The following are the association football events of the year 1978 throughout the world. Events Copa Libertadores 1978: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Deportivo Cali on an aggregate score of 4–0. England: Ipswich Town win the cup beating Arsenal F.C. 1–0 with the winning goal scored by Roger Osborne Winners club national championship Asia : Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. : Al-Rayyan SC Europe : Nottingham Forest : AS Monaco : Újpest FC : Juventus : Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven Eerste Divisie – PEC Zwolle : Steaua București : Real Madrid : Rangers : Fenerbahçe North America : Tigres UANL / : New York Cosmos (NASL) Oceania : West Adelaide South America Metropolitano – Quilmes Nacional – Independiente : Guarani : Olimpia Asunción International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Ghana (March 5 – 16 1978) 1978 British Home Championship (May 13 – May 20, 1978) FIFA World Cup in Argentina (June 1 – 25 1978) Births January January 9 Gennaro Gattuso, Italian football player Hamlet Barrientos, Bolivian footballer January 10 – Jeffrey Yishai, former Israeli footballer January 20 – Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer and manager January 28 Gianluigi Buffon, Italian international goalkeeper Jamie Carragher, English football player defender Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020) February February 2 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coach February 5 – Jairon Zamora, Ecuadorian footballer February 15 – Alejandro Lembo, Uruguayan footballer February 24 – Leon Constantine, English club footballer March March 9 – Lucas Neill, Australian footballer March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian international March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer March 30 – Mauricio Rojas, Chilean footballer March 31 Stephen Clemence, English footballer and coach Jérôme Rothen, French international April April 1 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican international striker (d. 2009) April 30 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer May May 16 – Edu, Brazilian football player and manager May 30 – Nicolás Olivera, Uruguayan footballer June June 20 – Frank Lampard, English football player midfielder June 9 – Miroslav Klose, German football player forward June 21 – Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer July July 22 – Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer September September 6 – Éric Kossingou, French former professional footballer September 17 – Arne Slot, Dutch football player and manager September 18 Ryan Lowe, English club footballer Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian football player November November 7 – Rio Ferdinand, English football player defender November 7