1998 in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Spain.

← 1997 1996 1995 1998 in Spain → 1999 2000 2001
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1998 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I
• Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar

Events

• 31 January — The 12th Goya Awards are held in Madrid and Lucky Star is awarded as best film.
• 16 April – L'Hemisfèric is inaugurated in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences.
• 25 April — A holding dam bursts in the Province of Seville, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings causing the Doñana disaster.
• 30 May — Caesium-137 leaked from an Acerinox plant in Los Barrios, causing radioactive contamination in the Acerinox accident.
• 25 September — PauknAir Flight 4101 crashes on a flight from Málaga to Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew perish.
• 25 October — The Basque regional election is held, creating the 6th Basque Parliament.

Births

January

• 1 January
  • Marta García, runner
  • Asier Gomes
• 2 January – Manu García, footballer
• 5 January — Carles Aleñá, footballer
• 6 January
  • Héctor Santos, athlete
  • Iñigo Vicente, footballer
• 11 January – África Zamorano, swimmer
• 13 January – Manu Quijera, javelin thrower
• 18 January – Aitana Bonmatí, footballer
• 21 January
  • Fran Álvarez Rodríguez, footballer
  • Salva Ferrer, footballer
• 24 January – Garazi Murua, footballer
• 25 January – Álex Martín, footballer
• 26 January
  • Gonzalo "Pipa" Ávila, footballer
  • Manu Mosquera, footballer
• 28 January – Alejandro Sotillos, footballer
• 29 January
  • Nico Campuzano, footballer
  • Álex Rey, footballer
• 31 January – Aritz Arambarri, footballer

February

• 3 February – Fran Navarro, footballer
• 4 February — Álvaro Bravo, footballer
• 5 February – Dani Morer, footballer
• 9 February – Relu, footballer
• 10 February
  • Juanma Bravo, footballer
  • Aitor Buñuel, footballer
  • Julio Gracia, footballer
• 13 February – Guillem Rodríguez, footballer
• 16 February – Carles Pérez, footballer
• 19 February – Damià Viader, footballer
• 22 February – Pablo Martínez, footballer
• 23 February – Felipe Chacartegui, footballer
• 25 February – Oriol Rey, footballer
• 26 February — Josemi Castañeda, footballer

March

• 2 March — Kike Carrasco, footballer
• 4 March – Ricard Pujol, footballer
• 6 March – Iñigo Elosegui, cyclist
• 7 March – Antonio Otegui, footballer
• 10 March – Claudia Florentino, footballer
• 11 March – Miguel Ángel, footballer
• 16 March — Miguel Acosta Mateos, footballer
• 18 March – Jaime Sierra, footballer
• 20 March
  • Jorge Chanza, footballer
  • Joel Plata, gymnast
• 21 March – Cristian Rivero, footballer
• 23 March
  • Genaro Rodríguez, footballer
  • Gonzalo Villar, footballer
• 24 March – Dani Escriche, footballer
• 25 March – Maite Oroz, footballer
• 29 March — Manu Nieto, footballer
• 30 March – Nacho Méndez, footballer
• 31 March – Toni Segura, footballer

April

• 2 April — Berto González, footballer
• 7 April – Paula Crespí, water polo player
• 9 April — José María Amo, footballer
• 10 April
  • Pep Chavarría, footballer
  • Rubén Enri, footballer
• 13 April – Álvaro Fernández, footballer
• 14 April – Carmen Menayo, footballer
• 17 April
  • Eric Montes, footballer
  • Alejandro Ropero, cyclist
• 18 April —Roger Adrià, cyclist
• 21 April — Roberto Alarcón Sáez, footballer
• 27 April – Ander Egiluz, footballer
• 30 April
  • Georgina Amorós, actor
  • Carlos Isaac, footballer

May

• 2 May
  • Victor Fernández, footballer
  • Javi Hernández, footballer
• 4 May — Clara Azurmendi, badminton player
• 7 May – Dani Olmo, footballer
• 9 May – Andrea Vilaró, basketball player
• 13 May
  • Jon Moncayola, footballer
  • Adrià Pedrosa, footballer
• 15 May
  • Francisco Callejón, footballer
  • Pepe Mena, footballer
  • Eric Vila, basketball player
• 17 May – Patricia Guijarro, footballer
• 19 May
  • Mónica Alonso, rhythmic gymnast
  • Aarón Rey, footballer
• 20 May — Raúl Asencio, footballer
• 25 May – Javi Puado, footballer
• 27 May
  • Joan Cardona, sailor
  • Mourad Daoudi, footballer
  • Josep Martínez, footballer
• 28 May
  • Joel Arimany, footballer
  • Alejandro Martínez, cyclist
• 20 May – Anne Fernández de Corres, rugby

June

• 1 June — Alberto González, athlete
• 5 June – Pedro Díaz, footballer
• 6 June — Ale Llamas, footballer
• 9 June – Héctor Garzó, motorcycle racer
• 15 June — Desirée Vila Bargiela, Paralympic athlete
• 16 June – Íñigo Sainz-Maza, footballer
• 22 June – Ignacio Fontes, athlete
• 24 June – Naima García, footballer
• 27 June – Alberto Martínez, swimmer
• 28 June – Óscar Rodríguez, footballer

July

• 1 July – Ariadna Edo Beltrán, Paralympic swimmer
• 3 July – Juan Iglesias, footballer
• 7 July – Manuel Guijarro, runner
• 8 July
  • Jordan Gutiérrez, footballer
  • Dani Martín, footballer
• 9 July – Pelayo Suárez, footballer
• 14 July – Lucía García, footballer
• 15 July — Ane Azkona, footballer
• 19 July – Manu Hernando, footballer
• 22 July – Marc Cucurella, footballer
• 29 July – Irina Uribe, footballer
• 30 July – Dani Gómez, footballer

August

• 1 August — Javi Alonso, footballer
• 4 August
  • Adrián Ben, runner
  • Iker Unzueta, footballer
• 11 August – Pepelu, footballer
• 13 August – Manuel Ferriol, footballer
• 14 August – Kellyan, footballer
• 17 August – Iván Barbero, footballer
• 19 August
  • Sandra Alonso, cyclist
  • Paolo Fernandes, footballer

September

• 3 September – Joni Montiel, footballer
• 5 September — Laura Corbacho, actor and drag queen
• 10 September – Jairo Bueno, footballer
• 13 September – Eukene Larrarte, cyclist
• 15 September – Jon Morcillo, footballer
• 20 September – Pablo Ibáñez, footballer
• 21 September
  • Óscar Casas, actor
  • Kiko Pomares, footballer
• 28 September – Carlos Heredia, footballer

October

• 2 October – Christian Manrique, footballer
• 4 October — Javier Belman, footballer
• 8 October – Álvaro Granados, water polo player
• 9 October – Unai Veiga, footballer
• 19 October – María de Valdés, swimmer
• 20 October – Rubén García, footballer
• 22 October — Óscar Arribas, footballer
• 25 October – Peru Nolaskoain, footballer
• 28 October – Diego Conde, footballer
• 29 October
  • Jorge Gonzalez, footballer
  • Rafa Mújica, footballer

November

• 4 November – Achraf Hakimi, footballer
• 13 November – Iñigo Llopis Sanz, Paralympic swimmer
• 19 November – Sergi Puig, footballer
• 20 November – Dani Plomer, footballer

December

• 10 December
  • Pepe Castaño, footballer
  • Manuel Peñalver, cyclist
• 11 December – Álex Bermejo, footballer
• 14 December — Julio Alonso, footballer
• 16 December — Álex Blanco, footballer

Deaths

• 12 January – Ramón Sampedro, writer (born 1943)
• 4 February – Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, aristocrat (born 1922)
• 16 February — Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (born 1936)
• 22 February – José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico, politician (born 1909)
• 13 March — Pere Alberch, biologist (born 1954)
• 7 April – Luis Díez del Corral, jurist and political scientist (born 1911)
• 6 May — Juan Antonio García Díez, politician and Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (born 1940)
• 24 May – Lucio Muñoz, painter (born 1929)
• 29 June — Carmen Llorca, historian and politician (born 1921)
• 5 July – Maria Mercè Marçal, writer and professor (born 1952)
• 8 July — Lilí Álvarez, athlete, feminist, and writer (born 1905 in Italy)
• 22 July – Antonio Saura, artist (born 1930)
• 12 August — Jesús Loroño, cyclist (born 1926)
• 24 August – Manuel Azcárate, journalist and politician (born 1916)
• 25 October – Juan Tusquets Terrats, priest and author (born 1901)
• 31 October — María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, religious sister and canonised saint (born 1926)
• 15 November – Federico Krutwig, writer and politician (born 1921)
• 27 November — Gloria Fuertes, poet (born 1917)
• 29 November – Fermín Sanz-Orrio, politician (born 1901)
• 30 December — Joan Brossa, writer and artist (born 1919)