1977 in association football

Events

• September 14 - Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange 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.

  Winners club national championship

Asia

• – Al-Esteqlal

  Europe

• – Liverpool
• – Nantes
• – Juventus
• *Eredivisie - Ajax
• *Eerste Divisie - Vitesse
• – Benfica
• – Atlético Madrid
• – Basel
• – Trabzonspor
• – Red Star Belgrade

  North America

• – UNAM
• /
• *Cosmos
• *New Jersey Americans

  Oceania

• - Sydney City

  South America

• *Metropolitano - River Plate
• *Nacional - Independiente
• – São Paulo

  European competitions

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

  International tournaments

• 1977 British Home Championship

  Births

• January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
• January 21 — Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
• January 21 - Phil Neville, English international footballer
• February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
• February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
• February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
• February 19 — Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
• February 28 — Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer
• April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
• April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
• May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
• May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
• May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
• May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
• May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer
• June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
• June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer
• July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
• July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
• July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer
• August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
• August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer
• September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
• October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
• October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
• October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
• November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer
• November 28 — Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer

  Deaths

January

• January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi, Italian football player

  February

• February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

  June

• June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

  July

• July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football
• July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer

  October

• October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.