2000 in association football explained

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

• •  - Anyang LG Japan  - Kashima Antlers
• Qatar  - Al-Sadd
• Singapore  - Anyang LG Cheetahs
• Thailand  - 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)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12  - February 27, 2000)
            2. -
• UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10  - July 2, 2000)
  1. • 1. • 1. -
• Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13  - 30 2000)
  • Men's Tournament
  1. • 1. • 1. • • Women's Tournament
  2. Norway
  3. United States
  4. Germany
• 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12  - October 29, 2000)

National team results

Europe

See main article: Estonia national football team 2000.

South America

See main article: Ecuador national football team 2000.

Movies

• (US)
• Purely Belter (UK)
• There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)

Births

• January 12  - Deniz Yılmaz, Turkish professional footballer^[1]
• January 14  - Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player^[2]
• January 26  - Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• January 27  - Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer^[3]
• February 7  - Jhonney Duarte, Venezuelan footballer^[4]
• 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^[5]
• February 28  - Moise Kean, Italian footballer^[6]
• February 29  - Ferran Torres, Spanish international^[7]
• March 16  - Lorenz Leskosek, Austrian footballer^[8]
• March 21  - Matty Longstaff, English footballer
• March 25
  • Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer^[9]
  • Jadon Sancho, English footballer
• April 2  - Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer^[10]
• April 3  - Dereck Darkwa, Ghanaian-Dutch footballer^[11]
• April 6  - Maxence Lacroix, French youth international^[12]
• April 11  - Konrad Kumor, Polish footballer
• April 16  - Xavier Usel, Italian footballer^[13]
• April 19  - Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer^[14]
• April 25  - Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer^[15]
• May 8  - Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer^[16]
• May 15  - Natangwe Petrus, Namibian international footballer^[17]
• May 18  - Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international^[18]
• May 24
  • Leswis Landaeta, Venezuelan footballer^[19]
  • Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer^[20]
• 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^[21]
• June 16
  • Max Schwitalla, German footballer^[22]
  • Anne Sellies, Dutch footballer^[23]
• June 27  - Marcus Lindberg, Danish footballer
• June 28  - Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer^[24]
• June 29  - Petro Dolhov, Ukrainian professional footballer^[25]
• July 6  - Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer
• July 12  - Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• July 21
  • Giamcarlos Betancourt, Venezuelan footballer^[26]
  • Erling Haaland, Norwegian footballer
• July 28
  • Keito Nakamura, Japanese youth international ^[27]
  • Lee O'Connor, Irish youth international
  • Emile Smith Rowe, English youth international^[28]
• August 29  - Julia Grosso, Canadian international
• August 31  - Angel Gomes, English footballer
• September 3  - Lyle Foster, South African footballer^[29]
• September 11  - Enzo Valentim, French professional footballer^[30]
• September 27  - Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international^[31]
• September 29  - Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international^[32]
• October 4  - Aldijana Šišić, Bosnian footballer^[33]
• October 20  - Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer^[34]
• November 2  - Alphonso Davies, Canadian international
• November 3  - Sergiño Dest, American soccer player^[35]
• November 7  - Callum Hudson-Odoi, English international^[36]

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^[37]
• 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^[38]
• 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^[39]
• October 5  - Cătălin Hâldan (24), Romanian footballer^[40]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deniz Yilmaz . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 June 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Jonathan David . cannadasoccer.com . Canada soccer association.
3. Web site: Aurélien Tchouaméni . worldfootball.net . World football.
4. Web site: Jhonney Duarte . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 February 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Anthony. 8 October 2022.
6. Web site: Moise Kean . espon.co.uk . ESPN.
7. Web site: Ferran Torres . espn.co.uk . ESPN.
8. Web site: Lorenz Leskosek . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 8 August 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Ozan Kabak . premierleague.com . Premier League . 14 June 2022.
10. Web site: JosipStanisic . espn.com . ESPN.
11. Web site: Dereck Darkwa . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
12. Web site: "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: List of Players: France" . fifadata.com . Fifa . 2023-01-01 . 2018-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083502/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17/2017/pdf/FU17_2017_SquadLists.pdf . bot: unknown .
13. Web site: Xavier Usel . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 21 June 2024 . en.
14. https://www.whoscored.com/Players/392361/Show/Azzedine-Ounahi Azzedine Ounahi
15. Web site: Dejan Kulusevski . premierleague.com . Premier League.
16. https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/261047/sandro-tonali SANDRO TONALI
17. Web site: Natangwe Petrus . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 April 2024 . en.
18. Web site: Ryan Sessegnon . espn.co.uk . ESPN.
19. Web site: Leswis Landaeta . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 April 2024 . en.
20. Web site: "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Switzerland (SUI)" . fifa.org . Fifa . 15 November 2022.
21. Web site: "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mexico" . fifadata.com . Fifa . 13 June 2019 . 6 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf . bot: unknown .
22. Web site: Max Schwitalla . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 13 October 2017.
23. Web site: Anne Sellies . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 12 June 2024.
24. Web site: "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" . fifadata.com . Fifa . 2023-01-01 . 2020-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf . bot: unknown .
25. Web site: Petro Dolhov Stats . FBref.com . Sports Reference LLC . 11 January 2024 . en.
26. Web site: Giamcarlos Betancourt . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 July 2024 . en.
27. Web site: "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Japan" . fifadata.com . Fifa . 2023-01-01 . 2020-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf . bot: unknown .
28. Web site: Emile Smith Rowe . Arsenal.com . Arsenal.
29. https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=119246 17. Lyle Foster Forward Burnley
30. Web site: Enzo Valentim . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 June 2024 . en.
31. Web site: "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: New Zealand" . fifadata.com . Fifa . 13 June 2019 . 6 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf . bot: unknown .
32. Web site: G. Mamardashvili . soccerway.com . Soccerway.
33. Web site: Aldijana Sisic . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 July 2024 . en.
34. Web site: SZOBOSZLAI DOMINIK . mlsz.hu . Hungarian Football Federation . 17 June 2022.
35. Web site: Sergiño Dest . ussoccer.com . USMNT.
36. https://www.thefa.com/england/mens-seniors/squad/callum-hudson-odoi Profile
37. Web site: Felipe Cruz . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 June 2024 . en.
38. Web site: Adsson . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 February 2024 . en.
39. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1328868/2007/09/12/Van-Basten-streeft-Guus-Hiddink-voorbij.dhtml Van Basten streeft Guus Hiddink voorbij
40. Web site: 5 October 2010 . 10 ani de la moartea lui Catalin Hildan! Toata echipa merge la Branesti! . 10 years since the death of Catalin Hildan! The whole team goes to Branesti! . 19 November 2021 . Sport.ro . ro.