1998 FIFA World Cup - Group C - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Group C at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised four teams: Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

representatives Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

, South Africa

South Africa national football team

The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

from the Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

, UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

's Denmark

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

and hosts France

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

.

Denmark and France started well, defeating Saudi Arabia and South Africa respectively. Next, France scored four to eliminate Saudi Arabia and qualify with a match to spare, while Denmark and South Africa drew. Needing a big win in their final game, against Saudi Arabia, South Africa conceded two penalties and could only draw, so Denmark still qualified despite losing their final game to France.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	1
9
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Saudi Arabia vs Denmark


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SAUDI ARABIA:
GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani Mohammed Al-Jahani Mohammed Al-Jahani is a Saudi Arabian footballer.-International career:Al-Jahani also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.He also participated in...
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Mohammed Saleh Al-Khilaiwi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. At the club level, he played mostly for Al-Ittihad in his home country.-Career:...
DF	4	Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. Between 1993 and 2002, he played 122 international matches and scored 4 goals for the national team. He played at the World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002...
MF	6	Fuad Amin Fuad Amin Fuad Anwar Amin is a former football defensive midfielder from Saudi Arabia. A former captain of the national team, he played at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998... (c)
FW	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani Ibrahim Al-Shahrani Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al-Nasr.He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha in the...
FW	9	Sami Al-Jaber Sami Al-Jaber Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...
FW	10	Saeed Al-Owairan
DF	13	Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team...
MF	14	Khalid Al-Muwallid Khalid Al-Muwallid Khalid Massad Al-Muwallid Al-Harbi is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad....
MF	16	Khamis Al-Owairan Khamis Al-Owairan Khamis Al-Owairan Al-Dossari is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer.He played most of his career for Al-Hilal and Al Ittihad....
Substitutions:
MF	20	Hamzah Saleh Hamzah Saleh Hamzah Saleh is a former Saudi Arabian footballer in midfielder role.He played for Al-Ahli and represented the national team at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup's.-References:...
FW	8	Obeid Al-Dosari
FW	15	Yousuf Al-Thunayan Yousuf Al-Thunayan Yousuf Al-Thunayan is a former association football midfielder from Saudi Arabia. During his active career he played 94 international matches and scored 26 goals for the national team. At the age of 34 he was selected for his first and only Football World Cup, and appeared in two games, scoring...
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Parreira Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...

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DENMARK: | GK 1 Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

DF 2 Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish Association football manager, club official, and former player, who most recently was the manager of FC Vestsjælland....

DF 3 Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper-Jensen is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a central defender for English club West Ham United F.C. and Celtic F.C. from Scotland...

DF 4 Jes Høgh

Jes Høgh

Jes Høgh is a former Danish football player. He played 57 matches and scored 1 goal for the Danish national football team, and Høgh represented Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as the UEFA Euro 1996 and UEFA Euro 2000 tournaments...

DF 6 Thomas Helveg

Thomas Helveg

Thomas Lund Helveg is a former Danish professional Association football player who played as a defensive midfielder and defender for Odense Boldklub in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship...

MF 10 Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup is a retired Danish footballer, who works as a manager and last coached La Liga side RCD Mallorca. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of football. His most prominent run of football came with Spanish club Barcelona, with whom he won four straight La...

Brian Laudrup

Brian Laudrup is a Danish former football player and current football commentator, pundit and analyst on TV3+. Along with former international goalkeeper Lars Høgh, Laudrup manages a football academy for marginalized youth...

DF 12 Søren Colding

Søren Colding

Søren Colding is a Danish former professional football player, who most prominently captained Danish club Brøndby IF and VfL Bochum in Germany from his position of right back. He represented the Denmark national football team in 27 matches, and he was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and...

MF 14 Morten Wieghorst

Morten Wieghorst

Morten Wieghorst is a Danish association football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Denmark national under-21 football team and the former manager of FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga whom he guided to the 2010 and 2011 Danish Cup trophy.During his active career, Wieghorst...

FW 19 Ebbe Sand

Ebbe Sand

Ebbe Sand is a Danish former professional footballer who most notably played as a striker for FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the German Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and he won the German Cup in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke...

MF 21 Martin Jørgensen

Martin Jørgensen

Lars Martin Jørgensen , more commonly known as Martin Jørgensen, is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Danish club AGF Aarhus. Jørgensen has played 101 matches and scored 12 goals for the Denmark national football team. He is the only player that has represented Denmark...

Substitutions: MF 7 Allan Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

-External links: *...

MF 8 Per Frandsen

Per Frandsen

Per Frandsen is a Danish former professional football player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England...

DF 5 Jan Heintze

Jan Heintze

Jan Heintze is a retired Danish professional football player, a left-sided defensive midfielder and defender who started and ended his career in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven, where he was a part of the PSV team which won the 1988 European Cup...

Manager:

Bo Johansson

Assistant referees
Assistant referee (association football)
In association football, an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen , stand on the touchlines, while a fourth official assists administrative or other match related tasks as directed by the referee...

:

Claudio Rossi

Jorge Diaz Garcia

Fourth official:

Hugh Dallas

Hugh Dallas MBE is a Scottish former football referee. He officiated at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998 and 2002; he was appointed fourth official for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final...

France vs South Africa


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FRANCE:
GK	16	Fabien Barthez Fabien Barthez Fabien Alain Barthez is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets...
DF	15	Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram is a retired professional football defender and is the most capped player in the history of the France national team, and one of the twenty most capped players of all time.He played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in the Serie A with both...
DF	8	Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly is a retired Ghanaian born French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000...
DF	5	Laurent Blanc Laurent Blanc Laurent Robert Blanc is a French association football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the French national team, having replaced Raymond Domenech in the wake of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was previously the manager of Bordeaux...
DF	3	Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu is a former football left defender who played most notably for Girondins de Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.-Football career:...
MF	7	Didier Deschamps Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps is a retired French footballer and current manager of Marseille. He played as a defensive midfielder. As an international, he assisted France with victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000... (c)
MF	17	Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit is a retired French footballer, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea...
MF	10	Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...
FW	6	Youri Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...
FW	9	Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....
FW	12	Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
Substitutions:
FW	21	Christophe Dugarry
MF	14	Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.-Club career:...
FW	20	David Trézéguet David Trézéguet David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet Aimé Jacquet Aimé Étienne Jacquet is a French football coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Biography:...

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SOUTH AFRICA: | GK 1 Hans Vonk

Hans Vonk

Hans Vonk was a Dutch conductor.Vonk was born in Amsterdam, the son of Franciscus Cornelis and Wilhemina Vonk. His father was a violinist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and died when Vonk was age three. Vonk studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at the Amsterdam Conservatory and law at Amsterdam...

DF 4 Willem Jackson

Willem Jackson

Willem Jackson is a South African footballer playing as defender for Platinum Stars of the Premier Soccer League.He played mostly for Bloemfontein Celtic and Orlando Pirates....

DF 19 Lucas Radebe

Lucas Radebe

Lucas Valeriu Radebe is a former Leeds United and South African football player. During his career, Radebe was renowned for being a world-class centre back and a great ambassador for the sport....

Mark Fish

Mark Anthony Fish is a retired South African footballer.-Club career:Fish started his career in his native South Africa under the guidance of renowned coach Steve Coetsee, playing for Arcadia Shepherds, an amateur team based at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria...

DF 21 Pierre Issa DF 3 David Nyathi

David Nyathi

- Career :Nyathi played for a few teams, including FC St. Gallen , Ankaragücü , CD Tenerife and Cagliari .- International :...

MF 10 John Moshoeu

John Moshoeu

John "Shoes" Leshiba Moshoeu is a retired South African football player who last played for Alexandra United.-Career:...

MF 7 Quinton Fortune FW 6 Phil Masinga FW 12 Brendan Augustine

Brendan Augustine

Brendan Augustine is a South African football player.He played mostly for Bush Bucks, LASK and Ajax Cape Town.He played for South Africa national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup...

FW 17 Benni McCarthy

Benni McCarthy

Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...

Substitutions: FW 9 Shaun Bartlett

Shaun Bartlett

Shaun Bartlett is a retired South African football striker who last played for Bloemfontein Celtic.-Early life:...

MF 11 Helman Mkhalele

Helman Mkhalele

Helman Mkhalele is a former South African football player. He was the part of the Orlando Pirates squad that won the 1995 African Championship.- International :...

Manager:

Philippe Troussier

Philippe Troussier is a former French football player and now a manager.-Coaching career:Troussier is known as the "White Witch Doctor" for his success with African club teams such as Asec Abidjan of the Côte d'Ivoire and the national teams of Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso...

Arnaldo Pinto

Merere Gonzales

Fourth official:

Mario Sánchez Yanten

Mario Sanchez Yanten

Mario Sánchez Yanten is a retired Chilean football referee.He refereed two matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France: Nigeria's 1-0 win over Bulgaria, and South Africa's 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia. He awarded three penalties in the latter match, two to the Saudis and one to the South Africans...

South Africa vs Denmark


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SOUTH AFRICA:
GK	1	Hans Vonk
DF	3	David Nyathi David Nyathi - Career :Nyathi played for a few teams, including FC St. Gallen , Ankaragücü , CD Tenerife and Cagliari .- International :...
DF	5	Mark Fish Mark Fish Mark Anthony Fish is a retired South African footballer.-Club career:Fish started his career in his native South Africa under the guidance of renowned coach Steve Coetsee, playing for Arcadia Shepherds, an amateur team based at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria...
MF	7	Quinton Fortune
FW	9	Shaun Bartlett Shaun Bartlett Shaun Bartlett is a retired South African football striker who last played for Bloemfontein Celtic.-Early life:...
MF	10	John Moshoeu John Moshoeu John "Shoes" Leshiba Moshoeu is a retired South African football player who last played for Alexandra United.-Career:...
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele Helman Mkhalele Helman Mkhalele is a former South African football player. He was the part of the Orlando Pirates squad that won the 1995 African Championship.- International :...
FW	12	Brendan Augustine Brendan Augustine Brendan Augustine is a South African football player.He played mostly for Bush Bucks, LASK and Ajax Cape Town.He played for South Africa national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
FW	17	Benni McCarthy Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...
DF	19	Lucas Radebe Lucas Radebe Lucas Valeriu Radebe is a former Leeds United and South African football player. During his career, Radebe was renowned for being a world-class centre back and a great ambassador for the sport.... (c)
DF	21	Pierre Issa
Substitutions:
MF	8	Alfred Phiri Alfred Phiri Alfred Maimane Phiri is a South African football midfielder formerly playing for Moroka Swallows....
FW	6	Phil Masinga
FW	13	Delron Buckley Delron Buckley Delron Sebastian Buckley is a South African footballer playing for Karlsruher SC.-Club career:Buckley's soccer career began with his local team Butcherfille Rovers Durban, but when he was 17 years old he was signed by German club VfL Bochum...
Manager:
Philippe Troussier Philippe Troussier Philippe Troussier is a former French football player and now a manager.-Coaching career:Troussier is known as the "White Witch Doctor" for his success with African club teams such as Asec Abidjan of the Côte d'Ivoire and the national teams of Nigeria, South Africa and Burkina Faso...

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DENMARK: | GK 1 Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

DF 2 Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish Association football manager, club official, and former player, who most recently was the manager of FC Vestsjælland....

DF 3 Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper-Jensen is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a central defender for English club West Ham United F.C. and Celtic F.C. from Scotland...

DF 4 Jes Høgh

Jes Høgh

DF 6 Thomas Helveg

Thomas Helveg

MF 7 Allan Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

-External links: *...

MF 10 Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup

Brian Laudrup

DF 12 Søren Colding

Søren Colding

FW 19 Ebbe Sand

Ebbe Sand

MF 21 Martin Jørgensen

Martin Jørgensen

Substitutions: DF 5 Jan Heintze

Jan Heintze

FW 9 Miklos Molnar

Miklos Molnar

Miklos Jon Molnar , nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional football player who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top goalscorer of the 1989 and 1997 Danish championships, and won the 2000 MLS Cup with American team Kansas City Wizards...

MF 14 Morten Wieghorst

Morten Wieghorst

Manager:

Bo Johansson

Jorge Luis Arango

Celestino Galván

Fourth official:

Epifanio González

Epifanio González Chaves is a former Paraguayan football referee. He is known for supervising two matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Famous footballer Gabriel González is his brother.-References:*...

France vs Saudi Arabia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FRANCE:
GK	16	Fabien Barthez Fabien Barthez Fabien Alain Barthez is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets...
DF	3	Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu is a former football left defender who played most notably for Girondins de Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.-Football career:...
DF	5	Laurent Blanc Laurent Blanc Laurent Robert Blanc is a French association football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the French national team, having replaced Raymond Domenech in the wake of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was previously the manager of Bordeaux...
DF	8	Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly is a retired Ghanaian born French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000...
DF	15	Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram Lilian Thuram is a retired professional football defender and is the most capped player in the history of the France national team, and one of the twenty most capped players of all time.He played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in the Serie A with both...
MF	7	Didier Deschamps Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps is a retired French footballer and current manager of Marseille. He played as a defensive midfielder. As an international, he assisted France with victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000... (c)
MF	10	Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...
MF	13	Bernard Diomède Bernard Diomède Bernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...
MF	14	Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.-Club career:...
FW	12	Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
FW	21	Christophe Dugarry
Substitutions:
FW	20	David Trézéguet David Trézéguet David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
FW	6	Youri Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...
MF	11	Robert Pirès Robert Pirès Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet Aimé Jacquet Aimé Étienne Jacquet is a French football coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Biography:...

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SAUDI ARABIA: | GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea DF 2 Mohammed Al-Jahani

Mohammed Al-Jahani

Mohammed Al-Jahani is a Saudi Arabian footballer.-International career:Al-Jahani also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.He also participated in...

DF 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi

Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi

Mohammed Saleh Al-Khilaiwi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. At the club level, he played mostly for Al-Ittihad in his home country.-Career:...

DF 4 Abdullah Zubromawi

Abdullah Zubromawi

Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. Between 1993 and 2002, he played 122 international matches and scored 4 goals for the national team. He played at the World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002...

DF 13 Hussein Sulaimani

Hussein Sulaimani

Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team...

MF 6 Fuad Amin

Fuad Amin

Fuad Anwar Amin is a former football defensive midfielder from Saudi Arabia. A former captain of the national team, he played at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998...

Khamis Al-Owairan

Khamis Al-Owairan Al-Dossari is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer.He played most of his career for Al-Hilal and Al Ittihad....

MF 20 Hamzah Saleh

Hamzah Saleh

Hamzah Saleh is a former Saudi Arabian footballer in midfielder role.He played for Al-Ahli and represented the national team at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup's.-References:...

FW 7 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al-Nasr.He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha in the...

FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...

FW 10 Saeed Al-Owairan Substitutions: MF 12 Ibrahim Al-Harbi

Ibrahim Al-Harbi

Ibrahim Al-Harbi is a retired Saudi Arabian football midfielder.-Career:Al-Harbi played club football for Al-Nasr. He also played for the national team, with which he participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 1998 FIFA World Cup....

MF 14 Khalid Al-Muwallid

Khalid Al-Muwallid

Khalid Massad Al-Muwallid Al-Harbi is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad....

DF 17 Ahmed Dokhi

Ahmed Dokhi

Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.Al-Dokhi was part of the Al Hilal team that won the AFC Club Championship and AFC Super Cup in 2000...

Manager:

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager. He managed Brazil to championships at the 1994 World Cup, the 2004 Copa América, and the 2005 Confederations Cup...

Reynaldo Salinas

Luis Torres Zuniga

Fourth official:

Alberto Tejada Noriega

Alberto Tejada Noriega is the incumbent Peruvian Minister of Health. He was also a urologist and later a football referee.-Football career:He refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in 1994 and one in 1998....

France vs Denmark


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	FRANCE:
GK	16	Fabien Barthez Fabien Barthez Fabien Alain Barthez is a former French footballer goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets...
DF	8	Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly Marcel Desailly is a retired Ghanaian born French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000... (c)
DF	18	Franck Leboeuf
DF	2	Vincent Candela
MF	19	Christian Karembeu Christian Karembeu Christian Karembeu is a retired French international footballer and current scout for Arsenal Football Club...
MF	4	Patrick Vieira Patrick Vieira Patrick Vieira is a retired French footballer of Senegalese descent who is the Football Development Executive at Manchester City....
MF	17	Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel Petit Emmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit is a retired French footballer, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea...
MF	13	Bernard Diomède Bernard Diomède Bernard Diomède is a retired French footballer of Guadeloupean descent. He played as a winger.-Club career:...
MF	11	Robert Pirès Robert Pirès Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...
FW	6	Youri Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...
FW	20	David Trézéguet David Trézéguet David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
Substitutions:
FW	9	Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....
FW	12	Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
MF	14	Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian Alain Boghossian is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.-Club career:...
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet Aimé Jacquet Aimé Étienne Jacquet is a French football coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Biography:...

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DENMARK: | GK 1 Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

DF 2 Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg

Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish Association football manager, club official, and former player, who most recently was the manager of FC Vestsjælland....

DF 3 Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper

Marc Rieper-Jensen is a Danish former professional football player, who most notably played as a central defender for English club West Ham United F.C. and Celtic F.C. from Scotland...

DF 4 Jes Høgh

Jes Høgh

DF 5 Jan Heintze

Jan Heintze

DF 13 Jacob Laursen

Jacob Laursen

Jacob Thaysen-Laursen is a Danish retired professional football player, who played as a defender. He most notably played for English club Derby County and won the Danish Superliga championship with Silkeborg IF and F.C. Copenhagen...

MF 6 Thomas Helveg

Thomas Helveg

MF 7 Allan Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

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MF 10 Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup

Martin Jørgensen

FW 11 Brian Laudrup

Brian Laudrup

Substitutions: DF 12 Søren Colding

Søren Colding

MF 15 Stig Tøfting

Stig Tøfting

Stig Tøfting , nicknamed Tøffe, and The Lawn Mower, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF....

FW 19 Ebbe Sand

Ebbe Sand

Manager:

Bo Johansson
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Assistant referees
Assistant referee (association football)
In association football, an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen , stand on the touchlines, while a fourth official assists administrative or other match related tasks as directed by the referee...

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Nimal Wickeramatunge

Emanuel Zammit

Fourth official:

Vítor Melo Pereira

Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira is a retired football referee from Portugal, best known for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1998 and 2002.-References:*...

South Africa vs Saudi Arabia

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Assistant referees
Assistant referee (association football)
In association football, an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen , stand on the touchlines, while a fourth official assists administrative or other match related tasks as directed by the referee...

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Owen Powell

Eddie Foley

Fourth official:

Alberto Tejada Noriega

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