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Overview of the events of 2008 in association football

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

News

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January

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3 – Argentine midfielderÉver Banega leavesBoca Juniors and joins the Spanish clubValencia for an estimated fee of €18 million.
5 –Everton are knocked out of theFA Cup in the third round byOldham Athletic, a team fromFootball League One (third division) asHuddersfield Town from the same division beatBirmingham City.
6 –Toulouse are eliminated from theCoupe de France byParis FC, a team from theChampionnat National (third division).
9 –Sam Allardyce leaves the manager's position atNewcastle United by mutual agreement.
11 –Jürgen Klinsmann is unveiled as the new coach ofBayern Munich, effective July.
20 – TheAfrica Cup of Nations begins inGhana with the hosts beatingGuinea 2–1.
23 –Tottenham Hotspur defeatArsenal 5–1 in the semi-final second-leg of theLeague Cup. This was the first time they had beaten their local rivals since 1999.
24 –George Burley is announced as the new coach of theScotland national football team.
28 –Mohamed Sissoko leavesLiverpool to sign forJuventus, costing the Italian team €13 million.

February

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2 –Frédéric Kanouté is named2007 African Footballer of the Year
4 –Víctor Muñoz is sacked from the managers job of Spanish teamRecreativo Huelva;Manolo Zambrano is immediately installed as the new coach of theLa Liga team.
10 –Egypt win the2008 Africa Cup of Nations after beatingCameroon in the final 1–0.
13 –Giovanni Trapattoni is announced as the new coach of theRepublic of Ireland. He will officially take up this role in May.
23 –South Korean men's team wonEast Asian Cup 2008.
23 – JapaneseJ. League Cup winnerGamba Osaka defeatedMLS championHouston Dynamo at the final game ofPan-Pacific Championship 2008 by 6–1, won the champion title of inaugural tournament. TheLos Angeles Galaxy won the third place match againstSydney FC fromA-league by 2–1.
24 –Japan won theWomen's East Asian Cup 2008 with three straight wins overSouth Korea,North Korea, andChina.
24 –Tottenham Hotspur win theFootball League Cup after beatingChelsea 2–1 after extra time atWembley Stadium.
24 –Newcastle Jets win theHyundai A-League Grand Final by defeating theCentral Coast Mariners by 1–0 at theSydney Football Stadium.

March

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11 –Newport County win theFAW Premier Cup beatingLlanelli 1–0 in thefinal.
12 – TheUnited States women's national soccer team wins the2008 Algarve Cup for the sixth time, beating Denmark 2–1 in the final.
16 –Rangers win theScottish League Cup by beatingDundee United 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw atHampden Park.

May

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5 –Real Madrid wins the 31stLa Liga title after beatingOsasuna 2–1.
8 – Announced thatFrank Rijkaard would leave his managerial post atBarcelona at the end of the season, to be replaced byBarcelona B coachPep Guardiola.
11 –Manchester United wins its tenthPremier League title after beatingWigan Athletic 2–0 away.
17 –Portsmouth wins the 127thFA Cup after beatingCardiff City 1–0 atWembley Stadium
21 –Manchester United won theUEFA Champions League after beatingChelsea 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes inMoscow
22 –Celtic win theSPL title for the third successive season by three points fromRangers on the final day.
24 –Avram Grant is sacked asChelsea manager after just eight months in charge of thePremier League club.

June

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2 –José Mourinho replacesRoberto Mancini as manager ofInter Milan
25 –LDU Quito won the first leg of theCopa Libertadores final beatingFluminense 4–2.
29 –Spain winsUEFA Euro 2008 after beatingGermany 1–0 in the final.

July

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1 –Luiz Felipe Scolari becomes the new manager ofChelsea.
2 –LDU Quito wins theCopa Libertadores beatingFluminense in penalties 3–1 after a 5–5 aggregate draw.

August

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8 –Scottish Premier League teamGretna are formally liquidated.^[1]
21 – United States women's team win gold at the2008 Summer Olympics
23 –Argentina's men's team win gold at the2008 Summer Olympics

September

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1 –Manchester City signRobinho fromReal Madrid for a British record fee of £32.5 million
1 –Manchester United signDimitar Berbatov fromTottenham Hotspur for £30.75 million.
4 –Kevin Keegan resigns as manager ofNewcastle United.

International tournaments

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Men

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20 January – 10 February:2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana
- : Egypt
- : Cameroon
- : Ghana
- 4th: Ivory Coast
17 – 23 February: Men'sEast Asian Cup 2008 final inChongqing, China
- : South Korea
- : Japan
- : China
- 4th: North Korea
11 – 23 March:2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament inNashville, United States
- : Honduras
- : United States
- : Canada
- 4th: Guatemala
4 – 16 May:2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Turkey
- : Spain
- : France
- : Turkey and Netherlands
7 – 29 June:UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland
- : Spain
- : Germany
- : Turkey and Russia
30 May – 1 June:Baltic Cup inRiga, Latvia
- : Latvia
- : Lithuania
- : Estonia
3 – 14 June:2008 SAFF Championship in Maldives and Sri Lanka
- : Maldives
- : India
30 July – 13 August:AFC Challenge Cup, India
- : India
- : Tajikistan
- : North Korea
- 4th: Myanmar
7 – 23 August:2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament inBeijing, China
- : Argentina
- : Nigeria
- : Brazil
5 – 28 December:2008 AFF Championship in Indonesia and Thailand
- : Vietnam
- : Thailand
- : Indonesia, Singapore

Women

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18 – 24 February:Women's East Asian Cup 2008 final inChongqing, China
- : Japan
- : North Korea
- : China
- 4th: South Korea
5 – 12 March:2008 Algarve Cup inAlgarve, Portugal
- : United States
- : Denmark
- : Norway
- 4th: Germany
6 – 21 August:2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament inBeijing, China
- : United States
- : Brazil
- : Germany
30 October – 16 November:2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand
- : North Korea
- : United States
- : Germany
- 4th: England
20 November – 7 December:2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile
- : United States
- : North Korea
- : Germany
- 4th: France

National champions

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(A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

CONCACAF nations

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(A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

OFC nations

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Deaths

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January

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1 January –Božidar Sandić (85), Serbian footballer, Yugoslavia international
4 January –Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan (67), Russian footballer, Soviet Union international
4 January –Bjørn Odmar Andersen (64), Norwegian international footballer and manager
5 January –Louis Hon (83), French international footballer
9 January –Paul Aimson (64), English footballer
11 January –Frank Loughran (77), Australian international footballer
12 January –Leszek Jezierski (78), Polish footballer and manager
13 January –Seyran Osipov (46), Russian footballer
14 January –Kaj Christiansen (86), Danish international footballer and manager
14 January –Johnny Steele (91), English footballer and manager
18 January –Wally Fielding (88), English footballer
21 January –Billy Elliott (82), English international footballer
24 January –Jorge Recio (66), Argentine international footballer
26 January –Celestino Celio (82), Italian international footballer and manager
27 January –Bengt Lindskog (74), Swedish international footballer
28 January –Eleuterio Santos (67), Spanish international footballer

February

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

March

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2 March –Carl Hoddle (40), English footballer
4 March –Jocelyne Henry (54), French footballer
5 March –Derek Dooley (78), English footballer and manager
25 March –Thierry Gilardi (49), French commentator

April

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

May

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8 May –François Sterchele (26), Belgian footballer
10 May –Eusebio Ríos (73), Spanish footballer and manager
15 May –Tommy Burns (51), Scottish former footballer and manager
23 May –Heinrich Kwiatkowski (81), German footballer

June

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6 June –Victor Wégria (71), Belgian footballer
11 June –Adam Ledwoń (34), Polish footballer
22 June –Ron Stitfall (82), Welsh footballer

July

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13 July –Rudolf Nafziger (62), German footballer
15 July –Gionata Mingozzi (23), Italian footballer
18 July –George Niven (79), Scottish footballer

August

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3 August –Anton Allemann (72), Swiss footballer

September

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3 September –Joan Segarra (80), Spanish defender
4 September –Tommy Johnston (81), Scottish footballer
25 September –Jimmy Sirrel (86), Scottish football player and manager

October

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October 8 -Chicão, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the1978 FIFA World Cup. (59)
October 21 -George Edwards (87), Welsh footballer
October 25 -Ian McColl (81), Scottish football player and manager

November

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1 November –Dermot Curtis (76), Irish football player and manager
17 November –Peter Aldis (81), English footballer
27 November –Gil Heron (87), Jamaican footballer

December

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8 December –John Cumming (78), Scottish footballer
9 December –Dražan Jerković (72), Croatian football player and manager
9 December –Ibrahim Dossey (36), Ghanaian footballer
12 December –Maksym Pashayev (20), Ukrainian footballer

References

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^"Liquidation signals the final nail in Gretna coffin".The Cumberland News. 2008-08-08. Archived fromthe original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved2009-09-23.

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