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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Winner national club championships

[edit] Asia

• Iran – Esteghlal FC

[edit] Europe

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

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • Clausura – Vélez Sársfield
  • Apertura – Boca Juniors
• Brazil – Corinthians
• Bolivia – Blooming
• Chile – Colo-Colo
• Ecuador – LDU Quito
• Paraguay – Olimpia Asunción

[edit] International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28, 1998)

1.  Egypt
2.  South Africa
3.  Congo DR

• Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998)

1.  Lithuania
2.  Latvia
3.  Estonia

• FIFA World Cup in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998)

1.  France
2.  Brazil
3.  Croatia

[edit] National team results

[edit] Asia

[edit]  Kazakhstan

[edit] Europe

[edit]  Estonia

[edit]  Netherlands

[edit]  Sweden

[edit] South America

[edit]  Bolivia

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

[edit]  Chile

[edit]  Ecuador

[edit] 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