2015 in football

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This article presents the highlights of 2015 in football.

Monthly chronology

January
2 January
Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's mythical captain, announced that he would leave the club after seventeen seasons at the highest level in his club. The next day it was announced that he would join the MLS.
9 January
Opening of the Asian Cup of Football Nations.
12 January
The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo won his Ballon d'or with 37.66 % of the votes before the Argentinean Lionel Messi with 15.76 % and the German Manuel Neuer with 15.72 % of the vote.
17 January
Opening of the African Cup of Nations.
31 January
Australia wins at home the Asian Cup after winning 2 goals to 1 overtime against South Korea. It is the first Australian title in this competition only 9 years after leaving the Confederation of Oceania to join the Asian Confederation.

February
8 February,
For the second time in its history, Côte d'Ivoire won the African Cup of Nations against Ghana on the score of 9-8 at the goal.
23 February
The RC Strasbourg beats the record for the national championship, third French division, with the Meinau stadium.

March
March
Chelsea Football Club won its Capital One Cup by defeating its opponent of Tottenham Hotspur in the finals 2 to 0.

April
11 April
The PSG won its Coupe de la Ligue and retained its title acquired last season by beating the Sporting Club de Bastia in the finals on the score of 4 to 0.
21 April
FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League by eliminating Paris Saint-Germain and FC Porto respectively.
22 April
Juventus and Real Madrid qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League by eliminating AS Monaco and Atlético Madrid respectively.
26 April
Bayern Munich is the crowned German champion for the . This is the third consecutive title for Bavarians.

May
2 May
The Juventus won the Italian championship for the fourth time in a row.
3 May
Chelsea Football Club wins the British champion of its history.
12 May
FC Barcelona qualified for the Champions League Final by eliminating Bayern Munich. Despite a German 3 to 2 victory, this is not enough to erase the match's score go (3 to 0 for the Catalans).
13 May
The Turin Juventus qualified for the Champions League final by eliminating Real Madrid 1 goal at 1 (2-1 in the round-up).
14 May
The Germans of FFC Frankfurt won the Women's Champions League (2-1) against the PSG girls. It is the European for FFC Frankfurt, a record for women's football in Europe.
16 May
Thanks to his 2 to 1 victory on the Montpellier lawn, Paris Saint-Germain is crowned champion of France for the consecutive. The club of the capital won the fifth title of s