# 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads

The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Romania. The tournament started on 23 May and the final took place in Bucharest on 31 May 1998.
Players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.

## Germany

Coach: Hannes Löhr
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Simon Jentzsch | (1976-05-04)4 May 1976 (aged 22) | Karlsruher SC |
| 2 | 2DF | Frank Baumann | (1975-10-29)29 October 1975 (aged 22) | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 3 | 2DF | Lars Müller | (1976-03-22)22 March 1976 (aged 22) | KFC Uerdingen 05 |
| 4 | 3MF | Michael Ballack | (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 (aged 21) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 5 | 2DF | Markus Reiter | (1976-08-10)10 August 1976 (aged 21) | MSV Duisburg |
| 6 | 2DF | Christoph Metzelder | (1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 17) | Preußen Münster |
| 7 | 2DF | Mustafa Doğan | (1976-01-01)1 January 1976 (aged 22) | Fenerbahçe |
| 8 | 4FW | Miroslav Klose | (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 19) | 08 Homburg |
| 9 | 3MF | Christian Fährmann | (1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 22) | Hertha BSC |
| 10 | 3MF | Danny Schwarz | (1975-05-11)11 May 1975 (aged 23) | VfB Stuttgart |
| 11 | 4FW | Markus Schroth | (1975-01-25)25 January 1975 (aged 23) | Karlsruher SC |
| 12 | 1GK | Timo Hildebrand | (1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 19) | VfB Stuttgart |
| 13 | 3MF | Kai Michalke | (1976-04-05)5 April 1976 (aged 22) | VfL Bochum |
| 14 | 2DF | Thomas Cichon | (1976-07-09)9 July 1976 (aged 21) | 1. FC Köln |
| 15 | 4FW | Thomas Brdarić | (1975-01-23)23 January 1975 (aged 23) | Fortuna Köln |
| 16 | 2DF | Uwe Ehlers | (1975-03-08)8 March 1975 (aged 23) | Hansa Rostock |
| 17 | 3MF | Lars Ricken (c) | (1976-07-10)10 July 1976 (aged 21) | Borussia Dortmund |
| 18 | 3MF | Andreas Neuendorf | (1975-02-09)9 February 1975 (aged 23) | Hertha BSC |

## Greece

Coach: Ioannis Kollias
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 2 | 2DF | Georgios Alexopoulos | (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 21) | Panathinaikos |
| 7 | 3MF | Vasilios Lakis | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 21) | Paniliakos |
| 4 | 3MF | Giorgos Karagounis (c) | (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 21) | Apollon Smyrnis |
| 5 | 2DF | Traianos Dellas | (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 22) | Sheffield United |
| 6 | 3MF | Angelos Basinas | (1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 22) | Panathinaikos |
| 3 | 2DF | Paraskevas Antzas | (1977-08-18)18 August 1977 (aged 20) | Skoda Xanthi |
| 8 | 4FW | Nikos Liberopoulos | (1975-08-04)4 August 1975 (aged 22) | Panathinaikos |
| 9 | 4FW | Sotiris Konstantinidis | (1977-04-19)19 April 1977 (aged 21) | Iraklis |
| 10 | 3MF | Giorgos Koltzos | (1976-09-13)13 September 1976 (aged 21) | Athinaikos |
| 13 | 2DF | Georgios Koulakiotis | (1977-05-05)5 May 1977 (aged 21) | PAOK |
| 12 | 1GK | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos | (1976-08-07)7 August 1976 (aged 21) | Olympiacos |
| 1 | 1GK | Sotiris Liberopoulos | (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 20) | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| 14 | 2DF | Dimitris Mavrogenidis | (1976-12-23)23 December 1976 (aged 21) | Olympiacos |
| 15 | 4FW | Stavros Labriakos | (1975-11-30)30 November 1975 (aged 22) | Apollon Smyrnis |
| 16 | 3MF | Ieroklis Stoltidis | (1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 23) | Iraklis |
| 17 | 2DF | Giannis Goumas | (1975-05-24)24 May 1975 (aged 22) | Panathinaikos |
| 18 | 3MF | Stelios Sfakianakis | (1976-03-19)19 March 1976 (aged 22) | Olympiacos |
| 19 | 2DF | Athanasios Kostoulas | (1976-03-24)24 March 1976 (aged 22) | Kalamata |
| 20 | 3MF | Pantelis Konstantinidis | (1975-08-16)16 August 1975 (aged 22) | Apollon Smyrnis |
| 11 | 4FW | Manolis Dermitzakis | (1976-11-24)24 November 1976 (aged 21) | OFI Crete |

## Netherlands

Coach: Hans Dorjee
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Stefan Postma | (1976-10-06)6 October 1976 (aged 21) | Utrecht |
| 2 | 2DF | Jürgen Dirkx | (1975-08-15)15 August 1975 (aged 22) | Fortuna Sittard |
| 3 | 2DF | Tieme Klompe | (1976-04-08)8 April 1976 (aged 22) | Heerenveen |
| 4 | 2DF | Mario Melchiot | (1976-11-04)4 November 1976 (aged 21) | Ajax |
| 5 | 2DF | Patrick Paauwe | (1975-12-27)27 December 1975 (aged 22) | Fortuna Sittard |
| 6 | 3MF | George Boateng | (1975-09-05)5 September 1975 (aged 22) | Feyenoord |
| 7 | 3MF | John de Jong | (1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 21) | Utrecht |
| 8 | 3MF | Robert Fuchs | (1975-02-15)15 February 1975 (aged 23) | De Graafschap |
| 9 | 3MF | Kiki Musampa | (1977-07-20)20 July 1977 (aged 20) | Bordeaux |
| 10 | 3MF | Niels Oude Kamphuis | (1977-11-14)14 November 1977 (aged 20) | Twente |
| 11 | 4FW | Arnold Bruggink | (1977-07-24)24 July 1977 (aged 20) | PSV |
| 12 | 2DF | Fernando Ricksen | (1976-07-27)27 July 1976 (aged 21) | Fortuna Sittard |
| 13 | 2DF | Jochem van der Hoeven | (1975-10-05)5 October 1975 (aged 22) | Vitesse |
| 14 | 3MF | Martijn Reuser | (1975-02-01)1 February 1975 (aged 23) | Vitesse |
| 15 | 4FW | Roy Makaay (c) | (1975-03-09)9 March 1975 (aged 23) | Tenerife |
| 16 | 1GK | Jim van Fessem | (1975-08-07)7 August 1975 (aged 22) | Willem II |
| 17 | 3MF | Menno Willems | (1977-03-10)10 March 1977 (aged 21) | Vitesse |
| 18 | 3MF | Nordin Wooter | (1976-08-24)24 August 1976 (aged 21) | Real Zaragoza |
| 19 | 4FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 21) | Heerenveen |
| 20 | 3MF | Mark van Bommel | (1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 21) | Fortuna Sittard |

## Norway

Coach: Nils Johan Semb
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Espen Baardsen | (1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 20) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2 | 2DF | Odd Arne Espevoll | (1976-06-05)5 June 1976 (aged 21) | Viking |
| 3 | 3MF | Trond Andersen | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 23) | Molde |
| 4 | 2DF | Knut Henry Haraldsen | (1976-12-14)14 December 1976 (aged 21) | Vålerenga |
| 5 | 2DF | Vegard Heggem | (1975-07-13)13 July 1975 (aged 22) | Rosenborg |
| 6 | 2DF | Jon Inge Høiland | (1977-09-20)20 September 1977 (aged 20) | Kongsvinger |
| 7 | 2DF | Frode Kippe | (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 (aged 20) | Lillestrøm |
| 8 | 3MF | Eirik Bakke | (1977-09-13)13 September 1977 (aged 20) | Sogndal |
| 9 | 3MF | Karl Oskar Fjørtoft | (1975-07-26)26 July 1975 (aged 22) | Molde |
| 10 | 4FW | Thorstein Helstad | (1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 21) | Brann |
| 11 | 4FW | Steffen Iversen | (1976-11-10)10 November 1976 (aged 21) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 12 | 1GK | Terje Skjeldestad | (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 20) | Sogndal |
| 13 | 3MF | Rune Hagen | (1975-07-20)20 July 1975 (aged 22) | Strømsgodset |
| 14 | 2DF | Hai Ngoc Tran | (1975-01-10)10 January 1975 (aged 23) | Vålerenga |
| 15 | 4FW | Andreas Lund | (1975-05-07)7 May 1975 (aged 23) | Start |
| 16 | 2DF | Steinar Pedersen | (1975-06-06)6 June 1975 (aged 22) | Borussia Dortmund |
| 17 | 2DF | Tommy Stenersen | (1976-11-23)23 November 1976 (aged 21) | Stabæk |
| 18 | 3MF | Daniel Berg Hestad (c) | (1975-07-30)30 July 1975 (aged 22) | Molde |
| 19 | 3MF | Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim | (1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 23) | Viking |
| 20 | 4FW | Erik Nevland | (1977-11-10)10 November 1977 (aged 20) | Viking |

## Romania

Coach: Victor Pițurcă
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Bogdan Lobonț | (1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 20) | Rapid București |
| 2 | 2DF | Cosmin Contra | (1975-12-15)15 December 1975 (aged 22) | Dinamo București |
| 3 | 2DF | Iulian Miu | (1976-01-21)21 January 1976 (aged 22) | Steaua București |
| 4 | 2DF | Adrian Iencsi | (1975-03-15)15 March 1975 (aged 23) | Rapid București |
| 5 | 2DF | Erik Lincar | (1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 19) | Steaua București |
| 6 | 3MF | Mihai Tararache | (1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 20) | Dinamo București |
| 7 | 3MF | Florentin Petre | (1976-01-15)15 January 1976 (aged 22) | Dinamo București |
| 8 | 3MF | Cătălin Hîldan | (1976-02-03)3 February 1976 (aged 22) | Dinamo București |
| 9 | 4FW | Ionel Dănciulescu | (1976-12-06)6 December 1976 (aged 21) | Steaua București |
| 10 | 3MF | Ionuț Luțu (c) | (1975-08-03)3 August 1975 (aged 22) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 11 | 2DF | Cornel Frăsineanu | (1976-08-20)20 August 1976 (aged 21) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 12 | 1GK | Tiberiu Lung | (1978-12-24)24 December 1978 (aged 19) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 13 | 3MF | Eugen Trică | (1976-08-05)5 August 1976 (aged 21) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 14 | 3MF | Cătălin Liță | (1975-03-23)23 March 1975 (aged 23) | Național București |
| 15 | 3MF | Cătălin Munteanu | (1979-01-26)26 January 1979 (aged 19) | Steaua București |
| 16 | 3MF | Laurențiu Reghecampf | (1975-09-19)19 September 1975 (aged 22) | Steaua București |
| 17 | 3MF | Robert Vancea | (1976-09-28)28 September 1976 (aged 21) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 18 | 4FW | Adrian Mihalcea | (1976-05-24)24 May 1976 (aged 21) | Dinamo București |
| 19 | 2DF | Marius Iordache | (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 19) | Universitatea Craiova |
| 20 | 4FW | Cristian Ciocoiu | (1975-11-23)23 November 1975 (aged 22) | Steaua București |

## Russia

Coach: Mikhail Gershkovich
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mikhail Kharin | (1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 21) | Torpedo Moscow |
| 2 | 2DF | Andrei Solomatin (c) | (1975-09-09)9 September 1975 (aged 22) | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 3 | 2DF | Dmitri Davydov | (1975-01-22)22 January 1975 (aged 23) | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 4 | 3MF | Andrei Krivov | (1976-09-24)24 September 1976 (aged 21) | Rotor Volgograd |
| 5 | 2DF | Oleg Kornaukhov | (1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 23) | CSKA Moscow |
| 6 | 2DF | Vadim Evseev | (1976-01-08)8 January 1976 (aged 22) | Spartak Moscow |
| 7 | 2DF | Sergei Temryukov | (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 19) | PSV |
| 8 | 4FW | Erik Korchagin | (1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 19) | Saint-Étienne |
| 9 | 4FW | Dmitri Shoukov | (1975-09-26)26 September 1975 (aged 22) | Vitesse |
| 10 | 3MF | Vladimir But | (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 20) | Borussia Dortmund |
| 11 | 3MF | Denis Laktionov | (1977-09-04)4 September 1977 (aged 20) | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| 12 | 1GK | Sergey Armishev | (1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 22) | Uralan Elista |
| 13 | 3MF | Mikhail Osinov | (1975-10-08)8 October 1975 (aged 22) | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 15 | 4FW | Maksim Buznikin | (1977-03-01)1 March 1977 (aged 21) | Spartak Moscow |
| 14 | 2DF | Yevgeni Korablyov | (1978-10-29)29 October 1978 (aged 19) | FC Dynamo Moscow |
| 16 | 3MF | Aleksandr Berketov | (1975-12-24)24 December 1975 (aged 22) | Rotor Volgograd |
| 17 | 3MF | Aleksei Bakharev | (1976-10-12)12 October 1976 (aged 21) | Rotor Volgograd |
| 18 | 3MF | Yegor Titov | (1976-05-29)29 May 1976 (aged 21) | Spartak Moscow |

## Spain

Coach: Iñaki Sáez
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Francesc Arnau | (1975-05-23)23 May 1975 (aged 23) | Barcelona |
| 2 | 3MF | Felipe Guréndez | (1975-11-18)18 November 1975 (aged 22) | Osasuna |
| 3 | 2DF | Sergio Ballesteros | (1975-09-04)4 September 1975 (aged 22) | Tenerife |
| 4 | 2DF | Aitor López Rekarte | (1975-08-18)18 August 1975 (aged 22) | Real Sociedad |
| 5 | 2DF | José García Calvo | (1975-04-01)1 April 1975 (aged 23) | Real Valladolid |
| 6 | 2DF | Míchel Salgado | (1975-10-22)22 October 1975 (aged 22) | Celta Vigo |
| 7 | 3MF | Marcos Vales (c) | (1975-04-05)5 April 1975 (aged 23) | Real Zaragoza |
| 8 | 3MF | Ito | (1975-01-21)21 January 1975 (aged 23) | Celta Vigo |
| 9 | 3MF | Benjamín Zarandona | (1976-03-02)2 March 1976 (aged 22) | Real Valladolid |
| 10 | 3MF | Josico | (1975-01-06)6 January 1975 (aged 23) | Albacete |
| 11 | 4FW | Miguel Ángel Angulo | (1977-06-23)23 June 1977 (aged 20) | Valencia |
| 12 | 2DF | Luis Cuartero | (1975-08-17)17 August 1975 (aged 22) | Real Zaragoza |
| 13 | 1GK | Esteban | (1975-06-27)27 June 1975 (aged 22) | Real Oviedo |
| 14 | 3MF | Guti | (1976-10-31)31 October 1976 (aged 21) | Real Madrid |
| 15 | 4FW | Iván Pérez | (1976-01-29)29 January 1976 (aged 22) | Betis |
| 16 | 3MF | Roger | (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 21) | Barcelona |
| 17 | 3MF | Víctor Sánchez | (1976-02-23)23 February 1976 (aged 22) | Real Madrid |
| 18 | 2DF | José Félix Guerrero | (1975-08-23)23 August 1975 (aged 22) | Racing Santander |
| 19 | 4FW | Fernando Morientes | (1976-04-05)5 April 1976 (aged 22) | Real Madrid |
| 20 | 3MF | Juan Carlos Valerón | (1975-06-17)17 June 1975 (aged 22) | Mallorca |

## Sweden

Coach: Lars-Olof Mattsson
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Eddie Gustafsson | (1977-01-31)31 January 1977 (aged 21) | IFK Norrköping |
| 2 | 2DF | Alexander Östlund | (1978-11-02)2 November 1978 (aged 19) | AIK |
| 3 | 2DF | Erik Edman | (1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 19) | Helsingborgs IF |
| 4 | 3MF | Anders Svensson | (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 21) | Elfsborg |
| 5 | 2DF | Klebér Saarenpää | (1975-12-14)14 December 1975 (aged 22) | IFK Norrköping |
| 6 | 3MF | Daniel Andersson (c) | (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 20) | Malmö FF |
| 7 | 2DF | Olof Mellberg | (1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 20) | AIK |
| 8 | 4FW | Yksel Osmanovski | (1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 21) | Malmö FF |
| 9 | 4FW | Ola Johansson | (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 (aged 23) | Västra Frölunda IF |
| 10 | 3MF | Erik Johansson | (1976-05-18)18 May 1976 (aged 22) | Örgryte IS |
| 11 | 4FW | Stefan Bärlin | (1976-05-31)31 May 1976 (aged 21) | IFK Göteborg |
| 12 | 1GK | Rami Shaaban | (1975-06-30)30 June 1975 (aged 22) | Nacka FF |
| 13 | 2DF | Karl Corneliusson | (1976-11-17)17 November 1976 (aged 21) | Örgryte IS |
| 14 | 2DF | Tommy Jönsson | (1976-03-04)4 March 1976 (aged 22) | Malmö FF |
| 15 | 4FW | Jörgen Pettersson | (1975-09-29)29 September 1975 (aged 22) | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 16 | 3MF | Joakim Persson | (1975-04-03)3 April 1975 (aged 23) | IFK Göteborg |
| 17 | 3MF | Martin Åslund | (1976-11-10)10 November 1976 (aged 21) | IFK Norrköping |
| 18 | 3MF | Freddie Ljungberg | (1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 21) | Halmstads BK |
| 19 | 2DF | Daniel Majstorović | (1977-04-05)5 April 1977 (aged 21) | SC Fortuna Köln |