Football World Cup 1998 / Group G

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Group G games of the 1998 World Cup

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. RomaniaRomania Romania  3  2  1  0 004: 200  +2 07th
 2. EnglandEngland England  3  2  0  1 005: 200  +3 06th
 3. ColombiaColombia Colombia  3  1  0  2 001: 300  −2 03
 4th TunisiaTunisia Tunisia  3  0  1  2 001: 400  −3 01

England - Tunisia 2-0 (1-0)

England Tunisia
EnglandEngland
1st matchday
June 15, 1998 at 2:30 p.m. in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome )
Spectators: 55,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada ( Japan ) Japan 1870Japan 
Match report
TunisiaTunisia


David Seaman - Gareth Southgate , Tony Adams , Sol Campbell - Darren Anderton , Paul Ince , David Batty , Graeme Le Saux - Paul Scholes - Alan Shearer , Teddy Sheringham (85th Michael Owen ) Trainer: Glenn Hoddle(C)Captain of the crew
 Chokri El Ouaer - Mounir Boukadida , Khaled Badra , Sami Trabelsi - Hatem Trabelsi (79th Tarek Thabet ), Kaies Ghodhbane , Sirajeddine Chihi , José Clayton - Skander Souayah (46th Zoubaier Baya ) - Adel Sellimi , Mehdi Ben Slimane (65th Imed Ben Younes ) Coach: Henryk Kasperczak(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 Shearer (42nd)
goal2-0 Scholes (89th)
yellow cards Campbell yellow cards Clayton, Ghodhbane, Ben Younes

Romania - Colombia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Romania Colombia
RomaniaRomania
1st matchday
June 15, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Lyon ( Stade Gerland )
Spectators: 39,100
Referee: Lim Kee Chong ( Mauritius ) MauritiusMauritius 
Match report
ColombiaColombia


Bogdan Stelea - Iulian Filipescu , Gheorghe Popescu , Liviu Ciobotariu - Dan Petrescu , Gabriel Popescu (69 Ovidiu Stîngă ), Constantin Gâlcă , Dorinel Munteanu - Gheorghe Hagi (77 Lucian Marinescu ) - Viorel Moldovan (85. Radu Niculescu ), Adrian Ilie Coach: Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew
 Faryd Mondragón - Wilmer Cabrera , Jorge Bermúdez , Ever Palacios , José Santa - John Harold Lozano , Mauricio Serna , Freddy Rincón - Carlos Valderrama - Víctor Aristizábal (46th Adolfo Valencia ), Faustino Asprilla (85th Léider Preciado ) Trainer: Hernán Darío Gómez(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Ilie (45th)
yellow cards Munteanu, Filipescu, Petrescu yellow cards Santa

Colombia - Tunisia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Colombia Tunisia
ColombiaColombia
2nd matchday
June 22, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Montpellier ( Stade de la Mosson )
Spectators: 29,800
Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany ) GermanyGermany 
Match report
TunisiaTunisia


Faryd Mondragón - Wilmer Cabrera , Jorge Bermúdez , Ever Palacios , José Santa - John Harold Lozano , Mauricio Serna (60th Jorge Eladio Bolaño ), Freddy Rincón (56th Víctor Aristizábal ) - Carlos Valderrama - Antony de Ávila , Adolfo Valencia (56th) Léider Preciado ) Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez(C)Captain of the crew
 Chokri El Ouaer - Tarek Thabet (76th Kaies Ghodhbane ), Ferid Chouchane , Sami Trabelsi - Riadh Bouazizi , Sirajeddine Chihi , José Clayton - Skander Souayah , Zoubaier Baya (74th Faysal Ben Ahmed ) - Adel Sellimi (69th Imed Ben Younes ) , Mehdi Ben Slimane Trainer: Henryk Kasperczak(C)Captain of the crew
1-0 Preciado (82nd)
yellow cards Santa (2nd, locked) yellow cards Clayton (2nd, suspended), Bouazizi

Romania - England 2: 1 (0: 0)

Romania England
RomaniaRomania
2nd matchday
June 22, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Toulouse ( Stadium Municipal )
Spectators: 33,500
Referee: Marc Batta ( France ) FranceFrance 
Match report
EnglandEngland


Bogdan Stelea - Iulian Filipescu , Gheorghe Popescu , Liviu Ciobotariu - Dan Petrescu , Gabriel Popescu , Constantin Gâlcă , Dorinel Munteanu - Gheorghe Hagi (73 Ovidiu Stîngă / 81. Lucian Marinescu ) - Viorel Moldovan (87. Marius Lăcătuş ), Adrian Ilie coach : Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew
 David Seaman - Gary Neville , Tony Adams , Sol Campbell - Darren Anderton , Paul Ince (33rd David Beckham ), David Batty , Graeme Le Saux - Paul Scholes - Alan Shearer , Teddy Sheringham (73rd Michael Owen ) Trainer: Glenn Hoddle(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Moldovan (47th)

goal2: 1 Petrescu (90th)
goal 1: 1 Owen (79th)
yellow cards Filipescu (2nd, blocked), Gh. Popescu, Hagi, Ciobotariu

Romania - Tunisia 1: 1 (0: 1)

Romania Tunisia
RomaniaRomania
3rd matchday
June 26, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Paris / Saint-Denis ( Stade de France )
Spectators: 77,000
Referee: Edward Lennie ( Australia ) AustraliaAustralia 
Match report
TunisiaTunisia


Bogdan Stelea - Anton Doboş , Cristian Dulca (31 Gheorghe Popescu ) Liviu Ciobotariu - Dan Petrescu , Lucian Marinescu , Constantin Gâlcă , Dorinel Munteanu - Gheorghe Hagi - Ilie Dumitrescu (67th Viorel Moldovan ), Marius Lăcătuş (46. Adrian Ilie ) Coach: Anghel Iordănescu(C)Captain of the crew
 Chokri El Ouaer - Mounir Boukadida , Ferid Chouchane , Sami Trabelsi - Riadh Bouazizi , Sirajeddine Chihi , Kaies Ghodhbane (83. Tarek Thabet ), Skander Souayah (90th Imed Ben Younes ) - Zoubeir Baya - Adel Sellimi , Mehdi Ben Slimane (55th Riadh Jelassi ) Coach: Ali Selmi(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 Moldovan (72nd) 		Penalty kick 0: 1 Souayah (10th penalty kick)
yellow cards Baya, Souayah

Colombia - England 0: 2 (0: 2)

Colombia England
ColombiaColombia
3rd matchday
June 26, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Lens ( Stade Félix Bollaert )
Spectators: 38,100
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico ) MexicoMexico 
Match report
EnglandEngland


Faryd Mondragón - Wilmer Cabrera , Jorge Bermúdez , Luis Antonio Moreno , Ever Palacios - John Harold Lozano , Mauricio Serna (46th Víctor Aristizábal ), Freddy Rincón - Carlos Valderrama - Léider Preciado (46th Adolfo Valencia ), Antony de Ávila ( 46th ) Hámilton Ricard ) Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez(C)Captain of the crew
 David Seaman - Gary Neville , Tony Adams , Sol Campbell - Darren Anderton (79th Rob Lee ), Paul Ince (83rd David Batty ), David Beckham , Graeme Le Saux - Paul Scholes (73rd Steve McManaman ) - Alan Shearer , Michael Owen Trainer: Glenn Hoddle(C)Captain of the crew
goal0-1 Anderton (20th)
goal0-2 Beckham (29th)
yellow cards Bermúdez, Serna, Aristizábal yellow cards Scholes, Shearer