1999 in association football

Events

• Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Premiership to cap off an unprecedented European Treble, the first 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 won the tournament after beating Brazil 4–3
• March 14 – New J. League Division 2 season started with ten clubs, one relegated from previous season's J. League and nine promoted from former Japan Football League.
• 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 wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 3–2 win over Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena.
• September 11 – Manager Hans Meyer from Germany resigns at Dutch club 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. Ronald Koeman will replace him on 1 January 2000. In the meantime 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 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 and is succeeded by former player Ron de Groot.

  Winners national club championship

Asia

• Japan – Júbilo Iwata
• Qatar – Al-Wakrah SC
• South Korea – Suwon Bluewings
• Thailand – Royal Thai Air Force

  Europe

• Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
• Czech Republic - Sparta Prague
• England – Manchester United
• France – Bordeaux
• Germany – Bayern Munich
• – KR
• – A.C. Milan
• * Eredivisie – Feyenoord
• * Eerste Divisie – Den Bosch
• – Porto
• Scotland - Rangers
• Spain – Barcelona
• Turkey – Galatasaray
• – Partizan

  North America

• – Toronto Olympians
• *Verano – Toluca
• *Invierno – Pachuca
• – D.C. United

  South America

• Argentina
• *Clausura – Boca Juniors
• *Apertura – River Plate
• Bolivia – Blooming
• Brazil – Corinthians
• Chile – Universidad de Chile
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
• Peru – Universitario de Deportes

  International tournaments

• UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica
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• Canada Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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• Copa América in Paraguay
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• Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• *Men's Tournament
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• *Women's Tournament
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• FIFA U-20 World Cup in Nigeria
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• FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand
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  National team results

Europe

South America

Movies

• There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

  Births

• 1 January: Gianluca Scamacca, Italian footballer
• 5 January: Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer
• 23 January:
• *Alban Lafont, French footballer
• * Malang Sarr, French footballer
• 24 January: Shan Huanhuan, Chinese footballer
• 4 February: Mohammad Soltani Mehr, Iranian footballer
• 17 February: Oscar Krusnell, Swedish footballer
• 25 February: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international goalkeeper
• 29 March: Ezequiel Barco, Argentinian footballer
• 31 March: Jens Odgaard, Danish footballer
• 14 April: Matteo Guendouzi, French footballer
• 24 April: Jonathan Leko, English footballer
• 25 May: Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer
• 3 June: Dan-Axel Zagadou, French footballer
• 10 June: Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
• 11 June: Kai Havertz, German international
• 23 June:
• * Semisi Otukolo, Tongan footballer
• * Linton Maina, German footballer
• 2 July: Nicolò Zaniolo, Italian international
• 17 July: Stahl Gubag, Papua New Guinean international
• 3 August: Brahim Díaz, Spanish footballer
• 12 August: Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch international
• 15 October: Ben Woodburn, Welsh international
• 10 November: João Félix, Portuguese international
• 18 November: Domingos Quina, Portuguese footballer
• 4 December: Tahith Chong, Dutch footballer
• 10 December: Reiss Nelson, English footballer

  Deaths

January

• January 6 - Ottavio Misefari, Italian footballer
• January 6 - Lajos Tichy, Hungarian footballer
• January 18 - Horace Cumner, Welsh footballer

  March

• March 30 – Igor Netto, Soviet footballer

  April

• April 28 – Sir Alfred Ramsey, English footballer and manager

  July

• July 28 – Carlos Romero, Uruguayan forward, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

  August

• August 23 – Georges Boulogne, French footballer

  November

• November 14 – Bert Jacobs, Dutch footballer and manager