Football World Cup 1998 / Colombia

This article covers the Colombian national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	23:13	30th
2	Paraguay	21:14	29
3	Colombia	23:15	28
4th	Chile	32:18	25th
5	Peru	19:20	25th
6th	Ecuador	22:21	21st
7th	Uruguay	18:21	21st
8th	Bolivia	18:21	17th
9	Venezuela	8:41	3

Colombia	-	Paraguay	1-0
Peru	-	Colombia	1: 1
Colombia	-	Uruguay	3: 1
Colombia	-	Chile	4: 1
Ecuador	-	Colombia	0: 1
Bolivia	-	Colombia	2: 2
Venezuela	-	Colombia	0: 2
Colombia	-	Argentina	0: 1
Paraguay	-	Colombia	2: 1
Colombia	-	Peru	0: 1
Uruguay	-	Colombia	1: 1
Chile	-	Colombia	4: 1
Colombia	-	Ecuador	1-0
Colombia	-	Bolivia	3-0
Colombia	-	Venezuela	1-0
Argentina	-	Colombia	1: 1

Colombian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Óscar Cordoba	CA Boca Juniors	02.03.1970	0	0	0	0
12	Miguel Calero	Atlético Nacional	04/14/1971	0	0	0	0
22nd	Faryd Mondragón	CA Independiente	06/21/1971	3	0	0	0
Defender
2	Iván Cordoba	CA San Lorenzo	08/11/1976	0	0	0	0
3	Ever Palacios	Deportivo Cali	01/18/1969	3	0	0	0
4th	José Santa	Atlético Nacional	09/12/1970	2	0	2	0
5	Jorge Bermúdez	CA Boca Juniors	06/18/1971	3	0	1	0
13	Wilmer Cabrera	Millonarios FC	09/15/1967	3	0	0	0
16	Luis Antonio Moreno	Deportes Tolima	December 25, 1970	1	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Mauricio Serna	CA Boca Juniors	01/22/1968	3	0	1	0
8th	John Harold Lozano	Real Valladolid	03/30/1972	3	0	0	0
10	Carlos Valderrama	Miami Fusion	09/02/1961	3	0	0	0
14th	Jorge Bolaño	Atlético Junior	04/28/1977	1	0	0	0
17th	Andrés Estrada	Deportivo Cali	11/12/1967	0	0	0	0
18th	John Wilmar Pérez	Deportivo Cali	02/21/1970	0	0	0	0
19th	Freddy Rincon	SC Corinthians Paulista	08/14/1966	3	0	0	0
striker
7th	Antony de Ávila	Barcelona SC Guayaquil	December 21, 1962	2	0	0	0
9	Adolfo Valencia	Independiente Medellin	02/06/1968	3	0	0	0
11	Faustino Asprilla	AC Parma	11/10/1969	1	0	0	0
15th	Víctor Aristizábal	Sao Paulo FC	December 9, 1971	3	0	1	0
20th	Hámilton Ricard	Middlesbrough FC	01/12/1974	1	0	0	0
21st	Léider Preciado	Independiente Santa Fe	02/26/1977	3	1	0	0
Trainer
	Hernán Darío Gómez		02/03/1956

Games of the Colombian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Romania	4: 2	7th
2	England	5: 2	6th
3	Colombia	1: 3	3
4th	Tunisia	1: 4	1

• Romania - Colombia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Stade Gerland ( Lyon )

Spectators: 37,572

Referee: Lim Kee Chong ( Mauritius )

Goals: 1-0 Ilie (45th)

• Colombia - Tunisia 1: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )

Spectators: 29,800

Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany )

Goals: 1-0 Preciado (83.)

• Colombia - England 0: 2 (0: 2)

Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert ( Lens )

Spectators: 38,100

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico )

Goals: 0-1 Anderton (20th), 0-2 Beckham (29th)

Colombia never really got into the tournament and so the team around old star Valderrama finished the tournament with 3 points in third place.