ENGLAND NATIONAL TEAM

FIFA World Cup 1998 Record

Group Stage

Group G Final Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st Romania 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 ▲Advanced
2nd England 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 ▲Advanced
3rd Colombia 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 3 ▼Eliminated
4th Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1 ▼Eliminated

Group G Results & Fixtures

Date - Score - Venue
15/06/1998 England 2-0 Tunisia Stade Velodrome, Marseille
Shearer 42' (pen) -
Scholes 89' -
Line-ups
GK David Seaman GK Chokri El Ouaer -
DF Sol Campbell 88' DF Hatem Trabelsi ▼79' (Replaced by Thabet)
DF Gareth Southgate DF (c) Sami Trabelsi -
DF Tony Adams DF Mounir Boukadida -
DF Graeme Le Saux DF Jose Clayton 48' -
MF Darren Anderton DF Khaled Badra -
MF Paul Ince MF Kais Ghodhbane 87' -
MF David Batty MF Sirajeddine Chihi -
MF Paul Scholes MF Skander Souayah ▼46' (Replaced by Baya)
FW ▼85' Teddy Sheringham FW Adel Sellimi -
FW (c) Alan Shearer FW Mehdi Ben Slimane ▼65' (Replaced by Ben Younes)
Subs
FW ▲85' Michael Owen MF Zoubeir Baya ▲46' (Replaced Souayah)
  - FW Imed Ben Younes 70' ▲65' (Replaced Ben Slimane)
  - DF Tarek Thabet ▲65' (Replaced Trabelsi)

 

Date - Score - Venue
22/06/1998 Romania 2-1 England Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Moldovan 46' Owen 81'
Petrescu 90' -
Line-ups
GK Boydan Stelea GK David Seaman -
DF Gh Popescu  45' DF Gary Neville -
DF Iulian Filipescu 88' DF Sol Campbell -
DF Liviu Ciobotariu 78' DF Tony Adams -
DF Dan Petrescu DF Graeme Le Saux -
DF Dorinel Munteanu MF Darren Anderton -
MF Constantin Galca MF Paul Ince ▼32' (Replaced by Beckham)
MF Gabriel Popescu MF David Batty -
MF (c) ▼72' Gheorghe Hagi 4' MF Paul Scholes -
FW Adrian IIie FW Teddy Sheringham ▼72' (Replaced by Owen)
FW ▼86' Viorel Moldovan FW (c) Alan Shearer -
Subs
MF ▲72' ▼81' Ovidiu Stanga MF David Beckham ▲32' (Replaced Ince)
MF ▲81' Lucian Marinescu FW Michael Owen ▲72' (Replaced Sheringham)
FW ▲86' Marius Lacatus - - -

 

Date - Score - Venue
26/06/1998 Colombia 0-2 England Stade Felix-Bollaert, Lens
- Anderton 20'
- Beckham 29'
Line-ups
GK Faryd Mondragon GK David Seaman -
DF Wilmer Cabrera DF Gary Neville -
DF Jorge Bermudez 89' DF Sol Campbell -
DF Ever Palacios DF Tony Adams -
DF Luis Antonio Moreno DF Graeme Le Saux -
MF ▼46' Mauricio Serna 20' MF Darren Anderton ▼79' (Replaced by Lee)
MF Freddy Rincon MF David Beckham -
MF John Harold Lozano MF Paul Ince ▼83' (Replaced by Batty)
MF (c) Carlos Valderrama MF Paul Scholes 22' ▼73' (Replaced by McManaman)
FW ▼46' Antony de Avila FW Michael Owen -
FW ▼46' Leider Preciado FW (c) Alan Shearer 89' -
Subs
FW ▲46' Adolfo Valencia MF Steve McManaman ▲73' (Replaced Scholes)
FW ▲46' Victor Aristizabal 86' MF Robert Lee ▲79' (Replaced Anderton)
FW ▲46' Hamilton Ricard MF David Batty ▲83' (Replaced Ince)

 

Round of 16

Date - Score - Venue
30/06/1998 Argentina 2-2 England

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne

Batistuta 6' (pen) Shearer 10' (pen)
Zanetti 45+1' Owen 16'
  - -
-
Line-ups
GK Carlos Roa  110' GK David Seaman 5' -
DF Javier Zanetti DF Gary Neville -
DF Nelson Vivas DF Tony Adams -
DF Roberto Ayala DF Sol Campbell -
DF Jose Chamot DF Graeme Le Saux ▼71' (Replaced by Southgate)
MF Matias Almeyda 73' MF Darren Anderton ▼97' (Replaced by Batty)
     MF (c) ▼91' Diego Simeone 47' MF David Beckham 47' -
MF J Sebastian Veron 44' MF Paul Ince 10' -
MF Ariel Ortega MF Paul Scholes ▼78' (Replaced by Merson)
FW ▼68' Claudio Lopez FW Michael Owen -
FW ▼68' Gabriel Batistuta FW (c) Alan Shearer -
Subs
FW ▲68' Hernan Crespo DF Gareth Southgate ▲71' (Replaced Le Saux)
MF ▲68' Marcelo Gallardo MF Paul Merson ▲78' (Replaced Scholes)
MF ▲91' Sergio Berti MF David Batty ▲97' (Replaced Anderton)
Penalties
-- Berti - Shearer -
-- X Crespo - X Ince -
-- Veron - Merson -
-- Gallardo - Owen -
-- Ayala - X Batty -
England Lost 4-3 on Penalties after Extra Time

 

Manager

Glenn Hoddle

1998 World Cup England Player Statistics

No Pos Name & Club Appearances Goals
1 GK David Seaman (Arsenal) 4 0
2 DF Sol Campbell (Tottenham Hotspur) 4 0
3 DF Graeme Le Saux (Chelsea) 4 0
4 MF Paul Ince (Liverpool) 4 0
5 DF Tony Adams (Arsenal) 4 0
6 DF Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa) 1 (1) 0
7 MF David Beckham (Manchester United) 2 (1) 1
8 MF David Batty (Newcastle United) 2 (2) 0
9 FW Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 4 2
10 FW Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United) 2 0
11 MF Steve McManaman (Liverpool) 0 (1) 0
12 DF Gary Neville (Manchester United) 3 0
13 GK Nigel Martyn (Leeds United) 0 0
14 MF Darren Anderton (Tottenham Hotspur) 4 1
15 MF Paul Merson (Middlesbrough) 0 (1) 0
16 MF Paul Scholes (Manchester United) 4 1
17 MF Robert Lee (Newcastle United) 0 (1) 0
18 DF Martin Keown (Arsenal) 0 0
19 FW Les Ferdinand (Tottenham Hotspur) 0 0
20 FW Michael Owen (Liverpool) 2 (2) 2
21 DF Rio Ferdinand (West Ham United) 0 0
22 GK Tim Flowers (Blackburn Rovers) 0 0