1998 in association football

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

Events

*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.
*February 24 – Defender Ernest Faber plays his first and only international match for the Netherlands national football team, when he replaces Winston Bogarde after 57 minutes in the friendly against Mexico (3-2) in Miami Gardens.
*May 16 – Arsenal beats Newcastle United 2-0 to win the FA Cup, achieving The Double.
*May 27 – Striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team in the friendly against Cameroon (0-0) in Arnhem, replacing Patrick Kluivert after 61 minutes.
*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.

Winner national club championships

Asia

* Iran – Esteghlal FC

Europe

* England – Arsenal
* France – RC Lens
* Germany – FC Kaiserslautern
* Italy – Juventus
* Netherlands
** Eredivisie – Ajax Amsterdam
** Eerste Divisie – AZ Alkmaar
* Portugal – FC Porto
* Sweden – AIK
* Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.

outh America

*Argentina
**Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
**Apertura – Boca Juniors
* Brazil – Corinthians
* Ecuador – LDU Quito
* Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28, 1998):# fb|EGY:# fb|RSA:# fb|COD|1997

* FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998):# fb|FRA:# fb|BRA:# fb|CRO

Deaths

*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