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.

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
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	United States	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

• 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.

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

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

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[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

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

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)

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