1898 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1898 throughout the world.

[edit] Events

• January 1: Footballing arm of Belgian club K.A.A. Gent established.
• May 8: Genoa become the first ever Italian national champions
• May 12: French club Tourcoing FC founded (as US Tourcoing)
• December: French club Union Sportive Boulonnaise founded at Boulogne-sur-Mer.

[edit] National champions

[edit] International tournaments

• 1898 British Home Championship (February 19 – April 2, 1898)

 England

[edit] Births

• January 7 – Dick MacNeill, Dutch footballer (d. 1963)

[edit] Deaths