 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup, often seen as the best player of his era, and one of the greatest of all time. (68)

December

December 12 - Hans Rohde, German defender, 25 times capped for the Germany national football team. (65)

Movies

Yesterday's Hero

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1979 in association football at Soccerway
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