title: 2007 in association football
text: The following are the association football events of the year 2007 throughout the world.
  
  News
  
  January
   1 – The 74th traditional new year match between the Koninklijke HFC and the former Dutch international players ends in a 3–1 win for Oranje that won the confrontation for the fourth consecutive time. The Oranje goals were scored by Aron Winter, Rob Witschge and Orlando Trustfull.
   11 – David Beckham signs a 5-year deal with MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy.
   20 – The first Argentine major rivalry of the year was played between River Plate and Boca Juniors in Mar del Plata. The match ended in a 2–0 score in favor of River Plate.
  
  February
   18 – Season premiers Melbourne Victory win the second A-League football (soccer) grand final at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, Australia beating Adelaide United 6–0, with Victory striker Archie Thompson scoring 5 goals.
   19 – Reigning League of Ireland champions Shelbourne relegated by the Football Association of Ireland before the start of the new 2007 season.
   25- Chelsea won the Football League Cup previously known as League Cup after beating Arsenal 2–1 at the Millennium Stadium
  
  March
   18 – Hibernian win the Scottish League Cup (Scottish League Cup) final.
  
  April
   21 – Lyon become the first club in the "top five" European leagues to win six consecutive Championships after securing the Ligue 1 title with six games to play.
   22 – Internazionale secure their fifteenth Serie A title after defeating Siena whilst championship rivals Roma lose to Atalanta.
   22 – Celtic defeat Kilmarnock to retain their Scottish Premier League title.
   29 – PSV claim the Eredivisie title, their third in a row after the three teams: AZ, Ajax, and PSV had 72 points each. PSV pipped to the title Ajax on goal difference.
  
  May
   6 – Defending champions Chelsea lose the English Premiership title to Manchester United after a draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.
   16 – Sevilla become the first team since 1986 to win two consecutive UEFA Cups after beating Espanyol at Hampden Park, Scotland.
   17 – Roma win its eighth Coppa Italia, winning the two final matches with an aggregate result of 7–3 against Internazionale. (6–2 in the first leg played in Rome, 2–1 in the second one in Milan)
   19 – Chelsea beat Manchester United  in the FA Cup Final 2007. Didier Drogba scored an extra time goal to secure a 1–0 victory and a domestic Cup Double for Chelsea.
   19 – Stuttgart win the 2007 Bundesliga in Germany.
   23 – Milan win their seventh UEFA Champions League title after beating Liverpool 2-1
  
  June
   10 – San Lorenzo de Almagro won their 13th Argentine Primera title beating Arsenal de Sarandí 4–2 at the Nuevo Gasómetro
   17 – Real Madrid  won their 30th Spanish Primera Liga title after defeating Mallorca 3–1 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
   20 – Boca Juniors won their sixth Copa Libertadores title after defeating Grêmio. They beat the Brazilian side by 3–0 at home and 2–0 at the Estádio Olímpico.
   24 – USA won their 4th title of CONCACAF Gold Cup beating Mexico 2–1.
   26 – Poland's Lower Silesia wins the fifth UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Bulgaria's South-East Region 2–1, after extra time, in Sliven.
  
  July
   29 – Iraq produced one of football's greatest fairytale victories as the fractured, war-torn nation were crowned champions of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time.
  
  August
   5 – Manchester United won the Community Shield for their 16th time (shared 4 times), beating Chelsea 3–0 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
   31 – Milan win the 2007 UEFA Super Cup beating Sevilla to claim their 17th international title.
  
  December
   2 – Club Atlético Lanús won their first Argentine Primera by obtaining a 1–1 draw against Boca Juniors in the Bombonera.
   5 – Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí won the first major title in their history beating Club América of Mexico in the final of Copa Sudamericana 2007.
   5 – Honduran club Motagua obtained its first international cup in their history beating Saprissa of Costa Rica in the final of Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007.
   16 – Milan beat Boca Juniors 4–2 in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final to overhaul Boca's world record 17 international titles.
  
  International tournaments
  2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the  (June 6 – 24 2007)
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  2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship IN (June 10 – 23 2007)
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  Copa America 2007 in  (June 26 – July 15, 2007)
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  2007 AFF Championship in  and  (January 12 – February 4, 2007)
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  2007 AFC Asian Cup in , , , and  (July 7 – 29 2007)
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  2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in  (June 30 – July 22, 2007)
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  2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in  (August 18 – September 9, 2007)
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  2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in  (September 10 – September 30, 2007)
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  National champions
  
  UEFA nations
  
  : KF Tirana
  : FC Rànger's
  : FC Pyunik
  : Red Bull Salzburg
  : Khazar Lenkoran
  : BATE Borisov
  : Anderlecht
  : FK Sarajevo
  : Levski Sofia
  : Dinamo Zagreb
  : APOEL
  : Sparta Prague
  : Copenhagen
  : Manchester United
  : Levadia Tallinn
  : NSÍ
  : Tampere United
  : Lyon
  : Olimpi Rustavi
  : Stuttgart
  : Olympiacos
  : Debreceni VSC
  : Valur
  : Drogheda United
  : Beitar Jerusalem
  : Inter Milan
  : FC Aktobe
  : FK Ventspils
  : FBK Kaunas
  : F91 Dudelange
  : Pobeda
  : Marsaxlokk
  : Sheriff Tiraspol
  : FK Zeta (first First League champions)
  : PSV
  : Linfield
  : SK Brann
  : Zagłębie Lubin
  : Porto
  : Dinamo București
  : Zenit St. Petersburg
  : S.S. Murata
  : Celtic
  : Red Star Belgrade
  : MŠK Žilina
  : Domžale
  : Real Madrid
  : IFK Göteborg
  : FC Zürich
  : Fenerbahçe
  : Dynamo Kyiv
  : The New Saints
  
  CONMEBOL nations
  A = Apertura, C = Clausura
  
  : San Lorenzo (C),  Lanús (A)
  : Real Potosí (A), San José (C)
  : São Paulo
  : Colo-Colo (A & C)
  : Atlético Nacional (A & C)
  : LDU Quito
  : Club Libertad
  : Universidad San Martín
  : Danubio
  : Caracas FC
  
  CONCACAF nations
  A = Apertura, C = Clausura
  
  : Kicks United
  : Bassa
  : Deportivo Nacional
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  : Barbados Defence Force
  : FC Belize
  : Devonshire Cougars
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  : Toronto Croatia 1
  : Scholars International
  : N/A 2
  : Deportivo Saprissa (C)
  : Sagicor South East United
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  : A.D. Isidro Metapán (C), Firpo (A)
  Grenada: ASOMS Paradise
  : Xelajú MC (C), Deportivo Jalapa (A)
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  : Real España (C), Marathón (A)
  : Harbour View
  : Pachuca (C), Atlante (A)
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  Netherlands Antilles: SV Centro SD Barber
  : Real Estelí
  : Tauro (A), San Francisco (C)
  : Fraigcomar
  : Newtown United
  : Anse Chastanet GYSO
  : Under-20
  : Inter Moengotapoe
  : San Juan Jabloteh
  : Beaches
  : Houston Dynamo (MLS)
  : Helenites
  
  1 Excludes Canadian clubs playing in the MLS.
  
  2 There was no national champion in Cuba during 2007 as the Campeonato Nacional is in the process of changing from being a summer league to a winter league; the 2006 champion will be followed by a 2007–08 champion.
  
  CAF nations
  
  Algeria: ES Sétif
  Angola: Inter Luanda
  Benin: Tonnerre d'Abomey
  Botswana: ECCO City Green
  Burkina Faso: Commune
  Burundi: Vital'O
  Cameroon: Cotonsport Garoua
  Cape Verde: Sporting Praia
  Central African Republic:
  Chad:
  Comoros: Coin Nord
  Congo: Diables Noirs
  Côte d'Ivoire: Africa Sports
  DR Congo: TP Mazembe
  Djibouti: AS Compagnie Djibouti-Ethiopie
  Egypt: Al-Ahly
  Equatorial Guinea: Renacimiento
  Eritrea:
  Ethiopia: Awassa City
  Gabon: FC 105 Libreville
  Gambia: Real de Banjul
  Ghana: Hearts of Oak
  Guinea: Kaloum Star
  Guinea-Bissau: Sporting de Bissau
  Kenya: Tusker
  Lesotho: Lesotho Correctional Services
  Liberia: Invincible Eleven
  Libya: Al-Ittihad
  Madagascar: Ajesaia
  Malawi:
  Mali: Stade Malien
  Mauritania: ASC Nasr de Sebkha
  Mauritius: Curepipe Starlight
  Morocco: Olympique Khouribga
  Mozambique: Costa do Sol
  Namibia: Civics Windhoek
  Niger: Sahel SC
  Nigeria: Enyimba
  Rwanda: APR
  São Tomé and Príncipe:
  Senegal: AS Douanes
  Seychelles: Saint-Michel United
  Sierra Leone: N/A 1
  Somalia: Elman FC
  South Africa: Mamelodi Sundowns
  Sudan: Al-Hilal Omdurman
  Swaziland: Royal Leopards
  Tanzania: Simba SC
  Togo: ASKO Kara
  Tunisia: Étoile Sahel
  Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority SC
  Zambia: ZESCO United
  Zimbabwe: Dynamos
  
  1 There was no national champion in Sierra Leone during 2007 as the Sierra Leone National Premier League is in the process of changing from being a summer league to a winter league; the 2006 champion will be followed by a 2007–08 champion.
  
  AFC nations
  
  Australia: Melbourne Victory
  Bahrain: Muharraq
  Bangladesh: Abahani
  Bhutan: Transport United
  Cambodia:
  Brunei: No championship held
  Burma: Kanbawza
  China: Changchun Yatai
  East Timor:
  Guam: Quality Distributors
  Hong Kong: South China
  India: Dempo SC
  Indonesia:
  Iran: Saipa
  Iraq: Arbil
  Japan: Kashima Antlers
  Jordan: Al-Wihdat
  Kuwait: Al Kuwait
  Kyrgyzstan: Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn
  Laos: Lao-American College
  Lebanon: Al-Ansar
  Macao: GD Lam Pak
  Malaysia: Kedah FA
  Maldives: New Radiant
  Mongolia: Erchim
  Nepal: Mahendra Police Club
  North Korea:
  Oman: Al-Nahda
  Pakistan: Pakistan Army
  Philippines: National Capital Region
  Qatar: Al-Sadd
  Saudi Arabia: Al-Hilal
  Singapore: SAFFC
  South Korea: Pohang Steelers
  Sri Lanka: Ratnam SC
  Syria: Al-Karamah
  Taiwan: Taiwan Power Company
  Tajikistan: Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
  Thailand: Chonburi
  Turkmenistan: FC Aşgabat
  United Arab Emirates: Al Wasl
  Uzbekistan: Pakhtakor Tashkent
  Vietnam: Bình Dương
  Yemen: Al-Ahli
  
  OFC nations
  
  American Samoa: Konica
  Cook Islands:
  Fiji: Ba
  New Caledonia: JS Baco
  New Zealand: Auckland City
  Niue:
  Northern Mariana Islands: Fiesta Inter Saipan
  Palau: Team Bangladesh
  Papua New Guinea: Cancelled
  Samoa:
  Solomon Islands: Kossa
  Tahiti: AS Manu-Ura
  Tonga:
  Tuvalu:
  Vanuatu: Tafea
  
  Notable managerial changes
  
   January 2 – Omiya Ardija appoints Robert Verbeek as their new manager to replace Toshiya Miura.
   February 2 – Huub Stevens leaves Dutch club Roda JC to coach Hamburg. He is replaced in Kerkrade by his assistant Raymond Atteveld.
   February 8 – Sparta Rotterdam names Danny Blind as their new technical director for the new season. Gert Aandewiel comes over from HFC Haarlem to replace Wiljan Vloet as the new manager of the Dutch club.
   February 15 – Dutch club FC Emmen sacks manager Jan van Dijk.
   February 17 – Manager and former international Gerald Vanenburg is sacked by Helmond Sport due to a lack of confidence, the club reports on its website.
  April 10 – Fulham FC sack Chris Coleman to be replaced by Northern Ireland international manager Laurie Sanchez
   April 29 – Sam Allardyce resigns as manager of Bolton Wanderers after eight years at the club. He then takes over at Newcastle United F.C and his previous job is taken by Sammy Lee.
   May 14 – Paul Jewell resigns as Wigan Athletic manager.
   May 14 – Stuart Pearce gets sacked by Manchester City
   May 16 – Neil Warnock resigns Sheffield United job and get replaced by Bryan Robson
   June 4 – Claudio Ranieri signs as Juventus manager.
   September 20 – José Mourinho sacked as Chelsea manager
   October 22 – Greg Ryan sacked as head coach of the USA women's national team, despite 45 wins and only one loss out of 55 matches in charge. The loss, however, was a 4–0 humiliation by Brazil in the semifinals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the worst loss in USA women's history. Ryan was also embroiled in controversy regarding his decision to bench goalkeeper Hope Solo, who had not allowed a goal in the previous three games, in favour of veteran Briana Scurry.
   October 23 – Steve Staunton sacked as Republic of Ireland head coach.
   November 8 – Ruud Gullit is signed to a three-year deal with Los Angeles Galaxy.
   November 22 – Steve McLaren sacked as England head coach.
  
  Births
  September 27 – Gabriano Shelton, international footballer
  
  Deaths
  
  January
  January 1 – Thierry Bacconnier (43), French footballer
  January 1 – Jørgen Hammeken (88), Danish footballer
  January 3 – Roland Ehrhardt (65), French footballer
  January 4 – Sandro Salvadore (67), Italian footballer
  January 6 – Juan Manuel Alejandrez (62), Mexican footballer
  January 12 – Georg Dahlfelt (87), Danish footballer
  January 12 – Roberto Mazzanti (64), Italian footballer
  January 15 – David Vanole (43), American footballer
  January 22 – Ramón Marsal (72), Spanish footballer
  January 30 – Sixto Rojas (26), Paraguayan footballer
  January 30 – Sigifredo Mercado (73), Mexican footballer
  January 31 – Arben Minga (47), Albanian footballer
  
  February
   February 4 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (81)
   February 12 – Georg Buschner, German football player and manager. (81)
  
  March
   March 1 – Fernando Veneranda, Italian footballer and coach
   March 19 – Menotti Avanzolini, Italian footballer
  
  April
  April 7 – Marià Gonzalvo (85), Spanish footballer
  April 25 – Alan Ball (61), English footballer
  
  May
  May 2 – Juan Valdivieso (96), Peruvian footballer
  May 4 – José Antonio Roca (78), Mexican footballer and coach
  May 12 – Edy Vasquez (23), Honduran footballer
  May 13 – Kai Johansen (66), Danish footballer
  May 26 – Marek Krejčí (26), Slovak footballer
  
  June
  June 13 – Néstor Rossi (82), Argentine footballer and coach
   June 13 – Hussein Dokmak (28) and Hussein Naeem (20), two Lebanese footballers who played for Nejmeh SC died in a car bomb in Beirut
  June 24 – Derek Dougan (69), Northern Irish footballer
  June 26 – Jupp Derwall (80), German footballer and coach
  
  July
  July 2 – Luigi Scarabello (91), Italian footballer and coach
  July 9 – Esteban Areta (75), Spanish footballer and coach
  July 24 – Raimundo Pérez Lezama (84), Spanish footballer 
  July 25 – Bernd Jakubowski (54), German footballer
  July 27 – Giuseppe Baldo (93), Italian footballer
  
  August
  August 20 – Anton Reid (16), English footballer
  August 25 – Ray Jones (18), English footballer
  August 28 – Antonio Puerta (22), Spanish footballer
  August 29 – Chaswe Nsofwa (28), Zambian footballer
  
  September
   September 3 – Gustavo Eberto (24), Argentine footballer
   September 9 – Helmut Senekowitsch (73), Austrian footballer and coach
   September 11 – Ian Porterfield (61), Scottish footballer
   September 14 – Ambrogio Valadè (70), Italian footballer
   September 22 – Nílton Coelho da Costa, Brazilian striker, winner of the Panamerican Championship 1956. (79)
   September 27 – Bill Perry (77), South African footballer
   September 27 – Horst Podlasly (71), German footballer
  
  October
  October 8 – Fulvio Zuccheri (48), Italian footballer
  October 26 – Nicolae Dobrin (60), Romanian footballer
  
  November
  November 5 – Nils Liedholm (85), Swedish footballer and coach
  November 13 – John Doherty (footballer) (72), English footballer
  November 23 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez (36), Bolivian footballer
  November 26 – Manuel Badenes (78), Spanish footballer
  
  December
  December 29 – Phil O'Donnell (35), Scottish footballer
  
  References
  
   
  Association football by year