2006 in association football

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

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.

National champions

UEFA nations

: KS Elbasani
: FC Rànger's
: Pyunik Erevan
: FK Austria Wien
: FK Baku
: FC Bate Borisov
: RSC Anderlecht
: NK Široki Brijeg
: PFC Levski Sofia
: Dinamo Zagreb
: Apollon Limassol
: FC Slovan Liberec
: FC Copenhagen
: Chelsea
: FC Levadia
: HB Torshavn
: Tampere United
: Lyon
: Sioni Bolnisi
: Bayern Munich
: Olympiakos
: Debrecen
: FH
: Shelbourne
: Maccabi Haifa FC
: Internazionale (Juventus stripped of title)

CONMEBOL nations

A = Apetura, C = Clausura

: Boca Juniors (C), Estudiantes La Plata (A)
: Club Bolivar (C), Wilstermann (A)
: Flamengo
: Colo Colo (A &C)
: Deportivo Pasto (I), Cúcuta Deportivo (II)

CONCACAF nations

A = Apetura, C = Clausura

: Chivas de Guadalajara (A), Pachuca (C)
: San Francisco F.C.
: Joe Public F.C.
: Houston Dynamo

CAF nations

AFC nations

: Sydney FC (Champion), Adelaide United (Premier)
: Shandong Luneng
: Happy Valley
: Al Zawraa
: Esteghlal FC
: Urawa Reds
: Al-Shabab

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

International tournaments

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

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2006 FIFI Wild Cup (May 29 – June 3)

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# Republic of St. Pauli

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2006 FIFA World Cup (June 9 – July 9)

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Movies

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

Deaths

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

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

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

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

May

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

June

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

July

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

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

September

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

October

October 17 – Lieuwe Steiger (82), Dutch footballer

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

December

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

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