The following are the association football events of the year 2000 throughout the world.

Events

*January 1 –

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 ...

starts as manager at Dutch club Vitesse. * UEFA Euro 2000:

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

won 2–1 in extra time over

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, with a golden goal by

David Trezeguet David Sergio Trezeguet (, ; born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at ...

. This was France's second European Championship title. *

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

: Germany wins the right to host for second time the event. *

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 ...

: Spanish giants

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

and

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

faced off in the first ever all-country European cup

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...

with Madrid winning 3–0. This was Real Madrid's eighth European Cup title. *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: 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 Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw. *

UEFA Cup The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ...

: Galatasaray wins 4–1 on penalties in the

against

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

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 The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup Association football, football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's offic ...

: Galatasaray beats Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time with a golden goal by Mário Jardel. *March 21 –

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 ...

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 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 ...

by a 1–0 win over Aston Villa. *July 24 – Real Madrid signs

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 ...

'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 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 2–0 win over Roda JC 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 ...

. *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 Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. ...

. 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 Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

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 The are a professional association football, football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. They currently play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari, a Japanese ...

* – Al-Sadd * – Anyang LG Cheetahs * – BEC Tero Sasana

Europe

* – Dinamo Zagreb * – Herfølge BK * –

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 ...

* –

Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...

* – Bayern Munich * – Olympiacos * – KR * – Shelbourne * –

Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

* – PSV * – Linfield * – Polonia Warsaw * –

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

* – Celtic * –

Deportivo La Coruña ''Deportivo'' (Spanish, 'sporting') may refer to: * Deportivo de La Coruña, commonly known as simply Deportivo, a Spanish football club * Déportivo, a French rock band * Deportivo (Mexicable) Mexicable is an aerial lift line in Ecatepec de ...

* – Galatasaray * – The New Saints * –

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

North America

* – Toronto Croatia ( CPSL) * **Verano – Toluca **Invierno – Morelia * – Kansas City Wizards ( MLS)

South America

* **Clausura – River Plate **Apertura – Boca Juniors * – Jorge Wilstermann * –

( Copa João Havelange) * – Universidad de Chile * – Olmedo * – Olimpia Asunción * – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

and

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

(January 22 – February 13, 2000) *# *# *# * 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in

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 ...

(February 12 – February 27, 2000) *# *# *# — *

UEFA European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...

in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000) *# *# *# — *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean ...

(September 13 – 30 2000) ** Men's Tournament *# *# *# ** Women's Tournament *#

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

* 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 12 – Deniz Yılmaz, Turkish professional footballer * January 14 – Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player * January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer * January 27 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer * February 7 – Jhonney Duarte, Venezuelan 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 16 – Lorenz Leskosek, Austrian footballer * March 21 – Matty Longstaff, English footballer * March 25 ** Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer ** Jadon Sancho, English footballer * April 2 – Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer * April 3 – Dereck Darkwa, Ghanaian-Dutch footballer * April 6 – Maxence Lacroix, French youth international * April 11 – Konrad Kumor, Polish footballer * April 13 – David Moreno, Venezuelan footballer * April 16 – Xavier Usel, Italian footballer * April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer * April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer * April 26 – Nika Šapek, Slovenian footballer * May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer * May 15 – Natangwe Petrus, Namibian international footballer * May 18 – Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international * May 24 ** Leswis Landaeta, Venezuelan footballer ** Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer * May 28 – Phil Foden, English footballer * May 30 – Fábio Vieira, Portuguese footballer * June 5 – Joran Vermeulen, Dutch professional footballer * June 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer * June 16 ** Max Schwitalla, German footballer ** Anne Sellies, Dutch footballer * June 27 – Marcus Lindberg, Danish footballer * June 28 – Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer * June 29 – Petro Dolhov, Ukrainian professional footballer * July 6 – Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer * July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer * July 21 ** Giamcarlos Betancourt, Venezuelan footballer **

Erling Haaland Erling Braut Haaland (, ; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Norway national football te ...

, Norwegian 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 11 – Enzo Valentim, French professional footballer * September 27 – Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international * September 29 – Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international * October 4 – Aldijana Šišić, Bosnian footballer * October 13 – Sophen Phan, Cambodian professional footballer * 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 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

. (74) * April 8 –

Moacir Barbosa Nascimento Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years. He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and w ...

, Brazilian goalkeeper, runner-up at 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 ...

. (79) * April 14 – Wilf Mannion (81), English footballer * April 23 – Felipe (Felipe Ferreira da Cruz), Brazilian 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 24 – Adsson (Adsson Igor Marinho de Lima), Brazilian footballer * May 31 – Rodolfo Pini, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the

. (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 Décio Esteves da Silva (21 May 1927, in Rio de Janeiro – 25 December 2000, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian international football player and coach. Biography The technically adept and flexible player was used primarily in midfield. From ...

, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1959 South American Championship (Argentina). (73)

References

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