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 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 on 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 16 – Lyon clinch their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title with a 1–0 victory at Paris Saint-Germain.
• 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, Juventus clinch 29th Italian title.
• May 13 – Bayern Munich win second Bundesliga title in a row.
• May 14 – Anderlecht wins the Belgian First Division, their twenty-eighth in total.
• May 17 – FC 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 Copa Libertadores 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, breaking the world record on number of international club titles.

International tournaments

• 2006 African Cup of Nations (January 20 – February 10)
  1.  Egypt
  2.  Ivory Coast
  3.  Nigeria
  4.  Senegal
• 2006 FIFI Wild Cup (May 29 – June 3)
  1.  Northern Cyprus
  2.  Zanzibar
  3. Republic of St. Pauli
  4.  Gibraltar
• 2006 FIFA World Cup (June 9 – July 9)
  1.  Italy
  2.  France
  3.  Germany
  4.  Portugal

National champions

International club tournaments

• FIFA Club World Cup – Sport Club Internacional
• UEFA Champions League – FC Barcelona
• UEFA Cup – Sevilla
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup – Club América
• CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores – Sport Club Internacional
• CONMEBOL Sudamericana Cup – Pachuca
• CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana – Boca Juniors
• CAF Champions League – Al Ahly SC
• CAF Confederation Cup – Étoile du Sahel
• AFC Champions League – Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
• AFC Cup – Al-Faisaly
• OFC Champions League – Auckland City FC

Movies

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

Deaths

References

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