Football : Season Details : 1998

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Arsenal	78	2-72	FAC-W
2	Manchester United	77	6-23
3	Liverpool	65	4-36
4	Chelsea	63	7-9	CWC-W; LC-W
5	Leeds United	59	6-8
6	Blackburn Rovers	58	4-6
7	Aston Villa	57	5-10
8	West Ham United	56	5-5
9	Derby County	55	7-2
10	Leicester City	53	10-2
11	Coventry City	52	1-31
12	Southampton	48	2-20
13	Newcastle United	44	5-5	FAC-F
14	Tottenham Hotspur	44	5-20
15	Wimbledon	44	1-12
16	Sheffield Wednesday	44	9-7
17	Everton	40	3-44
18	Bolton Wanderers	40	9-1
19	Barnsley	35	1-1
20	Crystal Palace	33	5-1

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; CWC Cup Winners Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 aet
FA Cup Final	Arsenal 2 Newcastle United 0

European Cup Final	Real Madrid 1 Juventus 0
UEFA Cup Final	Inter Milan 3 Lazio 0
Cup Winners Cup Final	Chelsea 1 Stuttgart 0

aet After Extra Time

History (England)

Arsenal became the second club to win a 2nd double of League Championship and FA Cup.

Arsenal and Newcastle United became only the second pair of clubs to meet each other in three FA Cup finals.

Cheslea made it a good year for London by winning the Cup Winners Cup and the League Cup.

Middlesbrough reached their third domestic final (League Cup) in two seasons; they lost.

All three of the newly promoted clubs (including debutants Barnsley) were relegated. This had never occurred before. Everton stayed up on goal difference.

History (Europe)

The UEFA Cup final was between two clubs from Italy, Inter Milan and Lazio. The final was one legged for the first time.

Manchester City become the first club who have won a European trophy to drop into the third level of their national league.

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The 1998 World Cup in France
France win the 16th World Cup.

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