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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2006 throughout the world.
A = Apertura, C = Clausura
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São Paulo Futebol Clube is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's premier state league and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football. Despite being primarily a football club, São Paulo competes in a wide variety of sports. Its home ground is the multipurpose 72,039-seater MorumBIS Stadium, the biggest private-owned field in Brazil. São Paulo is Brazil’s biggest worldwide champion and also one of the only two clubs that have never been relegated from the top division, the other being Flamengo.
Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian football player and manager. He is considered one of the best footballers of all time and is one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time according to the match scoring rate he played, he scored 83 goals in 84 matches for the Hungarian national team in his national career, 511 goals in a total of 533 matches for Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the Spanish League.
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in men's international football, and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The team has made nine appearances in the FIFA World Cup, and five in the UEFA European Championship. Hungary plays their home matches at the Puskás Aréna, in Budapest, which opened in November 2019.
Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a key member of the Hungary national team team known as the Golden Team. Other members of the team included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis and József Bozsik. In 1953, playing as a deep lying centre-forward, a position which has retroactively been compared to the modern false 9 role, he scored a hat-trick for Hungary when they beat England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium. Playing from deep, Hidegkuti was able to distribute the ball to the other attackers and cause considerable confusion to defences. This was an innovation at the time and revolutionised the way the game was played.
Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of the Peru national team.
Gusztáv Sebes was a Hungarian footballer, who played as a midfielder, and became a well-known coach later. With the title of Deputy Minister of Sport, he coached the Hungarian team known as the Mighty Magyars in the 1950s. Among the players in the team were Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, and Nándor Hidegkuti. Together with Béla Guttmann and Márton Bukovi, he formed a triumvirate of radical Hungarian coaches who pioneered the 4-2-4 formation.
The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana, also known as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa, is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It is a match-up between the champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions.
Alfredo Rubén "Alfio" Basile, nicknamed Coco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán before becoming a manager. He coached many teams during his career, being most notable Racing Club de Avellaneda, the Argentina national team and Boca Juniors, where he won five titles in two years.
Liga Deportiva Universitaria, often referred to as LDU Quito, is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, more commonly referred to as Casa Blanca. Rival clubs include Quito-based clubs El Nacional, Deportivo Quito, Aucas and Universidad Católica.
Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri, nicknamed El Pato, is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Nilmar Honorato da Silva, commonly known as Nilmar, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2003 throughout the world.
The following are the association football events of the year 2009 throughout the world.
Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Internacional and the Chile national team.
Santos FC is a football club based in Santos, that competes in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B or B, Brazil's national league. The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, and played its first friendly match on June 23, 1914. Initially Santos played against other local clubs in the city and state championships, but in 1959 the club became one of the founding members of the Taça Brasil, Brazil's first truly national league. Up until 2023, Santos was one of only five clubs never to have been relegated from the top level of Brazilian football, the others being São Paulo and Flamengo.
Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, known as Fred, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.
The following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2016 throughout the world.
Rafael Santos Borré Maury is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Internacional and the Colombia national team.
The following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2017 throughout the world.