Football World Cup 1998 / Group A

Group A games of the 1998 World Cup .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
2.	Norway	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Morocco	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Scotland	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

Brazil - Scotland 2: 1 (1: 1)

Brazil		Scotland
	1st matchday (opening game) June 10, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Paris / Saint-Denis ( Stade de France ) Spectators: 80,000 (sold out) Referee: José María García-Aranda ( Spain )   Match report
	Cláudio Taffarel - Cafu , Júnior Baiano , Aldair , Roberto Carlos - Giovanni (46th Leonardo ), Carlos Dunga , César Sampaio , Rivaldo - Ronaldo , Bebeto (70th Denílson ) Coach: Mário Zagallo	Jim Leighton - Colin Calderwood , Colin Hendry , Tommy Boyd - Craig Burley , Paul Lambert , John Collins , Christian Dailly (85th Tosh McKinlay ) - Darren Jackson (78th Billy McKinlay ) - Gordon Durie , Kevin Gallacher Trainer: Craig Brown
	1-0 César Sampaio (4th) 2-1 Boyd (73rd, own goal)	1: 1 Collins (38th, foul penalty)
	Aldair, César Sampaio	Jackson

Morocco - Norway 2: 2 (1: 1)

Morocco		Norway
	1st matchday June 10, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Montpellier ( Stade de la Mosson ) Spectators: 28,800 Referee: Pirom Un-prasert ( Thailand )   Match report
	Driss Benzekri - Abdelilah Saber , Noureddine Naybet , Youssef Rossi , Abdelkrim El Hadrioui - Tahar El Khalej (90th Rachid Azzouzi ) - Said Chiba , Youssef Chippo (78th Gharib Amzine ) - Mustapha Hadji - Salaheddine Bassir , Abdeljalil Hadda (87. Ali El Khattabi ) Coach: Henri Michel ( France )	Frode Grodås - Henning Berg , Dan Eggen , Ronny Johnsen , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Erik Mykland , Kjetil Rekdal , Øyvind Leonhardsen - Håvard Flo (72nd Ståle Solbakken ), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (46th Vidar Riseth ) - Tore André Flo Coach: Egil Olsen
	1: 0 Hadji (38th) 2: 1 Hadda (59th)	1: 1 Chippo (45th + 1 ', own goal) 2: 2 Eggen (61st)
	Chiba

Scotland - Norway 1: 1 (0: 0)

Scotland		Norway
	2nd matchday June 16, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Bordeaux ( Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas ) Spectators: 31,800 Referee: László Vágner ( Hungary )   Match report
	Jim Leighton - Colin Calderwood (61st David Weir ), Colin Hendry , Tommy Boyd - Craig Burley , Paul Lambert , John Collins , Christian Dailly - Darren Jackson (62nd Jackie McNamara ) - Gordon Durie , Kevin Gallacher Trainer: Craig Brown	Frode Grodås - Henning Berg (82nd Gunnar Hall ), Dan Eggen , Ronny Johnsen , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Roar Strand , Kjetil Rekdal , Vidar Riseth (75th Egil Østenstad ) - Håvard Flo (62nd Mini Jakobsen ), Ståle Solbakken - Tore André Flo Trainer: Egil Olsen
	1: 1 Burley (66th)	0: 1 H. Flo (46.)
	Jackson (2nd, locked), Durie	Rekdal, mountain

Brazil - Morocco 3: 0 (2: 0)

Brazil		Morocco
	2nd matchday June 16, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Nantes ( Stade Louis-Fonteneau ) Spectators: 35,500 Referee: Nikolai Levnikow ( Russia )   Match report
	Cláudio Taffarel - Cafu , Júnior Baiano , Aldair , Roberto Carlos - Leonardo , Carlos Dunga , César Sampaio (68th Doriva ), Rivaldo (88th Denílson ) - Ronaldo , Bebeto (72nd Edmundo ) Coach: Mário Zagallo	Driss Benzekri - Abdelilah Saber (76th Lahcen Abrami ), Noureddine Naybet , Youssef Rossi , Abdelkrim El Hadrioui - Tahar El Khalej - Said Chiba (76th Gharib Amzine ), Youssef Chippo - Mustapha Hadji - Salaheddine Bassir , Abdeljalil Hadda (89. Ali El Khattabi ) Coach: Henri Michel ( France )
	1-0 Ronaldo (9th) 2-0 Rivaldo (45th + 2 ') 3-0 Bebeto (50th)
	Júnior Baiano, César Sampaio (2nd, suspended)	Hadda, Chiba (2nd, blocked)

Brazil - Norway 1: 2 (0: 0)

Brazil		Norway
	3rd matchday June 23, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome ) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Esse Baharmast ( United States )   Match report
	Cláudio Taffarel - Cafu , Júnior Baiano , Gonçalves , Roberto Carlos - Leonardo , Carlos Dunga , Rivaldo , Denílson - Ronaldo , Bebeto Trainer: Mário Zagallo	Frode Grodås - Henning Berg , Dan Eggen , Ronny Johnsen , Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Roar Strand (46th Erik Mykland ), Kjetil Rekdal , Vidar Riseth (78th Jostein Flo ) - Håvard Flo (68th Ståle Solbakken ), Øyvind Leonhardsen - Tore André Flo Trainer: Egil Olsen
	1-0 Bebeto (78th)	1: 1 TA Flo (83rd) 1: 2 Rekdal (88th, penalty kick)
		Mykland, Leonhardsen

Scotland - Morocco 0: 3 (0: 1)

Scotland		Morocco
	3rd matchday June 23, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Saint-Étienne ( Stade Geoffroy-Guichard ) Spectators: 30,600 Referee: Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates )   Match report
	Jim Leighton - David Weir , Colin Hendry , Tommy Boyd - Jackie McNamara (54th Tosh McKinlay ), Paul Lambert , Christian Dailly - Craig Burley , John Collins - Gordon Durie (84th Scott Booth ), Kevin Gallacher Trainer: Craig Brown	Driss Benzekri - Abdelilah Saber (72. Youssef Rossi ), Noureddine Naybet , Smahi Triki , Lahcen Abrami - Tahar El Khalej - Gharib Amzine (77. Rachid Azzouzi ), Youssef Chippo (88. Jamal Sellami ) - Mustapha Hadji - Salaheddine Bassir , Abdeljalil Hadda Trainer: Henri Michel ( France )
		0: 1 Bassir (22nd) 0: 2 Hadda (47th) 0: 3 Bassir (84th)
	Gallacher	Chippo
	Burley (54th, gross foul)