2000 in association football

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

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

• – Kashima Antlers
• – Al-Sadd
• – Anyang LG Cheetahs
• – Anyang LG
• – 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)
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• 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12 – February 27, 2000)
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• UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000)
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• Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13 – 30 2000)
• Men's Tournament
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• Women's Tournament
• # Norway
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• # Germany
• 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12 – October 29, 2000)
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Births

• 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 21 – Matty Longstaff, English footballer
• March 25
• Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer
• Jadon Sancho, English footballer
• April 2 – Josip StaniÅ¡ić, Croatian footballer
• April 6 – Maxence Lacroix, French youth international
• April 13 – David Moreno, Venezuelan footballer
• April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer
• April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer
• April 26 – Nika Å apek, Slovenian footballer
• May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian 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 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer
• June 16
• 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
• Erling Haaland, 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 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 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 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