The following were the scheduled events of association football for the year 2018 throughout the world.
Events
Men's national teams
* 31 May – 10 June:
2018 ConIFA World Football Cup for non-FIFA nations in
England
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* 14 June – 15 July:
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...
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Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
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AFC
* 22–25 March:
2018 King's Cup
The 2018 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2018 King's Cup, was the 46th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, ...
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Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
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* 22–26 March:
2018 China Cup
The 2018 Gree China Cup International Football Championship (Chinese: 2018年格力中国杯国际足球锦标赛) was the second edition of the China Cup, an international football tournament held in China annually. It was played from 22 to 26 Mar ...
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Nanning
Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South o ...
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* 22–27 March:
2018 International Friendship Championship
The 2018 International Friendship Championship was a friendly football tournament for the national teams of Iraq, Syria and Qatar. It took place during the March 2018 window of the FIFA International Match Calendar, and began less than a week aft ...
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Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
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* 1–10 June:
2018 Intercontinental Cup in
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
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* 4–15 September:
2018 SAFF Championship
The 2018 SAFF Championship, also known as 2018 SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It was initially sched ...
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
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* 8 November – 15 December:
2018 AFF Championship
The 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup. This was the first time a new format has ...
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CAF
*13 January – 4 February:
2018 African Nations Championship
The 2018 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2018) was the 5th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of Afri ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
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* 22–24 March:
2018 Four Nations Tournament
The 2018 Four Nations Tournament is a football tournament for the national teams of Angola, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It took place during the March 2018 window of the FIFA International Match Calendar.
A draw to determine the semi-fina ...
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Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...
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UEFA
*6 September – 20 November:
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. The league phase of the competit ...
(pool stage)
Youth
*9–27 January:
2018 AFC U-23 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) f ...
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China
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*24 April – 5 May:
2018 WAFU Zone A U-20 Tournament
The 2018 WAFU/FOX U-20 Tournament was the first edition of the international U-20 men's football event for teams under the West African Football Union. The competition will be hosted by Liberia in April to May 2018 in two match venues. The organize ...
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Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...
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*4–20 May:
2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champ ...
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
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*2–14 July:
2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
The 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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*16–29 July:
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth foot ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
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*19 July – 3 August:
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán' (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13.
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(under-21) in
Colombia
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*29 July – 11 August:
2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
The 2018 AFF U-16 Championship was the thirteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-16 national teams of Southeast ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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*18 August – 2 September:
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
(under-23) in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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*20 September – 7 October:
2018 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took pl ...
in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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*18 October – 4 November:
2018 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship was the 40th edition of the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It took place in Indonesia, which wa ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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*30 November – 13 December:
2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup in
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*6 – 16 December: WAFU UFOA B U20 Championship in
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Women's
*10–24 February:
2018 WAFU Women's Cup in
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
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*4–22 April:
2018 Copa América Femenina
The 2018 Copa América Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa América Femenina''), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America a ...
in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
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*6–20 April:
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally schedu ...
in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
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*18–29 April:
2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series
The 2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series was a football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst the women's national teams whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCAC ...
**Group A Winner:
**Group B Winner:
**Group C Winner:
**Group D Winner:
**Group E Winner:
*16–31 August:
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
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*4–17 October
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship (also known as the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international football champi ...
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*17 November – 1 December:
2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations
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Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
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*17 November – 1 December:
2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 11th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the OFC Women's Championship), the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the ...
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New Caledonia
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*23 November – 1 December:
2018 CAFA Women's Championship
The 2018 CAFA Women's Championship is the first edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, an association football tournament for women's national teams from the Central Asian Football Association. It is hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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;International tournaments
*26 February – 6 March:
2018 Turkish Women’s Cup in
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*28 February – 7 March:
2018 Cyprus Women's Cup
The 2018 Cyprus Cup was the eleventh edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
Spain won the title for the first time after defeating Italy 2–0 ...
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*28 February – 7 March:
2018 Algarve Cup
The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: t ...
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The final game was called off due to heavy rain and adverse weather conditions. Both The Netherlands and Sweden were awarded first place.
* 1–7 March:
2018 SheBelieves Cup
The 2018 SheBelieves Cup was the third edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. Featuring national teams from Germany, England, France, and hosts United States, it began on March 1 and en ...
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* 26 July – 2 August:
2018 Tournament of Nations
The 2018 Tournament of Nations was the second Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in the United States, from July 26 to August 2, 2018, and featured the same ...
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Women's youth
*13–31 January:
2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the eighth edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship ( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championsh ...
in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
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*18–28 January:
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Centra ...
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...
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*7–25 March:
2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
The 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the 6th edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship ( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship o ...
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...
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*19–22 April; 6–12 June:
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central ...
in
Nicaragua
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and the
** On 22 April 2018, four days into the tournament, CONCACAF announced the remainder of the championship was cancelled immediately due to security concerns caused by
civil unrest in Nicaragua. The tournament resumed on 6 June and concluded on 12 June, with the remainder of the tournament played at the
IMG Academy
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in
Bradenton, Florida
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History
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
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* 1–13 May:
2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship
The 2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFF U-16 Girl's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Indonesia from 1 to 13 May ...
in
Palembang
Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palemban ...
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*9–21 May:
2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2018) was the 11th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's und ...
in
Lithuania
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*5–10 June:
2018 Sud Ladies Cup
The 2018 Sud Ladies Cup (officially french: 1ère Sud Ladies Cup – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the first edition of the Sud Ladies Cup women's football tournament. The tournament was named after Maurice Revello, who started the Toulon Tourname ...
in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
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*18–30 July:
2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (21st edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football cham ...
in
Switzerland
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*7–24 August:
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since it ...
in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
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*20 November – 1 December:
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
in
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
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News
* 27 April – The U.S.
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...
tabled (placed on hold) a proposal passed in March by its
soccer rules committee, which governs both men's and women's play, that would have called for the NCAA to adopt FIFA rules regarding timekeeping, with the official time being kept on the field by the referee and stadium clocks counting up instead of down. This means that the existing timekeeping system, with the official time being maintained by a visible, downward-counting clock, will remain in place.
Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).
*19–27 March
*3–11 September
*8–16 October
*12–20 November
Club continental champions
Men
Women
Domestic leagues
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
AFC
AFC may stand for:
Organizations
* Action for Children, a UK children's charity
* AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits
* Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution
* A ...
CAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...
CONMEBOL
OFC
Domestic cups
In all tables in this section, the "last honor" refers to the champion's previous win in ''that specific cup competition''.
AFC
AFC may stand for:
Organizations
* Action for Children, a UK children's charity
* AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits
* Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution
* A ...
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
CAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...
CONMEBOL
Women's leagues
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
AFC
AFC may stand for:
Organizations
* Action for Children, a UK children's charity
* AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits
* Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution
* A ...
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...
CONMEBOL
Women's cups
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
Detailed association football results
FIFA
* 14 June – 15 July:
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...
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** defeated , 4–2, to win their second FIFA World Cup title. took third place.
* 5 – 24 August:
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since it ...
in
** defeated , 3–1, to win their first FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup title.
** took third place.
* 13 November – 1 December:
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
in
** defeated , 2–1, to win their first FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup title.
** took third place.
* 12 – 22 December:
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
in the
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Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...
defeated
Al Ain FC
Al Ain Football Club ( ar, نادي العين لكرة القدم; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) or Al Ain FC or simply Al Ain is a professional football club, based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many s ...
, 4–1, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall FIFA Club World Cup title.
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River Plate took third place.
World Elite Club Friendlies
* 10 – 20 January:
2018 Florida Cup
The 2018 Florida Cup was the fourth edition of Florida Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. The competition partnered with Universal Orlando Resort for the first time. The resort hosted several events incl ...
in the
** Champions:
Atlético Nacional
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; Second:
Barcelona S.C.; Third:
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fo ...
* 20 July – 11 August:
2018 International Champions Cup
The 2018 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was the sixth edition of a tournament comprising a series of friendly association football matches. It began on July 20 and ended on August 11. The tournament was won by English club Tottenham Hotspur. ...
** Champions:
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has play ...
; Second:
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...
; Third:
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 football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter i ...
Women's World Elite Club Friendlies
* 26 – 29 July:
2018 Women's International Champions Cup
The 2018 International Champions Cup Women's Tournament was the first edition of a series of friendly women's association football matches. It took place from July 26 to 29, 2018.
For the first time, the ICC included a women's tournament. Nearly ...
in the
**
North Carolina Courage
The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acquired National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise rights from the Western New Yor ...
defeated
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, ...
, 1–0, to win their 1st Women's International Champions Cup.
**
Manchester City
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two ...
took third place and
Paris SG
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
took fourth place.
UEFA
;Clubs teams
* 27 June 2017 – 26 May:
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
The final was pl ...
(
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
)
**
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...
defeated
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has ...
, 3–1, to win their third consecutive and thirteenth overall UEFA Champions League title.
** Note: ''Real Madrid would represent UEFA at the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
.''
* 29 June 2017 – 16 May:
2017–18 UEFA Europa League
The 2017–18 UEFA Europa League was the 47th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 9th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Parc Olympiqu ...
(
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
in
Décines-Charpieu
Décines-Charpieu (; frp, Dessines) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. The name of the city is often shortened and simply called Décines.
Geography
Décines is located near Grand Large r ...
)
**
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
defeated
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...
, 3–0, to win their third UEFA Europa League title.
* 22 August 2017 – 24 May:
2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 17th season of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the ninth since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The final was held at the Valeriy Lob ...
(
final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
)
**
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
defeated
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin.
Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's ...
, 4–1 at extra time, to win their third consecutive and fifth overall UEFA Women's Champions League title.
* 12 September 2017 – 23 April:
2017–18 UEFA Youth League
The 2017–18 UEFA Youth League was the fifth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Barcelona won their second Youth League title following a win over Chelsea in the final.
Red Bull Salz ...
(final in
Nyon
Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the G ...
)
**
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern 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 ...
defeated
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament const ...
, 3–0, to win their second UEFA Youth League title.
* 15 August:
2018 UEFA Super Cup
The 2018 UEFA Super Cup was the 43rd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Leagu ...
in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
**
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
defeated fellow Spanish team,
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...
, 4–2 in extra time, to win their third UEFA Super Cup title.
;National teams
* 31 August 2017 – 27 March:
2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
The 2017–18 Under 20 Elite League was a football tournament for national under-20 football teams. It was the first edition of the Under 20 Elite League tournament.
The tournament was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on 23 Jan ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third:
* 4 – 20 May:
2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as 2018 UEFA Under-17 Euro) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (36th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football champ ...
in
** defeated , 4–1 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their third UEFA European Under-17 Championship title.
* 9 – 21 May:
2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2018) was the 11th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's und ...
in
** defeated , 2–0, to win their fourth UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship title.
** took third place.
** Note: ''All teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
.''
* 16 – 29 July:
2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (67th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth foot ...
in
** defeated , 4–3 at extra time, to win their fourth UEFA European Under-19 Championship title.
* 18 – 30 July:
2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-19 Euro 2018) was the 17th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (21st edition if the Under-18 era is included), the annual international youth football cham ...
in
** defeated , 1–0, to win their second consecutive and third overall UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship title.
* 6 September – 20 November:
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. The league phase of the competit ...
Group Stage (debut event)
** 5 – 9 June 2019: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League Finals in (debut event)
CONCACAF
* 18 – 28 January:
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Centra ...
in
** defeated the , 4–2 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship title.
** took third place.
** Note: ''All teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since it ...
.''
* 31 January – 16 May:
2018 Caribbean Club Championship
The 2018 Caribbean Club Championship was the 20th edition of the Caribbean Club Championship (also known as the CFU Club Championship), the first-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs who ...
**
Club Franciscain
Club Franciscain is a football club in Martinique, playing in the town of Le François.
It plays in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National.
Honours
*Martinique Championnat National
**Champions (19): 1970–71, 19 ...
defeated
Central F.C.
Central Football Club is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club, based in California, that plays in the TT Pro League. Founded in 2012, the ''Sharks'' were the 21st team to join the Pro League and plays its home matches in Ato Boldo ...
, 2–1, to win their place at the
2018 CONCACAF League
The 2018 CONCACAF League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Cen ...
.
* 20 February – 26 April:
2018 CONCACAF Champions League
The 2018 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 53rd edition of the premier footb ...
**
C.D. Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divis ...
defeated
Toronto FC
Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BM ...
, 4–2 in penalties and after a score of 3–3 in a 2-legged format, to win their second CONCACAF Champions League title.
** Note: ''Guadalajara would represent CONCACAF at the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
.''
* 19 – 29 April:
2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central ...
in
** Note: ''Event cancelled midway through the tournament, due to violent protests that led to the killing of 25 people over social security issues.''
** 6 – 12 June: Continuing of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in
Bradenton, Florida
Bradenton ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County, Florida, Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698.
History
Late 18th and early 19th centuries ...
*** defeated , 3–2, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship title.
*** took third place.
*** Note: ''All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
.''
* 31 July – 1 November:
2018 CONCACAF League
The 2018 CONCACAF League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Cen ...
**
C.S. Herediano
Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...
defeated
F.C. Motagua
Club de Fútbol Motagua (), formerly Club Deportivo Motagua up to 2017, is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.
F.C. Motagua was founded as ''Club Deportivo Motagua'' on 29 August 1928. The club competes ...
, 3–2 on aggregate, to win their first CONCACAF League title.
* 15 – 22 August: 2018
CONCACAF Champions League U13
The CONCACAF Champions League U13 is an annual youth continental club football invitational competition organized by CONCACAF. The goal of the competition is to develop the sport and talent of football within the CONCACAF region, which includes N ...
** LAFC defeated Juniors Tampico, 2–0, to win their first CONCACAF Champions League U13 title.
* 19 – 26 August:
2018 UNCAF U-19 Tournament in
Comayagua
Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level.
The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authoriti ...
and
Siguatepeque
Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 73,480 (2020 calculation).
History
Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious centre for retreats and monastic training, the p ...
** Round Robin: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4.
* 3 September 2018 – 31 March 2020:
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League
The 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League was the inaugural season of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The Nations League qua ...
(debut event)
* 19 September:
2018 Campeones Cup
The 2018 Campeones Cup was the first edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football competition contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX.
...
in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...
(debut event)
**
UANL defeated
Toronto FC
Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BM ...
, 3–1, to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.
* 20 – 27 October:
2018 UNCAF U-16 Tournament in
** Round Robin: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4.
Other tournaments
* 26 July – 2 August:
2018 Tournament of Nations
The 2018 Tournament of Nations was the second Tournament of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in the United States, from July 26 to August 2, 2018, and featured the same ...
in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
AFC
* 22 December 2017 – 5 January:
23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the 23rd edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. It took place in Kuwait from 22 December 2017 unti ...
in
** In the final, defeated , 5–4 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their second Arabian Gulf Cup title.
* 9 – 27 January:
2018 AFC U-23 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) f ...
in
** In the final, defeated , 2–1, after extra time, to win their 1st AFC U-23 Championship. took third place.
* 16 January – 10 November:
2018 AFC Champions League
The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.
Kashima Antlers won the title for the ...
**
Kashima Antlers
are a football club in Kashima, Ibaraki, currently playing in the J1 League, top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The name ''Antlers'' is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club has fin ...
won their first AFC Champions League title after victory against their Competitors at ACL.
** Note: ''Kashima Antlers would represent the AFC at the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
.''
* 22 January – 27 October:
2018 AFC Cup
The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fi ...
**
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ( ar, نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit=Air Force Club) is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 19 ...
defeated
Altyn Asyr FK
Football Club Altyn Asyr ( tk, link=no, Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to "Golden Century", is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club competes in th ...
, 2–0, to win their third consecutive AFC Cup title.
* 6 – 20 April:
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally schedu ...
in
** defeated , 1–0, to win their second AFC Women's Asian Cup title.
** took third place.
* 1 – 13 May:
2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship
The 2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFF U-16 Girl's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Indonesia from 1 to 13 May ...
in
Palembang
Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palemban ...
** In the final, defeated , 1–0, to win their 2nd AFF U-16 Girls' Championship. took third place.
* 30 June – 13 July:
2018 AFF Women's Championship
The 2018 AFF Women's Championship was the tenth edition of the AFF Women's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was hosted by Indonesia from 30 June to 13 July ...
in
Palembang
Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palemban ...
** defeated , 3–2, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall AFF Women's Championship title.
** took third place.
* 1 – 14 July:
2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
The 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football ...
in
Gresik
Gresik Regency ( older spelling: Grissee, ) is a regency within East Java Province of Indonesia. As well as a large part of the Surabaya northern and western suburbs, it includes the offshore Bawean Island, some 125 km to the north of Java an ...
&
Sidoarjo
Sidoarjo Regency ( jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦶꦢꦲꦂꦗ, Kabupatèn Sidaharja) is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. It is bordered by Surabaya city and Gresik Regency to the north, by Pasuruan Regency to the south, by Mojokerto Regency ...
** defeated , 4–3, to win their first AFF U-19 Youth Championship title.
** took third place.
* 29 July – 11 August:
2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
The 2018 AFF U-16 Championship was the thirteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-16 national teams of Southeast ...
in Gresik & Sidoarjo
** defeated , 4–3 in penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first AFF U-16 Youth Championship title.
** took third place.
* 4 – 15 September:
2018 SAFF Championship
The 2018 SAFF Championship, also known as 2018 SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It was initially sched ...
in
** defeated , 2–1, to win their second SAFF Championship title.
* 20 September – 7 October:
2018 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took pl ...
in
** defeated , 1–0, to win their third AFC U-16 Championship title.
* 1 – 12 October:
2018 Bangabandhu Cup
The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This ...
in
** defeated , 4–3 in penalties and after a 0–0 score in regular play, to win their first Bangabandhu Cup title.
* 4 – 8 October:
2018 Yongchuan International Tournament
The Tea Mountain Bamboo Forest Cup 2018 Yongchuan International Tournament () was the 4th edition of the Yongchuan International Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China.
Participants
I ...
in
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Cou ...
** 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd. , 4th.
* 7 October and November: 2018 /
Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup The Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup was a competition organised by the Saudi and Egyptian football federations, between the league and cup champions from each federation. The cup winners from each federation participated in the President el-Sisi's Cup Winn ...
in
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, Literal translation, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi Arabic, Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyad ...
**
Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East,
an ...
defeated
Al-Hilal FC
Al Hilal Saudi Football Club ( ar, نادي الهلال السعودي), simply known as Al Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their football team competes in the Saudi Professional League. They are the ...
, 2–1, to win their 1st title.
* 18 October – 4 November:
2018 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship was the 40th edition of the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It took place in Indonesia, which wa ...
in
** defeated , 2–1, to win their third AFC U-19 Championship title.
** Note: ''Both Saudi Arabia and South Korea, along with & , have qualified to compete at the
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 197 ...
.''
* 8 November – 15 December:
2018 AFF Championship
The 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup. This was the first time a new format has ...
** defeated , 3–2 on aggregate, to win their second AFF Championship title.
* 23 November – 1 December:
2018 CAFA Women's Championship
The 2018 CAFA Women's Championship is the first edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, an association football tournament for women's national teams from the Central Asian Football Association. It is hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan ...
in
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: ; Fifth:
CAF
* 13 January – 4 February:
2018 African Nations Championship
The 2018 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2018) was the 5th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of Afri ...
in
** defeated , 4–0, to win their first African Nations Championship title.
** took third place.
* 24 February:
2018 CAF Super Cup
The 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous se ...
in
Casablanca
** In the final,
Wydad Casablanca defeated
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi.
History
Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...
, 1–0, to win their third CAF Super Cup.
* 14 – 29 April:
2018 CECAFA U-17 Championship in
Ngozi
Ngozi may refer to: People
* Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954), finance minister of Nigeria
* Ngozi Monu (born 1981), Nigerian swimmer
* Ngozi Onwurah, British-Nigerian film director
* Ngozi Ezeonu, Nigerian actress
* Ngozi Olejeme, Nigerian philan ...
,
Muyinga
Muyinga is a city located in northern Burundi. It is the capital city of Muyinga Province
Muyinga Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
Communes
It is divided administratively into the following communes:
* Commune of Buhinyuza
* Co ...
&
Gitega
Gitega (), formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi. Located in the centre of the country, in the Burundian central plateau roughly east of Bujumbura (the largest city and former political capital), Gitega (the second largest city ...
** defeated , 2–0, to win their first CECAFA U-17 Championship title.
** took third place.
* 9 February – 2 December:
2018 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the curr ...
**
Raja
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in history of South Asia, South Asia and History of ...
defeated
AS Vita Club
Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa.
History
AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Renaissance'' in ...
, 4–3 on aggregate, to win their second CAF Confederation Cup title.
* 10 February – 9 November:
2018 CAF Champions League
The 2018 CAF Champions League (officially the 2018 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 22nd editio ...
**
Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)''
Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ...
defeated
Al Ahly
AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media
* Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera
* Al (''Fullmetal ...
, 4–3 on aggregate (2 matches), to win their third CAF Champions League title.
** Note: ''Espérance de Tunis would represent
CAF at the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
.''
* 29 June – 13 July:
2018 Kagame Interclub Cup in
Dar es Salaam
**
Azam defeated
Simba
Simba is a fictional character and the protagonist of Disney's ''The Lion King'' franchise. Introduced in the 1994 film ''The Lion King'', Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature, the character subsequently appears in '' The Lion King II: ...
, 2–1, to win their second Kagame Interclub Cup title.
**
Gor Mahia
Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 ...
took third place.
* 23 – 27 July: 2018
CECAFA Women's Championship
The CECAFA Women's Championship, also called Women's Challenge Cup, is an association football tournament for teams from Eastern Africa organized by CECAFA, Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
Format
History
Th ...
in
** Round Robin Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4.
* 12 – 22 September:
2018 COSAFA Women's Championship
The 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship was an international football tournament for national teams organised by COSAFA, teams from Southern Africa. It took place from 12 to 22 September in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Afric ...
in
** defeated , 2–1, to win their fifth COSAFA Women's Championship title.
** took third place.
CONMEBOL
* 13 – 31 January:
2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the eighth edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship ( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championsh ...
in
** defeated , 8–1, to win their eighth consecutive South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship title.
** took third place.
** Note: ''Brazil and Paraguay both qualified to compete at the
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since it ...
.''
* 22 January – 9 December:
2018 Copa Libertadores
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
River Plate defeated Boca Juniors i ...
** Note: ''First leg took place in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the Capital city, capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata ...
on 11 November. Second leg took place in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...
on 9 December.''
**
River Plate defeated fellow Argentinian team,
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
, 5–3 on aggregate, to win their fourth Copa Libertadores title.
* 10 – 24 February:
2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores
The 2018 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores ( es, Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2018) was the 4th edition of the U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''U-20 Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier under-20 club football ...
in
**
Nacional
Nacional, the Portuguese and Spanish word for "national", may refer to:
Airlines
* Nacional Transportes Aéreos, a Brazilian airline defunct in 2002
* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
Bank
* Banco Nacional, a ...
defeated
Independiente del Valle
Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
Founded in 1958, the club pla ...
, 2–1, to win their first U-20 Copa Libertadores title.
**
River Plate took third place.
* 13 February – 12 December:
2018 Copa Sudamericana
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 17th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
Brazili ...
**
Atlético Paranaense
Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...
defeated
Junior, 4–3 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play on aggregate, to win their first Copa Sudamericana title.
* 14 & 21 February:
2018 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2018 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 26th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the ''Recopa Sudamericana'', or pt, Recopa Sul-Americana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two ...
**
Grêmio defeated
Independiente, 5–4 in penalties after tying each other twice in regular play, to win their second Recopa Sudamericana title.
* 7 – 25 March:
2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
The 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the 6th edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship ( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship o ...
in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third:
** Note: ''All three teams here have qualified to compete at the
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...
.''
* 4 – 22 April:
2018 Copa América Femenina
The 2018 Copa América Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa América Femenina''), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America a ...
in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
** Note 1: ''Brazil has qualified to compete at the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...
and the
2020 Summer Olympics.''
** Note 2: ''Chile has qualified to compete at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and has a place at the 2020 CAF–CONMEBOL play-off.''
** Note 3: ''Argentina has qualified to compete at the
2019 Pan American Games
The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...
and has a place at the World Cup CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off.''
** Note 4: ''Colombia has qualified to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games.''
* 8 August:
2018 Suruga Bank Championship
The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship ( ja, スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018; es, Copa Suruga Bank 2018) was the eleventh edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the ''J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship F ...
in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
**
Independiente defeated
Cerezo Osaka, 1–0, to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.
* 18 November – 2 December:
2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina
The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores Femenina''), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Th ...
in
Manaus
**
Atlético Huila defeated
Santos
Santos may refer to:
People
*Santos (surname)
*Santos (DJ) (born 1971), Italian DJ
*Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
*Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter
* Santos (footballer, ...
, 5–3 on penalties and after a 1–1 score in regular play, to win their first Copa Libertadores Femenina title.
**
Iranduba
Iranduba is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
The population of Iranduba in 2020 was 49,011 and its area is 2,215 km², making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area. It is located south and west ...
took third place.
;Other tournaments
* 30 November: Copa RS U20 in
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
OFC
* 10 February – 20 May:
2018 OFC Champions League
The 2018 OFC Champions League was the 17th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the 12th season under the current OFC Champions League name ...
**
Team Wellington
Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...
defeated
Lautoka F.C., 10–3 on aggregate (two matches played), to win their first OFC Champions League title.
** Note: ''Team Wellington would represent the OFC at the
2018 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
.''
* 5 – 18 August:
2018 OFC U-19 Championship
The 2018 OFC U-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams o ...
in
** defeated , 1–0, to win their 7th OFC U-19 Championship title.
** Note: ''New Zealand and Tahiti qualified for the
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 197 ...
.''
* 9 – 22 September:
2018 OFC U-16 Championship
The 2018 OFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of ...
in
** defeated , 0–0 (5–4 on penalties), to win their seven consecutive and eighth overall OFC U-16 Championship title.
** Note: ''New Zealand and Solomon Islands qualified for the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Brazil betw ...
.''
* 18 November – 1 December:
2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 11th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the OFC Women's Championship), the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the ...
in
** defeated , 8–0, to win their fourth consecutive and sixth overall OFC Women's Nations Cup title.
** took third place.
** Note: ''New Zealand has qualified to compete at the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...
and the
2020 Summer Olympics.''
Detailed beach soccer results
BSWW
Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is know ...
events
* 27 – 29 January: Persian Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
Bushehr
Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antio ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 3 – 10 March: Copa America de Futbol Playa 2018 in El Boulevard de Asia
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 29 – 31 March: Copa Centroamericana de Fútbol Playa 2018 in
San Luis La Herradura
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 6 – 8 April: BSWW Tour - CFA Belt and Road International Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
Haikou
Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 15 – 17 April: Eurasia Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...
** Champions:
Lokomotiv BSC; Second: Moghavemat Golsapoosh; Third: Levante UD; Fourth: Catania BS
* 27 – 29 April: BSWW Tour - Bahamas Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
Nassau
Nassau may refer to:
Places Bahamas
*Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence
Canada
*Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
* Nassau Street (Winnipeg) ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 25 – 27 May: Nazaré Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
** Group H Teams: 1)
Artur Music; 2) Catania BS; 3)
BSC Kristall
BSC Kristall (russian: ПФК «Кристалл»), or simply Kristall, is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup, having won four times in 2014, 2 ...
; 4) Viareggio BS
** Group I Teams: 1)
Falfala Kfar Qassem; 2) Playas de Mazarrón; 3) Casa Benfica de Loures; 4) Boca Gdansk
* 28 May – 3 June:
2018 Euro Winners Cup
The 2018 Euro Winners Cup was the sixth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions Leagu ...
for Men and Women in
Nazaré
** Men's Champions: S.C. Braga; Second: BSC Kristall; Third:
KP Łódź
KP Łódź is a professional beach soccer team based in Łódź, Poland.
Honours Polish competitions
* Ekstraklasa
:* ''Winners:'' 2014, 2017, 2019
:* ''Runners-up:'' 2016
*Polish Beach Soccer Cup
:* ''Winners:'' 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 20 ...
** Women's Champions: WFC Zvezda Women; Second: Portsmouth Ladies BSC; Third: AIFS Playas de San Javier Women
* 8 – 10 June: NASSC - US Open 2018 in
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous cit ...
** For detailed results, clic
here.* 15 – 17 June: BSWW Mundialito Almada 2018 in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 15 – 17 June: Talent Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
Siófok
Siófok (; german: Fock; la, Fuk) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about 124.66 km2 (48 ...
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 6 – 8 July: Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Nazaré 2018 in
** defeated , 2–0, in the final. took third place.
* 13 – 15 July: Morocco Beach Soccer Cup Agadir 2018 in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 17 – 19 August: Balaton Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in Siófok
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 17 – 19 August: BSWW Tour - Goalfun CFA China-Latin America Beach Soccer Championship
Tangshan
Tangshan () is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Boha ...
2018 in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth:
* 5 – 7 October: Alanya Beach Soccer Cup 2018 in
** Champions:
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow (russian: ПФК «Локомотив» Москва) is a professional beach soccer team associated with the soccer club FC Lokomotiv Moscow based in Moscow, Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow is a four-times Russian champion, four- ...
; Second:
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...
; Third: Levante UD; Fourth: Alanya Belediye Spor
* 6 – 10 November: Huawei Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai 2018 in
** Champions: ; Second: ; Third:
* 8 – 14 December: 2018 CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations - Egypt in
Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 ...
** defeated , 6–1, in the final. took third place.
2018 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) was the 21st edition of the ''Euro Beach Soccer League'', the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between men's national teams. It was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), ...
* 22 – 24 June: EBSL #1 in
Baku
** Winners: (Division A - Group 1) / (Division A - Group 2)
* 6 – 8 July: EBSL #2 in
Nazaré
** Winners: (Division A); (Division B - Group 1) / (Division B - Group 2)
* 20 – 22 July: ESBL #3 in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
** Winners: (Division A); (Division B)
* 3 – 5 August: ESBL #4 in
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...
** Winners:
* 24 – 26 August: ESBL #5 in
Warnemünde
(, literally ''Mouth of the Warnow'') is a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany. It is located on the Baltic Sea and, as the name implies, at the estuary of the river Warnow. is one of the world's bu ...
** Winners: (Division A); (Division B)
* 6 – 9 September: Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal & Promotion Final in
Alghero
Alghero (; ca, label=Alguerese, L'Alguer ; sc, S'Alighèra ; sdc, L'Aliera ) is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from ...
** Superfinal: defeated , 7–6 in penalties and after a 2–2 score in regular play, to win their second Euro Beach Soccer League title.
*** took third place.
** Promotion: defeated , 4–3 in penalties and after a 4–4 score in regular play, in the final.
Detailed futsal results
AFC
AFC may stand for:
Organizations
* Action for Children, a UK children's charity
* AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits
* Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution
* A ...
* 1 – 11 February:
2018 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Taipe ...
in
** In the final, defeated , 4–0, to win their 12th AFC Futsal Championship. took third place and took fourth place.
* 2 – 12 May:
2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
The 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It ...
in
** In the final, defeated , 5–2, to win their 2nd AFC Women Futsal Championship. took third place and took fourth place.
CONMEBOL
* 22 – 29 April:
2018 Copa Libertadores de Futsal in
Carlos Barbosa
Carlos Barbosa is a town in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 to be 30,241 inhabitants. It has an area o ...
** In the final,
Carlos Barbosa
Carlos Barbosa is a town in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 to be 30,241 inhabitants. It has an area o ...
defeated
Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...
, 4–1, to win their 5th Copa Libertadores de Futsal. Magnus Sorocaba Futsal-Athleta took third place and
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...
took fourth place.
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...
* 30 January – 10 February:
UEFA Futsal Euro 2018
The 2018 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2018, was the 11th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted f ...
in
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the a ...
** In the final, defeated , 3–2, after extra time, to win their 1st UEFA Futsal Euro. took third place and took fourth place.
* 26 – 29 March: 2nd European Women's Futsal Tournament in
Drachten
Drachten () is a town in the northern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Smallingerland, Friesland. It had a population of around 45,186 in January 2017 and is the second largest town in the province of Friesland.
History Begi ...
** In the final,
Atlético Navalcarnero
Futsi Atlético Navalcarnero is a Spanish Primera División women's futsal club based in Navalcarnero.The club won the Spanish championship in season 2015–2016. In 2017 the team will participate in the European Women's Futsal Tournament togethe ...
defeated
Benfica, 5–2, to win their second consecutive women's tournament. Olimpus Key Partner Roma took third place and SC MosPolitech took fourth place.
* 20 – 22 April:
2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup (Final Four) in
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tribut ...
** In the final,
Inter FS
Inter Fútbol Sala, known as Inter Movistar Fútbol Sala for sponsorship reasons, is a professional futsal club based in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. The club was founded in 1977 and its pavilion is the Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa with capacity of 3 ...
defeated
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...
, 5–2, to win their 5th UEFA Futsal Cup.
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional Football team, football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish footb ...
took third place and
Győri ETO took fourth place.
CAF
;Other competitions
* 16 – 18 March: 1st International Futsal Tournament Mauritius 2018 in
Vacoas-Phoenix
Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vac ...
** Winners: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: , 4th place:
World
* 29 January – 4 February: 2018
Grand Prix de Futsal
The Grand Prix de Futsal is an international futsal competition of the same kind of the FIFA Futsal World Cup but with invited nations and held annually in Brazil. It was first held in 2005.
History
In 2007, the sixteen participating nations are ...
in
Brusque
Brusque may refer to:
* Brusque, Aveyron, France
* Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil
* Brusque Futebol Clube, Brazilian football (soccer) club
People with the surname
* Nicolas Brusque
Nicolas Brusque (born 7 August 1976 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlan ...
** In the final, defeated , 4–2, to win their 10th Grand Prix de Futsal. took third place and took fourth place.
* 19 – 26 August: 16th World University Futsal Championships in
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...
** In the final, defeated , 4–2. took third place and took fourth place.
Deaths
January

* 1 January
**
Gert Brauer
Gert Brauer (; 7 September 1955 – January 2018) was a German footballer.
Club career
He played 270 Oberliga matches in East Germany.
International career
Three of his four international matches for East Germany
East Germany, offic ...
, 62, German footballer
**
Régis Manon, 52, Gabonese footballer
**
Dušan Mitošević
Dušan Mitošević (17 December 1949 – 1 January 2018) was a Serbian football player and manager.
Playing career
Mitošević was a reputable striker during his playing career. He played for FK Radnički Niš in the Yugoslav First League dur ...
, 68, Serbian football player
* 2 January
**
Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer
**
Eugène Gerards
Eugène 'Gène' Gerards (7 May 1940 − 2 January 2018) was a Dutch football player, manager and scout. As a player, Gerards played for Limburgian clubs SV Limburgia and Fortuna '54. As a manager, he spent the majority of his career in Greece, ...
, 77, Dutch football player
**
Ali Kadhim
Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi people, Iraqi association football, football Striker (association football), striker who played for Iraq national fo ...
, 69, Iraqi football player
**
Mike McCartney
Peter Michael McCartney (born 7 January 1944), known professionally as Mike McGear, is an English performing artist and photographer who was a member of the groups the Scaffold and Grimms. He is the younger brother of former Beatle Paul McCar ...
, 63, Scottish footballer
**
Michael Pfeiffer
Michael "Michel" Pfeiffer (19 July 1925 – 2 January 2018) was a German professional football player and manager.
Career
Pfeiffer played for SG Eschweiler, Alemannia Aachen, Rot-Weiss Essen and Fortuna 54 Geleen.
He coached Roda JC Kerkrade ...
, 92, German football player
**
Felix Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer
* 3 January
**
Darci Miguel Monteiro
Darci Miguel Monteiro (26 September 1968 – 3 January 2018), also known as Darci, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker for several clubs in Brazil, Europe, and Asia, including Fluminense, CF Os Belenenses, Antalyasp ...
, 49, Brazilian footballer
**
Igor Strelbin
Igor Sergeyevich Strelbin (russian: Игорь Серге́евич Стрельбин; 16 September 1974 – 3 January 2018) was a Russian professional footballer. He died on 3 January 2018 at the age of 43 after a serious illness.
Club career ...
, 43, Russian footballer
* 4 January
**
Peter Birdseye, 98, English footballer
**
Papa Camara
Naby Laye "Papa" Camara (1952 – 4 January 2018) was a Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s and football manager.
He was regarded as one of Guinea's all-time great players, a stalwart of the highly successful Hafia FC side of the 1970s a ...
, 66, Guinean football player
**
Joaquín Cortizo, 85, Spanish footballer
* 5 January –
Antonio Valentín Angelillo
Antonio Valentín Angelillo (; 5 September 1937 – 5 January 2018) was an Italian Argentine football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A; he was a member of both the Argentine and the Italian nation ...
, 80, Italian-Argentine football player
* 6 January –
Nigel Sims
David Nigel Sims (9 August 1931 – 6 January 2018), known as Nigel Sims, was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Peterborough United in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sims ...
, 86, English footballer
* 8 January
**
Hans Aabech
Hans Vilhelm Aabech (1 November 1948 – 8 January 2018) was a Danish football player. He played for a number of clubs, including Hvidovre IF, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Lyngby Boldklub in Denmark, Club Brugge and K.V. Oostende in Belgium, and D ...
, 69, Danish footballer
**
Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer
**
Antonio Munguía
Antonio Munguía Flores (June 27, 1942 – January 8, 2018) was a Mexican football midfielder, who played for the Mexico national team
The Mexico national football team () represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the M ...
, 75, Mexican footballer
* 9 January
**
Tommy Lawrence
Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (14 May 1940 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers from the 1950s to the 1970s. Lawrence was with Liverpool for 14 years, making more ...
, 77, Scottish footballer
**
Valeri Matyunin
Valeri Mikhailovich Matyunin (russian: Валерий Михайлович Матюнин; 20 July 1960 – 9 January 2018) was a Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1979 for ...
, 57, Russian footballer
**
Ted Phillips
Ted Phillips is an American businessman and the President and CEO of the National Football League's Chicago Bears and has been a part of the organization since 1984. He is only the fourth president of the 100-year-old organization, the others bei ...
, 84, English footballer
**
Kurt Thalmann
Kurt Thalmann (3 November 1931 – 9 January 2018) was a Swiss footballer. He played in the 1950s and early 1960s as midfielder or forward.
Football career Club football
Thalmann played his youth football by local club Concordia Basel and ad ...
, 86, Swiss footballer
* 10 January
**
Pierre Grillet
Pierre Grillet (21 March 1932 – 10 January 2018) was a French football striker
Striker or The Strikers may refer to:
People
*A participant in a strike action
*A participant in a hunger strike
*Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assis ...
, 85, French footballer
**
John McGlashan, 50, Scottish footballer
**
Gordon Wills, 83, English footballer
* 11 January
**
Raúl Antonio García
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul.
Raul, Raúl or Raül may r ...
, 55, Salvadoran footballer
**
Takis Loukanidis
Takis Loukanidis ( el, Τάκης Λουκανίδης, 25 September 1937 – 11 January 2018) was a Greek footballer of the 1950s–60s.
Career
Born in Paranesti, a village in the broader area of Drama, Loukanidis' father was killed by Bulgari ...
, 80, Greek footballer
**
Giuseppe Secchi
Giuseppe Secchi (April 16, 1931 in Concorezzo – January 11, 2018 in Concorezzo) was an Italian professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Italian leagues.
He played for four seasons (101 games, 36 goals) in the Serie A w ...
, 86, Italian footballer
* 12 January –
Léon Ritzen
Léon Ritzen (17 January 1939 – 12 January 2018) was a Belgian footballer who played for Waterschei Thor, Racing White, Beerschot, Diest and the Belgian national team
The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de ...
(nl), 78, Belgian footballer
* 13 January –
Mohammed Hazzaz
Mohamed Hamid Hazzaz (; 30 November 1945 – 13 January 2018), also known as Hamid El-Hazzaz, was a Moroccan football goalkeeper. Hazzaz spent his entire career playing for Maghreb de Fès.
Club career
Hazzaz joined the MAS Fez first team in ...
, 72, Moroccan footballer
* 14 January
**
Anton Regh, 77, German footballer
**
Cyrille Regis
Cyrille Regis, MBE (9 February 1958 – 14 January 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a forward. His professional playing career spanned 19 years, where he made 614 league appearances and scored 158 league goals, most prolifical ...
, 59, English footballer
* 15 January
**
Carl Emil Christiansen
Carl Emil Christiansen (31 December 1937 – 15 January 2018) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 313 games and scored 112 goals for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 Danish football championship, and pla ...
, 80, Danish footballer
**
Bogusław Cygan
Bogusław Cygan (3 November 1964 – 15 January 2018) was a Polish football striker who played for Górnik Zabrze, Stal Mielec and Lausanne Sports in Switzerland. Cygan was the Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polis ...
, 53, Polish footballer
* 16 January
**
Rubén Oswaldo Díaz
Rubén Oswaldo Díaz Figueras (8 January 1946 – 16 January 2018) was an Argentine footballer. He played as a defender for Racing Club in Argentina and Atlético Madrid in Spain. He was nicknamed "Panadero" (baker) because his father owned a b ...
, 72, Argentine footballer
**
Rodney Fern
Rodney Alan Fern (13 December 1948 – 16 January 2018) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Burton upon Trent, Fern played as an amateur for Measham Imps before turning professional in 1967 with Leic ...
, 69, English footballer
* 19 January –
Abdulsalam Musa, 39, Nigerian footballer
* 21 January
**
Philippe Gondet
Philippe Gondet (17 May 1942 – 21 January 2018) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He played for France during the 1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournamen ...
, 75, French footballer
**
Tsukasa Hosaka
was a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Hosaka was born in Kofu on March 3, 1937. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1959. He won 1960, 1961 and 196 ...
, 80, Japanese footballer
* 22 January
**
Jimmy Armfield
James Christopher Armfield, (21 September 1935 – 22 January 2018) was an English professional football player and manager who latterly worked as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at ...
, 82, English football player
**
Reinier Kreijermaat
Reinier Kreijermaat (25 April 1935 – 22 January 2018) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder in the 1960s.
Career
Kreijermaat made his professional debut for USV Elinkwijk in 1956. He played for Elinkwijk until 1959, when he mov ...
, 82, Dutch footballer
* 25 January –
Keith Pring
Keith David Pring (11 March 1943 – 25 January 2018) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. As a winger, he began his career as an apprentice at Newport County and made his debut in 1961. He made 61 English Football League ...
, 74, Welsh footballer
* 27 January –
Göran Nicklasson, 75, Swedish footballer
* 30 January
**
Vic Keeble
Victor Albert Williams Keeble (25 June 1930 – 29 January 2018) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Colchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United.
Early life
Victor Albert Williams Keeble was born 25 Jun ...
, 87, English footballer
**
Azeglio Vicini
Azeglio Vicini (; 20 March 1933 – 30 January 2018) was an Italian football coach and player, who also served as the President of the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
One of Italy's most important coaches during ...
, 84, Italian football player and National Team coach
* 31 January –
Hennie Hollink
Hendrikus ("Hennie") Hollink (1 October 1931 in Glanerbrug, Overijssel – 31 January 2018) was a football (soccer) player and manager from the Netherlands, who played for Roda JC, FC Twente and Heracles Almelo. He played professional football hi ...
, 86, Dutch footballer
February

* 2 February
**
Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior Paulo is a Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, and Italian masculine given name equivalent to English Paul. Notable people with the name include:
*Paulo Jr.
* Paulo Jr. (footballer)
*Paulo Almeida, Brazilian footballer
*Paulo André Cren Benini (born 198 ...
, 33, Brazilian footballer
**
Fábio Pereira de Azevedo
Fábio Pereira de Azevedo (1 January 1977 – 2 February 2018), known as Fabinho Baiano or simply Fabinho, was a footballer who played as a striker. Born and raised in Brazil, he was naturalized by Togo and played for that national team.
Duri ...
, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer
* 3 February –
Károly Palotai
Károly Palotai (11 September 1935 – 3 February 2018) was a Hungarian association football player and referee. He was an Olympic Gold winner as a player before turning to refereeing. He was a referee at three World Cup tournaments and offici ...
, 82, Hungarian football player and referee
* 4 February –
Majid Ariff, 80, Singaporean football player and coach
* 5 February –
Ladislav Kačáni
Ladislav Kačáni (1 April 1931 – 5 February 2018) was a Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 20 matches and scored three goals.
He was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, where he played in two matches. ...
, 86, Slovak football player and coach
* 9 February –
Liam Miller
Liam William Peter Miller (13 February 1981 – 9 February 2018) was an Irish professional footballer. Miller began his career with Celtic and was later loaned to Aarhus in 2001. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the first-team squ ...
, 36, Irish footballer
* 10 February –
Dick Scott, 76, English footballer
* 12 February –
Mogau Tshehla, 26, South African footballer
* 13 February
**
Joseph Bonnel
Joseph Bonnel (4 January 1939 – 13 February 2018) was a French football midfielder who represented France in the FIFA World Cup 1966. He scored three goals during the 1966 season.
Bonnel injured the English goalscorer Jimmy Greaves in the gr ...
, 79, French footballer
**
Danilo Caçador
Danilo Caçador (1 April 1985 – 13 February 2018) was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Chapecoense.
Danilo died on 13 February 2018 having suffered a heart attack while training with his club Juazeirense
...
, 32, Brazilian footballer
**
Luis Cid
Luis Cid Pérez, known as Carriega (9 December 1929 – 13 February 2018) was a Spanish professional football coach and player. He managed a number of club sides including Sporting de Gijón, Real Zaragoza, Sevilla, Real Betis, Atlético Madrid ...
, 88, Spanish football coach
* 16 February
**
Hans Rinner, 54, Austrian businessman and football official
**
Muhammet Yürükuslu, 26, Turkish footballer
* 17 February –
Peder Persson, 79, Swedish footballer
* 18 February
**
Pavel Panov
Pavel Georgiev Panov ( bg, Павел Гeopгиeв Панов; 16 September 1950 – 18 February 2018) was a Bulgarian football player and coach, who played as a midfielder or striker.
Career
Panov started his career with Septemvri Sofia in 1 ...
, 67, Bulgarian football player and coach
**
Chinedu Udoji
Chinedu Udoji (22 December 1989 – 18 February 2018) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played for Enyimba and Kano Pillars, as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play a ...
, 28, Nigerian footballer
* 20 February
**
Lucien Bouchardeau
Lucien Bouchardeau (18 December 1961 – 20 February 2018) was a Nigerien football referee. Born in Niamey, he is best remembered for having officiated in 1998 a World Cup first round match between Italy and Chile. He called a penalty against Chi ...
, 56, Nigerien football referee
[ Fallece Lucien Bouchardeau, el polémico árbitro del Italia-Chile en Francia 1998](_blank)
**
Georgi Markov
Georgi Ivanov Markov ( bg, Георги Иванов Марков ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Repub ...
, 46, Bulgarian footballer
* 21 February
**
Sergei Aleksandrov, 44, Russian footballer
**
Chow Chee Keong
Chow Chee Keong (26 November 1948 – 21 February 2018) was a Malaysian football goalkeeper who played in Hong Kong.
Career
His nickname in Hong Kong was ''Asian Steel Gate'' () and ''Crazy Sword'' (). He was a Malaysian Chinese. In 1963, he ...
, 69, Malaysian footballer
* 22 February
**
Bence Lázár, 26, Hungarian footballer
**
Billy Wilson, 71, English footballer
* 25 February
**
Branko Kubala
Branislav Kubala Daučík (10 January 1949 – 25 February 2018) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.
Early and personal life
Kubala was born in Šahy, Czechoslovakia, the eldest of three sons of László Kubala and ...
, 69, Czechoslovak-born Spanish footballer
**
Henri Leonetti
Henri Leonetti (6 January 1937 – 27 February 2018) was a French footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Born in Marseille, he played for Marseille and La Ciotat.
Personal life
He died on 27 February 2018, aged 81. His brother Jean-L ...
, 81, French footballer
**
Tsvetan Veselinov
Tsvetan Veselinov ( bg, Цветан Веселинов; 27 April 1947 in Sofia – 26 February 2018) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent all 10 seasons of his career in the A Group with Levski Sofia, before retiri ...
, 70, Bulgarian footballer
* 27 February –
Quini
Enrique Castro González (; 23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini , was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of ...
(Enrique Castro González), 68, Spanish footballer
* 28 February
**
Kieron Durkan
Kieron John Durkan (1 December 1973 – 28 February 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Active between 1992 and 2004, Durkan made over 250 appearances in the Football League. Born in England, he represented the Republ ...
, 44, English footballer
**
John Muir
John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist ...
, 70, Scottish footballer
March

* 1 March –
Vicente Piquer, 83, Spanish footballer and coach
* 3 March –
Arthur Stewart, 76, Northern Irish footballer
* 4 March –
Davide Astori
Davide Astori (; 7 January 1987 – 4 March 2018) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a central defender.
After playing youth football for Pontisola and AC Milan, Astori started his senior career at Serie C clubs Pizzighettone ...
, 31, Italian footballer
* 5 March
**
Shaker Al-Olayan, 46, Saudi Arabian footballer
**
Costakis Koutsokoumnis
Costakis Koutsokoumnis ( el, Κωστάκης Κουτσοκούμνης; 5 May 1956 – 5 March 2018) was a Cypriot football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unq ...
, 61, Cypriot football administrator
* 6 March
**
Francis Piasecki
Francis Piasecki (28 July 1951 – 6 March 2018) was a French professional football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and ...
, 66, French footballer
**
Vitaliy Zub, 89, Ukrainian footballer
* 7 March –
John Molyneux, 87, English football player
* 9 March –
Ion Voinescu
Ion "Țop" Voinescu (18 April 1929 – 9 March 2018) was a Romanian footballer, who is often considered one of the finest goalkeepers Romania has ever produced.
Voinescu joined his first club, Olympia București, in 1939 just before the start ...
, 88, Romanian footballer
* 14 March –
Rubén Galván 65, Argentine football player
* 16 March
**
Boyukagha Hajiyev, 59, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
**
Ezequiel Orozco, 29, Mexican footballer
**
Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, 20, Norwegian footballer
* 22 March –
René Houseman
René Orlando Houseman (19 July 1953 – 22 March 2018), nicknamed ''Loco'', was an Argentine footballer, who played as a right winger. At the beginning of his career, Houseman was considered successor of legendary winger Omar Corbatta, , 64, Argentine footballer
April

* 2 April
**
Elie Onana
Elie Onana Eloundou (13 October 1951 – 2 April 2018) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed for the Cameroon national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th F ...
, 66, Cameroonian footballer
**
Paul Sinibaldi
Paul Sinibaldi (3 December 1921 – 2 April 2018) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Early and personal life
Born in Montemaggiore, Corsica, Sinibaldi's two brothers Pierre and Noël were also footballers.
Siniba ...
, 96, French footballer
* 4 April –
Ray Wilkins
Ray may refer to:
Fish
* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea
* Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin
Science and mathematics
* Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point
* Ray (gra ...
, 61, English football player, heart attack
* 8 April
**
António Barros
António Monteiro Teixeira de Barros (2 October 1949 – 8 April 2018) was Portuguese professional footballer who played as defender.
In the summer of 1978 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Montreal Castors. In 1980, he pla ...
, 68, Portuguese footballer
**
André Lerond
André Lerond (6 December 1930 – 8 April 2018) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He played mainly as a centre back or at left back, and occasionally as a left half. He was part of the French national teams of the 1950s. Accor ...
, 87, French footballer
* 13 April –
Cesarino Cervellati
Cesarino Cervellati (; 15 February 1930 – 13 April 2018)Jlloyd Samuel
Jlloyd Tafari Samuel ( , 29 March 1981 – 15 May 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he was raised in England and played for England up to under-21 level. He played two ful ...
, 37, English-Trinidadian footballer
* 18 May –
Doğan Babacan
Doğan Babacan (30 November 1929 – 18 May 2018) was a Turkish football referee. He was the first Turkish referee to supervise a match in FIFA World Cup history.
Babacan was born in Istanbul. He played football for Beşiktaş JK, Karşıyaka ...
, 88, Turkish referee
June
* 18 June –
Walter Bahr
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
, 91, American soccer player
July
* 8 July –
Alan Gilzean
Alan John Gilzean (; 22 October 1938 – 8 July 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer, active from 1955 to 1975. A striker, Gilzean played most prominently for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur, and also appeared in 22 international games for ...
, 79, Scottish footballer
* 14 July –
Davie McParland
Davie McParland (5 May 1935 – 14 July 2018) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Partick Thistle for his whole senior career, making over 400 league appearances.
After retiring as a player, he took over from Scott Symon ...
, 83, Scottish footballer and manager
* 21 July –
Allan Ball
Allan Ball (26 February 1943 – 21 July 2018) was an English footballer. Born in Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, Ball played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his professional career with Scottish club Queen of the South in Dumfries. Ball ...
, 75, English footballer
August
September
* 24 September –
Jim Brogan, 74, Scottish footballer
October
* 18 October –
Darren Stewart
Darren Erdley Stewart (born 30 December 1990) is an English mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2013, he competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Cage Warriors.
Background
Stewart was b ...
, 52, Australian soccer player and manager
* 21 October –
Ilie Balaci
Ilie Balaci (; 13 September 1956 – 21 October 2018) was a Romanian football midfielder and manager.
He spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with Universitatea Craiova, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club and winning ...
, 62, Romanian footballer and manager
* 27 October –
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ( th, วิชัย ศรีวัฒนประภา;} born Vichai Raksriaksorn, th, วิชัย รักศรีอักษร; 4 April 1958 – 27 October 2018) was a Thai billionaire businessman and th ...
, 60, Thai businessman and owner of
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home m ...
,
helicopter crash
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...
* 31 October –
Johnny Graham, 73, Scottish footballer.
November
* 13 November
**
William Mullan
William Joseph Mullan (30 March 1928 – 13 November 2018) was a Scottish football referee.
Refereeing career
In 1962, Mullan became a referee in the Scottish Division One. Three years later, he was appointed as a FIFA referee.
In 1972, Mull ...
, 90, Scottish football referee.
**
David Stewart, 71, Scottish footballer.
* 16 November –
Flemming Nielsen
Flemming Gert Nielsen, known simply as Flemming Nielsen, (24 February 1934 – 16 November 2018) was a Danish football player in the midfielder position, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1960 Summer Oly ...
, 84, Danish footballer
* 19 November –
George Yardley
George Harry Yardley III (November 3, 1928 – August 12, 2004) was an American basketball player. He was the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by George Mikan. Yardley was e ...
, 76, Scottish footballer
* 22 November –
Len Campbell, 71, Scottish footballer
December
* 25 December –
Sigi Schmid
Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German-American soccer coach who had the most wins in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS). Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family ...
, 65, American manager
* 27 December –
Juan Bautista Agüero
Juan Bautista Agüero Sánchez (24 June 1935 – 27 December 2018) was a Paraguayan football striker.
Career
He started his career at Olimpia Asunción, which was at time coached by the great Aurelio González. There, Agüero won some nation ...
, 83, Paraguayan footballer
References
External links
{{commons category, 2018 in association football
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