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1998 in association football

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

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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.

    • Asia

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

    • Europe

  • England – Arsenal
  • France – Lens
  • Germany – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
  • Hungary – Újpest
  • Italy – Juventus
  • Netherlands
  • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – AZ
  • Portugal – Porto
  • Scotland – Celtic
  • Sweden – AIK
  • Turkey – Galatasaray

    • North America

  • United States – Chicago Fire (MLS)

    • South America

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

    • 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

    • Bolivia

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

    May

  • May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and only 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 – Pierre Garonnaire (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

    1998 in association football Wikipedia
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