Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 16th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil reached the final where they were defeated 3-0 by France.[1][2]

Squad

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Cláudio Taffarel (1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 32) Atlético Mineiro
2 2DF Cafu (1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 28) Roma
3 2DF Aldair (1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 32) Roma
4 2DF Júnior Baiano (1970-03-14)14 March 1970 (aged 28) Flamengo
5 3MF César Sampaio (1968-03-31)31 March 1968 (aged 30) Yokohama Flügels
6 2DF Roberto Carlos (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 25) Real Madrid
7 3MF Giovanni (1972-02-04)4 February 1972 (aged 26) Barcelona
8 3MF Dunga (Captain) (1963-10-31)31 October 1963 (aged 34) Júbilo Iwata
9 4FW Ronaldo (1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 21) Internazionale
10 3MF Rivaldo (1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 26) Barcelona
11 3MF Emerson (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 22) Bayer Leverkusen
12 1GK Carlos Germano (1970-08-14)14 August 1970 (aged 27) Vasco da Gama
13 2DF Zé Carlos (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 29) São Paulo
14 2DF Gonçalves (1966-02-22)22 February 1966 (aged 32) Botafogo
15 2DF André Cruz (1968-09-20)20 September 1968 (aged 29) Milan
16 3MF Zé Roberto (1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 23) Flamengo
17 3MF Doriva (1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 26) Porto
18 3MF Leonardo (1969-09-05)5 September 1969 (aged 28) Milan
19 3MF Denílson (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20) São Paulo
20 4FW Bebeto (1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 34) Botafogo
21 4FW Edmundo (1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 27) Fiorentina
22 1GK Dida (1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 24) Cruzeiro

Group matches

Brazil vs Scotland

Brazil 2–1 Scotland
Sampaio 4'
Boyd 73' (o.g.)
Report Collins 38' (pen.)
Brazil
Scotland
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu
CB 3 Aldair  45+2'
CB 4 Júnior Baiano
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 5 César Sampaio  37'
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 7 Giovanni  45'
AM 10 Rivaldo
CF 9 Ronaldo
CF 20 Bebeto  70'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Leonardo  45'
FW 19 Denílson  70'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Jim Leighton
RWB 8 Craig Burley
CB 3 Tom Boyd
CB 4 Colin Calderwood
CB 5 Colin Hendry (c)
LWB 22 Christian Dailly  85'
CM 14 Paul Lambert
CM 10 Darren Jackson
CM 11 John Collins
CF 7 Kevin Gallacher
CF 9 Gordon Durie  25'  79'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Billy McKinlay  79'
DF 6 Tosh McKinlay  85'
Manager:
Craig Brown

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil vs Morocco

Brazil 3–0 Morocco
Ronaldo 9'
Rivaldo 45+2'
Bebeto 50'
Report
Brazil
Morocco
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
DF 2 Cafu
DF 3 Aldair
DF 4 Júnior Baiano  87'
MF 5 César Sampaio  36'  68'
DF 6 Roberto Carlos
MF 8 Dunga (c)
FW 9 Ronaldo
MF 10 Rivaldo  87'
MF 18 Leonardo
FW 20 Bebeto  72'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Doriva  68'
FW 21 Edmundo  72'
FW 19 Denílson  87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 12 Driss Benzekri
DF 2 Abdelilah Saber  76'
DF 3 Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
DF 4 Youssef Rossi
DF 6 Noureddine Naybet (c)
MF 7 Mustapha Hadji
MF 8 Saïd Chiba  64'  76'
FW 9 Abdeljalil Hadda  32'  88'
FW 14 Salaheddine Bassir
MF 18 Youssef Chippo
DF 20 Tahar El Khalej
Substitutions:
DF 15 Lahcen Abrami  76'
MF 17 Gharib Amzine  76'
MF 11 Ali El Khattabi  88'
Manager:
Henri Michel

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Mark Warren (England)
Fourth official:
Paul Durkin (England)

Brazil vs Norway

Brazil 1–2 Norway
Bebeto 78' Report T. A. Flo 83'
Rekdal 88' (pen.)
Brazil
Norway
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
DF 2 Cafu
DF 4 Júnior Baiano
DF 6 Roberto Carlos
MF 8 Dunga (c)
FW 9 Ronaldo
MF 10 Rivaldo
DF 14 Gonçalves
MF 18 Leonardo
FW 19 Denílson
FW 20 Bebeto
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Frode Grodås (c)
DF 3 Ronny Johnsen
DF 4 Henning Berg
DF 5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye
MF 8 Øyvind Leonhardsen  54'
FW 9 Tore André Flo
MF 10 Kjetil Rekdal
DF 15 Dan Eggen
FW 17 Håvard Flo  68'
MF 21 Vidar Riseth  79'
MF 22 Roar Strand  45'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Erik Mykland  59'  45'
FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær  68'
MF 16 Jostein Flo  79'
Manager:
Egil Olsen

Assistant referees:
Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Second round

Brazil vs Chile

Brazil 4–1 Chile
Sampaio 11', 27'
Ronaldo 45+1' (pen.), 70'
Report Salas 68'
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Brazil
Chile
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu  90+1'
CB 3 Aldair  77'
CB 4 Junior Baiano
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 5 César Sampaio
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 10 Rivaldo
AM 18 Leonardo  45'
CF 20 Bebeto  65'
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW 19 Denílson  65'
MF 14 Gonçalves  77'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Nelson Tapia  45'
CB 6 Pedro Reyes
CB 3 Ronald Fuentes  34'
CB 5 Javier Margas
RWB 19 Fernando Cornejo
LWB 16 Mauricio Aros
CM 8 Clarence Acuña  80'
CM 14 Miguel Ramírez  45'
AM 10 José Luis Sierra  45'
CF 11 Marcelo Salas
CF 9 Iván Zamorano (c)
Substitutes:
MF 17 Marcelo Vega  45'
MF 20 Fabián Estay  45'
MF 18 Luis Musrri  80'
Manager:
Nelson Acosta

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Owen Powell (Jamaica)
Fourth official:
Pirom Anprasert (Thailand)

Quarter-final

Brazil vs Denmark

Brazil 3–2 Denmark
Bebeto 10'
Rivaldo 25', 59'
Report Jørgensen 2'
B. Laudrup 50'
Brazil
Denmark
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu  81'
CB 3 Aldair  37'
CB 4 Junior Baiano
LB 6 Roberto Carlos  11'
CM 5 César Sampaio
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 10 Rivaldo  87'
AM 18 Leonardo  71'
CF 20 Bebeto  64'
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW 19 Denílson  64'
MF 11 Emerson  71'
MF 16 Zé Roberto  87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Peter Schmeichel
RB 12 Søren Colding  39'
CB 3 Marc Rieper
CB 4 Jes Høgh
LB 5 Jan Heintze
CM 6 Thomas Helveg  19'  87'
CM 7 Allan Nielsen  46'
RW 21 Martin Jørgensen
LW 10 Michael Laudrup (c)
SS 11 Brian Laudrup
CF 18 Peter Møller  66'
Substitutes:
MF 15 Stig Tøfting  72'  46'
FW 19 Ebbe Sand  66'
DF 2 Michael Schjønberg  87'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-final

Brazil vs Netherlands

Brazil
Netherlands
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 13 Zé Carlos  31'
CB 3 Aldair
CB 4 Junior Baiano
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 5 César Sampaio  45'
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 10 Rivaldo
AM 18 Leonardo  85'
CF 20 Bebeto  70'
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW 19 Denílson  70'
MF 11 Emerson  85'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
RB 2 Michael Reiziger  48'  56'
CB 3 Jaap Stam
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 11 Philip Cocu
CM 6 Wim Jonk  111'
CM 16 Edgar Davids  60'
RW 7 Ronald de Boer
LW 12 Boudewijn Zenden  75'
SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp
CF 9 Patrick Kluivert
Substitutes:
MF 20 Aron Winter  56'
FW 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk  90'  75'
MF 10 Clarence Seedorf  119'  111'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Assistant referees:
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

Final

Brazil 0–3 France
Report Zidane 27', 45+1'
Petit 90+3'
Attendance: 80,000
Brazil
France
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu
CB 3 Aldair
CB 4 Junior Baiano  33'
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 5 César Sampaio  73'
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 10 Rivaldo
AM 18 Leonardo  46'
CF 20 Bebeto
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
MF 19 Denílson  46'
FW 21 Edmundo  73'
Manager:
Mario Zagallo
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 15 Lilian Thuram
CB 8 Marcel Desailly  48'  68'
CB 18 Frank Lebœuf
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)  39'
CM 17 Emmanuel Petit
CM 19 Christian Karembeu  56'  57'
CM 10 Zinedine Zidane
AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff  74'
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  66'
Substitutes:
MF 14 Alain Boghossian  57'
FW 21 Christophe Dugarry  66'
MF 4 Patrick Vieira  74'
Manager:
Aime Jacquet

Assistant referees:
Mark Warren (England)
Achmat Salie (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

References

  1. ^ "France 3 Brazil 0". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "World Cup history - France 1998". BBC Sport. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2014.