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1998 FIFA World Cup squads
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The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football). The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players – numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 – from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament, with the final squads to be submitted by 1 June 1998. In total, 704 players were selected for the tournament.
It featured players born in four decades, the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s. The only other times this has happened at a World Cup was in the 1958, 1970 and 1990 editions.
Players' ages as of 10 June 1998, the tournament's opening day.
Group A
Brazil
Head coach: Mário Zagallo
Morocco
Head coach: France Henri Michel
Norway
Head coach: Egil Olsen
Scotland
Head coach: Craig Brown
Group B
Austria
Head coach: Herbert Prohaska
Cameroon
Head coach: France Claude Le Roy
Chile
Head coach: Uruguay Nelson Acosta
Italy
Head coach: Cesare Maldini
Group C
Denmark
Head coach: Sweden Bo Johansson
France
Head coach: Aimé Jacquet
Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira (fired after two matches, replaced by Mohammed Al-Kharashy for the final match)
South Africa
Head coach: FRA Philippe Troussier
- Andre Arendse (#22) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Paul Evans, was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Simon Gopane was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
Group D
Bulgaria
Head coach: Hristo Bonev
Nigeria
Head coach: FR Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
Paraguay
Head coach: Brazil Paulo César Carpegiani
Spain
Head coach: Javier Clemente
Group E
Belgium
Head coach: Georges Leekens
Mexico
Head coach: Manuel Lapuente
Netherlands
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
South Korea
Head coach: KOR Cha Bum-kun (fired after two matches, replaced by KOR Kim Pyung-seok for the final match)
Group F
Germany
Head coach: Berti Vogts Note: Kirsten and Marschall also earned additional caps for East Germany (49 and 4, respectively).
Iran
Head coach: Jalal Talebi
United States
Head coach: Steve Sampson
FR Yugoslavia
Head coach: Slobodan Santrač
Group G
Colombia
Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez
England
Head coach: Glenn Hoddle
Romania
Head coach: Anghel Iordănescu
Tunisia
Head coach: Poland Henryk Kasperczak (fired after two matches, replaced by Ali Selmi for the final match)
Group H
Argentina
Head coach: Daniel Passarella
Croatia
Head coach: Miroslav Blažević
Jamaica
Head coach: Brazil Renê Simões
Japan
Head coach: Takeshi Okada
Player representation by league
| Country | Players | Percent | width=60px | Outside national squad | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 704 | |||||
| England | 74 | |||||
| Italy | 70 | |||||
| Spain | 70 | |||||
| Germany | 53 | |||||
| Japan | 30 | |||||
| France | 29 | |||||
| Mexico | 26 | |||||
| Netherlands | 23 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 22 | |||||
| Argentina | 21 | |||||
| United States | 21 | |||||
| Others | 298 |
The English, Spanish, Japanese and Saudi Arabian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigeria squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs. Only three teams, Japan, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, had no players from European clubs.
Although Turkey and Portugal failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 9 players, respectively. Altogether, there were 38 national leagues who had players in the tournament.
Coaches representation by country
| Nº | Country | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Brazil Brazil | Paulo César Carpegiani (Paraguay), Carlos Alberto Parreira (Saudi Arabia), Renê Simões (Jamaica), Mário Zagallo | |
| France France | Aimé Jacquet, Henri Michel (Morocco), Claude Le Roy (Cameroon), Philippe Troussier (South Africa) | ||
| 2 | FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia | Bora Milutinović (Nigeria), Slobodan Santrač | |
| South Korea South Korea | Cha Bum-kun, Kim Pyung-seok | ||
| 1 | Argentina Argentina | Daniel Passarella | |
| Austria Austria | Herbert Prohaska | ||
| Belgium Belgium | Georges Leekens | ||
| Bulgaria Bulgaria | Hristo Bonev | ||
| Colombia Colombia | Hernán Darío Gómez | ||
| Croatia Croatia | Miroslav Blažević | ||
| England England | Glenn Hoddle | ||
| Germany Germany | Berti Vogts | ||
| Iran Iran | Jalal Talebi | ||
| Italy Italy | Cesare Maldini | ||
| Japan Japan | Takeshi Okada | ||
| Mexico Mexico | Manuel Lapuente | ||
| Netherlands Netherlands | Guus Hiddink | ||
| Norway Norway | Egil Olsen | ||
| Poland Poland | Henryk Kasperczak (Tunisia) | ||
| Romania Romania | Anghel Iordănescu | ||
| Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Al-Kharashy | ||
| Scotland Scotland | Craig Brown | ||
| Spain Spain | Javier Clemente | ||
| Sweden Sweden | Bo Johansson (Denmark) | ||
| Tunisia Tunisia | Ali Selmi | ||
| Turkey Turkey | Cihan Akbulut | ||
| United States United States | Steve Sampson | ||
| Uruguay Uruguay | Nelson Acosta (Chile) |
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162353/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/teams/team=43817.html FIFA.com]
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