Colombia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

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Colombia played with passion in its three matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but the country had nothing to show for it. The team's early exit after the first round at the World Cup marked the end of an era - A Golden Generation - that included Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, Freddy Rincon, Wilson Perez, Harold Lozano, Faustino Asprilla , and Antony de Avila. Colombia came to France 98' hoping to improve on a disastrous first-round elimination in the United States in 1994. But a weak attack, internal turmoil and age wiped out those dreams.

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[edit] 1998 Colombian Squad

Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Óscar Córdoba 3 February 1970 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors
2 DF Iván Córdoba 11 August 1976 Flag of Argentina San Lorenzo
3 DF Everth Palacios 18 January 1969 Flag of Colombia Deportivo Cali
4 DF José Santa 12 November 1970 Flag of Colombia Atlético Nacional
5 DF Jorge Bermúdez 18 June 1971 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors
6 MF Mauricio Serna 22 January 1968 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors
7 FW Antony de Ávila 21 December 1963 Flag of Ecuador Barcelona SC
8 MF Harold Lozano 30 March 1972 Flag of Spain Real Valladolid
9 FW Adolfo Valencia 6 February 1968 Flag of Colombia Independiente Medellín
10 MF Carlos Valderrama 2 September 1961 Flag of the United States Miami Fusion
11 FW Faustino Asprilla 10 November 1969 Flag of Italy Parma
12 GK Miguel Calero 14 April 1971 Flag of Colombia Atlético Nacional
13 DF Wilmer Cabrera 15 September 1967 Flag of Colombia Millonarios
14 MF Jorge Bolaño 28 April 1977 Flag of Colombia Junior Barranquilla
15 FW Víctor Aristizábal 9 December 1971 Flag of Brazil São Paulo
16 DF Luis Antonio Moreno 25 December 1970 Flag of Colombia Deportes Tolima
17 MF Andrés Estrada 12 November 1967 Flag of Colombia Deportivo Cali
18 MF John Wilmar Pérez 2 February 1970 Flag of Colombia Deportivo Cali
19 MF Freddy Rincón 14 August 1966 Flag of Brazil Corinthians
20 FW Hamilton Ricard 12 January 1974 Flag of England Middlesbrough
21 FW Léider Preciado 26 February 1977 Flag of Colombia Santa Fe
22 GK Farid Mondragón 21 June 1971 Flag of Argentina Independiente


[edit] 1998 FIFA Qualification

[edit] 1998 FIFA World Cup

[edit] Romania: 1-0 :Colombia

[edit] Colombia: 1-0 :Tunisia

[edit] Colombia: 0-2 :England