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

Events

* 1998 FIFA World Cup –

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

wins 3–0 over

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the

Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is l ...

, dancing through the night. *

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

: Real Madrid won 1–0 in the

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against Juventus. This was Real Madrid's seventh European Cup title. * Copa Libertadores

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: Won by Vasco da Gama after defeating Barcelona SC on an aggregate score of 4–1. *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

beat

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

1–0 in the

, winning the Cup for the second time. *

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

won 3–0 in the

against

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. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title. *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was original ...

: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time. *

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

: ** FA Premier League Champions: Arsenal. *February 17 – Manchester City fires manager Frank Clark and appoints

Joe Royle Joseph Royle (born 8 April 1949) is an English football manager and former footballer. In his playing career as a striker, he debuted for Everton at the age of 16 and went on to play for Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the ...

as his successor. *May 16 – Arsenal beats Newcastle United 2–0 to win the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

, achieving The Double. *August 16 – PSV wins the Johan Cruyff Shield, the annual opening of the new season in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

, by a 2–0 win over

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

in the

Amsterdam Arena The Johan Cruyff Arena ( nl, Johan Cruijff Arena ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of football club AFC Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to 1996 ...

. *September 17 –

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

makes a winning European debut after defeating Poland's

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

(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 Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (; born 30 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a defensive midfielder. Rijkaard played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan and represented the Netherlands national team side ...

makes his debut as the manager of the Netherlands national team, as the successor of Guus Hiddink, with a 2–0 friendly win over

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in Eindhoven. One player makes his debut as well: striker Jeffrey Talan from Heerenveen. *December 1 – Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by

Raúl Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

in the 83rd minute. *December 7 – Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam fires manager Hans van der Zee. He is replaced by

Jan Everse Jan Everse (born 5 January 1954 in Rotterdam) is a retired Dutch football player and manager, who is currently head coach at amateur side BVCB. Playing career Club He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a November 1973 Eredivisie matc ...

on December 24.

Winner national club championships

Asia

* –

Esteghlal FC Esteghlal Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال استقلال, ''Bâšgâh-è Futbâl-è Esteqlâl''), commonly known as Esteghlal ( fa, استقلال, meaning 'The Independence'), is an Iranian football club based in capital Tehran t ...

* – Kashima Antlers * – Al-Ittihad * - Suwon Bluewings * - Sinthana F.C.

Europe

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– Croatia Zagreb * – Arsenal * –

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* –

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

* –

Újpest Újpest (; german: Neu-Pest, en, New Pest) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary i ...

* – Juventus * **

–

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

– AZ * –

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice ...

* –

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

* – Celtic * –

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

* –

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

* –

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

–

Obilić Obiliq, ) or Obilić ( sr-cyr, Обилић, ), also referred to as Kastriot ( sq-definite, Kastrioti, ) is a List of cities and towns in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality in Kosovo. According to the Kosovo Agency of Statist ...

North America

* – St. Catharines Wolves ( CPSL) * **Verano –

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in Mexico. The city f ...

**Invierno – Necaxa * – Chicago Fire (

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

)

South America

* **Clausura – Vélez Sársfield **Apertura – Boca Juniors * –

Blooming Bloom or blooming may refer to: Science and technology Biology * Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant * Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system * Jellyfish bloom, a collective n ...

* –

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...

* –

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

* –

LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria (), often referred to as Liga de Quito, LDU, 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 ho ...

* – Olimpia Asunción * – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998) *# *# *# * Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998) *# *# *# *

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998) *# *# *#

National team results

Europe

South America

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

Births

* January 2 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer * January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer * January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer * January 8 –

Manuel Locatelli Manuel Locatelli (born 8 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Juventus, on loan from Sassuolo, and the Italy national team. After coming through the club's youth system, Locatelli made his pr ...

, Italian footballer * January 11 – Salih Özcan, German midfielder * January 16 –

Odsonne Édouard Odsonne Édouard (born 16 January 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace. Having progressed through the youth ranks of AF Bobigny, Édouard signed with Paris Saint-Germain in Jul ...

, French footballer * January 21 –

Borna Sosa Borna Sosa (; born 21 January 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left-wing back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Croatia national team. Career Dinamo Zagreb Sosa was born in the Prečko neighbourh ...

, Croatian youth international * February 3 – Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer * February 10 –

Aitor Buñuel Aitor Buñuel Redrado (born 10 February 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back for CD Tenerife. Club career Buñuel was born in Tafalla, Navarre. A CA Osasuna youth graduate, he was promoted to the main squad on 5 May 2015 by ...

, Spanish footballer * February 17 –

Todd Cantwell Todd Owen Cantwell (born 27 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Rangers. Cantwell began his career at Norwich City, joining the club at under-10 level in 2008 and making his first-team debu ...

, 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 Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Spain national team. He can play as either an attacking midfielder or a winger. After a period at FC Barcelona, he ma ...

, Spanish footballer * May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer * May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer * May 23 ** Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer **

Luca De La Torre Lucas Daniel de la Torre (born May 23, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Celta and the United States national team. Having begun his professional career with Fulham in the EFL Champions ...

, 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 Calvin Stengs (; born 18 December 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Antwerp, on loan from Ligue 1 club Nice, and the Netherlands national team. A product of the AZ academy, Stengs broke ...

, 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 Fernand Sastre (1 October 1923 – 13 June 1998) was a French football official who was President of the French Football Federation from 1972 to 1984. The Le Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre, better known as Clairefontaine, is named afte ...

(74), French footballer

July

* July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire (82), French footballer

August

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

September

* September 2 –

Jackie Blanchflower John Blanchflower (7 March 1933 – 2 September 1998) was a Northern Irish footballer. He graduated from Manchester United's youth system and played for the club on 117 occasions, winning two league titles, before his career was cut short due to ...

(65), Northern Irish footballer * September 23 –

Héctor Vilches Héctor Vilches (14 February 1926 – 23 September 1998) was a Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, who played for C.A. Cerro. For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was th ...

, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 World Cup. (88)

References

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