1999 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1999 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Premiership to cap off an unprecedented European Treble, the only English side to do so.
• Copa Libertadores 1999: 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 - United States won 0-0, 5-4 on penalty kicks, over China
• Confederations Cup - Mexico's won the tournament after beating Brazil 4-3
• May 22 – Manchester United wins the FA Cup with a 2-0 win over Newcastle United. The goals are scored by Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes.
• August 8 – Feyenoord Rotterdam wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 3-2 win over Ajax Amsterdam in the Amsterdam ArenA.
• September 11 – Manager Hans Meyer from Germany resigns at Dutch club FC 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 Arnhem. Ronald Koeman will replace him on January 1, 2000. In the mean time former player Edward Sturing takes control.
• November 5 – Italy's Veneto wins the first UEFA Regions' Cup, beating Spain's Madrid 3–2, after extra time, in Abano Terme.
• November 30 – Manchester United wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan 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 Nijmegen and is succeeded by former player Ron de Groot.

[edit] Winners national club championship

• England – Manchester United
• France – Girondins de Bordeaux
• Germany – Bayern Munich
• Iceland – KR
• Italy – A.C. Milan
• Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Feyenoord Rotterdam
  • Eerste Divisie – FC Den Bosch
• Portugal – FC Porto
• Spain – Barcelona
• Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • Clausura – Boca Juniors
  • Apertura – River Plate
• Brazil – Corinthians
• Chile – Universidad de Chile
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

[edit] International tournaments

• UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica (March 17 – March 28, 1999)

1.  Costa Rica
2.  Guatemala
3.  Honduras

• Copa América in Paraguay (June 29 – July 18, 1999)

1.  Brazil
2.  Uruguay
3.  Mexico

• Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada (July 23 – August 7, 1999)

• Men's Tournament

1.  Mexico
2.  Honduras
3.  United States

• Women's Tournament

1.  United States
2.  Mexico
3.  Costa Rica

• FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand (November 10 – November 27, 1999)

1.  Brazil
2.  Australia
3.  Ghana

[edit] Movies

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

[edit] Deaths

• January 26 – Claude Bez (58), French footballer
• March 30 – Igor Netto (69), Soviet footballer
• April 28 – Sir Alfred Ramsey (79), English footballer and manager
• August 23 – Georges Boulogne (81), French footballer
• November 14 – Bert Jacobs (58), Dutch footballer and manager