1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised Germany and Yugoslavia of UEFA, Iran of the Asian Football Confederation and the United States from the CONCACAF region.

Germany and Yugoslavia both started well by beating the United States and Iran respectively. The United States were then eliminated with a match to spare after losing to Iran, while Germany drew with Yugoslavia. Iran needed to win their final game against Germany to qualify but were defeated, which meant that Yugoslavia would still have qualified even without their victory over United States. Germany's two goals against both the United States and Iran put them top on goal difference.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	FR Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	United States	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: FIFA

Germany advanced to play Mexico (runner-up of Group E) in the round of 16.
Yugoslavia advanced to play Netherlands (winner of Group E) in the round of 16.

Matches

FR Yugoslavia vs Iran

14 June 1998

17:30 CET (UTC+1)

FR Yugoslavia	1–0	Iran
Mihajlović 73'	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 30,600

Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

FR Yugoslavia

Iran


GK	1	Ivica Kralj
RB	2	Zoran Mirković
CB	3	Goran Đorović
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	16	Željko Petrović	42'
DM	6	Branko Brnović		50'
DM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
AM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)	60'	68'
AM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović
CF	17	Savo Milošević		58'
Substitutions:
MF	20	Dejan Stanković		50'
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović		58'
FW	22	Darko Kovačević		68'
Manager:
Slobodan Santrač


GK	12	Nima Nakisa
DF	4	Mohammad Khakpour
DF	14	Nader Mohammadkhani (c)
DF	17	Javad Zarincheh
DF	20	Mehdi Pashazadeh
MF	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia
MF	6	Karim Bagheri
MF	9	Hamid Estili	68'
MF	21	Mehrdad Minavand
FW	10	Ali Daei
FW	11	Khodadad Azizi
Substitutions:
MF	7	Ali Reza Mansourian	68'
Manager:
Jalal Talebi

Assistant referees:
Owen Powell (Jamaica)
Jacek Pociegel (Poland)
Fourth official:
Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Germany vs United States

15 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	2–0	United States
Möller 9' Klinsmann 65'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

Germany

United States^[1]


GK	1	Andreas Köpke
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	6	Olaf Thon
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
RWB	19	Stefan Reuter		70'
LWB	3	Jörg Heinrich	84'
DM	13	Jens Jeremies	30'
CM	10	Thomas Häßler		50'
AM	7	Andreas Möller		89'
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
Substitutions:
MF	16	Dietmar Hamann	77'	50'
DF	17	Christian Ziege		70'
DF	14	Markus Babbel		89'
Manager:
Berti Vogts


GK	18	Kasey Keller
CB	6	David Regis
CB	5	Thomas Dooley (c)
CB	3	Eddie Pope	85'
DM	15	Chad Deering		72'
DM	19	Brian Maisonneuve
RW	4	Mike Burns		46'
CM	21	Claudio Reyna
LW	13	Cobi Jones
AM	8	Earnie Stewart
CF	11	Eric Wynalda		65'
Substitutions:
MF	2	Frankie Hejduk	50'	46'
FW	7	Roy Wegerle		65'
MF	10	Tab Ramos		72'
Manager:
Steve Sampson

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)
Mikael Nilsson (Sweden)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Germany vs FR Yugoslavia

21 June 1998

14:30 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	2–2	FR Yugoslavia
Mihajlović 72' (o.g.) Bierhoff 78'	Report	Mijatović 13' Stojković 52'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Germany

FR Yugoslavia


GK	1	Andreas Köpke
SW	6	Olaf Thon
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
RWB	3	Jörg Heinrich
LWB	17	Christian Ziege		66'
CM	13	Jens Jeremies
CM	16	Dietmar Hamann		46'
AMF	7	Andreas Möller		57'
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
Substitutions:
MF	8	Lothar Matthäus	75'	46'
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten		57'
DF	21	Michael Tarnat		66'
Manager:
Berti Vogts


GK	1	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	3	Goran Đorović
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	16	Željko Petrović	74'
DM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
RM	20	Dejan Stanković	66'
CM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)
LM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović
CF	22	Darko Kovačević	57'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović	57'
MF	18	Dejan Govedarica	66'
MF	19	Miroslav Stević	74'
Manager:
Slobodan Santrač

Assistant referees:
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

United States vs Iran

21 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

United States	1–2	Iran
McBride 87'	Report	Estili 40' Mahdavikia 84'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

United States^[2]^[3]

Iran


GK	18	Kasey Keller
CB	3	Eddie Pope
CB	5	Thomas Dooley (c)		82'
CB	6	David Regis	18'
RWB	2	Frankie Hejduk
CM	10	Tab Ramos		57'
CM	21	Claudio Reyna
CM	9	Joe-Max Moore
LWB	13	Cobi Jones
CF	7	Roy Wegerle		57'
CF	20	Brian McBride
Substitutions:
MF	8	Earnie Stewart		57'
MF	14	Predrag Radosavljević		57'
MF	19	Brian Maisonneuve		82'
Manager:
Steve Sampson


GK	1	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c)
CB	4	Mohammad Khakpour
CB	14	Nader Mohammadkhani		75'
CB	20	Mehdi Pashazadeh
RWB	17	Javad Zarincheh	77'	77'
CM	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia
CM	6	Karim Bagheri
CM	9	Hamid Estili
LWB	21	Mehrdad Minavand	8'
CF	11	Khodadad Azizi		74'
CF	10	Ali Daei
Substitutions:
MF	7	Ali Reza Mansourian		74'
DF	5	Afshin Peyravani		75'
DF	3	Naim Sadavi		77'
Manager:
Jalal Talebi

Assistant referees:
Laurent Rausisi (Switzerland)
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Fourth official:
Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Germany vs Iran

25 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Germany	2–0	Iran
Bierhoff 50' Klinsmann 57'	Report

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

Germany

Iran


GK	1	Andreas Köpke
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	6	Olaf Thon		46'
SW	8	Lothar Matthäus
RWB	3	Jörg Heinrich
CM	5	Thomas Helmer
CM	10	Thomas Häßler	45'	69'
LWB	21	Michael Tarnat		76'
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)	31'
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
Substitutions:
MF	16	Dietmar Hamann		46'
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten		69'
DF	17	Christian Ziege		76'
Manager:
Berti Vogts


GK	1	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c)
DF	4	Mohammad Khakpour
DF	14	Nader Mohammadkhani
DF	17	Javad Zarincheh		70'
DF	20	Mehdi Pashazadeh
MF	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia
MF	6	Karim Bagheri
MF	9	Hamid Estili
MF	21	Mehrdad Minavand
FW	10	Ali Daei	47'
FW	11	Khodadad Azizi
Substitutions:
MF	8	Sirous Dinmohammadi		70'
Manager:
Jalal Talebi

Assistant referees:
Celestino Galvan (Paraguay)
Jorge Diaz Galvez (Chile)
Fourth official:
Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

United States vs FR Yugoslavia

25 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

United States	0–1	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Komljenović 4'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

United States

FR Yugoslavia


GK	1	Brad Friedel
DF	2	Frankie Hejduk		64'
DF	4	Mike Burns
DF	5	Thomas Dooley (c)		81'
DF	6	David Regis
MF	8	Earnie Stewart
MF	13	Cobi Jones
MF	19	Brian Maisonneuve
MF	21	Claudio Reyna	13'
FW	9	Joe-Max Moore		58'
FW	20	Brian McBride
Substitutions:
MF	14	Preki		58'
FW	11	Eric Wynalda		64'
DF	17	Marcelo Balboa		81'
Manager:
Steve Sampson


GK	1	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	3	Goran Đorović
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	16	Željko Petrović
DM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
RM	20	Dejan Stanković	41'	54'
CM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)		62'
LM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović		30'
CF	17	Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović	61'	30'
MF	6	Branko Brnović		54'
MF	8	Dejan Savićević		62'
Manager:
Slobodan Santrač

Assistant referees:
Achmat Salie (South Africa)
Mark Warren (England)
Fourth official:
Ian McLeod (South Africa)

References

[1] WORLD CUP '98; The 3-6-1: America's Secret Formula

[2] Washington Post: Coach Adds Forward to Punchless Attack

[3] ESPN: An oral history of USA-Iran at the 1998 World Cup

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1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Standings

Matches

FR Yugoslavia vs Iran

Germany vs United States

Germany vs FR Yugoslavia

United States vs Iran

Germany vs Iran

United States vs FR Yugoslavia

See also

References