The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.
Events 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
Asia : Al-Oruba
Europe : Manchester United : Saint-Étienne : Juventus : Ajax Amsterdam : Celtic : Real Madrid : Beşiktaş J.K. : Eintracht Braunschweig
North America : Toluca / : Los Angeles Wolves (USA) Oakland Clippers (NPSL)
South America : Estudiantes - Metropolitano Independiente - Nacional : Palmeiras - Taça Brasil Palmeiras - Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa : Universidad de Chile : Club Guaraní
International tournaments South American Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay (January 17 – February 2, 1967)
1967 British Home Championship (October 22, 1966 – April 15, 1967)
Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (July 24 – August 3, 1967)
South Vietnam Independence Cup in Saigon (November 4 – November 14, 1967)
Births
January–April 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 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 May 3 – Daniel Fasel, retired Swiss footballer May 11 – Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer May 18 – Harald Ebertz, former German footballer May 20 – Richard Zambrano, Chilean footballer May 21 – Nando, Spanish footballer May 25 – Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer May 27 – Paul Gascoigne, English footballer May 31 – Moustapha Sall, Mauritanian football player and manager (d. 2025) 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 July 24 – Wojciech Ozimek, Polish former professional footballer 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 September 20 – Craig Forrest, Canadian soccer player September 27 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
October–December October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international footballer October 13 – Hernaín Arzú, Honduran international footballer October 18 – Greg Allen, English former professional footballer 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 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 December 28 – Paul Foster, Australian footballer
Deaths
April 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 June 6 – Fernando Paternoster, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (64)
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