1998 FIFA World Cup squads
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Below are the squads for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
tournament in France.
Players' age as of 10 June 1998 – the tournament's opening day.
Henri Michel
Claude Le Roy
Nelson Acosta
Bo Johansson
Carlos Alberto Parreira
(fired after two matches, replaced by Mohammed Al-Kharashy
for the final match)
Philippe Troussier
Paulo César Carpegiani
Cha Bum-Kun
(fired after two matches, replaced by Kim Pyung-Seok
for the final match)
Note: Kirsten and Marschall also earned additional caps for East Germany (49 and 4, respectively).
Henryk Kasperczak
(fired after two matches, replaced by Ali Selmi
for the final match)
Renê Simões
Takeshi Okada
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 overseas 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.
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
tournament in France.
Players' age as of 10 June 1998 – the tournament's opening day.
Brazil
Head coach: Mário ZagalloMário Zagallo
Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo is a Brazilian former football player and manager.-Biography:Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was born in Maceió, Alagoas, to a family of Lebanese and Italian heritage....
Morocco
Head coach: Henri MichelHenri Michel
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Norway
Head coach: Egil OlsenEgil Olsen
Egil Roger Olsen , nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian association football manager and former Norwegian football player. He is best known as a highly successful coach of the Norwegian national football team. He has since been coach of the Iraqi national football team, his departure from which caused...
Scotland
Head coach: Craig BrownAustria
Head coach: Herbert ProhaskaHerbert Prohaska
Herbert Prohaska is a retired Austrian football player. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska is currently working as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly...
Cameroon
Head coach: Claude Le RoyClaude Le Roy
Claude Le Roy is a French football manager and former player, who gained prominence at international level as coach to the Senegal and Ghana national teams...
Chile
Head coach: Nelson AcostaNelson Acosta
Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed Pelado Acosta and "El Ratón" , is a former Uruguayan football player. He became a nationalized Chilean in 1984 and is currently a football coach.He managed the national team of Chile from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
Italy
Head coach: Cesare MaldiniCesare Maldini
Cesare Maldini is an Italian football manager and former player. He played as a centre back and spent the majority of his career with AC Milan. Maldini also represented Italy at international level in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. His son Paolo, also a defender, previously held the record for the...
Denmark
Head coach: Bo JohanssonFrance
Head coach: Aimé JacquetAimé Jacquet
Aimé Étienne Jacquet is a French football coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Biography:...
Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Carlos Alberto ParreiraCarlos Alberto Parreira
Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...
(fired after two matches, replaced by Mohammed Al-Kharashy
Mohammed Al-Kharashy
Mohammed Al-Kharashy is a football manager from Saudi Arabia.In the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he took charge of the Saudi Arabia national football team for their final group match, after original manager Carlos Alberto Parreira was fired after two losses and saw the team eliminated from...
for the final match)
South Africa
Head coach: Philippe TroussierPhilippe Troussier
Philippe Troussier is a former French football player and now a manager.-Coaching career:Troussier is known as the "White Witch Doctor" for his success with African club teams such as Asec Abidjan of the Côte d'Ivoire and the national teams of Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso...
- Andre ArendseAndre ArendseAndre Leander Arendse is a retired South African football goalkeeper.He played mostly for Oxford United, Fulham FC , Cape Town Spurs, Santos, Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United. He is also a co-presenter with SuperSport, South Africa's sporting channel.He played for South Africa national...
(#22) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Paul Evans, was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Simon GopaneSimon GopaneMotshweneng Simon Gopane is a South African football goalkeeper.He was in the South African national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup as an injury replacement. Andre Arendse was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Paul Evans, was also injured shortly after arriving as a...
was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
Bulgaria
Head coach: Hristo BonevHristo Bonev
Hristo Atanasov Bonev-Zuma is a retired Bulgarian footballer, the second all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team behind Dimitar Berbatov, who surpassed his record on November 18, 2009. Currently he manages PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG.Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev...
Nigeria
Head coach: Bora MilutinovićParaguay
Head coach: Paulo César CarpegianiPaulo César Carpegiani
Paulo César Carpegiani is a former Brazilian footballer.- Playing career :Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in the Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1970 to 1977, winning two Brazilian Championships...
Spain
Head coach: Javier ClementeJavier Clemente
Javier Clemente Lázaro, is a Spanish football manager. The veteran La Liga manager has spent most of his career at two clubs: Athletic Bilbao and RCD Espanyol. Between 1992 and 1998, he managed Spain and went 31 games unbeaten. He was also the the first foreign manager of Serbia. His most recent...
Belgium
Head coach: Georges LeekensHead coach: Manuel Lapuente
Manuel Lapuente
Manuel Lapuente Díaz is a Mexican football coach and former player. He was recently working as head coach for Club América.-Playing career:He played 13 matches for the Mexico national team, scoring 5 goals.-Career as manager:...
Netherlands
Head coach: Guus HiddinkGuus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...
Korea Republic
Head coach: Cha Bum-KunCha Bum-Kun
Cha Bum-Kun is a South Korean football manager and former player, nicknamed Tscha Bum in Germany because of his name and his thunderous ball striking ability. In South Korea, Cha is greatly respected for his accomplishments in the Bundesliga and the South Korean national team...
(fired after two matches, replaced by
Kim Pyung-SeokKim Pyung-Seok
Kim Pyung-Seok is retired football player and manager.He played in K-League side Hyundai Horang-i and Yukong Kokkiri in South Korea.-Early life:He started football when he was high school student...
for the final match)
Germany
Head coach: Berti VogtsBerti Vogts
Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former footballer. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed Germany , Scotland and Nigeria...
Note: Kirsten and Marschall also earned additional caps for East Germany (49 and 4, respectively).
Iran
Head coach: Jalal TalebiUnited States
Head coach: Steve SampsonSteve Sampson
Steve Sampson is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer...
FR Yugoslavia
Head coach: Slobodan SantračSlobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....
Colombia
Head coach: Hernán Darío GómezHernán Darío Gómez
Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo, also known as El Bolillo is a Colombian ex-football player and manager.He was an active player from 1966 to 1985.He successfully led Ecuador to their first World Cup finals in 2002...
England
Head coach: Glenn HoddleGlenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....
Romania
Head coach: Anghel IordănescuAnghel Iordanescu
Anghel Iordănescu is a Major General and former Romanian football striker, currently a politician. In 2007 Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches.-Career...
Tunisia
Head coach: Henryk KasperczakHenryk Kasperczak
Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak is a Polish football manager and a football player.As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Poland, achieving third place in 1974, as well as a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most...
(fired after two matches, replaced by Ali Selmi
Ali Selmi
Ali Selmi is a football manager from Tunisia.In the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, he took charge of the Tunisia national football team for their final group match, after original manager Henryk Kasperczak was fired after two losses and saw the team eliminated from contention. Tunisia played Romania...
for the final match)
Argentina
Head coach: Daniel PassarellaDaniel Passarella
Daniel Alberto Passarella is a former Argentine football centre back and former manager of the Argentine and Uruguayan national football teams. He was captain of the Argentina team that won the 1978 World Cup...
Croatia
Head coach: Miroslav BlaževićMiroslav Blaževic
Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević is a Bosnian Croat football manager. He is the current head coach of Mes Kerman in Iran Pro League....
Jamaica
Head coach: Renê SimõesRenê Simões
René Rodrigues Simões is a Brazilian football head coach and former footballer.- Coaching career :Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica to the World Cup in France in 1998...
Japan
Head coach: Takeshi OkadaTakeshi Okada
is a former football player that was head coach of the Japanese national football team between 2007 and 2010.-International career:Okada played 24 games and scored one goal for the Japan national football team between 1980 and 1985.-Coaching career:...
Player representation by league
| Country | Players | Percentage | Outside national squad |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 704 | ||
| England English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing... |
75 | 10.65% | 53 |
| Italy Italian football league system The Italian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues and national tournaments, set up by the Italian Football Federation , for football clubs in Italy with one club hailing from San Marino.-History:... |
70 | 9.94% | 50 |
| Spain La Liga The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system... |
70 | 9.94% | 48 |
| Germany | 53 | 7.53% | 35 |
| Japan | 30 | 4.26% | 8 |
| France Ligue de Football Professionnel The Ligue de Football Professionnel , commonly known as the LFP, is a French governing body that runs the major professional football leagues in France. It was founded in 1944 and serves under the authority of the French Football Federation... |
29 | 4.12% | 20 |
| Mexico Primera División de México The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing... |
26 | 3.69% | 5 |
| Netherlands Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... |
23 | 3.27% | 13 |
| Saudi Arabia Saudi Premier League The Saudi Professional League, officially known as , is the main football competition in Saudi Arabia. The first competition was held in the year of 1976–77... |
22 | 3.13% | 0 |
| USA Major League Soccer Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada... |
21 | 2.98% | 5 |
| Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs... |
20 | 2.84% | 14 |
| Others | 265 | 37.64% |
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 overseas 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.