1898 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1898 throughout the world.

Events

• January 1: Footballing arm of Belgian club K.A.A. Gent established.
• April 5: Portsmouth founded
• May 8: Genoa become the first ever Italian national champions
• May 12: French club Tourcoing FC founded (as US Tourcoing)
• December: French club Union Sportive Boulonnaise founded at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
• Italian Football Federation is founded

National champions

• Argentina: Lomas Athletic Club
• Belgium: FC Liégeois
• England: Sheffield United
• France: Standard Athletic Club
• Ireland: Linfield

• Italy: Genoa (first Italian champions)
• Netherlands: RAP Amsterdam (first Eredivisie champions)
• Scotland: Celtic
• Sweden: Örgryte IS
• Switzerland: Grasshopper Zurich (unofficial)

International tournaments

• 1898 British Home Championship (February 19 – April 2, 1898)

England

Births

• January 7 – Dick MacNeill, Dutch footballer (d. 1963)

Deaths

• June 30 - Reg Birkett, English footballer

Clubs founded

• K.A.A. Gent
• Portsmouth FC
• BSC Young Boys
• SV Darmstadt 98