National Champions and Cup Winners 1997/98 or 1998


NB: the overview below refers to the seasons 1997/98 [autumn/fall or winter/fall] and 1998 [spring/fall]


Country			Champion			CupWinner				Modus	Member

Afghanistan  		---------			--------				---	AFC
Albania  		Vllaznia Shkodër 		Apolonia Fier 				s/f	UEFA
Algeria  		USM El Harrach (El Harrach) 	WA Tlemcen (Tlemcen)			s/f	CAF
American Samoa  	not known			------------				s/f	OFC
Andorra  		CE Principat			CE Principat				a/f	UEFA
Angola  		Primeiro de Agosto (Luanda) 	Petro Atlético (Luanda) 		s/f	CAF
Anguilla  		Coca Cola Spartans International (The Valley) -------------		---	CONCACAF
Antigua and Barbuda  	Empire (Gray's Farm) 		-------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Argentina		River Plate (Buenos Aires) (apertura)
			Vélez Sarsfield (Buenos Aires) (clausura) -------------			a/f	CONMEBOL
Armenia  		Tsement Ararat 			Tsement Ararat 				s/f	UEFA
Aruba  			SV Estrella (Santa Cruz) 	--------------				s/f	CONCACAF
Ascension Island  	Georgetown United FC 		not known 				s/f     no member CAF
Australia  		South Melbourne 		not held				a/f	OFC
Austria  		Sturm Graz			SV Ried 				a/f	UEFA
Azerbaijan  		Kepez Ganca 			Kepez Ganca 				a/f	UEFA
Bahamas  		Cavalier FC 			-------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Bahrain  		West Riffa 			West Riffa 				a/f	AFC
Bangladesh  		Muktijoddha SKC 		---------------				a/f	AFC
Barbados  		Notre Dame (Bayville) 		Gall Hill  17)				s/f	CONCACAF
Belarus  		Dnepr-Transmash (Mogilev) 	Lakamatyu-96 Vitsebsk 			s/f	UEFA
Belgium  		Club Brugge 			Racing Genk 				a/f	UEFA
Belize  		Juventus (Orange Walk) 		--------------				a/f	CONCACAF
Benin  			Dragons de l'Ouémé (Porto-Novo) Mogas 90 (Porto Novo) 			s/f	CAF
Bermuda  		Vasco Volcanoes			Vasco Volcanoes	   18)			a/f	CONCACAF 
Bhutan  		--------			--------				---	AFC
Bolivia  		Blooming (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Unión Central 			s/f	CONMEBOL 
Bosnia-Hercegovina 23)  Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)		FC Sarajevo 				a/f	UEFA 
 (Croatian Part)	Siroki Brijeg 			Troglav Livno 
 (Muslim Part)		Bosna (Visoko) 			Orasje
 (Serbian Part)		Rudar (Ugljevik)		Rudar (Ugljevik) 
Botswana  		Notwane PG (Gaborone) 		Botswana Defence Force XI (Lobatse) 	a/f	CAF
Brazil  		SC Corinthians (São Paulo) 	SE Palmeiras (São Paulo-SP) 		s/f     CONMEBOL 
British Virgin Islands  BDO Binder Stingers (Road Town) Kickers United 	 19)			a/f	CONCACAF
Brunei  		--------			--------				---	AFC
Bulgaria  		Litex (Lovetch) 		Levski Sofia (Sofia)			a/f	UEFA
Burkina Faso  		USFA (Ouagadougou) 		AS Fonctionnaires (Bobo-Dioulasso) 	s/f	CAF
Burundi  		Vital'O (Bujumbura) 		InterStar (Bujumbura) 1)		s/f	CAF
Cambodia 		Royal Dolphins (Phnom Penh) 	--------				---	AFC
Cameroon  		Cotonsport (Garoua) 		Dynamo (Douala) 			s/f	CAF
Canada  		Toronto Olympians  20)		Toronto Olympians  22)			---	CONCACAF
			St. Catharines Roma Wolves  21)

Cape Verde Islands  	CS Mindelense (Mindelo)		--------------				s/f	CAF
Cayman Islands  	Scholars International (West Bay) Georgetown SC				s/f	CONCACAF
Central African Rep.    discontinued			ASDR Fatima (Bangui)			s/f	CAF
Channel Islands  	Sylvans SC St.Peters (Guernsey)	--------				---	no member UEFA
Chile  			Universidad Católica (Santiago) ap 34)
                        Colo Colo (Santiago) cl 35)	Universidad de Chile (Santiago)		s/f	CONMEBOL 
China  			Dalian Wanda 			Shanghai Shenhua 			s/f	AFC
Christmas Island 	unknown	           		unknown	                   		---	no member AFC
Colombia  		Deportivo Cali 			--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Comoros  		US Zlimadjou (Moroni)                                      		---	no member CAF
Congo-Brazzaville  	Vita Club Mokanda (Pointe-Noire) unknown				s/f	CAF
Congo-Kinshasa  	DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa) 	AS Dragons (Kinshasa) 			s/f	CAF
Cook Islands  		Avatiu FC ??			Teau-o-Tonga 				---	OFC
Costa Rica  		CD Saprissa (San José)		--------				a/f	CONCACAF
Croatia  		Croatia (Zagreb)		Croatia (Zagreb) 			a/f	UEFA 
Cuba  			Ciudad de La Habana 		--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Cyprus  		Anorthosis (Famagusta)		Anorthosis (Famagusta) 			a/f	UEFA
Czech Republic  	AC Sparta (Praha)		FK Jablonec (Jablonec)			a/f	UEFA
Denmark  		Brøndby IF 			Brøndby IF 				a/f	UEFA
Djibouti		unknown	          		Force Nationale de Police (Djibouti) 	---	CAF
Dominica  		ACS Zebians 			Madech Pointe Michel 			---	CONCACAF
Dominican Republic  	no competition			--------				---	CONCACAF
Dutch Antilles  	Jong Colombia Boca Samí 	--------				---	CONCACAF
 (Curaçao) 		Union Deportivo Banda'bou 	--------				s/f	CONCACAF
 (Sint Maarten) 	--------			--------				---	CONCACAF
Ecuador  		Liga Deportiva Universitaria (Quito) --------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Egypt  			Al Ahly (Cairo) 		Al Masry (Port Said) 			a/f	CAF
El Salvador  		Luis Ángel Firpo (Usulután) 	--------				a/f	CONCACAF
England  		Arsenal  (London)		Arsenal  (London)  24)			a/f	UEFA
Eritrea  		Red Sea FC (Asmara)		Hinsta  2)				---	CAF
Estonia  		FC Flora Tallinn 		FC Flora Tallinn			s/a/f	UEFA
                        FC Flora Tallinn   25)		
Ethiopia  		Mebrat Hail (Addis Abeba)  3)	Ethio-Bunna (Addis Abeba)  4)		---	CAF
Faroe Islands  		HB 04 (Tórshavn) 		HB 04 (Tórshavn) 			s/f	UEFA
Fiji  			Raymonds (Rewa)  43)		Ba   44)				s/f	OFC
Finland  		Haka Valkeakoski 		HJK Helsinki 				s/f	UEFA
France  		RC Lens 			Paris S.G. 				a/f	UEFA
French Guyana  		AS Jahouvey Mana 		US Sinnamary  36)			a/f	CONCACAF
FYR Macedonia   	Sileks (Kratovo) 		Vardar (Skopje) 			a/f	UEFA
Gabon  			FC 105 (Libreville) 5)		Ndzimba (Libreville)  6)		a/f	CAF
Gambia 			Real (Banjul) 			Wallidan (Banjul) 			s/f	CAF
Georgia  		Dinamo Tbilisi 			Dinamo Batumi 				a/f	UEFA
Germany  		1.FC Kaiserslautern 		FC Bayern München 			a/f	UEFA
Ghana  			Hearts of Oak (Accra) 		Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 			a/f	CAF
Gibraltar  		St Theresas FC 			unknown		                		no member UEFA
Greece  		Olympiakos (Pireus)		Panionios (Athinai) 			a/f	UEFA
Greenland  		Kissaviarsuk 1933 		--------				---     no member CONCACAF
Grenada  		Fontenoy United 		Queen's Park Rangers (St. George's) 37)	s/f	CONCACAF
Guadeloupe  		L'Etoile Filante (Morne-à-l'Eau) unknown				s/f	CONCACAF
Guam  			Anderson Soccer Club (spring)
			Island Cargo (fall)
			Anderson Soccer Club (overall)	--------				s/f     no member AFC
Guatemala  		Comunicaciones (C. de Guatemala) Suchitepéquez (Mazatenango)		a/f	CONCACAF
Guinea  		AS Kaloum Stars (Conakry) 	AS Kaloum Stars (Conakry) 		a/f	CAF
Guinea-Bissau  		Sporting Clube de Bissau  7)	------------------			s/f	CAF
Guyana  		Topp XX (Linden) 		Milerock (Linden)			a/s	CONCACAF
Haiti  			FICA (Cap-Haïtien) 		--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Honduras  		CD Motagua  (Tegucigalpa) 38)	--------				a/s	CONCACAF
Hongkong  		Instant-Dict 			Instant-Dict  30)			s/f	AFC
Hungary  		Újpesti TE (Budapest)		MTK Hungária FC (Budapest)		a/f	UEFA
Iceland  		ÍBV (Vestmannæyjar) 		ÍBV (Vestmannæyjar) 			s/f	UEFA
India			Mohun Bagan AC (Calcutta)	Mohun Bagan AC (Calcutta) 31)		s/f	AFC
Indonesia  		season not finished		no competition				s/f	AFC
Iran  			Piroozi (Tehran) 		not held				a/f	AFC
Iraq  			Al-Shurta  (Baghdad) 		Al-Quwa Al-Jawia (Baghdad) 		s/f	AFC
Ireland  		St. Patrick's Athletic 		Cork City 				a/f	UEFA
Isle of Man		St. Mary's AFC 			St. Mary's AFC 		26)		---     no member UEFA
Israel  		Beitar Jerusalem 		Maccabi Haifa 				a/f	UEFA
Italy  			Juventus FC (Torino)		Lazio (Roma)				a/f	UEFA
Ivory Coast  		ASEC (Abidjan) 			Africa Sports (Abidjan) 		s/f	CAF
Jamaica  		Waterhouse (Kingston) 		Harbour View (Kingston) 		s/f	CONCACAF
Japan  			Kashima Antlers 		Yokohama Flugels  29)			s/f	AFC
Jordan  		apparently abandoned 		not held				a/f	AFC
Kazakhstan  		Yelimay Semipalatinsk 		Irtysh Pavlodar 			s/f	AFC
Kenya  			AFC Leopards (Nairobi)		Mathare United 				s/f	CAF
Kiribati 		unknown  			--------				---	no member OFC
Kuwait  		Al Salmiya (Kuwait)		Kazma (Kuwait)				s/f	AFC
Kyrgyzstan  		CAG-Dinamo-MVD Bishkek 	SKA-PVO Bishkek 	            		---	AFC
Latvia  		Skonto (Riga)			Skonto (Riga)		 		s/f	UEFA
Lebanon  		Al Ansar (Beyrut)		Al Nejmeh 				a/f	AFC
Lesotho  		RLDF (Maseru) 			Arsenal (Maseru)			s/f	CAF
Liberia  		Invincible Eleven (Monrovia) 	Invincible Eleven (Monrovia) 		---	CAF
Libya  			Al Mahalah (Tripoli) 		Al Shaat (Tripoli) 			s/f	CAF
Liechtenstein		no championship			FC Vaduz 				a/f	UEFA
Lithuania  		Kareda (Siauliai)		Ekranas (Panevezys) 			a/f	UEFA
Luxembourg  		Jeunesse d'Esch			CS Grevenmacher 			a/f	UEFA
Macao  			GD Lam Pak 			--------				---	AFC	
Madagascar  		DSA (Antanarivo)		FC Djivan (Farafangana) 		s/f	CAF	
Malawi  		Telecom Wanderers (Blantyre) 	Bata Bullets (Blantyre)   8)		s/f	CAF
Malaysia  		Penang 				Johor 					s/f	AFC
Maldives  		Club Valencia 			New Radiant 				s/f	AFC
Mali  			Djoliba AC (Bamako) 		Djoliba AC (Bamako) 			w/f	CAF
Malta  			FC La Valletta			Hibernians (La Valletta)		a/f	UEFA
Marshall Islands  	Star Motion (unclear)		--------				---	AFC
Martinique  		Aiglons (Le Lamentin)		Club Franciscain (Le François) 		w/f	CONCACAF
Mauritania  		ASC Garde Nationale (Nouakchott) ASC Sonalec (Nouakchott) 		s/f	CAF
Mauritius  		Scouts Club (Port Louis) 	Fire Brigade SC (Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	a/f	CAF
Mayotte  		AS Sada (Sada) 			-------------				s/f	CAF
Mexico  		Cruz Azul/Toluca  39)		not held				w/f	CONCACAF
Micronesia 		unknown		           	--------				---	no member OFC
Moldova  		Zimbru Chisinau 		Zimbru Chisinau 			a/f	UEFA
Mongolia 		Erchim 				Derger (Ulan Bator)			---	AFC
Montserrat  		unknown	         		--------				---	CONCACAF
Morocco  		Raja Casablanca 		WAC Casablanca 		        	a/f	CAF
Mozambique  		Costa do Sol (Maputo)  9)	Costa do Sol (Maputo) 			a/f	CAF
Myanmar  		Yangon City Development 	--------				---	AFC
Namibia  		Black Africans Nashua (Windhoek) Chief Santos (Tsumeb) 			s/f	CAF
Nepal  			Three Star Club (Patan)		Mahendra Police (Kathmandu)		---	AFC
Netherlands  		Ajax (Amsterdam) 		Ajax (Amsterdam) 			a/f	UEFA
New Caledonia  		AS Poum 			JS Traput [Lifou] 			---	AFC
New Zealand  		Napier City Rovers 		Central United (Auckland)  45)		s/f	OFC
Nicaragua  		Deportivo Walter Ferreti (Managua) --------				---	CONCACAF
Niger 			Olympique FC (Niamey) 		JS Ténéré (Niamey) 			s/f	CAF
Nigeria  		3SC Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 	Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 		a/f	CAF
Niue			Lakepa 				unknown			        	---	no member OFC
North Korea 		unknown 			unknown		          		---	AFC
Northern Ireland  	Cliftonville FC (Belfast)	Glentoran (Belfast) 			a/f 	UEFA
Norway  		Rosenborg BK (Trondheim) 	Stabæk IL				s/f	UEFA
Oman  			Al Nasr (Salala) 		Seeb 					a/f	AFC
Pakistan  		Pakistan International Airlines	--------				---	AFC
Palestine  		unknown	         		--------				---	AFC
Panama  		Tauro FC (Panama City) 		--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Papua New Guinea  	ICF University (Port Moresby) 	--------				s/f	OFC
Paraguay  		Olimpia (Asuncion)		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Peru  			Universitario de Deportes (Lima)--------				s/f	CONMEBOL 
Philippines 		NCR South 			--------				s/f	AFC
Poland  		LKS-Ptak Lódz 			Amica (Wronki) 				a/f	UEFA
Portugal  		FC Porto 			FC Porto 				a/f	UEFA
Puerto Rico  		Académicos de Quintana (Hato Rey  40)	)--------			s/f	CONCACAF 
Qatar  			Al Ittihad 			Al Ittihad 				a/f	AFC
Réunion  		SS Saint-Louisienne (Saint Louis) SS Saint-Louisienne (Saint Louis)	s/f	CAF
Romania  		Steaua (Bucuresti)		Rapid (Bucuresti) 			a/f	UEFA
Russia  		Spartak Moskva 			Spartak Moskva 				s/f	UEFA
Rwanda  		Rayon Sports (Butare) 		unknown			         	---	CAF
Saint Helena  		Rovers 				unknown		          		s/f	CAF
Saint Kitts and Nevis  	Newtown United FC (Basseterre) 	--------				---	CONCACAF
Saint Lucia  		Mabouya Valley Rovers ???	Mabouya Valley Rovers 	41)		---	CONCACAF
Saint Martin 		unknown         		--------				---	CONCACAF
Saint Vincent/Gren.  	Chelsea (Lowmans)  42)      	--------				---	CONCACAF
Samoa  			Vaivase-tai 			Togafuafua				---	OFC
San Marino  		SS Folgore Falciano (Falciano) 	S.Calcio Faetano (Faetano) 		a/f	UEFA
São Tomé e Príncipe  	GD Os Operários (Príncipe)	Sporting Praia Cruz (São Tomé)		s/f	CAF 
Saudi Arabia  		Al Hilal (Riyadh) 		Al Ahli (Jiddah) 			a/f	AFC
Scotland  		Celtic Glasgow			Heart Of Midlothian 			a/f	UEFA	
Senegal  		ASEC Ndiambour (Louga)  	ASC Yeggo (Dakar) 			a/f	CAF
Seychelles  		Red Star (Anse aux Pins) 	St. Michel United (Anse aux Pins) 	s/f	CAF
Sierra Leone  		unknown/no competition		unknown/no competition			s/f	CAF
Singapore  		Singapore Armed Forces 		Woodlands Wellington 			s/f	AFC
Slovakia  		1.FC Kosice 			FC Spartak Trnava 			a/f	UEFA
Slovenia  		Maribor Branik (Maribor)	Rudar Velenje 				a/f	UEFA
Solomon Islands 	Malaita Eagles SC 		--------				---	OFC
South Africa  		Mamelodi Sundowns (Pretoria)	Mamelodi Sundowns (Pretoria) 11)	a/f	CAF
South Korea  		Suwon Samsung Bluewings 	Anyang LG Cheetahs  32)			s/f	AFC
Spain  			FC Barcelona 			FC Barcelona 				a/f	UEFA
Sri Lanka  		Ratnams SC (Colombo) 		not known 				a/f	AFC
Sudan  			Al Hilal (Omdurman) 		Al Merreikh (Omdurman)  12)		a/f	CAF
Surinam  		Transvaal (Paramaribo) ????	--------				a/f	CONCACAF
Swaziland  		Manzini Wanderers (Manzini) 13)	Denver Sundowns (Mbabane)		a/f	CAF	
Sweden  		AIK Solna (Stockholm)		Helsingborg IF				s/f	UEFA
Switzerland  		Grasshopper Club (Zürich)	Lausanne-Sports 			a/f	UEFA
Syria  			Jaish (Damascus) 		Jaish (Damascus) 			a/f	AFC
Tahiti  		AS Vénus (Mahina) 		AS Vénus (Mahina)			---	OFC
Taiwan 			Taipower (Taipei)		-------					---	AFC
Tajikistan  		Varzob Dushanbe 		FK Khujand  33)				s/f	AFC
Tanzania  		Maji Maji (Songea) 		Tanzania Stars 	14)			s/f	CAF
Thailand  		Sinthana			--------				s/f	AFC
Togo  			no competition			no competition				a/f	CAF
Tonga  			SC Lotoha'apai (Nuku'alofa) 	--------				---	OFC
Trinidad and Tobago  	Joe Public FC (Arouca) 		CLF San Juan Jabloteh 			a/f	CONCACAF
Tunisia  		Espérance Sportive (Tunis) 	Club Africain (Tunis) 			a/f	CAF
Turkey  		Galatasaray SK (Istanbul) 	Besiktas JK (Istanbul) 			a/f	UEFA
Turkmenistan  		Kopetdag (Ashgabat)		Nisa Ashgabat)				a/f	AFC
Turks and Caicos Isl.   --------			--------				---	CONCACAF
Uganda  		Villa SC (Kampala)		Villa SC (Kampala)  15)			a/f	CAF
Ukraine  		Dynamo Kyiv 			Dynamo Kyiv 				a/f	UEFA
United Arab Emirates  	Al Ain				Sharjah 28)				a/f	AFC
United St. of America	Chicago Fire 			--------				s/f	CONCACAF
Uruguay  		Nacional (Montevideo)		--------				s/f	CONMEBOL
US Virgin Islands  	no overall championship			            			---	CONCACAF
(Saint Croix)		Helenites (Groveplace) 		--------
(St Thomas and St John) MI Rock Masters ??         	--------					
Uzbekistan  		Pakhtakor (Tashkent)		Nawbahor (Namangan)			s/f	AFC
Vanuatu  		Tafea FC 			--------				---	OFC
Venezuela  		Atlético Zulia 			no competition				a/f	CONMEBOL
Vietnam  		The Cong (Hanoi)		--------				a/f	AFC
Wales  			Barry Town AFC			Bangor City FC 				a/f	UEFA
Wallis and Futuna 	AS Aka-Aka (Aka-Aka) 		--------				---	no member OFC
Yemen  			Al Wahda (Sana)			Al-Wehda (Sana)  27)			s/f	AFC
Yugoslavia  		FK Obilic (Beograd)		Partizan Beograd 			a/f	UEFA
Zambia  		Nchanga Rangers (Chingola)	Konkola Blades (Chililabombwe)		s/f	CAF
Zimbabwe  		no championship  16)		CAPS United (Harare) 			s/f	CAF


1)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
2)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
3)	aka EELPA 
4)	aka Coffee FC
5)	play Champion’s Cup
6)	play Cup Winner`s Cup
7)	the competition was abandoned due to civil war; the FA awarded the championship to Sporting
8)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
9)	not an official championship! 
10)	Taça Nacional
11)	Bob Save Superbowl
12)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
13)	half of season champion; http://www.rsssf.com/tables/swaz99.html	
14)	play Cup Winner’s Cup (selection?)
15)	Kakungulu Cup 
16)	Dynamos (Harare) play Champion’s Cup
17)	FA Cup
18)	FA Cup
19)	FA Cup
20)	League Champion/CPSL
21)	Playoff Champion/CPSL
22)	CPSL Cup Champion
23)	Overall (Muslim/Croat)
24)	FA Cup
25)	transitional championship
26)	FA  Cup
27)	Unity Cup
28)	Emir’s Cup
29)	Emperor’s Cup
30)	FA Cup
31)	FA Cup
32)	FA Cup
33)	play Cup Winner’s Cup
34)	Apertura championship 
35) 	Clausura championship 
36)	Coupe de Guyane 
37)	FA Cup
38)	Apertura+Clausura Champion
39)	winter/summer
40)	Torneo Nacional Superior 
41)	FA Cup
42)	Hairoun Club Championship
43)	Club Championship
44)	FACT
45)	Chatham-Cup

1996/97 and 1997

1998/99 and 1999


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