1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Italy vs Norway

Christian Vieri scored his fifth goal of the finals and the only one of the game in the 18th minute with exquisite precision, bursting on to Luigi Di Biagio's pass 40 yards from goal. Norway had their moments but failed to finish as Gianluca Pagliuca made some brilliant saves.^[2]

27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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Italy	1–0	Norway
Vieri 18'	[Report 1]

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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Italy

Norway

GK 12 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)  89' RM 17 Francesco Moriero  38'  63' CM 9 Demetrio Albertini  72' CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio  84' LM 11 Dino Baggio SS 10 Alessandro Del Piero  77' CF 21 Christian Vieri Substitutes: MF 15 Angelo Di Livio  63' DF 7 Gianluca Pessotto  72' FW 20 Enrico Chiesa  77' Manager: Cesare Maldini

GK 1 Frode Grodås (c) RB 4 Henning Berg CB 15 Dan Eggen CB 3 Ronny Johnsen LB 5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye RM 17 Håvard Flo  35'  73' CM 7 Erik Mykland  54' CM 10 Kjetil Rekdal  62' CM 8 Øyvind Leonhardsen  13' LM 21 Vidar Riseth CF 9 Tore André Flo Substitutes: MF 22 Roar Strand  13'  39' MF 6 Ståle Solbakken  39' FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær  73' Manager: Egil Olsen

Brazil vs Chile

27 June 1998 (1998-06-27)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Brazil	4–1	Chile
César Sampaio 11', 26' Ronaldo 45+3' (pen.), 72'	[Report 2]	Salas 70'

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Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Brazil

Chile

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafu  90+1' CB 3 Aldair  78' CB 4 Júnior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo  45' CF 20 Bebeto  65' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson  65' MF 14 Gonçalves  78' Manager: Mário Zagallo

GK 1 Nelson Tapia  45' CB 6 Pedro Reyes CB 3 Ronald Fuentes  34' CB 5 Javier Margas RWB 19 Fernando Cornejo LWB 16 Mauricio Aros CM 8 Clarence Acuña  80' CM 14 Miguel Ramírez  46' AM 10 José Luis Sierra  46' CF 11 Marcelo Salas CF 9 Iván Zamorano (c) Substitutes: MF 17 Marcelo Vega  46' MF 20 Fabián Estay  46' MF 18 Luis Musrri  80' Manager: Nelson Acosta

France vs Paraguay

28 June 1998 (1998-06-28)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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France	1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Paraguay
Blanc 114'	[Report 3]

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Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

France

Paraguay

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) CM 17 Emmanuel Petit  69' RW 13 Bernard Diomède  76' LW 6 Youri Djorkaeff CF 20 David Trezeguet CF 12 Thierry Henry  64' Substitutes: MF 11 Robert Pires  64' MF 14 Alain Boghossian  69' FW 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  76' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

GK 1 José Luis Chilavert (c)  19' RB 2 Francisco Arce  84' CB 4 Carlos Gamarra CB 5 Celso Ayala LB 11 Pedro Sarabia CM 10 Roberto Acuña CM 16 Julio César Enciso  32' CM 13 Carlos Humberto Paredes  75' AM 21 Jorge Luis Campos  55' AM 15 Miguel Ángel Benítez  23' CF 9 José Cardozo  91' Substitutes: MF 7 Julio César Yegros  55' DF 20 Denis Caniza  75' MF 8 Aristides Rojas  99'  91' Manager: Paulo César Carpegiani

Nigeria vs Denmark

28 June 1998 (1998-06-28)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Nigeria	1–4	Denmark
Babangida 77'	[Report 4]	Møller 3' B. Laudrup 12' Sand 58' Helveg 76'

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Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Nigeria

Denmark

GK 1 Peter Rufai RB 8 Mutiu Adepoju CB 5 Uche Okechukwu (c) CB 6 Taribo West LB 3 Celestine Babayaro DM 15 Sunday Oliseh RM 7 Finidi George LM 11 Garba Lawal  73' AM 10 Jay-Jay Okocha  49' SS 4 Nwankwo Kanu  65' CF 20 Victor Ikpeba Substitutes: FW 9 Rashidi Yekini  65' DF 13 Tijani Babangida  73' Manager: Bora Milutinović

GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 12 Søren Colding CB 3 Marc Rieper  24' CB 4 Jes Høgh LB 5 Jan Heintze CM 6 Thomas Helveg CM 7 Allan Nielsen RW 21 Martin Jørgensen LW 10 Michael Laudrup (c)  84' SS 11 Brian Laudrup  78' CF 18 Peter Møller  58' Substitutes: FW 19 Ebbe Sand  58' MF 14 Morten Wieghorst  78' MF 8 Per Frandsen  84' Manager: Bo Johansson

Germany vs Mexico

29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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Germany	2–1	Mexico
Klinsmann 74' Bierhoff 86'	[Report 5]	Hernández 47'

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Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Germany

Mexico

GK 1 Andreas Köpke SW 8 Lothar Matthäus  56' CB 14 Markus Babbel  45+1' CB 2 Christian Wörns RWB 3 Jörg Heinrich  57' LWB 21 Michael Tarnat  77' CM 16 Dietmar Hamann  88' DM 5 Thomas Helmer  37' CM 10 Thomas Häßler  73' CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c) Substitutes: MF 17 Christian Ziege  37' MF 7 Andreas Möller  57' FW 9 Ulf Kirsten  73' Manager: Berti Vogts

GK 1 Jorge Campos CB 13 Pável Pardo CB 5 Duilio Davino  57' CB 2 Claudio Suárez RM 6 Marcelino Bernal  46' CM 14 Raúl Lara CM 4 Germán Villa LM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c)  86' RF 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  87' CF 15 Luis Hernández LF 17 Francisco Palencia  53' Substitutes: RB 18 Salvador Carmona  46' LM 21 Jesús Arellano  53' LF 9 Ricardo Peláez  86' Manager: Manuel Lapuente

Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia

Just three minutes after Slobodan Komljenović scored the equalizer, Predrag Mijatović missed a penalty kick as, after deciding not to hit it to the sides due to Edwin van der Sar's reach,^[3] the ball hit the crossbar, prompting him to describe it as the worst moment in his career.^[4] Edgar Davids scored the winning goal for the Netherlands in injury time; Davids, suffering a cramp, had asked to be substituted moments before but Guus Hiddink asked him to stay in the field.^[5] An apparent scuffle between Van der Sar and Winston Bogarde in the celebration was explained by the former as an instinctive overreaction from being unintentionally choked by Pierre van Hooijdonk.^[6]

29 June 1998 (1998-06-29)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Netherlands	2–1	FR Yugoslavia
Bergkamp 38' Davids 90+2'	[Report 6]	Komljenović 48'

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Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Netherlands

Yugoslavia

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan CM 16 Edgar Davids CM 10 Clarence Seedorf CM 11 Phillip Cocu RW 7 Ronald de Boer LW 14 Marc Overmars CF 8 Dennis Bergkamp Manager: Guus Hiddink

GK 1 Ivica Kralj RB 2 Zoran Mirković  52' CB 13 Slobodan Komljenović CB 11 Siniša Mihajlović  78' CB 3 Goran Đorović  73' LB 16 Željko Petrović CM 4 Slaviša Jokanović CM 6 Branko Brnović RM 10 Dragan Stojković (c)  38'  57' LM 7 Vladimir Jugović CF 9 Predrag Mijatović Substitutes: MF 8 Dejan Savićević  57' DF 14 Niša Saveljić  78' Manager: Slobodan Santrač

Romania vs Croatia

Croatia's winning penalty goal had to be retaken. Davor Šuker scored both times to extend Croatia's debut World Cup run to the quarter-finals.^[7]

30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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Romania	0–1	Croatia
	[Report 7]	Šuker 45+2' (pen.)

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Parc Lescure, Bordeaux

Attendance: 31,800

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Romania

Croatia

GK 12 Bogdan Stelea SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu  43' CB 18 Iulian Filipescu CB 13 Liviu Ciobotariu RWB 2 Dan Petrescu  70'  76' LWB 8 Dorinel Munteanu DM 5 Constantin Gâlcă CM 16 Gabriel Popescu  61' AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)  56' SS 11 Adrian Ilie  81' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan Substitutes: FW 21 Gheorghe Craioveanu  56' MF 14 Radu Niculescu  61' MF 15 Lucian Marinescu  76' Manager: Anghel Iordănescu

GK 1 Dražen Ladić SW 4 Igor Štimac CB 20 Dario Šimić CB 6 Slaven Bilić  70' RWB 13 Mario Stanić  83' LWB 17 Robert Jarni DM 21 Krunoslav Jurčić CM 7 Aljoša Asanović CM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c)  27' CF 19 Goran Vlaović  76' CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: FW 2 Petar Krpan  76' DF 15 Igor Tudor  83' Manager: Miroslav Blažević

Argentina vs England

Argentina decided to use their change kit, feeling that it had granted them luck in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final between the two sides.^[8] All four goals were scored in the first half, making it the first match in the tournament with as many goals scored before half-time.^[9] With the score tied at 2–2, David Beckham retaliated after being fouled by Diego Simeone and was sent off. Beckham's teammate Michael Owen subsequently described Beckham's act as "childish and unnecessary", although Owen also said that the burnings of effigies of Beckham were undeserved.^[10] In the subsequent penalty shoot-out, Argentina went first. David Seaman saved Argentina's second penalty from Hernán Crespo to give England the advantage, but that was immediately cancelled when Carlos Roa saved from Paul Ince. The tie ended with another Roa save, from David Batty. Batty said it was the first penalty he had ever taken.^[11] England had also exited on penalties in the recent UEFA Euro 1996 two years prior.

30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Argentina	2–2 (a.e.t.)	England
Batistuta 5' (pen.) Zanetti 45+1'	[Report 8]	Shearer 9' (pen.) Owen 16'
Penalties
Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala	4–3	Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty

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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Argentina

England

GK 1 Carlos Roa  PSO CB 14 Nelson Vivas CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 3 José Chamot RM 22 Javier Zanetti DM 5 Matías Almeyda  73' LM 8 Diego Simeone (c)  47'  91' CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón  44' AM 10 Ariel Ortega SS 7 Claudio López  68' CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta  68' Substitutes: FW 19 Hernán Crespo  68' MF 20 Marcelo Gallardo  68' MF 16 Sergio Berti  91' Manager: Daniel Passarella

GK 1 David Seaman  5' RB 12 Gary Neville CB 5 Tony Adams CB 2 Sol Campbell LB 3 Graeme Le Saux  71' DM 4 Paul Ince  10' RM 7 David Beckham  47' LM 14 Darren Anderton  97' AM 16 Paul Scholes  78' SS 20 Michael Owen CF 9 Alan Shearer (c) Substitutes: DF 6 Gareth Southgate  71' MF 15 Paul Merson  78' MF 8 David Batty  97' Manager: Glenn Hoddle

Italy vs France

3 July 1998 (1998-07-03)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	France
	[Report 9]
Penalties
R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio	3–4	Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc

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Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Italy

France

GK 12 Gianluca Pagliuca RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi  28' CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta  113' LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) CM 11 Dino Baggio  52' CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio RW 17 Francesco Moriero LW 7 Gianluca Pessotto  90' SS 10 Alessandro Del Piero  26'  67' CF 21 Christian Vieri Substitutes: MF 9 Demetrio Albertini  52' FW 18 Roberto Baggio  67' MF 15 Angelo Di Livio  90' Manager: Cesare Maldini

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)  62' RM 19 Christian Karembeu  65' LM 17 Emmanuel Petit AM 10 Zinedine Zidane CF 6 Youri Djorkaeff CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  53'  65' Substitutes: FW 12 Thierry Henry  65' FW 20 David Trezeguet  65' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

Brazil vs Denmark

3 July 1998 (1998-07-03)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Brazil	3–2	Denmark
Bebeto 10' Rivaldo 25', 59'	[Report 10]	Jørgensen 2' B. Laudrup 50'

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Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil

Denmark

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafu  81' CB 3 Aldair  37' CB 4 Junior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos  11' CM 5 César Sampaio CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo  87' AM 18 Leonardo  71' CF 20 Bebeto  64' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson  64' MF 11 Emerson  71' MF 16 Zé Roberto  87' Manager: Mário Zagallo

GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 12 Søren Colding  39' CB 3 Marc Rieper CB 4 Jes Høgh LB 5 Jan Heintze CM 6 Thomas Helveg  19'  87' CM 7 Allan Nielsen  46' RW 21 Martin Jørgensen LW 10 Michael Laudrup (c) SS 11 Brian Laudrup CF 18 Peter Møller  66' Substitutes: MF 15 Stig Tøfting  72'  46' FW 19 Ebbe Sand  66' DF 2 Michael Schjønberg  87' Manager: Bo Johansson

Netherlands vs Argentina

The game saw two early goals - Kluivert giving the Netherlands a lead, which was cancelled out minutes later by Lopez. There were also three early yellow cards - Stam and Numan for the Dutch, Chamot for Argentina. Tempers began to boil over during the second half: Numan received a second yellow for a challenge on Simeone, although there were Dutch protests that Simeone had made the most of it. Ortega lost his temper completely: only a minute after receiving a yellow card for a rough challenge, he headbutted Van der Sar and was sent off at once, reducing both sides to ten men. With extra time looming, Bergkamp received a long pass, controlled it superbly and scored in the last minute, to send the Dutch into the semi-finals.

4 July 1998 (1998-07-04)

16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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Netherlands	2–1	Argentina
Kluivert 12' Bergkamp 90'	[Report 11]	López 17'

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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Netherlands

Argentina

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger CB 3 Jaap Stam  10' CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 5 Arthur Numan  17'  76' CM 6 Wim Jonk CM 16 Edgar Davids RW 7 Ronald de Boer  64' LW 11 Phillip Cocu SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp CF 9 Patrick Kluivert Substitutes: FW 14 Marc Overmars  64' Manager: Guus Hiddink

GK 1 Carlos Roa RB 22 Javier Zanetti CB 2 Roberto Ayala CB 6 Roberto Sensini  60' LB 3 José Chamot  22'  89' DM 5 Matías Almeyda  68' CM 8 Diego Simeone (c) CM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón AM 10 Ariel Ortega  86'  87' SS 7 Claudio López CF 9 Gabriel Batistuta Substitutes: DF 4 Mauricio Pineda  68' FW 18 Abel Balbo  89' Manager: Daniel Passarella

Germany vs Croatia

Germany initially had the better of the first half, forcing a couple of good saves from Ladic in the Croatian goal. However, the complexion of the match was changed when Christian Wörns was sent off in the 40th minute, for a rough tackle from behind. With Germany down to ten, Jarni scored to give Croatia the lead on the stroke of half-time: Vlaovic's shot from just outside the penalty area, and Suker's close-range shot in the 85th minute, gave Croatia a 3-0 victory.

4 July 1998 (1998-07-04)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Germany	0–3	Croatia
	[Report 12]	Jarni 45+3' Vlaović 80' Šuker 85'

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Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Germany

Croatia

GK 1 Andreas Köpke SW 8 Lothar Matthäus CB 2 Christian Wörns  40' CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RWB 3 Jörg Heinrich  18' LWB 21 Michael Tarnat  37' DM 16 Dietmar Hamann  79' DM 13 Jens Jeremies AM 10 Thomas Häßler  69' CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann (c) Substitutes: FW 9 Ulf Kirsten  69' FW 11 Olaf Marschall  79' Manager: Berti Vogts

GK 1 Dražen Ladić SW 4 Igor Štimac CB 20 Dario Šimić  13' CB 6 Slaven Bilić RWB 13 Mario Stanić LWB 17 Robert Jarni DM 14 Zvonimir Soldo CM 7 Aljoša Asanović CM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c) CF 19 Goran Vlaović  83' CF 9 Davor Šuker  57' Substitutes: MF 11 Silvio Marić  83' Manager: Miroslav Blažević

Brazil vs Netherlands

7 July 1998 (1998-07-07)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Ronaldo 46'	[Report 13]	Kluivert 87'
Penalties
Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga	4–2	F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer

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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Brazil

Netherlands

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 13 Zé Carlos  31' CB 3 Aldair CB 4 Junior Baiano LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 César Sampaio  45' CM 8 Dunga (c) AM 10 Rivaldo AM 18 Leonardo  85' CF 20 Bebeto  70' CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutes: FW 19 Denílson  70' MF 11 Emerson  85' Manager: Mário Zagallo

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Michael Reiziger  48'  56' CB 3 Jaap Stam CB 4 Frank de Boer (c) LB 11 Phillip Cocu CM 6 Wim Jonk  111' CM 16 Edgar Davids  60' RW 7 Ronald de Boer LW 12 Boudewijn Zenden  75' SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp CF 9 Patrick Kluivert Substitutes: MF 20 Aron Winter  56' FW 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk  90'  75' MF 10 Clarence Seedorf  119'  111' Manager: Guus Hiddink

France vs Croatia

8 July 1998 (1998-07-08)

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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France	2–1	Croatia
Thuram 47', 70'	[Report 14]	Šuker 46'

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Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

France

Croatia

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram CB 5 Laurent Blanc  74' CB 8 Marcel Desailly LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) RM 19 Christian Karembeu  31' LM 17 Emmanuel Petit AM 10 Zinedine Zidane CF 6 Youri Djorkaeff  77' CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  68' Substitutes: FW 12 Thierry Henry  31' FW 20 David Trezeguet  68' DF 18 Frank Leboeuf  77' Manager: Aimé Jacquet

GK 1 Dražen Ladić SW 4 Igor Štimac CB 20 Dario Šimić  88' CB 6 Slaven Bilić RWB 13 Mario Stanić  75'  89' LWB 17 Robert Jarni DM 14 Zvonimir Soldo CM 7 Aljoša Asanović  45' CM 10 Zvonimir Boban (c)  65' CF 19 Goran Vlaović CF 9 Davor Šuker Substitutes: MF 11 Silvio Marić  65' MF 8 Robert Prosinečki  89' Manager: Miroslav Blažević