1973 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world.Events
Winners club national championship
Asia
- Iran: Persepolis
- Qatar: Al-Esteqlal
Europe
- East Germany: Dynamo Dresden
- England: Liverpool
- France: Nantes
- Hungary: Újpest
- Italy: Juventus
- Netherlands: Ajax
- Poland: Stal Mielec
- Scotland: Celtic
- Soviet Union: Ararat Yerevan
- Spain: Atlético Madrid
- Turkey: Galatasaray
- West Germany: Bayern Munich
- Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade
North America
- : Cruz Azul
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- *Philadelphia Atoms
- *New York Apollo
South America
- Argentina
- *Huracán – Metropolitano
- *Rosario Central – Nacional
- Brazil: Palmeiras
International tournaments
- 1973 British Home Championship
Births
- February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer
- February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer
- March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer
- March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer
- March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer
- April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
- April 9 – Bart Goor, Belgian footballer
- April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
- April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
- April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer
- May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
- May 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer
- May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
- June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer
- July 21 - Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer
- July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer
- August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer
- August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer
- August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
- August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer
- September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer
- September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer
- September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer
- September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer
- September 21 – Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
- October 9 – Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer
- October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
- November 17 – Bernd Schneider, German international footballer
- November 29 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- December 6 – Petar Miloševski, Macedonian international footballer
- December 12 – Walter Otta, Argentinian footballer
Deaths
March
