1998 in association football

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Years:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1998 throughout the world.

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1998 World Cup – France wins 3–0 over Brazil in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than a 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 7th European Cup title.
Copa Libertadores 1998: Won by Vasco da Gama after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club on an aggregate score of 4–1.
Cup Winners' Cup: Chelsea beat 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.
European 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 Eindhoven wins the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 2–0 win over Ajax Amsterdam in the Amsterdam ArenA.
September 17 – SC Heerenveen makes a winning European debut with by defeating Poland's Amica Wronki (3–1) in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup.
October 8 – Manager Arthur Jorge resigns at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem and is succeeded by Herbert Neumann.
October 10 – Frank Rijkaard makes his debut as the manager of Dutch 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 SC Heerenveen.
December 1 – Real Madrid wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by Raúl González 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.

[edit] Winner national club championships

[edit] International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998)

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

[edit] National team results

[edit] Asia

[edit] Kazakhstan

Main article: Kazakhstan national football team 1998

[edit] Europe

[edit] Estonia

Main article: Estonia national football team 1998

[edit] Netherlands

Main article: Netherlands national football team 1998

[edit] Sweden

Main article: Sweden national football team 1998

[edit] South America

[edit] Bolivia

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

[edit] Chile

Main article: Chile national football team 1998

[edit] Ecuador

Main article: Ecuador national football team 1998

[edit] Deaths

May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and only footballer to come out as gay
June 4 – Miguel Montuori (65), Argentinian-Chilean footballer
June 13 – Fernand Sastre (74), French footballer
July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire (82), French footballer
August 6 – Henk Bosveld (57), Dutch footballer
September 2 – Jackie Blanchflower (65), Northern Irish footballer

Years in football (soccer):	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th Century · 21st Century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

1998 in association football

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