Below are the squads for the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in France.
Players' ages as of 10 June 1998 – the tournament's opening day.
Group A
Head coach: Mário Zagallo
Head coach: Henri Michel
Head coach: Egil Olsen
Head coach: Craig Brown
Group B
Head coach: Herbert Prohaska
Head coach: Claude Le Roy
Head coach: Nelson Acosta
Head coach: Cesare Maldini
Group C
Head coach: Bo Johansson
Head coach: Aimé Jacquet
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (fired after two matches, replaced by Mohammed Al-Kharashy for the final match)
Head coach: 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
Head coach: Hristo Bonev
Head coach: Bora Milutinović
Head coach: Paulo César Carpegiani
Head coach: Javier Clemente
Group E
Head coach: Georges Leekens
Head coach: Manuel Lapuente
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
Head coach: Cha Bum-kun (fired after two matches, replaced by Kim Pyung-seok for the final match)
Group F
Head coach: Berti Vogts
Note: Kirsten and Marschall also earned additional caps for East Germany (49 and 4, respectively).
Head coach: Jalal Talebi[1]
Head coach: Steve Sampson
Head coach: Slobodan Santrač
Group G
Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez
Head coach: Glenn Hoddle
Head coach: Anghel Iordănescu
Head coach: Henryk Kasperczak (fired after two matches, replaced by Ali Selmi for the final match)
Group H
Head coach: Daniel Passarella
Head coach: Miroslav Blažević
Head coach: Renê Simões
Head coach: Takeshi Okada
Player representation by league
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.
References
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Stages |
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General information |
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Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
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Eliminated in the round of 16 |
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Eliminated in the group stage |
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Tournaments |
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Qualification |
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Finals |
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Squads |
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Final draw |
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Broadcasters |
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Bids |
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Officials |
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Team appearances |
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Overall records |
- Player records
- Goalscorer records
- Manager records
- Match records
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Miscellaneous |
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- 1 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
- 2 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.
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