1998 in association football explained

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
• - Suwon Bluewings
• - Sinthana F.C.

Europe

• Croatia – Croatia Zagreb
• – Arsenal
• – Lens
• – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• – Újpest
• – Juventus
  • • Eredivisie – Ajax
  • Eerste Divisie – AZ
• – 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
• – LDU Quito
• – Olimpia Asunción
• – Universitario de Deportes

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998)
  1. • 1. • 1. • Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998)
               • FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998)

National team results

South America

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

See main article: Chile national football team 1998.

See main article: Ecuador national football team 1998.

Births

• January 2  - Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
• January 3  - Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer^[1]
• January 4  - Joel Kalonji, Belgian footballer^[2]
• January 5  - Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
• January 6  - Ben Pollock, American soccer player^[3]
• January 7  - Siebe Schets, Dutch footballer
• January 8  - Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
• January 10  - Mohamed Abukar, Somali footballer^[4]
• January 11  - Salih Özcan, German midfielder
• January 16  - Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
• January 17  - Conner Blöte, Dutch footballer^[5]
• January 20  - Tiziano Andrei, Italian footballer^[6]
• January 21  - Borna Sosa, Croatian youth international
• January 27  - Cezar Trandafirescu, Romanian professional footballer^[7]
• January 29  - Theo Maia, Brazilian professional footballer^[8]
• January 31  - Lukas Prayitno, Indonesian professional footballer^[9]
• February 3  - Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
• February 5  - Jorge Luis Ortiz, Mexican professional footballer^[10]
• February 10  - Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
• February 16  - Alessio Tissone, Italian footballer^[11]
• February 17  - Todd Cantwell, English footballer
• February 23  - Jan-Kristian Thurner, Austrian footballer^[12]
• February 28  - Maksim Sklyarov, Russian former footballer^[13]
• March 3  - Nathan Vitré, French professional footballer^[14]
• March 10
  • Alessio Garofalo, Italian footballer^[15]
  • Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer
• March 13  - Oh Jang-won, South Korean footballer^[16]
• March 14  - Joaquim Soumahin, Italian footballer^[17]
• March 16  - Nico Rodewald, German footballer
• March 17  - Justin Neumann, German footballer^[18]
• March 23  - Ines Obradović, Montenegrin footballer^[19]
• March 28
  • John Håkansson, Swedish footballer^[20]
  • Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
• March 29  - Cemal Amet, Austrian footballer^[21]
• March 30  - Christopher Godet, Bahamian footballer^[22]
• March 31
  • Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
  • Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
• April 2  - Matías Parada, Chilean footballer^[23]
• April 10
  • Jacob Brown, Scottish footballer
  • Dominik Sollfrank, German footballer^[24]
• April 13  - Emmanuel Adariku, Nigerian professional footballer^[25]
• April 21  - Victor Paraíba, Brazilian footballer^[26]
• April 24  - Elisabet Vang, Faroese footballer^[27]
• April 28  - Daniel Sadushi, Albanian footballer^[28]
• May 4  - Diego Acunzo, Italian footballer^[29]
• May 7
  • Alessandro Fratangelo, Italian footballer^[30]
  • Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
• May 8  - Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
• May 11  - Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
• May 21  - Felipe Egídio, Brazilian footballer^[31]
• May 22  - Gastón Gorrostorrazo, Uruguayan footballer^[32]
• May 23
  • Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
  • Luca De La Torre, American footballer
  • Berat Özdemir, Turkish footballer
• May 27  - Jeffrey Egbe, Austrian footballer^[33]
• June 1  - Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
• June 22  - Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer
• June 28  - Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
• June 30
  • Serbay Can, Turkish professional footballer^[34]
  • Tom Davies, English footballer
  • Houssem Aouar, French footballer
• July 6  - Hanna Lundell, Swedish footballer^[35]
• July 8  - Yann Karamoh, French footballer
• July 22  - Nick Lim, Dutch footballer^[36]
• July 25  - Ryan Laplace, French footballer^[37]
• July 29  - Maximilian Schuster, German footballer^[38]
• August 16  - Max Grundmann, German footballer^[39]
• September 1
  • Emily Condon, Australian footballer
  • Marvin Thiele, German footballer^[40]
• September 2  - Lee Winroth, Swedish footballer^[41]
• September 7  - Roger Ramos, Portuguese footballer^[42]
• September 16  - Noah Feil, German footballer
• September 17  - Gabriel Justino, Brazilian footballer^[43]
• September 18  - Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
• September 19  - Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
• September 26  - Tarik Džindo, Bosnian professional footballer^[44]
• October 21  - Benjamin Cull, English former professional footballer (died 2023)^[45]
• October 27  - Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
• November 1  - Pascal Pannier, German footballer
• November 12  - Jules Koundé, French footballer
• November 13  - Jovana Bajčetić, Montenegrin footballer^[46]
• November 24  - Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer
• November 27  - Katarína Košlabová, Slovak footballer^[47]
• November 30  - Kenedy Có, Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer^[48]
• December 9  - Tamar Dolidze, Georgian footballer^[49]
• December 16  - Sara Husein, Macedonian footballer^[50]
• December 17  - Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
• December 18
  • Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer
  • Manuel Trías, Venezuelan footballer^[51]
• December 20  - Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
• December 24  - Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
• December 25  - Hanna Simonsson, Swedish footballer^[52]
• December 29  - Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer

Deaths

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick Cutrone. UEFA.com. 3 August 2020.
2. Web site: Joel Kalonji-Kalonji . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 June 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Ben Pollock . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 June 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Mohamed Abukar Mohamed . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 24 September 2023.
5. Web site: Conner Blöte . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 May 2024 . en.
6. Web site: Tiziano Andrei . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 10 June 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Cezar Trandafirescu . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 February 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Theo Maia . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 July 2024 . en.
9. Web site: Lukas Prayitno . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 March 2024 . en.
10. Web site: Jorge Ortíz . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 July 2024 . en.
11. Web site: Alessio Tissone . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
12. Web site: Jan-Kristian Thurner . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 May 2024 . en.
13. Web site: Maksim Sklyarov . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
14. Web site: Nathan Vitré . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.
15. Web site: Alessio Garofalo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 May 2024 . en.
16. Web site: Jang-Won Ho . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 May 2024 . en.
17. Web site: Joaquim Soumahin . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 June 2024 . en.
18. Web site: Justin Neumann . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 22 July 2017.
19. Web site: Ines Obradović . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 September 2024 . en.
20. Web site: John Håkansson . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 June 2024 . en.
21. Web site: Cemal Amet . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 21 February 2024 . en.
22. Web site: Christopher Godet . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 June 2024 . en.
23. Web site: Matías Parada . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.
24. Web site: Dominik Sollfrank . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 16 December 2016.
25. Web site: Emmanuel Adariku . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 July 2024 . en.
26. Web site: Victor Paraíba . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 February 2024 . en.
27. Web site: Elisabet Vang . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 3 July 2024 . en.
28. Web site: Daniel Sadushi . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 21 February 2024 . en.
29. Web site: Diego Acunzo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
30. Web site: Alessandro Fratangelo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 6 June 2024 . en.
31. Web site: Felipe . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 8 June 2024 . en.
32. Web site: Gastón Gorrostorrazo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 5 June 2024 . en.
33. Web site: Jeffrey Egbe . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
34. Web site: Serbay Can . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 11 June 2024 . en.
35. Web site: Hanna Lundell . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 22 February 2024 . en.
36. Web site: Nick Lim . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 7 August 2024 . en.
37. Web site: Ryan Laplace . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 29 May 2024 . en.
38. Web site: Maximilian Schuster . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 June 2024 . en.
39. Web site: Max Grundmann . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 6 October 2018.
40. Web site: Marvin Thiele . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 25 February 2018.
41. Web site: Lee Winroth . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 June 2024 . en.
42. Web site: Roger . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 18 April 2024 . en.
43. Web site: Gabriel Justino . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 14 August 2024 . en.
44. Web site: Tarik Džindo . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 June 2024 . en.
45. Web site: Ben Cull . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 27 September 2023.
46. Web site: Jovana Bajčetić . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 August 2024 . en.
47. Web site: Katarína Košlabová . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
48. Web site: Kenedy Co . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 4 July 2024 . en.
49. Web site: Tamar Dolidze . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 July 2024 . en.
50. Web site: Sara Husein . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 September 2024 . en.
51. Web site: Manuel Trías . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 13 June 2024 . en.
52. Web site: Hanna Simonsson . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 19 February 2024 . en.