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.
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1959, association, football, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1959 in association football news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The following are the football soccer events of the year 1959 throughout the world Contents 1 Events 2 Winners club national championship 3 International tournaments 4 Births 5 Deaths 5 1 May 5 2 July 5 3 November 6 ReferencesEvents editOctober 25 Sparta Rotterdam makes a winning European debut by defeating Sweden s IFK Goteborg in the second round of the European Cup All three goals for the Dutch side are scored by Joop Daniels Winners club national championship edit nbsp Argentina San Lorenzo nbsp Brazil Bahia nbsp Chile Universidad de Chile nbsp France OGC Nice nbsp Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva F C nbsp Iceland KR nbsp Italy A C Milan nbsp Mexico Chivas Guadalajara nbsp Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam nbsp Paraguay Olimpia Asuncion nbsp Soviet Union FC Dynamo Moscow nbsp Spain Barcelona nbsp Turkey Fenerbahce nbsp West Germany Eintracht FrankfurtInternational tournaments edit1959 British Home Championship October 4 1958 April 11 1959 Shared by nbsp England and nbsp Northern Ireland African Cup of Nations in Egypt May 22 29 1959 nbsp Egypt nbsp Sudan nbsp Ethiopia Pan American Games in Chicago United States August 21 September 5 1959 nbsp Argentina nbsp Brazil nbsp United StatesBirths editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message January 23 Eustorgio Sanchez 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 Roger 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 Selcuk Yula Turkish international November 11 Mauricio Pena Mexican footballer died 2010 November 14 Jose 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 managerDeaths editMain article Deaths in 1959 Further information Category 1959 deaths This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2022 May edit May 18 Enrique Guaita Argentine Italian striker winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and topscorer of the 1934 35 Serie A 48 July edit July 9 Felix Quesada Spanish footballer 57 November edit November 8 Heleno de Freitas Brazilian striker topscorer at the South American Championship 1945 39 References edit Donald Huff 1980 06 30 Cruyff Wows Hurricane as Dips Win 6 3 The Washington Post Washington D C ISSN 0190 8286 OCLC 1330888409 Paolo Agabitini worldfootball net HEIM SPIEL Medien GmbH amp Co KG Retrieved 21 February 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1959 in association football amp oldid 1209426994, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
