The following are the association football events of the year 1973 throughout the world. Events Copa Libertadores 1973: Won by Independiente after defeating Colo-Colo on an aggregate score of 2–1. Sunderland AFC wins the FA Cup final. May 31 – NAC Breda claims the KNVB Cup after defeating NEC, 2–0. Europe vs South America FIFA charity match Winners club national championship Asia Iran: Persepolis Qatar: Al-Esteqlal Europe East Germany: Dynamo Dresden England: Liverpool France: Nantes Hungary: Újpest Italy: Juventus Netherlands: Ajax Poland: Stal Mielec Scotland: Celtic Soviet Union: Ararat Yerevan Spain: Atlético Madrid Turkey: Galatasaray West Germany: Bayern Munich Yugoslavia: Red Star Belgrade North America : Cruz Azul / : Philadelphia Atoms (NASL) South America Argentina Huracán – Metropolitano Rosario Central – Nacional Brazil: Palmeiras International tournaments 1973 British Home Championship (May 12–19, 1973) Births January 3 – Jaroslav Švach, Czech youth international (d. 2020) February 2 – Valeriy Yablochkin, Kazakhstani footballer February 10 – Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin, Estonian footballer March 7 – Ray Parlour, English footballer March 11 – Damián Álvarez, Mexican footballer March 16 – Bert Zuurman, Dutch footballer April 4 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer April 6 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer April 9 – Bart Goor, Belgian footballer April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer April 12 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer April 26 – Lee Woon-jae, South Korean footballer May 1 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer May 2 – Cristino Jara, Paraguayan footballer May 8 – Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer June 18 – Lesmond Prinsen, Dutch footballer July 13 – Roberto Martínez, Spanish football player and coach July 21 – Nelson Abeijón, Uruguayan footballer July 24 – Johan Micoud, French international footballer August 9 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian international footballer August 14 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian international footballer August 14 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer August 19 – Marco Materazzi, Italian international footballer September 8 – Ángel Maldonado, Mexican footballer September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian international footballer September 18 – Limberg Méndez, Bolivian footballer September 21 – Max Eberl, German footballer September 21 – Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer October 9 Thomas Frank, Danish football player and manager Carlos Pavón, Honduran international footballer October 11 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer October 14 – Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2022) October 20 – Lim Gi-han, coach and former South Korean footballer October 29 – Robert Pires, French international footballer November 17 Wally Dieng, French retired footballer