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

•  Argentina: San Lorenzo
•  Brazil: Bahia
•  Chile: Universidad de Chile
•  France: OGC Nice
•  Israel: Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
•  Iceland: KR
•  Italy: A.C. Milan
•  Mexico: Chivas Guadalajara
•  Netherlands: Sparta Rotterdam
•  Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
•  Soviet Union: FC Dynamo Moscow
•  Spain: Barcelona
•  Turkey: Fenerbahçe
•  West Germany: 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)
  1.  Egypt
  2.  Sudan
  3.  Ethiopia
• Pan American Games in Chicago, United States (August 21 – September 5, 1959)
  1.  Argentina
  2.  Brazil
  3.  United States

Births

• January 23 — Eustorgio Sánchez, 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 — 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
• September 4 — Fernando Alvez, Uruguayan international footballer
• 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

Deaths

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)