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2018–19 Real Madrid CF season
The 2018–19 Real Madrid CF season was a campaign without Cristiano Ronaldo that finished third in La Liga and secured the FIFA Club World Cup in 2018.
2018–19 Russian Premier League
The 2018–19 Russian Premier League was the 27th season of Russian top-division football, won by Zenit Saint Petersburg, with Lokomotiv Moscow runners-up and CSKA's Fyodor Chalov top scorer.
2018–19 Scottish Premiership
The 2018–19 Scottish Premiership was the 12-team top division run by the SPFL. Celtic won their eighth consecutive title, while Kilmarnock finished third.
2018–19 Serie A
2018–19 Serie A, the 117th Italian top-flight season: Juventus won a record eighth straight Scudetto with 90 points over Napoli, Atalanta reached a best-ever third, Quagliarella led scoring with 26 goals, and Empoli, Frosinone and Chievo went down.
2018–19 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
2018-19 Tottenham Hotspur season: Spurs finished 4th in the Premier League, played home games at Wembley then the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and reached their first Champions League final, losing 2-0 to Liverpool.
2018–19 UEFA Champions League
2018–19 UEFA Champions League: season running 26 June 2018 to 1 June 2019, first under new access rules and with VAR from the round of 16; Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 in the Madrid final for a sixth European Cup.
2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage
2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage: 32 clubs in eight groups, drawn 30 August 2018 in Monaco under the new access list giving four direct spots to the top four leagues; Liverpool advanced on goals scored and won the title.
2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
2018-19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase: round of 16 to the 1 June 2019 final in Madrid, where Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 for a sixth European Cup; ties decided under the away goals rule with VAR introduced.
2018–19 UEFA Europa League
2018–19 UEFA Europa League, tenth UEL era season; Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in the Baku final on 29 May 2019, Giroud top scorer with 11 goals, 565 goals in 410 matches.
2018–19 UEFA Futsal Champions League
2018-19 UEFA Futsal Champions League, first edition after the UEFA Futsal Cup rebrand; record 57 clubs; Sporting CP won the title, beating Kairat Almaty 2-1 in the Almaty final after eliminating holders Inter FS.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
2018–19 UEFA Nations League, inaugural edition of UEFA's national team competition (UEFA Nations League): 55 teams in four leagues A–D, played September–November 2018, Portugal won the June 2019 Finals, and the 16 group winners fed the Euro 2020 play-offs.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
2018–19 UEFA Nations League A: top tier of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, 12 teams in four groups of three. Portugal won the first Finals, beating the Netherlands 1-0 in Porto on 9 June 2019.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
2018–19 UEFA Nations League B: second tier of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, 12 teams ranked 13th–24th, four groups of three. Ukraine, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Denmark won promotion; Slovakia, Turkey, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland were relegated.
2018–19 UEFA Nations League C
League C, third tier of the inaugural 2018-19 UEFA Nations League: 15 teams in four groups; Scotland, Finland, Norway, and Serbia won promotion, with relegations later annulled by league expansion.
2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
2018-19 UEFA Women's Champions League, tenth edition, won by Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 over first-time finalist Barcelona in the 18 May 2019 final at Budapest's Ferencváros Stadium; Ada Hegerberg hat-trick, Lyon's fourth straight title.
2019 AFC Asian Cup
2019 AFC Asian Cup, 17th edition held in UAE from 5 January to 1 February 2019, first 24-team Asian Cup. Qatar won its first title, beating Japan 3-1 in the final at Zayed Sports City; Almoez Ali scored a record 9 goals.
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, run by the Asian Football Confederation from 2015 to 2018, decided the 24 teams at the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, 7–17 March, was Asia's qualifier for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019. Japan beat UAE 3-1 on penalties in the final for a third Asian title; Oman took the third berth.
2019 AFC Champions League
2019 AFC Champions League, AFC's Asian club football tournament won by Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal SFC, beating Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 on aggregate in the November 2019 two-legged final, Al Hilal's first title since 2000.
2019 AFC Cup
The 2019 AFC Cup was the 16th edition of Asia's second-tier club competition, with 43 clubs from 26 nations; Lebanon's Al Ahed FC won it.
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2019), the 32nd edition hosted by Egypt, was the first with 24 teams and the first played in June-July; Algeria beat Senegal in the Cairo final for its second title.
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification: CAF qualifiers deciding 23 of 24 teams for Egypt 2019, the first 24-team AFCON; Cameroon was stripped as host, with Madagascar, Mauritania, and Burundi debuting.
2019 CONCACAF Champions League
2019 CONCACAF Champions League (Scotiabank SCCL), 11th Champions League edition, all-knockout 16-team tournament. CF Monterrey beat Tigres UANL 2-1 in an all-Mexican final for a fourth title, qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 15th edition of Concacaf's biennial men's national team championship, first with 16 teams and matches in Costa Rica and Jamaica; Mexico beat the United States 1-0 in the final for its eighth title.
2019 Copa América
2019 Copa América, 46th edition, held in Brazil 14 June–7 July 2019; Brazil beat Peru 3-1 at the Maracanã for a ninth title; guests Japan and Qatar; first full VAR use in South America.
2019 Copa Libertadores
2019 Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's South American club championship (22 January–23 November 2019): Flamengo beat defending champions River Plate 2-1 in Lima in the competition's first single-match final, winning their second title 38 years after 1981.
2019 FA Community Shield
2019 FA Community Shield, played 4 August 2019 at Wembley: Manchester City beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw (Sterling, Matip), retaining the Shield for the second straight year in the clubs' first Shield meeting.
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Paraguay 2019, tenth edition held 21 November to 1 December 2019 in Asuncion-Luque; first landlocked host; Portugal beat Italy 6-4 for a second title.
2019 FIFA Club World Cup (كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم 2019)
The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, the 16th edition, was held in Qatar 11-21 December 2019 with seven continental champions plus host Al-Sadd. Liverpool won its first title, beating Flamengo 1-0 after extra time on Roberto Firmino's 99th-minute goal in Doha.
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Brazil 2019): 18th U-17 world championship, moved from Peru to Brazil, 24 teams, 26 Oct-17 Nov 2019; hosts Brazil beat Mexico 2-1 in the final for a fourth title.