1967 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1967 throughout the world.

Events[edit]

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.

October 11 – Mario Salas, Chilean international footballer
October 13 – Hernaín Arzú, Honduran international footballer
October 18 – Greg Allen, English former professional footballer^[2]
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 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^[3]
December 28 – Paul Foster, Australian footballer

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 6 – Fernando Paternoster, Argentine defender, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (64)

^ "Harald Ebertz". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
^ "1967 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ "Şener Kurtulmuş". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 October 2023.

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