1972 in association football information

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world. 24 May – Copa Libertadores 1972: Won by Independiente after defeating...

The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics...

The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years...

history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back at least to medieval times. Some predecessors of football may date...

The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle...

six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries...

international record. When, in 1972, German former player and national team coach Sepp Herberger asked the German Football Association vice president Hermann...

Congo national football team (French: Équipe de football du Congo) represents the Republic of the Congo in men's association football and is governed...

and regional football associations by date of foundation. ^1 Originally affiliated to the Belfast based Irish Football Association. In 1921 the LFA became...

is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association. Periods of...

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia....

scored in association football matches. The records concerning the fastest goals are disputed for a number of reasons. Ray Spiller of the Association of Football...

Football is the most popular sport in Germany with 57% of the population declaring interest in watching it. The German Football Association (German: Deutscher...

scorer per game in a Cymru Premier match: List of world association football records In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly...

final against Athens 9–0. In the London Games of 1908 a proper international tournament was organised by the Football Association, featuring just six teams...

Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and...

The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation...

European Football Associations. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021. "Biggest wins and winning margins in EURO history"...

Amateur Sports Association, headquartered in the Vatican's Cortile di San Damaso. The Vatican City football association was founded in 1972. Its current...

an association football competition established in 1960. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations...

in 1920, with the Dick, Kerr Ladies "England" side captained by Alice Kell. The England women's team was authorised in 1972 by the Women's Football Association...