The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world. Events 24 May – Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating Universitario de Deportes on an aggregate score of 2-1. 11 May – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Cup by defeating FC Den Haag: 3-2. 12 October – the 1972–73 Honduran League was canceled due to economic problems. 18 November 1972 –1972 Scotland v England women's football match Winners club national championship Asia : Al-Sadd SC Europe : Vejle BK : Magdeburg : Derby County : Olympique de Marseille : Újpest FC : Juventus : Ajax Amsterdam : Zorya Voroshilovgrad : Real Madrid : Galatasaray S.K. : Bayern Munich North America : Cruz Azul / : New York Cosmos (NASL) South America San Lorenzo - Metropolitano San Lorenzo - Nacional : Palmeiras International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Cameroon (February 23 – March 5, 1972) 1972 British Home Championship (May 20 – May 27, 1972) Shared by and UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium (June 14 – 18 1972) Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (August 26 – September 10, 1972) and Births January 1 – Lilian Thuram, French international footballer January 2 – Eduardo Pereira, Timorese footballer January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican international footballer January 8 Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer Esteban Valencia, Chilean international footballer January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer January 16 Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer January 29 – Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer February 11 – Steve McManaman, English international footballer March 3 – Karel Poborský, Czech international footballer March 17 – Mia Hamm, American footballer March 23 – Daniel Prodan, Romanian international footballer (died 2016) March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer March 29 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer April 28 – Wilmer Velásquez, Honduran international footballer May 8 – José Alberto Guadarrama, Mexican footballer May 10 – Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper June 15 – Marcus Hahnemann, American international footballer June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French international footballer August 7 – Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech international footballer September 8 – Markus Babbel, German international footballer and manager September 10 – João Carlos dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Spanish footballer October