1971 in association football
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| Years in football (soccer): | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1971 throughout the world.
Events[]
- January 2 – Second Ibrox disaster. Barriers on Stairway 13 at Ibrox Park give way under a crush of fans departing a Rangers–Celtic match, killing 66 and injuring over 200.
- Copa Libertadores
- Won by Nacional after defeating Estudiantes La Plata on an aggregate score of 2–0.
- May 20 – Ajax claims the KNVB Cup by defeating Sparta Rotterdam in the second leg, 2–1.
Winners club national championship[]
Asia[]
Iran: Taj
Qatar: Al-Oruba
Europe[]
France: Olympique de Marseille
Italy: Inter Milan
Netherlands: Feyenoord
Spain: Valencia
Turkey: Galatasaray
North America[]
Mexico: Club América
United States / 
Canada:
- Dallas Tornado (NASL)
South America[]
Brazil: Atlético Mineiro
International tournaments[]
- 1971 British Home Championship (May 15 – May 22, 1971)
England
- Pan American Games in Colombia (July 31, 1971 – August 12, 1971)
Births[]
January[]
- January 1 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer and coach
- January 2 – Slobodan Komljenović, Serbian footballer
- January 5 – Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian footballer
- January 8 – Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
- January 10 – Rudi Istenič, Slovenian footballer
- January 14 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
- January 14 – Antonis Nikopolidis, Greek goalkeeper
- January 16 – Ulrich van Gobbel, Dutch footballer
- January 18 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
- January 26 – Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer
- January 29 – Jörg Albertz, German footballer
February[]
- February 1 – Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
- February 1 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
- February 1 – Marcelinho Carioca, Brazilian footballer
- February 2 – Osvaldo Peralta, Paraguayan footballer
- February 4 – Maarten Atmodikoro, Dutch footballer
- February 17 – Carlos Gamarra, Paraguayan footballer
- February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
March[]
- March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- March 13 – Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer
- March 15 – Joachim Björklund, Swedish footballer
- March 18 – Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer
- March 18 – Fernando Ochoaizpur, Bolivian footballer
- March 26 – Liviu Ciobotariu, Romanian footballer
April[]
- April 2 – Francisco Arce, Paraguayan international
- April 2 – Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
- April 5 – Choi Eun-sung, South Korean club player
- April 7 – Franky Vandendriessche, Belgian goalkeeper
- April 8 – Kim Byung-ji, South Korean international goalkeeper
- April 9 – Víctor López, Uruguayan footballer
- April 13 – Steven Lustü, Danish footballer and coach
- April 14 – Miguel Calero, Colombian international (d. 2012)
- April 15 – Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
- April 17 – José Francisco Cevallos, Ecuadorian footballer, Minister of Sports in Ecuador and President of Barcelona F.C.
- April 23 – Hjalmar Zambrano, Ecuadorian footballer
May[]
- May 14 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer
June[]
- June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
- June 5 – Francisco Gabriel de Anda, Mexican footballer and analyst
- June 9
- Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- Uladzimir Zhuravel, Belarusian footballer and coach (d. 2018)
- June 14 – Håkan Mild, Swedish footballer
- June 23 – Enrique Romero, Spanish footballer
- June 24 – Thomas Helveg, Danish international
- June 25 – Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- June 28 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
July[]
- July 26 – Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
- July 31 – Elivélton, Brazilian international footballer
- July 31 – Ignacio Vázquez, Mexican footballer
August[]
- August 10 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
- August 16 – Rick Slor, Dutch footballer
- August 18 – Patrik Andersson, Swedish footballer
- August 19 – Miguel Ponce, Chilean footballer
- August 23 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
- August 26 – Osman Özköylü, Turkish footballer
- August 27 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer
- August 29 – Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer
September[]
- September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
- September 3 – Ángel Lemus, Mexican footballer
- September 3 – Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer
- September 9 – Mikel Lasa, Spanish footballer
- September 9 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
- September 13 – Mladen Dabanovič, Slovenian footballer
- September 17 – Edílson, Brazilian footballer
- September 18 – Filip Apelstav, Swedish footballer
- September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
- September 29 – Miguel Fuentes, Mexican footballer
- September 29 – Jeffrey Talan, Dutch footballer
October[]
- October 4 – Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
- October 5 – Bertrand Crasson, Belgian footballer
- October 7 – Ismael Urzaiz, Spanish footballer
- October 8 – Miran Pavlin, Slovenian footballer
- October 13 – André Bergdølmo, Norwegian footballer
- October 15 – Andy Cole, English footballer
- October 15 – Niko Kovač, Croatian footballer
- October 16 – Geert De Vlieger, Belgian footballer
- October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer
- October 21 – René Ponk, Dutch footballer
- October 25 – Geoffrey Prommayon, Dutch footballer
- October 26 – Didier Martel, French footballer
- October 27 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
November[]
- November 3 – Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian and Tobagonian footballer
- November 13 – Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager
- November 13 – Erwin Ramírez, Ecuadorian footballer
- November 16 – Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
- November 30 – Pedro Pineda, Mexican footballer
December[]
- December 2 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
- December 3 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
- December 7 – Spira Grujić, Serbian footballer
- December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer
- December 14 – Arsenio Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
- December 26 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
- December 28 – Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer
- December 29 – Niclas Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
Deaths[]
- June 30 – Georgi Asparuhov (28), Bulgarian footballer (born 1943)
- June 30 – Nikola Kotkov (32), Bulgarian footballer (born 1938)
- July 13 – Harry Dénis (74), Dutch footballer (born 1896)
- August 5 – Ber Groosjohan (74), Dutch footballer (born 1897)
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