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.
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 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.
September 14 –
Recopa Sudamericana2006 return match,
Boca Juniors wins its 16th international title against
São Paulo, breaking the world record on number of international club titles.
August 19 –
Óscar Míguez, Uruguayan striker, winner of the
1950 FIFA World Cup and Uruguay's all-time record World Cup goalscorer with eight goals. (78)
August 20 –
Oscar Miguez (78), Uruguayan footballer