2000 in association football

Events

January 1 – Ronald Koeman starts as manager at Dutch club Vitesse. UEFA Euro 2000: France won 2–1 in extra time over Italy, with a golden goal by David Trezeguet. This was France's second European Championship title. 2006 FIFA World Cup: Germany wins the right to host for second time the event. UEFA Champions League: Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia faced off in the first ever all-country European cup final with Madrid winning 3–0. This was Real Madrid's eighth European Cup title. Copa Libertadores 2000: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Palmeiras 4–3 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 2–2. 2000 FIFA Club World Championship: Corinthians beat Vasco da Gama 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw. UEFA Cup: Galatasaray wins 4–1 on penalties in the final against Arsenal after a 0–0 draw at the end of the match. This was the first European title won by a Turkish team. UEFA Super Cup: Galatasaray beats Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time with a golden goal by Mário Jardel. March 21 – Ajax appoints Hans Westerhof as caretaker-manager after the resignation of Jan Wouters. March 31 – Gerard van der Lem resigns as manager of AZ May 20 – Chelsea wins the FA Cup by a 1–0 win over Aston Villa. July 24 – Real Madrid signs Barcelona's Portuguese star Luís Figo for a then world record transfer fee of €60 million. August 13 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–0 win over Roda JC at the Amsterdam Arena. August 15 – The Parkstad Limburg Stadion is officially opened with a friendly between home club Roda JC and Spanish side Real Zaragoza (2–2). September 2 – Louis van Gaal makes his debut as the manager of Netherlands national team with a draw (2–2) in the World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. Two PSV players make their debut as well: striker Arnold Bruggink and defender Wilfred Bouma. November 28 – Boca Juniors wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo for the second time, defeating Spain's Real Madrid 2–1; Martín Palermo scores both goals for the Argentinian club.

Winner national club championship

Asia – Anyang LG – Kashima Antlers – Al-Sadd – Anyang LG Cheetahs – BEC Tero Sasana

Europe – Dinamo Zagreb – Herfølge BK – Manchester United – Monaco – Bayern Munich – Olympiacos – KR – Shelbourne – Lazio – PSV – Linfield – Polonia Warsaw – Sporting CP – Celtic – Deportivo La Coruña – Galatasaray – The New Saints – Red Star Belgrade

North America – Toronto Croatia (CPSL)

Verano – Toluca Invierno – Morelia – Kansas City Wizards (MLS)

South America

Clausura – River Plate Apertura – Boca Juniors – Jorge Wilstermann – Vasco da Gama (Copa João Havelange) – Universidad de Chile – Olmedo – Olimpia Asunción – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria (January 22 – February 13, 2000) 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12 – February 27, 2000) — UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000) — Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13 – 30 2000) Men's Tournament Women's Tournament Norway United States Germany 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12 – October 29, 2000)

National team results

Europe

South America

Movies Air Bud: World Pup (US) Purely Belter (UK) There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)

Births

January 14 – Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer January 27 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer February 15 – Jakub Kiwior, Polish footballer February 20 – Josh Sargent, American soccer player February 22 – Timothy Weah, American soccer player February 24 – Antony, Brazilian footballer February 28 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer February 29 – Ferran Torres, Spanish international March 21 – Matty Longstaff, English footballer March 25 Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer Jadon Sancho, English footballer April 2 – Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer April 6 – Maxence Lacroix, French youth international April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer May 18 – Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international May 24 – Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer May 28 – Phil Foden, English footballer May 30 – Fábio Vieira, Portuguese footballer June 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer June 28 – Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer July 6 – Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer July 28 Keito Nakamura, Japanese youth international Lee O'Connor, Irish youth international Emile Smith Rowe, English youth international August 29 – Julia Grosso, Canadian international August 31 – Angel Gomes, English footballer September 3 – Lyle Foster, South African footballer September 27 – Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international September 29 – Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international October 20 – Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer November 2 – Alphonso Davies, Canadian international November 3 – Sergiño Dest, American soccer player November 7 – Callum Hudson-Odoi, English international

Deaths

January January 27 – Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca (72), Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer January 29 – Heinz Flotho, German international footballer (born 1915) January 29 – Harry Thompson, English footballer (born 1915)

February February 23 – Sir Stanley Matthews (85), English footballer February 23 – Dennis Evans (69), English footballer

March March 24 - George Kirby (66), English footballer

April April 4 – Brandãozinho, Brazilian defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (74) April 8 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian goalkeeper, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (79) April 14 – Wilf Mannion (81), English footballer April 24 - Chic Brodie (63), Scottish footballer

May May 1 – Cláudio Christovam de Pinho, Brazilian striker, the biggest scorer of all time for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. (77) May 18 – Domingos da Guia, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (87) May 31 – Rodolfo Pini, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (74)

July July 15 – Kalle Svensson (74), Swedish footballer July 24 – Peter Dubovský (28), Slovak footballer July 29 – Benny Fenton (81), English footballer

August August 15 – Eduardo Luján Manera (55), Argentine footballer and manager August 18 – Maurice Evans (63), English footballer August 24 – Bob McPhail (94), Scottish footballer

October October 2 – Elek Schwartz (91), Romanian footballer October 5 – Cătălin Hâldan (24), Romanian footballer

November November 1 – George Armstrong (56), English footballer and coach November 2 – Simeon Simeonov (54), Bulgarian football goalkeeper November 15 – Pietro Pasinati, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (90) November 25 – Canito (44), Spanish footballer November 27 - Willie Cunnigham (75), Scottish footballer

December December 21 – Décio Esteves, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1959 South American Championship (Argentina). (73)

References

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