The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1972 throughout the world.
[edit] Events
- Ajax Amsterdam wins the national championship, national cup, Euro cup I, World cup and Supercup; no team ever has come close to that record.
[edit] Winners club national championship
[edit] International tournaments
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- Shared by
England and 
Scotland
[edit] Births
- January 1 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- January 3 – Manuel Martínez, Mexican footballer
- January 8 – Esteban Valencia, Chilean footballer
- January 11 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch footballer
- January 29 – Joseph Oosting, Dutch footballer
- February 11 – Steve McManaman, English footballer
- March 3 – Karel Poborský, Czech footballer
- March 28 – Péter Lipcsei, Hungarian footballer
- April 28 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer
- August 30 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
- September 8 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
- September 10 – Mariano Bombarda, Argentine footballer
- November 11 – Nurmat Mirzabaev, Kazakhstani footballer
- December 29 – Losseni Konaté, Ivorian footballer
[edit] Deaths
