1998 FIFA World Cup Group G

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, labelled A–H. The four teams in Group G were England, Romania, Colombia and Tunisia.^[1] With wins in their first two games against Colombia and England, followed by a draw against Tunisia, Romania won the group and qualified for the round of 16. England and Colombia were level on points before they played each other in their final match, each having defeated Tunisia and lost to Romania. England, with a better goal difference, only required a draw to advance. They won the match to take the second qualifying place.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA

Romania advanced to play Croatia (runner-up of Group H) in the round of 16.
England advanced to play Argentina (winner of Group H) in the round of 16.

Matches

England vs Tunisia

15 June 1998

14:30 CET (UTC+1)

England	2–0	Tunisia
Shearer 42' Scholes 89'	^{[Report 1]}

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

England

Tunisia


GK	1	David Seaman
CB	2	Sol Campbell	88'
CB	6	Gareth Southgate
CB	5	Tony Adams
RWB	14	Darren Anderton
CM	4	Paul Ince
CM	8	David Batty
LWB	3	Graeme Le Saux
AM	16	Paul Scholes
SS	10	Teddy Sheringham		85'
CF	9	Alan Shearer (c)
Substitutions:
FW	20	Michael Owen		85'
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle


GK	1	Chokri El Ouaer
RWB	5	Hatem Trabelsi		79'
CB	3	Sami Trabelsi (c)
CB	4	Mounir Boukadida
CB	21	Khaled Badra
LWB	17	José Clayton	48'
MF	10	Kaïs Ghodhbane	87'
MF	14	Sirajeddine Chihi
MF	15	Skander Souayah		46'
FW	11	Adel Sellimi
FW	18	Mehdi Ben Slimane		65'
Substitutions:
MF	8	Zoubeir Baya		46'
FW	2	Imed Ben Younes	70'	65'
DF	7	Tarek Thabet		79'
Manager:
Henryk Kasperczak

Assistant referees:
Jeom Young Hyun (South Korea)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Romania vs Colombia

This fixture was a repeat of the two teams' opening match at the 1994 tournament, also won by Romania.

15 June 1998

17:30 CET (UTC+1)

Romania	1–0	Colombia
Ilie 45+1'	^{[Report 2]}

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 39,100

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Romania

Colombia


GK	12	Bogdan Stelea
SW	6	Gheorghe Popescu
CB	18	Iulian Filipescu	54'
CB	13	Liviu Ciobotariu
RWB	2	Dan Petrescu	78'
LWB	8	Dorinel Munteanu	69'
CM	5	Constantin Gâlcă
CM	16	Gabriel Popescu		68'
AM	10	Gheorghe Hagi (c)		76'
CF	9	Viorel Moldovan		84'
CF	11	Adrian Ilie
Substitutions:
MF	19	Ovidiu Stîngă		68'
MF	15	Lucian Marinescu		76'
MF	14	Radu Niculescu		84'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu


GK	22	Faryd Mondragón
DF	3	Ever Palacios
DF	4	José Santa	47'
DF	5	Jorge Bermúdez
DF	13	Wílmer Cabrera
MF	6	Mauricio Serna
MF	8	Harold Lozano
MF	10	Carlos Valderrama (c)
MF	19	Freddy Rincón
FW	11	Faustino Asprilla		84'
FW	15	Víctor Aristizábal		46'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Adolfo Valencia		46'
FW	21	Léider Preciado		84'
Manager:
Hernán Dario Gómez

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Fourth official:
Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Colombia vs Tunisia

22 June 1998

17:30 CET (UTC+1)

Colombia	1–0	Tunisia
Preciado 83'	^{[Report 3]}

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 29,800

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Colombia

Tunisia


GK	22	Faryd Mondragón
DF	3	Ever Palacios
DF	4	José Santa	18'
DF	5	Jorge Bermúdez
DF	13	Wílmer Cabrera
MF	6	Mauricio Serna		62'
MF	8	Harold Lozano
MF	10	Carlos Valderrama (c)
MF	19	Freddy Rincón		56'
FW	7	Antony de Ávila
FW	9	Adolfo Valencia		56'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Léider Preciado		56'
FW	15	Víctor Aristizábal		56'
MF	14	Jorge Bolaño		62'
Manager:
Hernán Darío Gómez


GK	1	Chokri El Ouaer
RB	3	Sami Trabelsi (c)
CB	6	Ferid Chouchane
CB	7	Tarek Thabet		76'
LB	17	José Clayton	83'
MF	8	Zoubeir Baya		73'
MF	13	Riadh Bouazizi	16'
MF	14	Sirajeddine Chihi
MF	15	Skander Souayah
FW	11	Adel Sellimi		68'
FW	18	Mehdi Ben Slimane
Substitutions:
FW	2	Imed Ben Younes		68'
MF	19	Faysal Ben Ahmed		73'
MF	10	Kaïs Ghodhbane		76'
Manager:
Henryk Kasperczak

Assistant referees:
Erich Schneider (Germany)
Evžen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
László Vágner (Hungary)

Romania vs England

22 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Romania	2–1	England
Moldovan 46' Petrescu 90'	^{[Report 4]}	Owen 81'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Romania

England


GK	12	Bogdan Stelea
SW	6	Gheorghe Popescu	47'
CB	18	Iulian Filipescu	88'
CB	13	Liviu Ciobotariu	78'
RWB	2	Dan Petrescu
LWB	8	Dorinel Munteanu
CM	5	Constantin Gâlcă
CM	16	Gabriel Popescu
AM	10	Gheorghe Hagi (c)	4'	72'
CF	9	Viorel Moldovan		86'
CF	11	Adrian Ilie
Substitutes:
MF	19	Ovidiu Stîngă		72'	81'
MF	15	Lucian Marinescu			81'
FW	7	Marius Lăcătuș		86'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu


GK	1	David Seaman
CB	12	Gary Neville
CB	2	Sol Campbell
CB	5	Tony Adams
RWB	14	Darren Anderton
LWB	3	Graeme Le Saux
CM	4	Paul Ince	32'
CM	8	David Batty
AM	16	Paul Scholes
CF	10	Teddy Sheringham	72'
CF	9	Alan Shearer (c)
Substitutions:
MF	7	David Beckham	32'
FW	20	Michael Owen	72'
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Aristidis Chris Soldatos (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Said Belqola (Morocco)

Colombia vs England

26 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Colombia	0–2	England
	^{[Report 5]}	Anderton 20' Beckham 29'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

Attendance: 38,100

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Colombia

England


GK	22	Faryd Mondragón
DF	13	Wílmer Cabrera
DF	5	Jorge Bermúdez	89'
DF	3	Ever Palacios
DF	16	Luis Antonio Moreno
MF	6	Mauricio Serna	20'	46'
MF	19	Freddy Rincón
MF	8	Harold Lozano
AM	10	Carlos Valderrama (c)
FW	7	Antony de Ávila		46'
FW	21	Léider Preciado		46'
Substitutes:
FW	9	Adolfo Valencia		46'
FW	15	Víctor Aristizábal	86'	46'
FW	20	Hámilton Ricard		46'
Manager:
Hernán Darío Gómez


GK	1	David Seaman
CB	12	Gary Neville
CB	2	Sol Campbell
CB	5	Tony Adams
RWB	14	Darren Anderton		79'
LWB	3	Graeme Le Saux
CM	7	David Beckham
CM	4	Paul Ince		83'
AM	16	Paul Scholes	22'	73'
CF	20	Michael Owen
CF	9	Alan Shearer (c)	89'
Substitutions:
MF	11	Steve McManaman		73'
MF	17	Rob Lee		79'
MF	8	David Batty		83'
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle

Assistant referees:
Laurent Rausis (Switzerland)
Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)

Romania vs Tunisia

26 June 1998

21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Romania	1–1	Tunisia
Moldovan 71'	^{[Report 6]}	Souayah 12' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)

Romania

Tunisia


GK	12	Bogdan Stelea
SW	4	Anton Doboș
CB	3	Cristian Dulca	32'
CB	13	Liviu Ciobotariu
RWB	2	Dan Petrescu
LWB	8	Dorinel Munteanu
CM	15	Lucian Marinescu
CM	5	Constantin Gâlcă
CM	17	Ilie Dumitrescu	68'
AM	10	Gheorghe Hagi (c)
CF	7	Marius Lăcătuș	46'
Substitutions:
DF	6	Gheorghe Popescu	32'
FW	11	Adrian Ilie	46'
FW	9	Viorel Moldovan	68'
Manager:
Anghel Iordănescu


GK	1	Chokri El Ouaer
DF	3	Sami Trabelsi (c)
DF	4	Mounir Boukadida
DF	6	Ferid Chouchane
MF	8	Zoubeir Baya	28'
MF	10	Kaïs Ghodhbane		85'
MF	13	Riadh Bouazizi
MF	14	Sirajeddine Chihi
MF	15	Skander Souayah	57'	90+1'
FW	11	Adel Sellimi
FW	18	Mehdi Ben Slimane		60'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Riadh Jelassi		60'
DF	7	Tarek Thabet		85'
FW	2	Imed Ben Younes		90+1'
Manager:
Ali Selmi

Assistant referees:
Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

References

^ "World Cup 1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 April 2026.

Reports

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- "Match Statistics – Group G – England v Tunisia". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 15 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^
- "Romania vs Colombia | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Match Statistics – Group G – Romania v Colombia". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 15 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^
- "Colombia vs Tunisia | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Colombia v Tunisia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "Match Statistics – Group G – Colombia v Tunisia". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 22 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^
- "Romania vs England | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Romania v England". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "Match Statistics – Group G – Romania v England". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 22 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^
- "Colombia vs England | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Colombia v England". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "Match Statistics – Group G – Colombia v England". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 26 June 1998. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^
- "Romania vs Tunisia | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Romania v Tunisia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "Match Statistics – Group G – Romania v Tunisia". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 26 June 1998. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[Report 1]

[Report 2]

[Report 3]

[Report 4]

[Report 5]

[Report 6]

v t e 1998 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F United States v Iran Group G Group H Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Seeding Squads Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Discipline Officials Broadcasting Sponsorship Terror plot

v t e 1998 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	France
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Netherlands
Quarter-finals	Argentina Denmark Germany Italy
Round of 16	Chile England Mexico Nigeria Norway Paraguay Romania FR Yugoslavia
Group stage	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cameroon Colombia Iran Jamaica Japan Morocco Saudi Arabia Scotland South Africa South Korea Spain Tunisia United States

Standings

Matches

England vs Tunisia

Romania vs Colombia

Colombia vs Tunisia

Romania vs England

Colombia vs England

Romania vs Tunisia

See also

References

Reports