1998 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world.
Events[edit]
- 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[edit]
Asia[edit]
Iran – Esteghlal FC
Japan – Kashima Antlers
Qatar – Al-Ittihad
South Korea - Suwon Bluewings
Thailand - Sinthana F.C.
Europe[edit]
- Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
England – Arsenal
France – Lens
Germany – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hungary – Újpest
Italy – Juventus
Netherlands
Poland – ŁKS Łódź
Portugal – Porto
Scotland – Celtic
Spain – Barcelona
Sweden – AIK
Turkey – Galatasaray- FR Yugoslavia – Obilić
North America[edit]
South America[edit]
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[edit]
- African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998)
- Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998)
- FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998)
National team results[edit]
Europe[edit]
Estonia[edit]
South America[edit]
Bolivia[edit]
- The men's national senior squad didn't play any matches in 1998
Chile[edit]
Ecuador[edit]
Births[edit]
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- January 2 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
- January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer[1]
- January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
- January 6 – Ben Pollock, American soccer player[2]
- January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
- January 10 – Mohamed Abukar, Somali footballer[3]
- January 11 – Salih Özcan, German midfielder
- January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
- January 17 – Conner Blöte, Dutch footballer[4]
- January 21 – Borna Sosa, Croatian youth international
- January 27 – Cezar Trandafirescu, Romanian professional footballer[5]
- January 31 – Lukas Prayitno, Indonesian professional footballer[6]
- February 3 – Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
- February 10 – Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
- February 17 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer
- February 23 – Jan-Kristian Thurner, Austrian footballer[7]
- March 10
- Alessio Garofalo, Italian footballer[8]
- Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer
- March 13 – Oh Jang-won, South Korean footballer[9]
- March 16 – Nico Rodewald, German footballer[10]
- March 17 – Justin Neumann, German footballer[11]
- March 28 – Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
- March 29 – Cemal Amet, Austrian footballer[12]
- March 30 – Christopher Godet, Bahamian footballer[13]
- March 31
- Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
- Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
- April 10
- Jacob Brown, Scottish footballer
- Dominik Sollfrank, German footballer[14]
- April 21 – Victor Paraíba, Brazilian footballer[15]
- April 28 – Daniel Sadushi, Albanian footballer[16]
- May 7
- Alessandro Fratangelo, Italian footballer[17]
- Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
- May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
- May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
- May 21 – Felipe Egídio, Brazilian footballer[18]
- May 22 – Gastón Gorrostorrazo, Uruguayan footballer[19]
- 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 6 – Hanna Lundell, Swedish footballer[20]
- July 8 – Yann Karamoh, French footballer
- July 25 – Ryan Laplace, French footballer[21]
- September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer
- September 7 – Roger Ramos, Portuguese footballer[22]
- September 18 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
- September 19 – Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
- September 26 – Tarik Džindo, Bosnian professional footballer[23]
- October 21 – Benjamin Cull, English former professional footballer (died 2023)[24]
- October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
- November 1 – Pascal Pannier, German footballer[25]
- November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer
- November 24 – Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer
- December 17 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
- December 18 – Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer
- December 20 – Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
- December 24 – Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
- December 25 – Hanna Simonsson, Swedish footballer[26]
- December 29 – Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
Deaths[edit]
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May[edit]
- May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and the first professional footballer to come out as gay
June[edit]
- June 4 – Miguel Montuori (65), Argentinian-Chilean footballer
- June 13 – Fernand Sastre (74), French footballer
July[edit]
- July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire (82), French footballer
August[edit]
- August 6 – Henk Bosveld (57), Dutch footballer
September[edit]
- September 2 – Jackie Blanchflower (65), Northern Irish footballer
- September 23 – Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 World Cup. (88)
References[edit]
- ^ "Patrick Cutrone". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Ben Pollock". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Mohamed Abukar Mohamed". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Conner Blöte". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Cezar Trandafirescu". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Lukas Prayitno". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Jan-Kristian Thurner". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "Alessio Garofalo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Jang-Won Ho". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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- ^ "Justin Neumann". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Cemal Amet". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Christopher Godet". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Dominik Sollfrank". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Victor Paraíba". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Sadushi". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Alessandro Fratangelo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Felipe". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Gastón Gorrostorrazo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Hanna Lundell". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Ryan Laplace". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Roger". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Tarik Džindo". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Ben Cull". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ 1998 in association football at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Hanna Simonsson". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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