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The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world.

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Events

  • 20 January to 10 February: Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana
  • 4 May to 16 May: UEFA U-17 Championship in Turkey
  • 7 June to 29 June: Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland
  • 6 August to 24 August: Men's and Women's Football Tournaments at the Beijing Olympics
  • 30 October to 16 November: Inauguration of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held In New Zealand
  • 20 November to 7 December: 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile

    • January

  • 3 – Argentine midfielder Éver Banega leaves Boca Juniors and joins the Spanish club Valencia for an estimated fee of €18 million.
  • 5 – Everton are knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by Oldham Athletic, a team from Football League One (third division) as Huddersfield Town from the same division beat Birmingham City.
  • 6 – Toulouse are eliminated from the Coupe de France by Paris FC, a team from the Championnat National (third division).
  • 9 – Sam Allardyce leaves the manager's position at Newcastle United by mutual agreement.
  • 11 – Jürgen Klinsmann is unveiled as the new coach of Bayern Munich, effective July.
  • 20 – The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Ghana with the hosts beating Guinea 2–1.
  • 23 – Tottenham Hotspur defeat Arsenal 5–1 in the semi-final second-leg of the League Cup. This was the first time they had beaten their local rivals since 1999.
  • 24 – George Burley is announced as the new coach of the Scotland national football team.
  • 28 – Mohamed Sissoko leaves Liverpool to sign for Juventus, costing the Italian team €13 million.

    • February

  • 2 – Frédéric Kanouté is named 2007 African Footballer of the Year
  • 4 – Víctor Muñoz is sacked from the managers job of Spanish team Recreativo Huelva; Manolo Zambrano is immediately installed as the new coach of the La Liga team.
  • 10 – Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cameroon in the final 1–0.
  • 13 – Giovanni Trapattoni is announced as the new coach of the Republic of Ireland. He will officially take up this role in May.
  • 23 – South Korean men's team won East Asian Cup 2008.
  • 23 – Japanese J. League Cup winner Gamba Osaka defeated MLS champion Houston Dynamo at the final game of Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 by 6-1, won the champion title of inaugural tournament. The Los Angeles Galaxy won the third place match against Sydney FC from A-league by 2–1.
  • 24 – Japan won the Women's East Asian Cup 2008 with three straight wins over South Korea, North Korea, and China.
  • 24 – Tottenham Hotspur win the Football League Cup after beating Chelsea 2–1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium.
  • 24 – Newcastle Jets win the Hyundai A-League Grand Final by defeating the Central Coast Mariners by 1–0 at the Sydney Football Stadium.

    • March

  • 11 – Newport County win the FAW Premier Cup beating Llanelli 1–0 in the final.
  • 12 – The United States women's national soccer team wins the 2008 Algarve Cup for the sixth time, beating Denmark 2–1 in the final.
  • 16 – Rangers win the Scottish League Cup by beating Dundee United 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw at Hampden Park.

    • May

  • 5 – Real Madrid wins the 31st La Liga title after beating Osasuna 2-1.
  • 8 – Announced that Frank Rijkaard would leave his managerial post at Barcelona at the end of the season, to be replaced by Barcelona B coach Pep Guardiola.
  • 11 – Manchester United wins its tenth Premier League title after beating Wigan Athletic 2–0 away.
  • 17 – Portsmouth wins the 127th FA Cup after beating Cardiff City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium
  • 21 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League after beating Chelsea 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes in Moscow
  • 22 – Celtic win the SPL title for the third successive season by three points from Rangers on the final day.
  • 24 – Avram Grant is sacked as Chelsea manager after just eight months in charge of the Premier League club.

    • June

  • 2 – José Mourinho replaces Roberto Mancini as manager of Inter Milan
  • 25 – LDU Quito won the first leg of the Copa Libertadores final beating Fluminense 4–2.
  • 29 – Spain wins UEFA Euro 2008 after beating Germany 1–0 in the final.

    • July

  • 1 – Luiz Felipe Scolari becomes the new manager of Chelsea.
  • 2 – LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores beating Fluminense in penalties 3–1 after a 5–5 aggregate draw.

    • August

  • 8 – Scottish Premier League team Gretna are formally liquidated.
  • 21 – United States women's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • 23 – Argentina's men's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics

    • September

  • 1 – Manchester City sign Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record fee of £32.5 million
  • 1 – Manchester United sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75 million.
  • 4 – Kevin Keegan resigns as manager of Newcastle United.

    • AFC nations

  • A-League: Newcastle Jets
  • Bahraini Premier League: Muharraq Club
  • Chinese Super League: Shandong Luneng
  • Hong Kong First Division League: South China
  • I-League: Dempo SC
  • Persian Gulf Cup: Persepolis F.C.
  • J. League: Kashima Antlers
  • K-League: Suwon Samsung Bluewings
  • Lebanese Premier League: Al Ahed
  • Saudi Premier League: Al-Hilal
  • Filipino Premier League: Philippine Army F.C.
  • Malaysian Super League: Kedah FA
  • Qatar Stars League: Al-Gharafa Sports Club
  • S-League: Singapore Armed Forces Football Club
  • Thailand Premier League: Provincial Electricity Authority FC
  • Turkmenistan Higher League: FC Aşgabat
  • Enterprise Football League: Taipower
  • UAE Football League: Al-Shabab
  • Uzbek League: Bunyodkor
  • V-League: Becamex Bình Dương

    • UEFA nations

  • Albanian Superliga: Dinamo Tirana
  • Campionat de Lliga: Santa Coloma
  • Armenian Premier League: Pyunik
  • Austrian Bundesliga: Rapid Wien
  • Azerbaijan Premier League: Inter Baku
  • Belarusian Premier League: BATE Borisov
  • Belgian Pro League: Standard Liège
  • Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Modriča
  • Bulgarian A PFG: CSKA Sofia
  • Prva HNL: Dinamo Zagreb
  • Cypriot First Division: Anorthosis Famagusta
  • Gambrinus Liga: Slavia Prague
  • Danish Superliga: Aalborg BK
  • Premier League: Manchester United
  • Meistriliiga: Levadia Tallinn
  • Formuladeildin: EB/Streymur
  • Veikkausliiga: Inter Turku
  • Ligue 1: Lyon
  • Umaglesi Liga: Dinamo Tbilisi
  • Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
  • Superleague Greece: Olympiacos
  • Hungarian National Championship I: MTK Budapest
  • Úrvalsdeild: FH Hafnarfjörður
  • League of Ireland Premier Division: Bohemian
  • Ligat ha'Al: Beitar Jerusalem
  • Serie A: Inter Milan
  • Kazakhstan Premier League: Aktobe
  • Latvian Higher League: Ventspils
  • A Lyga: Ekranas
  • Luxembourg National Division: F91 Dudelange
  • Macedonian Prva Liga: Rabotnički
  • Maltese Premier League: Valletta
  • Moldovan National Division: Sheriff Tiraspol
  • Montenegrin First League: Budućnost Podgorica
  • Eredivisie: PSV
  • Irish Premier League: Linfield
  • Norwegian Premier League: Stabæk
  • Ekstraklasa: Wisła Kraków
  • Primeira Liga: Porto
  • Liga I: CFR Cluj
  • Russian Premier League: Rubin Kazan
  • Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio: Murata
  • Scottish Premier League: Celtic
  • Serbian Superliga: Partizan
  • Slovak Superliga: Artmedia Bratislava
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga: TNK Domžale
  • La Liga: Real Madrid
  • Allsvenskan: Kalmar
  • Swiss Super League: Basel
  • Süper Lig: Galatasaray
  • Ukrainian Premier League: Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Welsh Premier League: Llanelli

    • CAF nations

  • Algerian Championnat National: JS Kabylie
  • Girabola: Petro Atlético Luanda
  • Mascom Premier League: Centre Chiefs
  • Burkinabé Premier League: Etoile Filante Ouagadougou
  • Burundi Premier League: Inter Star
  • MTN Elite one: Cotonsport Garoua
  • Cape Verdean football Championships: Sporting Clube da Praia
  • Chad Premier League: Elect Sport N'Djamena
  • Comoros Premier League: Etoile d'Or
  • Congo Premier League: CARA Brazzaville
  • Linafoot: DC Motema Pembe
  • Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: Africa Sports National
  • Djibouti Premier League: Société Immobilière de Djibouti
  • Egyptian Premier League: Al-Ahly
  • Eritrean Premier League: Asmara Brewery
  • Ethiopian Premier League: Saint-George SA
  • Gabon Championnat National D1: AS Mangasport
  • Gambian Championnat National D1: Wallidan
  • OneTouch Premier League: Asante Kotoko
  • Guinée Championnat National: Fello Star
  • Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau: Sporting Clube de Batafá
  • Kenyan Premier League: Mathare United
  • Lesotho Premier League: Lesotho Correctional Services
  • Liberian Premier League: Black Star
  • Libyan Premier League: Al Ittihad
  • THB Champions League: Académie Ny Antsika
  • Malawi Premier Division: Silver Strikers
  • Malien Première Division: Djoliba
  • Mauritanean Premier League: ASAC Concorde
  • Mauritian League: Curepipe Starlight
  • Botola: FAR Rabat
  • Moçambola: Ferroviario de Maputo
  • Namibia Premier League: Orlando Pirates Windhoek
  • Niger Premier League: AS Police
  • Nigerian Premier League: Kano Pillars
  • Réunion Premier League: JS Saint-Pierroise
  • Rwandan Premier League: ATRACO
  • Senegal Premier League: AS Douanes
  • Seychelles League: Saint-Michel United
  • Sierra Leone National Premier League: Ports Authority F.C.
  • Somalia League: Elman FC
  • Premier Soccer League: SuperSport United
  • Sudan Premier League: Al-Merrikh
  • Swazi Premier League: Royal Leopards
  • Tanzanian Premier League: Young Africans
  • Tunisian CLP-1: Club Africain
  • Ugandan Super League: Kampala City Council
  • Zambian Premier League: ZESCO United
  • Zanzibar Premier League: Miembeni
  • Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League: Monomotapa United

    • CONMEBOL nations

  • Primera División Argentina: River Plate (C) / Boca Juniors (A)
  • Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: Universitario (A) / Aurura (C)
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: São Paulo
  • Primera División de Chile: Everton (A) / Colo-Colo (C)
  • Colombian Professional Football: Boyacá Chicó (A) / América de Cali (C)
  • Serie A de Ecuador: Deportivo Quito
  • Primera División de Paraguay: Libertad (A) (C)
  • Primera División Peruana: U. San Martín
  • Primera División Uruguaya: Defensor Sporting
  • Primera División Venezolana: Deportivo Táchira

    • (A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

    CONCACAF nations

  • BFA Senior League: IM Bears
  • Digicel Premiere League: Notre Date Sports Club
  • Belize Premier Football League: Hankook Verdes
  • Bermudian Premier Division: PHC Zebras
  • British Virgin Islands Championship: Islanders
  • Canadian Soccer League: Trois-Rivières Attak
  • Cayman Islands League: Scholars International
  • Primera División de Costa Rica: Saprissa (A) (C)
  • Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba: Cienfuegos
  • Dominica Championship: Centre Bath Estate
  • Primera División del Savaldor: Firpo (C) / Isidro Metapán (A)
  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: Comunicaciones (C) (A)
  • Grenada League: Carib Hurricane
  • Ligue Haïtienne: Racing Gonaïves (C) / Tempête (A)
  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: Marathón (C) / Olimpia (A)
  • National Premier League: Portmore United
  • Primera División de México: Santos Laguna (C) / Toluca (A)
  • Nevis Premier Division: SL Horsford Highlights
  • Primera División de Nicaragua: Real Estelí
  • Liga Panameña de Fútbol: Árabe Unido (C) / San Francisco (A)
  • Puerto Rico Soccer League: Sevilla
  • Saint Kitts Premier Division: Newtown United
  • Saint Lucia Premier Division: Aux Lyons United
  • NLA Premier League: Avenues United
  • Sint Maarten League: D&P Connection
  • Surinamese Hoofdklasse: Inter Moengotapoe
  • TT Pro League: San Juan Jabloteh
  • MFL League: Beaches
  • Major League Soccer: Columbus Crew
  • US Virgin Islands Championship: Positive Vibes

    • (A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

    OFC nations

  • Football Federation American Samoa Soccer League: Pago Youth
  • Cook Islands Round Cup: Nikao Sokattack
  • Fijian National Football League: Ba
  • FSMFA Top League: Yap
  • Kiribati National Championship: competition canceled
  • New Caledonia Division Honneur: AS Magenta
  • ASB Premiership: Waitakere United
  • Niue Soccer Tournament: Talava
  • Norfolk Island Soccer League: unknown
  • Palau Soccer League: Surangel & Sons Company
  • Papua New Guinea National Soccer League: PRK Hekari United
  • Samoa National League: Sinamoga
  • Solomon Islands National Club Championship: Koloale
  • Tahiti Division Fédérale: AS Manu-Ura
  • Tonga Major League: Lotoha'apai
  • Tuvalu A-Division: Nauti
  • Vanuatu Premia Divisen: Tafea

    • International tournaments

  • 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana (20 January – 10 February 2008)
    1.  Egypt
    2.  Cameroon
    3.  Ghana
    4.  Ivory Coast
  • Men's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, China (17 February – 23, 2008)
    1.  South Korea
    2.  Japan
    3.  China PR
    4.  North Korea
  • Women's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, China (18 February – 24, 2008)
    1.  Japan
    2.  North Korea
    3.  China PR
    4.  South Korea
  • 2008 Algarve Cup in Algarve, Portugal (5 March – 12, 2008)
    1.  United States
    2.  Denmark
    3.  Norway
    4.  Germany
  • 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament in Nashville, United States (11 March – 23, 2008)
    1.  Honduras
    2.  United States
    3.  Canada
    4.  Guatemala
  • 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Turkey (4 May – 16, 2008)
    1.  Spain
    2.  France
    3.  Turkey and  Netherlands
  • 2008 UEFA European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland (7 June – 29, 2008)
    1.  Spain
    2.  Germany
    3.  Turkey and  Russia
  • Baltic Cup in Riga, Latvia (May 30 – June 1, 2008)
    1.  Latvia
    2.  Lithuania
    3.  Estonia
  • 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament in China (6 August – 21, 2008)
    1.  United States
    2.  Brazil
    3.  Germany
  • 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament in China (7 August – 23, 2008)
    1.  Argentina
    2.  Nigeria
    3.  Brazil
  • 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand (30 October – 16 November 2008)
    1.  North Korea
    2.  United States
    3.  Germany
  • 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile (20 November – 7 December 2008)
    1.  United States
    2.  North Korea
    3.  Germany
  • 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup in Indonesia and Vietnam (5 – 28 December 2008)
    1.  Vietnam
    2.  Thailand
    3.  Indonesia, Singapore

    • January

  • 1 January – Božidar Sandić (85), Serbian footballer, Yugoslavia international
  • 4 January – Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan (67), Russian footballer, Soviet Union international
  • 4 January – Bjørn Odmar Andersen (64), Norwegian international footballer and manager
  • 5 January – Louis Hon (83), French international footballer
  • 9 January – Paul Aimson (64), English footballer
  • 11 January – Frank Loughran (77), Australian international footballer
  • 12 January – Leszek Jezierski (78), Polish footballer and manager
  • 13 January – Seyran Osipov (46), Russian footballer
  • 14 January – Kaj Christiansen (86), Danish international footballer and manager
  • 14 January – Johnny Steele (91), English footballer and manager
  • 18 January – Wally Fielding (88), English footballer
  • 21 January – Billy Elliott (82), English international footballer
  • 24 January – Jorge Recio (66), Argentine international footballer
  • 26 January – Celestino Celio (82), Italian international footballer and manager
  • 27 January – Bengt Lindskog (74), Swedish international footballer
  • 28 January – Eleuterio Santos (67), Spanish international footballer

    • February

  • 1 February – Władysław Kawula (70), Polish footballer
  • 2 February – Yiu Cheuk Yin (80), Hong Kong footballer
  • 9 February – Guy Tchingoma (22), Gabonese footballer
  • 10 February – Ove Jørstad (37), Norwegian footballer
  • 12 February – Jean Prouff (88), French footballer and manager
  • 12 February – Thomas Grosser (42), German footballer
  • 14 February – Len Boyd (84), English footballer
  • 15 February – Inge Thun (62), Norwegian footballer
  • 17 February – Brian Harris (72), English footballer and manager
  • 21 February – Emmanuel Sanon (56), Haitian footballer

    • March

  • 2 March – Carl Hoddle (40), English footballer
  • 5 March – Derek Dooley (78), English footballer and manager
  • 25 March – Thierry Gilardi (49), French commentator

    • April

  • 3 April – Hrvoje Ćustić (24), Croatian footballer
  • 5 April – Wang Donglei (23), Chinese footballer
  • 18 April – Erminio Favalli (64), Italian footballer
  • 19 April – Constant Vanden Stock (93), Belgian footballer, manager, and executive

    • May

  • 8 May – François Sterchele (26), Belgian footballer
  • 10 May – Eusebio Ríos (73), Spanish footballer and manager
  • 15 May – Tommy Burns (51), Scottish former footballer and manager
  • 23 May – Heinrich Kwiatkowski (81), German footballer

    • June

  • 6 June – Victor Wégria (71), Belgian footballer
  • 11 June – Adam Ledwoń (34), Polish footballer
  • 22 June – Ron Stitfall (82), Welsh footballer

    • July

  • 13 July – Rudolf Nafziger (62), German footballer
  • 15 July – Gionata Mingozzi (23), Italian footballer
  • 18 July – George Niven (79), Scottish footballer

    • August

  • 3 August – Anton Allemann (72), Swiss footballer

    • September

  • 3 September – Joan Segarra (80), Spanish defender
  • 4 September – Tommy Johnston (81), Scottish footballer
  • 25 September – Jimmy Sirrel (86), Scottish football player and manager

    • October

  • October 8 - Chicão, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. (59)
  • October 21 - George Edwards (87), Welsh footballer
  • October 25 - Ian McColl (81), Scottish football player and manager

    • November

  • 1 November – Dermot Curtis (76), Irish football player and manager
  • 17 November – Peter Aldis (81), English footballer
  • 27 November – Gil Heron (87), Jamaican footballer

    • December

  • 8 December – John Cumming (78), Scottish footballer
  • 9 December – Dražan Jerković (72), Croatian football player and manager
  • 9 December – Ibrahim Dossey (36), Ghanaian footballer
  • 12 December – Maksym Pashayev (20), Ukrainian footballer

    • References

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