1998 in association football

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 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
• *Verano – Toluca
• *Invierno – Necaxa
• – Chicago Fire

  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
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• Baltic Cup
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• FIFA World Cup in France
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  National team results

Asia

Europe

South America

Births

• January 5 - Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
• January 8 - Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
• January 11 - Salih Özcan, German midfielder
• January 16 - Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
• February 3 - Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
• February 10 - Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
• February 17 - Todd Cantwell, English footballer
• March 10 - Matías Zaracho, Argentinian footballer
• March 28 - Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
• March 31
• *Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player
• *Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player
• May 11 - Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
• June 1 - Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
• June 28 - Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
• June 30
• * Tom Davies, English footballer
• * Houssem Aouar, French footballer
• July 8 - Yann Karamoh, French footballer
• September 1 - Emily Condon, Australian footballer
• October 27 - Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
• November 12 - Jules Koundé, French footballer

  Deaths

May

• May 2 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer and the first professional footballer to come out as gay

  June

• June 4 – Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Chilean footballer
• June 13 – Fernand Sastre, French footballer

  July

• July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire, French footballer

  August

• August 6 – Henk Bosveld, Dutch footballer

  September

• September 2 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer
• September 23 – Héctor Vilches, Uruguayan defender, winner of the 1950 World Cup.