The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1976 throughout the world. Events Copa Libertadores 1976: Won by Cruzeiro after defeating River Plate on an aggregate score of 3–2. September 15 – Dutch club Roda JC makes its European debut with a defeat (2–1) in Brussels against Belgium's R.S.C. Anderlecht in the second round of the Cup Winners Cup. Winners club national championship Asia Qatar – Al-Rayyan SC Europe – Liverpool – AS Saint-Étienne – Torino Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven Eerste Divisie – HFC Haarlem – Stal Mielec – Real Madrid – Trabzonspor – Partizan North America – Club América / : Toronto Metros-Croatia (NASL) South America Argentina: Metropolitano – Boca Juniors Nacional – Boca Juniors Brazil: Internacional International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Ethiopia (February 29 – 14 1976) 1976 British Home Championship (May 6 – May 15, 1976) UEFA European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (June 16 – 20 1976) AFC Asian Championship in Iran (June 3 – 13 1976) Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada (July 18 – 31 1976) Births January 18 – Pavel Mareš, Czech international footballer February 5 – John Aloisi, Australian international footballer February 7 – Daisuke Oku, Japanese international footballer (died 2014) February 13 – Maksim Proshin, former Russian professional football player February 19 – Fernando Falce, Uruguayan professional football referee February 26 – Mauro Lustrinelli, Swiss international footballer March 17 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan international footballer March 19 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian international footballer April 1 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch international footballer April 20 – Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer April 23 – Darren Huckerby, English footballer and coach April 27 – Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer May 2 – Amado Guevara, Honduran international footballer May 3 – Beto, Portuguese international footballer May 6 – Denny Landzaat, Dutch international footballer June 14 – Massimo Oddo, Italian international footballer June 23 – Patrick Vieira, French international footballer June 24 – Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos, Brazilian international footballer July 1 Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch international footballer Patrick Kluivert, Dutch international footballer July 5 – Nuno Gomes, Portuguese international footballer July 10 – Lars Ricken, German international footballer July 13 – Yevgeni Zhelyakov, Russian professional football coach and former player July 16 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer July 17 Anders Svensson, Swedish international footballer Marcos Senna, Spanish international footballer July 26 – Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (died 2004) August 11 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian