1959_in_association_football
1959 in association football
Overview of the events of 1959 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1959 throughout the world.
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- 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.
Argentina: San Lorenzo
Brazil: Bahia
Chile: Universidad de Chile
France: OGC Nice
Israel: Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
Iceland: KR
Italy: A.C. Milan
Mexico: Chivas Guadalajara
Netherlands: Sparta Rotterdam
Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
Soviet Union: FC Dynamo Moscow
Spain: Barcelona
Turkey: Fenerbahçe
West Germany: Eintracht Frankfurt
- 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)
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- January 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez, Venezuelan football goalkeeper
- February 7 — Sammy Lee (footballer), English international footballer and manager
- March 4 — Romeo Zondervan, Dutch international footballer
- March 20 — Roland Sikinger, American professional soccer player[1]
- March 28 — Paolo Agabitini, Italian retired footballer[2]
- May 20 — Juan Carlos Letelier, Chilean international footballer
- May 26 — Róger Flores, Costa Rican international 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 international footballer
- November 8 — Selçuk Yula, Turkish international
- November 11 — Mauricio Peña, Mexican footballer (died 2010)
- November 14 — José Figueroa, Honduran international footballer
- November 17 — Thomas Allofs, German international footballer
- November 22 — Marek Ostrowski, Polish international footballer (died 2017)
- November 28 — Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan international footballer
- December 11 — Thandwa Moreki, Botswana footballer
- December 19 — Edward Metgod, Dutch football goalkeeper and manager
Main article: Deaths in 1959
Further information: Category:1959 deaths
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May
- May 18 – Enrique Guaita, Argentine/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1934-35 Serie A. (48)
July
- July 9 – Félix Quesada, Spanish footballer. (57)
November
- November 8 – Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian striker, topscorer at the South American Championship 1945. (39)
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