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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1970 throughout the world.

Events

• Copa Libertadores 1970: Won by Estudiantes de La Plata after defeating Peñarol on an aggregate score of 1-0.
• European Cup 1970: Won by Feyenoord after defeating Celtic FC by 2-1.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina
  • Boca Juniors - Metropolitano
  • Independiente - Nacional
• East-Germany: FC Carl-Zeiss Jena
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• West-Germany: Borussia Mönchengladbach

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Sudan (February 6 – 16, 1970)

1.  Sudan
2.  Ghana
3.  Egypt

• 1970 British Home Championship (April 18 – April 25, 1970)

Shared by  England,  Scotland and  Wales

• FIFA World Cup in Mexico (May 31 – June 21, 1970)

1.  Brazil
2.  Italy
3.  West Germany

Births

• February 4 – Kevin Campbell, English footballer
• March 8 – Harry Decheiver, Dutch footballer
• March 30 – Rodrigo Barrera, Chilean footballer
• April 4 – Barry van Galen, Dutch footballer
• April 28 – Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer
• May 10 – David Weir, Scottish footballer
• June 1 – Alexi Lalas, American footballer
• June 11 – Miguel Ramírez, Chilean footballer
• June 16 – Cobi Jones, American footballer
• June 18 – Mark Chung, American footballer
• June 19 – Cafú, Brazilian footballer
• July 11 – Iván Castillo, Bolivian footballer
• August 13 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
• August 20 – Celso Ayala, Paraguayan footballer
• August 28 – Mike Lapper, American footballer
• September 3 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
• September 26 – Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian footballer
• October 1 – Gaston Taument, Dutch footballer
• October 16 – Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
• October 17 – Radoslav Samardzic, Serbian footballer
• October 22 – Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer
• November 29 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
• December 5 – Francisco Veza, Spanish footballer
• December 11 – Chris Henderson, American footballer

Deaths

• August 12 – Arne Nyberg (57), Swedish footballer