Soccer World Cup 1998 / Germany

This article covers the German national team at the 1998 World Cup in France .

qualification

After a difficult start against Northern Ireland and Portugal , the German team managed to qualify as first place for the World Cup, although they only achieved one victory against one competitor. The Ukraine came as runner-up still in a playoff game. Because of unrest in Albania (so-called lottery uprising ), the international match against Germany had to be played on neutral ground on April 2, 1997.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	23: 9	22nd
2	Ukraine	10: 6	20th
3	Portugal	12: 4	19th
4th	Armenia	8:17	8th
5	Northern Ireland	6:10	7th
6th	Albania	7:20	4th

Hrazdan Stadium , Yerevan , October 9, 1996	Armenia	-	Germany	1: 5 (0: 3)	Goals: Häßler 20th, 39th; Klinsmann 26 .; Bobić 69 .; Kuntz 81 .; Mikaelyan 85.
Frankenstadion , Nuremberg , November 9, 1996	Germany	-	Northern Ireland	1: 1 (1: 1)	Goals: Taggart 38 .; Moller 40.
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon , December 14, 1996	Portugal	-	Germany	0-0
Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes , Granada , Spain, April 2nd 1997	Albania	-	Germany	2: 3 (0: 0)	Goals: B. Kola 61st, (90 + 2) .; Kirsten 63rd, 80th, 83rd
Weserstadion , Bremen , April 30, 1997	Germany	-	Ukraine	2: 0 (0: 0)	Goals: Bierhoff 62 .; Basler 71.
Olympic Stadium , Kiev , June 7, 1997	Ukraine	-	Germany	0-0
Windsor Park , Belfast , 20th August 1997	Northern Ireland	-	Germany	1: 3 (0: 0)	Goals: Hughes 59 .; Bierhoff 72nd, 77th, 78th
Olympiastadion , Berlin , September 6, 1997	Germany	-	Portugal	1: 1 (0: 0)	Goals: Kirsten 80 .; Barbosa 70.
Westfalenstadion , Dortmund , September 10, 1997	Germany	-	Armenia	4: 0 (0: 0)	Goals: Klinsmann 70th, 84th; Häßler 85 .; Kirsten 90 + 1.
Lower Saxony Stadium , Hanover , October 11, 1997	Germany	-	Albania	4: 3 (0: 0)	Goals: Helmer 64 .; Bierhoff 78th, 90th; Marshal 85 .; Kohler 55th (own goal); Tare 80 .; R. Vata 87.

Contingent

The squad consisted mainly of the European champions from 1996 and several world champions from 1990. As when he won the title two years earlier, Jürgen Klinsmann took over the post of captain. The captain of the 1990 world championship eleven, Lothar Matthäus, returned to the squad.

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	Caps / Goals (a)	Sp.	goal	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
12	Oliver Kahn	FC Bayern Munich	06/15/1969	010 ( 00)	0	0	0	0	0
1	Andreas Koepke	Olympique Marseille	03/12/1962	054 ( 00)	5	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jens Lehmann	FC Schalke 04	11/10/1969	002 ( 00)	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
14th	Markus Babbel	FC Bayern Munich	09/08/1972	030 ( 00)	2	0	0	0	1
5	Thomas Helmer	FC Bayern Munich	04/21/1965	066 ( 05)	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Jürgen Kohler	Borussia Dortmund	10/06/1965	101 ( 02)	4th	0	0	0	0
8th	Lothar Matthäus	FC Bayern Munich	03/21/1961	125 (22)	4th	0	0	0	2
19th	Stefan Reuter	Borussia Dortmund	10/16/1966	068 ( 02)	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Olaf Thon	FC Schalke 04	05/01/1966	049 ( 03)	3	0	0	0	0
2	Christian Wörns	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	05/10/1972	017 ( 00)	5	0	1	0	0
midfield
15th	Steffen friend	Borussia Dortmund	January 19, 1970	021 ( 00)	0	0	0	0	0
16	Dietmar Hamann	FC Bayern Munich	08/27/1973	007 ( 01)	5	0	0	0	2
10	Thomas Häßler	Karlsruher SC	05/30/1966	093 (11)	4th	0	0	0	1
3	Jörg Heinrich	Borussia Dortmund	December 06, 1969	015 ( 02)	5	0	0	0	2
13	Jens Jeremies	TSV 1860 Munich	05.03.1974	005 ( 00)	3	0	0	0	1
7th	Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund	09/02/1967	079 (28)	3	1	0	0	0
21st	Michael Tarnat	FC Bayern Munich	October 27, 1969	012 ( 00)	4th	0	0	0	2
17th	Christian goat	AC Milan	02/01/1972	037 ( 04)	4th	0	0	0	0
attack
20th	Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese Calcio	05/01/1968	026 (17)	5	3	0	0	0
9	Ulf Kirsten	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	December 04, 1965	081 (28)	4th	0	0	0	0
18th	Jürgen Klinsmann	Tottenham Hotspur	07/30/1964	103 (44)	5	3	0	0	1
11	Olaf Marshal	1. FC Kaiserslautern	March 19, 1966	011 ( 02)	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Berti Vogts (national coach )		12/30/1946

^(a) A international matches (international goals in brackets) before the start of the tournament

German games

Paris  (VR) Lens  (VR) Montpellier  (VR + AF) Lyon  (VF) Saint-Paul de Vence

Venues (red), district (blue)

Preliminary round

• Germany - USA 2-0 (1-0) on June 15, 1998

Germany: Köpke - Wörns, Thon, Kohler - Heinrich, Möller (89th Babbel), Häßler (50th Hamann), Jeremies, Reuter (70th goat) - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

USA: Keller - Pope , Regis, Burns (46th Hejduk ), Dooley - Jones , Deering (72nd Ramos), Maisonneuve, Reyna - Stewart, Wynalda (65th Wegerle)

Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion ( Paris )

Spectators: 43,815

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

Goals: 1-0 Möller (8th), 2-0 Klinsmann (64th)

• Germany - Yugoslavia 2: 2 (0: 1) on June 21, 1998

Germany: Köpke - Wörns, Thon, Kohler, - Heinrich, Möller (57th Kirsten), Jeremies, Hamann (46th Matthew), Ziege (66th Tarnat) - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Yugoslavia: Kralj - Djorovic, Komljenovic, Petrovic (74th Stević ) - Jokanovic, Jugović , Stojković , Mihajlovic, Stankovic (66th Govedarica) - Mijatović , Kovačević (57th Ognjenovic)

Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert (Lens)

Spectators: 38,100

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Goals: 0: 1 Mijatovic (2nd), 0: 2 Stojkovic (54th), 1: 2 Mihajlovic (73rd own goal), 2: 2 Bierhoff (80th)

• Germany - Iran 2-0 (0-0) on June 25, 1998

Germany: Köpke - Wörns, Thon (46th Hamann), Kohler - Heinrich, Helmer, Matthäus, Häßler (69th Kirsten), Tarnat (76th goat) - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Iran: Abedzadeh - Kakpour, Khani, Zarincheh (70th Dinmohammadi), Pashazadeh - Mahdavikia , Bagheri , Estili, Minavand - Daei , Azizi

Stadium: La Mosson (Montpellier)

Spectators: 29,800

Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)

Goals: 1-0 Bierhoff (50th), 2-0 Klinsmann (57th)

Round of 16

• Germany - Mexico 2-1 (0-0) on June 29, 1998

Germany: Köpke - Wörns, Matthäus, Babbel - Heinrich (58th Möller), Hamann, Häßler (74th Kirsten), Helmer (37th goat), Tarnat - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Mexico: Campos - Lara , Suarez , Davino - Pardo , Palencia (53rd Arellano ), Bernal (46th Carmona ), Garcia Aspe (87th Pelaez ), Villa - Hernández , Blanco

Stadium: La Mosson (Montpellier)

Spectators: 35,500

Referee: Victor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Goals: 0: 1 Hernández (47th), 1: 1 Klinsmann (75th), 2: 1 Bierhoff (87th)

Quarter finals

• Germany - Croatia 0: 3 (0: 1) on July 4, 1998

Germany: Köpke - Wörns, Matthäus, Kohler - Heinrich, Hamann (79th Marshal), Häßler (69th Kirsten), Jeremies, Tarnat - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Croatia: Ladic - Bilic, Stimac, Šimić - Stanić , Soldo , Boban , Asanović , Jarni - Vlaović (83rd Maric), Šuker

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 43,300

Referee: Rune Pedersen ( Norway )

Goals: 0: 1 Jarni (45th), 0: 2 Vlaović (80th), 0: 3 Suker (85th)

Red card: Wörns (40th)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Homepage of the DFB The 1998 World Cup has to be selected from the menu.

Web links

• dfb.de: "The 1998 World Cup in France - Zinedine Zidane Superstar"