1998 FIFA World Cup - Group G
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Romania won their first two games while Tunisia lost their first two games. After they then drew with each other, Romania finished top and Tunisia bottom.
England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final group game. England won the match to take the second qualifying place.
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TUNISIA:
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GK
1
Chokri El Ouaer
RB
5
Hatem Trabelsi
CB
3
Sami Trabelsi
CB
4
Mounir Boukadida
LB
17
José Clayton
MF
10
Kais Ghodhbane
MF
21
Khaled Badra
MF
14
Sirajeddine Chihi
MF
15
Skander Souayah
FW
11
Adel Sellimi
FW
18
Mehdi Ben Slimane
Substitutions:
MF
8
Zoubeir Baya
FW
2
Imed Ben Younes
DF
7
Tarek Thabet
Manager:
Henryk Kasperczak
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ENGLAND:
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GK
1
David Seaman
RWB
14
Darren Anderton
CB
12
Gary Neville
CB
2
Sol Campbell
CB
5
Tony Adams
LWB
3
Graeme Le Saux
MF
4
Paul Ince
MF
8
David Batty
AM
16
Paul Scholes
FW
10
Teddy Sheringham
FW
9
Alan Shearer
Substitutions:
MF
7
David Beckham
FW
20
Michael Owen
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle
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ENGLAND:
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GK
1
David Seaman
RWB
14
Darren Anderton
CB
12
Gary Neville
CB
2
Sol Campbell
CB
5
Tony Adams
LWB
3
Graeme Le Saux
MF
7
David Beckham
MF
4
Paul Ince
AM
16
Paul Scholes
FW
20
Michael Owen
FW
9
Alan Shearer
Substitutions:
MF
11
Steve McManaman
MF
17
Robert Lee
MF
8
David Batty
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle
England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final group game. England won the match to take the second qualifying place.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
England vs Tunisia
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| GK | 1 | David Seaman David Seaman David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury... |
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| RWB | 14 | Darren Anderton Darren Anderton Darren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:... |
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| CB | 2 | Sol Campbell Sol Campbell Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's... |
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| CB | 6 | Gareth Southgate Gareth Southgate Gareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009... |
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| CB | 5 | Tony Adams Tony Adams (footballer) Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends... |
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| LWB | 3 | Graeme Le Saux Graeme Le Saux Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After... |
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| MF | 4 | Paul Ince Paul Ince Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town... |
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| MF | 8 | David Batty David Batty David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.... |
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| AM | 16 | Paul Scholes Paul Scholes Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being... |
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| FW | 10 | Teddy Sheringham Teddy Sheringham Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester... |
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| FW | 9 | Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team... |
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| FW | 20 | Michael Owen Michael Owen Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997... |
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| Glenn Hoddle Glenn 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.... |
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TUNISIA:
Chokri El Ouaer
Chokri El Ouaer is a former Tunisian football goalkeeper.The Tunisian international began playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 1986, spending his entire career there except for a six-month spell in Genoa in 2001, near the end of his career...
Sami Trabelsi
Sami Trabelsi is a former Tunisian football player and currently coach.He played for a few clubs, most notably CS Sfaxien.He has 52 caps for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup....
Mounir Boukadida
Mounir Boukadida is a retired Tunisian football defender.He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...
Khaled Badra
Khaled Badra is a retired Tunisian footballer, who recently retired from international football, he last played for Tunisian League side Espérance of Tunis...
Sirajeddine Chihi
Sirajeddine Chihi is a retired Tunisian football player.He played most of his career for Espérance Tunis.He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-External links:...
Skander Souayah
Skander Souayah is a Tunisian football player.He played for a few clubs, including CS Sfaxien and Espérance Tunis.He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal from the penalty kick in match against Romania.Souayah...
Imed Ben Younes
Imed Ben Younes is a Tunisian football player.He played for a few clubs, including Étoile Sahel and CS Sfaxien.He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
Tarek Thabet
Tarek Thabet is a former Tunisian football defender.He was a member of the Tunisian national team during the World Cups in 1998 and 2002....
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...
Assistant referees Assistant referee (association football) In association football, an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen , stand on the touchlines, while a fourth official assists administrative or other match related tasks as directed by the referee... : Jeom Young Hyun (South Korea Korea Football Association The Korea Football Association is the governing body of football in Korea. The first governing body of Korean football was the Joseon Football Association , founded on 19 September 1933.... ) Dramane Dante (Mali) Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen Kim Milton Nielsen Kim Milton Nielsen is a former international football referee. An IT manager by trade, Nielsen is noted for his impressive height of 1.96m, making him taller than most players. Nielsen began refereeing at 15 years of age, as he wanted to know the Laws of Football... (Denmark Danish Football Association The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA... ) |
Romania vs Colombia
Colombia vs Tunisia
Romania vs England
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| GK | 12 | Bogdan Stelea Bogdan Stelea Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Having played professionally into his 40's, he played for all three major first division clubs in his country's capital, and also spent a vast part of his career in Spain, mainly with Salamanca.-Club career:Stelea... |
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| SW | 6 | Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe Gică Popescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romania national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in an illustrious career that saw him amass many honours... |
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| CB | 18 | Iulian Filipescu Iulian Filipescu Iulian Sebastian Filipescu is a former Romanian footballer, who was born in Slatina, Romania. He was a centre back or defensive midfielder who possessed strength and tough tackling as well as being dead ball specialist. A fluent passer and he also possesses good technique. He debuted in Divizia A... |
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| CB | 13 | Liviu Ciobotariu Liviu Ciobotariu Liviu Ciobotariu is a retired Romanian football defender and current manager. From July 2011, he is the manager of Dinamo Bucureşti.- Playing career :... |
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| RWB | 2 | Dan Petrescu Dan Petrescu Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League.... |
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| DM | 5 | Constantin Gâlcă | ||
| LWB | 8 | Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Ionel Munteanu is a Romanian former football midfielder, and current manager of Oţelul Galaţi.-Club career:Munteanu started to play football for Metalul Bocşa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986... |
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| CM | 16 | Gabriel Popescu Gabriel Popescu Gabriel Popescu is a Romanian former footballer.Popescu went on to represent the Romanian national team 21 times and scored four goals, he was also capped 37 times for the U-21 side... |
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| AM | 10 | Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe Hagi is a former Romanian footballer. He was famous for his passing, close control, long shots and was regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest Romanian footballer of all time... (c) |
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| SS | 11 | Adrian Ilie Adrian Ilie -Career as football player:Young Ilie started to play football for Electroputere Craiova from a very early age. In 1991, aged 17, he made his debut for the first team... |
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| CF | 9 | Viorel Moldovan Viorel Moldovan Viorel Dinu Moldovan is a retired Romanian football forward, who was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s... |
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| FW | 19 | Ovidiu Stângă | ||
| MF | 15 | Lucian Marinescu Lucian Marinescu Lucian Cristian Marinescu is a Romanian former football player. He played for a few clubs, including Rapid Bucharest, UD Salamanca and SC Farense. He played for the Romania national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup... |
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| MF | 7 | Marius Lăcătuș Marius Lacatus Marius Mihai Lăcătuş is a Romanian retired football player and football coach. He is so far the most successful football player ever to play for Steaua Bucureşti... |
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 Anghel IordanescuAnghel 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... |
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ENGLAND:
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
Darren Anderton
Darren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:...
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...
Tony Adams (footballer)
Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...
David Batty
David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder....
Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being...
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
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....
Colombia vs England
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| GK | 22 | Faryd Mondragón | ||
| DF | 13 | Wilmer Cabrera Wilmer Cabrera Wílmer Cabrera Linares is a retired football defender, he works currently as the head coach of the United States Under-17 national team.-Career:... |
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| DF | 5 | Jorge Bermúdez Jorge Bermúdez Jorge Hernán Bermúdez Morales is a retired Colombian football defender. He played 56 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2001.-Playing career:... |
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| DF | 3 | Ever Palacios | ||
| DF | 16 | Luis Antonio Moreno Luis Antonio Moreno Luis Antonio Moreno Huila is a retired Colombian footballer, who played for a number of clubs, including América de Cali and Deportes Tolima.... |
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| MF | 6 | Mauricio Serna Mauricio Serna Mauricio Alberto Serna Valencia is a retired Colombian football player who played 51 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2001... |
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| MF | 19 | Freddy Rincón | ||
| MF | 8 | Harold Lozano | ||
| AM | 10 | Carlos Valderrama (c) | ||
| FW | 7 | Antony de Ávila Antony de Ávila Ántony Wílliam de Ávila Charris is a former Colombian soccer striker, who last played for América de Cali.- Career :... |
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| FW | 21 | Léider Preciado Léider Preciado Léider Calimenio Preciado Guerrero is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for Independiente Santa Fe. He has played for Independiente Santa Fe, Once Caldas, Racing Santander , CD Toledo , Deportivo Cali and Al Shabab .He played for one of the most popular clubs from Ecuador Sociedad... |
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| FW | 9 | Adolfo Valencia Adolfo Valencia Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a striker.... |
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| FW | 15 | Víctor Aristizábal | ||
| FW | 20 | Hamilton Ricard Hamilton Ricard Hámilton Ricard Cuesta is a Colombian footballer who plays for Colombian team Deportes Quindío as a striker, and has played for Deportivo Cali, Middlesbrough, CSKA Sofia, Independiente, Emelec, Shonan Bellmare, APOEL, Numancia, Danubio and Concepción over the course of his career.-Career:Ricard... |
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 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... |
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ENGLAND:
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
Darren Anderton
Darren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:...
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...
Tony Adams (footballer)
Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...
Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being...
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
Steve McManaman
Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...
Robert Lee
Robert Lee may refer to:* Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield , British peer and politician* Robert Lee , Regius Professor of Midwifery, University of Glasgow* Robert E...
David Batty
David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder....
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....