1959 in association football

none October 2022 1959 association football sports 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 : San Lorenzo BRA 1889: Bahia : Universidad de Chile : OGC Nice : Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. : KR : A.C. Milan MEX 1934: Chivas Guadalajara : Sparta Rotterdam PAR 1954: Olimpia Asunción : Rangers : FC Dynamo Moscow ESP 1945: Barcelona : Fenerbahçe : 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) Egypt 1958 Sudan 1956 Ethiopia 1897 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States (August 21 – September 5, 1959) Argentina Brazil 1889 United States 1959 Births October 2022 January 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez, Venezuelan football goalkeeper February 7 Sammy Lee (footballer), English international footballer and manager Vlastimil Opálek, Slovak footballerVlastimil Opálek https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe312752/vlastimil-opalek/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 26 May 2024 en February 17 — Phil Dudley, English former footballer5486 Phil Dudley 29 December 2018 February 27 — Angelo Paolanti, Italian former footballerhttps://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe330814/angelo-paolanti/ Angelo Paolanti worldfootball.net HeimSpiel Medien August 23, 2019 March 4 — Romeo Zondervan, Dutch international footballer March 20 — Roland Sikinger, American professional soccer playerhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1980/06/30/cruyff-wows-hurricane-as-dips-win-6-3/13efc9e5-b48f-422f-8db5-0703190def32/ Cruyff Wows Hurricane as Dips Win, 6-3 1980-06-30 Donald Huff The Washington Post Washington, D.C. 0190-8286 1330888409 March 28 — Paolo Agabitini, Italian retired footballerPaolo Agabitini https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe315683/paolo-agabitini/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 21 February 2024 en April 2 — Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan football player and manager 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 August 18 — Leszek Walankiewicz, Polish footballerLeszek Walankiewicz https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe244749/leszek-walankiewicz/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 4 July 2024 en August 29 — Jaroslav Olejár, Slovak footballer (died 2026) September 4 — Fernando Alvez, Uruguayan international footballer October 23 — Uriah Rennie, Jamaican-born British referee (died 2025) 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 Full date unknown Vasilije Kalezić, Montenegrin retired footballerVasilije Kalezić https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe350592/vasilije-kalezic/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 1 July 2024 en Deaths Deaths in 1959 Category:1959 deaths October 2022 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) References Category:Association football by year