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Events

• February 14 - Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch the first African Cup of Nations in the country's history.
• February 29 - Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 to win the Carling Cup (League Cup, England), the club's first cup in their 128 year history.
• April 25 - Premier League - Arsenal clinch the Premier League title, their second in three years, with four games still to play.
• April 29 - San Marino record their first ever win, a 1-0 victory over Liechtenstein in a friendly.
• May 2 - AC Milan clinch the Italian Serie A title.
• May 8 - Werder Bremen win the German Bundesliga
• May 8 - Valencia win the Spanish Primera División.
• May 8 - Ajax win the Dutch Eredivisie
• May 15 - Arsenal complete their last game of the Premier League season with a victory, becoming the first team to go unbeaten for a whole season in the top division of English football since Preston North End in 1889.FIFA gives the host of the 2010 Football World Cup the first Football World Cup in Africa to South Africa
• May 19 - Valencia defeat Marseille 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• May 22 - Manchester United win their record 11th FA Cup, defeating Millwall 3-0.
• May 26 - Porto defeat AS Monaco 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
• May 26 - Manchester United's Darren Fletcher captains Scotland to a 1-0 win over Estonia, becoming the youngest Scottish captain in 100 years (aged 20 years, 114 days).
• June 26 - River Plate win the Argentine Clausura League.
• June 30 - Santo André defeats Flamengo 4-2 on aggregate to clinch the Brazilian Cup.
• July 1 - Once Caldas (Colombia) defeats Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1-1 on aggregate, 2-0 on penalties to win the Copa Libertadores.
• July 4 - Greece surprising win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0.
• July 25 - Brazil win the Copa América football tournament, defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties.
• August 7 - Japan win the 2004 Asian Cup football tournament, defeating China 3-1.
• August 26 - United States win the Olympic women's football tournament, defeating Brazil 2-1 in extra time.
• August 28 - Argentina win the Olympic men's football tournament, defeating Paraguay 1-0.
• September 7 - Cienciano defeats Boca Juniors 4-2 on penalties to win the South American Recopa final in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
• December 10 - Newell's win the Argentine Apertura League.
• December 12 - Porto defeats Once Caldas 8-7 on penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.
• December 17 - Boca Juniors defeats Bolívar 2-1 on aggregate to win the Copa Sudamericana final in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• December 19 - Santos clinch the Brazilian League

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Deaths

• January 3: Thomas George Jones, 87, Wales footballer
• January 5: Pierre Flamion, 79, french footballer
• January 7: Mario Zatelli, 91, french footballer
• January 24: Leonidas Da Silva, 90, brazilian footballer, lost survivor Brazilian national football team of 1938 World Cup
• January 25: Miklos Fehér, 24, hungarian footballer, heart attack during match Portuguese Superliga
• February 1: Ally McLeod, 72, scottish footballer
• February 21: John Charles, 73, Wales footballer most famous in Italy with Juventus FC
• February 25: Jacques Georges, 87, chief French Football Federation
• April 20: Ronnie Simpson, 74, scottish footballer
• May 14: Jesús Gil, 71, chief football club Atlético Madrid
• May 15: Bruno Baiao, 19, portuguese footballer
• July 10: Manuel Quaresma, 49, portuguese footballer
• July 13: Roger Quenolle, 79, french footballer
• July 17: Lucien Leduc, 85, french footballer
• July 23: Bertie Peacock, 75, irish footballer
• August 2: José Omar Pastoriza, 62, argentine footballer
• September 20: Brian Clough, 69, english footballer
• October 6: Nikola Tsanev, 65, bulgarian footballer
• October 7: Oscar Heisserer, 90, french footballer
• October 12: Jean Robin, 83, french footballer
• October 17: Andreas Sassen, 36, german footballer
• October 23: Bill Nicholson, 85, english footballer
• October 27: Serginho, 30, brazilian footballer
• November 9: Emlyn Hughes, 57, english footballer
• December 3: Raymond Goethals, 83, belgian footballer
• December 5: Hicham Zerouali, 27, moroccan footballer
• December 5: Cristiano de Lima, 24, brazilian footballer

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