2007 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 2007 throughout the world.

News

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • 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.

June

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July

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  • 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.[2]

August

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December

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International tournaments

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National champions

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UEFA nations

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CONMEBOL nations

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A = Apertura, C = Clausura

CONCACAF nations

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A = Apertura, C = Clausura

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

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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

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OFC nations

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Notable managerial changes

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Births

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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References

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  1. ^ "Kilmarnock 1-5 Hibernian". 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  2. ^ "Iraq in historic Asian Cup win". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ^ "Harry Amass". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ Mothoagae, Keba (4 November 2022). "Liverpool's Gabriano Shelton Has South African Hopes After Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford Abuse". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.