The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1977 throughout the world.

• September 14 – Dutch club AZ'67 makes its European debut by defeating Red Boys Differdange (11–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with four goals from midfielder Jan Peters.
• Copa Libertadores 1977: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Cruzeiro 5–4 in a penalty shootout after an aggregate score of 0–0.

•  Qatar – Al-Esteqlal

•  England – Liverpool
•  France – Nantes
•  Italy – Juventus
•  Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – Vitesse
•  Portugal – Benfica
•  Spain – Atlético Madrid
•  Switzerland – Basel
•  Turkey – Trabzonspor
•  Yugoslavia – Red Star Belgrade

•  Mexico – UNAM
•  United States /  Canada:
  • New York Cosmos (NASL)

•  Australia - Sydney City

•  Argentina
  • Metropolitano – River Plate
  • Nacional – Independiente
•  Brazil – São Paulo

• European Champions Cup: Liverpool
• UEFA Cup: Juventus
• European Cup Winners' Cup: Hamburger SV

• 1977 British Home Championship (May 28 – June 4, 1977)

 Scotland

• January 2 — Gavin Mahon, English club footballer
• January 5
  • Luis Daniel Cupla, Uruguayan footballer^[1]
  • Aleksei Peplov, former Russian footballer^[2]
• January 7 — Marco Storari, Italian footballer
• January 8 — Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
• January 9 — Nihat Emre Numanbayraktaroğlu, Turkish former footballer^[3]
• January 16 — Lionel Moret, retired Swiss footballer^[4]
• January 21
  • Phil Neville, English international footballer
  • Paul Weerman, Dutch footballer
• January 28 – Terry Dyer, Dominican former international footballer^[5]

• February 5 — Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
• February 6 — Godfrey Ssali, Ugandan footballer^[6]
• February 8 — Jan Õun, Estonian footballer
• February 11 — Raivo Nõmmik, Estonian footballer
• February 19 — Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian international footballer
• February 20 — Niklas Storbacka, Finnish footballer
• February 28
  • Milan Drageljević, Serbian former footballer^[7]
  • Artur Wichniarek, Polish international footballer

• March 17 — Rustam Mustafin, Russian professional football coach, former player^[8]

• April 9 — Marko Lepik, Estonian footballer
• April 26 — Raphaël Wicky, Swiss international footballer
• April 28 — Rachid Berouas, Moroccan footballer
• April 28 — Aleksei Gridnev, former Russian footballer^[9]

• May 3 — Noel Valladares, Honduran international footballer
• May 7 — Łukasz Sosin, Polish international footballer
• May 10 — Feras Taleb, Jordanian footballer^[10]
• May 11 — Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 12 — Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer
• May 13 — Aleksei Dudin, former Russian footballer^[11]
• May 18 — Ramil Kharisov, former Russian footballer^[12]
• May 25 — Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
• May 26 — Luca Toni, Italian international footballer

• June 1 — Michał Świstak, Polish former professional footballer^[13]
• June 13 — Lorenzo Mathiot, Seychellois footballer^[14]
• June 14 — Fernando Martínez, Mexican football manager and former player^[15]
• June 15 — Rui Almeida Monteiro, Dutch footballer
• June 27 — Raúl, Spanish international footballer

• July 3 — Márcio Hahn, Brazilian football coach and former player^[16]
• July 6 — Irakli Gemazashvili, Georgian international footballer^[17]
• July 9 — Bogdan Stefanović, retired Serbian-Slovak footballer^[18]
• July 10 — Levan Kobiashvili, Georgian international footballer
• July 12 — Marco Silva, Portuguese football player and manager
• July 24 — Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian international footballer
• July 26 — Anatoli Mironov, Russian professional football coach and former player^[19]
• July 31 — Bolívar Gómez, Ecuadorian footballer

• August 1 — Gonzalo Iván Largo Romero, Spanish football player^[20]
• August 5 — Krzysztof Kretkowski, Polish footballer^[21]
• August 16 — Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
• August 17 — Thierry Henry, French international footballer
• August 18 — Denis Solovyov, professional football coach and former player^[22]
• August 23 — Luis Rubiales, Spanish football player and administrator
• August 29 — Frank Broers, Dutch footballer

• September 1 — Kwabena Boafo, Ghanaian footballer^[23]
• September 14 — Edgar Streltsov, former Russian footballer^[24]
• September 15 — Denis Soskov, former Russian footballer^[25]
• September 17 — Simone Perrotta, Italian international footballer
• September 27 — Sébastien Pauvert, French professional football^[26]
• September 29 — Harry Libanotis, Seychellois footballer^[27]

• October 1 — Carsten Birk, German former professional footballer^[28]
• October 10 — Aleksandr Grekhov, former Russian footballer^[29]
• October 13 — Antonio Di Natale, Italian international footballer
• October 15 — David Trezeguet, French international footballer
• October 20 — Tebogo Mothusi, Botswana footballer^[30]
• October 23 — Lee Shearer, English former professional footballer^[31]
• October 24 — Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadorian footballer
• October 25 — Birgit Prinz, German footballer^[32]

• November 17 — Paul Shepherd, English footballer
• November 21 — Sidwell Mothea, Lesotho footballer
• November 22 — Michael Preston, English club footballer
• November 23 — David Lucas, English youth international and coach
• November 28 — Fabio Grosso, Italian international footballer

• December 12 — Toni Bernal, Spanish retired footballer^[33]

• January 18 – Luciano Re Cecconi (38), Italian football (soccer) player (born 1948)

• February 11 – Luigi Bertolini, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (72 ; Aortic aneurysm)

• April 28 – Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (b. 1897)

• June 9 – Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Brazilian goalkeeper, squad member at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (66)

• July 17 – Billy Gonsalves American international football (soccer player) (born 1908)
• July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan international footballer (born 1915)

• September 9 – Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (born 1900)

• October 12 – Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (71)