2006 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2006 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• January 1 – Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC.
• January 3 – Antonio Cassano left A.S. Roma and joined Real Madrid. He debuted for the merengues on January 18, in a Copa del Rey match against Real Betis, and scored his first goal just three minutes after he came in during the second half.
• January 4 – Robert Maaskant returns at Dutch club RBC Roosendaal as their new coach.
• January 17 – Euro 2008 qualifying group assignments announced.
• February 1 – Rini Coolen resigns as manager of Dutch club FC Twente.
• February 2 – South Korean club Bucheon FC moved to Jeju Island and changed their name to Jeju United FC.
• February 8 – Turkey are banned from staging their six home qualifying matches for Euro 2008 in Turkey due to incidents during their 2006 World Cup qualification match against Switzerland, which finished 4-2 in November 16, 2005.
• March 5 – Sydney FC are crowned Australian champions in the first season of the revamped national league (the A-League)
• April 5 – Celtic win the Scottish Premier League.
• April 9 – Netherlands Eredivisie: PSV Eindhoven won its second consecutive title, their nineteenth in total.
• April 22 – Alan Shearer announces his retirement from football, three weeks earlier than planned, the cause of his early decision being a niggling knee injury.
• April 29 – Chelsea win second Premiership title in a row.
• April 30 – Starting the largest match fixing scandal in the history of Italian Serie A football. On May 14 F.C. Juventus clinched 29th Italian title.
• May 13 – Bayern Munich win second Bundesliga title in a row.
• May 14 – RSC Anderlecht wins the Belgian First Division, their twenty-eighth in total.
• May 17 – Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League Final.
• June 3 – The 2006 FIFI Wild Cup final game, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus vs. Zanzibar. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus won the game 4-1 in a penalty shootout, winning their first title.
• June 9 – The 2006 World Cup finals kick off, as Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2.
• June 21 – Midfielder Philip Cocu plays his 100th international match for the Netherlands, when Holland draws with Argentina (0-0) at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• July 9 – 2006 World Cup final game, Italy vs. France. Italy won the game 5-3 in a penalty shootout, winning their fourth title.
• August 16 – CONMEBOL Libertadores Cup final game, Internacional vs. São Paulo. Internacional won the cup after the draw in 2-2 in the second game. In first game, Internacional won by 2-1.
• September 14 – Recopa Sudamericana 2006 return match, Boca Juniors wins its 16th international title against São Paulo FC, breaking the world record on number of international club titles.

[edit] National champions

[edit] UEFA nations

[edit] CONMEBOL nations

A = Apetura, C = Clausura

[edit] CONCACAF nations

A = Apetura, C = Clausura

[edit] CAF nations

[edit] AFC nations

[edit] International Club Tournaments

• FIFA Club World Cup – Sport Club Internacional
• UEFA Champions League – Barcelona
• UEFA Cup – Sevilla
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup – Club América
• CONMEBOL Libertadores Cup – Sport Club Internacional
• CONMEBOL Sudamericana Cup – Pachuca
• CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana – Boca Juniors

[edit] International tournaments

• 2006 African Cup of Nations (January 20 – February 10)

1.  Egypt
2.  Côte d'Ivoire
3.  Nigeria
4.  Senegal

• 2006 FIFI Wild Cup (May 29 – June 3)

1.  Northern Cyprus
2.  Zanzibar
3. Republic of St. Pauli
4.  Gibraltar

• 2006 FIFA World Cup (June 9 – July 9)

1.  Italy
2.  France
3.  Germany
4.  Portugal

[edit] Movies

• Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (France)
• Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen (Germany)
• Once in a Lifetime (US)

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• January 7 – Gábor Zavadszky (31), Hungarian footballer
• January 8 – Elson Becerra (27), Colombian footballer
• January 8 – Gerrie Kleton (52), Dutch footballer
• January 13 – Peter Rösch (75), Swiss footballer
• January 14 – Mark Philo (21), English footballer

[edit] February

• February 4 – Jenő Dalnoki (74), Hungarian footballer
• February 8 – Ron Greenwood (84), English footballer and manager
• February 9 – André Strappe (77), French footballer
• February 13 – Joseph Ujlaki (76), French footballer
• February 17 – Jorge Pinto Mendonça (51), Brazilian footballer
• February 23 – Telmo Zarraonaindía (85), Spanish footballer
• February 25 – Charlie Wayman (83), English footballer
• February 27 – Ferenc Bene (61), Hungarian footballer

[edit] March

• March 1 – Peter Osgood (59), English footballer
• March 6 – Roman Ogaza (54), Polish footballer
• March 12 – Jimmy Johnstone (61), Scottish footballer
• March 13 – Roy Clarke (80), Welsh footballer
• March 15 – Red Storey (88), Canadian footballer
• March 26 – Ole Madsen (71), Danish footballer

[edit] April

• April 16 – Georges Stuber (80), Swiss footballer
• April 18 – John Lyall (66), English manager
• April 21 – Telê Santana (74), Brazilian manager
• April 25 – Brian Labone (66), English footballer

[edit] May

• May 2 – Luigi Griffanti (89), Italian footballer
• May 23 – Kazimierz Górski (85), Polish manager

[edit] June

• June 9 – Shay Gibbons (77), Irish footballer
• June 24 – Jean Varraud (85), French footballer and manager

[edit] July

• July 21 – Bert Slater (70), Scottish footballer
• July 31 – Pascal Miézan (47), Ivorian footballer

[edit] August

• August 1 – Ferenc Szusza (82), Hungarian footballer
• August 15 – Faas Wilkes (82), Dutch footballer
• August 20 – Oscar Miguez (78), Uruguayan footballer
• August 24 – Mokhtar Ben Nacef (80), Tunisian footballer
• August 31 – Mohamed Abdelwahab (23), Egyptian footballer

[edit] September

• September 2 – Pietro Broccini (78), Italian footballer
• September 4 – Giacinto Facchetti (64), Italian footballer

[edit] October

• October 17 – Lieuwe Steiger (82), Dutch footballer

[edit] November

• November 3 – Alberto Spencer (68), Ecuadorian footballer
• November 4 – Sergi López Segú (39), Spanish footballer
• November 5 – Pietro Rava (90), Italian footballer
• November 17 – Ferenc Puskás (79), Hungarian footballer
• November 28 – Max Merkel (87), Austrian footballer and manager

[edit] December

• December 15 – Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri (17), Italian footballers
• December 31 – Ya'akov Hodorov (79), Israeli footballer