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The following are theassociation football events of the year2007 throughout the world.

• 1 – The 74th traditional new year match between theKoninklijke HFC and theformer Dutch international players ends in a 3–1 win forOranje that won the confrontation for the fourth consecutive time. TheOranje goals were scored byAron Winter,Rob Witschge andOrlando Trustfull.
• 11 –David Beckham signs a 5-year deal withMLS teamLos Angeles Galaxy.
• 20 – The firstArgentinemajor rivalry of the year was played betweenRiver Plate andBoca Juniors inMar del Plata. The match ended in a 2–0 score in favor of River Plate.

• 18 – Season premiersMelbourne Victory win the secondA-League football (soccer) grand final atTelstra Dome inMelbourne, Australia beatingAdelaide United 6–0, with Victory strikerArchie Thompson scoring 5 goals.
• 19 – ReigningLeague of Ireland championsShelbourne relegated by theFootball Association of Ireland before the start of the new 2007 season.
• 25-Chelsea won theFootball League Cup previously known asLeague Cup after beatingArsenal 2–1 at theMillennium Stadium

• 18 –Hibernian win theScottish League Cup (Scottish League Cup)final.^[1]

• 21 –Lyon become the first club in the "top five" European leagues to win six consecutive Championships after securing theLigue 1 title with six games to play.
• 22 –Internazionale secure their fifteenthSerie A title after defeatingSiena whilst championship rivalsRoma lose toAtalanta.
• 22 –Celtic defeatKilmarnock to retain theirScottish Premier League title.
• 29 –PSV claim theEredivisie 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.

• 6 – Defending championsChelsea lose theEnglish Premiership title toManchester United after a draw withArsenal atEmirates Stadium.
• 16 –Sevilla become the first team since 1986 to win two consecutiveUEFA Cups after beatingEspanyol on penalties atHampden Park,Scotland.^[2]
• 17 –Roma win its eighthCoppa Italia, winning the two final matches with an aggregate result of 7–3 againstInternazionale. (6–2 in the first leg played in Rome, 2–1 in the second one inMilan)
• 19 –Chelsea beatManchester United in theFA Cup Final 2007.Didier Drogba scored an extra time goal to secure a 1–0 victory and a domestic Cup Double for Chelsea.^[3]
• 19 –Stuttgart win the2007Bundesliga in Germany.
• 23 –Milan win their seventhUEFA Champions League title after beatingLiverpool 2-1^[4]

• 10 –San Lorenzo de Almagro won their 13thArgentine Primera title beatingArsenal de Sarandí 4–2 at theNuevo Gasómetro
• 17 –Real Madrid won their 30thSpanish Primera Liga title after defeatingMallorca 3–1 atSantiago Bernabéu Stadium.
• 20 –Boca Juniors won their sixthCopa Libertadores title after defeatingGrêmio. They beat the Brazilian side by 3–0 at home and 2–0 at theEstádio Olímpico.
• 24 –USA won their 4th title ofCONCACAF Gold Cup beatingMexico 2–1.
• 26 – Poland'sLower Silesia wins thefifthUEFA Regions' Cup, beatingBulgaria'sSouth-East Region 2–1, afterextra time, inSliven.

• 29 –Iraq produced one of football's greatest fairytale victories as the fractured, war-torn nation were crowned champions of theAFC Asian Cup for the first time.^[5]

• 5 –Manchester United won theCommunity Shield for their 16th time (shared 4 times), beatingChelsea 3–0 on penalties after a 1–1 draw.
• 31 –Milan win the2007 UEFA Super Cup beatingSevilla to claim their 17th international title.

• 2 –Club Atlético Lanús won their firstArgentine Primera by obtaining a 1–1 draw againstBoca Juniors in theBombonera.
• 5 – Argentine clubArsenal de Sarandí won the first major title in their history beatingClub América ofMexico in the final ofCopa Sudamericana 2007.
• 5 – Honduran clubMotagua obtained its first international cup in their history beatingSaprissa ofCosta Rica in the final ofCopa Interclubes UNCAF 2007.
• 16 –Milan beatBoca Juniors 4–2 in the2007 FIFA Club World Cup final to overhaul Boca's world record 17 international titles.

• 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States (June 6 – 24 2007)
  • : United States
  • : Mexico
  • : Canada and Guadeloupe
• 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship IN Netherlands(June 10 – 23 2007)
  • : Netherlands
  • : Serbia
  • : England and Belgium
• Copa America 2007 in Venezuela (June 26 – July 15, 2007)
  • : Brazil
  • : Argentina
  • : Mexico
  • 4th: Uruguay
• 2007 AFF Championship in Singapore and Thailand (January 12 – February 4, 2007)
  • : Singapore
  • : Thailand
• 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam (July 7 – 29 2007)
  • : Iraq
  • : Saudi Arabia
  • : South Korea
  • 4th: Japan
• 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada (June 30 – July 22, 2007)
  • : Argentina
  • : Czech Republic
  • : Chile
  • 4th: Austria
• 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea (August 18 – September 9, 2007)
  • : Nigeria
  • : Spain
  • : Germany
  • 4th: Ghana
• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China (September 10 – September 30, 2007)
  • : Germany
  • : Brazil
  • : United States
  • 4th: Norway

A = Apertura, C = Clausura

A = Apertura, C = Clausura

¹ Excludes Canadian clubs playing in theMLS.

² There was no national champion in Cuba during 2007 as theCampeonato Nacional is in the process of changing from being a summer league to a winter league; the2006 champion will be followed by a2007–08 champion.

¹ There was no national champion in Sierra Leone during 2007 as theSierra 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.

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• January 2 –Omiya Ardija appointsRobert Verbeek as their new manager to replaceToshiya Miura.
• February 2 –Huub Stevens leaves Dutch clubRoda JC to coachHamburg. He is replaced inKerkrade by his assistantRaymond Atteveld.
• February 8 –Sparta Rotterdam namesDanny Blind as their new technical director for the new season.Gert Aandewiel comes over fromHFC Haarlem to replaceWiljan Vloet as the new manager of the Dutch club.
• February 15 – Dutch clubFC Emmen sacks managerJan van Dijk.
• February 17 – Manager and former internationalGerald Vanenburg is sacked byHelmond 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 ofBolton Wanderers after eight years at the club. He then takes over atNewcastle United F.C and his previous job is taken bySammy Lee.
• May 14 –Paul Jewell resigns asWigan Athletic manager.
• May 14 –Stuart Pearce gets sacked byManchester City
• May 16 –Neil Warnock resignsSheffield United job and get replaced byBryan Robson
• June 4 –Claudio Ranieri signs asJuventus manager.
• September 20 –José Mourinho sacked asChelsea manager
• October 22 –Greg Ryan sacked as head coach of theUSA 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 byBrazil in the semifinals of the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the worst loss in USA women's history. Ryan was also embroiled in controversy regarding his decision to bench goalkeeperHope Solo, who had not allowed a goal in the previous three games, in favour of veteranBriana Scurry.
• October 23 –Steve Staunton sacked asRepublic of Ireland head coach.
• November 8 –Ruud Gullit is signed to a three-year deal withLos Angeles Galaxy.
• November 22 –Steve McLaren sacked asEngland head coach.

• March 16 –Harry Amass, English professional footballer^[6]
• July 13 –Lamine Yamal, Spanish professional footballer
• September 27 –Gabriano Shelton, international footballer^[7]

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• 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 soccer player
• 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 4 –José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian defender, runner-up at the1950 FIFA World Cup. (81)
• February 12 –Georg Buschner, German football player and manager. (81)

• March 1 –Fernando Veneranda, Italian footballer and coach
• March 19 –Menotti Avanzolini, Italian footballer

• April 7 –Marià Gonzalvo (85), Spanish footballer
• April 25 –Alan Ball (61), English footballer

• 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 13 –Néstor Rossi (82), Argentine footballer and coach
• June 13 –Hussein Dokmak (28) andHussein Naeem (20), two Lebanese footballers who played forNejmeh SC died in a car bomb inBeirut
• June 24 –Derek Dougan (69), Northern Irish footballer
• June 26 –Jupp Derwall (80), German footballer and coach

• 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 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 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 thePanamerican Championship 1956. (79)
• September 27 –Bill Perry (77), South African footballer
• September 27 –Horst Podlasly (71), German footballer

• October 8 –Fulvio Zuccheri (48), Italian footballer
• October 26 –Nicolae Dobrin (60), Romanian footballer

• 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 29 –Phil O'Donnell (35), Scottish footballer

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