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The following are the association football events of the year 1999 throughout the world.

Contents

• Events
• Winners national club championship
• Asia
• Europe
• North America
• South America
• International tournaments
• Births
• Deaths
• January
• March
• April
• July
• August
• November
• References

Events

• Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Premiership to cap off an unprecedented European Treble.
• 1999 Copa Libertadores: 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 (J2) 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

International tournaments

• UNCAF Nations Cup in San José, Costa Rica (March 17–28, 1999)
  1.   Costa Rica
  2.   Guatemala
  3.   Honduras
• Canada Cup in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (June 2–6, 1999)
  1.   Ecuador
  2.   Iran
  3.   Canada
• Copa América in Paraguay (June 29 – July 18, 1999)
  1.   Brazil
  2.   Uruguay
  3.   Mexico
• Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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-20 World Cup in Nigeria (April 3–24, 1999)
  1.   Spain
  2.   Japan
  3.   Mali
• FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand (November 10–27, 1999)
  1.   Brazil
  2.   Australia
  3.   Ghana

Births

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• 1 January: Gianluca Scamacca, Italian footballer
• 4 January: Alessandro Gori, Italian footballer ^[1]
• 5 January: Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer
• 9 January: Maximiliano Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 12 January: Tyler Roberts, Welsh footballer
• 15 January: Kingsley Agbodike, Nigerian footballer ^[2]
• 16 January: Joe White, English footballer
• 18 January: Patrice Sousia, Cameroonian footballer ^[3]
• 19 January:
  • Donyell Malen, Dutch footballer
  • Valentino Müller, Austrian footballer
• 23 January:
  • Alban Lafont, Ivorian footballer ^[4]
  • Malang Sarr, French footballer
• 24 January: Shan Huanhuan, Chinese footballer
• 30 January: Junior Etoundi, French footballer ^[5]
• 4 February: Mohammad Soltani Mehr, Iranian footballer
• 17 February: Oscar Krusnell, Swedish footballer ^[6]
• 25 February: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italian international goalkeeper
• 18 March: Diogo Dalot, Portuguese international footballer
• 29 March: Ezequiel Barco, Argentinian footballer
• 31 March: Jens Odgaard, Danish footballer
• 4 April: Aldhair Molina, Mexican footballer ^[7]
• 14 April: Matteo Guendouzi, French footballer
• 16 April: Caio Felipe, Brazilian footballer ^[8]
• 17 April: Matteo Perrotti, Italian footballer ^[9]
• 20 April: Johao Martínez, Venezuelan footballer ^[10]
• 24 April: Jonathan Leko, English footballer
• 1 May: Edriss Hushmand, Swedish footballer ^[11]
• 7 May: Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer
• 14 May: William Tønning, Danish footballer ^[12]
• 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
• 15 June: Luis Simigliani, Venezuelan footballer ^[13]
• 23 June: Linton Maina, German footballer
• 24 June: Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan international
• 2 July: Nicolò Zaniolo, Italian international
• 4 July: Jessy Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer ^[14]
• 3 August: Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer
• 12 August: Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch international
• 5 October: Connor McLennan, Scottish youth international
• 15 October: Ben Woodburn, Welsh international
• 7 November: Luis González, Venezuelan footballer ^[15]
• 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

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References

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