1998 in association football

none December 2009 1998 association football sports The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world. 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. Winner national club championships Asia – Esteghlal FC – Kashima Antlers – Al-Ittihad KOR 1997 - Suwon Bluewings - Sinthana F.C. Europe – Croatia Zagreb – Arsenal – Lens – 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Újpest – Juventus – Ajax – ŁKS Łódź – Porto – Celtic – Barcelona – AIK – Galatasaray FR Yugoslavia – Obilić North America – St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) Verano – Toluca Invierno – Necaxa – Chicago Fire (MLS) South America Clausura – Vélez Sársfield Apertura – Boca Juniors – Blooming – Corinthians – Colo-Colo ECU 1900 – LDU Quito PAR 1990 – Olimpia Asunción – Universitario de Deportes International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998) EGY RSA COD 1997 Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998) LTU 1988 LAT EST FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998) FRA BRA CRO Births October 2022 January 2 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballerPatrick Cutrone http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250078921/profile/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150318154142/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250078921/profile/index.html dead March 18, 2015 UEFA 3 August 2020 January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer January 10 – Mohamed Abukar, Somali footballerMohamed Abukar Mohamed https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe675723/mohamed-abukar-ii/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 24 September 2023 January 11 – Salih Özcan, German midfielder January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer January 17 – Conner Blöte, Dutch footballerConner Blöte https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe423082/conner-bloete/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 3 May 2024 en January 21 – Borna Sosa, Croatian youth international January 29 – Theo Maia, Brazilian footballerTheo Maia https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe602212/theo-maia/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 5 July 2024 en February 3 – Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer February 10 – Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer February 17 – Todd Cantwell, English footballer March 3 – Nathan Vitré, French footballerNathan Vitré https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe528570/nathan-vitre/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 7 August 2024 en March 10 – Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer March 23 – Ines Obradović, Montenegrin footballerInes Obradović https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe483755/ines-obradovic/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 5 September 2024 en March 28 John Håkansson, Swedish footballerJohn Håkansson https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe367793/john-hakansson/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 14 June 2024 en Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer March 30 – Christopher Godet, Bahamian footballerChristopher Godet https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe390872/christopher-godet/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 4 June 2024 en April 10 – Jacob Brown, Scottish footballer April 21 – Victor Paraíba, Brazilian footballerVictor Paraíba https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe548613/victor-paraiba/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 13 February 2024 en April 24 – Elisabet Vang, Faroese footballerElisabet Vang https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe514018/elisabet-vang/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 3 July 2024 en May 7 Alessandro Fratangelo, Italian footballerAlessandro Fratangelo https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe448860/alessandro-fratangelo/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 6 June 2024 en Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer May 23 Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer Luca De La Torre, American footballer Berat Özdemir, Turkish footballer June 1 – Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer June 22 – Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer June 28 – Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer June 30 Tom Davies, English footballer Houssem Aouar, French footballer July 6 – Hanna Lundell, Swedish footballerHanna Lundell https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe424748/hanna-lundell/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 22 February 2024 en July 8 – Yann Karamoh, French footballer July 29 – Maximilian Schuster, German footballerMaximilian Schuster https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe366105/maximilian-schuster/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 13 June 2024 en September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer September 2 – Lee Winroth, Swedish footballerLee Winroth https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe744182/lee-winroth/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 13 June 2024 en September 17 – Gabriel Justino, Brazilian footballerGabriel Justino https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe510684/gabriel-justino/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 14 August 2024 en September 18 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player September 19 – Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer October 21 – Benjamin Cull, English footballer (died 2023)Ben Cull https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe502578/ben-cull/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 27 September 2023 October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer November 24 – Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer November 30 – Kenedy Có, Guinea-Bissauan footballerKenedy Co https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe633380/kenedy-co/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 4 July 2024 en December 17 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer December 18 Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer Manuel Trías, Venezuelan footballerManuel Trías https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe446138/manuel-trias/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 13 June 2024 en December 20 – Kylian Mbappé, French footballer December 24 – Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer December 29 – Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer Deaths August 2022 May May 2 – Justin Fashanu (38), English footballer and the first professional 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 Category:Association football by year