title: 2000 in association football
text: The following are the association football events of the year 2000 throughout the world.
  
  Events
  
  January 1 – Ronald Koeman starts as manager at Dutch club Vitesse.
  UEFA Euro 2000: France won 2–1 in extra time over Italy, with a golden goal by David Trezeguet. This was France's second European Championship title.
  2006 FIFA World Cup: Germany wins the right to host for second time the event.
  UEFA Champions League: Spanish giants Real Madrid and Valencia faced off in the first ever all-country European cup final with Madrid winning 3–0. This was Real Madrid's eighth European Cup title.
  Copa Libertadores 2000: Won by Boca Juniors after defeating Palmeiras 4–3 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 2–2.
  2000 FIFA Club World Championship: Corinthians beat Vasco da Gama 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.
  UEFA Cup: Galatasaray wins 4–1 on penalties in the final against Arsenal after a 0–0 draw at the end of the match. This was the first European title won by a Turkish team.
  UEFA Super Cup: Galatasaray beats Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time with a golden goal by Mário Jardel.
  March 21 – Ajax appoints Hans Westerhof as caretaker-manager after the resignation of Jan Wouters.
  March 31 – Gerard van der Lem resigns as manager of AZ
  May 20 – Chelsea wins the FA Cup by a 1–0 win over Aston Villa.
  July 24 – Real Madrid signs Barcelona's Portuguese star Luís Figo for a then world record transfer fee of €60 million.
  August 13 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–0 win over Roda JC at the Amsterdam Arena.
  August 15 – The Parkstad Limburg Stadion is officially opened with a friendly between home club Roda JC and Spanish side Real Zaragoza (2–2).
  September 2 – Louis van Gaal makes his debut as the manager of Netherlands national team with a draw (2–2) in the World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. Two PSV players make their debut as well: striker Arnold Bruggink and defender Wilfred Bouma.
  November 28 – Boca Juniors wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo for the second time, defeating Spain's Real Madrid 2–1; Martín Palermo scores both goals for the Argentinian club.
  
  Winner national club championship
  
  Asia
    – Anyang LG 
    – Kashima Antlers
    – Al-Sadd
    – Anyang LG Cheetahs
    – BEC Tero Sasana
  
  Europe
    – Dinamo Zagreb
    – Herfølge BK
    – Manchester United
    – Monaco
    – Bayern Munich
    – Olympiacos
    – KR
    – Shelbourne
    – Lazio
    – PSV
    – Linfield
    – Polonia Warsaw
    – Sporting CP
    – Celtic
    – Deportivo La Coruña
    – Galatasaray
    – The New Saints
    – Red Star Belgrade
  
  North America
   – Toronto Croatia (CPSL)
  
  Verano – Toluca
  Invierno – Morelia
   – Kansas City Wizards (MLS)
  
  South America
  
  Clausura – River Plate
  Apertura – Boca Juniors
   – Jorge Wilstermann
   – Vasco da Gama (Copa João Havelange)
   – Universidad de Chile
   – Olmedo
   – Olimpia Asunción
   – Universitario de Deportes
  
  International tournaments
   African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria (January 22 – February 13, 2000)
   
   
   
   2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12 – February 27, 2000)
   
   
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   UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000)
   
   
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  Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13 – 30 2000)
  Men's Tournament
   
   
   
  Women's Tournament
    Norway
    United States
    Germany
   2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12 – October 29, 2000)
  
  National team results
  
  Europe
  
  
  
  South America
  
  
  
  Movies
  Air Bud: World Pup (US)
  Purely Belter (UK)
  There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)
  
  Births
  
   January 14 – Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
   January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
   January 27 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer
   February 15 – Jakub Kiwior, Polish footballer
   February 20 – Josh Sargent, American soccer player 
   February 22 – Timothy Weah, American soccer player 
   February 24 – Antony, Brazilian footballer
   February 28 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer
   February 29 – Ferran Torres, Spanish international
   March 21 – Matty Longstaff, English footballer 
   March 25
  Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer
  Jadon Sancho, English footballer
   April 2 – Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer
   April 6 – Maxence Lacroix, French youth international
   April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer
   April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer
   May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer
   May 18 – Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international
   May 24 – Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer
   May 28 – Phil Foden, English footballer
   May 30 – Fábio Vieira, Portuguese footballer
   June 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer
   June 28 – Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer
   July 6 – Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer 
   July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
   July 28 
  Keito Nakamura, Japanese youth international 
   Lee O'Connor, Irish youth international
   Emile Smith Rowe, English youth international
   August 29 – Julia Grosso, Canadian international
   August 31 – Angel Gomes, English footballer
   September 3 – Lyle Foster, South African footballer
   September 27 – Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international
   September 29 – Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international
   October 20 – Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer
   November 2 – Alphonso Davies, Canadian international
   November 3 – Sergiño Dest, American soccer player
   November 7 – Callum Hudson-Odoi, English international
  
  Deaths
  
  January
   January 27 – Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca (72), Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer
   January 29 – Heinz Flotho, German international footballer (born 1915)
   January 29 – Harry Thompson, English footballer (born 1915)
  
  February
   February 23 – Sir Stanley Matthews (85), English footballer
   February 23 – Dennis Evans (69), English footballer
  
  March
   March 24 - George Kirby (66), English footballer
  
  April
   April 4 – Brandãozinho, Brazilian defender, Brazilian squad member at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (74)
   April 8 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian goalkeeper, runner-up at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (79)
   April 14 – Wilf Mannion (81), English footballer
   April 24 - Chic Brodie (63), Scottish footballer
  
  May
   May 1 – Cláudio Christovam de Pinho, Brazilian striker, the biggest scorer of all time for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. (77)
   May 18 – Domingos da Guia, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (87)
   May 31 – Rodolfo Pini, Uruguayan midfielder, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (74)
  
  July
   July 15 – Kalle Svensson (74), Swedish footballer 
   July 24 – Peter Dubovský (28), Slovak footballer
   July 29 – Benny Fenton (81), English footballer
  
  August
   August 15 – Eduardo Luján Manera (55), Argentine footballer and manager
   August 18 – Maurice Evans (63), English footballer
   August 24 – Bob McPhail (94), Scottish footballer
  
  October
   October 2 – Elek Schwartz (91), Romanian footballer
   October 5 – Cătălin Hâldan (24), Romanian footballer
  
  November
   November 1 – George Armstrong (56), English footballer and coach
   November 2 – Simeon Simeonov (54), Bulgarian football goalkeeper
   November 15 – Pietro Pasinati, Italian striker, winner of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (90)
   November 25 – Canito (44), Spanish footballer
   November 27 - Willie Cunnigham (75), Scottish footballer
  
  December
   December 21 – Décio Esteves, Brazilian midfielder, runner up at the 1959 South American Championship (Argentina). (73)
  
  References
  
   
  Association football by year