Football World Cup 1998 / Cameroon

This article covers the Cameroon national football team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Cameroon	10: 4	14th
2	Angola	7: 4	10
3	Zimbabwe	6: 7	4th
4th	Togo	6:14	4th

Togo	-	Cameroon	2: 4
Cameroon	-	Angola	0-0
Cameroon	-	Zimbabwe	1-0
Cameroon	-	Togo	2-0
Angola	-	Cameroon	1: 1
Zimbabwe	-	Cameroon	1: 2

Cameroonian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Jacques Songo'o	Deportivo La Coruña	March 17, 1964	3	0	0	0
16	Bassey William Andem	Boavista Porto	June 14, 1968	0	0	0	0
22nd	Alioum Boukar	Samsunspor	3rd January 1972	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Joseph Elanga	Tonnerre Yaoundé	May 2nd 1979	0	0	0	0
3	Pierre Womé	AS Lucchese	March 26, 1979	3	0	1	0
4th	Rigobert Song	FC Metz	July 1, 1976	3	0	2	1
5	Raymond Kalla	Panachaiki	April 22, 1975	2	0	0	1
6th	Pierre Nyanka	Olympic Mvolyé	March 15, 1975	3	1	1	0
13	Patrice Abanda	Tonnerre Yaoundé	August 3, 1978	0	0	0	0
17th	Michel Pensée	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	June 16, 1973	1	0	0	0
midfield player
8th	Didier Angibeaud	OGC Nice	October 8, 1974	3	0	1	0
12	Lauren Etame	Levante UD	19th January 1977	1	0	0	1
14th	Augustine Simo	AS Saint-Etienne	August 18, 1978	1	0	0	0
15th	Joseph N'Do	Cotonsport Garoua	April 28, 1976	3	0	0	0
19th	Marcel Mahouve	Montpellier HSC	16th January 1973	1	0	0	0
20th	Salomon Olembé	FC Nantes	December 8, 1980	3	0	0	0
striker
7th	François Omam-Biyik	Sampdoria Genoa	May 21, 1966	3	0	0	0
9	Alphonse Tchami	Hertha BSC	September 14, 1971	3	0	0	0
10	Patrick M'Boma	Gamba Osaka	November 15, 1970	3	1	0	0
11	Samuel Eto'o	CD Leganés	March 10, 1981	1	0	0	0
18th	Samuel Ipoua	Rapid Vienna	March 1, 1973	2	0	1	0
21st	Joseph-Désiré job	Olympique Lyon	1st December 1977	3	0	0	0
Trainer
	Claude Le Roy		February 6, 1948

Games of the Cameroonian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Italy	7: 3	7th
2	Chile	4: 4	3
3	Austria	3: 4	2
4th	Cameroon	2: 5	2

• Cameroon - Austria 1: 1 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade de Toulouse ( Toulouse )

Spectators: 33,460

Referee: Epifanio González Chávez ( Paraguay )

Goals: 1-0 Njanka (78th), 1: 1 cushion (90th)

• Italy - Cameroon 3: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )

Spectators: 29,800

Referee: Edward Lennie ( Australia )

Goals: 1-0 Di Biagio (7th), 2-0 Vieri (75th), 3-0 Vieri (89th)

• Chile - Cameroon 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire ( Nantes )

Spectators: 35,500

Referee: László Vagner ( Hungary )

Goals: 1-0 Sierra (20th), 1: 1 M'Boma (55th)

Although the Italians surprisingly failed to win their first game, they dominated Group B. Austria failed to beat Chile and so the South Americans advanced to the round of 16. Cameroon, the surprise team at the 1990 World Cup, also disappointed.