1998 FIFA World Cup Group F#United States vs Iran

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 was 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 was defeated, which meant that Yugoslavia would still have qualified even without their victory over the United States. Germany's two goals against both the United States and Iran put them top on goal difference.

Standings

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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=

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|date = 14 June 1998

|time = 17:30 CET (UTC+1)

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|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8735/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|goals1 = Mihajlović {{goal|73}}

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|stadium = Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

|attendance = 30,600

|referee = Alberto Tejada (Peru) }}

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GK	1	Ivica Kralj
RB	2	Zoran Mirković
CB	3	Goran Đorović
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	16	Željko Petrović	{{yel\|42}}
DM	6	Branko Brnović		{{suboff\|50}}
DM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
AM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)	{{yel\|60}}	{{suboff\|68}}
AM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović
CF	17	Savo Milošević		{{suboff\|58}}
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MF	20	Dejan Stanković		{{subon\|50}}
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović		{{subon\|58}}
FW	22	Darko Kovačević		{{subon\|68}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Slobodan Santrač

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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	{{suboff\|68}}
MF	21	Mehrdad Minavand
FW	10	Ali Daei
FW	11	Khodadad Azizi
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MF	7	Ali Reza Mansourian	{{subon\|68}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Jalal Talebi

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Assistant referees:

Owen Powell (Jamaica)

Jacek Pociegel (Poland)

Fourth official:

Rune Pedersen (Norway)

=Germany vs United States=

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|date = 15 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

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|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8738/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|US|1960}}

|goals1 = Möller {{goal|9}}
Klinsmann {{goal|65}}

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|stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris

|attendance = 45,500

|referee = Said Belqola (Morocco) }}

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| title = United States[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/07/sports/world-cup-98-the-3-6-1-america-s-secret-formula.html WORLD CUP '98; The 3-6-1: America's Secret Formula]

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GK	1	Andreas Köpke
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	6	Olaf Thon
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
RWB	19	Stefan Reuter		{{suboff\|70}}
LWB	3	Jörg Heinrich	{{yel\|84}}
DM	13	Jens Jeremies	{{yel\|30}}
CM	10	Thomas Häßler		{{suboff\|50}}
AM	7	Andreas Möller		{{suboff\|89}}
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
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MF	16	Dietmar Hamann	{{yel\|77}}	{{subon\|50}}
DF	17	Christian Ziege		{{subon\|70}}
DF	14	Markus Babbel		{{subon\|89}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Berti Vogts

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GK	18	Kasey Keller
CB	6	David Regis
CB	5	Thomas Dooley (c)
CB	3	Eddie Pope	{{yel\|85}}
DM	15	Chad Deering		{{suboff\|72}}
DM	19	Brian Maisonneuve
RW	4	Mike Burns		{{suboff\|46}}
CM	21	Claudio Reyna
LW	13	Cobi Jones
AM	8	Earnie Stewart
CF	11	Eric Wynalda		{{suboff\|65}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	2	Frankie Hejduk	{{yel\|50}}	{{subon\|46}}
FW	7	Roy Wegerle		{{subon\|65}}
MF	10	Tab Ramos		{{subon\|72}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Steve Sampson

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Assistant referees:

Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)

Mikael Nilsson (Sweden)

Fourth official:

José María García-Aranda (Spain)

=Germany vs FR Yugoslavia=

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|date = 21 June 1998

|time = 14:30 CET (UTC+1)

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|score = 2–2

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|team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

|goals1 = Mihajlović {{goal|72|o.g.}}
Bierhoff {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Mijatović {{goal|13}}
Stojković {{goal|52}}

|stadium = Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens

|attendance = 38,100

|referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) }}

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GK	1	Andreas Köpke
SW	6	Olaf Thon
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
RWB	3	Jörg Heinrich
LWB	17	Christian Ziege		{{suboff\|66}}
CM	13	Jens Jeremies
CM	16	Dietmar Hamann		{{suboff\|46}}
AM	7	Andreas Möller		{{suboff\|57}}
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
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MF	8	Lothar Matthäus	{{yel\|75}}	{{subon\|46}}
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten		{{subon\|57}}
DF	21	Michael Tarnat		{{subon\|66}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Berti Vogts

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GK	1	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	3	Goran Đorović
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	16	Željko Petrović	{{suboff\|74}}
DM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
RM	20	Dejan Stanković	{{suboff\|66}}
CM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)
LM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović
CF	22	Darko Kovačević	{{suboff\|57}}
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović	{{subon\|57}}
MF	18	Dejan Govedarica	{{subon\|66}}
MF	19	Miroslav Stević	{{subon\|74}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Slobodan Santrač

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Assistant referees:

Emanuel Zammit (Malta)

Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium)

Fourth official:

Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

=United States vs Iran=

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|date = 21 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|US|1960}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8754/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|goals1 = McBride {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = Estili {{goal|40}}
Mahdavikia {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Stade de Gerland, Lyon

|attendance = 39,100

|referee = Urs Meier (Switzerland) }}

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| title = United States[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/soccer/longterm/worldcup98/articles/cupus20.htm Washington Post: Coach Adds Forward to Punchless Attack][https://africa.espn.com/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4812270/oral-history-of-usa-iran-1998-world-cup-interviewsphotos ESPN: An oral history of USA-Iran at the 1998 World Cup]

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GK	18	Kasey Keller
CB	3	Eddie Pope
CB	5	Thomas Dooley (c)		{{suboff\|82}}
CB	6	David Regis	{{yel\|18}}
RWB	2	Frankie Hejduk
CM	10	Tab Ramos		{{suboff\|57}}
CM	21	Claudio Reyna
CM	9	Joe-Max Moore
LWB	13	Cobi Jones
CF	7	Roy Wegerle		{{suboff\|57}}
CF	20	Brian McBride
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	8	Earnie Stewart		{{subon\|57}}
MF	14	Predrag Radosavljević		{{subon\|57}}
MF	19	Brian Maisonneuve		{{subon\|82}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Steve Sampson

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GK	1	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c)
CB	4	Mohammad Khakpour
CB	14	Nader Mohammadkhani		{{suboff\|75}}
CB	20	Mehdi Pashazadeh
RWB	17	Javad Zarincheh	{{yel\|77}}	{{suboff\|77}}
CM	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia
CM	6	Karim Bagheri
CM	9	Hamid Estili
LWB	21	Mehrdad Minavand	{{yel\|8}}
CF	11	Khodadad Azizi		{{suboff\|74}}
CF	10	Ali Daei
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	7	Ali Reza Mansourian		{{subon\|74}}
DF	5	Afshin Peyravani		{{subon\|75}}
DF	3	Naim Sadavi		{{subon\|77}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Jalal Talebi

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Assistant referees:

Laurent Rausisi (Switzerland)

Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)

Fourth official:

Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

=Germany vs Iran=

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|date = 25 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8767/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|goals1 = Bierhoff {{goal|50}}
Klinsmann {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

|attendance = 29,800

|referee = Epifanio González (Paraguay) }}

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GK	1	Andreas Köpke
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
CB	2	Christian Wörns
CB	6	Olaf Thon		{{suboff\|46}}
SW	8	Lothar Matthäus
RWB	3	Jörg Heinrich
CM	5	Thomas Helmer
CM	10	Thomas Häßler	{{yel\|45}}	{{suboff\|69}}
LWB	21	Michael Tarnat		{{suboff\|76}}
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann (c)	{{yel\|31}}
CF	20	Oliver Bierhoff
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	16	Dietmar Hamann		{{subon\|46}}
FW	9	Ulf Kirsten		{{subon\|69}}
DF	17	Christian Ziege		{{subon\|76}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Berti Vogts

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

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GK	1	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c)
DF	4	Mohammad Khakpour
DF	14	Nader Mohammadkhani
DF	17	Javad Zarincheh		{{suboff\|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	{{yel\|47}}
FW	11	Khodadad Azizi
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	8	Sirous Dinmohammadi		{{subon\|70}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Jalal Talebi

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Assistant referees:

Celestino Galvan (Paraguay)

Jorge Diaz Galvez (Chile)

Fourth official:

Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

=United States vs FR Yugoslavia=

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|date = 25 June 1998

|time = 21:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|US|1960}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/france1998/matches/match/8768/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|FR Yugoslavia|name=FR Yugoslavia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Komljenović {{goal|4}}

|stadium = Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

|attendance = 35,500

|referee = Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) }}

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GK	1	Brad Friedel
DF	2	Frankie Hejduk		{{suboff\|64}}
DF	4	Mike Burns
DF	5	Thomas Dooley (c)		{{suboff\|81}}
DF	6	David Regis
MF	8	Earnie Stewart
MF	13	Cobi Jones
MF	19	Brian Maisonneuve
MF	21	Claudio Reyna	{{yel\|13}}
FW	9	Joe-Max Moore		{{suboff\|58}}
FW	20	Brian McBride
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
MF	14	Preki		{{subon\|58}}
FW	11	Eric Wynalda		{{subon\|64}}
DF	17	Marcelo Balboa		{{subon\|81}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Steve Sampson

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
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	{{yel\|41}}	{{suboff\|54}}
CM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)		{{suboff\|62}}
LM	7	Vladimir Jugović
SS	9	Predrag Mijatović		{{suboff\|30}}
CF	17	Savo Milošević
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
FW	21	Perica Ognjenović	{{yel\|61}}	{{subon\|30}}
MF	6	Branko Brnović		{{subon\|54}}
MF	8	Dejan Savićević		{{subon\|62}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Slobodan Santrač