# Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 16th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil reached the final where they were defeated 3-0 by France.

## Squad

Head coach: Mário Zagallo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Cláudio Taffarel | (1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 32) | Atlético Mineiro |
| 2 | 2DF | Cafu | (1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 28) | Roma |
| 3 | 2DF | Aldair | (1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 32) | Roma |
| 4 | 2DF | Júnior Baiano | (1970-03-14)14 March 1970 (aged 28) | Flamengo |
| 5 | 3MF | César Sampaio | (1968-03-31)31 March 1968 (aged 30) | Yokohama Flügels |
| 6 | 2DF | Roberto Carlos | (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 25) | Real Madrid |
| 7 | 3MF | Giovanni | (1972-02-04)4 February 1972 (aged 26) | Barcelona |
| 8 | 3MF | Dunga (Captain) | (1963-10-31)31 October 1963 (aged 34) | Júbilo Iwata |
| 9 | 4FW | Ronaldo | (1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 21) | Internazionale |
| 10 | 3MF | Rivaldo | (1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 26) | Barcelona |
| 11 | 3MF | Emerson | (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 22) | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 12 | 1GK | Carlos Germano | (1970-08-14)14 August 1970 (aged 27) | Vasco da Gama |
| 13 | 2DF | Zé Carlos | (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 29) | São Paulo |
| 14 | 2DF | Gonçalves | (1966-02-22)22 February 1966 (aged 32) | Botafogo |
| 15 | 2DF | André Cruz | (1968-09-20)20 September 1968 (aged 29) | Milan |
| 16 | 3MF | Zé Roberto | (1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 23) | Flamengo |
| 17 | 3MF | Doriva | (1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 26) | Porto |
| 18 | 3MF | Leonardo | (1969-09-05)5 September 1969 (aged 28) | Milan |
| 19 | 3MF | Denílson | (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20) | São Paulo |
| 20 | 4FW | Bebeto | (1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 34) | Botafogo |
| 21 | 4FW | Edmundo | (1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 27) | Fiorentina |
| 22 | 1GK | Dida | (1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 24) | Cruzeiro |

## Group matches
### Brazil vs Scotland

| Brazil | Scotland |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| RB | 2 | Cafu |
| CB | 3 | Aldair | 45+2' |
| CB | 4 | Júnior Baiano |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| CM | 5 | César Sampaio | 37' |
| CM | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| AM | 7 | Giovanni | | 45' |
| AM | 10 | Rivaldo |
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo |
| CF | 20 | Bebeto | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Leonardo | | 45' |
| FW | 19 | Denílson | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 1 | Jim Leighton |
| RWB | 8 | Craig Burley |
| CB | 3 | Tom Boyd |
| CB | 4 | Colin Calderwood |
| CB | 5 | Colin Hendry (c) |
| LWB | 22 | Christian Dailly | | 85' |
| CM | 14 | Paul Lambert |
| CM | 10 | Darren Jackson |
| CM | 11 | John Collins |
| CF | 7 | Kevin Gallacher |
| CF | 9 | Gordon Durie | 25' | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Billy McKinlay | | 79' |
| DF | 6 | Tosh McKinlay | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Craig Brown ||
* Assistant referees:
* Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
* Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
* Fourth official:
* Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

### Brazil vs Morocco

| Brazil | Morocco |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| DF | 2 | Cafu |
| DF | 3 | Aldair |
| DF | 4 | Júnior Baiano | 87' |
| MF | 5 | César Sampaio | 36' | 68' |
| DF | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| MF | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| FW | 9 | Ronaldo |
| MF | 10 | Rivaldo | | 87' |
| MF | 18 | Leonardo |
| FW | 20 | Bebeto | | 72' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Doriva | | 68' |
| FW | 21 | Edmundo | | 72' |
| FW | 19 | Denílson | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 12 | Driss Benzekri |
| DF | 2 | Abdelilah Saber | | 76' |
| DF | 3 | Abdelkrim El Hadrioui |
| DF | 4 | Youssef Rossi |
| DF | 6 | Noureddine Naybet (c) |
| MF | 7 | Mustapha Hadji |
| MF | 8 | Saïd Chiba | 64' | 76' |
| FW | 9 | Abdeljalil Hadda | 32' | 88' |
| FW | 14 | Salaheddine Bassir |
| MF | 18 | Youssef Chippo |
| DF | 20 | Tahar El Khalej |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Lahcen Abrami | | 76' |
| MF | 17 | Gharib Amzine | | 76' |
| MF | 11 | Ali El Khattabi | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||
* Assistant referees:
* Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
* Mark Warren (England)
* Fourth official:
* Paul Durkin (England)

### Brazil vs Norway

| Brazil | Norway |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| DF | 2 | Cafu |
| DF | 4 | Júnior Baiano |
| DF | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| MF | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| FW | 9 | Ronaldo |
| MF | 10 | Rivaldo |
| DF | 14 | Gonçalves |
| MF | 18 | Leonardo |
| FW | 19 | Denílson |
| FW | 20 | Bebeto |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 1 | Frode Grodås (c) |
| DF | 3 | Ronny Johnsen |
| DF | 4 | Henning Berg |
| DF | 5 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye |
| MF | 8 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 54' |
| FW | 9 | Tore André Flo |
| MF | 10 | Kjetil Rekdal |
| DF | 15 | Dan Eggen |
| FW | 17 | Håvard Flo | | 68' |
| MF | 21 | Vidar Riseth | | 79' |
| MF | 22 | Roar Strand | | 45' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Erik Mykland | 59' | 45' |
| FW | 20 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | | 68' |
| MF | 16 | Jostein Flo | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Egil Olsen ||
* Assistant referees:
* Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
* Dramane Danté (Mali)
* Fourth official:
* Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

## Second round
### Brazil vs Chile

| Brazil | Chile |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| RB | 2 | Cafu | 90+1' |
| CB | 3 | Aldair | | 77' |
| CB | 4 | Junior Baiano |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| CM | 5 | César Sampaio |
| CM | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| AM | 10 | Rivaldo |
| AM | 18 | Leonardo | 45' |
| CF | 20 | Bebeto | | 65' |
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 19 | Denílson | | 65' |
| MF | 14 | Gonçalves | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 1 | Nelson Tapia | 45' |
| CB | 6 | Pedro Reyes |
| CB | 3 | Ronald Fuentes | 34' |
| CB | 5 | Javier Margas |
| RWB | 19 | Fernando Cornejo |
| LWB | 16 | Mauricio Aros |
| CM | 8 | Clarence Acuña | | 80' |
| CM | 14 | Miguel Ramírez | | 45' |
| AM | 10 | José Luis Sierra | | 45' |
| CF | 11 | Marcelo Salas |
| CF | 9 | Iván Zamorano (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 17 | Marcelo Vega | | 45' |
| MF | 20 | Fabián Estay | | 45' |
| MF | 18 | Luis Musrri | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Nelson Acosta ||
* Assistant referees:
* Jacques Poudevigne (France)
* Owen Powell (Jamaica)
* Fourth official:
* Pirom Anprasert (Thailand)

## Quarter-final
### Brazil vs Denmark

| Brazil | Denmark |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| RB | 2 | Cafu | 81' |
| CB | 3 | Aldair | 37' |
| CB | 4 | Junior Baiano |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos | 11' |
| CM | 5 | César Sampaio |
| CM | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| AM | 10 | Rivaldo | | 87' |
| AM | 18 | Leonardo | | 71' |
| CF | 20 | Bebeto | | 64' |
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 19 | Denílson | | 64' |
| MF | 11 | Emerson | | 71' |
| MF | 16 | Zé Roberto | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 1 | Peter Schmeichel |
| RB | 12 | Søren Colding | 39' |
| CB | 3 | Marc Rieper |
| CB | 4 | Jes Høgh |
| LB | 5 | Jan Heintze |
| CM | 6 | Thomas Helveg | 19' | 87' |
| CM | 7 | Allan Nielsen | | 46' |
| RW | 21 | Martin Jørgensen |
| LW | 10 | Michael Laudrup (c) |
| SS | 11 | Brian Laudrup |
| CF | 18 | Peter Møller | | 66' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 15 | Stig Tøfting | 72' | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Ebbe Sand | | 66' |
| DF | 2 | Michael Schjønberg | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Bo Johansson ||
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)
* Dramane Danté (Mali)
* Fourth official:
* Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

## Semi-final
### Brazil vs Netherlands

| Brazil | Netherlands |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| RB | 13 | Zé Carlos | 31' |
| CB | 3 | Aldair | |
| CB | 4 | Junior Baiano |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| CM | 5 | César Sampaio | 45' |
| CM | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| AM | 10 | Rivaldo |
| AM | 18 | Leonardo | | 85' |
| CF | 20 | Bebeto | | 70' |
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 19 | Denílson | | 70' |
| MF | 11 | Emerson | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 1 | Edwin van der Sar |
| RB | 2 | Michael Reiziger | 48' | 56' |
| CB | 3 | Jaap Stam |
| CB | 4 | Frank de Boer (c) |
| LB | 11 | Philip Cocu |
| CM | 6 | Wim Jonk | | 111' |
| CM | 16 | Edgar Davids | 60' |
| RW | 7 | Ronald de Boer |
| LW | 12 | Boudewijn Zenden | | 75' |
| SS | 8 | Dennis Bergkamp |
| CF | 9 | Patrick Kluivert |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 20 | Aron Winter | | 56' |
| FW | 17 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | 90' | 75' |
| MF | 10 | Clarence Seedorf | 119' | 111' |
| Manager: ||
| Guus Hiddink ||
* Assistant referees:
* Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
* Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
* Fourth official:
* Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

## Final

| Brazil | France |
| GK | 1 | Cláudio Taffarel |
| RB | 2 | Cafu |
| CB | 3 | Aldair |
| CB | 4 | Junior Baiano | 33' |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| CM | 5 | César Sampaio | | 73' |
| CM | 8 | Dunga (c) |
| AM | 10 | Rivaldo |
| AM | 18 | Leonardo | | 46' |
| CF | 20 | Bebeto |
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 19 | Denílson | | 46' |
| FW | 21 | Edmundo | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Mario Zagallo ||
| GK | 16 | Fabien Barthez |
| RB | 15 | Lilian Thuram |
| CB | 8 | Marcel Desailly | 48' 68' |
| CB | 18 | Frank Lebœuf |
| LB | 3 | Bixente Lizarazu |
| DM | 7 | Didier Deschamps (c) | 39' |
| CM | 17 | Emmanuel Petit |
| CM | 19 | Christian Karembeu | 56' | 57' |
| CM | 10 | Zinedine Zidane |
| AM | 6 | Youri Djorkaeff | | 74' |
| CF | 9 | Stéphane Guivarc'h | | 66' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 14 | Alain Boghossian | | 57' |
| FW | 21 | Christophe Dugarry | | 66' |
| MF | 4 | Patrick Vieira | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Aime Jacquet ||
* Assistant referees:
* Mark Warren (England)
* Achmat Salie (South Africa)
* Fourth official:
* Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)