1959 in association football

Events

• October 25 - Sparta Rotterdam makes a winning European debut by defeating Sweden's IFK Göteborg in the second round of the European Cup. All three goals for the Dutch side are scored by Joop Daniëls.

  Winners club national championship

• : San Lorenzo
• : Bahia
• : Universidad de Chile
• : OGC Nice
• : KR
• : A.C. Milan
• : Chivas Guadalajara
• : Sparta Rotterdam
• : Olimpia Asunción
• : FC Dynamo Moscow
• : Barcelona
• : Fenerbahçe
• : Eintracht Frankfurt

  International tournaments

• 1959 British Home Championship

• African Cup of Nations in Egypt
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• Pan American Games in Chicago, United States
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  Births

• January 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez, Venezuelan football goalkeeper
• May 20 — Juan Carlos Letelier, Chilean international footballer
• May 26 — Róger Flores, Costa Rican international footballer
• July 25 — Fyodor Cherenkov; Soviet and Russian international footballer and manager
• July 31 — Wilmar Cabrera, Uruguayan international footballer
• September 4 — Fernando Alvez, Uruguayan international footballer
• November 14 — José Figueroa, Honduran international footballer
• November 17 — Thomas Allofs, German international footballer
• November 22 — Marek Ostrowski, Polish international footballer
• November 28 — Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan international footballer
• December 19 — Edward Metgod, Dutch football goalkeeper and manager

  Deaths

May

• May 18 – Enrique Guaita, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1934-35 Serie A.

  November

• November 8 – Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian striker, topscorer at the South American Championship 1945.