Football World Cup 1998 / Tunisia
This article covers the Tunisian national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .
qualification
First round
Rwanda | - | Tunisia | 1: 3 |
Tunisia | - | Rwanda | 2-0 |
Final round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tunisia | 10: 1 | 16 |
2 | Egypt | 15: 5 | 10 |
3 | Liberia | 2:10 | 4th |
4th | Namibia | 6:17 | 4th |
Liberia | - | Tunisia | 0: 1 |
Tunisia | - | Egypt | 1-0 |
Namibia | - | Tunisia | 1: 2 |
Tunisia | - | Liberia | 2-0 |
Egypt | - | Tunisia | 0-0 |
Tunisia | - | Namibia | 4-0 |
Tunisian contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Chokri El Ouaer | Espérance Tunis | 08/15/1966 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Radhouane Salhi | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | December 18, 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | Ali Boumnijel | SC Bastia | 04/13/1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
3 | Sami Trabelsi | CS Sfax | 02/04/1968 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Mounir Boukadida | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | October 24, 1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Hatem Trabelsi | CS Sfax | 01/25/1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Ferid Chouchane | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 04/19/1973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7th | Tarek Thabet | Espérance Tunis | January 16, 1971 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17th | José Clayton | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 03/21/1974 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20th | Sabri Jaballah | Club Africain Tunis | 06/28/1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Khaled Badra | Espérance Tunis | 04/08/1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
8th | Zoubaier Baya | Sc freiburg | 05/15/1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Kaies Ghodhbane | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 07/01/1976 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Mourad Melki | Olympique de Béjà | 05/09/1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Riadh Bouazizi | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 04/08/1973 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14th | Sirajeddine Chihi | Espérance Tunis | 04/16/1970 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Skander Souayah | CS Sfax | 11/20/1972 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
19th | Faysal Ben Ahmed | Espérance Tunis | 07.03.1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
2 | Imed Ben Younes | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 06/16/1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Riadh Jelassi | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 07/07/1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Adel Sellimi | Real Jaén | 11/16/1972 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Mehdi Ben Slimane | Sc freiburg | 01/01/1974 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
Henryk Kasperczak | 07/10/1946 |
Games of the Tunisian team
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Romania | 4: 2 | 7th |
2 | England | 5: 2 | 6th |
3 | Colombia | 1: 3 | 3 |
4th | Tunisia | 1: 4 | 1 |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )
Spectators: 54,587
Referee: Masayoshi Okada ( Japan )
Goals: 1-0 Shearer (43rd), 2-0 Scholes (89th)
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )
Spectators: 29,800
Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany )
Goals: 1-0 Preciado (83.)
Stadium: Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )
Spectators: 77,000
Referee: Edward Lennie ( Australia )
Goals: 0: 1 Souayah (10th) 11m , 1: 1 Moldovan (72nd)
With high hopes of ending the failures of the 1990s, the young English team led by David Beckham went to the 1998 World Cup and the 1966 world champion achieved an opening win against Tunisia. In the second game, however, Romania should confirm their performance from 4 years ago. In a very exciting match, Petrescu's goal resulted in a last-minute win against the English side. Despite the tired 1-1 draw against Tunisia, Romania secured first place ahead of England. Colombia never really got into the tournament and so the team around old star Valderrama finished the tournament with 3 points in third place.