1999 in association football

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

Events

*Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Premiership to cap off an unprecedented European Treble, the first and 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
*Confederation 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 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.

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.

outh America

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

International tournaments

* UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica (March 17 – March 28, 1999):# fb|CRC:# fb|GUA:# fb|HON

* Copa América in Paraguay (June 29 – July 18, 1999):# fb|BRA:# fb|URU:# fb|MEX

* Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada (July 23 – August 7, 1999):*Men's Tournament:# fb|MEX:# fb|HON:# fb|USA:*Women's Tournament:# fbw|USA:# fbw|MEX:# fbw|CRC

* FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand (November 10 – November 27, 1999) :# fb|BRA:# fb|AUS:# fb|GHA

Movies

* (US)
*There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)

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