# 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 | |
* 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

| 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

| Germany | United States |
| 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

| 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' |
| AM | 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

| United States | 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

| 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

| 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)