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 | ||
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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) |