1998 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world.

Events[]

• 1998 FIFA World Cup – France wins 3–0 over Brazil in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the Champs-Élysées, dancing through the night.
• UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid won 1–0 in the final against Juventus. This was Real Madrid's seventh European Cup title.
• Copa Libertadores 1998: Won by Vasco da Gama after defeating Barcelona SC on an aggregate score of 4–1.
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart 1–0 in the final, winning the Cup for the second time.
• UEFA Cup: Inter Milan won 3–0 in the final against Lazio. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title.
• UEFA Super Cup: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time.
• England:
  • FA Premier League Champions: Arsenal.
• February 17 – Manchester City fires manager Frank Clark and appoints Joe Royle as his successor.
• May 16 – Arsenal beats Newcastle United 2–0 to win the FA Cup, achieving The Double.
• August 16 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–0 win over Ajax in the Amsterdam Arena.
• September 17 – Heerenveen makes a winning European debut after defeating Poland's Amica Wronki (3–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
• October 8 – Manager Artur Jorge resigns at Dutch club Vitesse and is succeeded by Herbert Neumann.
• October 10 – Frank Rijkaard makes his debut as the manager of the Netherlands national team, as the successor of Guus Hiddink, with a 2–0 friendly win over Peru in Eindhoven. One player makes his debut as well: striker Jeffrey Talan from Heerenveen.
• December 1 – Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by Raúl in the 83rd minute.
• December 7 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Hans van der Zee. He is replaced by Jan Everse on December 24.

Winner national club championships[]

Asia[]

•  Iran – Esteghlal FC
•  Japan – Kashima Antlers
•  Qatar – Al-Ittihad
•  South Korea - Suwon Bluewings
•  Thailand - Sinthana F.C.

Europe[]

• Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
•  England – Arsenal
•  France – Lens
•  Germany – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
•  Hungary – Újpest
•  Italy – Juventus
•  Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – AZ
•  Poland – ŁKS Łódź
•  Portugal – Porto
•  Scotland – Celtic
•  Spain – Barcelona
•  Sweden – AIK
•  Turkey – Galatasaray
• FR Yugoslavia – Obilić

North America[]

•  Canada – St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL)
•  Mexico
  • Verano – Toluca
  • Invierno – Necaxa
•  United States – Chicago Fire (MLS)

South America[]

•  Argentina
  • Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
  • Apertura – Boca Juniors
•  Bolivia – Blooming
•  Brazil – Corinthians
•  Chile – Colo-Colo
•  Ecuador – LDU Quito
•  Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción
•  Peru – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments[]

• African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998)
  1.  Egypt
  2.  South Africa
  3.  DR Congo
• Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998)
  1.  Lithuania
  2.  Latvia
  3.  Estonia
• FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998)
  1.  France
  2.  Brazil
  3.  Croatia

National team results[]

Europe[]

 Estonia[]

South America[]

 Bolivia[]

The men's national senior squad didn't play any matches in 1998

 Chile[]

 Ecuador[]

Births[]

• January 2 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
• January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer^[1]
• January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
• January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
• January 11 – Salih Özcan, German midfielder
• January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
• January 21 – Borna Sosa, Croatian youth international
• February 3 – Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
• February 10 – Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
• February 17 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer
• March 10 – Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer
• March 28 – Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
• March 31
  • Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
  • Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
• May 7 – Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
• May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
• May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
• May 23
  • Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
  • Luca De La Torre, American footballer
  • Berat Özdemir, Turkish footballer
• June 1 – Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
• June 22 – Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer
• June 28 – Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
• June 30
  • Tom Davies, English footballer
  • Houssem Aouar, French footballer
• July 8 – Yann Karamoh, French footballer
• September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer
• September 19 – Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
• October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
• November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer
• November 24 – Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer
• December 18 – Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer

Deaths[]

May[]

• May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and the first professional footballer to come out as gay

June[]

• June 4 – Miguel Montuori (65), Argentinian-Chilean footballer
• June 13 – Fernand Sastre (74), French footballer

July[]

• July 13 – (82), French footballer

August[]

• August 6 – Henk Bosveld (57), Dutch footballer

September[]

• September 2 – Jackie Blanchflower (65), Northern Irish footballer
• September 23 – Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 World Cup. (88)

References[]