Football World Cup 1998 / Denmark

This article covers the Danish national soccer team at the 1998 soccer world cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	14: 6	17th
2	Croatia	17:12	15th
3	Greece	11: 4	14th
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7: 9	10
5	Slovenia	5:20	1

Slovenia	-	Denmark	0: 2
Denmark	-	Greece	2: 1
Croatia	-	Denmark	1: 1
Denmark	-	Slovenia	4-0
Denmark	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Denmark	3-0
Denmark	-	Croatia	3: 1
Greece	-	Denmark	0-0

Danish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	11/18/1963	5	0	1	0
16	Mogens Krogh	Brøndby IF	October 31, 1963	0	0	0	0
22nd	Peter Kjær	Silkeborg IF	05/11/1965	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Michael Schjønberg	1. FC Kaiserslautern	01/19/1967	4th	0	1	0
3	Marc Rieper	Celtic Glasgow	06/05/1968	5	1	2	0
4th	Jes Høgh	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	05/07/1966	5	0	1	0
5	Jan Heintze	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	08/17/1963	5	0	0	0
6th	Thomas Helveg	Udinese Calcio	06/24/1971	5	1	1	0
12	Søren Colding	Brøndby IF	02.09.1972	5	0	2	0
13	Jacob Thaysen-Laursen	Derby County	10/06/1971	1	0	0	0
20th	René Henriksen	AB Copenhagen	08/27/1969	0	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Allan Nielsen	Tottenham Hotspur	March 13, 1971	5	1	1	0
8th	Per Frandsen	Bolton Wanderers	02/06/1970	2	0	0	0
10	Michael Laudrup	Ajax Amsterdam	06/15/1964	5	1	0	0
14th	Morten Wieghorst	Celtic Glasgow	02/25/1971	3	0	1	1
15th	Stig Tøfting	MSV Duisburg	08/14/1969	2	0	2	0
17th	Bjarne Goldbæk	FC Copenhagen	06.10.1968	0	0	0	0
21st	Martin Jørgensen	Udinese Calcio	10/06/1975	5	1	0	0
striker
9	Miklos Molnar	Sevilla FC	06/10/1970	1	0	0	1
11	Brian Laudrup	Glasgow Rangers	02/22/1969	5	2	0	0
18th	Peter Møller	PSV Eindhoven	03/23/1972	2	1	0	0
19th	Low tide sand	Brøndby IF	07/19/1972	5	1	0	0
Trainer
	Bo Johansson		11/28/1942

Games of the Danish team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	9: 1	9
2	Denmark	3: 3	4th
3	South Africa	3: 6	2
4th	Saudi Arabia	2: 7	1

• Saudi Arabia - Denmark 0: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert ( Lens )

Spectators: 38,140

Referee: Javier Castrilli ( Argentina )

Goals: 0: 1 Rieper (68.)

• South Africa - Denmark 1: 1 (0: 1)

Stadium: Stade de Toulouse ( Toulouse )

Spectators: 33,300

Referee: John Toro Rendon ( Colombia )

Goals: 0: 1 Nielsen (13th), 1: 1 McCarthy (52nd)

• France - Denmark 2: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 39,100

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy )

Goals: 1-0 Djorkaeff (12th) 11m , 1: 1 M. Laudrup (42nd) 11m , 2: 1 Petit (56th)

Group C was characterized by the confident form of the host. South Africa and Saudi Arabia were cleared without any problems. Even the Danes, who were still weak up to this point, were defeated 2-1 by the French in an exciting game. Like Cameroon, Saudi Arabia was unable to match the performance of the last World Cup. The "desert princes", who surprised in 1994 with attractive football and reaching the last sixteen, were a disappointment.

Round of 16

80,000

Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )

Nigeria

Denmark

Urs Meier ( Switzerland )

1: 4 (0: 2)

0: 1 Møller (3rd) 0: 2 B. Laudrup (12th) 0: 3 Sand (60th) 0: 4 Helveg (76th) 1: 4 Babangida (78th)

The biggest disappointment of the round of 16 were the highly rated Nigerians, who suffered a bitter defeat against Denmark and had to travel home.

Quarter finals

35,500

Stade de la Beaujoire ( Nantes )

Brazil

Denmark

Gamal Ghandour ( Egypt )

3: 2 (2: 1)

0: 1 Jørgensen (2nd) 1: 1 Bebeto (11th) 2: 1 Rivaldo (27th) 2: 2 B. Laudrup (50th) 3: 2 Rivaldo (60th)

Brazil trembled against the underdog from Denmark in the semi-finals. After Denmark was able to take a 1-0 lead, the Brazilian favorites turned the game around before the break. Brian Laudrup equalized to 2-2 before Rivaldo brought the South Americans back into the lead after an hour. Shortly before the end, Denmark had two great chances through Marc Rieper, but they were missed and brought Brazil to the semi-finals.