Football World Cup 1998 / Spain

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

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	26: 06	26th
2	Yugoslavia	29: 07	23
3	Czech Republic	16: 06	16
4th	Slovakia	18:14	16
5	Faroe Islands	10:31	6th
6th	Malta	02:37	0

	Wednesday 4 September 1996 , 5:45 pm: Faroe Islands - Spain		2: 6 (0: 1)
	Wednesday, October 9, 1996 , 8:15 p.m.: Czech Republic - Spain		0: 0 (0: 0)
	Wednesday 13 November 1996 , 8:30 p.m.: Spain v Slovakia		4: 1 (1: 1)
	Saturday 14 December 1996 , 9:30 p.m.: Spain v Yugoslavia		2: 0 (2: 0)
	Wednesday 18 December 1996 , 7 p.m.: Malta v Spain		0: 3 (0: 3)
	Wednesday 12 February 1997 , 9:30 p.m.: Spain v Malta		4: 0 (2: 0)
	Wednesday April 30, 1997 , 8:00 p.m.: Yugoslavia - Spain		1: 1 (0: 1)
	Sunday, June 8, 1997 , 8:15 pm: Spain - Czech Republic		1: 0 (1: 0)
	Wednesday 24 September 1997 , 8:15 p.m.: Slovakia v Spain		1: 2 (0: 0)
	Saturday, October 11, 1997 , 8 p.m.: Spain - Faroe Islands		3: 1 (2: 1)

Spanish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Andoni Zubizarreta	Valencia CF	23.10.1961	3	0	0	0
13	Santiago Cañizares	real Madrid	December 18, 1969	0	0	0	0
22nd	José Francisco Molina	Atlético Madrid	08/08/1970	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Albert Ferrer	FC Barcelona	06/06/1970	1	0	0	0
3	Agustín Aranzábal	Real Sociedad	03/15/1973	0	0	0	0
4th	Rafael Alkorta	Athletic Bilbao	09/16/1968	3	0	0	0
5	Abelardo	FC Barcelona	March 19, 1970	1	0	0	0
12	Sergi Barjuán	FC Barcelona	December 28, 1971	3	0	1	0
14th	Iván Campo	RCD Mallorca	02/21/1974	1	0	1	0
15th	Carlos Aguilera	Atlético Madrid	05/22/1969	2	0	1	0
20th	Miguel Ángel Nadal	FC Barcelona	07/28/1966	2	0	1	0
midfield player
6th	Fernando Hierro	real Madrid	03/23/1968	3	2	0	0
8th	Julen Guerrero	Athletic Bilbao	07/01/1974	1	0	1	0
16	Albert Celades	FC Barcelona	29.09.1975	2	0	0	0
18th	Guillermo Amor	FC Barcelona	December 04, 1967	3	0	1	0
21st	Luis Enrique	FC Barcelona	05/08/1970	3	1	0	0
striker
7th	Fernando Morientes	real Madrid	04/05/1976	2	2	0	0
9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	FC Barcelona	06/07/1968	1	0	0	0
10	Raúl	real Madrid	06/27/1977	3	1	0	0
11	Alfonso Perez	Betis Seville	09/27/1972	2	0	0	0
17th	Joseba Etxeberria	Athletic Bilbao	05.09.1977	3	0	0	0
19th	Kiko	Atlético Madrid	04/26/1972	3	2	1	0
Trainer
	Javier Clemente		03/12/1950

Games of Spain

Preliminary group D

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	5: 5	6th
2	Paraguay	3: 1	5
3	Spain	8: 4	4th
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

June 12, 1998 in Montpellier
Paraguay	-	Bulgaria	0-0
June 13, 1998 in Nantes
Spain	-	Nigeria	2: 3 (1: 1)
June 19, 1998 in Paris
Nigeria	-	Bulgaria	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 19, 1998 in Saint-Etienne
Spain	-	Paraguay	0-0
June 24, 1998 in Lens
Spain	-	Bulgaria	6: 1 (2: 0)
June 24, 1998 in Toulouse
Nigeria	-	Paraguay	1: 3 (1: 1)

Game details

• Saturday, June 13, 1998, 2:30 p.m .: Spain 2: 3 (1: 1) Nigeria

Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Alberto Ferrer (45th Amor), Rafael Alkorta, Sergi, Iván Campo, Miguel Angel Nadal (77th Albert Celades), Fernando Hierro, Luis Enrique, Raúl, Alfonso (58th Joseba Etxeberria), Kiko

Nigeria: Peter Rufai, Mobi Oparaku (70th Rasheed Yekini), Taribo West, Uche Okechukwu, Celestine Babayaro, Victor Ikpeba (83rd Tijani Babangida), Sunday Oliseh, Garba Lawal (90th Godwin Okpara), Jay Jay Okocha, Mutiu Adepoju , Finidi George

Stadium: Nantes

Spectators: 33,257

Referee: Batta (France)

Goals: Fernando Hierro (21st), Raúl (47th) and Mutiu Adepoju (24th), Garba Lawal (73rd), Sunday Oliseh (79th)

Yellow cards: Amor (55th), Miguel Ángel Nadal (59th), Iván Campo (75th) and Uche Okechukwu (62nd)

Red cards: -

Special incidents: -

• Friday, June 19, 1998, 9:00 p.m .: Spain - Paraguay 0: 0 (0: 0)

Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Rafael Alkorta, Abelardo (56th Albert Celades), Sergi, Carlos Aguilera, Fernando Hierro, Amor, Luis Enrique, Juan Antonio Pizzi (52nd Fernando Morientes), Raúl (65th Kiko), Joseba Etxeberria

Tunisia: Jose Luis Chilavert, Francisco Arce, Carlos Gamarra, Celso Ayala, Pedro Sarabia, Denis Caniza, Roberto Acuna (73rd Juan Carlos Yegros), Miguel Benitez, Julio Cesar Enciso, Aristides Rojas (83rd Cesar Ramirez), Jorge Campos ( 46. ​​Carlos Paredes)

Stadium: Saint-Etienne

Spectators: 36,000

Referee:

Gates: -

Yellow cards: Sergi (1st), Kiko (87th) or Celso Ayala (30th), Francisco Arce (76th)

Red cards: -

Special incidents: -

• Wednesday, June 24, 1998, 9 p.m .: Spain - Bulgaria 6: 1 (2: 0)

Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Carlos Aguilera, Rafael Alkorta, Miguel Angel Nadal, Sergi, Joseba Etxeberria (50th Raúl), Amor, Fernando Hierro, Luis Enrique (69th Julen Guerrero), Fernando Morientes, Alfonso (65th Kiko)

Bulgaria: Zdravko Zdravkov, Radostin Kishishev, Trifon Ivanov, Ivaylo Iordanov, Gocho Guintchev, Anatoli Nankov (28th Luboslav Penev), Krassimir Balakov (61st Marian Hristov), ​​Daniel Borimirov, Gueorgui Batchev, Emil Kostadinkov (46th Iliankov, Hristo Stoiankov Iliev)

Stadium: Lens

Spectators: 41,275

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Goals: Fernando Hierro (6th penalty) Luis Enrique (8th), Fernando Morientes (53rd, 81st), Kiko (88th, 90th) and Emil Kostadinov (56th)

Yellow cards: Carlos Aguilera (17th), Julen Guerrero (74th) and Luboslav Penev (45th), Gueorgui Batchev (85th)

Red cards: -

Special incidents: -