1998 in association football

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)