The following are the association football events of the year 1999 throughout the world.

Events

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

won the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

and Premiership to cap off an unprecedented European Treble. * 1999 Copa Libertadores: Won by Palmeiras after defeating Deportivo Cali 4–3 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 2–2. *

FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...

–

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

won 0–0, 5–4 on penalty kicks, over

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six Continental football championships, continental champions ...

–

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

won the tournament after beating

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

4–3 *March 14 – New J.League Division 2 (J2) season started with ten clubs, one relegated from previous season's J.League and nine promoted from former Japan Football League. *May 22 – Manchester United wins the

with a 2–0 win over Newcastle United. The goals are scored by Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes. *August 8 –

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

, by a 3–2 win over

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

at the

Amsterdam Arena The Johan Cruyff Arena ( ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of association football, football club AFC Ajax, Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to ...

. *September 11 – Manager Hans Meyer from Germany resigns at Dutch club Twente, and is replaced by former player Fred Rutten. *October 27 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Jan Everse, who is replaced by Dolf Roks. *October 30 – Manager Herbert Neumann is fired at Dutch club Vitesse.

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Koeman scor ...

will replace him on 1 January 2000. In the meantime former player Edward Sturing takes control. *November 5 – Italy's

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

wins the first

UEFA Regions' Cup The UEFA Regions' Cup is a association football, football competition for Amateur sports#Association football, amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in 1999 UEFA Regions' Cup, 1999 and has been played biennially sinc ...

, beating Spain's

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

3–2, after

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

, in Abano Terme. *November 30 – Manchester United wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating Brazil's Palmeiras: 1–0. The only goal for the English club is scored by Roy Keane in the 35th minute. *December 29 – Manager Jimmy Calderwood leaves Dutch club NEC and is succeeded by former player Ron de Groot.

Winners national club championship

Asia

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

*'' 1998-99 Winner:'' Japan - Júbilo Iwata ''Runners Up:'' Iran - Esteghlal

Europe

* – Croatia Zagreb * – Sparta Prague * –

* - Haka Valkeakoski * –

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

* – Bayern Munich * – KR * – A.C. Milan * **

–

** Eerste Divisie –

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

* –

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

* – Rangers * –

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

* – Galatasaray * – Partizan

North America

* – Toronto Olympians ( CPSL) * **Verano – Toluca **Invierno – Pachuca * – D.C. United ( MLS)

South America

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

**Clausura –

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

**Apertura – River Plate *

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

– Blooming * Brazil – Corinthians *

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

– Universidad de Chile *

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

– LDU Quito *

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

– Olimpia Asunción *

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

– Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

* UNCAF Nations Cup in

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital city, capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley, wi ...

(March 17–28, 1999) *# *# *# * Canada Cup in

Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

, Canada (June 2–6, 1999) *# *# *# *

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

in Paraguay (June 29 – July 18, 1999) *# *# *# *

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

, Canada (July 23 – August 7, 1999) ** Men's Tournament *# *# *# ** Women's Tournament *# *# *# * FIFA U-20 World Cup in Nigeria (April 3–24, 1999) *# *# *# * FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand (November 10–27, 1999) *# *# *#

National team results

Europe

South America

Movies

* Soccer Dog: The Movie (US) * There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)

Births

* 1 January: Gianluca Scamacca, Italian footballer * 4 January: Alessandro Gori, Italian footballer * 5 January: Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer * 9 January: Maximiliano Romero, Argentinian footballer * 12 January: Tyler Roberts, Welsh footballer * 15 January: Kingsley Agbodike, Nigerian footballer * 16 January: Joe White, English footballer * 18 January: Patrice Sousia, Cameroonian footballer * 19 January: ** Donyell Malen, Dutch footballer ** Valentino Müller, Austrian footballer * 23 January: ** Alban Lafont, French footballer ** Malang Sarr, French footballer * 24 January: Shan Huanhuan, Chinese footballer * 30 January: Junior Etoundi, French professional footballer * 4 February: Mohammad Soltani Mehr, Iranian footballer * 16 February: Lars Reck, Dutch footballer * 17 February: Oscar Krusnell, Swedish footballer * 20 February: Witthawat Sailam, Thai professional footballer * 25 February: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international goalkeeper * 27 February: Vangelis Makris, Greek professional footballer * 5 March: Gianni Palmese, Italian footballer * 11 March: Jannik Tepe, German footballer * 12 March: ** Diego Ohlsson, Chilean former professional footballer ** Vladislav Rubin, Belarusian professional footballer * 18 March: Diogo Dalot, Portuguese international footballer * 29 March: Ezequiel Barco, Argentinian footballer * 31 March: Jens Odgaard, Danish footballer * 4 April: Aldhair Molina, Mexican professional footballer * 14 April: Matteo Guendouzi, French footballer * 15 April: Paulina Narbutaitė, Lithuanian footballer * 16 April: Caio Felipe, Brazilian footballer * 17 April: Matteo Perrotti, Italian footballer * 19 April: Lazaros Efthymiou, Cypriot footballer * 20 April: ** Michał Dziubek, Polish footballer ** Johao Martínez, Venezuelan footballer * 24 April: Jonathan Leko, English footballer * 1 May: Edriss Hushmand, Swedish footballer * 30 April: Brian Parizot, retired Mexican professional footballer * 7 May: Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer * 8 May: Jonathan Jorge, Uruguayan footballer * 14 May: William Tønning, Danish professional footballer * 25 May: Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer * 26 May: Lucas Ortíz, Uruguayan footballer * 3 June: Dan-Axel Zagadou, French footballer * 10 June: Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer * 11 June: Kai Havertz, German international * 15 June: Luis Simigliani, Venezuelan footballer * 23 June: ** Linton Maina, German footballer ** Esteban Um Lee, SouthKorean–Bolivian footballer * 24 June: Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan international * 29 June: Miguel Machado, Portuguese footballer * 2 July: Nicolò Zaniolo, Italian international * 3 July: Corentin Chaminade, French professional footballer * 4 July: Jessy Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer * 9 July: Andreas Rossak, Austrian footballer * 14 July: Emanuele Colarieti, Italian footballer * 17 July: Stahl Gubag, Papua New Guinean international * 3 August: Brahim Díaz, Spanish footballer * 12 August: Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch international * 14 August: José Torín, Venezuelan footballer * 20 September: Noah Schmitt, German footballer * 5 October: Connor McLennan, Scottish youth international * 15 October: Ben Woodburn, Welsh international * 7 November: Luis González, Venezuelan footballer * 10 November: João Félix, Portuguese international * 18 November: Domingos Quina, Portuguese footballer * 4 December: Tahith Chong, Dutch footballer * 10 December: Reiss Nelson, English footballer

Deaths

January

* January 6 – Ottavio Misefari (89), Italian footballer * January 6 –

Lajos Tichy Lajos Tichy (21 March 1935 – 6 January 1999), nicknamed "The Nation's Bomber", was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward. He is the most prolific goalscorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1917 ...

(63), Hungarian footballer * January 18 – Horace Cumner (80), Welsh footballer

March

* March 30 – Igor Netto (69), Soviet footballer

April

* April 28 – Sir Alfred Ramsey (79), English footballer and manager

July

* July 20– Abderrahmane Boubekeur, Algerian goalkeeper, former player of

AS Monaco FC Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club, commonly referred to as AS Monaco (), is a professional association football, football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco, Fontvieille, Monaco. Although not in France, they are a member of the Frenc ...

, the FLN football team and the

Algeria national football team The Algeria national football team () represents Algeria in men's international Association football, football, and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the Stade du 5 Juillet, 5 July Stadium in ...

. (68) * July 28 – Carlos Romero, Uruguayan forward, winner of the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first Wo ...

. (71)

August

* August 23 – Georges Boulogne (81), French footballer

November

* November 14 – Bert Jacobs (58), Dutch footballer and manager

References

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