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href="/wiki/1996_in_association_football" title="1996 in association football">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_association_football" title="1997 in association football">1997</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_association_football" title="1999 in association football">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_association_football" title="2000 in association football">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_association_football" title="2001 in association football">2001</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Association_football_by_year" title="Category:Association football by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/1998_in_sports" title="1998 in sports">1998 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_American_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in American football (page does not exist)">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_aquatic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in aquatic sports (page does not exist)">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_the_sport_of_athletics" title="1998 in the sport of athletics">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_Australian_rules_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in Australian rules football (page does not exist)">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_badminton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in badminton (page does not exist)">Badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_baseball" title="1998 in baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_basketball" title="1998 in basketball">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_Canadian_football&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in Canadian football (page does not exist)">Canadian football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_chess" title="1998 in chess">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_sumo" title="1998 in sumo">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1997%E2%80%9398" title="International cricket in 1997–98">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1998" title="International cricket in 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1998%E2%80%9399" title="International cricket in 1998–99">1998–99</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_cycling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in cycling (page does not exist)">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_dance_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in dance sports (page does not exist)">Dance sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_darts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in darts (page does not exist)">Darts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_equestrianism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in equestrianism (page does not exist)">Equestrianism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_esports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in esports (page does not exist)">Esports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_field_hockey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in field hockey (page does not exist)">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_flying_disc_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in flying disc sports (page does not exist)">Flying disc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_golf" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 in golf">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_gymnastics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in gymnastics (page does not exist)">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_handball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in handball (page does not exist)">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_ice_hockey" title="1998 in ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_ice_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in ice sports (page does not exist)">Ice sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_korfball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in korfball (page does not exist)">Korfball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_lumberjack_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in lumberjack sports (page does not exist)">Lumberjack sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_mind_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in mind sports (page does not exist)">Mind sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_modern_pentathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in modern pentathlon (page does not exist)">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_motorsport" title="1998 in motorsport">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_orienteering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in orienteering (page does not exist)">Orienteering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_paralympic_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in paralympic sports (page does not exist)">Paralympic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_precision_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in shooting (page does not exist)">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_sailing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in sailing (page does not exist)">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_skiing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in skiing (page does not exist)">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_1998&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 1998 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_rugby_union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in rugby union (page does not exist)">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_snooker_season" title="1997–98 snooker season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_snooker_season" title="1998–99 snooker season">1998–99</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_weightlifting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in weightlifting (page does not exist)">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_squash_sport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in squash sport (page does not exist)">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_table_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in table tennis (page does not exist)">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_tennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in tennis (page does not exist)">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_triathlon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in triathlon (page does not exist)">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_volleyball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 in volleyball (page does not exist)">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The following are the <b>association football</b> events of the year <b>1998</b> throughout the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 FIFA World Cup</a> – <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> wins 3–0 over <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint-Denis,_Seine-Saint-Denis" title="Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis">Saint-Denis</a>, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the <a href="/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es" title="Champs-Élysées">Champs-Élysées</a>, dancing through the night.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Champions_League" title="1997–98 UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a> won 1–0 in the <a href="/wiki/1998_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 UEFA Champions League Final">final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a>. This was Real Madrid's seventh European Cup title.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Libertadores" title="Copa Libertadores">Copa Libertadores</a> <a href="/wiki/Copa_Libertadores_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Copa Libertadores 1998">1998</a>: Won by <a href="/wiki/CR_Vasco_da_Gama" title="CR Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Sporting_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona Sporting Club">Barcelona SC</a> on an aggregate score of 4–1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_1997-98" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98">UEFA Cup Winners' Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> beat <a href="/wiki/VfB_Stuttgart" title="VfB Stuttgart">VfB Stuttgart</a> 1–0 in the <a href="/wiki/1998_UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final">final</a>, winning the Cup for the second time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_UEFA_Cup" title="1997–98 UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/Inter_Milan" title="Inter Milan">Inter Milan</a> won 3–0 in the <a href="/wiki/1998_UEFA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 UEFA Cup Final">final</a> against <a href="/wiki/S.S._Lazio" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S. Lazio">Lazio</a>. This was Inter's third UEFA Cup title.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_UEFA_Super_Cup" title="1998 UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a>: Chelsea beat Real Madrid 1–0, winning the cup for the first time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">England</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1997–98 Premier League">FA Premier League</a> Champions: <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> fires manager <a href="/wiki/Frank_Clark_(footballer)" title="Frank Clark (footballer)">Frank Clark</a> and appoints <a href="/wiki/Joe_Royle" title="Joe Royle">Joe Royle</a> as his successor.</li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> beats <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> 2–0 to win the <a href="/wiki/1998_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FA Cup Final">FA Cup</a>, achieving <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">The Double</a>.</li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/PSV_Eindhoven" title="PSV Eindhoven">PSV</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/1998_Johan_Cruyff_Shield" title="1998 Johan Cruyff Shield">Johan Cruyff Shield</a>, the annual opening of the new season in the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Eredivisie" title="1997–98 Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a>, by a 2–0 win over <a href="/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Amsterdam Arena">Amsterdam Arena</a>.</li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/SC_Heerenveen" title="SC Heerenveen">Heerenveen</a> makes a winning European debut after defeating Poland's <a href="/wiki/Amica_Wronki" title="Amica Wronki">Amica Wronki</a> (3–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.</li> <li>October 8 – Manager <a href="/wiki/Artur_Jorge_(footballer,_born_1946)" title="Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)">Artur Jorge</a> resigns at Dutch club <a href="/wiki/SBV_Vitesse" title="SBV Vitesse">Vitesse</a> and is succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Neumann" title="Herbert Neumann">Herbert Neumann</a>.</li> <li>October 10 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Rijkaard" title="Frank Rijkaard">Frank Rijkaard</a> makes his debut as the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands national team</a>, as the successor of <a href="/wiki/Guus_Hiddink" title="Guus Hiddink">Guus Hiddink</a>, with a 2–0 friendly win over <a href="/wiki/Peru_national_football_team" title="Peru national football team">Peru</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eindhoven" title="Eindhoven">Eindhoven</a>. One player makes his debut as well: striker <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Talan" title="Jeffrey Talan">Jeffrey Talan</a> from Heerenveen.</li> <li>December 1 – Real Madrid wins the <a href="/wiki/1998_Intercontinental_Cup" title="1998 Intercontinental Cup">Intercontinental Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> by defeating Brazil's Vasco da Gama: 2–1. The winning goal for the Spaniards is scored by <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_(footballer)" title="Raúl (footballer)">Raúl</a> in the 83rd minute.</li> <li>December 7 – Dutch club <a href="/wiki/Sparta_Rotterdam" title="Sparta Rotterdam">Sparta Rotterdam</a> fires manager <a href="/wiki/Hans_van_der_Zee" title="Hans van der Zee">Hans van der Zee</a>. He is replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jan_Everse" title="Jan Everse">Jan Everse</a> on December 24.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winner_national_club_championships">Winner national club championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winner national club championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> – <a href="/wiki/Esteghlal_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Esteghlal FC">Esteghlal FC</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kashima_Antlers" title="Kashima Antlers">Kashima Antlers</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al-Gharafa_SC" title="Al-Gharafa SC">Al-Ittihad</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> - <a href="/wiki/Suwon_Bluewings" class="mw-redirect" title="Suwon Bluewings">Suwon Bluewings</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sinthana_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Sinthana F.C.">Sinthana F.C.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> – <a href="/wiki/GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb" title="GNK Dinamo Zagreb">Croatia Zagreb</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> – <a href="/wiki/RC_Lens" title="RC Lens">Lens</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> – <a href="/wiki/1._FC_Kaiserslautern" title="1. FC Kaiserslautern">1. FC Kaiserslautern</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ajpest_FC" title="Újpest FC">Újpest</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Eredivisie" title="1997–98 Eredivisie">Eredivisie</a> – <a href="/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Eerste_Divisie" title="1997–98 Eerste Divisie">Eerste Divisie</a> – <a href="/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar" title="AZ Alkmaar">AZ</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C5%81KS_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA" title="ŁKS Łódź">ŁKS Łódź</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> – <a href="/wiki/FC_Porto" title="FC Porto">Porto</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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title="Spain">Spain</a> – <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> – <a href="/wiki/AIK_Fotboll" title="AIK Fotboll">AIK</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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(football)">Galatasaray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">FR Yugoslavia</a> – <a href="/wiki/FK_Obili%C4%87" title="FK Obilić">Obilić</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Universitario de Deportes">Universitario de Deportes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_tournaments">International tournaments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: International tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_African_Cup_of_Nations" title="1998 African Cup of Nations">African Cup of Nations</a> in Burkina Faso (February 7 – 28 1998) <ol><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt_national_football_team" title="Egypt national football team">Egypt</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_soccer_team" title="South Africa national soccer team">South Africa</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_%281997%E2%80%932003%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/DR_Congo_national_football_team" title="DR Congo national football team">DR Congo</a></span></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Cup_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic Cup 1998">Baltic Cup</a> (April 21 – June 25, 1998) <ol><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_national_football_team" title="Lithuania national football team">Lithuania</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia_national_football_team" title="Latvia national football team">Latvia</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a></span></li></ol></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team_results">National team results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National team results"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_America_2">South America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: South America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="_Bolivia"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia_national_football_team" title="Bolivia national football team">Bolivia</a></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bolivia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>The men's national senior squad didn't play any matches in 1998</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="_Chile"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_national_football_team" title="Ecuador national football team">Ecuador</a></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_in_association_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ecuador"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>January 2 – <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Fosu-Mensah" title="Timothy Fosu-Mensah">Timothy Fosu-Mensah</a>, Dutch footballer</li> <li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cutrone" title="Patrick Cutrone">Patrick Cutrone</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Kalonji" title="Joel Kalonji">Joel Kalonji</a>, Belgian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Carles_Ale%C3%B1%C3%A1" title="Carles Aleñá">Carles Aleñá</a>, Spanish footballer</li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Pollock_(soccer)" title="Ben Pollock (soccer)">Ben Pollock</a>, American soccer player<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Siebe_Schets" title="Siebe Schets">Siebe Schets</a>, Dutch footballer<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 8 – <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Locatelli" title="Manuel Locatelli">Manuel Locatelli</a>, Italian footballer</li> <li>January 10 – <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Abukar" title="Mohamed Abukar">Mohamed Abukar</a>, Somali footballer<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 11 – <a href="/wiki/Salih_%C3%96zcan" title="Salih Özcan">Salih Özcan</a>, German midfielder</li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Odsonne_%C3%89douard" title="Odsonne Édouard">Odsonne Édouard</a>, French footballer</li> <li>January 17 – <a href="/wiki/Conner_Bl%C3%B6te" title="Conner Blöte">Conner Blöte</a>, Dutch footballer<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Tiziano_Andrei" title="Tiziano Andrei">Tiziano Andrei</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Borna_Sosa" title="Borna Sosa">Borna Sosa</a>, Croatian youth international</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Cezar_Trandafirescu" title="Cezar Trandafirescu">Cezar Trandafirescu</a>, Romanian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 29 – <a href="/wiki/Theo_Maia" title="Theo Maia">Theo Maia</a>, Brazilian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Lukas_Prayitno" title="Lukas Prayitno">Lukas Prayitno</a>, Indonesian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%A1s_Riveros" class="mw-redirect" title="Blás Riveros">Blás Riveros</a>, Paraguayan footballer</li> <li>February 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Ortiz" title="Jorge Luis Ortiz">Jorge Luis Ortiz</a>, Mexican professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Aitor_Bu%C3%B1uel" title="Aitor Buñuel">Aitor Buñuel</a>, Spanish footballer</li> <li>February 16 – <a href="/wiki/Alessio_Tissone" title="Alessio Tissone">Alessio Tissone</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Todd_Cantwell" title="Todd Cantwell">Todd Cantwell</a>, English footballer</li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jan-Kristian_Thurner" title="Jan-Kristian Thurner">Jan-Kristian Thurner</a>, Austrian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Maksim_Sklyarov" title="Maksim Sklyarov">Maksim Sklyarov</a>, Russian former footballer<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 3 – <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Vitr%C3%A9" title="Nathan Vitré">Nathan Vitré</a>, French professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 10 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alessio_Garofalo" title="Alessio Garofalo">Alessio Garofalo</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Zaracho" title="Matías Zaracho">Matías Zaracho</a>, Argentinian footballer</li></ul></li> <li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Oh_Jang-won" title="Oh Jang-won">Oh Jang-won</a>, South Korean footballer<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Joaquim_Soumahin" title="Joaquim Soumahin">Joaquim Soumahin</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rodewald" title="Nico Rodewald">Nico Rodewald</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Neumann" title="Justin Neumann">Justin Neumann</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Ines_Obradovi%C4%87" title="Ines Obradović">Ines Obradović</a>, Montenegrin footballer<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 28 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_H%C3%A5kansson" title="John Håkansson">John Håkansson</a>, Swedish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandi_Lovric" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandi Lovric">Sandi Lovric</a>, Austrian footballer</li></ul></li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Cemal_Amet" title="Cemal Amet">Cemal Amet</a>, Austrian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Godet" title="Christopher Godet">Christopher Godet</a>, Bahamian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 31 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Oprea" title="Lucian Oprea">Lucian Oprea</a>, Romanian soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hristiyan_Iliev" title="Hristiyan Iliev">Hristiyan Iliev</a>, Bulgarian soccer player</li></ul></li> <li>April 2 – <a href="/wiki/Mat%C3%ADas_Parada" title="Matías Parada">Matías Parada</a>, Chilean footballer<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 10 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Brown_(footballer)" title="Jacob Brown (footballer)">Jacob Brown</a>, Scottish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominik_Sollfrank" title="Dominik Sollfrank">Dominik Sollfrank</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Adariku" title="Emmanuel Adariku">Emmanuel Adariku</a>, Nigerian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Para%C3%ADba" title="Victor Paraíba">Victor Paraíba</a>, Brazilian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Elisabet_Vang" title="Elisabet Vang">Elisabet Vang</a>, Faroese footballer<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sadushi" title="Daniel Sadushi">Daniel Sadushi</a>, Albanian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Diego_Acunzo" title="Diego Acunzo">Diego Acunzo</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 7 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Fratangelo" title="Alessandro Fratangelo">Alessandro Fratangelo</a>, Italian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dani_Olmo" title="Dani Olmo">Dani Olmo</a>, Spanish footballer</li></ul></li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Eggestein" title="Johannes Eggestein">Johannes Eggestein</a>, German footballer</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Fran_Villalba" title="Fran Villalba">Fran Villalba</a>, Spanish footballer</li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Eg%C3%ADdio" title="Felipe Egídio">Felipe Egídio</a>, Brazilian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gast%C3%B3n_Gorrostorrazo" title="Gastón Gorrostorrazo">Gastón Gorrostorrazo</a>, Uruguayan footballer<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 23 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Cunningham" title="Ross Cunningham">Ross Cunningham</a>, Scottish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luca_De_La_Torre" class="mw-redirect" title="Luca De La Torre">Luca De La Torre</a>, American footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berat_%C3%96zdemir" title="Berat Özdemir">Berat Özdemir</a>, Turkish footballer</li></ul></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Egbe" title="Jeffrey Egbe">Jeffrey Egbe</a>, Austrian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Branimir_Kalaica" title="Branimir Kalaica">Branimir Kalaica</a>, Croatian footballer</li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Javair%C3%B4_Dilrosun" title="Javairô Dilrosun">Javairô Dilrosun</a>, Dutch footballer</li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Arnaiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz">Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz</a>, Spanish footballer</li> <li>June 30 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Serbay_Can" title="Serbay Can">Serbay Can</a>, Turkish professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Davies_(footballer,_born_1998)" title="Tom Davies (footballer, born 1998)">Tom Davies</a>, English footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houssem_Aouar" title="Houssem Aouar">Houssem Aouar</a>, French footballer</li></ul></li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Lundell" title="Hanna Lundell">Hanna Lundell</a>, Swedish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Yann_Karamoh" title="Yann Karamoh">Yann Karamoh</a>, French footballer</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Lim" title="Nick Lim">Nick Lim</a>, Dutch footballer<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Laplace" title="Ryan Laplace">Ryan Laplace</a>, French footballer<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Schuster" title="Maximilian Schuster">Maximilian Schuster</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Max_Grundmann" title="Max Grundmann">Max Grundmann</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Condon" title="Emily Condon">Emily Condon</a>, Australian footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Thiele" title="Marvin Thiele">Marvin Thiele</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Winroth" title="Lee Winroth">Lee Winroth</a>, Swedish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ramos" title="Roger Ramos">Roger Ramos</a>, Portuguese footballer<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Noah_Feil" title="Noah Feil">Noah Feil</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Justino" title="Gabriel Justino">Gabriel Justino</a>, Brazilian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Christian_Pulisic" title="Christian Pulisic">Christian Pulisic</a>, American soccer player</li> <li>September 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Bruun_Larsen" title="Jacob Bruun Larsen">Jacob Bruun Larsen</a>, Danish footballer</li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Tarik_D%C5%BEindo" title="Tarik Džindo">Tarik Džindo</a>, Bosnian professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Cull" title="Benjamin Cull">Benjamin Cull</a>, English former professional footballer (died 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Dayot_Upamecano" title="Dayot Upamecano">Dayot Upamecano</a>, French footballer</li> <li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Pannier" title="Pascal Pannier">Pascal Pannier</a>, German footballer<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jules_Kound%C3%A9" title="Jules Koundé">Jules Koundé</a>, French footballer</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jovana_Baj%C4%8Deti%C4%87" title="Jovana Bajčetić">Jovana Bajčetić</a>, Montenegrin footballer<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 24 – <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Rafli" title="Muhammad Rafli">Muhammad Rafli</a>, Indonesian footballer</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Ko%C5%A1labov%C3%A1" title="Katarína Košlabová">Katarína Košlabová</a>, Slovak footballer<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 30 – <a href="/wiki/Kenedy_C%C3%B3" title="Kenedy Có">Kenedy Có</a>, Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tamar_Dolidze" title="Tamar Dolidze">Tamar Dolidze</a>, Georgian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Sara_Husein" title="Sara Husein">Sara Husein</a>, Macedonian footballer<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Martin_%C3%98degaard" title="Martin Ødegaard">Martin Ødegaard</a>, Norwegian footballer</li> <li>December 18 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Stengs" title="Calvin Stengs">Calvin Stengs</a>, Dutch footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Tr%C3%ADas" title="Manuel Trías">Manuel Trías</a>, Venezuelan footballer<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Kylian_Mbapp%C3%A9" title="Kylian Mbappé">Kylian Mbappé</a>, French footballer</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Mac_Allister" title="Alexis Mac Allister">Alexis Mac Allister</a>, Argentine footballer</li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Hanna_Simonsson" title="Hanna Simonsson">Hanna Simonsson</a>, Swedish footballer<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Osimhen" title="Victor Osimhen">Victor Osimhen</a>, Nigerian footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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