1959 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1959 throughout the world.
Events
- October 25 – Sparta Rotterdam makes a winning European debut by defeating Sweden's IFK Göteborg in the second round of the European Cup. All three goals for the Dutch side are scored by Joop Daniëls.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: San Lorenzo
- Brazil: Bahia
- Chile: Universidad de Chile
- Iceland: KR
- Italy: A.C. Milan
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Soviet Union: FC Dynamo Moscow
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe
- West-Germany: Eintracht Frankfurt
International tournaments
- 1959 British Home Championship (October 4, 1958 – April 11, 1959)
Shared by England and Northern Ireland
- African Cup of Nations in Egypt (May 22 – 29 1959)
- Pan American Games in Chicago, United States (August 21 – September 5, 1959)
Births
- January 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez, Venezuelan football goalkeeper
- May 20 — Juan Carlos Letelier, Chilean footballer
- May 26 — Róger Flores, Costa Rican footballer
- July 25 — Fyodor Cherenkov; Soviet and Russian international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- July 31 — Wilmar Cabrera, Uruguayan international footballer
- September 4 — Fernando Alvez, Uruguayan footballer
- November 14 — José Figueroa, Honduran international footballer
- November 17 — Thomas Allofs, German international footballer
- November 28 — Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan footballer
- December 19 — Edward Metgod, Dutch football goalkeeper and manager
Deaths
May
- May 18 – Enrique Guaita, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1934-35 Serie A. (48)
November
- November 8 – Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian striker, topscorer at the South American Championship 1945. (39)
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