1898 in association football

Events

• January 1: Footballing arm of Belgian club K.A.A. Gent established.
• May 8: Genoa become the first ever Italian national champions
• May 12: French club Tourcoing FC founded
• December: French club Union Sportive Boulonnaise founded at Boulogne-sur-Mer.

  National champions

• Argentina: Lomas Athletic Club
• Belgium: FC Liégeois
• England: Sheffield United
• France: Standard Athletic Club
• Ireland: Linfield
• Italy: Genoa
• Netherlands: RAP Amsterdam
• Scotland: Celtic
• Sweden: Örgryte IS
• Switzerland: Grasshopper Zurich

  International tournaments

• 1898 British Home Championship

  Births

• January 7 - Dick MacNeill, Dutch footballer

  Deaths

• June 30 - Reg Birkett, English footballer