Football World Cup 1998 / Group C

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Group C games of the 1998 World Cup .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  3  3  0  0 009: 100  +8 09
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 3. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  3  0  2  1 003: 600  −3 02
 4th Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  3  0  1  2 002: 700  −5 01

Saudi Arabia - Denmark 0: 1 (0: 0)

Saudi Arabia Denmark
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
1st matchday
June 12, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Lens ( Stade Félix-Bollaert )
Spectators: 38,100
Referee: Javier Castrilli ( Argentina ) ArgentinaArgentina 
Match report
DenmarkDenmark


Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ - Muhammed al-Jahani , Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi , Abdullah Zubromawi , Hussein Suleimani - Ibrahim asch-Schahrani , Fuad Amin (79th Hamzah Saleh ), Khamis Al-Owairan , Khalid Al-Muwallid - Said al-Uwairan , Sami al-Jabir (84th Yousuf Al-Thunayan ) Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
 Peter Schmeichel - Søren Colding , Marc Rieper , Jes Høgh , Michael Schjønberg - Martin Jørgensen (73rd Per Frandsen ), Thomas Helveg , Morten Wieghorst (66th Allan Nielsen ) - Michael Laudrup - Brian Laudrup (84th Jan Heintze ), Ebbe Sand Coach: Bo Johansson(C)Captain of the crew
goal 0: 1 Rieper (69th)
yellow cards Al-Muwallid yellow cards Nielsen, Wieghorst, Rieper

France - South Africa 3: 0 (1: 0)

France South Africa
FranceFrance
1st matchday
June 12, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome )
Spectators: 55,000
Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas ( Brazil ) BrazilBrazil 
Match report
South AfricaSouth Africa


Fabien Barthez - Lilian Thuram , Marcel Desailly , Laurent Blanc , Bixente Lizarazu - Didier Deschamps , Emmanuel Petit (73rd Alain Boghossian ) - Thierry Henry , Youri Djorkaeff (82nd David Trezeguet ), Zinédine Zidane - Stéphane Guivarc'h (26th Christophe Dugarry ) Trainer: Aimé Jacquet(C)Captain of the crew
 Hans Vonk - Pierre Issa , Lucas Radebe , Mark Fish , David Nyathi - Willem Jackson , Brendan Augustine (56th Helman Mkhalele ), John Moshoeu , Quinton Fortune - Phil Masinga , Benni McCarthy (89th Shaun Bartlett ) Trainer: Philippe Troussier(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 Dugarry (26th)
Own goal2-0 Issa (77th, own goal)
goal3-0 Henry (90th + 1)
yellow cards Petit, Deschamps, Zidane yellow cards Jackson
The 2-0 was the 1,600. World Cup goal

France - Saudi Arabia 4: 0 (1: 0)

France Saudi Arabia
FranceFrance
2nd matchday
June 18, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Paris / Saint-Denis ( Stade de France )
Spectators: 80,000 (sold out)
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico ) MexicoMexico 
Match report
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia


Fabien Barthez - Lilian Thuram , Marcel Desailly , Laurent Blanc , Bixente Lizarazu - Didier Deschamps , Alain Boghossian - Thierry Henry (78th Robert Pires ), Zinédine Zidane , Bernard Diomède (58th Youri Djorkaeff ) - Christophe Dugarry (29th David Trezeguet ) Coach: Aimé Jacquet(C)Captain of the crew
 Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ - Muhammed al-Jahani (76th Ahmad ad-Duchi ), Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi , Abdullah Zubromawi , Hussein Suleimani - Ibrahim asch-Schahrani , Fuad Amin , Khamis Al-Owairan , Hamzah Saleh - Said al-Uwairan ( 33. brahim al-Harbi . / 63 Khalid al-Muwallid ), Sami al-Jaber coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
goal1-0 Henry (36th)
goal2-0 Trezeguet (68th)
goal3-0 Henry (77th)
goal4-0 Lizarazu (85th)
yellow cards Blanc, Lizarazu yellow cards al-Shahrani, al-Jabir
Red cards Zidane (70th, stepping down) Red cards Al-Khilaiwi (18th, gross foul)

South Africa - Denmark 1: 1 (0: 1)

South Africa Denmark
South AfricaSouth Africa
2nd matchday
June 18, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in Toulouse ( Stadium Municipal )
Spectators: 33,500
Referee: John Toro Rendon ( Colombia ) ColombiaColombia 
Match report
DenmarkDenmark


Hans Vonk - Pierre Issa , Lucas Radebe , Mark Fish , David Nyathi (89th Delron Buckley ) - Helman Mkhalele , Brendan Augustine (46th Alfred Phiri ), John Moshoeu , Quinton Fortune - Shaun Bartlett (78th Phil Masinga ), Benni McCarthy Coach: Philippe Troussier(C)Captain of the crew
 Peter Schmeichel - Søren Colding , Marc Rieper , Jes Høgh , Michael Schjønberg (82nd Morten Wieghorst ) - Martin Jørgensen , Thomas Helveg , Allan Nielsen - Michael Laudrup (59th Jan Heintze ) - Brian Laudrup , Ebbe Sand (58th Miklos Molnar ) Coach: Bo Johansson(C)Captain of the crew

goal 1: 1 McCarthy (51st) 		goal 0: 1 Nielsen (12th)
yellow cards Nyathi, Issa, Phiri, Radebe yellow cards Schmeichel, Schjønberg, Høgh
Red cards Phiri (68th, assault) Red cards Molnar (66th, gross foul), Wieghorst (85th, gross foul)

France - Denmark 2: 1 (1: 1)

France Denmark
FranceFrance
3rd matchday
June 24, 1998 at 4:00 p.m. in Lyon ( Stade Gerland )
Spectators: 39,100
Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy ) ItalyItaly 
Match report
DenmarkDenmark


Fabien Barthez - Christian Karembeu , Marcel Desailly , Frank Leboeuf , Vincent Candela - Patrick Vieira , Emmanuel Petit (65th Alain Boghossian ) - Robert Pires (71st Thierry Henry ), Youri Djorkaeff , Bernard Diomède - David Trezeguet (85th Stéphane Guivarc ' h ) Trainer: Aimé Jacquet(C)Captain of the crew
 Peter Schmeichel - Jacob Laursen (46th Søren Colding ), Marc Rieper , Jes Høgh , Jan Heintze - Thomas Helveg , Allan Nielsen , Michael Schjønberg - Martin Jørgensen (54th Ebbe Sand ), Michael Laudrup - Brian Laudrup (75th Stig Tøfting ) Coach: Bo Johansson(C)Captain of the crew
Penalty kick1: 0 Djorkaeff (12th, penalty kick)

goal2: 1 Petit (56th)
Penalty kick 1: 1 M. Laudrup (42nd, penalty kick)
yellow cards Diomède, Vieira yellow cards Colding, Tøfting

South Africa - Saudi Arabia 2: 2 (1: 1)

South Africa Saudi Arabia
South AfricaSouth Africa
3rd matchday
June 24, 1998 at 4 p.m. in Bordeaux ( Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas )
Spectators: 31,800
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten ( Chile ) ChileChile 
Match report
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia


Hans Vonk - Pierre Issa , Mark Fish , David Nyathi , Willem Jackson (46th Delron Buckley ) - Helman Mkhalele , Lucas Radebe , Quinton Fortune (67th Doctor Khumalo ) - John Moshoeu - Shaun Bartlett , Benni McCarthy (46th Jerry Sikhosana ) Coach: Philippe Troussier(C)Captain of the crew
 Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ - Muhammed al-Jahani , Fuad Amin , Abdullah Zubromawi , Hussein Suleimani - Nawaf Al-Temyat , Yousuf Al-Thunayan (81st Ibrahim al-Harbi ), Khamis Al-Owairan , Hamzah Saleh - Fahad Al-Mehallel ( 65. Ibrahim al-Shahrani ), Sami al-Jabir Trainer: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Bartlett (10th)


Penalty kick2: 2 Bartlett (90th, penalty kick)
Penalty kick1: 1 al-Jabir (45th, foul penalty)
Penalty kick1: 2 Al-Thunayan (74th, foul penalty)
yellow cards Fortune, Radebe (2nd, blocked) yellow cards K. Al-Owairan