The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world. Events September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) 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 / : New York Cosmos (NASL) 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 (May 28 – June 4, 1977) Births January January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer January 21 — Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer January 21 – Phil Neville, English international footballer February 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 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer February 28 — Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer March March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player April April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer May 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 June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer July July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer August August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player August