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, Nuremberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics...

history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China...

The 1972–73 FA Cup was the 92nd season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA...

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

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...

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

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

The 1972–73 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in England. Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. *...

The Laws of the Game are the codified rules of association football. The laws mention the number of players a team should have, the game length, the size...

Offside is one of the laws in association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. The law states that a player is in an offside position if...

FC Nantes won Division 1 season 1972/1973 of the French Association Football League with 55 points. AC Ajaccio Angers SCO SEC Bastia Bordeaux Olympique...

The German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈfuːsbalˌbʊnt]; DFB [ˌdeːʔɛfˈbeː] ) is the governing body of football, futsal,...

Serbian association football player Đorđe Tomić (born 1972), Serbian association football player Đorđe Tutorić (born 1983), Serbian association football player...

governed by the Congolese Football Federation. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but did win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1972. They also won the...

a Cymru Premier match: List of world association football records In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria in what is commonly referred to as the Anschluss...

In top-level association football competitions, 25 players have scored 500 or more goals in both club and international football, according to research...

established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England...

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

The 1972–73 Alpha Ethniki was the 37th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 17 September 1972 and ended on 3 June 1973...

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

Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It...

Setúbal Football Association (Associação de Futebol de Setúbal, abrv. AF Setúbal) is the district governing body for all football competitions in the Portuguese...

Bragança (Bragança Football Association) is one of the 22 District Football Associations that are affiliated to the Portuguese Football Federation. The AF...

Since its formation in 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA), NFL game results have been recorded. Games in the NFL can either...

The 1972 African Cup of Nations was the eighth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted...

The Football Association of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; Swedish: Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football and futsal...

Korea Football Association, a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since...

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...

article features a list of men's professional FIFA records in association football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world, including...