The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world.

Events

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

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France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

wins 3–0 over

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the

Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an Avenue (landscape), avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc ...

, dancing through the night. *

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

won 1–0 in the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...

against

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

. This was Real Madrid's seventh European Cup title. *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: Won by

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

after defeating

Barcelona SC Barcelona Sporting Club (), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of fo ...

on an aggregate score of 4–1. *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

: Chelsea beat

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

1–0 in the

, winning the Cup for the second time. *

UEFA Cup The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ...

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...

won 3–0 in the

against

Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title. *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup Association football, football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's offic ...

: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time. *

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

: **

FA Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football ...

Champions:

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

. *February 17 –

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

fires manager Frank Clark and appoints

Joe Royle Joseph Royle (born 8 April 1949) is an English football manager and former footballer. In his playing career as a striker, he debuted for Everton at the age of 16 and went on to play for Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the E ...

as his successor. *May 16 –

beats

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...

2–0 to win the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

, achieving The Double. *August 16 – PSV wins the

Johan Cruyff Shield The Johan Cruyff Shield (, ) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national footbal ...

, the annual opening of the new season in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

, by a 2–0 win over

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

in the

Amsterdam Arena The Johan Cruyff Arena ( ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of association football, football club AFC Ajax, Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to ...

. *September 17 –

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

makes a winning European debut after defeating Poland's

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

(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 Herbert Neumann (born 14 November 1953) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Neumann was born in Cologne. He played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. ...

. *October 10 –

Frank Rijkaard Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (; born 30 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a defensive midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders in footballing history, Rijkaard was described by British broa ...

makes his debut as the manager of the Netherlands national team, as the successor of

Guus Hiddink Guus Hiddink (; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both c ...

, with a 2–0 friendly win over

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

. One player makes his debut as well: striker

Jeffrey Talan Jeffrey Dennis Talan (born 29 September 1971) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** ...

from Heerenveen. *December 1 – Real Madrid wins the

Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup may refer to: Football * FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an association football competition involving the club champions of the six confederations of FIFA * Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), an association football competition o ...

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by

Raúl Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French R ...

in the 83rd minute. *December 7 – Dutch club

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

fires manager Hans van der Zee. He is replaced by

Jan Everse Jan Everse (born 5 January 1954 in Rotterdam) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch football (soccer), football player and manager, who is currently head coach at amateur side BVCB. Playing career Club He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in ...

on December 24.

Winner national club championships

Asia

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Esteghlal FC Esteghlal Football Club (استقلال), commonly known as Esteghlal (meaning 'The Independence'), is the oldest Iranian professional football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1945 as 'T ...

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Kashima Antlers The are a professional association football, football club based in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. They currently play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The club has financial backing from Mercari, a Japanese ...

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Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad may refer to: Sports Football Men Teams * Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * Al Ittihad SCSC (Tripoli), Tripoli, Libya * Al Ittihad Gheryan, Gharyan, Libya * Al Ittihad Misurata SC, Misurata, Libya * Al Ittihad SC ...

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Suwon Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occas ...

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Sinthana F.C. BBCU Football Club, known fully as Big Bang Chula United Football Club (), is a Thai defunct professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name ...

Europe

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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Croatia Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cro ...

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Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements'') ...

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1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

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Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village ...

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Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

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ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

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Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

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Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

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Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

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Obilić Obilić may refer to: * Miloš Obilić, a medieval Serbian knight who died in 1389 * Obilić, Kosovo, a town and municipality in central Kosovo * Obilić, Bojnik, a village in Serbia * Obilić Medal, founded in 1847 by Njegoš as the highest mi ...

North America

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St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines Roma Wolves (also known as St. Catharines Wolves or simply Roma Wolves), are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1967. The team currently plays in the semi-professional League1 Ontario in both the men's and women's divisions. The c ...

( CPSL) * **Verano –

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

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Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

* – Chicago Fire (

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanctioned by the United ...

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South America

* **Clausura – Vélez Sársfield **Apertura –

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

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Blooming Bloom or blooming may refer to: Science and technology Biology * Bloom, one or more flowers on a flowering plant * Algal bloom, a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system * Jellyfish bloom, a collective n ...

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Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians () is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author, Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in C ...

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Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

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LDU Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgad ...

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Olimpia Asunción Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Fou ...

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Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...

in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998) *# *# *# * Baltic Cup (April 21 – June 25, 1998) *# *# *# *

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

in France (June 10 – July 12, 1998) *# *# *#

National team results

Europe

South America

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

Births

* January 2 –

Timothy Fosu-Mensah Evans Timothy Fosu Fosu-Mensah (born 2 January 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or full-back. He formerly played for Dutch club Ajax's youth team, and then for Manchester United and Bay ...

, Dutch footballer * January 3 –

Patrick Cutrone Patrick Cutrone (; born 3 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Como. Club career AC Milan Cutrone was born in Como and began to play football at a young age. In 2005, the 7-year old Cutrone start ...

, Italian footballer * January 4 –

Joel Kalonji Joel Kalonji-Kalonji (born 4 January 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder in Luxembourg for Union Titus Pétange. Club career Kalonji was a youth product of Charleroi, Anderlecht, and Standard Liège, before moving to Mouscro ...

, Belgian footballer * January 5 –

Carles Aleñá Carles Aleñá Castillo (born 5 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Getafe CF. Club career Barcelona Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aleñá moved to Barcelona's youth system, La Masia ...

, Spanish footballer * January 6 –

Ben Pollock Ben Pollock (born 6 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for club Spennymoor Town. Career Pollock spent his youth with Middlesbrough, Leeds United, and Newcastle United, before he signed his first professional cont ...

, American soccer player * January 7 –

Siebe Schets Siebe Schets (born 7 January 1998) is a Dutch football player. He plays for VV Goes. Club career He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Go Ahead Eagles on 13 April 2018 in a game against FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known a ...

, Dutch footballer * January 8 –

Manuel Locatelli Manuel Locatelli (born 8 January 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Juventus, whom he also captains, and the Italy national team. After coming through the club's youth system, Loc ...

, Italian footballer * January 10 – Mohamed Abukar, Somali footballer * January 11 –

Salih Özcan Salih Özcan (born 11 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team. Club career Born in Germany, Özcan is of Turkish descen ...

, German midfielder * January 16 –

Odsonne Édouard Odsonne Édouard (born 16 January 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace. Having progressed through the youth ranks of AF Bobigny, Édouard signed with Paris Saint-Germain in Ju ...

, French footballer * January 17 –

Conner Blöte Conner Blöte (born 17 January 1998) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a left back for WNC in the Vierde Divisie. Club career He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Jong FC Utrecht on 25 August 2017 in a game against FC Dordrecht, coming on as a ...

, Dutch footballer * January 20 –

Tiziano Andrei Tiziano Andrei (born 20 January 1998) is an Italian football player. He plays as a defender. Club career Carrarese On 17 September 2017, Andrei made his professional debut, in Serie C, for Carrarese, as a substitute replacing Francesco T ...

, Italian footballer * January 21 –

Borna Sosa Borna Sosa (; born 21 January 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for club Torino, on loan from Eredivisie club Ajax, and the Croatia national team. Club career Dinamo Zagreb Sosa was born in ...

, Croatian youth international * January 27 –

Cezar Trandafirescu Cezar Andrei Trandafirescu (born 27 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surna ...

, Romanian professional footballer * January 29 –

Theo Maia Theo Maia Marques de Oliveira (born 29 January 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, ...

, Brazilian professional footballer * January 31 –

Lukas Prayitno Lukas Guruh Prayitno (born 31 January 1998) is an Indonesian professional football (soccer), footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back. Club career Persela Lamongan He was signed for Persela Lamongan to play ...

, Indonesian professional footballer * February 3 –

Blás Riveros Blas Miguel Riveros Galeano (born 3 February 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Argentine Primera División club Talleres and the Paraguay national team. Club career Olimpia Asunción Riveros start ...

, Paraguayan footballer * February 5 – Jorge Luis Ortiz, Mexican professional footballer * February 10 –

Aitor Buñuel Aitor Buñuel Redrado (born 10 February 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back for Racing de Ferrol. Club career Buñuel was born in Tafalla, Navarre. A CA Osasuna youth graduate, he was promoted to the main squad on 5 May 2015 ...

, Spanish footballer * February 16 –

Alessio Tissone Alessio Tissone (born 16 February 1998) is an Italian football player, who plays as a defender for Savona. Club career He made his Serie C debut for Gavorrano on 3 September 2017 in a game against Olbia. On 16 July 2018, he joined Imolese on ...

, Italian footballer * February 17 –

Todd Cantwell Todd Owen Cantwell (born 27 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Cantwell began his career at Norwich City, joining the club at under-10 level in 2008 and ma ...

, English footballer * February 23 –

Jan-Kristian Thurner Jan-Kristian Thurner (born 23 February 1998) is an Austrian football player. He plays for DSV Leoben. Club career He made his Austrian Football First League debut for Kapfenberger SV on 15 August 2017 in a game against SC Wiener Neustadt SC, Sc ...

, Austrian footballer * February 28 – Maksim Sklyarov, Russian former footballer * March 3 –

Nathan Vitré Nathan Vitré (born 3 March 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Bourg-Péronnas. Career Vitré made his professional debut for Clermont in a 3–1 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Troyes Troyes () is a ...

, French professional footballer * March 10 ** Alessio Garofalo, Italian footballer **

Matías Zaracho Federico Matías Javier Zaracho (born 10 March 1998) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Racing Club. Club career Zaracho came up through the youth ranks of Racing Club. He made his league debut on 17 Decembe ...

, Argentinian footballer * March 13 – Oh Jang-won, South Korean footballer * March 14 –

Joaquim Soumahin Joaquim Soumahin (born 14 March 1998) is an Italian football player. He plays for Santarcangelo on loan from Cesena. Club career He made his Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-hig ...

, Italian footballer * March 16 –

Nico Rodewald Nico Rodewald (born 16 March 1998) is a German Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for FSV 08 Bissingen. References External links Nico Rodewald
at FuPa 1998 births Living people German ...

, German footballer * March 17 – Justin Neumann, German footballer * March 23 –

Ines Obradović Ines Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Инес Обрадовић; born 23 March 1998) is a Montenegrin Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper and has appeared for the Montenegro women's national footba ...

, Montenegrin footballer * March 28 ** John Håkansson, Swedish footballer ** Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer * March 29 –

Cemal Amet Cemal Amet (born 29 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for SK Austria Klagenfurt in the Austrian Football First League.Christopher Godet, Bahamian footballer * March 31 ** Lucian Oprea, Romanian soccer player ** Hristiyan Iliev, Bulgarian soccer player * April 2 –

Matías Parada Matías Cristóbal Parada Parra (born 2 April 1998) is a Chilean Association football, footballer who currently plays for Segunda División de Chile club Independiente de Cauquenes as a midfielder. Career statistics Club References Externa ...

, Chilean footballer * April 10 ** Jacob Brown, Scottish footballer **

Dominik Sollfrank Dominik Sollfrank (born 10 April 1998) is a German footballer who last played as a defender for SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and sinc ...

, German footballer * April 13 –

Emmanuel Adariku Emmanuel Adariku (born 13 April 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American foot ...

, Nigerian professional footballer * April 21 –

Victor Paraíba Victor Wesley dos Santos da Silva (born 21 April 1998), known as Victor Paraíba, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Portuguesa-RJ. Club career Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Victor Paraíba joined CSA's you ...

, Brazilian footballer * April 24 –

Elisabet Vang Elisabet Vang (born 24 April 1998) is a Faroese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian f ...

, Faroese footballer * April 28 –

Daniel Sadushi Daniel Sadushi (born 28 April 1998) is an Albanian football player who most recently played as a defender for Oriku in the Albanian First Division Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians ...

, Albanian footballer * May 4 –

Diego Acunzo Diego Acunzo (born 19 March 1998) is an Italian football player who plays for Serie D club Vastogirardi. Club career He made his Serie C debut for Paganese on 4 May 2014 in a game against Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 is an ...

, Italian footballer * May 7 **

Alessandro Fratangelo Alessandro Fratangelo (born 7 May 1998) is an Italian football player. He plays for Mezzolara Calcio in Eccellenza as a forward. Club career Teramo On 27 August 2016, Fratangelo made his professional debut, in Serie C, for Teramo, as a subs ...

, Italian footballer **

Dani Olmo Daniel Olmo Carvajal (born 7 May 1998) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or Winger (association football), left winger for La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona and the Spain national ...

, Spanish footballer * May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer * May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer * May 21 – Felipe Egídio, Brazilian footballer * May 22 –

Gastón Gorrostorrazo Gastón Gorrostorrazo Navarro (born 22 May 1998) is a Uruguayan footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Uruguay Montevideo. Career Gorrostorrazo began his senior club career with Rampla Juniors in 2018, making his league debu ...

, Uruguayan footballer * May 23 **

Ross Cunningham Ross Cunningham (born 23 May 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Stirling Albion. Early life Cunningham was born in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. Club career Having been with the club as a youth p ...

, Scottish footballer ** Luca De La Torre, American footballer **

Berat Özdemir Berat Ayberk Özdemir (born 23 May 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir on loan from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq. Professional career Özdemir made his professional debu ...

, Turkish footballer * May 27 –

Jeffrey Egbe Jeffrey Egbe (born 27 May 1998) is an Austrian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian f ...

, Austrian footballer * June 1 –

Branimir Kalaica Branimir Kalaica (born 1 June 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Astana in Kazakhstan Premier League. Club career Born in Zagreb, Kalaica started his football career at local club Dinamo Zagreb. In June 20 ...

, Croatian footballer * June 22 –

Javairô Dilrosun Javairô Joreno Faustino Dilrosun (born 22 June 1998) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer on loan from Club América, América. ...

, Dutch footballer * June 28 –

Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English and Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "f ...

, Spanish footballer * June 30 **

Serbay Can Serbay Can (born 30 June 1998), is a Turkish professional football player, who plays for Turkish club Osmaniyespor FK on loan from Adanaspor as a left back. Professional career Serbay made his debut for Adanaspor in 3-1 Süper Lig loss against ...

, Turkish professional footballer ** Tom Davies, English footballer **

Houssem Aouar Houssem-Eddine Chaâbane Aouar (; born 30 June 1998) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Al-Ittihad. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national fo ...

, French footballer * July 6 –

Hanna Lundell Hanna Lundell (born 6 July 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward. Honours ;Rosengård Winner * Damallsvenskan: 2015 Runner-up * Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup ...

, Swedish footballer * July 8 –

Yann Karamoh Yann Dorgelès Isaac Karamoh (born 8 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger. Born in the Ivory Coast, he is a former youth international for France. Club career Caen Born in Abidjan, Karamoh joined Caen ...

, French footballer * July 22 – Nick Lim, Dutch footballer * July 25 – Ryan Laplace, French footballer * July 29 – Maximilian Schuster, German footballer * August 16 –

Max Grundmann Max Grundmann (born 16 August 1998) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a Germ ...

, German footballer * September 1 **

Emily Condon Emily Rose Condon (born 1 September 1998) is an Australian football (soccer) player for Adelaide United in the Australian W-League. She became the first women's player to achieve 100 appearances for Adelaide United in March 2024. Club career ...

, Australian footballer **

Marvin Thiele Marvin Thiele (born 1 September 1998) is a German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian ...

, German footballer * September 2 –

Lee Winroth Lee Winroth (born 2 September 1998) is a Swedish footballer and weightlifter. In football, she plays as a forward for Sundsvall. Powerlifting career Winroth broke a world record for lifting 190 kilograms in a deadlift at the age of 16. This was ...

, Swedish footballer * September 7 –

Roger Ramos Rogério da Silva Ramos (born 7 September 1998) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for SC A.D. Ovarense, as a defender. Football career On 26 January 2016, Roger made his professional debut with Paços Ferreira in a 2015–16 Taça da Liga ...

, Portuguese footballer * September 16 – Noah Feil, German footballer * September 17 – Gabriel Justino, Brazilian footballer * September 18 –

Christian Pulisic Christian Mate Pulisic (born September 18, 1998) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for club AC Milan and the United States men's national soccer team, United States natio ...

, American soccer player * September 19 –

Jacob Bruun Larsen Jacob Bruun Larsen (born 19 September 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club VfB Stuttgart and the Denmark national team. Bruun Larsen represented Denmark at UEFA Euro 2024. He also competed at the 20 ...

, Danish footballer * September 26 –

Tarik Džindo Tarik Džindo (born 26 September 1998) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bosnian Premier League club FK Željezničar FK or fk may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in ...

, Bosnian professional footballer * October 21 – Benjamin Cull, English former professional footballer (died 2023) * October 27 –

Dayot Upamecano Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano (born 27 October 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Early life and career Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano was born ...

, French footballer * November 1 –

Pascal Pannier Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Frenc ...

, German footballer * November 12 –

Jules Koundé Jules Olivier Koundé (; born 12 November 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team. Early life Jules Olivier Koundé was born on 12 November 1998 ...

, French footballer * November 13 –

Jovana Bajčetić Jovana Bajčetić ( sr-cyr, Јована Бајчетић; born 13 November 1998) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender ...

, Montenegrin footballer * November 24 – Muhammad Rafli, Indonesian footballer * November 27 –

Katarína Košlabová Katarína Košlabová (born 27 November 1998) is a Slovak Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Slovakia women's national football team, Slovakia women's national team. Career Košlabová has been ca ...

, Slovak footballer * November 30 – Kenedy Có, Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer * December 9 –

Tamar Dolidze Tamar Dolidze (born 9 December 1998) is a Georgian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Georgia women's national football team, Georgia women's national team. Career Dolidze has been capped for the ...

, Georgian footballer * December 16 –

Sara Husein Sara Husein (born 16 December 1998) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward and midfielder for the North Macedonia national team. International career Husein made her debut for the North Macedonia national team on 27 November 2020, com ...

, Macedonian footballer * December 17 –

Martin Ødegaard Martin Ødegaard (born 17 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for and Captain (association football), captains both Premier League club Arsenal F.C., Arsenal and the Norway nati ...

, Norwegian footballer * December 18 **

Calvin Stengs Calvin Stengs (; born 18 December 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Feyenoord and the Netherlands national team. A product of the AZacademy, Stengs broke into the first team during the 2017–18 season ...

, Dutch footballer ** Manuel Trías, Venezuelan footballer * December 20 –

Kylian Mbappé Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and Captain (association football), captains ...

, French footballer * December 24 –

Alexis Mac Allister Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and the Argentina national football team, Argentina national team. Mac Alli ...

, Argentine footballer * December 25 – Hanna Simonsson, Swedish footballer * December 29 –

Victor Osimhen Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray on loan from SSC Napoli, ...

, Nigerian footballer

Deaths

May

* May 2 –

Justin Fashanu Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu ( ; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, becoming ...

(38), English footballer and the first professional footballer to

come out Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. This is often framed and debated as a privacy issue, ...

as gay

June

* June 4 – Miguel Montuori (65), Argentinian-Chilean footballer * June 13 –

Fernand Sastre Fernand Sastre (1 October 1923 – 13 June 1998) was a French football official who was President of the French Football Federation from 1972 to 1984. The Le Centre Technique National Fernand Sastre, better known as Clairefontaine, is named aft ...

(74), French footballer

July

* July 13 – Pierre Garonnaire (82), French footballer

August

* August 6 –

Henk Bosveld Hendrikus ("Henk") Johannes Bosveld (10 July 1941 – 6 August 1998) was a Dutch football midfielder, who was nicknamed ''Charly'' after Charles Chaplin due to a similar style of walking. Club career Born in Velp, he started playing football a ...

(57), Dutch footballer

September

* September 2 –

Jackie Blanchflower John Blanchflower (7 March 1933 – 2 September 1998) was a footballer from Northern Ireland. He graduated from Manchester United's youth system and played for the club on 117 occasions, winning one league title, before his career was cut short ...

(65), Northern Irish footballer * September 23 –

Héctor Vilches Héctor Vilches (14 February 1926 – 23 September 1998) was a Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, who played for C.A. Cerro. For the Uruguay national football team, he was part of the 1950 FIFA World Cup winning team, but did not play in ...

, Uruguayan defender, winner of the

1950 World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first World Cup tournament in ...

. (88)

References

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