2006 in association football

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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.

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[edit] International tournaments

January 20-February 10: 2006 African Cup of Nations (Country winners: Egypt). Participating countries: Angola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo DR, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe (see also: 2006 African Cup of Nations (squads))
May 29-June 3: 2006 FIFI Wild Cup in Germany (Winner: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). Participating countries: Gibraltar, Greenland, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Republik St. Pauli, Tibet, Zanzibar
June 9-July 9: 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany (Winner: Italy). Participating countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States (see also: 2006 FIFA World Cup squads)

[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

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2006 in association football

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[edit] Events

[edit] Winners national championship

[edit] National club championship in Europe

[edit] National club championship in South America

[edit] National club championship in North America

[edit] National club championship in Africa

[edit] National club championship in Asia

[edit] National club championship in countries not FIFA affiliated

[edit] International Club Tournaments

[edit] International tournaments

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[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

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