2008_in_football

2008 in football (soccer)

The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world.

Events

20 January to 10 February — Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana
May 4 to May 16 - UEFA U-17 Championship in Turkey
June 7 to June 29 — Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland
August 6 to August 24 - Men's and Women's Football Tournaments at the Beijing Olympics
October 30 to November 16 — Inauguration of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held In New Zealand
November 20 to December 7 — 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile

News

January

3 – Argentine midfielder Éver Banega leaves CA Boca Juniors and joins the Spanish club Valencia CF for an estimated fee of €18 million.
5 – Everton are knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by Oldham, a team from Football League One (third division) as Huddersfield Town from the same division beat Birmingham City.
6 – Toulouse are eliminated from the Coupe de France by Paris FC, a team from the Championnat National (third division).
9 – Sam Allardyce leaves the manager's position at Newcastle United by mutual agreement.
11 – Jürgen Klinsmann is unveiled as the new coach of FC Bayern Munich, it was announced this would be effective from July.
20 – The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Ghana with the hosts beating Guinea 2-1.
23 – Tottenham Hotspur defeat Arsenal 5-1 in the semi-final second-leg of the League Cup. This was the first time they had beaten their local rivals since 1999.
24 – George Burley is announced as the new coach of the Scotland national football team.
28 – Mohamed Sissoko leaves Liverpool to sign for Juventus, costing the Italian team €13 million.

February

2 – Frédéric Kanouté is named 2007 African Footballer of the Year
4 – Víctor Muñoz is sacked from the managers job of Spanish team Recreativo de Huelva, Manolo Zambrano is immediately installed as the new coach of the La Liga team.
10 – Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cameroon in the final 1-0.
13 – Giovanni Trapattoni is announced as the new coach of the Republic of Ireland national football team. He will officially take up this role in May.
23 – South Korean men's team won East Asian Cup 2008.
23 – Japanese J. League Cup winner Gamba Osaka defeated MLS champion Houston Dynamo at the final game of Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 by 6-1, won the champion title of inaugural tournament. Los Angeles Galaxy won the third place match against Sydney FC from A-league by 2-1.
24 – Japan won the Women's East Asian Cup 2008 with three straight wins over South Korea, North Korea, and China.
24 – Tottenham Hotspur won the Football League Cup, also known as the Carling Cup, after beating Chelsea 2-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium.

March

11 – Newport County win the FAW Premier Cup beating Llanelli 1–0 in the final.
12 – The United States women's national soccer team wins the 2008 Algarve Cup for the sixth time, beating Denmark 2–1 in the final.
16 – Rangers win the Scottish League Cup by beating Dundee United 3-2 in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw at Hampden Park.

May

5 – Real Madrid wins the 31^st La Liga title after beating Osasuna 2-1.
8 – Announced that Frank Rijkaard would leave his managerial post at F.C Barcelona at the end of the season and be replaced by Barcelona B coach Josep Guardiola.
11 – Manchester United wins it's 10^th Premier League title after beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 away.
17 – Portsmouth wins the 127th FA Cup after beating Cardiff City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium
21 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League after beating Chelsea FC 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes in Moscow
22 – Celtic win the SPL title for the third successive season by 3 points from Rangers on the final day.
24 – Avram Grant is sacked as Chelsea manager after just 8 months in charge of the Barclays Premier League club.

June

29 – Spain win Euro 2008 after beating Germany 1-0 in the final.

National champions

AFC nations

UEFA nations

Albanian Superliga: KS Dinamo Tirana
Campionat de Lliga: Santa Coloma
Armenian Premier League: TBC
Austrian Bundesliga: SK Rapid Wien
Azerbaijan Premier League: TBC
Belarusian Premier League: TBC
Jupiler League: Standard Liège
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: FK Modriča
Bulgarian A PFG: CSKA Sofia
Prva HNL: Dinamo Zagreb
Cypriot First Division: Anorthosis Famagusta
Gambrinus Liga: Slavia Prague
Danish Superliga: AaB
Premier League: Manchester United
Meistriliiga: TBC
Formuladeildin: TBC
Veikkausliiga: TBC
Ligue 1: Olympique Lyonnais
Umaglesi Liga: Dinamo Tbilisi
German Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Super League Greece: Olympiacos FC
Hungarian National Championship I: MTK Budapest
Úrvalsdeild: TBC
FAI Premier Division: TBC
Ligat ha'Al: Beitar Jerusalem
Serie A: Internazionale
Kazakhstan Premier League: TBC
Latvian Higher League: TBC
A Lyga: TBC
Luxembourg National Division: F91 Dudelange
Macedonian Prva Liga: FK Rabotnički
Maltese Premier League: Valletta FC
Moldovan National Division: FC Sheriff Tiraspol
Montenegrin First League: FK Budućnost Podgorica
Eredivisie: PSV Eindhoven
Irish Premier League: Linfield
Norwegian Premier League: TBC
Orange Ekstraklasa: Wisła Kraków
Portuguese Liga: FC Porto
Liga I: CFR Cluj
Russian Premier League: TBC
Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio: S.S. Murata
Scottish Premier League: Celtic F.C.
Serbian Superliga: FK Partizan
Slovak Superliga: TBC
Slovenian PrvaLiga: TBC
La Liga: Real Madrid
Allsvenskan: TBC
Swiss Super League: FC Basel
Turkcell Super League: Galatasaray S.K.
Ukrainian Premier League: Shakhtar Donetsk
Welsh Premier League: Llanelli AFC

CAF nations

Tunisian CLP-1: Club Africain

International tournaments

2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana (January 20 – February 10, 2008)
1. Egypt
2. Cameroon
3. Ghana
4. Côte d'Ivoire

Men's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, China (February 17 – 23, 2008)

Women's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, China (February 18 – 24, 2008)

2008 Algarve Cup in Algarve, Portugal (March 5 – 12, 2008)
1. USA
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Germany

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Turkey (May 4 – 16, 2008)
1. Spain
2. France
3. Turkey and Netherlands

2008 UEFA European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland (June 7 – 29, 2008)
1. Spain
2. Germany
3. Turkey and Russia

Deaths

January

January 4 – Bjørn Odmar Andersen (64), Norwegian footballer
January 4 – Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan (67), Russian footballer
January 5 – Louis Hon (83), French footballer
January 9 – Paul Aimson (64), English footballer
January 11 – Frank Loughran (77), Australian international footballer
January 12 – Leszek Jezierski (78), Polish footballer and manager
January 14 – Johnny Steele (91), English footballer and manager
January 18 – Wally Fielding (88), English footballer
January 21 – Billy Elliott (82), English footballer

February

February 1 – Władysław Kawula (70), Polish footballer
February 2 – Yiu Cheuk Yin (80), Hong Kong footballer
February 9 – Guy Tchingoma (22), Gabonese footballer
February 10 – Ove Jørstad (37), Norwegian footballer
February 12 – Jean Prouff (88), French footballer and manager
February 12 – Thomas Grosser (42), German footballer
February 14 – Len Boyd (84), English footballer
February 15 – Inge Thun (62), Norwegian footballer
February 17 – Brian Harris (72), English footballer and manager
February 21 – Emmanuel Sanon (56), Haitian footballer

March

March 2 – Carl Hoddle (40), English footballer
March 5 – Derek Dooley (78), English footballer and manager

April

April 3 – Hrvoje Ćustić (24), Croatian footballer
April 5 – Wang Donglei (23), Chinese footballer
April 18 – Erminio Favalli (64), Italian footballer
April 19 – Constant Vanden Stock (93), Belgian footballer, manager, and executive

May

May 8 – François Sterchele (26), Belgian footballer
May 15 – Tommy Burns (51), Scottish former footballer and manager
May 23 – Heinrich Kwiatkowski (81), German footballer

June

June 11 – Adam Ledwoń (34), Polish footballer
June 22 – Ron Stitfall (82), Welsh footballer

July

July 13: – Rudolf Nafziger (62), German footballer
July 15: – Gionata Mingozzi (23), Italian footballer

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Contents

Events

News

January

February

March

May

June

National champions

AFC nations

UEFA nations

CAF nations

International tournaments

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July