1998 FIFA World Cup squads
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the senior men's teams of the national associations affiliated to FIFA. The tournament was played in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998 and featured 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Each team was required to submit a squad of 22 players – numbered sequentially from 1 to 22 – from whom they would select their teams for each match at the tournament, with the final squads to be submitted by 1 June 1998. In total, 704 players were selected for the tournament.
It featured players born in four decades, the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s. The only other times this has happened at a World Cup was in the 1958, 1970 and 1990 editions.
''Players' ages as of 10 June 1998, the tournament's opening day.''
Group A
Brazil
Head coach: Mário ZagalloMorocco
Head coach: Henri MichelNorway
Head coach: Egil OlsenScotland
Head coach: Craig BrownGroup B
Austria
Head coach: Herbert ProhaskaCameroon
Head coach: Claude Le RoyChile
Head coach: Nelson AcostaItaly
Head coach: Cesare MaldiniGroup C
Denmark
Head coach: Bo JohanssonFrance
Head coach: Aimé JacquetSaudi Arabia
Head coach: Carlos Alberto ParreiraSouth Africa
Head coach: Philippe Troussier- Andre Arendse was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Paul Evans, was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Simon Gopane was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
Group D
Bulgaria
Head coach: Hristo BonevNigeria
Head coach: Bora MilutinovićParaguay
Head coach: Paulo César CarpegianiSpain
Head coach: Javier ClementeGroup E
Belgium
Head coach: Georges LeekensMexico
Head coach: Manuel LapuenteNetherlands
Head coach: Guus HiddinkSouth Korea
Head coach: Cha Bum-kunGroup F
Germany
Head coach: Berti VogtsNote: Kirsten and Marschall also earned additional caps for East Germany.
Iran
Head coach: Jalal TalebiUnited States
Head coach: Steve SampsonFR Yugoslavia
Head coach: Slobodan SantračGroup G
Colombia
Head coach: Hernán Darío GómezEngland
Head coach: Glenn HoddleRomania
Head coach: Anghel IordănescuTunisia
Head coach: Henryk KasperczakGroup H
Argentina
Head coach: Daniel PassarellaCroatia
Head coach: Miroslav BlaževićJamaica
Head coach: Renê SimõesJapan
Head coach: Takeshi OkadaPlayer representation by league
The English, Spanish, Japanese and Saudi Arabian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigeria squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs. Only three teams, Japan, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, had no players from European clubs.Although Turkey and Portugal failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 9 players, respectively. Altogether, there were 38 national leagues who had players in the tournament.