The following are the association football events of the year 2000 throughout the world.

Events

Leeds United face Galatasaray at Elland Road on 20 April in the UEFA Cup

• 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

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria (January 22 – February 13, 2000)
  1.  Cameroon
  2.  Nigeria
  3.  South Africa
• 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in United States (February 12 – February 27, 2000)
  1.  Canada
  2.  Colombia
  3. —
• UEFA European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands (June 10 – July 2, 2000)
  1.  France
  2.  Italy
  3. —
• Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (September 13 – 30 2000)
  • Men's Tournament
  1.  Cameroon
  2.  Spain
  3.  Chile
  • Women's Tournament
  1. Norway
  2. United States
  3. Germany
• 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon (October 12 – October 29, 2000)
  1.  Japan
  2.  Saudi Arabia
  3.  South Korea

National team results

Movies

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

Births

• January 14 – Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player^[1]
• January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• January 27 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer^[2]
• 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^[3]
• February 28 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer^[4]
• February 29 – Ferran Torres, Spanish international^[5]
• March 21 – Matty Longstaff, English footballer
• March 25
  • Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer^[6]
  • Jadon Sancho, English footballer
• April 2 – Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer^[7]
• April 6 – Maxence Lacroix, French youth international^[8]
• April 19 – Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan footballer^[9]
• April 25 – Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer^[10]
• May 8 – Sandro Tonali, Italian footballer^[11]
• May 18 – Ryan Sessegnon, English youth international^[12]
• May 24 – Noah Okafor, Swiss footballer^[13]
• May 28 – Phil Foden, English footballer
• May 30 – Fábio Vieira, Portuguese footballer
• June 9 – Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer^[14]
• June 28 – Yukinari Sugawara, Japanese footballer^[15]
• June 29 – Petro Dolhov, Ukrainian professional footballer^[16]
• July 6 – Michael Obafemi, Irish footballer
• July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• July 28
  • Keito Nakamura, Japanese youth international ^[17]
  • Lee O'Connor, Irish youth international
  • Emile Smith Rowe, English youth international^[18]
• August 29 – Julia Grosso, Canadian international
• August 31 – Angel Gomes, English footballer
• September 3 – Lyle Foster, South African footballer^[19]
• September 27 – Liberato Cacace, New Zealand international^[20]
• September 29 – Giorgi Mamardashvili, Georgian international^[21]
• October 20 – Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer^[22]
• November 2 – Alphonso Davies, Canadian international^[23]
• November 3 – Sergiño Dest, American soccer player^[24]
• November 7 – Callum Hudson-Odoi, English international^[25]

Deaths

References

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