Football World Cup 1998 / Brazil

This article covers the Brazilian national team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

As defending champions, Brazil automatically qualified for the World Cup finals in 1998.

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Cláudio Taffarel	Atlético Mineiro	05/08/1966	7th	0	0	0
12	Carlos Germano	CR Vasco da Gama	08/14/1970	0	0	0	0
22nd	Dida	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	07.10.1973	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Cafu	AS Roma	06/07/1970	6th	0	2	0
3	Aldair	AS Roma	11/30/1965	6th	0	2	0
4th	Júnior Baiano	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	March 14, 1970	7th	0	2	0
6th	Roberto Carlos	real Madrid	04/10/1973	7th	0	1	0
13	Zé Carlos	Sao Paulo FC	11/14/1968	1	0	1	0
14th	Gonçalves	Botafogo FR	02/22/1966	2	0	0	0
15th	André Cruz	AC Milan	09/20/1968	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	César Sampaio	Yokohama wing	March 31, 1968	6th	3	3	0
8th	Carlos Dunga	Júbilo Iwata	October 31, 1963	7th	0	0	0
10	Rivaldo	FC Barcelona	04/19/1972	7th	3	0	0
11	Emerson	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	04/04/1976	2	0	0	0
16	Zé Roberto	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	07/06/1974	1	0	0	0
17th	Doriva	FC Porto	05/28/1972	1	0	0	0
18th	Leonardo	AC Milan	09/05/1969	7th	0	1	0
19th	Denilson	Sao Paulo FC	08/24/1977	7th	0	0	0
striker
7th	Giovanni	FC Barcelona	02/04/1972	1	0	0	0
9	Ronaldo	Inter Milan	09/22/1976	7th	4th	0	0
20th	Bebeto	Botafogo FR	02/16/1964	7th	3	0	0
21st	Edmundo	AC Florence	04/02/1971	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Mário Zagallo (Team Principal)		08/09/1931

Brazilian team matches

Brazil met Scotland, Morocco and Norway in the group. After two wins against Scotland and Morocco, they lost 2-1 to Norway. In the second round, Selecao defeated Chile 4-1. The Brazilians played in the semi-finals against the Netherlands via Denmark, which was beaten 3-2 in the quarter-finals. In the final there was a bitter 3-0 defeat against organizer France.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	6: 3	6th
2	Norway	5: 4	5
3	Morocco	5: 5	4th
4th	Scotland	2: 6	1

Preliminary round
Brazil	-	Scotland		2: 1 (1: 1)
Brazil	-	Morocco		3: 0 (2: 0)
Brazil	-	Norway		1: 2 (0: 0)
Round of 16
Brazil	-	Chile		4: 1 (3: 0)
Quarter finals
Brazil	-	Denmark		3: 2 (2: 1)
Semifinals
Brazil	-	Netherlands		1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.
final
Brazil	-	France		0: 3 (0: 2)