2000 in association football

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.

Asia

 * Korea Republic – Anyang LG
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Kashima Antlers
 * 🇶🇦 Qatar – Al-Sadd
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore – Anyang LG Cheetahs
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – BEC Tero Sasana

Europe

 * – Dinamo Zagreb
 * – Herfølge BK
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 – Manchester United
 * 🇫🇷 – Monaco
 * 🇩🇪 – Bayern Munich
 * – Olympiacos
 * 🇮🇸 – KR
 * Republic of Ireland – Shelbourne
 * 🇮🇹 – Lazio
 * – PSV
 * – Linfield
 * 🇵🇱 – Polonia Warsaw
 * – Sporting CP
 * – Celtic
 * 🇪🇸 – Deportivo La Coruña
 * 🇹🇷 – Galatasaray
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 – The New Saints
 * FR Yugoslavia – Red Star Belgrade

North America

 * 🇨🇦 – Toronto Croatia (CPSL)
 * Verano – Toluca
 * Invierno – Morelia
 * 🇺🇸 – Kansas City Wizards (MLS)
 * 🇺🇸 – 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
 * 🇵🇪 – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

 * African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria (January 22 – February 13, 2000)
 * 🇨🇲 cameroon
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria
 * 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12 – February 27, 2000)
 * 🇨🇦 canada
 * 🇨🇴 colombia
 * &mdash;
 * UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000)
 * 🇫🇷 france
 * 🇮🇹 italy
 * &mdash;
 * Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13 – 30 2000)
 * Men's Tournament
 * 🇨🇲 cameroon
 * 🇪🇸 spain
 * Women's Tournament
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 * 🇺🇸 United States
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12 – October 29, 2000)
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 🇰🇷 south korea

Movies

 * Air Bud: World Pup (US)
 * Purely Belter (UK)
 * There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (UK)

Births

 * January 12 – Deniz Yılmaz, Turkish professional footballer
 * January 14 – Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
 * January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
 * January 27 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer
 * February 7 – Jhonney Duarte, Venezuelan 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 16 – Xavier Usel, Italian footballer
 * April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer
 * April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer
 * May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer
 * May 15 – Natangwe Petrus, Namibian international footballer
 * May 18 – Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international
 * May 24
 * Leswis Landaeta, Venezuelan footballer
 * Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer
 * May 28 – Phil Foden, English footballer
 * May 30 – Fábio Vieira, Portuguese footballer
 * June 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer
 * June 16
 * Max Schwitalla, German footballer
 * Anne Sellies, Dutch footballer
 * June 27 – Marcus Lindberg, Danish footballer
 * June 28 – Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer
 * June 29 – Petro Dolhov, Ukrainian professional footballer
 * July 6 – Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer
 * July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
 * July 21
 * Giamcarlos Betancourt, Venezuelan footballer
 * Erling Haaland, Norwegian 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 11 – Enzo Valentim, French professional footballer
 * September 27 – Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international
 * September 29 – Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international
 * October 4 – Aldijana Šišić, Bosnian footballer
 * 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

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 23 – Felipe (Felipe Ferreira da Cruz), Brazilian 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 24 – Adsson (Adsson Igor Marinho de Lima), Brazilian footballer
 * 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)