Soccer World Cup 1998 / Mexico

This article covers the Mexican national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

Semi-final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Jamaica	12: 3	13
2	Mexico	14: 6	12
3	Honduras	18:11	10
4th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6:30	0

St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	Mexico	0: 3
Honduras	-	Mexico	2: 1
Mexico	-	Jamaica	2: 1
Mexico	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5: 1
Mexico	-	Honduras	3: 1
Jamaica	-	Mexico	1-0

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	23: 7	18th
2	United States	17: 9	17th
3	Jamaica	7:12	14th
4th	Costa Rica	13:12	12
5	El Salvador	11:16	10
5	Canada	5:20	6th

Mexico	-	Canada	4-0
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	0-0
Mexico	-	Jamaica	6-0
United States	-	Mexico	2: 2
El Salvador	-	Mexico	0: 1
Mexico	-	El Salvador	5-0
Canada	-	Mexico	2: 2
Mexico	-	United States	0-0
Mexico	-	Costa Rica	3: 3
Jamaica	-	Mexico	0-0

Mexican contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Jorge Campos	Chicago Fire	October 15, 1966	4th	0	0	0
12	Oswaldo Sánchez	Club America	09/21/1973	0	0	0	0
22nd	Óscar Pérez	CD Cruz Azul	02/01/1973	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Claudio Suarez	Deportivo Guadalajara	December 17, 1968	4th	0	0	0
3	Joel Sánchez	Deportivo Guadalajara	08/17/1974	2	0	0	0
4th	German Villa	Club America	04/02/1973	3	0	1	0
5	Duilio Davino	Club America	03/21/1976	4th	0	1	0
16	Isaac Terrazas	Club America	01/23/1973	0	0	0	0
18th	Salvador Carmona	Deportivo Toluca	08/22/1975	2	0	1	0
midfield player
6th	Marcelino Bernal	CF Monterrey	05/27/1962	2	0	0	0
7th	Ramón Ramírez	Deportivo Guadalajara	05.12.1969	3	0	1	0
8th	Alberto García Aspe	Club America	05/11/1967	4th	1	1	0
13	Pável Pardo	CF Atlas	07/26/1976	3	0	0	1
14th	Raúl Lara	Club America	02/28/1973	4th	0	0	0
19th	Braulio Luna	UNAM Pumas	09/08/1974	2	0	0	0
20th	Jaime Ordiales	Deportivo Toluca	December 23, 1962	2	0	1	0
21st	Jesús Arellano	Deportivo Guadalajara	05/08/1973	4th	0	0	0
striker
9	Ricardo Peláez	Club America	03/14/1963	3	2	1	0
10	Luis García	CF Atlante	06/01/1969	0	0	0	0
11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Necaxa	January 17, 1973	4th	1	2	0
15th	Luis Hernández	Necaxa	December 22, 1968	4th	4th	1	0
17th	Francisco Palencia	CD Cruz Azul	04/28/1973	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Manuel Lapuente		05/15/1944

Mexican team games

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	7: 2	5
2	Mexico	7: 5	5
3	Belgium	3: 3	3
4th	South Korea	2: 9	1

• South Korea - Mexico 1: 3 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 39,133

Referee: Günter Benkö ( Austria )

Goals: 1: 0 Ha (28th), 1: 1 Peláez (51th), 1: 2 Hernández (74th), 1: 3 Hernández (84th)

• Belgium - Mexico 2: 2 (1: 0)

Stadium: Parc Lescure ( Bordeaux )

Spectators: 31,800

Referee: Hugh Dallas ( Scotland )

Goals: 1-0 Wilmots (43.), 2-0 Wilmots (47.), 2: 1 García Aspe (55.) 11m , 2: 2 Blanco (62.)

• Netherlands - Mexico 2: 2 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard ( Saint-Étienne )

Spectators: 30,600

Referee: Abdul Al-Zaid ( Saudi Arabia )

Goals: 1-0 Cocu (4th), 2-0 R. de Boer (18th), 2: 1 Peláez (75th), 2-2 Hernández (90th)

In Group E, Mexico and the Netherlands fought head-to-head for group victory. After Oranje disappointed in their first game against neighboring Belgium, Dennis Bergkamp's team turned up against South Korea and won 5-0. In the last group game, the Netherlands and Mexico finally drew 2-2, while the Belgians also ended their last game with a draw and thus missed the knockout stage.

Round of 16

29,800

Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )

Germany

Mexico

Vítor Pereira ( Portugal )

2: 1 (0: 0)

0: 1 Hernández (47th) 1: 1 Klinsmann (75th) 2: 1 Bierhoff (86th)

Germany progressed happily against the actually stronger Mexicans. Oliver Bierhoff scored the 2-1 shortly before the end of the game.