1998 FIFA World Cup squads
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.
Group A
Brazil
Head coach: Mário Zagallo
Morocco
Head coach: Henri Michel
Norway
Head coach: Egil Olsen
Scotland
Head coach: Craig Brown
Group B
Austria
Head coach: Herbert Prohaska
Cameroon
Head coach: Claude Le Roy
Chile
Head coach: Nelson Acosta
Italy
Head coach: Cesare Maldini
Group C
Denmark
Head coach: Bo Johansson
France
Head coach: Aimé Jacquet
Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira (fired after two matches, replaced by Mohammed Al-Kharashy for the final match)
South Africa
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
Bulgaria
Head coach: Hristo Bonev
Nigeria
Head coach: Bora Milutinović
Paraguay
Head coach: Paulo César Carpegiani
Spain
Head coach: Javier Clemente
Group E
Belgium
Head coach: Georges Leekens
Head coach: Manuel Lapuente
Netherlands
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
Korea Republic
Head coach: Cha Bum-Kun (fired after two matches, replaced by 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: 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: Renê Simões
Japan
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 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.
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1Decisive match of a final group stage. 2No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.
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